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H
ave you
noticed that
the feelgood
factor has come back
into our community
and indeed our
country?
I certainly have, it is evident to me that we
have turned a corner economically even
though most of us have seen no increase in our
income, in some cases perhaps a decrease!
But we seem to be moving forward on the
back of a wonderful feelgood London
Olympic Games last year, Andy Murray
winning Wimbledon this year, the birth of a
Royal Baby for Will and Kate, and more
locally JCB and other local companies
clinching massive business deals.
Let’s hope our local shops and businesses
can continue to fight back with the help of The
Voice’s massive readership after dark times
during the recent recession.
I also think the beautiful Summer we have
enjoyed also feeds into everyone feeling
happier. Those drives out into the countryside
to our fantastic local pubs and restaurants
with the sunshine beating down on us, taking
the kids into the park and playing soccer and
games, waiting for the ice cream van to arrive
at our homes, especially the very best
Uttoxeter local business Ashmore’s!
This is more like the summer I used to
remember when I was a child – every year
seemed to be wall to wall sunshine during our
Summer Holiday break from school! We must
have had terrible wet weather sometimes like
we did last year, but I can’t remember any!
Perhaps this is my mind not wanting too...
We used to go brook jumping, swinging
from trees with our ropes, go nesting for miles
and miles around our homes with our packed
lunches made up by mum and nan, nothing
special, just bread and jam, a piece of cake
and an apple with a little bottle of pop.
From my home in Masefield Close in
Cheadle, we planned our big adventures and
expeditions. At times there would be more
than 10 of us involved in creating the perfect
trip for the following day.
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out our biggest expedition yet, we were to go
through ‘hundreds and hundreds’ of fields
owned by the legendary farmer Mr Poultney
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actually incredibly it was near to Kingsley
Holt!!
We collected our lunches from our parents
and set off undaunted by our task. After hours
of traipsing across fields and hedges, we
arrived at Shawe Park, triumphant that we had
succeeded in our brave adventure, we had
made it, we were proud, and the next
expedition could be planned.
Of course, now I know that Shawe Park is
only 2 miles from Masefield Close and I can
get there in 2 minutes in my car but in those
days the world was our oyster.
Happy days, happy childhood, you didn’t
have to have money to enjoy yourself, we
made our own enjoyment and fun...
I hope you enjoy reading this Voice
magazine.
I’ll speak to you next time...
Nigel Titterton, Editor & Publisher
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Blooming All Saints’
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of beautiful frontals, vestments, chalice veils, and chasubles in red,
green, white, purple and blue. The Open Day was to celebrate the work
of George Edmund Street, one of the country’s most eminent Victorian
architects. Street’s most famous building is the Royal Courts of Justice in
London, and he is buried in Westminster Abbey. In the middle of the
nineteenth century, Sir Thomas Percival Heywood of Doveleys commissioned
Street to build a new church – which is reputed to be Street’s personal
favourite - at Denstone in the style known as Gothic Revival, and the corner
stone was laid in 1860. Street also designed the vestments and altar frontals
for use in the church, and those items which have survived the intervening
150 years were on display. The occasion was also used to celebrate the work
of those talented artists and craftsmen and women who live in Denstone today,
including the WI, the Art Group, the Mother’s Union, the Denstone Spinners
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original work.
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T
he Civic Service chosen by the Mayor was a sung Evensong in
accordance with the 1662 Book of Common Prayer, one of the most
beautiful liturgies in the English language. The Mayors of all the local
Boroughs and Towns attended as well as the chairman of the County and
District Councils, Andrew Griffiths MP and the Deputy Lord Lieutenant
Humphrey Scott-Moncrieff. This was followed by a Charity Dinner in the
Town Hall at which 112 guests enjoyed a three course meal and wine. The
Civic guests were piped in by Cllr. Hugh Montgomery’s personal piper.
The Mayor thanked all the many individuals and organisations who had
very generously donated superb raffle prizes and the raffle itself raised over
£700.00. The total amount raised for Charity was in excess of £2000.00.
The Charities chosen by the Mayor to benefit that evening were: YESS
(Youth emotional support service), The Uttoxeter Drop-in centre and the Fleur
de Lys Foundation which supports such causes as Young peoples mobility
(Whizzkids), Centrepoint (Helping homeless young people with life skills) and
the Birmingham Children’s Hospital Malawi Link.
