Ashbourne
Osmaston
Edlaston
Wyaston
Shirley
Ednaston
April ‒ May 2016
Number 82
Brailsford
Yeaveley
News and Views from Brailsford, Edlaston, Osmaston, Shirley and Yeaveley
Brailsford and Ednaston Parish Footpaths
by Judith Pugsley
I have been the footpath warden for the
Ramblers in the Brailsford and Ednaston
parish in the last three years. I am carrying
out another annual checkup this spring, and
welcome any comments that anyone would
wish to make. (Recent walks have been
extraordinarily boggy ones, but at least one
has not had to worry about any over-curious
cows.)
other times, as I have noticed in these
February weeks, there can be no sign at all of
the path. There are usually some reports to be
made to Derbyshire Dales Council. The ever
diminishing resources of local government
are always a concern, and some problems
seem to have to wait a long time: however,
it’s worth registering problems, and
sometimes they can be tackled by volunteers.
Fallen posts are apparently dealt with on a
contracted out basis, and only once a year; I
have been looking for some post replacements
for quite a while now (although I always feel
a bit sad when the traditional lovely old
wooden posts are replaced by utilitarian
metal). Yellow arrows are more easily
obtained.
You may be surprised to learn that we
actually have about fifty rights of way in the
parish. The biggest meeting point of paths is,
of course, All Saints Parish Church. I have
been intrigued to find that at the parish
boundaries (apart from Wood Lane on the
east side) there seems often to be an old
watercourse that doubtless once helped to
determine where lines should be drawn.
We have a particularly rich heritage of
footpaths in Derbyshire. Apart from the
enhanced wellbeing that walking unfailingly
brings, there is a particular satisfaction to be
had from increasing familiarity with maps and
stile spotting, and from walking in ancient
ways; and of course continuing to walk them
and care for them helps secure them for future
generations.
Overall I think the state of the footpath
network is quite good. There are still a few
trouble spots: congratulations are due to
anyone who finds the path from lower Slack
Lane going NW over weirs to Yeldersley
Lane.
However, I have become much more aware of
the wear and weathering on posts, arrows and
stiles. Gates develop awkward latches, and
chains appear that defy the nimblest fingers.
Holly bushes and ivy do their best to hide
posts and arrows. In some seasons the rights
of way can be brilliantly clear across fields; at
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Brailsford Pantomimes Past and Future
In 1998 the Ashbourne News Telegraph headlined “Church breaks new ground with Christmas
pantomime” when it reported that the
Social Group of All Saints Church, presented an
original pantomime. It was the first time in more
than forty years that Brailsford had been entertained with such a festive production. The
pantomime was Little Red Riding Hood and The
Beast of Brailsford, written by Joyce Webb and
produced by Mary Cox. Some fifty local people
joined the cast, amongst them notable characters
such as Ray Jones as the Baroness of Brailsford
and Colin Johnson as the Beast. It was thought
Red Riding Hood would be a one-off but its popularity encouraged such entertainments to continue. Since 1998 we have produced pantomimes,
variety shows and plays annually. Many talented
local people have performed and each year audiences increased with tickets being at a premium.
We never set out to make a profit but gradually as
audiences grew so money was generated.
Annually surplus funds have been returned in
various ways to the village community. All local
groups and many individuals have benefited. For
instance the Primary School has received many
extra resources including this year an electric
piano for the new school. The Institute too has
gained a stage, an electric piano, additional lighting
and
the
car
park
resurfaced.
Other beneficiaries have been the two churches,
Brownies and Scouts, the Preschool Playgroup,
the Mother and Baby group, the Thomas Coxon
Charity for the elderly, the Craft Guild and many
more. In addition, some young people have been
supported in their voluntary work.
Last year was no exception; there are funds available from the recent pantomime of Jack and the
Beanstalk.. Groups and individuals needing
money to support their activities should write to
the Brailsford Social Group stating their project
and how the money might be beneficial (send to
Mary Cox, 105 The Plain, Brailsford DE6 3BR).
The pantomime for 2016 is to be Snow White.
Plans are well under way with the script already
written by Roger Tomlinson. Directing this year
will be by Frank Kurpios but all else will be
similar with the cast eagerly awaiting. New
participants are always welcome and anyone
interested in joining the pantomime on stage or
behind the scenes should contact Frank
([email protected]). The Social
Group has now completed eighteen years of
entertaining the local community and all bodes
well for its continuation into the future. Over the
years it is obvious that all performers have
thoroughly enjoyed doing so, but their
endeavours would be nothing if there weren’t
audiences to share them. We are most
appreciative of the support from the local
community and beyond.
