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The Summer iswellunderway

now and we have enjoyed goodspells of sunshine which gives most people afeelgood feeling.

We have already enjoyed two barbecueevenings (which is two more than last year!)although I must be one of the few blokes whocannot master the ‘art’ of cooking withcharcoal! Why is it perceived that being incharge of a barbecue is a man’s domain? Ireally don’t get it!

It seems that when the male species setsfoot onto the patio, all of a sudden thisterritory is marked and only men are allowedto perform the actions around the barbecue!

I have tried to cook all sorts of meat (wealways seem to buy so much that most is noteaten) but it seems there is a certain way themeat is moved around on the grill and it is asecret which has not been passed onto me.

My son is a wizard and I have oftenwatched him perform this ritual with his longutensils, moving the chicken to here, burgersto there, sausages over here, etc etc.

So we have worked out our own plan forthe barbecue at our house – I will do thesalad bowl and my wife takes charge of thecooking – simple!

As many readers know, I have beenlimping around with a very painful left kneefor some years now, trying to carry onthrough steroid injections from Doc Shevlinand painkillers. However the two bones aregrinding together so much I have had to givein and young Doc Upton has managed toarrange a full knee replacement for me –guess what? It’s next month – all being well!

So the August Voice will be distributedfrom the 21st and then I’m off to CannockChase Hospital for the operation.

Can I take this opportunity of thankingeveryone for asking about my knee recentlyand also can I ask my columnists,correspondents and especially advertisers, toemail me before the August issue with copyfor the September 30th issue. This will bemuch appreciated as my surgeon informs meI will be ‘in excruciating pain and onmorphine’ after my operation so I will haveto take a few weeks off work.

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I hope you enjoy reading The Voicemagazine

I’ll speak to you next time....Nigel TittertonEditor and Publisher

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Gangsters have been running amok in Uttoxeter withrival gangs vying for control of the lucrativesarsaparilla market. Eye-witness, Bugsy Malone said

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Both Fat Sam and Dandy Dan have a reputation for beingbad guys even though they could have been anything that theywanted to be.

The whole operation has been orchestrated by MrsMcBride and Mrs Fowler who have been directing operationsfrom their hideout.

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On Friday 19th June wecelebrated the 125th SchoolYear of St Thomas’ Catholic

Primary School. The school opened onOctober 7th 1889 at the old site whichis now used by St Thomas’ DayNursery. The school opened under thecharge of Gertrude Walsh andReverend Scott as Manager with 42children present.

The Day started with Drill, withthe whole school being lead inexercises by Mr Jones. It was hard andfun. We then went straight intolessons, having our finger nailschecked for cleanliness and our hairchecked for nits. Some people didn’thave clean hands and got the cane(well we pretended to have the cane).Some of the classes even changed theirnames.

After a short break we went intoMass, celebrated by Fr Sandy whowore a Victorian Chasuble with animage of St Thomas’ of Canterburyembroidered on. It looked very nice.

We were joined at Mass by our ex-headteacher, Mr Nickerson, alongsideMrs Thorley, Mrs Smith, Mrs Birks,Mrs Downie, Mrs Croft, MrsMountford, Mrs Mortlock, MrsBeesley, Miss Horobin and Mrs Owenall ex-teachers of St Thomas’.

Following on from Mass someclasses went back to class forHandwriting lessons, hoping that noneof them were given the cane or dunce’shat. We went back for Music lessons,preparing for our Violin concert.

In keeping with St Thomas’tradition we processed down fromschool, down to the high street andback up Cheadle Road. We weredelighted with the support we receivedon our walk. Lots of people weretaking photos, some lorries werebeeping at us too. On arrival back atschool we were met with our dinner, adelicious outdoor picnic lunchprovided by our dinner ladies. It wasreally yummy, it was fun having ourdinner on the field, we tried to not

make too much of a mess. After dinner we completed

Victorian activities led by pupils fromPainsley Catholic Academy, includinga talk on schools by Mr John Smith,ex-headteacher at St Giles. We madeVictorian Crosses, coloured in theUnion Flag and researched the peoplewe dressed up as for Victorian Day.

This was followed by a Punch andJudy show which had us all laughing.The best part was when Punch hit thePoliceman, that was funny.

To finish the day we had aVictorian themed school fayre whichwas opened by our May Pole Displayteam (Year 1 pupils) who will next beperforming at Alton Castle Open Day,Saturday July 11th. I remember whenI did this, it was really fun.

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Portable toilets were blown over and a gazebo took to the air, flying acrossthe sports fields at the Oldfields club, and landing a hundred yards awayin a mangled heap. It narrowly missed Uttoxeter Lions Club’s most senior

member.Moments later another gust

cracked a small tent pole in themain marquee, and areplacement pole had to beordered from the contractors.But by the time crowds beganto arrive all the problems hadbeen sorted out, the wind dieddown and the organisers saidthe tenth annual UttoxeterBeer and Cider Festival was themost successful of them all.

The numbers attending were up on last year, and all the cider and all buta few pints of beer sold out.

More than 20 music acts performed at the Open Mic Night on the Fridayevening – a record number. They included many semi-professional artistsdonating their services free, among them Morgan Bryan and the Art, who wasdue to perform at the Acoustic Festival of Great Britain two weeks later.

Local singer-songwriter Jason Callear accompanied by Sean Prior on bassset the standard for the Saturday event with a crowd-pleasing set of pop androck covers. They were followed by another local, Kate Copeland, who wasalso well received.

Upfront, the headine band on Saturday night, started earlier than inprevious years and finished as late as the licence for the event would allow,with the largest crowds ever seen at the beer festival dancing throughout.

Gary Hudson, who booked the music acts and hosted the open mic night,said: ‘We had wonderful support from local musicians. Obviously Jason andSean were perfect for the Saturday afternoon, and Upfront were great from themoment they hit the stage. They even had people dancing to their soundcheck!

‘We have to thank the performers who turned out on Friday too. Therewere a number of professional players there, and I suspect there have neverbeen so many class acts under one particularly cold roof in Uttoxeter. It wasa great night.’

Profits from the beer festival go to local causes and will again be used tofund an evening of free prostate screening at Uttoxeter racecourse.

John Fitchett, the President of Uttoxeter Lions, who organise the eventwith Uttoxeter Rugby Club, said: ‘We’re delighted everyone had a good time,and the profits will ensure another year of free prostate screening for localmen. The success of this year’s event has inspired us to think about making iteven bigger next year.’

Even the raffle was a success for local causes. The winner of the £100 firstprize was Burton and Uttoxeter MP Andrew Griffiths, and he has promised togive the money to local charities.

Tenth Beer andCider Festival - astorming successUttoxeter’s Beer and Cider Festival usually benefits from fine Juneweather, but it was nearly a very different story this year. Blusterywinds caused a series of scares on the morning of the main eventand the organisers were left counting their blessings.

It was glamour all the way atthe hugely successful LadiesNight held at UttoxeterRacecourse!

The weather smiled kindlyfor one of the mostprestigious dates in the localtrack’s calendar as beautifulsunshine beamed down on awonderful array of dressesand outfits.

The local ladies reallystepped up to the plate tocreate such a glitteringoccasion and with Radio TwoDJ Sara Cox providing theevening’s entertainment afterracing, once again UttoxeterRacecourse’s Ladies Night wasa memorable event.

Racecourse ExecutiveDirector David MacDonaldsaid: “The feedback from ourcustomers has been amazingwith many describing it asthe best night they have everhad at Uttoxeter.

“Sara Cox absolutelyrocked the whole crowd andthe atmosphere wasincredible. We had beenhoping for good weather andwere incredibly lucky. It was alovely sunny evening andmost customers stayedoutside enjoying the food anddrink in a packed Premierenclosure.

“Sara said that she lovedthe racecourse and thoughtthe crowd were brilliant sheasked if she could come backand play next year.”

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Lank’s LoreBy Steve ‘Lank’ LavinGolden Memories from one of Uttoxeter’s Favourite Characters

During a visit to the Catholic Church inBalance Street, Uttoxeter to attend thefuneral of a friend of mine the other week,

I noticed that finally the old folks home which hadbeen empty for a long period of time opposite thechurch which had been allowed to go into totaldisrepair had finally been demolished and anotherhousing development was under way.

What a shame. This building brings back manymemories for me.

When I was a young lad in the 50’s, I usedattend Sunday Mass at the Catholic Church withmy parents and after the service my father wouldleave my mother gossiping to her friends outsidethe church, eventually to go home and prepare theSunday dinner and take me over the road there tovisit his brother Tom Lavin who was the steward atthat time when it was the Sports & Social Club forBamfords Limited.

This place as a young lad really intrigued me.On entering at 12 noon sharp the bar was awashwith dozens of pints of foaming ale awaiting themass of expectant drinkers. I was sent over to thecorner with a bottle of pop and a bag of crisps andtold to be a good lad whilst my father and hismates got on with some socialising.

After my uncle had left to be the landlord of theUxbridge Arms in Hednesford in the mid 60’s itcarried on being Bamford’s Social Club under thestewardship of Mr Jim Blair until the firms closurein the early 1980’s.

After the demise of Bamfords Ltd the factorywas taken over by JCB SCM which luckily found

a number of jobs for a lot of the old Bamford Ltdemployees and of course still managed to provideemployment in the area which is of the greatestconcern when a large concern goes to the wall.

The club was sold privately to a localbusinessman Mr. Len Townley and continued to bea club renamed the ‘Winter Gardens’ pretty muchfollowing the same lines as the old Bamfords Club.

This carried on successfully until Mr Townleydecided to move out of the area and sold it Mr

Ken Withington who eventually after a demisein trade turned it into an old folks home.

The club in it’s heyday boasted of having 2 fullsized snooker tables, darts boards, gaming

machines, a TV room, periodic live entertainmentand an assortment of other pastimes to satisfy thedemands of it’s considerable membership.

It also had probably one of the best keptbowling greens in the area which was used by themembers to compete in the local Bowls league. Italso had many participants who competed in mostof the local darts and crib leagues.

A sad loss to the town but there are still clubsthat have survived the onslaught of new housingprojects, Fox’s Biscuits and Bradley House beingtwo of them I can bring to mind.Till next time,Lank

Some of the members of Bamfords Club pictured in the c. 70’s at an awards evening.

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Letter to theEditor

Dear Nigel,I can only endorse Owd Ern’s opening

paragraph with regard to Uttoxetermarket place; ‘whatever has happened toit’, ‘A market place to be proud of’‘Unbelievable.’

Owd Ern goes on to mention the VineInn; which also caught my eye.

At the end of 1945, my father AmosBentley (a collier ) and my mum came toUttoxeter by bus with a view of becominglicensees of ‘The Vine’ inn.

My mother was not taken with theidea, but dad was desperate to find workout of the pit.

