Edition 193

NOVEMBER 2008Published monthly

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East Midlands Trains areintroducing new, hourlydirect trains from DuffieldEast Midlands Trains hastoday announced excitingplans for a new hourly directservice between Duffield,Derby and Nottingham as partof its new timetable, whichwill be introduced on Sunday14 December.The new timetable will offersome of the biggestimprovements on the networkin several years, with newservices, more trains on keyroutes, faster journey times,better connections and a more

regular service across thewhole network. And today’s announcementshows that passengers inDerbyshire will be one of thegreatest beneficiaries of EastMidlands Trains newtimetable. Here’s how passengers fromDuffield will instantly benefit:Introduction of additionalservices on the routebetween Matlock and DerbyThe frequency of trains alongthis route will increase tohourly, meaning thatpassengers travelling fromDuffield will have the benefit

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Nottingham, resulting in anhourly service betweenDuffield and Nottingham. Thenew Saturday service betweenDuffield and Nottingham willstart in Summer 2009,providing a much needed linkin readiness for the busysummer season.Continued page 5.

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What to do on BoxingDay?Why not drop in forChristmas Tea atEmmanuel CommunityChurch, from 4pm.A light meal, drinks, achance to socialise, andnot too much leftoverturkey....Transport can be arranged.All welcome.Call Lynda on 01332840821.

The Duffield branch of theConservatives is holding aQuiz and Chips Evening.Friday 21st November atthe Parish Hall 7 for 7.30pm start. Licensed bar. Contact Chris Short 01332843781 for information.

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The Ecclesbourne SchoolPSFA is offering theopportunity to purchase anexcellent luxury ChristmasPudding – The UltimatePlum Pudding – made fromvine fruits soaked in plentyof brandy and sherry.Ingredients are top qualityand much more varied thanusual - almonds, walnuts,stem ginger, apricots,cherries, free range eggs.Fresh breadcrumbs and gratedcarrot give the pudding alighter, less bitter flavour and

texture. This pudding isrecommended by the BBCGood Food Magazine and isthe winner of a Gold Award atthe Great Taste Awards.The pudding is produced by asmall craft bakery in Cumbriaand is only available througha few select retailers and thePSFA.The pudding has beenlabelled with the School Logoand each one sold will benefitthe School.Puddings are available in twosizes – a 1lb pudding serves 4and costs £5.00, a 2lbpudding serves 8 and costs£7.50. The pudding is suitable forvegetarians. Allergens:-nuts,eggs, wheat and soya.Last date for orders –Friday 21st. November 2008Order forms are availablefrom Ecclesbourne SchoolReception, Duffield Newsand Duffield Library or canbe downloaded from theschool’s website.

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A police surgery is to beheld at the EcclesbourneCentre, Ecclesbourne Close,Duffield on FridayNovember 7th between 2-4pm.

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Continued from page 1Commenting, TimShoveler, ManagingDirector of East MidlandsTrains said: “In addition tothe very visible changeswe are making such as£90m of investment inrefurbished fleet, depotsand stations, 14 Decembersees a completely new,vastly improved timetablefor our network.“The start of our Decembertimetable will mark thestart of a new era in traintravel for passengers fromDuffield. As well asproviding better links toDerby for people to shop,work and play, our directtrains through toNottingham will make iteasier than ever before forpeople to link with othercities in our region.”Derbyshire CountyCouncil’s cabinet member

for environmental services,Councillor Brian Lucas,said: “The increase intrains all along the Matlockto Derby line will be muchappreciated by localpeople. The train nowoffers a fantasticalternative to the car.”David James CEO of thePeak District & DerbyshireTourist Board said: “Weare delighted to see theimprovements in trainservices between Matlock,Derby and Nottingham.This new timetable is veryexciting for visitors to thearea with new hourlyservices into Matlocklinking the cities to morerural Derbyshire and thePeak District.”Copies of the newtimetable will be availablefrom Friday 14 Novemberat East Midlands Trains’stations and on the

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TimesJourney times toNottingham are around 50minutes, and trains leaveDuffield to Nottingham(via Derby) at around 3minutes past the hour. Passengers should checkthe website ateastmidlandstrains.co.ukfor full details and traintimes. Alternatively, pickup a copy of the timetablefrom Derby or Nottinghamstation from 14 November.

