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t’s been absolutely fantastic to get out and about again,
getting back into the social and work routine which I
have been forced to miss over the past couple of
months.
It’s great to visit once again my beloved hostelry haunts such as The Bank
House and Oldfields Club in Uttoxeter and The Master Potter in Cheadle.
Chatting to the learned sages who frequent these establishments is such a
pleasure and the stimulating conversation really rocks my boat. Decent people,
great company and a big laugh!
In The Bank House the other week with Voice Columnist Steve 'Lank'
Lavin and my other buddies, it was terrific to get back into the groove of who
was doing what in the town and more importantly why!
Then off to Oldfields Club where the conversation was rich in its variety,
picking the brains of some of the ‘boys’ on where to go for a Winter break or
why we thought Mark Hughes at Stoke City, our beloved football team, was
getting it all wrong (you watch, Stoke will now go on a run of 10 games
unbeaten!).
If I remember rightly, at one of these hostelries there was a heated debate
on the reducing size of a sliced loaf!!! Then when I got home I realised that
perhaps in the whole scheme of things in the world, this was perhaps not near
the top of the ‘important’ list!
Then down at The Potter, it was great to meet Mick Booth, a Sunday
lunchtime part of the furniture at the pub, sitting quietly as he does puffing on
a cigarette in the beer garden. I have known Mick for all my life and there
can’t be any better bloke around, a real nice guy.
By the way, I would like to say get well soon to another of my old buddies
John Brown of Cheadle. Johnny was involved in an awful accident I believe
and is still recovering. Salt of the earth is Johnny, keep at it mate!
Finally, in this issue of The Voice there is a short letter from a little 8 year
old girl from Well Street, Cheadle, who suddenly decided to fundraise for
Treetops and Donna Louise Hospice who look after her ‘bestest’ cousin
Lilianna Brassington of Lower Tean who is blind and suffers from numerous
medical conditions. Evangeline-Mai Slaney decided to do this fantastic gesture
and has put in a massive effort to raise funds. Her letter to The Voice made
me shed a tear of joy because in this day and age youngsters always seem to
get a bad press, well stand up Evangeline-Mai and take a bow – a wonderful
young girl whose parents must be so proud of her. A donation from The Voice
is on its way to you for the Donna Louise Hospice Evangeline-Mai!
I hope you enjoy reading this issue of The Voice
I’ll speak to you next time.....
Nigel Titterton,
Editor & Publisher
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osemary was woken up by her nephew
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They had breakfast with the family.
Make up artist arrived at 7am and
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All the family had worked hard with
preparations, especially Rosemary’s brother
John making the garden so beautiful and
ready for the Croxden Open Gardens and
Scarecrow Trial the following day.
Great excitement on Wednesday 8th
September, Jacksons arrived and erected a
beautiful marquee on the lawn.
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the occasion.
The Best Man and Bridegroom came the
day before to help with preparations also.
Mum was flower arranging in the
marquee and at the Church with the help of
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3 day old nephew William was also able
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When Rosemary came down the stairs in
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The weather was good, all set off for St.
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trailer.
Nephew Peter gave everyone a small bag
of dried rose petals from Pointhorne garden
on arrival.
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Wedding Ceremony. There was a particular
emotional moment when Rosemary’s veil was
lifted from over her face and her hand was
given to Alistair. The choir sang beautifully,
accompanied by the Church organist Mrs
Jessie Gent. We are all very grateful to all who
could take part in making this day so special.
Members of Ashbourne Young Farmers
Club made a “Guard of Honour” with
hayforks as the bride and groom came out of
Church
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outside the Church with the beautiful ruins
of Croxden Abbey in the background
Rosemary and her bridesmaids put their
wellies on for their return journey.
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Bride’s Parents: Charles and Christine Hall, Uttoxeter
Groom’s Parents: John and Charlotte Hitch
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Pageboy: Peter Horsford (Bride’s nephew)
Usher: John Hall(Bride’s brother)
Ceremony: St Giles Church, Croxden Near Uttoxeter
Reception: Jacksons Marquee at Rosemary’s home,
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where guests had assembled with welcome drinks and
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Another year of outstanding results for
the Moorlands Sixth Form College
Open Evening a great success
Moorlands Sixth Form College
Attlee Road, Cheadle, Staffordshire ST10 1LL
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The Moorlands Sixth Form College remains one
of the highest achieving Sixth Forms in
Staffordshire recording their best ever ‘A’ Level
results in 2015.
One in four students achieved an A or A* at
‘A’ Level and students have secured their places
at many prestigious universities. In addition, the
College is proud of the achievements of its
students who have achieved high grades in their
Vocational Level 3 courses with 73% of all Year
13 students attaining Distinction* .
Mrs Clare Dodson, Senior Leader of the
College, stated how delighted she was with the
students and these phenomenal results. She
further commented, that the Moorlands Sixth
Form College has outperformed other Sixth
Forms including selective colleges with 55% of
all grades at A*-B, which is truly outstanding!
The new Year 13 are looking to further
improve on these results and have undertaken a
plethora of work experiences and summer schools
to reach their full potential at the end of the
academic year. The College has launched its unique
Masters at Moorlands programme that will see every
learner develop a wide range of employability skills
to ensure their future success after leaving the Sixth
Form.
Jordan Wheeler participated in the Nuffield
Foundation scheme undertaking a six week research
placement at Birmingham University during the
summer. The focus of his research was group theory
and axial algebras which will give him an excellent
foundation for his university application. In addition,
he spent a week at Keele University in the
astrophysics department, studying the activity of
young star’s X-ray emissions. Jordan relished these
opportunities and they have inspired him to pursue a
degree in both maths and physics in 2016.
Furthermore, Alice Cooper, also in Year 13, has
completed a wide range of work experience as
part of her career aim of becoming an equine
vet and was selected to attend the Royal
Veterinary College summer school in August.
Through the summer school, she had the
opportunity to complete an animal dissection,
and undertake the working practices of a vet.
Both Gemma Mills and Olivia Watmough
were selected for the University of Oxford’s
summer schools. Gemma studied law during
the week, following university tutorials and
lectures and also undertook a week’s summer
school at UCL. Both experiences, as well as the
work experience that she has completed have
prepared her thoroughly for pursuing a degree
in law. Olivia successfully completed the UNIQ
summer school in English, experiencing first-
hand university teaching, work and life.