Dad made a second bus journey alone,to have another look at the Vine; and onthis journey engaged in conversation with

a fellow passenger (who he knew vaguely)and who invited him to ‘come and see mystall, but give me time to set out.’ His stallwas a tabletop with bouncing balls(filledwith sawdust) and windmills.

This was the beginning of aremarkable change of lifestyle for myparents and the birth of a business whichis still viable today, seventy years later;having at it’s peak eight local markets anda shop; and providing employment for allthe family.

Uttoxeter market was always myfavourite and John and I spent the wholeof our married life working together untilour retirement in 2003. Wonderfulmemories of wonderful people, whobecame our market family.

Sadly we only managed five yearsretirement before John died suddenly inFebruary 2008. I have memories of some‘’special characters’ which may be ofinterest to your readers.Pat Mullington (Bentley)


Jack was a RailwaymanJack worked on the railway,Jack was a friend of mine,With no Father figure to take the strain,Jack was a friend of mine.

Jack was a signalman at the old Pinfold box,Many leavers and bells, just a veritable shrine,Jack was all in charge,And Jack was a friend of mine.

To an eight year old the box was bliss,Painted leavers, a taste of new wine,Enormous train approaching, he would place me on a leaver,And shout “change the line, change the line!”

At the last minute he helped me pull,To alter the steamy line,Safety at last,‘Wow’, thanks Jack, you’re definitely a friend of mine!

As Jack grew older he needed help around the house,To pay back the debt I helped from time to time,But funds were tight and payment was in kind,Thanks Jack you are a friend of mine.

In the 50’s smoking at thirteen was common place, all in a day’s work,But I’ll always remember the days of steam and smoke,When Loco’s were big and black and running on the Crewe to Derby line,For all these memories thank you Jack, a true friend of mine.

Part of Jack lives on in me,And I often think what his legacy brings,Memories sweet, steam and trains,Because I have his very fine rose gold ring.

Pinfold Signal box

Memories of childhood flooded back on seeing the photograph of the oldPinfold Box in Steve Lavin’s ‘Lank’s Lore’ in the last issue of The Voice.

My Father died when I was only 10 months old, leaving a vacancy for asurrogate Dad. This gap was partly filled by a near neighbour living in StanleyCrescent, Uttoxeter. Jack Adams was a signal man at the old Pinfold box, anda rare treat was to accompany him on one of his shift sessions. To an eight yearold boy this was a magical experience, which, stays with me to this very day.

The box was a conglomeration of coloured leavers, bells coupled withendless telephone calls. The monster trains left Uttoxeter station with smokebillowing on their way to Crewe, or perhaps further destinations. One ofJack’s party pieces was to place me on a leaver and ask me to change the line.At the last minute he would calmly assist and reroute the points, leaving merelieved, albeit covered in perspiration. Condensed milk sandwiches were theorder of the day, supplemented with home grown tomatoes, cucumber, grapesand cigarette smoke! All these experiences imprinted themselves on mymemory.

I have written a verse (which is printed on the right of my article) which Iapologise in advance for falling into the ‘verse or worse’ category – mostcertainly the latter!Clive Smith (ex Uxonian)


Have I got news for youby Uttoxeter’s Gary Hudson, Former BBC Chief News Reporter

Gary Hudson is a member of Uttoxeter LionsClub, a former BBC Chief News Reporter and asenior lecturer in Broadcast Journalism atStaffordshire University.

Thanks to local musicians for making thebeer festival a success

Anyone who joined us at the Uttoxeter Beerand Cider Festival knows that when it comes tobooking musical performers we get it about right.You only have to look at the crowd reaction to seethat.

At an event that is primarily about enjoying arange of drinks in a convivial atmosphere, it wouldbe easy to upset the audience by booking thewrong acts, or putting on the right act at the wrongtime of day.

At a charity event, it’s also important not tooverspend on the entertainment because it reducesthe profits. The idea is to give great value formoney, regardless of the good cause, but to do sosometimes depends on goodwill and good luck.

For example, we had Jason Callear late onSaturday afternoon and I think he was just perfectin that slot. A local singer-songwriter and all-round musician, he was playing for the second yearrunning, with Sean Prior on bass. Jason’s clever useof effects pedals to loop and double track his guitarand voice to produce a multi-layered sound makehis performances of pop and rock covers extremelyprofessional.

And yet Jason cost us absolutely nothing. Heplayed in support of the cause we were raisingfunds for – free prostate cancer screening for localmen. Please support his gigs locally, or book himfor your own event. He’s one of the good guys andvery talented.

People are often kind enough to thank theLions Club for organising events like the beerfestival, which is why I am stressing we couldn’t doit without the performers, and particularly thosewho give their talents free or at a reduced rate.

Baby, it’s cold inside

That is true of Kate Copeland, who sang onSaturday, the headline band Upfront, who comefrom Shrewsbury and beyond for one of theirfavourite gigs of the year, and all the performers atthe Open Mic Night, who helped add another£700 or so to the kitty on the Friday evening.

Since the beer festival I’ve also heard fromothers who want to take part. Expect a selectionof jazz standards from saxophonist Kevin Goodallwith keyboard accompaniment next year.

The Open Mic players included a number ofprofessionals, who get paid for their own gigsaround the area, but turned out in what proved tobe a cold marquee to provide an evening of musicalversatility, even if they needed gloves to keep theirhands warm enough to fret their instruments.

They included Morgan Bryan and Chris Chalk,who as two thirds of Morgan Bryan and the Artwere among the acts at the Acoustic Festival ofGreat Britain at the racecourse two weeks later.Morgan is familiar as the organiser of open micnights at Doveridge and Marchington, but hisdistinctive songwriting and powerful voice areshowcased at their best with accompaniment fromChris and their occasional drummer.

More and more Moore and Moore Beer

Moore and Moore Beer also played –appropriately for a beer festival - but as I’veexplained before, the name of the trio is based onthe surnames of the players. They are more

committed to the cause than any of us –saxophonist Karen Moore is a clinical nursespecialist in urology cancer – and the weekendafter the beer festival they raised £125 for prostatecancer charities in less than an hour busking atMercia Marina near Willington.

Ken Reynolds and Kelly Tune, John Roden, IanTemple-Smith and others can also hold an audiencefor much more than the three songs we gave them.As can the legendary Trent Vale Poet.

And it was great to be supported by otherfestival organisers from the Stoke-on-Trent area,Darren Teale from the Bottlecap film festival andMatt Taylor, a leading light in Newcastle-under-Lyme’s Jazz and Blues Festival.

It was a wonderful event to be part of, andthere will be more. Uttoxeter Lions Club will betrying to entertain a different, family audience onthe Saturday of August Bank Holiday weekend atLark in the Park on the Bramshall Road recreationground. Watch this space – and the Facebook page– for details.

Gary with Jason Callear

Down on the Farmby Angela Sargent

This month we will have to keep an eye outfor fly strike on the lambs and they will needspraying to avoid this. The ewes should be

ok for a while, as they’ve been sheared and theirwool hasn’t re grown enough to get particularlydirty even if it’s wet.

The lambs need weaning and, with just a coupleof older ewes left with them to make it easier tomove them in the direction you want them to go,they have to learn to be without their mums.

Hopefully lamb price at market will havepicked up and we can sell them as they become fitenough- it’s the returns from our produce whichpay for the vaccinations, worming, repairs, hedgework, fencing etc and we have to make enough tomake the business viable.

Many farmers are still silaging and hay making,as well as thinking about combining and oil seedrape will be ready. These are tiny black poppy- likeseeds and can be pressed for oil, amongst otherthings.

Other crops, such as salads, will also beripening and the soft fruits will need picking assoon as they are ready- the prime time for Britishproduce!

Pollinating insects will be busy as the summerflowers are everywhere- who can miss the fields ofyellow buttercups and the hedges alongside ditchesare full of creamy white florets of meadow sweet,which was used to hide smells and to scent roomswhen it was strewn on floors in historical days.

Along with all the usual jobs this month, weneed to consciously find time for Teds training, ashe’s probably at his most impressionable stagenow.

So we will continue just taking him on a longpiece of string( there is nothing a bit of bale stringcan’t be used for!) and quietly move some ewes(without lambs) around a small field- when heoffers to go in a particular direction we’ll give thatcommand- ‘come by’ for clockwise/ ‘away’ foranticlockwise.

His natural urge seems to be to work anti -clockwise and he can drive them away from us,where as Meg, his predecessor was better at goinground and bringing them towards us.

When he is responding to verbal directions well,we will introduce whistled commands( at the sametime as the verbal ones to start with and if I canremember where I’ve put my whistle!).

He does need to respond immediately, not whenhe chooses to, particularly the ‘lie down’ and ‘that’ll do!’

But the upside is- the more work he gets thebetter behaved he is ( I expect because he’s tired!)so, as long as he remains willing to work and wedon’t overdo him, he should progress nicely.Angela Sargent

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Brenda Jackson avolunteer with Cheadle& District Animal

Welfare (C.A.W.) Societyspoke to Nigel Tittertonrecently about how delightedmembers are to have had somewonderful people offer homesto a number of the dogs intheir care recently. She alsogave a run down on the dogscurrently looking for homes.

The two little King CharlesCavaliers, Iris and Irene whowere in such a poor state withawful health problems whenthey arrived are now having afantastic time with their new‘Mum’ and must think theyare in paradise. Bobby, Butchand Blake, three smashingStaffordshire Bull Terriers arealso in great homes, Bobbyand Butch are each livinghappily with a female Staffy intheir respective householdsand are gaining many newfriends everywhere they go.Blake has gone to live with a‘friend of a C.A.W friend’ inScotland and goes to workeach day with him whereBlake can have the run of afantastic Scottish NationalTrust Garden. Kizzy, Honeyand Ruby have been reallylucky in that they each onlyhad a very brief spell in thekennels before findingfabulous new homes.

Jasper a smashing youngYorkshire Terrier has a greatfoster home at present while apermanent home is sought forhim that give him all that hehas at present- no less! He issuch a gorgeous active littledog who deserves full timeattention and play! Isaac isanother Staffy who is currently in a wonderfulfoster home and like Jasper needs a permanenthome that matches his foster home.

The staff in the kennels look after the dogsbrilliantly and C.A.W’s volunteer regularwalkers provide them with lovely walks andattention but the Society just wishes that theother dogs could also find equally as nicehomes and not become ‘long stayers’. At timesadditional training has been provided byRachel Peake, C.A.W’s volunteer CanineBehaviourist to help both the walkers and thedogs. Some of the dogs become so stressed inthe kennels environment which is such ashame. As soon as they are given a chance ina loving home environment with the attentionwhich they deserve they blossom and theSociety receives such heart warming stories toprove this. The ‘Success page’ on their websiteshows how well they settle in if someone isprepared to have a little patience and devotetime to them. The Society members arecurrently preparing the 2016 year calendarand will shortly be having the difficult task ofselecting which lovely animals to include on itfrom the photographs received of the dogs andcats that have been so happily rehomed. Thecalendars will be available from August so dokeep a look out as they sell very quickly.