The Ecclesbourne School PSFA is pleased tooffer for sale, in cases of 6 bottles, a popularBeaujolais red wine at a competitive price andwith a small profit for the school.This particular variety comes from a small familyrun vineyard in Le Pyre, a hamlet just north of Lyonin the Grand Bourgogne region of France andavailable to only a few select retailers in the UK. For those of you are interested in the origins ofwine, the grape variety used for red Beaujolais isthe Gamay noir à jus blanc, and the wineproduced, Domaine du Pyre, is typically light andfruity and is still produced by all the traditionalFrench wine growing methods.Domaine du Pyre is at its best for up to four yearsand is a very versatile wine, which complementsboth meat and cheese dishes and can be enjoyedat room temperature or chilled.We can now also offer a special label servicefor you to personalise each bottle for personalor corporate gifts or a wedding or otherfunctions at no extra charge.The cost is £30 per case. Order forms areavailable from Ecclesbourne School Reception,Duffield News and Duffield Library, or can bedownloaded from the school’s website .Cases will be delivered to your door.

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Rodney Wood, well into hisseventies, has just raisedover £1,000 for CancerResearch by completing aten kilometre race in thegrounds of Kedleston Hall.He described his time of 62minutes as “not bad forprobably the oldest geezerthere” ... the reward for some40 training runs, plus dogwalking, for the month priorto the run - “I wanted to dojustice to the event”He might have a painedexpression as he reached thefinishing line but he wasdelighted with the generosityof family, friends andacquaintances who donatedsome £1,100 in support of therun.“Thanks to everyone whosupported the effort. Themoney raised will help todevelop greater knowledge inthe fight against cancer,”saidRodney who is chairman ofthe burgeoning MillenniumMeadow project.

Dear SirMy two daughters AlisonHolland (nee Suggitt) andJulie, both former pupils ofEcclesbourne School,finished the recent GreatNorthern Run of 13.1 milesin two hours 12 minutes.They were running for the

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HelloMy name is StuartRadford and I am thenew Minister at DuffieldMethodist Church..Following the retirementof Rev DavidBlanchflower and theresignation on healthgrounds of the man whohad been appointed tosucceed David.I was asked to movefrom Mickleover tobecome Superintendent

of the Belper MethodistCircuit.Although I am living inBelper, Duffield is thebiggest of my sixchurches and I lookforward to working in theDuffield area.A a former teacher I amvery keen to forge linksbetween the Church andour local schools. and Iam already involved inthe two Primary schoolsin the village..

Dear Sir,Belper and DuffieldRotary Club haveraised funds for localcharities andvoluntaryorganisations formany years. However we areconcerned that theremay be deservinggroups within ourdistrict that we are notaware of.In order to ensure thatthe funds we raise aredistributed equitably wewould like, through yourmagazine, to take thisopportunity to call forgroups we have not hadcontact with to makethemselves known tous.Organisations thatwould like to be

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November from 6.30-8pmaimed at everyone whoenjoys reading. We will bechoosing our read of the yearand celebrating our love ofreading together. So comealong with your suggestionsof books to be taken on adesert island and those toleave behind in Room 101.Tickets for the Word ofMouth event are availablefrom the library so pleasecome along and vote for yourread of the year. Mysuggestion is People of theBook by Geraldine Brooks.Inspired by a true story thisnovel spans centuries ofJewish history while tellingthe story of the conservationof the famed Sarajevo

Haggadah.The theme for the

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All the books in theBooked Up promotion aimedat Year 7 children newlystarted at secondary schoolare available for borrowing inthe library. So come alongand choose another bookfrom the Booked Up listwhich includes The LondonEye Mystery by SiobhanDowd and Foul Play by TomPalmer.