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programme, students in both Years 12 and 13 are
going from strength to strength and can show the
wide range of academic and employment
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performances in drama and music played by the
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A Wonderful Harvest
Festival Celebration
Over the past couple of weeks students at Painsley Catholic College have been very
busy bringing into college tins, fruit and produce of all kinds to celebrate and give
thanks for the Harvest Season. Mrs Pat Sowter, Lay Chaplain commented ‘we have
had a tremendous response and our college stage was full with a wonderful display
of goods for our Harvest Acts of Worship’.
During the morning the CAFOD representative Miss Veronica Gillett spoke to all
students about the work of CAFOD and how their contribution locally and globally
really does make a difference to people’s lives. Several students from the year 11
ROCK scheme divided up the produce and over 80 food parcels were made. The
students then distributed the parcels to the local community at lunch time and to
parishioners from Painsley’s feeder parishes.
The day was a tremendous success with a real sense of community spirit being
felt, bringing the whole of the Painsley community together to help and support the
needy and our elderly neighbours in the area.
Well done and thank you to all who contributed in any way.
Painsley Catholic College
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Matthew Dudley and Sheona Killeen, both in
Year 11.

F
or one of us, a week’s cruise along the entire
length of the Caldon Canal, some 17½ miles,
was something dreamed of for many years.
For him, it was heaven, for me ....!
The Caldon Canal is steeped in history. It was
built as long ago as 1779. In its heyday it carried
30 boats a day, with cargos of paper, timber, coal,
lime and flint. However, with the creation of a
railway through the Churnet Valley, the waterway
fell into decline. By 1961, it was closed, and it is
thanks to a wonderful team of volunteer workers
that it was eventually restored.
Our narrowboat - never called a barge - was
well fitted out. It had two bedrooms, two
bathrooms, (all very small indeed) a kitchen area,
with full cooker and fridge, a seating area, around
a largish table, and a TV which did not work.
Our fellow travellers were my niece and her
partner, both many years younger than us. They
are canal cruising fanatics, and knew all the ropes,
especially the operating of locks procedure, which
frightened the life out of me.
On setting off from Scholar Green, we had to
pass along the Trent and Mersey Canal, via the
Harecastle Tunnel. This part of the voyage was a
direct contrast to the beauty encountered on the
Caldon Canal, but proved to be very interesting.
The landscape inspired us to think of the history of
the Potteries. On the one hand, there were many
abandoned Bottle Ovens, and factories, and, on the
other, the rebuilding which is going on, and has
been done, alongside the waterway was inspiring.
At the Etruria Basin we passed into the Caldon
Canal. Next stop, via the beautiful Churnet Valley,
to Froghall and the end of the line.
The canal wound it way past Abbey Hulton,
Milton, Stockton Brook, Endon, Cheddleton,
(where we stopped to look at the Flint Mill), and
then on to Consall Forge and, finally Froghall,
where we turned the boat and headed home,
taking in a trip along the Leek Arm of the Canal.
The photographs can give only a very limited
idea of the beauty of the scenery we passed, and
the wonderful bird life we encountered. Herons,
Kingfishers, Geese and Ducks were all a sight to
see. Beautiful cattle and horses in the fields
alongside the water, as we glided by.
There were many waterside pubs to visit, but
the one at Consall must be singled out. We asked
at the Black Lion - it was a Monday evening -
about the whereabouts of the nearest shop, as we
needed bread and milk. The Landlord quickly
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the fabulous multi-hued greens of the trees and
fields, framed by the blue and white of the sky. The
weather, but for one cloudy day, was glorious. We
took more exercise than we had for many a year,
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that one!
Voyage of a lifetime?
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Thursday 19th, Friday 20th
and Saturday 21st
November starting at
7.30pm at Denstone Village
Hall. Catherine Doel is
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‘Woman To Woman’ by
Barbara van Kampen and ‘A
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Ferenc Molnar. Marge
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third: ‘A Quiet Night In’ by
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money needed for the
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eyesore in the village. This
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improving the view for local
residents.”
In addition to all this
auditions have already been
held for February’s
pantomime ‘Cinderella’.
Director Gill Brown and
Musical Director Terry
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the Chorus Sunday on
afternoons.
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followed.
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A
member of one of Britain’s most famous
industrial families who gave his life for
King and Country in the First World War
was honoured on the centenary of his death.
Agricultural
Engineer
Oswald
Bamford, of
Doveridge, was
a partner in the
world-renowned
agricultural
machinery
manufacturers
Bamfords Ltd in
Uttoxeter,
Staffordshire
when he gave up
his job to fight
alongside dozens
of men who
worked for him
and his family.
Two months
after he entered
the war with the
1st/6th Batallion
The North Staffordshire
Regiment - and a year after
he was promoted to the
rank of Captain - he was killed aged 38 in a hail
of gunfire at the Battle of Loos on October 13th,
1915 as he advanced towards German trenches.
He was one of 15 Uttoxeter men who died in
battle in the space of a few hours – a day
remembered as one of the blackest in the town’s
history.
Another man who died was Uttoxeter cabinet
maker James Perkin Fradley who rushed to
Captain Bamford’s
aid when he saw
him fall and he too
was killed by
gunfire during his
brave rescue
attempt. By
Armistice Day
1918, a total of 49
employees of
Bamford’s Ltd had
been killed in the
war.
The ceremony
came as JCB
confirmed it
would contribute
towards the cost
of installing
additional plaques
on Uttoxeter’s war
memorial bearing
the names of 50 men
who perished in
World War One – at
least two of whom worked for the
family company Bamfords Ltd - but
whose details were omitted when
the cenotaph was erected.
At his death, Captain Bamford left behind
two young daughters Olga, aged four and
Gabrielle, aged
three. His body
was never
retrieved and
while he is
commemorated
on the Loos
Memorial, his
widow Daisy paid
for a stained glass
window to be
installed in his
memory at the
Catholic Church
in Balance Street,
Uttoxeter and for
a monument to
be erected in
Uttoxeter
Cemetery at the
Bamford family
burial ground.
His relatives
gathered at that monument for a
short service of remembrance.
Prayers were said and The Last
Post played. Among the wreaths laid was one
from Lord Bamford and his family which read
“in grateful remembrance of your sacrifice.” Lord
Bamford’s grandfather and Oswald Bamford
were first cousins.