Dogs currently needing homes include; Billand Ben and Carly and Cally who are twolovely pairs of collies. Carly and Cally are

gaining confidence all the timenow and enjoying regularwalks out whereas Bill andBen are still unsure about theirsituation and having had noproper lead training arewondering what’s going on asthey can’t run around free verymuch. They are all such brightdogs and would really developwith the attention theydeserve. Fudge is a gorgeouslittle Terrier who throughcircumstances out of hiscontrol had to come back to usrecently after settling nicelyinto his new home. Zeus is anEnglish Bull Terrier X whodoesn’t seem phased by anysmall dogs who rush up to himunannounced as happened tohim recently on his walk andwith the additional training heis now getting is walking reallynicely despite being a stronglad. Stella and Tommy are veryactive, friendly youngStaffordshire Bull Terriers whojust need help to get them tofocus on their walks so theydon’t try to play all of the time.Melody, Anya and Cara arealso very friendly, lovelyStaffies who really ought tohave been rehomed ages ago.May was a frightenedDoberman X when she arrivedand although strong hasbecome such a lovely girl whojust needs an owner who isused to a stronger type of dog.Harry needs an owner who isused to large dogs or evenbetter huskies. He is a fantastichusky with a greattemperament but needs ahome that is really, reallysecure. He hasn’t been namedafter Harry Houdini for

nothing! Mabel, another Staffy has threewalkers who are her ‘best friends’ who sheloves to pieces and them her. They spoil herwhenever she is with any of them and she isso loving with them as she has known themfor quite a while now. She has been in kennelsfar too long. She has however probably beenspoilt in the wrong sense by previous ownersand she does now prefer softly spoken peoplewho give her some leeway and who mostdefinitely don’t have any other pets. Stevie is arecent arrival, a Jack Russell/pointer X (orsimilar). He loves a nice fuss being made ofhim as well as a good walk.

Brenda said ‘it would be so nice to see ifthese could all get their new ideal homes verysoon. We don’t want them to get anywherenear to Gordon’s record of 5 years in kennels!(who by the way is still doing brilliantly afterbeing in his new home for over 6 monthsnow)’.

If you can offer the right homeenvironment to any of the dogs please docontact Brenda on 07531 232 542. Or [email protected]. Furtherdetails for all of the dogs currently in the careof the Society can be found on their website.www.cheadleanimalwelfare.org.uk. Details ofall the events the Society is involved in duringthe summer are also on the website if youwould like to go along to any and supportthem.

Cheadle & District Animal WelfareSociety - Summer update

Carly

Zeus

Fudge

May

Anya

Harry

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surrounded by woodland from the adjoiningcountryside. The garden was unique with little hideyholes where comfortable seating could be foundready to receive anyone wanting to rest a while orjust pass the time of day by just looking and listeningat the wonder of creation around. Pine trees,rhododendrons’, hovered overhead whilst below usa multitude of various ferns and plants of every hueand colour amazed us as we made our way underarchways of climbing plants of clematis andhoneysuckles. We wended our way down to ‘thecaves’, an ideal setting for Easter, with the splashingsound of a water fountain breaking the silence of theevening quietness. Unusual items had beenstrategically placed in and around the garden suchas wooden shapes, pottery toadstools and colouredballs adding to the uniqueness of the garden. Anita isa former NAFAS Area Chairman and on thisoccasion we were honoured to have with us, SueDavies who is the present NAFAS Area President.

As we celebrate our 50th Anniversary this year,included in our visit we were able to enjoy a lovelybuffet supper, with special drinks and cake to sharebefore we departed for home, some members of ourgroup laden with unusual plants they had bought,the proceeds going to a charity. Thanks wereexpressed to both Diane Lucas and Sheila Jones whohad arranged the evenings visit and specialanniversary treats!

Please feel free to come and join us and to sharein our enjoyment of flowers at our next meeting onWednesday 15th July at 7.30pm when CynthiaPreston-Jones will be our demonstrator – herpresentation entitled ‘Diamonds are forever’. Youwill be most welcome.

Cheadle Flower Club News

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Cheadle Camera Club’s 2014-15 seasonreached its close at the end of April. Thisyear has seen the enthusiasm and vitality

brought by new members, well-supportedcompetitions, and an instructive and encouragingseries of lectures and practical sessions.

Three changes were implemented this season.First: it was decided to move the annualpresentation ceremony from Christmas to the endof the season, so, rather sadly, the winners in the13/14 season only got to hold their trophies fromChristmas until Easter. It was, however, hearteningto note that this year one of the principal cups, theMembers’ Image was taken by a newcomer, notonly to the club, but to photography. The secondchange was that, perhaps with some regret, slidephotography was dropped from the competitions,

displaced by thedigitally projectedimage. Nevertheless, wedid have the benefit ofan excellent evening ofslides from ourHonorary President,Dave Fernihough.Third: we introduced arule to limit the digitalmanipulation of printsentered in competitionto effects that couldhave been achieved in aconventional darkroom.

Our aims are theencouragement ofphotographers and theimprovement of their

photography. Competitionis a useful tool in this, and means our photosdon’t all languish in the dark, but find anappreciative (if critical) audience. It is, however,far from the only aspect of the club. Practicaldemonstrations this year included flashphotography, both in portraiture and still life, anduse of photo editing software. Lecture subjectscovered topics such as photographic composition(the arrangement of elements within an image),macro-photography, and what competition judgeslook for. A point made by several speakers wasthat photographers should not necessarily bow tothe rules of convention or the authority of others,but take responsibility for their own choices,developing their own style – with the caution thatbreaking rules can be more productive if youknow them first.

At the end of September, we held a mysterytour and a competition, based exclusively onphotos taken on the day, was held in March. Thischallenged the participants to look for individualviewpoints when exposed to similar situations atthe same time. The tour took in four contrastingscenic sites in the locality: Croxden Abbey, theJCB Lake, Amerton Farm, and the Essex Bridge.Helped by idyllic Autumn weather, the trip wasattended by about half of the club’s members.

Our 2015-16 season begins in September,with the first meeting planned for 7:30 onMonday September 14th in the CommunityRoom, Cheadle Fire Station. Numbers are limitedby the capacity of the room, but new memberswill certainly be very welcome. As befits a small,informal club, our fees are also modest: £15 forthe season, and £2 per night for visitors(refunded should they join).

A selection of members’ competition entriesand (later this Summer) our 2015-16 programmemay be seen on the club website:www.cheadlecameraclub.co.uk

Focus on Cheadle Camera ClubBy Gerald Edwards

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For Tele’ watchers and Art enthusiasts, you are sure tohave seen ‘The Big Painting Challenge’ that was on theBBC channel recently. As part of BBC Learning and Get

Creative BBC Arts ran a competition called ‘The LittlePainting Challenge’.

It was open to all with categories: 7-15 year old and over16 beginner and experienced.

The Postcards were obtainable from local libraries orcould sent off for them from the BBC.

So as Cheadle Art group Chairman, I thought it would bea good idea for the class to get involved, collected the cardsand they set to work.

We are a painting for pleasure group, various ages albeitno younger members at present, therefore mainly retiredpeople of mixed ability.

Incorporating mediums from watercolour and acrylic tocollage, nine were actually sent in to Salford, from thefollowing members: Brian Woodward, Cheadle; Ella Mason,Uttoxeter; Malcolm Stonier, Cheadle; Stella Heritage, Alton;Hazel Faulkner, Uttoxeter; Michelle Minor, Cheadle; PatRobinson, Tean; Sue Perrin, Tean; Diane Lucas, Kingsley.

From our point of view, it was a little (maybe hence thetitle!) haphazard in that we were not told if any had made itto the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester where it was saidthat the winner/s and ‘others’ would be on show for themonth of May. So we went to check it out.

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Kate’s KitchenBy Kate Cornes

Kate once worked as a professional chef formany years, but following a career change,is now employed as a Veterinary Nurse. Shestill, however, continues to cook homecooked meals for herself, her husband andtwo young children. Kate is always on thelookout for wholesome but simple recipesthat can be prepared in advance for busyworking families.

Chocolate Chip and Fudge Cookies

Cookies are one biscuit that in the past Ihave avoided baking, usually because everytime I go to make them I find I never have thecorrect sugar, until I decided to just throw inwhat I allready had in the cupboard and seewhat happened! In my opinion this recipetastes just as nice as any other cookie recipies.Also, what I like about cookies is that youcan choose any combination of added treats,again, whatever you have in the cupboard.As long as you keep it to around 4oz youshouldn’t go far wrong.

Ingredients(makes about 18)4 oz soft butter3oz caster sugar2 oz dark soft brown sugar1/2 teaspoon of vanilla essence1 large beaten egg

5 oz self rasing flour2oz milk choc chips2 oz fudge pieces (these can usually bepurchased in the baking section of mostsupermarkets along side the chocolatechips)Lightly grease 2 large non stick baking trays

MethodHeat oven to 190˚F/ 170˚C/Gas mark 5

1. Cream together the butter and sugars (notfor too long)

2. Add the beaten egg and vanilla essenceand beat for a little while longer

3. Stir in the flour, chocolate chips and fudgepieces and stir until all ingredients aremixed together.

4. Spoon the mixture (approx a dessertspoon full) onto the baking trays leavingplenty of space between them as they willspread rather alot.

5. Bake in the oven for around 8-10 minutesLeave to cool on the tray for a little while

before transfering them to a cooling a rack.Don’t leave them to cool completelyotherwise they may stick.

And finally, don’t expect them to last verylong when the little people get their hands onthem!!

Remembering Days gone by... by Owd Ern

Sellin’ Up

Time goes by as quickly as a wink, so the songgoes, but some things happen so slowly that,until you stop and think, you do not really

notice. Such as, dairy farms disappearing about thirty

or forty years ago practically every farm in theUttoxeter and Ashbourne area was a dairy farm.Now you are lucky if you see a field full of dairycows.

I perhaps will not live to see the day, but at 95you cannot live for ever, when all the milk neededin this country comes from the continent, (Francebeing nearer to London than the Midlands) mostof our food does already come from all around theworld. Which is nothing new. Some of the rot set inwhen Margaret Thatcher announced that farmbuildings could be converted into livingaccommodation and both Labour andConservative, as far as they are concerned, farmingdoes not exist, and at the most it is a nuisance bestforgotten!

