Wings issue 152 February/March 2023

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The man who
changed
Wingerworth
J
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The man who
designed and built
thousands of homes in
Wingerworth, and
whose name remains
forever associated with
one of the large
estates, John
Adlington (left), has
died at the age of 85.
John Winter reports
OHN Adlington was born on New Year’s Day, 1937,
to parents John and Frances. He spent his
childhood at Halcyon House in Tupton until moving to
Stubbing Court in Wingerworth at the age of 15.
His father, John Adlington Snr, came from a farming family in
Ashover and was a local entrepreneur who started the building
company John Adlington Ltd based in Clay Cross in the 1940s.
He bought Stubbing Court in 1952 and moved there with his wife
Frances, and children John, David and Frances.
John, know as Johnny, was a student at Tupton Hall School
where he was Head Boy, a key member of the football and
cricket teams and a good all-round student. He was all set to
study to be a doctor following his father’s wishes but after
completing his National Service in Malaya he returned to study
architecture and joined the family businesses.
One of the first building projects was that of the Adlington
Estate (off the A61) which was completed at the end of the war
and was a collaboration with the council.
John Adlington Ltd went on to build more than 1,000 homes on
the Lydgate Estate, stretching from Langer Lane to Swathwick
Lane to Chartwell Avenue. In the 1980s/90s came the design and
Chartwell Avenue was built by John Adlington
Lydgate estate design, 1970
build of the houses that make up Pear Tree and Elm Tree
Avenue.
A 1970 pamphlet published by John Adlington Ltd advertising “a
contemporary home for you” on the Lydgate Estate stated
proudly that the company has been associated with housing and
estate development for over 25 years.
It was emblazoned with the slogan “If you want houses you
want Adlingtons!” It added: “We pride ourselves that we have
provided homes for over 4,000 families.” It is interesting to
note that bungalows at that time were advertised for sale at
£3,000!
John gifted land to the community for Chartwell Park and was a
kind benefactor to many projects in the village.
Plan for a 1970s ‘contemporary home’ on the then
new Lydgate estate at Wingerworth
A keen golfer who never missed a chance to be on the course,
he was also an excellent pianist and many people will remember
him ‘singing for his supper’ in Renato’s Restaurant in the town
centre throughout the 90s.
He enjoyed squash and tennis and was a member of both the
High Peak and Barlow Hunt in his younger years. He moved from
his childhood home at Stubbing Court to Rectory Drive as a
newly-wed, before building a house on Harper Hill where he
brought up his family.
He ‘downsized’ back to The Coach House at Stubbing Court in
1995 before retiring to Pear Tree Avenue in 2008.
John will be remembered for years to come for his role in the
creation of Wingerworth and the community that brings all the
bricks to life.
John Adlington passed away at home with his family. Warmly
remembered for his kindness and good humour, he is survived
by his two daughters, Sarah and Rowan, and grandsons, Frank
and Teddy.

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Cars issue is a
real danger
outside village
school
A Wingerworth parish councillor has described the
parking situation outside Deer Park Primary School at
peak times as ‘chaotic,’ adding that he fears for the
safety of children and their parents. John Winter reports
C
OUN Mark Faulkner has conducted a study of traffic
and parking behaviour there, presented his findings
to a meeting of Wingerworth Parish Council and now
hopes Derbyshire County Council highways department
will conduct a site visit to cover traffic management at
both village schools.
His report said that parents were obviously intent on driving their
children to school because of other commitments, notably work,
and includes several worrying observations:
• During his visit several cars manoeuvred onto the footpath when
parking or dropping children off.
• Motorists were seen performing three-point turns amidst the
traffic and pedestrians, occasionally mounting the footpath.
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• With cars parked on both sides of the road, pedestrian sightline
was diminished when crossing the road. Similarly, motorists
travelling along New Road would have less time to react to
children attempting to cross the road if they emerge onto the road
from between parked cars.
• Park and walk facilities arranged at the Barley Mow and Smithy
Pond pubs were clearly not being used despite their convenience.
The councillor added: “I checked these car parks during the
school drop-off period and whilst New Road was in chaos, the car
parks were scarcely being used. I spoke to one parent who
parked and walked with their child from the Barley Mow. She
remarked that only one other parent used the car park there.”
Opposite the school, New Road has ‘Keep Clear’ and zig-zag
road markings running for about 35 metres. There is no footpath
along this section of road, but there is a grass verge which cars
park on, adjacent to the zig-zag road markings.