Captain Bamford’s great nephew Stephen
Bamford travelled from Surrey to honour his
great-uncle’s memory and read a poignant extract
from Laurence Binyon’s poem ‘For the Fallen’
during the service.
Father-of-three
Stephen Bamford,
65, said: “The story
of Oswald Joseph
Bamford’s death in
the First World War
is one that has been
passed down the
generations and it’s
obvious from what
we know that he was
a well-respected
figure in Uttoxeter.
“Interestingly it
was the death of
Captain Bamford that
led to my father being
named Oswald Joseph
as a mark of respect.
The country has
marked the 100th
anniversary of the
outbreak of World War
One and it’s fitting that
today, we as a family,
should honour the part one of our relatives
played exactly 100 years after his death.”
The father of Mrs Margaret Mackay, Samuel
Foster, fought under Captain Bamford and saw
him fall. The family has honoured Captain
Bamford’s memory every year since 1918 on
Armistice Day.
James Fradley
The shopfloor of Bamfords Limited where 49 employees lost
their lives in the First World War
Captain Oswald Bamford
Private Samuel Foster who paid homage to
Captain Bamford every Armistice day until his
death in 1968
Bamford family
mark Centenary of
war hero’s death

Mother-of-one Mrs Mackay,
aged 79, of Uttoxeter, said: “All
of the men respected and
adored Captain Bamford. He
just wanted to be one of the
men and the soldiers loved him
for that. He was, by all
accounts, such a nice man and
a gentleman. My father used to
talk about him all the time and
how he wasn’t like a Captain
because he merely wanted to be
one of them, as they were all in
this together.
“Following the war, after
Captain Bamford’s monument
had been erected, my father
would go there every Armistice
Day to salute the memorial out
of respect for him. After my
father died in 1968, I would
visit the monument, after
tending my family graves,
which I did on a weekly basis,
including on Armistice Day. In
the latter years, while placing
poppy crosses on my own family’s graves, I
started to place a cross in front of the Captain’s
monument.”
Earlier this year, Mrs Mackay also planted an
oak tree complete with brass memorial plaque in
Captain Bamford’s memory in the grounds of
Oldfields Hall Middle School – part of which
was home to Lord Bamford’s great-great uncle
John Bamford, who was in
charge of finance at
Bamfords Ltd. The tree was
grown from an acorn from
the grounds of Oldfields
Hall.
Today Mrs Mackay
recalled how her father used
to recount the story of his
involvement in the Battle of
Loos.
She said: “In the early
afternoon of the 13th of
October 1915, they were
going to attack a German
stronghold and preparing to
go over the top. My father
told us that Captain
Bamford said ‘steady lads’
as they were about to go
into battle. Then the next
command was ‘come on
lads’ and over the top they
went. They came under
heavy gunfire and many
men fell within the first few
yards. My father was hit and fell to the ground,
blood coming from his shoulder. Part of his
shoulder had been shattered. As he lay on the
ground, unable to move, he saw, just a few yards
away, the fall of his beloved Captain, but my
father was unable to help him. The survivors of
the Battalion under Captain Bamford were
devastated by his death.”
Lieutenant Colonel Ratcliff conveyed news of
Captain Bamford’s death to his father Samuel by
letter, part of which was published in the
Uttoxeter Advertiser and Ashbourne Times.
Lieutenant Colonel Ratcliff said: “Oswald
was a brave and plucky soldier and did his duty
really well. We had to advance against German
trenches and were met with a fearful rifle and
machine gun fire, which laid low so many of our
local boys.”
At the time of his death the Lichfield Mercury
newspaper also reported: “He was immensely
popular with the employees and his death has
cast quite a gloom over the whole works. He was
highly esteemed throughout the town and
district, and a wide circle of friends will mourn
the loss of one whose friendship was sincere and
highly valued.”
Authors Gillian and Alan Talbot spent a
decade researching the names of those from
Uttoxeter who lost their lives in the Great War.
The result was the publication of a stunning 350-
page book - Uttoxeter’s Lost Generation
1914-1918 - chronicling the war record of more
than 230 men and one woman who died.
Gillian said: “The 13th of October 1915, the
day that Captain Bamford died, turned out to be
Uttoxeter’s second-blackest day for casualties in
the First World War because the town lost 15
men in a single day. The scale of the losses
shocked the town and the tone of the reports in
the Uttoxeter Advertiser changed forever
afterwards from its previous banner-waving to
deep sorrow and stoicism.
An excerpt from a condolence letter Captain Bamford’s brother Henry Bernard Bamford
wrote to the family of James Fradley who died trying to save Capt. Bamford
Below: The Loos Memorial
He was
immensely
popular with the
employees and
his death has
cast quite a
gloom over the
whole works. He
was highly
esteemed
throughout the
town and
district...
Above: Bugler Steven Salmon, of Burton, playing the Last
Post at the ceremony,
Below: Pam Wade, Hilary Coulson, Valerie Graham and
Stephen Bamford at their great uncle’s commemoration
service

Above: Former
Uttoxeter priest
Father Fred Sheldon
leads the prayers for
family members at
the
commemoration
service
Right: The memorial
in Uttoxeter cemetery
dedicated to Oswald
Bamford
Far right: Mrs
Margaret Mackay, of
Uttoxeter, pays her
own family’s tribute
at the ceremony
Below right: Family
wreaths on Oswald
Bamford’s
memorial
“Of the 15 men who died in the Battle of
Loos on that awful day, only three have known
graves. The bodies of the rest of them were never
identified and the panels of the Loos Memorial
carry their names. The first time we visited it and
saw them all up there together we were both very
moved. Although they had started the war as
members of the Territorial Army, they had
conducted themselves with the same courage and
professionalism as the regular Army alongside whom
they had fought and died.
“The battle of Loos had been raging for some
time when the Uttoxeter men were asked to attack a
heavily-fortified sector of the German line. They
advanced over the bodies of predecessors into
withering machine-gun fire and, according to
accounts in the Uttoxeter Advertiser shortly
afterwards, ‘Not one man wavered’. Oswald led
them forward in full view of the Germans shouting
‘Come on lads!’
“This was the first major engagement in which
the townsmen had been involved and we found
the story of James Fradley’s attempts to save
Oswald’s life very moving.”