Storytime continues on

Friday 7th and Friday 21st

November at the usual timeof 10.30am for 30 minutes ofstories and simple crafts. Nobooking is needed just comealong on the day.

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December 1st. Takingpart in the challengecould not be simpler, justborrow 6 books from thelibrary service and youcould win a £150 trolleydash in a bookshop.Inquire in the library ifyou are interested.

New books on ourshelves this monthincludeThe Gargoyle byAndrew DavidsonThe Tomb of Zeus byBarbara CleverlyandFidelity by ThomasPerryHappy Reading

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Some £2,500 was raised for The British HeartFoundation at the Lawrence Moffatt Memorial Ball,held in memory of local Duffield man Lawrence Moffattwho passed away suddenly last year. Ayear on, Lawrence’s stepdaughter Sophie Jardineorganised the black-tie Ball to celebrate his life and raisemuch-needed funds for The British Heart Foundation. Sophie said, “We managed to raise an amazing total of£2,500 for The British Heart Foundation.“This money will hopefully help a few people not to haveto go through what we did, after losing Lawrence.“Ahuge thank you to all the people who supported theevent, either by attending the Ball, buying raffle tickets, orby making a donation.”Sue Moffatt, Lawrence’s widow (pictured above withSophie) added: “The Ball was a fantastic success, withwonderful food and dancing throughout the evening. “Not to mention, the raffle and extravagant auction on thenight, which saw bids of hundreds of pounds!“Aquiet glass of champagne was raised in Lawrence’smemory between myself, Sophie and my son Dominic,and I’m sure he’d be very proud.”The Viceroy in Duffield very kindly sponsored thechampagne reception held on the night, which was agreat help in saving precious funds. A big thank you to The Viceroy for theirgenerous support.If you were unable to attend but would like tomake a donation, please visit . You can alsocontact Sophie on 07813 198997.

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2008 proved to be atypically pleasingseason for DuffieldCricket Club, despitethe second teambeing on thereceiving end of areorganisation of theDerbyshire CountyCricket League andthe third teamsuffering relegation.The first teamachieved their aim ofconsolidation inDivision Two withease, and mostpleasing of all did so inspite of season endinginjuries to new signingTom Wilton and vice-captain Adam Short.With opening batsmanWilton now recoveredand raring to go nextseason, all rounder

Short, keeping hiseyes on the first teamwhere he belongs, andoff-spinner batsmanEd Sims hopefullyreturning full time thefirst eleven already hasa stronger look onpaper.Australian professionalBen Evans hasintimated he will bereturning, as will JoBalraj, who enjoyed hisbest season with hisleft arm spin (35wickets at only15apiece) and a battingaverage of over 30.The Jordan brothers,sharpish bowling allrounder Philip, who is

also a useful batsmanand Richard whosenagging medium paceis one of the keystonesof the attack haveanother year’sexperience and withsome extraconcentration to addto his natural bowlingand batting ability MarkAntill should flourishfurther.I understand that someother quality playershave expressed aninterest in joining theClub, impressed withthe spirit at Duffieldand sensing ourambition to do evenbetter than last season2008 also saw theclub’s youth systemflourish, most notablyproducing two players

of real promise for thefuture who played keyroles in the first team inJack Clarke and JonoClare.In addition to thosetwo, the second andthird teams bothbenefited enormouslyfrom contributions fromyouth players andthose responsible forcoaching at the clubcan feel immenselyproud that their effortsare beginning to bearfruit.Duffield Cricket Clubis certainly one with abright future, and witha good deal of hardwork there is noreason why 2009 can’tbe even better.Should be an interest-ing AGM this month.

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Duffield Parish Council Newsletter - Issue No. 63(November 2008)

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THIS YEAR’S ANNUAL BONFIRE AND FIREWORKSDISPLAY WILL TAKE PLACE AT EYES MEADOW ON:

SATURDAY 8th NOVEMBER 2008 7.30 PM

GET YOUR TICKETS EARLY AND SAVE MONEY.