Bottleneck
“Immediately after the zig-zag lines, cars can be seen parking on
the roadside on both sides of the road, narrowing the road into a
bottleneck to the south-east. The bottleneck is only wide enough
for one vehicle at a time, and I’ve been told that buses and other
large vehicles can get stuck there occasionally,” said Coun
Faulkner.
One possible option would be to introduce a ‘kiss and drop’
scheme as is the case at Hunloke Park School, where parents
drop their children to staff waiting in the bus stopping area on
Lodge Drive, and then children are accompanied into school using
the bottom gate.
“A similar scheme could be introduced at Deer Park School. The
footpath around the school entrance has been widened to
accommodate the school driveway and a ‘build-in’ into the
footpath area to accommodate a drop-off zone is feasible in my
view. It seems clear that this scheme has been successful at
Hunloke Park and other UK schools,” he said.
Meanwhile, police visited Hunloke Park School and posted the
following comment on their Facebook page:
“Wingerworth & Rural SNT have done our school patrols around
Hunloke School, Wingerworth this afternoon and to be blunt,
some of the parking in places has been horrendous.
“Just to remind some of you that parking opposite solid white
lines is not only illegal, it is also irresponsible. Markings are there
for a reason, to keep everyone safe from passing traffic allowing
parents with children to cross the road safely.
“Several vehicles today have either been moved on, or a ticket
placed on your windscreen. It really isn’t acceptable to say to us
that you were running late and couldn’t find anywhere else to
park.”
Several people posted their support for the police action, and
one added: “I’ve just checked Google maps and the distance
between where I lived and my junior school was 0.6 mile and a
12/13 minute walk. I walked there and back every day come rain or
shine and the snow of 1962.”
Another said: “Please, please can you also do these patrols
around Deer Park School.”
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T
HE area’s annual exhibition of mini-masterpieces is set to make a return
this spring.
The Chesterfield Postcard Show gives communities, creatives and up-and-coming artists
the opportunity to showcase their work. This year’s show is entitled Wish You Were Here
and will take place between the 9th and 19th of May at West Studios in the town.
In 2022, there were first exhibits and sales for several new artists and creative people in
the community, with 70 artists involved and 131 postcard-size pieces exhibited.
The exhibition celebrates the importance of getting creative and its impact on people’s selfesteem
and well-being. Organisers, Junction Arts, and local artist Dave Elsom are inviting
people locally, from across the UK, and internationally to create their own postcard piece of
art and submit it by 20th April.
Hannah Bowdler, fundraising co-ordinator at Junction Arts, said: “We believe everyone
should have access to art. The Chesterfield Postcard Shows not only provides a free
exhibition of marvellous miniature artworks for local people to enjoy, but it also provides a
unique opportunity for new artists to exhibit and showcase their talent.
“We’d love more people to get involved this year and are inviting people of ages and
abilities to take part. Your artwork can be whatever you want it to be, a painting, a
photograph, digital artwork, you can use whatever material you like, as long as it’s postcard
size and is based on the theme of Wish You Were Here.”
Pieces will be available to buy during the exhibition to raise money to support local arts
charity Junction Arts and their work within the community. Local businesses are also being
invited to support the event by sponsoring local schools to take part. Businesses requiring
more information can contact hannah@junctionarts.org.
Submissions should be created on A6 card, not paper, and sent to The Postcard Show,
Junction Arts, West Studios Sheffield Road, Chesterfield S41 7ET by 20th April. If participants
need a card, they can send a message to Hannah@junctionarts.org to request a blank card
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Interest in my bank account
Editor Mike Firth shares his
attempts to track down a
‘dormant’ bank account
from the 1960s
W
AY back in the spring
of 1964, Beatle-mania
was all the rage, BBC2
began broadcasting and
the trial of the Great
Trainrobbers took place.
Meanwhile, I was in short
trousers in my first year at
school and my parents
and grandparents
decided to invest in my
future by opening a
bank account in my
name.
Off they trotted to the
local branch of the
Sheffield Trustee
Savings Bank, handed a
pound note over the
counter and, in return,
were presented with a
buff-coloured book
in which to record
future transactions
as young Michael saved for the years ahead.
That was on May 11th and, five months later, the bank book
shows another pound was deposited. By the end of the year
my account had already received the boost of thruppence in
interest!
As more pound notes were deposited at regular intervals over
the next couple of years, interest levels grew and were hand
written into the account book. However, a move to a new house
and the arrival of my teenage years saw the bank book put to
one side and then completely forgotten about.