In researching the book, Gillian and Alan also
discovered that the names of around 50 Uttoxeter
men who died in the First World War do not appear on
the town’s war memorial.
The couple are planning to correct the omission by
seeking to have additional panels with the missing names
installed on the memorial – and JCB has pledged to
contribute towards the cost in honour of all the men
who gave their lives in the war.

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Lank’s Lore
By Steve ‘Lank’Lavin
Golden Memories from one of Uttoxeter’s Favourite Characters
W
e all have a moan from time to time about
the facilities that Uttoxeter has to offer
but compared to other towns of it’s size
we do not do bad at all.
Thanks to local Mr Malcolm Barrett’s
developments we have a Cinema and Bowling
Alley together with some excellent retail stores
which are always well supported proving that is
what Joe Public wants nowadays.
Let us not also forget the marvellous Leisure
Centre that the council has provided us with and of
course a state of the art new Fire Station, which
other town’s of their size are envious of.
There is a lack of locally owned businesses in
the High Street and the choice of shops is very
repetitive with possibly more diversification
needed but what is probably missing is the
characters that go with them that used to make
shopping or using their skills a pleasure to do
business with compared with years ago. The name
Vernon Cotterill the butcher’s deeds made him
synonymous with some of the towns fellow traders
who were about at one time.
Uttoxeter when I was a lad used to have four
gentlemen’s barber shops. Aptly named George
Barber’s which was situated at the rear of Ward’s
Radio Shop in the High Street which has since been
demolished and replaced with which is now the
new stores housing Savers, The Co-Op Funeral
Parlour & Max Spielman, etc. George was a
character in his own right although he was as bald
as a coot he used to try and sell you a tub of hair
restorer after completing your hair cut!
Robin Hood’s hairdressers which was situated
at the back of Graingers Ladies Hair Stylists
(which is now H&D Nails in the Market Place)
which in it’s time was a very popular barbers shop
especially for the youngsters of the town where
Robin would cut their hair to the latest fashions.
Arthur Cooper was another one at one time
situated behind a Singer Sewing Machine shop in
Market Place and then re-located to premises in
Church Street and of course the fourth one was
Harry Shaw’s.
Harry Shaw to me stood out in front as one of
the town’s finest characters. Harry’s barber shop
was situated up an entry at the rear of which is
now the Indiana Take Away Establishment in
Carter Street.
Not only was he an excellent gentleman’s
hairdresser he was also an entertainer with his
abundance of jokes which he used to render whilst
giving you a ‘short back and sides’. He was
probably as well in the forefront in Uttoxeter of
being responsible for local family planning with his
retailing of Durex condoms to his clients he would
get from a cupboard hidden behind a curtain in his
shop and I am sure he fist coined the phrase, (after
turning your unkempt appearance into something
fitting the likes of Rock Hudson) “Something for
the weekend sir”? Which can be heard used by a
well known DJ’s show on BBC radio to this present
day.
When I used to visit Harry for a trim as a lad
like most of my school mates, if you started to
fidget about while he was cutting your hair he
would take out a Durex from his top pocket and
flick you with it at the back of the neck to get you
to keep still!
I remember a story about Harry that amused
me somewhat that was relayed to me by one of
past clients when he was asked what the difference
was between a good and a bad haircut, Harry
replied, about a fortnight!
Great town character of the past, indeed, sadly
missed, ‘til next time.
LANK
Harry Shaw at work on Joe Hughes in 1957
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Remembering Days gone by...
by Owd Ern
Agricultural Contractors
M
ost farmers now adays seem to rely on
contractors with their massive and very
expensive tractors and machinery to forage
the grass combine the corn, even to cut the hedges all
very expensive done with very expensive tackle.
I recently saw a tractor advertised at a special
price of £120,000, makes my old Fordson that I
started farming with at £50 seem a bit cheap. But
then if it had to do a ¼ of the work of the modern
one’s, it would have blown up and collapsed in a
cloud of smoke, what joy.
But contractors have been serving farmers in a
vastly different way for years in the form of manual
labour. Mainly Irish workers (I do not like the term
labourer) coming over in gangs to do the real heavy
work, like Marlers, who would come in the winter
months to dig out Marl to put on the land to improve
the soil structure (or so I think) they were known as
Marlers and had their own regime, the boss being
known as the king of the Marlers. The history of the
Marlers is available from “ Owd Ern Publishers” at
half a crown or two shillings and sixpence, with
discount for large orders, thank you. Then in summer,
a different gang would roll up, again Irish. This time
Mowers. Every year they would roll up to do the
mowing, with a scythe, starting to mow early in the
morning before the sun got too high. It was very hard
work, but to them being used to it, and no doubt a
good few pints of beer to help them along, not too
bad, possibly doing about an acre to the gallon.
These and the Marlers, would sleep on my
Grandfathers stable loft, possibly with it having a
plaster floor and a fireplace in it to serve as a
bedroom, for stable lads and other workers.
Anyway, on we go…..
Other contractors up to my younger days (long
ago) would be ‘lame Tommy’ having a wooden leg,
the sheep shearer (marvellous how he did it)
Father would go to Abbotts Bromley to fetch his
shearing tackle, in his horse and float. This was by
modern standards a big cumbersome machine with a
big wheel that had to be turned by hand to drive the
shears; one of my first jobs was to brand the sheep
often they were sheared with my dad’s brand. Dipped
in a big tin of spercle dye and all to be in the same
position on the sheep.
I thought I knew how to do it, but when I first
started, I got more dye on myself, so ended up being
blue or red or even green, much to my mother’s
‘delight’ the next farmer would come to collect the
tackle for their sheep to be sheared and so on.
My father’s cousin Arthur had a binder that he
stored in my dad’s cart hovel and at harvest time the
old binder would come out covered in banty and hen
muck. A bit of a clean-up and a spot of oil and off it
would go. Before the war only small areas of corn
were grown. I don’t think Arthur had any horses of
his own, so the farmer would have to find two horses
to pull it.