Yeaveley 175 Update by Rosemary Nuttall
The ceramic daffodil installation was in On Saturday 16 there will be a Spring Coffee
place for Mothers’ day and received much Morning from 10.00am to noon at Malt
attention from both locals and the media – House Farm, Rodsley Lane, kindly hosted by
local news and radio sent reporters and Fio- Chrissie Watson. A chance to meet and to
na played a starring role on Radio raise much needed funds for the Church.
Derby, albeit at 7:15am! Once the Our 175th anniversary year culminates with
installation of daffodils is dismantled in mid- a Service of Celebration and Thanksgiving
April, they will be available for sale at £10 with our special guest, Bishop Alastair. The
each – orders are already being taken and a service will be at 10:45am on Sunday 17
dedication book is in Yeaveley Church.
April followed by special anniversary
The final weekend of the year’s celebrations refreshments!
will start at 7:30pm on Friday 15 April with Everyone is very welcome to join us at any
a presentation in church, ’Yeaveley, an Un- of these events.
reliable History’ – a light hearted and, hopefully, informative journey through the histo- Looking forward to the summer, this year’s
ry of the village presented by Robert Nuttall. Yeaveley Village Fete will take place on the
evening of Saturday 4 June at Hellingly
This will be followed by wine and nibbles.
House – more details available shortly.
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Food for Thought by Colin Johnson
It is very easy to despair of all that is going on
in our world just now from the horrendous
savagery in the various Middle East conflicts to
the spread of the zika virus in the Americas and
its unpredictable consequences. However, a
good antidote is to visit somewhere which
explores our own social history from the not-too
-distant past.
In spite of the benevolent intentions of the
founders, conditions in the hospital were austere
to say the least. A great deal of attention was
paid to hygiene (essential in an age when
infectious diseases like typhoid, cholera and
dysentery were rampant) but little to education
and none at all to comfort.
If you can’t get down to London, Quarry Bank
Mill (National Trust) on the southern outskirts
of Manchester offers similar insights into the
lives of children around 150 years ago. The
owners of Quarry Bank were extremely
enlightened by the standards of their day. They
employed a full time doctor with a sanatorium
to care for workers who became ill and they
offered their child apprentices an education in
the short space of time when they were not at
work. Thus some of them were able to better
themselves and eventually take up quite senior
positions in the factory. Nowadays you would
call that a career structure! They did not employ
children as young as some other mills or make
them work such long hours but even so it was a
terrible life by today’s standards.
Down in London recently to visit our daughter,
we went to the Foundling Museum which tells
the story of the Foundling Hospital. In the 1740s
it is estimated that at least a thousand children
were abandoned on the streets of London every
year. It wasn’t that their mothers didn’t care for
them. It was rather that they couldn’t care for
them and hoped against hope that they would be
found by someone able and willing to do so.
Many of these women were entirely innocent of
any wrongdoing. They had been widowed or
abandoned by their husbands and had no means
of supporting themselves, let alone a family.
So the Foundling Hospital was established with
the help of many wealthy and well-meaning
supporters including the artist William Hogarth
and the composer George Frederick Handel. It
was an imposing building able to house 450
orphan children but even this was a drop in the
ocean compared with the scale of the problem
so they had to institute a balloting system to
decide which children to take. On arrival
mothers would be offered a black bag in which
they had to feel for a ball. If it was white their
child would be accepted, if black it would be
refused, if red it could go on a waiting list.
So, if you think today’s world is a depressing
place, take a trip back to the eighteenth or
nineteenth century and give thanks that we have
come a long way since then. However alarming
some aspects of today’s world may be, few of us
would choose to go back in time to a previous
century. We should be thankful that we live now
rather than then.
An evening with Queen Victoria
In aid of Brailsford Women’s Institute
Saturday 2 July 2016 at 7.00pm
Brailsford Village Institute
Tickets £18.00: phone Fiona – 360742
Includes supper – ring your own drinks!
PLUS...... Bring along a small antique for
a professional valuation
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Church Services ‒ April 2016
These service details are believed to be correct at the time of going to press but check village notice
boards and the notice board outside the Methodist Church in Brailsford for more up-to-date
information. All services are in modern language unless designated as ‘1662’.