That was until just a few months ago when the old Trustee
Savings Bank account record re-emerged. It showed that in
1976 the account stood at a whopping £14.80p. Not only had
the balance grown substantially, but it had also turned
decimal.
So what should I do; forget about it or try to track how much
might be in the account today? How much might £14.80p
have earned in interest over almost half-a-century? The
Yorkshireman in me insisted that I should make a few
enquiries.
Branches
Hurdle number one was that although the Sheffield Trustee
Savings Bank - established in 1819 - once proudly had 25
branches in Sheffield and north Derbyshire, the Abbey Lane
premises where my account had been opened had closed many
years ago. Indeed, a quick internet search for local TSB branches
told me the nearest one to my home was in Bolsover.
Driving across the M1, it struck me that the motorway we these
days take for granted hadn’t been built when my account had
been opened in 1964!
I found the TSB on Cotton Street next to the market in the heart
of Bolsover and my enquiries got off to an encouraging start
when the smiling assistant told me she knew where Abbey Lane
was and had worked at the branch
there herself for a number of years.
She also mentioned about account
numbers and sort codes, but she did
tell me that the present TSB was not
the old TSB.
The form I needed to revive my
dormant account was unfortunately
out of stock, so she suggested that I
should visit an Age Concern
website for further information. So I
did just that. After creating a
password and photographing my
driving licence, the old bank
account number was not long
enough to fill in the required
number of on-line squares. The
site advised me to visit a branch
of the bank where my account
was held.
So a week later I was back in
Bolsover (another look around
the market) for a second visit
to the TSB. This time, another
member of staff virtually
told me I was wasting my
time there as it was now a
Lloyd’s Bank branch I
needed.
So where would I find one
of those? In another north
Derbyshire market town, that’s
where!
A staff member behind the counter at Lloyd’s in Eckington
town centre gave me a warm welcome, studied my curious old
bank book, confirmed the Abbey Lane TSB branch had closed
and told me more about old account numbers and sort codes.
There was nothing she could do there and then, but there was a
form I could complete. They had them in stock, too! So back
home I went with a copy of the British Bankers’ Association’s
pamphlet on Lost Bank Accounts.
Completing the two-sided ‘Form to Reclaim Funds From a
Lost Account’ which came with it, I popped it into an envelope
and sent it off to the BBA’s headquarters at Pinners Hall in
London.
I was hardly waiting with baited breath, but after six weeks I was
curious as to when I might receive a reply - and my money from
the 1960s. Then returning home one day, there was an envelope
on the doormat. The Royal Mail had been unable to deliver my
completed form, stating “Addressee Gone Away”.
A quick check on the internet and, sure enough, the British
Bankers’ Association was no more, having merged with UK
Finance from 1st July, 2017. I contacted this organisation by email
and was amazed to receive a response inside 24 hours.
The advice was to return to the internet to complete another
(simpler) on-line application form with an organisation called
My Lost Account. This group apparently processes more than
8,000 applications each month. I wasn’t anticipating a speedy
conclusion after being told my details would be stored with them
for 365 days, but then heard back by email. They told me: “We
regret to advise you that Lloyds Bank Plc have not found a
dormant account in the name supplied.”
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Now I’m even more determined than ever to see this through as
my account has earned another six months’ interest.
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pull out due to a call-up to go to California to be part of series
one of the new show, MMA Fight Academy, and make his
professional debut on TV.
Teddy, from Wingerworth, is shown above with proud brother
Frank.
• A COUPLE who pulled up their blue car at the bus stop
opposite the Hunloke Arms at Wingerworth, stole a
wedding and engagement ring, a gold chain and a
bracelet.
They took them from an elderly couple who were awaiting a
bus. Their grandson said the thieves pretended to ask for
directions to hospital but were “very good pickpockets”, adding
his grandparents “have been married 60 years and the jewellery
was of sentimental value.”
• WINGERWORTH Parish Council clerk Charlotte Taylor is
leaving the local authority following her appointment as
clerk of Old Bolsover Town Council.
Charlotte took over the reins at Wingerworth from her father
Mike, who retired in 2017 and sadly died in 2021.
Charlotte oversaw the process of decision making and
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She said: “I will miss working here; the hall is busy and vibrant
so it will be a shame to not be around to continue to see it
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• DERBYSHIRE Police and Crime Commissioner Angelique
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number of people killed on the county’s roads.
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Ashover Brass
Band shown
here circa 1935
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OST local people will be
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Ashover as well as the people of the
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both nationally and in Ashover, and also
1972 Christmas photograph of the band
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21st centuries.