But the contractors I enjoyed coming most were
the one band men, the mole catcher and the rat
catcher. The mole catcher would usually roll up from
no one knew where, his bundle of barrel traps on his
back and his little mole catcher spade. He didn’t have
a lot to say, but he soon filled up a long stretch of
barbed wire with his catch skinned and on a fence
near the road. Perhaps one of the first P.R men in the
country, the skins would be tacked on to boards to
dry, going on to make mole skin trousers. He usually
found his tongue when he counted up how many
moles he had caught, so he could be paid so much
per head ( that would not be a fortune them adays)
father said the mole catcher always left a couple or so
to breed, so that there would be some to catch next
year. But my favourite was ‘Waggy Wagstaff’ the rat
catcher. I don’t know if that was his proper name, but
he always carried a knobbly stick that he waved at
you when talking. He, again, rolled up from nowhere,
always in the spring, after the loose boxes had been
cleared out, with his box of ferrets and Jack Russel
Terriers and his big cuggel (stick) rats would have
made their home under the floors helping themselves
to a constant supply of food that had been fed to the
young stock over winter. Old Waggy would put a
ferret down the rat hole and soon rats came pouring
out, the Terriers soon killed them, but if any got away,
waggys stick soon finished them off. He always wore
a big coat come Jacket with vast pockets. As the rats
were killed, he put them in his pockets, to be counted
at the end of the day, so he could be paid per head.
The time I remember him most was when he said to
Pa, ‘right Jim, it’s time for a bit o snappin’(food) and
so he put his hands in his pocket full of rats and fishes
his false teeth out, then pops them in to eat his
snappin. He always took his catch away with him.
My father said he had seen him with strange
baggage’s at Uttoxeter station addressed to a Chinese
restaurant in Manchester, stranger things have
happened.
So I wunner bother we owt to eat, just a cup o
tea. Just Tek care on thee sens an bay careful if thayn
got false tayth.
All the best for now
Owd Ern
Down on the Farm
by Angela Sargent
T
he darker nights are with us now and it
makes working outside just a little harder, as
you rely on lighting more if you work later-
our electricity bills spiral upwards at this time of
year, as have our fuel bills with the extra fieldwork
we’ve done lately.
There has been a proliferation of solar farms
recently, taking advantage of feed-in tariffs- large
solar panels in-field, but allowing sheep to graze
underneath in some cases.
But it can be quite atmospheric as the gloom
descends and the flocks of Starlings chatter on the
electricity cables, before all suddenly flying off and
swooping around in the evening sky. A
‘murmuration’ is certainly a stunning sight,
forming acrobatic configurations before swirling
in other directions and reshaping.
They are glossy, gregarious birds and our own
flocks are supplemented by migrants in winter.
They are not the only birds to see at this time.
Our wild bird seed mix we sowed in spring has
grown well and is providing food for other species-
Partridge and Pheasant and also finches, Sparrows
and Buntings, all seed eaters.
But we’ve also had the odd strange visitor over
the years- a very large solitary Vulture surprised us,
sitting quietly one morning, a Vietnamese pot
bellied pig, seen in the middle of one of our
cornfields and a huge white moth settled on one of
the walls, have all intrigued us !
But night brings out the unseen visitors, such as
Rats and we have to carefully bait for them, as we
don’t want anything else (dogs, owls, hedgehogs
etc) to be affected by the poison. New rules come
in next year on who is allowed to purchase and use
rat poisons.
Some of our stock is already inside and,
depending on the weather over the next few weeks,
the rest of our cattle may come in, so our cattle
sheds need to be emptied of the odds and sods that
accumulate over the summer.
All our corn will have been moved into the
store and the machinery cleaned up and put away
and water bowls checked and any leakages
mended, as all our water is metered and our water
costs can spiral too, if we’re not careful!
We have some fat lambs left to sell at market
and these need to be in good condition, so they will
make a good price. Their mothers will have been
foot-trimmed and ‘dagged’( dirty wool clipped off
their back ends) and given their ‘mot’ and been put
to the tups. Not a job for a wet day!
Our bullocks, who’ve been in for a while, are
almost ready for market too!
Ted has worked well over the summer and has
come on in leaps and bounds (so to speak!), even
though he had to have a spot of veterinary
attention after getting caught on wire. He is quite
clever and adores his work and would happily
move sheep all day- if only his manners had
improved as much!
Oh and the lamb promotion I mentioned last
month has now been signed off and will be on your
screens next month. See if you spot it!
Angela Sargent
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Y
oungsters in Uttoxeter have been learning
about fire safety at home and out in the
community as Uttoxeter Fire and Rescue
paid a visit to Windsor Park Middle School in
preparation for the firework season. They arrived
at the school in a fire engine which a lucky few
students had a chance to inspect with Andy Minor,
Crew Manager and John Campion, Fire Fighter.
During assembly time Simon Poole, Fire Fighter
spoke to them about the dangers of fireworks,
what the fireworks code says as well as how to
deal with a potential house fire. The fire crew
modelled some of the equipment they have to wear
as well as showing a few pieces of equipment that
they use in different situations.
Student, Amelia Wray said, “From the
information we were told I now know what to do
if there was a fire in our house.”
It is the second year running that Uttoxeter Fire
Station has visited the school not only to teach the
students basic fire safety in the autumn term but
also winter safety around lakes and frozen water in
the spring term. This community link is in
addition to the safety lessons the students already
have in school through Learning for Life.
Jack Bright, student commented, “I very much
enjoyed being shown around the fire engine and
looking at all the equipment.”
Simon Poole, Fire Fighter said, “The students
were very interested and well behaved. They asked
relevant questions to the subject talked about.”
Staffordshire Fire and Rescue at Windsor Park Middle School
O
n Sunday 12th April the above Benefice said
a fond farewell to Reverend David
Bickersteth as he retired and moved to
Cumbria. Representatives from the Benefice then
had the task of producing a Parish Profile which
indicated the start of what could have potentially
been a long interregnum (vacancy). But our prayers
were answered extremely quickly and on June 5th
and a new Rector was appointed.
On Sunday 27th September 2015 the sun shined
brightly on a full St Peter’s Church, in Forsbrook
where all in attendance witnessed a very special
service for the Celebration of a New Minister with
the Collation and Induction of Reverend Jonathan
Peter Higham Roberts as Rector of St Margaret’s,
Draycott and St Peter’s, Forsbrook.
The service was officiated by the Bishop of
Stafford the Right
Reverend Geoffrey
Annas, in conjunction
with the Reverend Sue
Goodwin, Rural Dean
and The Venerable
Matthew Parker,
Archdeacon of Stoke.
The traditional
service was based on the
five themes of our
Lichfield Diocesan vision
of Going for Growth, in
which all have a part to
play, whether clergy or
laity.