Mayor of Uttoxeter’s
Charity Dinner

R
BA Wealth Management’s sixth charity golf day has raised a record
£6,500. The team of financial planning and wealth management
specialists, based in Uttoxeter High Street, have chosen to support the
3 Peaks for Lisa challenge this year.
The 3 Peaks for Lisa challenge was set up by Glyn Douglas of Uttoxeter
in memory of his sister Lisa Oldham who tragically passed away twelve
months ago after injuries she sustained whilst trying to light a Bio Ethanol
Burner at her home in Uttoxeter. 3 Peaks for Lisa raises money for the
charities that valiantly tried to save Lisa’s life, Dove Valley First Responder,
Midlands Air Ambulance and Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham.
RBA would like to thank all fifty six golfers who took part on the day,
their clients who have been extremely generous with their donations, tee
sponsors and raffle prize donators. Tee sponsors are as follows;
PJD Engineering, Anthon Marlow Accountants, MJ Lavin & Sons
Printers, Uttoxeter Voice, Uttoxeter Racecourse, DK Design, RBA Wealth
Management, Hacking Ashton, Wilkins & Thompson, DPC Accountants,
ELBAR Worldwide, Food Connex, Andy Carr Electrical Services, Food
Search Worldwide Limited, Boulton Construction, Kingfisher Properties,
Blythe Insurance, John Daniels Builders Limited and Lyndon Scaffolding.
RBA Directors David Booth, Angela Fountain and Andrew Hackney
Richard Oldham, Peter Douglas, Glyn Douglas, Douglas Oldham, Andrew
Hackney, Angela Fountain, David Booth
Winning golfers Jack Nunn and Adam McCandless with the RBA Charity
Golf Shield
RBA Golf Day raises
record £6,500
Raffle prizes (pictured above) were kindly donated by:
Horsley Lodge Golf Club, John Capper & Co., Yellow Circle Web
Solutions, Doveridge Clay Sports Club, Emma Bridgewater, Opulence
Beauty Salon, Uttoxeter Chiropractor Clinic, Fat Boy Trim Hair Salon,
Sarah Heathcote Beautician, Denstone Hall Farm Shop & Café,
Edmonstons Butchers, Essentials Clothing, Marjorie Centre, Emilie Duclos
Florist, Sue Cliff - Virtual Assistant, The Boars Head Hotel and L’Oreal
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David Booth, one of the Directors of RBA Wealth Management said
“This year’s golf day has proved a real success; it’s been our biggest golf day
to date raising more than ever before. We were blessed with great weather
and everyone seemed to enjoy their day. The three charities that benefit are
so vital, and we’re pleased to be able to do our bit for these charities and
support the 3 Peaks for Lisa challenge. Over our six golf days so far we
have raised over £21,000 for some important charities; in addition we have
given grants to smaller charities via the St. James’s Place Foundation. We
are keen to keep progressing our golf day and overall involvement in local
charity work. We would like to thank everybody who has been involved in
this year’s event.”
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Gareth Thomas, Philip Ufton, Glyn Douglas and
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James Miller, John Brocklehurst, Alex Ambrosioni
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Oliver Lewy, David Booth, Paul Innocent and
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Ian Farrington, Jack Nunn, Adam McCandless
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Elaine Croft, Barry Croft, Gary Haslam and
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Staffordshire’s Top Performing Non-Selective Secondary
School and ranked amongst the 100 Top Performing
Non-Selective Schools in the country
D
uring 2012/13 Painsley
Catholic College was placed
amongst the 100 top
performing non-selective schools in the
Country.
In a letter to Mr Bell, Principal, the
Rt Hon David Laws MP, Minister of
State for Schools, wrote: “It gives me
great pleasure to congratulate you on
the excellent GCSE performance of
your pupils in 2012.
There are many ways to assess
school performance. On this occasion
we have looked at the performance of
pupils in five GCSEs: English and
Mathematics, and the pupils’ three
best other GCSEs.
Your results show that you are
amongst the 100 top performing non-
selective schools in absolute terms on
this measure.
It is clear that your school has
equipped its pupils to be successful
hereafter, both in terms of their
readiness for further study, and in
terms of their readiness to enter the
world of work in due course.
I would like to congratulate your
staff, governors and pupils for their
hard work and success and thank you
for your leadership in continuing the
drive towards high standards of
educational achievement.”
Mr Bell believes that this high level
of achievement is due to having an
outstanding staff, outstanding
directors, outstanding support from
parents and parishes and, crucially,
outstanding and respectful students.
Mr Bell aims to ensure that Painsley
provides top quality state-funded
education which is too often equated
to fee-paying schools or selective
schools.
Painsley Catholic College is a
unique 11-19 school which reflects the
very best of educational institutions.
In 2012, the College celebrated yet
another record-breaking set of GCSE
results. All targets were exceeded and,
for the first time in its history, 100%
of the Year 11 students achieved 5 A*-
C grades – an outstanding
achievement.