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the industrial revolution and other national and local events a harmonious read, and we’re incredibly grateful that he is using
before it's demise in 1936. It talks fondly about the founding and the sales to raise money for Bowel Cancer UK. Money raised
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INGERWORTH Fun Day will be held on at the Allendale
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organising committee that has been set up.
A spokesperson said: “We are delighted to tell you that a new
committee has come forward to ensure the continuation of this
popular annual community event. The previous members
decided to stand down after giving a great deal of their time and
doing a tremendous job of organising it for the past ten years.
This year's event will have a musical theme and promises to be
another afternoon for everyone to enjoy, with many local clubs,
societies, artists, crafters and other organisations taking part .
“Volunteers and donations are essential to the day and needed!
We would love to hear from you if you can help and/or would like
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the day. Please email wingerworthfestival@gmail.com with any
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details so that we can get back to you."
• AN appeal has been lodged against NE Derbyshire Council’s
refusal of outline planning permission for residential
development of up to 26 dwellings for over 55s with means
of access considered on land to the rear of 263 Nethermoor
Road, Wingerworth.
The Appellant’s case is that the submission is considered to
accord with the policies of the Development Plan and constitute
sustainable development in accordance with National Planning
Policy Framework.
Although the council said that the proposal will erode the gap
between settlements and result in landscape and visual harm,
the appeal claims this is not the case as the site boundary does
not extend beyond existing housing and the gap is not protected
by local policy like others in the district.
The appellant claims that the proposals will have a limited
impact on the open character of the surrounding countryside.
The Appeal will be heard by written representation.
• A CAMPAIGN to encourage Derbyshire people to chat to
each other more is expanding.
The county council’s Let’s Chat Derbyshire campaign has seen
hundreds of signs spring up on benches in parks and other
public spaces.
The aim is to encourage people to connect and reduce social
isolation through having conversations, as well as promoting
information about mental health, wellbeing and available support.
Due to the success of the initiative, more signs will go up, some
on footpaths across the county. And the campaign also moves
indoors with all manner of organisations and businesses signing
up to get involved.
Luke Oldham from the council said: “This indoor campaign is
again to encourage conversations around mental health but it
also provides resources which have information around starting
conversations, acknowledging poor mental health and how to
access support and what support is available.”
Further details from the Let’s Chat pages on the Derbyshire
County Council website.
• CHESTERFIELD area women born in the 1950s, angered by
Government postponement of their retirement age from 60
until years later, with subsequent loss of pension, have
created a drama that reflects their quest for justice.
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• A DOG was rescued by firemen after falling through ice on
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Attracting birds to
your wildlife garden
Notes from a Wildlife Garden is presented
for Wings magazine by Prof Ian Rotherham.
He receives many questions from readers
and on one topic in particular
I
HAVE had a lot of enquiries about how best to go
about attracting birds to garden feeders. In part, this
is people wanting more birds, a greater variety or even
any birds at all!
The good news is that later this year I am running workshops on
wildlife gardening and rewilding your garden at Sheffield
Botanical Gardens.
Some, in conjunction with the Friends of Whirlow Brook Park,
will be free to attend because of a generous local sponsor. These
will be publicised in the usual places such as my website
www.ukeconet.org.
I thought it would be good to provide readers with a few tips
and ideas on how to draw birds to the garden. We can look at
other groups such as butterflies and bees later in the year.
However, a key starting point is ‘location, location, location’, and
generally there’s not a lot you can do to influence this. But where
your garden is in relation to local greenspaces like parks,
countryside, and old hedgerows for instance, it has a big effect.
When I took over my present garden and put out birdfeeders,
the result was minimal with nowhere near what I previously had
at my previous garden. That took several years to get right, and
my current garden has been about 20 years in the making.
Firstly, assess your garden space, structure, location, and then
plan immediately actions and those which take longer; in truth
the process never ends. Long-term strategies include planting
trees and shrubs for cover and free food like berries.
Look at hedges, walls, fences and even buildings to enhance
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Blue tit enjoying a green apple
spaces in three
dimensions, growing
climbers like
honeysuckle and
clematis up any vertical
structures.
Add other climbers and
shrubs with flowers and
berries to, for instance, a
boring privet hedge, and
up existing trees and the
like. Some of this has
quick impacts, other
things take a little while.
The idea is to provide
cover and feeding sites. Hungry long-tailed tit
Look at improving things
with artificial nest-boxes, and of course, supplementary feeders
from bird-tables, to hanging feeders. Generally, the more feeders
the better with variety of forms, types and locations, to improve
the chances of success.