As farms disappear, so do the cattle markets(don’t get me started on that issue) farmerschanging farms on Lady Day March 25th orMichlenas Day (Sep) and so I come to farm sales.They seem to have disappeared. I suppose nofarms, no sales but at one stage there would be twoor three farm sales most weeks. Some farmerscould make it to a cattle market and farm sale most

days of the week except Sunday. A farm salealways attracted a large crowd, some came withthe intention of buying, some to buy if anythingtook their fancy, some on the chance of getting abargain, others just for the day out, to nose aroundand have a good old gossip “Ay up I anner sayn yerfor years, I thought yowd dayd!” such banterwould be greeted by laughter and an equallycomical reply. Farmers perhaps look miserable, butdeep down; most are quite funny, me being theexception as I am only happy when I’m miserable.The late Les Oakes was a regular at farm sales,with his usual greeting of “Ow Art” If some of thearticles didn’t get sold the auctioneer would lumpthem all together and say Sold to les Oakes, half acrown. Even if Les wasn’t there, they knew Leswould shift them on, no problem. Possibly some ofthe rare articles in Les’s wonderful museum camefrom these sales. The auctioneers porter would ringthe handbell to announce that the sale was aboutto commence. Usually starting with machinery setin rows in a field next door to the farm yard,starting sometimes with a mountain of scrapcollected over the years as it might come in usefulsome day?

The auctioneer liked or indeed needed to be ona raised platform, a small trailer or truck, so hecould move up the rows of implements, some ofthe newer machinery, tractors etc. at times mademore than the new price. Bidders tended to getcarried away at times. After the implements would

come the cattle sale in a ring set up in the farmyard. Usually some very good cattle would comeunder the hammer, being a life time’s work, allgone in a few hours. People enjoyed themselves,but often it was very sad day for the vendors, oftena widow or a farmer unable to work anymore.When everything had gone, the silence and realitysets in, doors creaking, no noise of cattle or tractorsbusying about. Just a deadly quiet. The propertyoften sold for development, for good money, butto never be a farm stead again. All too eventuallybe hidden from view.

If I go through my old village, no one is to beseen, all property’s hiding behind big hedges. Noone seems to work the land anymore, just a ghostvillage.

One thing my poor old Pa taught me was at asale we attended many years ago was to neverjudge a book by its cover. I was admiring the bigposh cars of the cattle market dealers in the carpark, again, usually in a field. He said of the rustyold cars with mud guards tied on with baler string,were owned by some of the richest farmers in thedistrict, where as the dealers cars would possiblybe on the ‘never, never’, just for show.

A very wise old chap, just a shame I have nottaken after him!

Thayn ad enough o mine rubbish now.So just tek care on thee sens. Till next timeOwd Ern

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Let The Voice Be With Youby Les Humphries of Rocester

Well, in the wake of the General Electionthe parties who lost saw their leadersresign, rightly taking the blame for their

campaigns failure, FIFA it seems have a differentoutlook however. When things collapsed in therecent bribery scandal, Sepp Blatter was promptlyvoted back into office on a majority vote afterclaiming, despite being the man at the top, that heknew nothing about it. Finally after outsidepressure he did the decent thing and resigned, butstrangely still remains in office at time of writing(no doubt his shredder will be working overtimeas the plot thickens), it’s a corrupt old world thatwe live in folks. One British official stated afterBlatter had chucked it in that - “change happens”,well he got the second word right anyway! I wassorry to hear that Jack Warner had admitted guilt,I loved him in Dixon of Dock Green, (you have tobe of certain age to get that one!)

Can’t car parking be a real pain? Particularly atHospitals. I recently went with my better half tothe new Stoke Hospital at Newcastle and I mustadmit they have done a lovely job outside, withlittle gardens containing seats that no-one sits on(you don’t want to hang about at Hospital doyou?). But finding a parking space is somethingelse, true they are working on a car park extension,but there are far too many cars for the existingfacilities, they would have been better to have leftthe gardens until they had finished the car parkssurely. When we arrived it was persisting downwith rain, and when we finally found a parkingspot, then put money in the parking machine,guessing how long we were going to be there, andpaying for two hours more than we needed, it wasthen three days camel march to reception as themost direct routes were fenced off, and this was8:45 in the morning I might add.

When you get into the lobby, you have to gothrough the technology of booking all yourpersonal details onto a screen, then after findingyour clinic or whatever you can finally relax alittle. Technology has taken over our lives thesedays, and we rely on it for so much that when itgoes wrong catastrophe can ensue, as at the AltonTowers horrific accident, and even when it’sworking it can be infuriating. I do not do face bookor twitter, this column is the nearest I get to thatpiece of technology.

Life used to be so much simpler when therewere no mobile phones or computors, and you justwent to a red telephone box which were abundant,dropped in your pennies, dialled your number,pressed button ‘A’ when you heard the bleeps, andtalked. If you had a query you dialled ‘O’ andspoke to the operator, a real person, not a machine(if they had a nice voice you could chat ‘em up abit) they all spoke in a tongue you couldunderstand, and your questions would be

answered without them trying to sell yousomething you didn’t want. Now of course we allhave mobiles, on which we can not only make callsor texts, we have instant access to the internet, cantake photo’s or play music.

The problem with this modern technology, andthis applies to our land lines as well, we constantlyget calls from people telling us we can claim for anaccident which we never had, or trying to get us topurchase something which we are not interested in,or even more annoying, there is no-one on theother end of the line when we pick up the phone.Luckily we have a little screen on the phone in ourhouse, and nowadays if we don’t recognise thenumber, or it says International, we don’t botherpicking up the phone.

When you make a call to your bank, you arelikely to be put through to a call centre in India,even if your bank is a couple of miles away, andwhen you ring someone in an emergency for whichyou pay cover, you have to listen to 5 minutes ofsales talk, before being advised to go towww.bullshit.com or hold. Then another voicegives you a series of options of the reason for yourcall and to press a particular button. So you do thatit rings and then a voice says “Sorry, all of ouroperatives are busy, please stay on the line and wewill get to you as soon as possible. You then haveto listen to some crappy music, interspersed with avoice telling you how important your call is tothem, but it would be quicker to go to theaforementioned website. You usually give up after25 minutes.

Enough of the moaning, The Denstone Playersrecently performed their latest play ‘Beyond AJoke’, a comedy by Derek Benfield, produced byTerry Davies. Photograph shows the complete castof eight plus one dead body! back row standingGill Brown; Les Humphries; Lynn Shooter; seatedSue Davies; Megs Ash; Alex Tweedie; in garden leftto right Dave Shooter;Jonathan Ball; CatherineDoel. The show was asalways well received andwell attended, and as youcan see by the cast list,although happier doingfront of house chores,yours truly was persuadedto take on a minor rolewhich was great fun, andmade easy for me by thesheer professionalism of theother members of the cast.

By the time this issuegoes to press St. MichaelsChurch Rocester will havehad their Garden Fete, butdon’t forget the Church’s

first ever Scarecrow Festival over the weekend of18th and 19th of July, anyone can enter ascarecrow it sounds like a lot of fun.

On a sad note -The Churnet Valley Male VoiceChoir performed our Concert at Wetley Rockswithout Janet Downing our Musical Director andConductor who is indisposed due to an illnesswhich has made her extremely poorly. Our pianistJohn Clarke filled the breach by doubling up inboth roles, which is not easy for either him or thechoir as you can imagine. We trust that Janet willmake a speedy recovery and be able to resume herrole with us in the near future.

Finally I said farewell to another old chumMick Reynolds, who died in a tragic accident inJune. Mick befriended me when I first went towork at JCB where he was already established, andon finding out I was a rugby fanatic persuaded meto go up to Ashbourne where he was a player, andI spent several happy seasons. We were bothfounder members of JCB Rugby Club along with aclique of boozers gathered together by Jeff Roffeyand played on Sundays. Ironically Jeff also diedearlier in June.

When JCB RFC became Uttoxeter RFC Mickdecided he would return to Ashbourne, but weremained mates if not bosom pals, and since ourretirements would often have a natter, and I wouldalways get a rude sign from him whenever hepassed me in his landrover as he went about hiswater bailiff duties. Mick was one of the mostdown to earth blokes I ever knew, we had somegreat nights up at Osmaston at the polo ground inour ‘younger’ days, and with my late first wifeMargaret and Micks wife Yvonne some fun nightsat the old Jollees Night Club in Longton. You willbe sadly missed Mick, not only by Yvonne yourchildren and grandchildren, but by your many oldmates from JCB and the Rugby fraternity.TTFN Les...

Karen’s Cake Cornerby Karen Hill

Red Velvet Whoopie Pies

I have just realised I havenever given you the recipe formy Whoopie Pies. They aresuper easy to make and I cannever seem to bake enough.My favourite is my RedVelvet Whoopie Pie. Theyare a great alternative tocupcakes with their lovelysoft and slightly chewyconsistency. I will be movinghouse on Friday, so will bemaking a batch to keep upour strength!!

You will need - 75g unsalted butter 125g light brown soft sugar 1 large free range egg 1 tsp vanilla extract ½ tsp baking powder 175g plain flour 50 ml buttermilk

1 tbsp red food colouringpinch of salt

For the filling - 225g Icing sugar, sifted 30g unsalted butter ½ tsp vanilla extract 50g full fat cream cheese

First, preheat your ovento 160˚C. Line 2 bakingtrays with greaseproof paper.Beat together the butter andsugar until light and fluffy.Mix together the flour andbaking powder and add tothe mixture alternating withthe buttermilk, beginning andending with the flourmixture. Add the foodcolouring and salt.

Next, put the batter into apiping bag and pipe smallcircles onto the baking

parchment (approximately2-3cm in diameter). Leavea good 3cm gap betweeneach one as they willspread. Bake for about 15minutes or until they havepuffed up and spring backwhen touched. Cool onthe trays for at least 10minutes and then transferto a wire rack.

For the filling, beattogether the butter and thecream cheese and thengradually add the icingsugar. Mix until smoothand fluffy. Finally add thevanilla extract.

Use the filling tosandwich the WhoopiePies. These really are veryeasy to make and are trulydelicious!


Ginny’s Community Cornerby Ginny Gibson of Uttoxeter

Part of the reason that I suggested to Nigel towrite this article, was to highlight what ourcommunity offers its residents in the hope

that it might spark a new interest or help to linkpeople together.

This month’s organisation is a Staffordshirebased independent charity called Approach Theyare our local experts in dementia care with it’s aimbeing, “to promote the welfare of older people withmental health needs and adults who are sociallydisadvantaged.”

What they offer is a wide range of support andI will try and explain how they might be able tohelp you, if you find yourself in need of theirservices.

Firstly they offer small locally based day caregroups, these provide a structured programme ofactivities for older people with mental healthneeds, Uttoxeter has one of these groups and theactivities includes structured personalised carebased very much on the needs of the individual andtheir past interests with a focus on well being.