10 April
Easter 3
White
17 April
Easter 4
White
24 April
Easter 5
White
10.30am
Circuit Easter Offering
Service at Ashbourne
Tim Morris
10.30am*
All Age Worship
Peter Dawson
10.30am
Morning Worship
Stuart Mustow
10.45am
All Age Worship
Fiona Crocker
10.45am
Holy Communion
with Kids’ Club
Paul Taylor
9.15am
Holy Communion
Paul Taylor
Edlaston
10.45am
Holy Communion
Paul Taylor
9.15am
Holy Communion
Paul Taylor
8.30am
Breakfast Church at
Wyaston Village Hall
Fiona Crocker
Osmaston
8.00am
Holy Communion
(1662)
Paul Taylor
No Service
10.45am
Holy Communion
Dawn Glen
9.15am
Morning Celebration
Paul Taylor
5.00pm
Tea and Hymns
Fiona Crocker
10.45am
Holy Communion
(1662)
9.15am
Holy Communion
Dawn Glen
10.45am
175th Anniversary
Service
Bishop Alistair
Fiona Crocker
6.00pm
Holy Communion
Fiona Crocker
Acts 11:1–18
Sunday/
Church
Brailsford
Methodist
Brailsford
All Saints
3 April
Easter 2
White
10.45
United Cafe Style
All Age Worship
Ann Parkinson
10.00am
United Benefice Holy
Communion at Brailsford
Shirley
Paul Taylor
Yeaveley
Readings
Acts 5:27–32
Acts 9:1–6
Acts 9:36–43
Psalm 118:14–29
Psalm 30
Psalm 23
Psalm 148
Revelation 1:4–8
Revelation 5:11–14
Revelation 7:9–17
Revelation 21:1–6
John 20:19–31
John 21:1–19
John 10:22–30
The reading from Acts must be The reading from Acts must The reading from Acts must
used
*
be used
be used
John 13:31–35
The reading from Acts
must be used
Breakfast served from 9.15am
Benefice Web Site: www.fiveofthebest.org.uk
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Church office telephone: 361239
Church Services ‒ May 2016
These service details are believed to be correct at the time of going to press but check village notice
boards and the notice board outside the Methodist Church in Brailsford for more up-to-date
information. All services are in modern language unless designated as ‘1662’.
Sunday/
Church
Brailsford
Methodist
Brailsford
All Saints
Edlaston
Osmaston
1 May
Easter 6
White
8 May
Easter 7
White
15 May
Pentecost
Red
22 May
Trinity Sunday
White
10.30am
Morning Worship
Tom Parkinson
10.30am*
All Age Worship
Fiona Green
10.30am
Morning Worship
Diana Whitmill
10.45am
All Age Worship
Paul Taylor
10.45am
Holy Communion
with Kids’ Club
Paul Taylor
9.15am
Holy Communion
Paul Taylor
10.45am
Holy Communion
(1662)
Paul Taylor
10.45am
Holy Communion
Dawn Glen
10.45am
Holy Communion
Fiona Crocker
8.30am
Breakfast Church
at Wyaston Village
Hall
Fiona Crocker
6.00pm
Evensong
Fiona Crocker
8.00am
Holy Communion
(1662)
Paul Taylor
10.45am
United Café Style
Service
at the Methodist
Church
John Dyster
No Service
10.45am
Holy Communion
Dawn Glen
29 May
Trinity 1
Green
Proper 4
10.30am
Morning Worship
with Communion
Mark Broadhurst
10.00am
United Benefice
Holy Communion at
Yeaveley
Jason Kennedy
Shirley
9.15am
Holy Communion
(1662)
Paul Taylor
9.15am
Morning Celebration
Paul Taylor
5.00pm
Tea and Hymns
Fiona Crocker
10.45am
Holy Communion
(1662)
Paul Taylor
Yeaveley
10.45am
All Age Worship
with Baptism
Fiona Crocker
9.15am
Holy Communion
Dawn Glen
9.15am
Holy Communion
Paul Taylor
6.00pm
Holy Communion
Fiona Crocker
Readings
Acts 16:9–15
Acts 16:16–34
Acts 2:1–21
Proverbs 8:1–4,
Psalm 67
Psalm 97
Psalm 104:26–37
22–31
43
Revelation 21:10,
Revelation 22:12–14,
Romans 8:14–17
Psalm 8
Psalm 96:1–9
*
1 Kings 8:22–23, 41–
22–22:5
16, 17, 20, 21
John 14:8–17
Romans 5:1–5
Galatians 1:1–12
John 14:23–29
John 17:20–26
The reading from
John 16:12–15
Luke 7:1–10
The reading from
The reading from Acts
Acts must be used
The reading from
Acts must be used
must be used
Acts must be used
Breakfast served from 9.15am
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Early Notice
There will be a Church Fete
on Saturday 18 June 2016
at the Old Rectory, Brailsford
Please book the date
Further information will be available
nearer the time
Don’t miss it!