However, don’t overfeed and allow too much spillage or birdfood
to go ‘off’, which may spread disease and can increase the
likelihood of vermin such as rats.
The various bird species require different foods and
presentation in different situations. Over the years though, many
species have gradually adapted to hanging feeders and various
food dispensers.
A starting point is a metal peanut holder, for blue tits, great tits,
sparrows and finches. Along with this, increasingly taken and
favoured by a wide variety of birds, are feeders with sunflower
hearts; expensive but very effective. Dispensers for fat-balls are
also great additions, taken by a variety of bird including longtailed
tits.
Low-cost additions to birdfeeders are
cheap apples ‘spiked’ onto a feeder or a
specially pruned shrub. Blackbirds, blue
tits, great tits, and increasingly blackcaps,
feast on these and each apple will last
several days.
Finally, you can influence the effects of
location by engaging with local wildlife
groups to enhance and protect greenfield
sites on your doorstep. This has a huge
impact on the area’s birdlife and hence
availability to visit your feeders.
Additionally, encouraging neighbours to
develop wildlife habitats and feed the
birds will also help. Light feeding
throughout summer helps keep their
interest and encourages more winter
visitors. Good luck, and remember when it
comes to wildlife gardening, patience is a
virtue!
• Prof Ian D. Rotherham, researcher, writer,
broadcaster on wildlife and environmental
issues is contactable on
info@hallamec.plus.com ; follow his
website and blog: www.ukeconet.org &
ianswalkonthewildside.wordpress.com/ &
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Greenfinch and goldfinch enjoying a meal together
Blackcap attracted by an apple
Food intended for birds can be attractive to others
Clean water is also appreciated by birds
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Good start to year for school
T
UPTON Hall School is celebrating after
earning a ‘Good’ rating for all areas of its
provision following a recent Ofsted inspection.
Staff and students were delighted with the news following
the two-day inspection before Christmas. Inspectors praised
Tupton Hall as being ‘rooted in the community’, noting that
pupils are ‘proud’ of their school and feel ‘happy and safe’.
The inspection team visited lessons, looked at students’
work and spoke to a wide range of stakeholders including
students, parents, teachers, leaders and governors.
Happy in their work: Some of the Tupton Hall School students
The report acknowledges ongoing efforts by school leaders
to bring about sustainable ‘significant improvement’. It reads: “They “the right support in lessons”. The wide range of courses on offer
focus on providing a supportive, calm learning environment where at all key stages was highlighted.
each pupil can do their best.”
The wide and varied range of clubs and activities through the
Headteacher, Andrew Knowles, said: “I am delighted that the Enrich programme was also recognised for providing opportunities
hard work of our staff, students, families and wider community has through sport, music, drama, arts and more, as was the chance for
been recognised in this report. It is a tremendous boost for our pupils to be leaders and have influence in their school. The report
school and its community. We should all be proud of the collective reads: “Staff listen to their views and make changes.”
effort and effective teamwork that has led to these judgements of The school’s provision for pupils with special educational needs
our school.”
and/or disabilities was said to be strong. Similarly, arrangements
In lessons, inspectors saw that most pupils worked hard and for safeguarding pupils were said to be effective, due to a “culture
behaved well, upholding the school’s ‘high expectations of all of vigilance and care”.
pupils’.
Tupton Hall has a large, successful sixth form on site with
The positive culture was further commended with comments that dedicated facilities for post-16 students.
“pupils are expected to treat everyone with kindness and respect, During their inspection, the team observed that students in the
and they do.”
sixth form enjoyed their experience, valuing the relationships they
Inspectors were particularly impressed by the school’s efforts to had with staff. These relationships are based on encouragement
boost literacy through a reading programme designed to support and support, enabling sixth formers to be ambitious about their
and encourage all pupils to read well. All pupils in Key Stage 3 next steps in life.
read every day.
This was the school’s first Ofsted inspection since joining Redhill
In terms of the curriculum, Ofsted described it as “ambitious” with Academy Trust in 2019.
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"Leaders have brought about significant improvement. They focus on providing
a supportive, calm learning environment where each pupil can do their best."
- Ofsted 2022
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Lido earth bank concerns raised
P
UBLIC concerns about a steep
earth bank that has been
created at the edge of
Wingerworth Lido have been
passed by the Parish Council to
NE Derbyshire Council, who own
the site.