STANDARD RATE CHARGE FOR EVERYONE £2.00 INADVANCE. £3.00 ON THE NIGHT

FREE PARKING CHILDREN UNDER 5 IN PUSHCHAIRS FREE

GET YOUR TICKET AT : DUFFIELD NEWS, TOWNSTREET FISH BAR AND MEADOW VALE STORES

ANY EXCESS FUNDS ARE INVESTED INTO VILLAGE AMENITIES**************************************************

MORE VANDALISM AT PLAYGROUNDUnfortunately there has been further damage to the newplayground caused by vandals. Fires have been started resulting in the removal of a woodenbench, and an attempt has been made to burn through thescramble netting attached to the climbing frame. The Parish Council has no resources to replace any damagedequipment. If any member of the public witnesses such damage, or anyother anti social behaviour, or has any information as to theidentity of the culprits, we would ask them to report it to thepolice as soon as possible. If you can help with any information on this matter please callDerbyshire Police on 0845 123 33 33. With the new alcohol control order now enforceable on GrayRecreational Ground, the police have confirmed that patrolswill be stepped up in the area to tackle the under age drinkingwhich has plagued the site.**************************************************

GRANT FUNDING AVAILABLEThe Parish Council has a total budget of £1000 for 2008 /2009 available to not for profit organisations (or projects)

based in Duffield and welcomes applications for thismoney.

Known as ‘S137 Funding’, the Parish Council has the power toallocate funding, in full or in part, to those organisations thatcan demonstrate that all application criteria have been met.

A full list of criteria is available, together with a standard claimform from the Parish Office (see below). Any requests

received will be considered by the Parish Council, normally atthe end of the calendar year. Previous successful applicants

include charities, PTFAs, local sports clubs and societies.

**************************************************COUNCILLOR SURGERIES

Councillors will be holding open surgeries for residents. Youcan bring your concerns about the village directly toCouncillors in face to face meetings.A list of surgery dates has been placed in all Parishnoticeboards. The surgeries will be held at the Parish Office atthe Weston Centre, Tamworth Street.

Next Surgery : Wednesday 5th November 2008 10.00am

SECURITY OF PARISH COUNCIL FUNDS The Parish Council would like to re-assure all Duffieldresidents in these unprecedented times, that its funds areheld securely in sound financial institutions and no moneyhas been deposited with any Icelandic or any other failedbank.

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PARISH COUNCIL MEETING DATESThe Parish Council will be holding the following meetings atthe Committee Room on Hazelwood Road to commence at7.00pm. All meetings are open to the public and Parishioners may bringitems of concern to members’ attention prior to thecommencement of the meeting.

Tuesday November 11th 7.00pm Parish Council

Tuesday November 25th 7.00pm Finance and GeneralPurposes Committee

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CONTACT INFORMATIONCounty Councillor for Duffield : Mr. Patrick Clark

At County Hall 01629 580000 ext 6022 Home Phone 01335 350138Email Patrick.Clark@derbyshire.gov.uk

***************************************Borough Councillors for Duffield:

Mr. Stuart BradfordHome Phone 01773 550828Email stuart.bradford@virgin.net

************************************Mr. Chris ShortHome Phone 01332 843781Email derbyshireshorts@aol.com

************************************Parish Councillors for Duffield

You can contact your Parish Councillors through theParish Office at the Weston Centre, Tamworth Street,

Duffield, DE56 4ERTel: 01332 842740

Derbyshire County Council: 01629 580000Amber Valley Borough Council: 01773 570222Dog Warden 01773 841335Police non emergency 0845 123 3333

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You can Contact the Clerk, Sally Bygraves on 01332 842740

mon-wed during office hours or in an emergency on

07836244818.

You can also contact the Parish Council via email us

through the contact button at www.duffieldpc.org.uk

These are more topicalitems I have been informedabout by the Belper &District NeighbourhoodWatch Support Group andthe police.