The service started
with a procession into
Church with the new
Minister, wife and
children being escorted
by the Reverend Dr and Mrs McKenzie, (the
incumbent of the Minister’s former post), the Rural
Dean, the Archdeacon and the Bishop, the Ministry
Team, Church Wardens and the Choir.
The Presentation of the new Minister was
carried out by the Churchwardens of the two
churches, Pauline Clarke, David Meller, Howard
Salt and Brian Sammons and the Rural Dean who
lead the new Minister to stand before the Bishop
and Archdeacon.
The Bishop addressed the new Minister which
formed the part of the service where the new
Minister signs the declaration and oaths, followed
by the Bishop reading the Letter of Collation and
for the installation and induction the Archdeacon
led the new Minister to his seat in the Chancel to
pray.
The Churchwardens handed the new Minister
keys for the Churches and then the new Rector
caused the bell to be tolled which signified his
induction into the parishes.
The next part of the service covered the
commitment to the Diocesan Growth Strategy
where representatives presented the new Minister
with gifts:
• Jane Meller and Thomas Jamieson represented
the congregation and gave a gift of a copy of the
Daily Prayer and a loaf of bread;
• Joan Pritchard and Natasha Richards
represented education and community and gave
a gift of a Bible and a teapot;
• Reverend Ian Coates, Reverend Trevor
Borthwick were the Ecumenical representatives
and gave a gift of a vessel of water to pour into
the font and a copy of ‘Everybody Welcome’;
• Roger Holdcroft and Frank Hopley represented
the civic community and gave a gift of a map
and a globe;
• Ruth Silcock and Laura Hulse, Treasurer and
Secretary of St Peter’s gave a gift of a bottle of
sparkling wine.
The Ministry Team – Graham Stokes, Clive
Lilley, Leigh Silcock, Mick Smith, Georgina Young
and Jelena Kasten moved forward to the Bishop to
be commissioned with their new Minister.
The service finished with a procession as the
new Rector lead the Bishop, Archdeacon and Rural
Dean into the welcome room for light refreshments.
People queued up eagerly to meet the new Rector
whilst they had cake and tea. It certainly was a very
special afternoon.
Members from both St Peter’s and St Margaret’s
Parochial Church Councils are excited and eager as
their journey unfolds with their new Minister.
The Parishes of St Margaret’s Draycott & St
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children who viewed the nursery then looked at the many pictures from the
opening of the nursery right up to the present time - chatting and reminising
with folks - trying to guess who was in the pictures - a regular comment was
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and juice before enjoying the birthday cake which was cut by the two past
and present chairmen of the nursery.
Heather Bates (Nursery Management Committee Secretary)
Chapel Street Nursery celebrates
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Have I got news for you
by Uttoxeter’s Gary Hudson, Former BBC Chief News Reporter
Gary Hudson is a member of Uttoxeter Lions
Club, a former BBC Chief News Reporter and a
senior lecturer in Broadcast Journalism at
Staffordshire University.
Saturday night’s all right for fireworks
You can’t beat a good firework display. And we
have the best in town. I hope you’ll all be joining
us on the field next to the Uttoxeter Leisure Centre
on November 7th – that’s the Saturday after the
fifth - for the 40th anniversary Uttoxeter Lions
Bonfire and Fireworks Display.
There’s a main display set to music at 7.30 and
there’ll be a quieter show suitable for young
children just before the fire is lit at 7pm.
There are a couple of reasons why the Lions
organise the bonfire. The first is to put on a safe
and enjoyable traditional Bonfire Night out,
mainly for the people of Uttoxeter and their friends
and families. While we aim to attract people from
the immediate area, it’s not unusual for people to
travel from Stafford, Stoke and Derby and even
further afield because, they tell us, it’s the best
value for money they know.
Fireworks are not cheap as you’ll have found
out if you’ve ever bought them for yourself. You
need to be an adult to buy them, and it’s illegal for
under 18s to have fireworks in a public place.
And what do you get for your hard-earned
dosh? A few bangs, a bit of smoke and a red flash
or two.
And when you set them off, you need to be
highly conscious of your own safety and those
around you. Stand back or you’ll singe your
eyebrows, launch a rocket up your jacket or worse.
The growth of organised displays like ours has
taken place alongside a massive reduction in
fireworks-related accidents. And that’s no
coincidence. The Lions do extensive risk
assessments and our events are fully insured.
Can anyone remember when it wasn’t a
fiver?
The second reason for organising the Lions
bonfire is to raise money for local causes – and
there we have to admit to being less successful
lately. In fact the profits last year were several
thousand pounds down on just a couple of years
before.
After holding the on-the-day admission price at
£5 a head for as long as I can remember, we’ve had
to put it up to six pounds this year. But there is still
great value if you buy your tickets in advance. An
advance ticket means you will still get in for a fiver.
A family ticket remains the best value at £15 –
for two adults and up to three children. That’s a
tenner better than buying individual tickets, and
it’s half price compared to paying on the night.
So it’s ‘Remember, remember the 7th of
November’. We only ever hold the Uttoxeter
bonfire on the fifth if it falls on a Saturday. Usually
we hold it on the Saturday before the fifth, but not
this year because that would be too close to
Halloween.
There is no doubt in my mind about the
significance of Bonfire Night. It marks a
momentous event in our national history – as
opposed to Halloween of course, which marks the
moment a bunch of money-grabbing American
shysters realised they could make serious
spondulicks out of a cobbled-together mess of
pagan myths.
But to return to proper (in other words, British)
history, it seems to me the foiling of the
Gunpowder Plot was neither a triumph of
parliamentary democracy against the forces of
treason – as I seem to remember being taught at
school - nor a denial of the revolution that would
have seen a Catholic on the throne.
Imagine there’s no USA
But it was still a pretty big deal. Some modern
historians reckon that if the plot to blow up the
king and parliament had succeeded, there would
have been such a terrible public backlash against
Catholics that the power of the monarchy might
have been strengthened for centuries.
Perhaps there might have been no English Civil
War, and a different history for the British Empire.
Our forefathers’ colonial ambitions knew no
bounds so this alternative history would have
affected the whole world.
Guy Fawkes lives on despite his failure – not
just in the effigies made by children at Picknalls
School (among others) but apparently in the use of
the word ‘guy’ meaning a man.