The district council undertook work to
raise the embankment to protect
against flooding, but members of the
public have expressed concern that the
new footpath is just a few feet from the
steep drop, and a child might fall down
it. They also say it is difficult to see in
the dark.
There were also worries that the path
was too narrow, was not raised enough
to avoid flooding, that loose earth on
the bank might slide in wet weather,
and that the path that surrounds the
Lido has been left in a poor condition
on the Smithy Pond side.
A spokesperson for NEDDC said:
“Works at the Lido were carried out as a
legal requirement under the Reservoirs
The fenced bank of earth alongside Wingerworth Lido
Act, which involved raising the level of
the embankment.
the remainder of the year/additional projects.”
“The slope/drop is very similar to what previously existed and
we have made arrangements for temporary fencing to be put
along the top of the slope while the ground hardens up and
vegetation becomes established. We will then be reviewing the
decision on if a permanent solution is necessary.
“The footpath should no longer be flooding as it has now been
levelled up to the edgings. The width of the path has not been
reduced, the old path was removed, the banking was raised, and
then the path has been reinstated along its existing line at a
width of 1.2m. We are also in the process of re-stoning the gated
access area off Lakeside.”
ORK is proposed for a well-used footpath
W between Deer Park Primary School and the fence
at Wingerworth Medical Centre.
The path floods in bad weather and has been damaged by roots
from nearby park trees and is now to be considered by
Wingerworth Parish Council’s Finance Committee. Estimated cost
up of the work has been reported to be £45,000.
A council spokesperson said: “The Finance Committee will be
reviewing the projected year-end position at their next meeting
and reporting back to council to inform decisions on spend for
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• The future of an under-used cricket pavilion at Deer Park,
Wingerworth, is being considered by the Parish Council, which is
to obtain quotes for repairs to the guttering and drainage system.
Councillors will consider what improvements might make it a
more important asset.
Nearby drains are also to be inspected and cleared in an
attempt to end flooding along the footpath next to the tennis
courts and bowling green.
• Two user groups at the re-opened Wingerworth Parish Hall
have requested that the council obtain a defibrillator, and the
council is to obtain quotes for one to be placed there.
Chair of Wingerworth Ladies’ Club, Lynn Tory, told the council:
“Many of our members are elderly and if something happens it
would be an effort to run up to the Barley Mow to fetch their
defibrillator.”
The council is to have another look at whether they should
employ a caretaker after the Ladies’ Club pointed out that some
members were too frail to move chairs about.
• A new car park on the Adlington estate was described as “a big,
boggy mess” by one councillor, and the council is to point it out
to NE Derbyshire District Council who did the work.
Bye bye badminton
Dear Wings,
With reference to your article, ‘Well worth the wait’ in issue 151, I’d like to
point out that not everyone sees the new parish hall as a ‘positive verdict’.
After over 30 years of the Thursday evening Wingerworth Badminton
Group meeting to play at the parish hall, we’ve had to take the decision to
find an alternative, albeit inconvenient, place to play.
This is due to a huge hike in the room hire fees (almost a 200% increase)
and the unwillingness of the parish council to mark out a badminton court.
Putting down temporary markings every evening we play, as was
suggested, is just not feasible.
The council has said that it would like the hall to be a ‘multi-function
space’, but now they have precluded our badminton group from using it.
A Thursday pm Wingerworth Badminton Club player (Name supplied)

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The BrightLife story so far...
A
FRIENDLY voice can make all the
difference if you feel lonely or isolated,
BrightLife Champions Against
Loneliness Awards 2023
so local charity BrightLife provides a
telephone befriending service for older
people.
BrightLife might be a name which some people
haven’t heard before, but it is the day-to-day
name adopted in 2021 by Age Concern
Chesterfield and District.
Based in Chesterfield, BrightLife provides a telephone
befriending service to people over the age of 55 living in
Bolsover, Chesterfield and NE Derbyshire. The service is
provided by a dedicated team of volunteer Befrienders from
Monday to Friday.
The history of BrightLife goes right back to the Second World
War which prompted the setting up of an Old Peoples Welfare
Committee by the Council of Social Service in 1940. The
committee aimed to improve the situation for older people and
gained national recognition. In 1944, it became known as the
National Old People’s Welfare Committee, incorporating a
range of organisations working at a local level, to improve
older people's lives.
In 1946, Chesterfield Borough Council was the first authority in
Derbyshire to establish an Old People’s Welfare Committee.