A Tea Party to celebrate
the Queen’s 90th Birthday
Thursday 21 April
2.00 – 4.00pm
at Brailsford Methodist Church
(organised by Brailsford Coffee Shop)
Brailsford School Children will sing
In the company of Liz Fothergill CBE DL
(High Sheriff of Derbyshire)
Everyone welcome to this free event,
Donations will be given to
The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Scheme
for disadvantaged young people
Shirley Garden Fete
It has been decided not to hold our traditional
Garden Fete but instead we will be joining
with the Shirley Sports and Social Committee
with an event at the Sports Ground at the end
of Park Lane on Saturday 30 July 2016 in the
afternoon.
Defibrillator in Brailsford
from Diane Minshall
The Church will continue to organise the prize
draw, tombola, teas etc., but the games will be
organised by members of the Sports and Social
Committee. Further details later but please
make a note of the date for your diary.
We have a new defibrillator in Brailsford
supplied by the British Heart Foundation
through a Government grant.
It is located on the outside wall of the Institute
next to the car park so it is available 24 hours a
day for use in emergencies.
There is also a training pack which can be
borrowed if anyone wants to learn how to use
a defibrillator.
Are you ready
for your next adventure?
Scouting offers everyday adventure to half a
million people in the UK. With over 200
different activities to take part in, why not
come and see what all the fuss is about? 1st
Osmaston, Brailsford and Shirley Scout Group
have places for 6 to 18 year olds available now
– join us and begin your new adventure today!
Derby Constabulary
Male Voice Choir
Saturday 30 April at 7.45pm
St Martin’s Church, Osmaston
There will be an interval when light
refreshments and a glass of wine will be
served.
Tickets £10 from Gerald Parker (300387)
A golden opportunity to hear this
excellent choir who are much in demand.
And especially for 8–10 year olds, 2016 is a
very special year, as we are celebrating 100
years of Cub Scouts. We’ve got an action
packed year planned, leading up to the party
itself in December. We’d love you to come
and join in the fun!
We meet at Brailsford Village Hall every
Monday in School Term, so come along to
find out more.
Yeldersley Hall Open Garden
Sunday 22 May 2.00–5.00pm
The Bailey family have a beautiful garden
that is well worth a visit.
Cream teas on sale
and the Osmaston Wind Band will perform.
Alternatively, contact Greg Smith on 07530
275803 or Emma Cross on 07817 472829, or
email [email protected] for
more details.
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News from Shirley
by Derek Puplett
The Churches of the Benefice
by Chris Booth
For the past four years or so, Shirley Sports
and Social Association has been in the
doldrums when it comes to organising social
activities. It has maintained the upkeep of the
sports field in Shirley to a high standard and it
is used by a broad range of people for various
activities such as football, dog walking and
exercising as well as some more diverse
activities like model aeroplane flying.
There are just five issues left before Colin
Johnson and I retire from Parish Focus and there
are five churches in our United Benefice. So I
thought it might be interesting to summarise the
Listed Building text for one of them in each
issue starting with Yeaveley.
Yeaveley, Holy Trinity
Grade:
II
Date Listed:
19 July 1985
English Heritage Building ID: 81331
Parish church, 1840.
Red brick in Flemish bond with stone and
moulded brick dressings. Slate roof with stone
ridge and moulded stone coped gables with
ridge cross to east. Plinth and coved brick eaves
band, also to each corner of nave and tower
stepped clasping buttresses.
Simple plan with entrance in western tower and
three bay nave. Two stage western tower has
blind chamfered lancet with stone hoodmould
and sill to west, similar window to south with
diamond leaded light. Chamfered pointed
northern door case with stone hoodmould and
carved head label stops. Above, louvred chamfered lancet bell openings to all sides. Moulded
stone stringcourse above, topped by embattled
brick parapets with stone ridgeback copings.
Flanking nave walls to side of tower blank.
North and south elevations to nave identical
with three chamfered lancets, again with stone
hoods and sills, also diamond leaded lights.
East window has four-centred arch and
Y-tracery with hoodmould. Interior very plain
with panelled wooden gallery on iron columns
to west, plain bench pews and C19 knobbed
balustered altar rails. Cusped wooden pulpit and
panelled reredos beyond rails, to either side of
altar on east wall large painted plaques. That to
south with the commandments, that to north
with the Lord's Prayer and the Creed.
To west end of church below the gallery a C20
panelled vestry, to north side. Staircase within
the tower up to the gallery.