He’s also the inspiration for the award-winning
Guido Fawkes political blog. I once sat next to him
at a dinner for journalism educators (the new
Guido – a journalist called Paul Staines – not the
original: I’m not that old), and it seems modern
subversives don’t need to blow up Parliament to
get results. But heaven help them if they’re caught.
The first Guy wasn’t burned on a bonfire of
course. His demise was due to be even more
gruesome, although he avoided the worst of it,
dying instantly when he was hanged. Charming!
We won’t be celebrating that on November 7th. I
hope to see you there.
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Friday, 27 November 2015, celebrations start at 4.30pm
outside the Town Hall, Switch on at 5.00pm.
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T
he Skating Stars initiative was launched in April by Planet Ice around
the Country and the auditions at Uttoxeter were initially attended by 27
hopefuls who had never or rarely skated before. From the initial launch
15 skaters were identified and after the first 6 weeks, 10 skaters that showed
the biggest commitment and improvement were asked to continue for a
further 6 weeks and concluded with 5 skaters that have reached the finals
after just 22 weeks of learning to skate.
The children aged between 8 and 13 have been put
through their paces by Coach, Clare Hudson and assisted by
Skating Mentor, Liz Howe, using the basics taught in our
Skate Excellence courses, which in some cases has proved to
be a complete life changing experience for the skaters. They
have all worked very hard throughout the process, with their
exceptional commitment, their abilities and confidence has
improved massively and I-skate Uttoxeter is very proud of
each of them.
A panel of distinguished judges included Louise Stones –
Signal One Breakfast Presenter, Uttoxeter’s Deputy Mayor -
Councillor Alan Noyes, Karen O’Neill – founder of Skate
Excellence, and we were very excited to welcome World
Champion Skater, Matt Evers, who took a break from
rehearsals for the Professionals on Ice Tour to come and Judge
for us today.
All the Skating Stars skated exceptionally well and after
the Judges had conferred the Runner Up was announced as
Lara Taylor-Caine aged 10 from Uttoxeter who attends Oldfields Hall Middle
School and finally the Winner was announced after the usual nail biting pause
being Alex Hylton aged 13 from Kiddlestitch who attends Thomas Alleyne’s
High School in Uttoxeter. Both will receive a year’s free skating and Skate
Excellence Courses, and Alex as Winner will receive a pair of Skating Boots
and also goes on to skate with the Dancing on Ice Stars on the Professionals
on Ice Tour with Matt Evers in Coventry.
Uttoxeter Skating
Stars Final
Let The Voice Be With You
by Les Humphries of Rocester
W
e look like having the Tories in power
forever now that Labour have elected a
pacifist and anti monarchist as leader,
with ideas which are extreme to say the least.
Getting rid of our Trident missiles is not a good
idea in practice, even if it might be in theory, as it
would leave us defenceless, and we only have to
look what Putin is doing in the Ukraine, and now
in Syria. All sides have to agree to do away with
Nuclear Weapons or it is a meaningless gesture.
Idealism is fine when you are young, but when you
get older Realism should take over.
Talking of which, Europe has to do something
soon about the thousands of Asylum seekers,
Migrants, Refugees, or whatever you like to call
them, as they flood over the borders. I don’t refer
to them as Refugees, because I remember genuine
refugees from old Newsreels of Wartime victims
who did the same. They were elderly people, or
mothers with young children, there were no
healthy young men like this bunch. I see them
climbing over fences, throwing stones and shouting
abuse at the authorities who are trying to keep
order.
There are young British lads, along with
American and other European Nationals in Syria,
helping to fight for freedom in that war torn
Country, they are lacking numbers, so why are
Syrian young men not joining them in trying to
oust the oppressors? Instead they seem to have
abandoned their elderly to get asylum, either here
or elsewhere in Europe. How many of the so called
migrants are terrorists, there is no way of
checking, and once they are in, they are in! Too
many of them cover their faces when they see the
camera for my liking.
Far from stopping those unpatriotic fanatics
who want to go and fight for our enemies, I think
we should let them go, revoke their passports and
citizenship, and make them stay there. Good
riddance to bad rubbish I say. Thank the Lord for
the English Channel.
Before I change the subject - for those who
didn’t see the programme on television presented
by Princes William and Harry about wounded
servicemen whose lives had been shattered in the
service of their Country. One told a tale about a
former Irish Guardsman called Lamin Marmah,
originally from the Gambia. He is a triple
amputee, having lost both legs and an arm after
being blown up by a roadside bomb whilst on
patrol protecting Afghans. The thing is he is
himself a Muslim, so let us not judge all Muslims
to be the same as the fanatics we read about, and
see on the news. But he does put to shame those
young men who have left their Country in the
lurch.
Meanwhile, almost as bad as when Corbyn got
the Labour Party leadership, doom and gloom
prevailed when poor old England were bundled
out of the Rugby World Cup in the Group stages
from the Pool of death as it was known, containing
Australia, England, and Wales, not to mention Fiji
who are no slouches, Uruguay as non
professionals stood little chance as proved to be the
case. England being the host Nation had everything
geared up in their favour with four of their five
games played at Twickers, (the only one played in
Manchester against lowly Uruguay proved to be a
dead rubber, at least a week between every match,
no quick 4 day turn rounds. But once again they
fell short on the big stage. Yes I know they have
won it, but you can’t live on past glories forever.
After contriving to lose to Wales who were
already stripped to the bone with injuries, “You
should have taken that penalty boys!”, they were
then humbled by a rampant Australian side, who
did the same to Wales the following week, but by
a much lower score, but Wales went through on
the back of three previous victories. Both Scotland
and Ireland went through from their pools, the
latter’s magnificent victory over France in their
final pool game meant they were unbeaten topped
their pool and at time of writing stand the best
chance of getting to the final, despite suffering a
couple of injuries themselves. The good thing is we
won’t have to listen to that ghastly “Swing low,
sweet chariot, first two lines only, out of tune with
no harmonies again in this World Cup. I don’t have
hindsight, but I can’t see much further than the All
Blacks to lift the cup. I may have egg on my face
when this goes to print.....
Now despite what I said in the last Issue of the
Voice, The Churnet Valley Male Voice Choir did
have their Conductor and Musical Director
fronting them for their concert at Hartshill Church
with the Lorna Spode Singers despite her illness. as
she is not completely well yet. Hopefully she is on
the way to recovery, and will be able to take over
the baton again when we sing Carols around the
Tree at Hayward Hospital on the 8th and 15th of
December.