In Cheadle they provide a Carers Café, this is amonthly drop in Café where carers can supporteach other and gain valuable advice on how tocombat the many issues that are involved withbeing a Carer. A friend of mine in Lincolnshirecares for her husband and has found that theisolation of being solely responsible for his day today needs was bringing about mild depression, soshe started to go to her local Carers Café and hasfound the friendships and support invaluable. If

you look on the Approach website, you can watcha short video of two women who use the CheadleCafé and listen to them describing how having asocial outlet helps them cope with the mentalhealth side of being a Carer. It is also invaluable toknow that the people in the Café really understandtheir issues, because they are facing the samesituations themselves.

In this multi-media society it seems strange tobe talking about isolation, but now that we rely soheavily on texting and e-mails to communicate, theface to face, or on the phone contact that happensbetween people seems to be less and less, weappear to be in contact, but in fact we are not.There is nothing like having a chat with someoneto change your day and combat the sometimeisolated feeling of being a Carer.

Approach also offers an Advisor service to

people who have recently been diagnosed withDementia, this service is available to both theperson who has been diagnosed and their familiesand is invaluable in the first stages of coming toterms with how dementia will affect your life.

I am a great believer in training, we all need tolearn something new each day, and when you are

affected by any issue in your life, having knowledgeabout it gives you strength to carry on. With thatin mind Approach offers a training service, thisincludes FREE dementia Awareness training forcarers and members of their families.

However if you feel you need specialist one toone support in your daily activities and do not feelcomfortable going to the Café for support, thenApproach offers specialist one to one support.They have a scheme called My Day my Way - theservice works by matching up individual’s with atrained worker who can support them withvirtually any interest or pastime that they wish toundertake. The scheme allows individuals to enjoya range of activities such as rambling, fishing,gardening, snooker and shopping, at a time andday suitable for them. It is usually paid for bysomeone using direct payments which areorganized through Social Services, the costs arebased on an hourly rate and a 3 hour block isusually sufficient to enable people to enjoy theirchosen activity.

The new Carers Act 2014 became law in Aprilthis year, and it recognises that carers have needstoo, that being a carer can be challenging andtherefore support can be needed. Approach, is partof the local solution to supporting both the carerand the cared for person and for that I am verygrateful.

To access their services, call 01782 214 999 orvisit the website www.approachstaffordshire.co.uk

As with any charity, they are always looking forvolunteers, fund raisers and or donations, so if youwant to become involved with Approach, then givethem a call or send them an [email protected]

If you would like to support a worthwhile localcharity by holding a fund raising event then feelfree to look them up on their Just Giving page andadd your event in their namewww.justgiving.com/asylyw


Povey’s PeopleBy Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott

When Little Nelly who worked behindthe bar of Tummy Dawkins’s pubsuggested that they ran an evening

where they put on free food, the landlordimmediately pooh-poohed the idea.

‘Pheu!’, he snorted derisively. ‘Wale getev’ry bloody towrag this side o’ the Fentonalamo turnin’ up!

‘That’s the idea!’ said Nelly. ‘We’ve gott’do summatt... The Congress ‘ave a quiznight... The Dunrobin’ ‘ave ‘appy ‘our... Wedunner do nowt... ut th’rate wey’re gooin’,way’ll bay shut be Christmas!’ It was a sadfact that over recent months, TummyDawkins’s takings had steadily dropped anddesperate measures were needed to give ourlocal a much needed kick up the bottom.

‘Ar conner afford ter lose me job’, saidNelly plaintively. ‘Arve worked ‘ere fer fifteyneers’.

So the idea was spawned and a noticewent up on the board advertising that freefood would be on offer the followingThursday evening.

‘Pheu!’, moaned Perce Lockett. ‘Ah betthee as Little Nelly ull bay ‘avin’ summatt dowith that!... Thee wunner bay much baif onthe bread... Little Nelly used slice the ‘am ferBritish Rail san’wiches...’

‘Goo on yer scrawny ungrateful owdweapon!’ flared Nelly who was withinearshot. ‘Get summatt fer nowt an’ it innergood enough fer they is it??’

‘Way mit get a lood o’ strangers comin’ in- th’ loculs wunner get a look in...’ pointedout Tummy Dawkins.

‘Way donner want th’ loculs,’ said Nelly.‘Way get them anyroad... Scraggy moanin’owd pillocks lark Perce Lockett con goo an’whistle. Wale get some posh customers f’mth’ Vine comin’ in... Wale get some upmarketclientelle!’

‘Eh??’ gasped Tummy Dawkins. TummyDawkins wasn’t sure what ‘upmarketclientelle’ was, but Little Nelly’s enthusiasmwas infectious.

On the evening of the event, they werequeueing up outside when the doors openedand Tummy Dawkins wondered vaguely whya lot of people held carrier bags, the oddshopping basket and Walter Mellenchip wastrying to conceal a hessian sack. The fact thatit had once contained coal didn’t seem tomatter.

‘STOP!!’ bellowed Nelly as the influx ofpeople piled in through the door and headedfor the loaded tables. ‘Yer’ve got to buy a pinto’ ale before we start...’, yelled Nelly loudly,‘...an’ yer dunner touch NOWT ‘til ar ringthis bell an’ anybody as does’ll get chuckedite...’ She caught Perce Lockett’s eye.

‘Get thee filthy chicken claws ite o’ thempittled onions Perce Lockett else ar’ll chop‘em off!!’ Little Nelly kept reasonable orderand as she prepared to ring the bell after shehad ensured that everyone had bought adrink and no more than for or fivesandwiches and the odd chicken drumstick

disappeared before the alloted time. Suddenly,Little Nelly seized the bell and set up ahorrendous clanging which heralded a nearriot in Tummy Dawkins’s small bar. It hadtaken Nelly and the landlord all day to butterthirty loaves of bread and put out plates ofchicken drumsticks, sausage rolls sliced uppork pie cheese nibbles, savoury biscuits,bowls of crisps and other assorted delicacies.Food disappeared at an alarming rate. BigAlice Turpin was a leading contender. BigAlice drank pints, took snuff and couldkickstart a Boeing 747. She could alsoswallow two ham sandwiches at once inunder ten seconds but she also turned out tobe a useful bouncer once she had eaten herfill. In the little beer garden at the rear of thepub, four of Club Paper Jack’s children wereconcealed in the bushes and the vegetationaround the edge. A baked potato along witha large knob of butter shot through the openwindow and was expertly caught by ClubPaper Jack’s eldest and devoured in less thantwo minutes by him and the other three. BigAlice grabbed Jack by the collar, relieved himof a catapult and threw it on the fire. OwdGrandad Piggott was busy in a corner fillinga basin with miniature sausage rolls andtomato quarters and slathering the lot withmustard. He also incurred the wrath of BigAlice who stuffed several sausage rolls downhis neck. Several people turned up fromneighbouring pubs but they were ill preparedand simply not fast enough. As the lastmorsels of the feast disappeared, TummyDawkins and Little Nelly stood woodenlybehind the bar expecting the worst.

‘Thee’l ow scram off wom nar theirbellies’re full!’, said Tummy Dawkinsmorosely. ‘They just watch!’.

But they didn’t. It seemed that the clientelle had treated

the feast as a perfect excuse to have a partyand when the food was out of the way, thebeer began to flow. Hands dug into pocketsand wallets and purses and within anotherhour, the counter on which TummyDawkins’s till stood began to creak under thestrain. Tommy Spicer got on the piano andthe landlord and Little Nelly were waltzedaround to the tune of they are jolly goodfellows. As the riotous evening progressed,Little Nelly went out into the beer gardenwith a bucket of water and fired it full boreinto the bush generating startled yelps asClub Paper Jack’s offsprings were flushed outand floated squelchily home. The party wentwell into the small hours, the takings brokeall records and for the first time in its history,Tummy Dawkins’s pub ran out of beer.

The free snapping party was the first ofmany and although these days the pub ishistory, it was around for many more yearsafter that momentous event.

Each month Radio Stoke’s Owd Grandad Piggott (Alan Povey) will write a unique insightinto our local life and its many characters.

His infectious, humorous slant on people provides a different and unusual mix whichhopefully will bring a warm smile to the faces of our readers.

This month: Free snappin’

The DuncombeArms

The Duncombe Arms has now completed its thirdyear trading following an extensive renovationfrom a boarded up derelict shell. The property

lies next to the beautiful River Dove and is surroundedby beautiful countryside that has inspired famousluminaries throughout history, Jean JacqueRousseau,Handel and George Eliot all spent time inand around Ellastone.

The pub serves quality food. It is renowned forservice and food and has recently been nominated inThe Tatler Restaurant awards having previouslyfinished in 26th position in the 2015 Budvar NationalGastro Pub awards. Johnny and Laura Greenall whoown the Duncombe and were responsible for itsrenovation are delighted with the exposure theseawards have created. Johnny and Laura who attendedthe awards said ‘ It was great to be part of the awardsand meet so many talented people who run and operatesome amazing gastronomic restaurants.

The pub is supported by the local community aswell as being a destination pub for those wishing to eatout. It is hoped that The Duncombe will continue toserve the growing demand from people who want tocome to a lovely place with great food.

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The good old daysCan you identify the facesand locations?See Page 41 for some of the namesto the faces.

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Arecord field of more than 2,850 entrantsensured this year’s JCB Mud Run was themost successful ever – delivering a boost of

more than £55,000 for the NSPCC’s work withchildren in Staffordshire.

The event – now in its 4th year – has gone fromstrength to strength since it was first staged in 2012,when 500 people entered. Today’s record fieldattracted entrants from afar afield as Ireland,Norfolk, Devon, Essex, Yorkshire and Surrey andthey slithered and clambered over more than 35obstacles on land near JCB’s World Headquartersat Rocester watched by 5,000 spectators.

Among the runners this year were the well-known adventurers, twins Ross and Hugo Turner,also known as ‘The Turner Twins’ andCommonwealth Games rowing silver medallistNikki Spencer.

The JCB Mud Run raised a staggering £55,018for the NSPCC and a cheque for the amount washanded over during the event by George Bamford,son of JCB Chairman Lord Bamford. It means JCB’sMud Runs have raised an impressive £175,000 forthe NSPCC since they started.

George Bamford, who was competing in histhird JCB Mud Run, said: “This is a fantastic eventwhich just gets better every year. The support andcamaraderie as you go around the course isamazing. I’d like to say a big thank you to everysingle person who has taken part. Their support ofthe JCB Mud Run will make a fantastic differenceto the lives of so many children right here inStaffordshire.”

The NSPCC is JCB’s nominated charity and theproceeds of the JCB Mud Run will be used atCarole House in Newcastle-under-Lyme, thecharity’s service centre which was set up after JCBand its employees completed a £2 millionfundraising campaign. Carole House is named inhonour of Lady Bamford and JCB’s support of theNSPCC over more than 30 years.