The equipment used to maintain the field is
rapidly coming to the end of its useful life, so
it is necessary to get back into fundraising
mode and rejuvenate the Social side of the
Sports and Social Association. Two key elements have come together to make this rejuvenation possible. One is the formation of a new,
enthusiastic committee. (Two words you do
not see together very often these days). The
other is the availability of the community
space inside St Michael's Church in Shirley.
The Sports and Social Association now has
access to a venue where it can hold a series of
small but friendly activities to raise some
badly needed funds as well as offering the
community a range of fun and interesting
activities. We're kicking off with a games
night on 11 March, which will be followed by
other evenings, yet to be arranged, but will
hopefully include: film events, wine tasting,
more games evenings and quiz nights, etc.
Some of the events will be in collaboration
with St Michael's Church and will raise funds
for both groups.
One such event will be held at Shirley sports
field on 30 July 2016 and will be a
combination of sporting activities coupled
with some of the popular traditional fete stalls.
We will announce more about this event in
future issues of the Parish Focus.
HM the Queen’s 90th Birthday
Osmaston Village Hall Committee and the
village History Group with help from the
school and church are planning to celebrate
with a picnic and entertainment in Osmaston
Park on the afternoon of Sunday 15 May.
St Michael’s Church, Shirley
PCC AGM
Sunday 24 April 2016 at 11.30 am
(after 10.45 service)
Full details nearer the time.
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Things To Do, Places To Go
Date
Time
Event
Contact
25 Mar
10.00am–noon
Easter Eggstravaganza at Osmaston Church
5 Apr
Depart 11.30am Greenfields Over 60s Club.
Carvery Lunch followed by visit to Lichfield
Gerald Parker 300387
14 Apr
7.30pm
Daphne Brown 360524
19 Apr
7.30pm
Brailsford & District WI at Brailsford Village Hall
Southern South America – Boyd Potts
Osmaston & District WI at Wyaston Village Hall
Scandinavian Rag Rugging – Jackie Howard
plus Stall: Books/Miscellaneous.
28 Apr
7.30pm
Millennium Craft Guild at Brailsford Village Hall
Zentangles – Carol Thorpe
Roy Howard 360506
30 Apr
7.45pm
3 May
7.30pm
Derby Constabulary Male Voice Choir in Osmaston Church Gerald Parker 300387
(see advert on page 6)
Greenfields Over 60s Club at Wyaston Village Hall – AGM Gerald Parker 300387
and fashion show and sale by Edinburgh Woollen Mills.
12 May
7.30pm
17 May
7.30pm
26 May
7.30pm
Janet Dixon 343765
Brailsford & District WI at Brailsford Village Hall
Resolution Meeting. Sales table.
Osmaston & District WI at Wyaston Village Hall
Resolution Meeting. Stall: Plants/Miscellaneous
Daphne Brown 360524
Millennium Craft Guild at Brailsford Village Hall
Hardanger Embroidery – Roy Howard. (Registration
required.)
Roy Howard 360506
Janet Dixon 343765
Regular Events
4th Sun
8.30–9.30am
Breakfast Church at Wyaston Village Hall.
Sun
7.00‒9.00pm
Osmaston Wind Band Practice at Brailsford Village Hall
Tony Schroeter 330078
Mon
5.30–9.30pm
Beavers (5:30-6:30), Cubs (6:45-8:00), Scouts (7:30-9:00)
and Explorers (7:30-9:30) at Brailsford Village Hall
Emma Cross
07817 472829
Mon
Tues
Tues
Tues
10‒noon
9.30–11.30am
9.30am
7.30pm
Coffee Shop at St Michael’s, Shirley
Coffee Shop at Brailsford Methodist Church
Coffee at the Shoulder of Mutton, Osmaston
Brailsford Handbell Ringers at Brailsford Methodist Church Roy Howard 360506
Wed
12 noon
Weds
7.30pm
Midweek Communion Service at St Michael’s, Shirley
followed by lunch on third Wednesday.
Church Bell Ringing Practice at All Saints, Brailsford
For lunch,
Linda Mead 360008
Chris Booth 360402
Alt. Thu 7.30pm
Church Bell Ringing Practice at St Martin’s, Osmaston
Chris Booth 360402
Thurs
2.00-3.30pm
1st, 3rd
Thurs
7.45pm
Brailsford’s Busy Bees and Toddler Group
at Brailsford Village Hall
Folk Dance Club at Brailsford Village Hall
Louise Clarke
07772 898213
John Topliss
01332 516719
Thurs
6.00–7.00pm
Brailsford Church Choir Practice in Brailsford All Saints
church or Brailsford Methodist Church.
Please check with Mahala (choir leader).
Mahala Titterton
360703
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