In 1971, the National Older People’s Welfare Committee adopted
the name of Age Concern and in 1992 there was another step in
the journey when North Derbyshire Health Authority funded a
part-time officer located in and managed by Age Concern
Chesterfield to introduce an Advocacy Service aimed at
preventing loneliness.
Ann Monk, BrightLife’s chief officer, explained that
the pandemic revealed many of the issues that lonely
and isolated people have had in the past are still a
problem for older people today.
She said: “Loneliness and isolation occurs for many
reasons; but one that has been highlighted during the
pandemic is that many people do not live near their
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families. More families have both adults working.
“The days have gone where families lived in the same area and
supported each other. Many families live and work away from the
area their older relatives live in.
“A person may have lost their partner or someone they provided
care for and find it difficult to mix with others now they are on their
own. Many carers become lonely if they have cared for someone
for a long time because they have lost contact with their friends
and community.
“An older person may have been housebound or have mobility
problems and cannot get out of their home and they too become
forgotten if they do not have family or friends who can help and
encourage them.”
One man who lives alone and has benefitted from the
befriending service said: “It is lovely to hear your voice on the
phone as the only other voice I hear is on the television.
“Sometimes I feel as if I am invisible.”
BrightLife is always looking for more volunteers and would love
to hear from anyone interested. All volunteers receive training and
are fully supported by staff.
Anyone who would like to volunteer or would like a call from
a befriender should contact Ann on 01246 273333 or email
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The initial BrightLife Champions
Against Loneliness Awards will be
presented at a glitzy celebration.
The event will recognise and
celebrate those members of our
local society who have gone
above and beyond in their
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and isolation doesn’t occur
amongst older persons living
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Bowlers enjoy new surroundings
Wings magazine’s John Winter tries
his hand at indoor bowling in the
new look Wingerworth Parish Hall
I
T was sometimes not a pretty sight.
When you think of bowls you might
imagine the wood leaving the hand, curving
at a reasonable speed, slowing and coming
to a halt somewhere in the vicinity of the
target, a white ball, or jack.
When it left my hand, it was more inclined to veer
too far left or right before leaving the mat and
trundling happily off on its own, before being
captured by a spectator.
I was not alone. Several other novice players as
well as experienced outdoor bowlers who were having a first
attempt at short mat bowls at Wingerworth Parish Hall had the
same problem, which was reassuring in a way. It looks easy but it's
not.
Of course, there are those amongst us who are naturally good at
hand and eye co-ordination... and they were annoyingly good.
Short mat bowls is one of several new activities being looked at
by the parish council including pétanque, which would require a
gravel covered terrain, and short tennis in the Multi Use Games
Area at Deer Park.
About 20 to 30 people turned up for the free session of indoor
bowls at the Parish Hall, instructed by members of Wingerworth
Bowls Club who loaned the bowls to the parish council for the
event. Also present were invited members of the Short Mat
Bowling Club.
Enthusiastic indoor bowlers
Phil Baker from Wingerworth Bowling Club, one of the organisers,
said it was good to see so many people in attendance “to enable
us to test out the equipment and establish interest in regular
sessions.”
The main hall not only looks good since recent improvements but
it ideally accommodated two 40ft long, 6ft wide mats, running
parallel to each other, down which the bowls travel.
At times, I felt I could be classified as 'dead wood', so poor were
my deliveries, but they did improve and several times ended up
not far from the jack.
Most of those taking part were of retirement age, which seems to
be the usual occurrence, but there's no reason that younger
people and families would not find the game competitive enough
to satisfy them. It is good fun.
For more information, contact Rose Wanders, Parish Hall
administrator, on 01246 938108.
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NJOY the Peak District and help fund
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If a job needs doing...
Community volunteer John Matkin
tells Wings magazine’s John Winter
of how he enjoys making
Wingerworth a tidier village
T
HROUGH streets broad and narrow, he
wheels his wheelbarrow….
You may have noticed John Matkin moving about
Wingerworth as he pursues his task of pruning
back overgrown hedges and trees at the roadside
and generally making the village a tidier place to
live.
John, 58, of Deerlands Road, is an unpaid
volunteer who does the work simply “because it
needs doing.”
You might have seen him on most of the main
roads into the village and other locations too. It all
started back in the pandemic.
John takes up his story: “It was in April, 2017, that
we moved into Wingerworth. We were made very
welcome by the locals and were so impressed by
how friendly everyone was.
“In February, 2019, I decided to take early retirement, after having
worked for Derbyshire County Council Highways for 39 years. As I
had worked outside in the fresh air all my life, I took to going on
some good long walks around our area and spent many happy
hours enjoying the countryside around us.