Among those competing this year was JCBParcel Stores employee Karl Sutton, 32, ofNewcastle-under-Lyme. He completed the coursenot once, but twice: first on his own at 9am and

then three hours later with a team of friends. Hisefforts delivered an additional cash boost to theNSPCC of more than £550.

Father-of-three Karl said: “The JCB Mud Runwas great fun last year so I just had to come backfor more and managed to encourage a few people tocome along with me. The course was much tougherthan last year. It has completely zapped my energybut I love a challenge and had a fantastic time yetagain and I’m already looking forward to returningnext year!”

Mud slides, a 100ft underground tunnel,monkey bars and climbing walls wereamong the obstacles competitorstackled around the course. And just toensure youngsters didn’t miss out,there was also a mini Mud Run coursefor five to 12-year-olds which provedhugely popular.

Kirsty White, NSPCC FundraisingManager, said: “We are amazed at theamount this year’s JCB Mud Run hasraised. Once again, the event has beena huge success and we want to thankall the 2850 participants for takingpart and braving the mud, all in aid ofthe NSPCC.

“The staff at JCB have been tirelessin their fundraising efforts for theNSPCC and we are truly grateful fortheir generosity and support. Everypenny raised by JCB will support ourNSPCC service centre in Newcastle-under-Lyme, which providestherapeutic services to some of the most vulnerablechildren, young people and families inStaffordshire.”

Maria Bowman of the ‘Pink Plodders’, a groupof ten ladies from Chellaston, Derby, said: “Wealways get together for group workouts so when weheard about the JCB Mud Run, we couldn’t resistgetting stuck in and having a laugh along the way.”

Builder Scott Zikmanis, of Blurton, Stoke-on-Trent, said: “I took part last year and absolutely

loved it. I knew it would be tougher this year soupped my training a bit in preparation. The coursewas brilliant – more challenging than last year – andit was great not knowing what was going to bethrown at us next.”

Tom Sowter, a member of the Find-A-Physioteam based in London, who were providing sportsmassages to participants, said: “It’s great to beattending such a fantastic event and to helpparticipants relax after they’ve completed the run.”

Luke Eccles, of Melbourne, Derby enjoyed asports massage at the Find-A-Physio tent. Luke said:“A massage was exactly what I needed after thegruelling run. This was my first year taking part inthe event and it was definitely more challengingthan I expected.”

Emma Shenton, of Waterhouses, near Leek,organised a team of four calling themselves the‘Muddy Misfits’. Emma said: “This is my third yeartaking part in the JCB Mud Run and I can’t getenough of it. Each year the course gets more andmore gruelling, but we’re in it for the fun.”

A team from JCB dealer Gunn JCB in Fenton,Stoke-on-Trent, took part for the third yearrunning. Team member Josh Richardson said: “Thecourse is definitely much more difficult this year.The monkey bars are my favourite part and the firststretch is always the toughest for me.

Every single person has a smile on their face asthey’re going round, which always makes for abrilliant time.”

Veteran roadrunner Mark Dalkins, of Cheadle,Staffordshire, said: “There were a lot more obstaclescompared to last year and there seemed to be a lotmore water too. It was a great challenge and I reallyenjoyed myself.”

Sisters Laura and Kim Jeffery, who both workat JCB World Headquarters at Rocester, Staffs,formed ‘50 Shades of Clay’, a team of eight runners.Laura said: “We’ve taken part for four years in arow now and the course always gets more and more

challenging, which is why we love it! We love thechallenge and had great fun getting covered inmud.”

A team of nine from the design and developmentdepartment at JCB’s Cecilly Mills factory inCheadle, dressed as ‘The Minions’. ParticipantDarren Glover said: “It was really tough going thisyear but it’s well worth it for such a great cause. Thefirst mile seemed to go on forever but I didn’t noticethe pain as we were having such a laugh. It’s greatfor team bonding too and we’re already planningwhat we’re going to dress up as next year!”

Record JCB Mud Run field deliversmassive cash boost for NSPCC

George Bamford presents a cheque for £55,018, the proceeds of the JCB Mud Run to NSPCCFundraising Manager Kirsty White watched by fellow JCB Mud Runners.

Adventurers Hugo Turner, left and twin brother, Ross, right -also known as The Turner Twins, pictured with their elderbrother Crispin.


Sport is in my blood...by Jeff Wood of Cheadle, dedicated to local sport for a lifetime...

It seems that no month goes by without payingtribute to former sporting friends who havedeparted from us. I had planned to devote this article to cricketing

anecdotes but a couple of weeks ago we lost Eric(Ecker) Withers, who was not only a well knownCheadle character but also someone I have not onlyplayed very many games of football with but also afew games against. It is fitting that I should pay atribute to Eric in this edition.

I recall the early days at Kingsley Youth Clubwhen, on Saturday evenings after the game, wewould enjoy more than a few after match pints inthe village and then, after closing time, Bill Spooner,Tony Carr, Glyn Brindley Ray Welford, myself anda few others would be welcomed into Eric’s houseby himself and his late brother Mick, who was ourgoalkeeper, by their parents Frank and Dora inorder to prolong the evening and enjoy theirhospitality until the early hours.

Two particular incidents involving Eric stand outin my memory. One was when I was playing againsthim and one when playing with him.

The one against was when he was centreforward for Foxt United and, along with his strikepartner Johnny Allen (uncle of the present ChurnetValley manager), the pair presented a formidablegoalscoring combination. We played them away ona Saturday afternoon in the League and theydefeated us eight – nil, with Eric scoring four (hisbother Mick was in our goal). Just two days laterwe met them on a neutral ground at Ipstones in thesemi-final of the League Cup.

Foxt were naturally hot favourites as we hadn’thad a win for weeks. Both teams fielded the sameeleven players as forty eight hours previously and,not surprisingly, Eric put them in front before halftime. Whether they psychologically thought the

victory was a mere formality, I shall never know but,in the second half, I recall equalizing from justinside the box and then, with perhaps ten minutesremaining, Glyn Brindley headed home the winner.We ultimately lost in the final and got runners upmedals but, whenever a dispute occurred betweenthe brothers Mick and Eric, Mick always assertedwhose medal it was on the sideboard at their home!

The incident when playing with Eric was at anevening match a year or two later at Kingsley YouthClub. Having made sure that everything was OKat the ground and having instructed our players toput the nets up, I dashed over to Blythe Bridge tocollect Allan Hannah. On my return when drivingover Shawe Park, I could see the ground about halfa mile away in the distance. To my horror, it seemedthat pandemonium had broken loose. People andcars appeared to be gathered round the fargoalmouth and I rushed back through Kingsley Holtto see what the problem was.

It transpired that, when putting the nets up, Erichad swung on the wooden crossbar and it hadsnapped in half. The referee was adamant that thematter must be rectified immediately or the gamewould be called off. Now Eric was really on a rollscoring goals for fun at the time and he wasnaturally desperate to play. During my absence hehad scoured the village trying to find a competentcarpenter who could effect an immediate repair.Luckily he found the late George Bridden (father ofDave Bridden) at home having his tea and imploredGeorge to leave his tea, bring tools, stepladder anda piece of wood to repair the broken crossbar. Thejob took a little while but George duly obliged, thecrossbar was repaired, the game played and, notsurprisingly, Eric got on the scoresheet in oureventual victory.

Great memories of a guy I always had a lot of

time for. We used to enjoy long chats about oldtimes with whenever we met in town.

Turning to cricket, I was umpiring at Leekrecently when, during the tea interval, I saw Oggyand discussed his recent appointment as Head ofRecruitment at Witton Albion. He’s working withthe new manager Scott Dundas. I imagine a fewolder ones will remember Scott’s dad Neil playingat centre-forward for Oakamoor. Neil got lots ofgoals down the valley as a teenager before he movedon to bigger scenes. He was the last chairman atNorton and unfortunately had to preside recentlyover the sad demise of the club. I also played cricketagainst Neil when he was with Scot Hay.

At the cricket match at Leek I also bumped intoBrian Tatton. Brian was, during his early years,employed in the office at Froghall and he married aKingsley Holt girl, Christine, whose father Cyrillooked after the football and cricket ground atOakamoor along with Terry Finney’s dad. Briantold me he is now in his eightieth year and I mustsay he looks astonishingly well for his age. I haven’tseen Christine for many years but she was atKingsley Primary School with me and, when ourprimary days were over, we travelled daily onLymer’s bus to Leek, she to Westwood Hall Girls’High School and me to Leek Boys’ High School, forour secondary education.

Single sex schools are practically unheard ofthese days. I remember that, when we were in thesixth form, the respective head teachers used toarrange social “dances” when the two schoolscombined. I imagine the rationale for these eventswas to give us a gentle introduction to the oppositesex. Perhaps best that I don’t recall some of thethings that used to go on at these social events butI don’t think the head teachers would have been tooimpressed had they found out !

Doveridge Juniors Tour 2015On May 29th Doveridge Junior Football

Club took an under 11 team and an under12 team to Dublin. The under 11’s,

managed by Jon Fletcher, and under 12’s, managedby Jon Dreher, are taking a 55 strong party ofplayers and families to play in a 6 team teamtournament at St. Itas AFC, in Donabate, CountyDublin. The tournament took place over Fridayand Saturday against teams representing St. Itas,,Sheriff FC and other local teams. The idea beganlast year when an under 17 team from St. Itasplayed a Doveridge under 17 team for the FoleyWatters Challenge Trophy. The idea was such asuccess that their manager, Noel Power, askedDoveridge if they would like to come over toDublin for a tour of their own. And then theplanning stage began! A spokesman fromDoveridge (me) quoted, “When we had the thechance for this fantastic opportunity we thoughtwe had to grab it......it will be a memory that thekids and families will cherish forever!” “ It hasbeen a real experience to organise this betweenourselves and this Friday will see all that hardwork realised.”

A massive thanks must go out to tour sponsorDarren Richards, from Incontrol Ltd., Electrical,Mechanical and Instrumentation Engineers, whoalong with Sub Contractors Edmundson Electricaland Eisaxon and sponsored the under 11 team -supplying us with a brand new playing kit and tourclothing. The kids and coaches look fantastic!

Both teams were treated to unbelievable

hospitality by St. Itas AFC - Noel Smyth, NoelPower, Kieran Foley & Gary Collins and theirfriends & families looked after us for 3 days. Bothteams played over 4 hours of football in 2 days.The under 12’s bravely bowing out in the Semi-final against Sheriff FC with a very narrow 1-0defeat. The under 11’s made the final after a nailbiting semi-final victory on penalties - where theyfinished runners up to Sheriff FC also. Such wasthe hospitality and friendship that St. Itas showedall 55 travellers from Doveridge, a return trip isplanned for next year. I have attached a couple ofphotos. The first one is Doveridge and St. ItasUnder 11’s together, second is Doveridge Dynamounder 12 team.