Members of the Denstone Players will be
presenting a Murder Mystery “Murder at the
stables” at Ellastone Village Hall on Saturday 14th
of December. Tickets are priced at £10 which will
include a Pie & Pea Supper. Split into teams the
audience have to guess the identity of the
murderer!The following week 19th, 20th, and 21st
two one act plays will be performed at Denstone
Village Hall, “ A Quiet Night being one of them”,
by a full cast of the Denstone Players.
That’s about all for this issue
T T F N Les

Let’s Get Cooking
by Simon Smith, top local chef
N
ow the nights are drawing in and there is a
chill in the air we start to think about the
game season.
Those of you who are lucky enough to have
friends who shoot and offer you numbers of
pheasant will all have your own special recipes for
this bird. Gone are the days when they used to be
hung by the neck and only considered fit to eat
once the maggots started falling out of the bottom
thank heavens. Whilst game does benefit from
being hung there are limits. For those of you who
have to buy your game I would firstly consider
your local butcher or licensed game dealer but
failing that many supermarkets now stock game.
Bear in mind that game is always a very lean
meat and benefits from the addition of some fat.
The easiest way to do this is to wrap it in streaky
bacon which will keep it moist during cooking and
also give you crispy bacon for a garnish. With
game birds I always cook the legs separately and
slowly in a stock as they are much tougher than
the breast. This also gives you a good stock for the
sauce. Make sure when you cook the breasts that
you are not overcooking them and drying them
out, especially with pigeon which should be pan
fried until pink.
I shall be doing two cookery shows at The
Garrick Theatre Lichfield on Thursday 5th
November when i shall be cooking some game
dishes and giving hints for Xmas entertaining.
These shows are sponsored by Arthur Price of
England. For
tickets contact
the box office.
This
month’s recipe
is breast of
pheasant with
lemon and
celery.
Recipe for 4
4 x Pheasant breasts
¾ pt Game or chicken stock
1x Head of celery
1x Small onion
¼ pt Double cream
2ozs Butter
2ozs Plain flour
1x Lemon, juice and zest
4x rashers smoked bacon
1x Fresh bay leaf
Celery salt
Method
• Wrap the pheasant breasts in bacon
rashers and cook for 15 minutes in a
preheated oven at 180˚
• Peel the celery and cut into 1 inch
batons
• Peel and finely dice the lemon
• Melt the butter in a pan and add the
onion, stir and sweat (the onion not
you) for 5 minutes.
• Add the flour and stir again, pour in the
chicken stock a third at a time whilst slowly
whisking
• Add the celery batons and bay leaf, simmer for
5 minutes.
• To finish add the lemon zest and juice and then
the double cream
• Pour over the cooked pheasant breasts for a
light piquant sauce
• NB you must use double cream as single will
curdle.
Karen’s Cake Corner
by Karen Hill
Ground Almond and Apple Cake
M
y friend Kate came for lunch this
week and I really wanted to make
her something special. She prefers
to eat gluten free so for this cake I used
ground almonds in place of the flour. I had
been given a big bag of apples, so this recipe
was perfect and so very easy to make.
You will need:-
170g unsalted butter
170g soft brown sugar
3 large free range eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
300g ground almonds
1tspbaking powder
300g chopped apples, after peeling and
coring
Firstly, grease and line a 23cm cake tin
and preheat your oven to 160˚C. In your
food processor, mix together the butter and
sugar until light and fluffy. Add the beaten
eggs, a little at a time, and then add the
vanilla extract. Fold in the ground almonds
along with the chopped apple and when
thoroughly mixed pour into your prepared
cake tin. Bake for approximately 45 minutes,
until golden brown and a skewer comes out
clean
This cake is delicious served warm with
whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.
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Harvest time at St. Werburgh’s
O
ctober the colourful Harvest time, a time
for food preservation and donating, as well
as for communities to get together.
St. Werburgh’s in Kingsley held a Harvest Open
Weekend. Saturday afternoon 26th September the
Church welcomed visitors to listen to the singing.
The Primary school children’s choir joined the
church adults to make a very enjoyable afternoon.
There were various stalls and refreshments
available. The services on Sunday concluded with
a ‘Songs of Praise’ and Monday morning the
children were there again for their own Harvest
Service, lead by Rev. Carol Richardson. The
harvest of provisions donated over the weekend
was subsequently donated to the Cheadle
Foodbank and local Women’s Refuge.
At the beginning of October, St Giles the Abbot,
Cheadle held a range of events giving thanks for
Harvest, started on the Saturday with a
Celebration of Arts and Crafts Display when
visitors were able to enjoy the refreshments served
in the Parish Room whilst listening to the local
Cheadle Community Band, playing a variety of
music. This newly formed band welcomes all ages
and abilities to join them to rehearsals on Saturday
mornings. (Further details from Rob on 07527
255911)
Harvest services
followed on Sunday
morning at the Parish
Church and also St.
Chads, Freehay.
The same weekend,
Saturday 3rd October,
Councillor Ivor Lucas
met with members from
‘the Kingsley Holt
News’, to present a
cheque to help with the
running of this local
newsletter. The Money
coming from the SMDC
Councillors Community
Initiative Fund. They
then joined the Worlds
Biggest Coffee Morning,
in aid of Macmillan
Cancer Support at
Kingsley Holt Methodist
Church. Rev’d Andrew
Farrington invited in a ‘Runner’ who was passing
by. Apparently he was running from John
O’Groats to Lands End, a massive 680 miles! He’s
doing it for his own enjoyment although a weary
one taking about 28 days,
but at the same time
collecting for two
charities, Whizz Kidz and
Limb Power. His name
was believed to be Gavin
Boater from London. He
was pleased with the offer
of refreshments and the
use of the conveniences!
The volunteers in all
the local churches work
hard not only collecting
for the sales tables and
baking cakes but cleaning
and maintaining. Later
that day friends and
residents gathered together
in the recreation ground
behind the Church with
branch loppers and cutters
to clear the overhanging
hedges. The Harvest
Festival held at the Methodist Church, Kingsley
Holt, was 11th October,‘All is Safely Gathered In’,
when again some of the provisions went to the
Cheadle Foodbank.

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