“I also joined Wingerworth footpath volunteers, as I thought I
could bring something helpful to the group and enjoyed the work
in the countryside. However, then came 2020 and when the
pandemic hit, obviously we had to cease going out and about as a
group, so as restrictions started to lift, I would take my tools and
work on a couple of areas on my own which I really enjoyed doing
a few times a week.
“Now I am out two to three times a week, and although I no
longer go with the footpath volunteers, I'm always happy to help if
needed. I enjoy looking around the village and finding the odd
little area that may need attention, hedge trimmed or footpath
cleared etc, so I take myself off and do the job.
“I find this work very therapeutic, as it helps my mental and
physical health at the same time as supporting the village.”
John lived in Wirksworth for 40 years before moving to
Hollingwood and then Wingerworth in 2017. He worked for
Highways on filling-in potholes, new footways and road resurfacing
gangs.
“I had always worked outside and when I first retired, when my
wife Tracey was still working, I spent too much time indoors. I was
offered a few odd jobs, but I wasn’t interested,” he said.
“If I see something needs doing, I do it. I don’t go out in bad
weather, having got into the habit of not working in bad weather
when I was with the council.
“A lot of my work involves cutting back trees or undergrowth that
overlaps footways, or sometimes to improve visibility. One resident
came out of his house to thank me and said it would greatly help
his wife when she moved the car off the drive. Sometimes I clear
away leaves that are blocking drains.
“I cut back branches that were obscuring road signs on
Swathwick Lane and Nethermoor Road (and cleaned them with car
wash!) and tidied a hedge on New Road.
“I was walking at the top of Bolehill and a car came up very fast. I
stepped back onto the verge to avoid the danger and felt Tarmac
under my foot, where there was obviously the remains of a path.
So I went back up there with my barrow and cleared it back so the
path was available for people to walk on. It’s quite dangerous
John Matkin keeping busy in Wingerworth
there because of the speed cars go; it’s crazy.
“There’s always something to do, different seasons, leaves,
blocked drains, overgrown hedges. I think the county council
should be more proactive about getting things done. When you
are looking at the problems we face alongside our highways, most
solutions are just logical. Basically it’s all just common sense.”
John also cleared footpaths in Deer Park, earning praise at a
parish council meeting, and cut back and carried out a pleaching
technique, interlacing branches to create a living barrier, on the
hedge opposite the Spar shops.
Rowan Adlington of Arcadia Too, said: “He did an amazing job! I
didn’t realise who he was or what he was doing but in the 27 years
I’ve been working at the salon no-one had done anything so it was
high time! And it’s lovely to expand the view!”
INGERWORTH Footpath Group is having an extended
W winter break due to the inclement weather.
The ground is saturated with water, slippery underfoot and
maintenance work would do even more damage to the surface.
Much better to wait until the surface dries out.
Most of the footpath work undertaken this last year has been of a
general nature making sure the network is “fit for purpose”, lots of
vegetation clearance and hedge cutting, supplemented with
repairs to gates, steps and stiles. Other tasks have included drystone
walling and waymarking.
The main project was drainage and surface improvements in the
Martins Lane area. Plastic matting (recycled from National Trust at
Hardwick Hall) was put in place and covered with road planings
(scraped-off road surface) previously acquired from The Avenue
development.
Footpath Officer Mike Sims said: “Two footpaths were completed
but it was time consuming, hard work using wheelbarrows to
transport the planings to site. This winter’s wet weather will
determine just how successful we have been.
“Stubbing Nature Reserve has received further attention with
post and rail fencing being replaced, a walkway of road planings
and a pond dug out to attract wildlife. We would also like to create
a wild flower meadow and maybe plant some trees. Further
drainage work and boardwalk maintenance will commence when
the weather improves.
“Now that the major work is finished, WFG is looking for a small
group of volunteers to help out with the management and
maintenance of this Nature Reserve. If anyone is interested please
contact the Parish Clerk or myself for further information.”
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Christmas at school
H
UNLOKE Park Primary School enjoyed a Christmas
Santa Sleepover, followed by breakfast with Santa.
When we arrived for the sleepover, there were many games to
play and we had a great time on the table football. Some tasty
hotdogs and cupcakes for our tea really hit the spot. Then it was
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We had a fantastic night and breakfast with Santa and enjoyed
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Amber and Jonas
IT was so wonderful to welcome parents into school after
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WHAT an absolute treat having families in to share in
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