Team lists are below

Doveridge Under 11

Manager: Jon Fletcher, Assistant Manager: AndyWatts, Linesman: Thomas Eley

Team: Jamie Broad, Jack Hooker-Myles, RowanBates, Charlie Hughes, Harvey Richards, BillyEley, Aidan Fletcher, Joe Watts, Olly Marshall,Xontai Livingston and Sam Wagstaffe

Doveridge Under 12

Manager: Jon Dreher, Assistant Managers: CraigBroome and Martin Payne

Team: Callum Dreher, Sam Broome, MatthewPayne, Gade Udall, Cai MacMillan, LiamFletcher, Mitchell Ball, Oliver Jones, AdamFlunder, Tom Bamford-Barnes, Jack Colver andAdam Alcock


All-time local soccerHall of Fame TeamBy Roy ‘Razzer’ Astbury

Each month Uttoxeter’s best known character Roy ‘Razzer’Astbury will compile his very own ‘All-Time Local Football Team’which in his opinion is the very best of players past andpresent.

‘Razzer’ will create a team in each issue of The Uttoxeter &Cheadle Voice which he believes incorporates all theingredients of a football outfit which could be unbeatable!

He will be delving into his thoughts to remember all theterrific players in years gone by whilst selecting those who areexceptional in our present day.

It should be a fantastic talking point in our community andno doubt you all will have your views on ‘Razzer’s Hall of Fameteam.

If you have your own Hall of Fame team then get involvedand just give Nigel a call at The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice on01538 751629, 0776 784 6937 to tell him or send your teamto: The Uttoxeter & Cheadle Voice, 3 Spode Close, Cheadle,Staffordshire, ST10 1DT or [email protected]

JOHN WALKDENBromley FC

Brave goalkeeper, very strong and athletic.

GLYN SWINSONAlton FC

Superb defender who readthe game extremely well.

LES HIGGSUttoxeter Amateurs FCExcellent centre half. Goodstrong dependable player

JIM BRUNTCheadle Juniors

Powerful and good inthe air. Terrific player.

SID BENTLEYCheadle OldBoys/Town

One of the best playersever to play in Cheadle. Sid

was majestic and apleasure to watch.

BERT EMERYFreehay FC

Very skilful footballer,great thinker about thegame. Bert could maketeams tick and he wasone of our area’s top

sportsmen.

JIMMY McCAULEYBamfords FC

Great worker in the middleof the park. Always gave his

all. Superb player.

GORDON FALLOWSBamfords FC

Strong powerful and fullof energy, Gordon could

score goals too

SCOTT STANILANDRocester FC

Always looking to getinto the box and scoregoals. Excellent player.

PHIL EDWARDSTutbury Keys FC

Great scoring record and healways gave his all in every

match.

LANCE HARRISBoltons FC

Fast player with great scoringtouch. A Wonderful asset to any

team.

Razzer’s Hall of Fame July Team

Goalkeeper

Tom Hodson (UttoxeterTown A)Town keeper who is solid asa rock.

Right Back

James Charlesworth(Ashbourne United)Would be my captain. Greatleader and such a versatileplayer.

Centre Back

Mark Springall (UttoxeterTown A)One of the best. Pace,power and aggression.Would walk into most sides.

Centre Back

James McCarron (UttoxeterTown A)Makes the game look soeasy and possessesunbelievable distribution.

Left Back

Kevin Gear (UttoxeterAmateurs)‘The Enforcer’. Very few gotpast in one piece, if at all(he tells me).

Right Midfield

Liam Sowter (Rocester)Very gifted player withgreat service, he makesbeating a man look easy

Centre Midfield

Kyle Esplin (Uttoxeter TownA)One of the easiest picks. Amatch winner withoutrageous skill.

Centre Midfield

Andrew Davall (JCBLakeside)Rocester hard man with atouch of class. Could havegone on to be a local legend

Left Midfield

Matthew Shields (UttoxeterJuniors)A wand of a left foot - acentre forward’s dream toplay with.

Centre Forward

Lee Bagley (JCB Lakeside)The most consistent playerin the team with thegreatest passion - trueclass.

Centre Forward

Tommy Smith (UttoxeterTown A)A natural goal scorer with afantastic disregard forreputations.

Subs:

Jon Lamburn (UttoxeterTown A)Should be starting.Immense skill with aBeckhamesque pass

James Williams (Roebuck)Top scorer for the WhiteHorse 3 years in a row.Enough said.

Rob Collins (Uttoxeter TownA)Great winger with fantasticdrive - proving to be a greatmanager now also. We have inserted one football club each player has performed for.

Obviously, many have played for several clubs in their careers.

Local Uttoxeter Rugby Club legend PaulMilward also enjoyed his playing days onthe football pitch.

Throughout his footballing career heplayed with and against many fantasticlocal soccer players and here is Paul’s Hallof Fame Football Team:

Check it out on the right hand column ofthis page:


All-time local cricketHall of Fame Teamby Chris Barker

Cheadle Cricket Club skipper Chris Barker has selected his Hall ofFame Cricket Team for this issue of The Voice.

Chris is respected in local cricket circles as a top bowler who hasplayed for the same club, Cheadle CC, for the whole of his career -something which is a rare achievement nowadays!

Take a look at Chris’s team - it’s a cracking side!

1 Paul Shaw - Cheadle, Staffordshire DunstallTop quality left hander who would bully the very best of bowlingattacks. Cheadle legend.

2 Shaun Jenkinson - Cheadle, StoneHard hitting opener who averages over 40 and top bloke.

3 Dave Whieldon - Cheadle, Leek, Longton, WorcestershireGreat touch batsman and one of the best fielders around.

4 Rich Harvey - Stone, Little Stoke, Longton StaffordshireTop quality performer over many years in the NSSCL.

5 Adam Alcock - Cheadle Hard hitting batsman and very good wicketkeeper.

6 Matt Coxon - Cheadle, Stone, StaffordshireOne of the very best all rounders around in the present day.

7 Ian Carr - Moddershall, Checkley, StaffordshireQuality bowler and great batsman.

8 Greg Willot - Norton, Leek, StaffordshireThe best left armer in the league by a distance.

9 James Sellers - CheadleExceptional opening bowler who would weigh in with usefulruns. Will go on to break all cheadle bowling records.

10 Mushtaq Ahmed - Pakistan, Little StokeThe best spinner I’ve ever faced.

11 Dave Follett - Kidsgrove, MiddlesexQuick opening bowler who went on to play county cricket.

Bignall End CC were the firstwinners of the original SentinelCricket Cup in 1908 (pictured

above). As you can see, the Cup is veryvery impressive. It has value and a lotof history. I understandthat the cup was made bya silversmiths company inBirmingham who hadmade the original FACup. Oldfields CC(Uttoxeter) won the cupin 1909 but OakamoorCC won the trophy in1910,11,12 and 13. Ibelieve that it was thengiven to the club,Oakamoor CC by theSentinel but having theFirst World War 1914 to1918 no club cricket wasplayed ??. The secretaryof the present Oakamoor CC MaryEdwards tells me that she remembersbeing told by an old player, who as ateenager, remembers the cup beingdisplayed at a Public House atOakamoor believed The Admiral Jervisin the 1930’s. Prior to the Second WorldWar the club and grounds were takenover the Local Copper Works ofThomas Bolton’s Limited. During andafter the Second World War it’s a bit ofa mystery of its whereabouts. All weknow now is that the Cup was given tothe North Staffs and District CricketLeague in 1965 by Messrs ThomasBolton’s and then rebranded as the

Oakamoor Cup . This was given to theWinning Club of our NS&DCL SeniorA League. The first club winning thetrophy was Ashcombe Park CC (1966).The last club winning the cup was

Wood Lane CC in 2004.In 2006 the North Staffs& District Cricket League,Shark Cricket, The KenLightfoot Phoenix 15Competition was formedfollowing the takeover ofWeekend Cricket by theNS&SSCL and to keepthe NS&DCL alive. Thecup is still in our handsbut not being used due toits value and InsuranceProblems.

As a League we arevery proud of our historybeing formed in 1889 and

the second oldest cricket League in theUK. However history can easily beenforgotten and we would love to hearfrom any of your readers who couldhelp us in researching any informationof the Cup between the time betweenthe First and Second World Wars andup to 1965.

In February 2016 the AGM of theLeague will take place were the Cupwill be an item on the Agenda fordiscussion.

RegardsPeter Addison, Hon Treasurer,

NS&DCL Ken Lightfoot Phoenix 15Competition.

Uttoxeter Cricket Club1st XI

Bignall End CC,Oakamoor CC andthe Oakamoor Cup


Alan’s Football Autobiography by Alan Beaman, a local sporting legend

Well Messi has shown the world he is thebest! What a pleasure to watch such atalented player - perfect balance, a first

touch that could not be bettered, vision, control,goal scoring skills from any angle, rides a tacklewith ease, unselfish, a dream of a player who couldhave played in any era.

Barcelona are a credit to world football. Toproduce that standard of football at the highestlevel is a credit to the history and beliefs. The gapto the English game and more importantly ourEnglish players is still wide, my opinion is ballskills need to be encouraged at a young age fromfive to twelve - that’s when all the time should begiven to mastering ball control, less time on games.Our children don’t play unsupervised as muchwhere the best players dribbled and improved theirskills naturally just by being the best in their area.

Let’s hope the young players coming throughcan improve our England team, two players whohave had excellent careers are Gerrard andLampard but I don’t think either of them reachedthe same standard for England - they had many

chances at international level but couldn’t reachthe level required.

England ladies are due massive creditrepresenting our country with all the desire andeffort that any team would be proud of.

I see at junior level so many aspects of sporthave changed, the most important factor is thecommittment, so many other pulls in life, manymore things to do on a Saturday.

Looking back on my days at several clubs, therewere so many players who were dedicated. Here’sa few who could stand up and be counted, JimmyCartlidge, Leon Hibberd, Mick Goodwin, BillyKeates, Billy Spooner, Martin Clark, Pete Douglas,Mick Climpson , MIck Crump, Andy Coleman,Lyndon Beardmore, Barry Wain, George Line,Paul Frith, Frankie Rowe, Paul Plant, Mick Eyre -all good players who did great job for their clubsand many more local players.

The Ashes are about to start, how cricket haschanged !The game was much slower, batting wasa two day job for Boycott, Barrington, Cowdrey,Graveney Edrich, the West Indies were superb at

the time led by the majestic Gary Sobers, superb ateverything he did. I was lucky to watch him severaltimes, with Wes Hall, Charlie Griffiths and LanceGibbs backing him up. Its the best bowling attackI have ever seen.

Trueman and Statham were England’s strikeforce for many years, with Illingworth, Close,Lock, Parks, Dexter - all fine international players.Let’s hope the players today can reach the sameheights and performance level.