Property registration:There is a web site where youcan register the serialnumbers of property in case itis stolen -www.immobilise.com. It is a nationwide secure on-line database system that ischecked by police forceswhen property is recovered tohelp return it to the owner. It is free and easy to use andcan be used to registerphones, laptops, ipods,bicycles, cameras etc. -anything with a serialnumber.

Darker Nights on the Way!:Not that anyone needsreminding, but summer isalmost over and the nights are

drawing in. Make sure you check thatyour security lights areworking and bulbs have beenreplaced in hallways. That chain on the door will berequired and an outside lightis always a good idea if youhave to answer the door toanyone in the evening.

River Ecclesbourne:Children have been seenplaying in the RiverEcclesbourne, enteringgardens and throwing itemsinto the river as well as litter.This is a request that parentsshould remind their childrennot go into the gardens thatborder the river and causecriminal damage.

B&DNWSG Office at TheCottage Project:The Belper & DistrictNeighbourhood WatchSupport Group has premisesat the Cottage Project on

Chapel Street in Belperopposite the bus station. The office will be open onThursday 13th Novemberbetween 12-30pm to 2-30pm. This is for anyone to drop infor advice or to purchasesecurity items. There is free tea or coffee andbiscuits for everyone whocomes along and you areguaranteed a warm welcome.

Reporting Incidents: Please do report (non-serious)crimes and incidents to thepolice on 0845 123 33 33 (forserious crimes use 999). I am aware that incidentsoccur and I’m also aware thatthey are not always reported.If the police do not know thatthese crimes are happeningthey assume that all is welland for certain nothing willthen be done and it couldescalate. I’m often told by the policethat ‘hardly anything happensin Duffield’ – we Duffieldresidents know otherwise!

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Under 13s ready to face the new seasonThe Duffield Dynamo under 13 Sunday League team are ready to face the coming season with a newmanager and anew sponsor. Manager Ian Morley bringsover 30 years of footballing experience to the side and hopes to improve on last year�s mid-table finish. Coates Quality Meats, of King Street, Duffield,have kindly sponsored the team, providing a full set of kits bearing the �Coates� logo.

Dynamos look the business in new training jacketsDuffield Dynamos under 15’s team has joined up the Indian Restaurant O-KRA. The lads have been sponsored for

new training jackets.Sadique, the owner of O-Kra said, “we are delighted to support the lads, we just wanted to put something

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PHEW! What a match...and awonderful start by BenzBavarian Duffield as theybegin their battle to win thePremier League Squash titlefor the third time in fourseasons.The team could not have hadstronger opponents as theystarted the season under theirnew manager, sponsor FelixFrixou.Pontefract were ahead inrankings in four of the fivematches, but when the match-ups were on court it was adifferent story..Local boy Joel Hinds, backfrom Birmingham University,got Duffield off on the righttrack by defeating NeilCordell in three hard foughtgames - 11-6, 12-10, 11-9.Laura Hill, just recoveredfrom a bout of flu, took thefirst game from World number8 Vanessa White with someexcellent, exhilarating play,11-5, but she hadn’t the

stamina to carry on and lostthe next three games 4-11, 5-11, 4-11.Despite a good start AndyWhipp was well beaten bySurav Ghosal, the IndianNo.19-11, 5-11, 2-11.Newcomer, Joey Barrington,made it a League debut toremember by taking the firstgame 11-8 against thepowerful Lea Beachill and heheld off Beachill’s 11-9 rallyin the second game bywinning successive games 11-8, 11-4 for a 3-1 win.Nick Matthew wrapped it upfor Duffield after a thrillingcontest against World numberthree James Willstrop.The hard fought first gamewent to Nick 11-8 and henever let up despite somewonderful play by Willstrop.Nick finished the match witha sound second game 11-5 androse to a late comebackchallenge by taking a decisivethird game 11-9.What a night!

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