To finish off, a few more characters from Tean,Ronnie Nicklin loves his sport, he played cricketand football ,followed the horse racing for manyyears - a great bloke. Alec Woodcock, a brilliantcricketer and a lovely man, George and John Lowe,fierce competitive attitudes at cricket, Dave Bruntan excellent swing bowler and they were all gooddrinkers after the game, I enjoyed my cricket somuch in those days even though I had played atBlythe where the cricket was excellent for batting.At Tean we would hit most stuff pitched upknowing you might get a snorter anytime.

Bake’s Memoirsby Neil Baker, Crewe Alexandra FC Assistant Manager and local sporting legend

Ipicked up the People newspaper recently to seeJimmy Greaves sitting in a wheelchairrecovering from his recent stroke. Alan Beaman

mentioned Greavsie in his previous column and Igo along with him when he said he was the bestEnglish striker he had ever seen. Jimmy got his 44goals for England in 57 appearances. Compare thatwith Bobby Charlton 49 goals in 106 appearances,Gary Lineker 49 in 80 apps and the man who willbeat them all Wayne Rooney 48 in 105. Aphenomenal record you have to say and like AlanI was fortunate enough to see him play in the fleshmany times including at the Victoria ground. Hewas sharp, got the majority of his goals from closerange, could beat opponents and score with hishead. He’s entertained us since finishing his careerboth in his newspaper column and on TV, hewasn’t the perfect professional as he often admitsbut we won’t see the likes of him again. Get wellsoon.

The Tottenham Hotspurs team he played in atthe time (early sixties) were a great side. Managedby Bill Nicholson the team included stars likegoalkeeper Bill Brown, Maurice Norman, DaveMackay, Peter Baker, Danny Blanchflower, BobbySmith, Cliff Jones, John White and Terry Dyson.What an array of talent and we can only guesswhat they would have been worth in todaysinflated transfer market!

From a super team to our Under 21s who failedmiserably in the European championships. Asuccessful qualifying campaign was followed bythe usual exit after the group games. I was onholiday and missed the game against Portugal butsaw the Sweden game and the Italy match thatdecided our destiny. We were certainly second bestagainst the Italians and technically I thoughtoutclassed. One statistic that came out on theevening was the number of first team appearancesthe Italian boys had made compared to our lads.Without boring you, it was three times more whichtells a story. Our young players need exposing to

first team football, most of them will becomemillionaires whether they play in their clubs firstteam or not. Are they really hungry enough? Didsome of them even want to be there? It’s a problemthat we never seem to solve despite the money inthe game, maybe that is the problem!

Congratulations to our Ladies team,unfortunate to lose their semi-final against Japanthey over achieved and captured the imaginationof the English public. Now I must admit, withoutsounding sexist, I haven’t particularly taken towomen’s football. (Apologies to my niece CassieHyde who plays centre half for Stoke City ladies).The standard has obviously improved because theFA have promoted and funded it well and thoughit will never rival the men’s game, ladies soccer ishere to stay.

Enough of football, our summer sport is nowwell underway. Two tests against New Zealandprovided some entertaining batting with the Kiwisin particular scoring at a remarkable rate for testmatch cricket. Led by captain Brendan McCullum,they bought the best out of England and mostlikely forced the more conservative Englandcaptain Alistair Cook and his team to play moreexpansive cricket. The one dayers were arevelation. A change of policy after a dismal showin the world cup proved a success. A change ofselection also helped, younger, braver players wereintroduced and the cricket they played in winningthe series has given us hope that we can put up adecent show in the Ashes which will be underwayby the time you read this.

Just the mention of the word Ashes makes youtingle. (well it does me). England v Australia, thegreatest show on earth. We look forward to thesegames irrespective of the strengths of the teams.The Aussies are in great form, look stronger thanus in all departments and will be a force to bereckoned with. England will have to up their gameto compete in the series; I hope that I get it totallywrong and our team plays above itself because I

fear a heavy defeat. If the weather stays fine I thinkthe old enemy could beat us three or four nil.Though I fear the worst I have been fortunateenough to get tickets for the Edgbaston test andwill be roaring on the three lions.

I don’t get many opportunities to see a testmatch nowadays. I used to get quite regular at onetime to Trent Bridge, Edgbaston, Old Trafford andHeadingley. It was quite reasonable to watch testcricket back then. Not expensive to get in, take anhamper full of food and your cool box full of beer,not anymore I’m afraid. Tickets close to a ton(that’s pounds not runs), as near to a fiver a pintand your snapping will cost the equivalent ofdining out at a gourmet restaurant. Still, worthevery penny if we beat the green baggy caps!

I went up to Highfield last Saturday to watchLeek play Longton, Leek riding high at the top ofthe table with normally strong Longton third frombottom. The added attraction was their annualbeer festival, a chance to watch some sport andsample some strong cider on a red hot day. Heaven.I’d had my fill come 8.15 and the game wasapproaching its climax. Longton were batting andthe scores were level in the final over of the daywith wickets to spare. So needing one run to winthe facing batsman hit the ball back past thebowler towards the mid-off boundary. He, likemost of the crowd thought the ball was going forfour; he dawdled to the bowlers end withoutputting his bat down in the crease and turned toreturn to the other end. The chasing fielder stoppedand picked up the ball returning it to thewicketkeeper who ran the batsman out! Was Iseeing things or was it the effect of the cider. No, itactually happened and goes to show, no matterhow long you watch any sport, something willhappen that you’ve not witnessed before!All the best.Bake.


On the OcheBy Dave Jones of UttoxeterLife President of the Uttoxeter and District Darts League.

Last time I told you about Eric Bristow andBobby George in the World Finals. Wellfollowing that year in 1981, England sent a

four-man team to compete for the World CupTrophy.

The tournament was held at Nelson, NewZealand. The team being Eric Bristow, John Lowe,Tony Brown and Cliff Lazarenko who wasreplacing Bobby George, England had to leaveBobby behind because he was taken seriously illduring the finals of the British ProfessionalChampionships in Stockton.

He was whisked off to Hemlington Hospitalnear Middleborough for an emergency operationto a ruptured spleen. Obviously the operationsaved his life and doctors later told him that he hadbeen suffering from an undiagnosed glandularfever problem for around 2 years!

Over the years certain people have criticisedBobby but this tells you a lot about the man. Rising

to one of the top players around after only playingfor 5 years and being very ill for 2 of them. Alsonot only that but in later years playing in anotherworld final with a broken back – in my book a topman is Bobby!

Now going back to England’s World Cuptournament which was a great win for our guysscoring a massive 132 points and the hosts NewZealand third with 41 points.

But there was to be a big shock in the pairs withworld number 1 Eric Bristow and world 2 JohnLowe losing to their lowest ranked team-matesTony Brown and Cliff Lazarenko by an amazing4-0!

Now bringing you back up to date, I am writingmy column in what the media call dementiaawareness week. This brings me to ask all youdarts players out there to do me a great big favour– put this date in your diary – Friday August 21st.On this date there will be a dementia awareness

charity night at Bradley House Club, Uttoxeter.Dementia is of course a serious mentaldeterioration of the mind and very sadly parts youfrom the person you love...

In January of this year my sister Alison andmyself lost our wonderful mother Alice to thisawful illness.

But when mum was in the nursing home shemade a good friend with Micky Ratcliffe, one ofthe finest footballers ever to come out of our localarea, and mum was very upset when Micky movedto another nursing home.

So please if you can you guys and girls outthere, come and help this very worthy cause.Believe me, when I say this, to see someone withdementia is a terrible experience and I sincerelyhope all of you out there never have to do so...Till next time, take care, Dave

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2 The hugely successful CheadleTown Football Club team fromover 30 years ago. Back Rowleft to right: Colin Kersley,Peter Dudley, Brian Standaloft,Paul Frith, Glyn Bagnall,David Shufflebotham, AndrewColeman. Front Row: Philip Mellor,Nigel Titterton, David Bevans,Michael Crump, Kevin Brunt.

3 Hare & Hounds, StramshallF.C. pictured in 1959Back Row, left to Right:George Hardwick, MickFenton, Charlie Bradley, StanChatfield, Charlie Buckley, BillDraycott, Dennis Fowell &Jack Dyche Front Row: Ron Prime, TomHollins, Ken Dyche, JimDyche, Geoff Peach, EricFallows & Jim Holmes,Landlord with his daughter Val

4 Uttoxeter Fire & Ambulancemen pictured in c.1980’sLeft to Right: Doug Oakes,Charlie Mellor, Roy Chapman,Jim Smith, Tony Kelly, ?(Stafford Man), Mick Ellerby, ?(Stafford Man), Derek Roberts,? (Stafford Man), BillWhieldon, Roy Evans, ?(Stafford Man), Don Marren,John Lowe, Cyril Bailey,

5 The first Uttoxeter Rugby ClubDinner, Oldfields Club, 1983In the centre is Guest SpeakerPeter Dixon former EnglandCaptain and member of thevictorious 1971 British Lionstouring side who won threetests to one against NewZealand. Peter is shakinghands with Club President thelate Jim Harrison. SimonBailey who is Peter’s cousin isbehind Jim, and I am peeringover Peter’s left shoulder. IanAinsworth holding the cup wasClub Captain and the little guyposing in the light trousers onhis left is Ian Ashpitel whobecame an actor and starred asChris Hart in the series FamilyAffairs. The Harry Potter lookalike next to him is ColinAlcock son of Dr Alcock.Among others pictured areSteve Browne, with Boot -Doug Moore, and the lateGinger Beardmore.

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27a HIGH STREET, UTTOXETER, STAFFS. ST14 7HNTel: (01889) 564415 Fax: (01889) 562425

E.mail: [email protected] Web: www.lavinprinters.co.uk

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• Extensions

• Brickwork

• Ground Works

• Joinery

• Home Improvements

• Plastering/Rendering

• Landscape Gardening

• Roofing

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MOWTIME Garden Services

Lawn mowing, hedge cutting, borders

sorted, tree work, lawn renovation and

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Established 10 years Tel Phil on

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PLUMBERWT Hagan & Sons

32 Years ExperienceNo call out chargeLocally based

Call 07513 975664 or 01889 589264

Your One-Stop Shop for local school uniformsWe have everything you needfor the new term!School Uniforms for:

Cheadle AcademyPainsley College

St Giles • Bishop RawleFaber • St Thomas’sSt Werburgh’s • Cheadle PrimaryGreat Wood PrimaryDilhorne Primary • The ValleySavings club also available on school uniforms

5% Off With This VoucherOffer valid until 16th August 2015Not to be used in conjunctionwith any other offer

Choose SomethingSpecial for all yourSchool Needs52-54 High Street, Cheadle

Tel 01538 752840Opening Times:

Monday-Saturday 9am-5pm

Sunday 10-4 (19th July - 6th

September inclusive)

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