The government benchmark figure
of 5 A*-C including English and
maths, which is now the key
government measure of a school’s level
of success, was an outstanding 82%
which places Painsley as the top
performing state school in the whole
of Staffordshire.
Painsley has achieved many
successes over the course of the last
year including an OFSTED survey
inspection which rated the College
‘outstanding’ in all areas. Her
Majesty’s Inspector described students’
personal development as ‘exceptional’
and commended the ‘exciting
experiences’ which the students receive
at the College.
The College is equally passionate
about sport, music, art and drama; a
point reflected in the fact that Painsley
students are County Champions in
many sports and are able to experience
a multitude of extra-curricular
activities. The College also has an
enviable reputation in the creative arts.
Indeed, Painsley attained the
prestigious Arts Mark Gold during the
last academic year for its outstanding
work in art, music and drama.
It may be tempting, therefore, to
imagine that it will be difficult for
parents to obtain a place for their
child at Painsley – particularly those
who are non-Catholics. However,
there are more places on offer for
September 2014 and parents are
encouraged to apply for a place to
secure a fantastic education for their
child which will set them up for the
rest of their lives.
We invite you to come along to our
Prospective Parents’ Evening on
Wednesday 18th September 2013 at
7.00 pm to see our fantastic College
for yourselves. The evening also
provides you with an opportunity to
meet the Principal, staff, students and
to have a full guided tour of our
superb facilities. If you would like
further information about the College
or Prospective Parents’ Evening, please
contact the College on:
(01538) 483944 or
email: office@painsley.staffs.sch.uk
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Outstanding in every way
P
ainsley Catholic College is celebrating Diocesan inspectors rating the
College as outstanding in every way. The phenomenal report states,
“Students overwhelmingly applaud the dedication of teachers and their
talent in planning challenging and varied activities so that lessons are
enjoyable with rapid progress.” In a highly unusual (if not unheard of)
move, the Inspector did not specify any targets from the inspection. Instead
the Inspector wrote, “The college is clearly very ambitious for its students
with an unrelenting effort in monitoring and evaluation. There is a culture
of always seeking ways to improve and this permeates the life of the college
because of its determined and uncompromising leadership.” The Inspector
highlighted, “The college is not only providing a vibrant experience of living
faith but also that teachers and chaplains are working together with
students most productively to fulfil the mission of the college.”
A delighted Mr Stephen Bell, Principal, said, “To be given no targets is
almost unheard of and reflects the dedication of the staff, including the
chaplaincy team, who live out their vocation educating our wonderful
students. I thank parents for their on-going support which is a crucial part
of the College’s success. I also thank the students for their commitment,
passion and hard work. They are a credit to everybody associated with
Painsley.”
Painsley welcomes the Chief
Executive and Accounting
Officer for the Education
Funding Agency
O
n Thursday 18th July, Painsley Catholic College were delighted to
welcome Mr Peter Lauener, Chief Executive and Accounting Officer
for the Education Funding Agency (EFA). The EFA is an executive
agency of the Department for Education responsible for distributing £52bn
funding for 3-19 education and training, including funding individual
Academies, Free Schools and post-16 providers, as well as distributing funds
to local authorities to pass on to maintained schools and delivering capital
programmes. Mr Lauener toured the College and interacted with the
students - who were most impressed with his personable and kind manner.
Mr Stephen Bell, Principal, commented, “It was a great honour to
welcome Mr Lauener. He was very complimentary about Painsley and
enjoyed touring the classrooms. He was asked some very intelligent and
probing questions by the School Councillors who were very impressed with
his replies. Mr Lauener also met Mr Michael Wheatley, Principal of St
Filumena’s Catholic Primary School in Caverswall - one of the seven schools
in the Painsley Catholic Academy; and Mr John Pennington, the Chair of
Directors. We are all very grateful to Mr Lauener for visiting Painsley - he
is a true gentleman and was wonderful with the students and staff.”
Left to right: Christiana Micallef (Head Girl), Mr Peter Lauener (Chief
Executive of the EFA), Mr Stephen Bell (Principal) and Joseph Wilks (Head
Boy). Christiana and Joseph are both from Uttoxeter.
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May we through your colour magazine give a huge thank you to everyone
for making the ‘2013 Party in the Park’ one to be remembered and the weather
did not deter the people turning out for the festivities.
The parade got underway with ‘Mr Festival Parade’ Derek Fower and
Mark at the front to guide the procession on its way, led by the 5th Leek and
District Scouts and Guides Band under the direction of Mr Brian Pointon. The
Mayoress and I were accompanied by our grand-daughter Ruby and set off on
time from Well Street Car Park which attracted Civic Dignitaries from
Ashbourne, Stone, Uttoxeter, Leek and Biddulph Town Councils plus the Town
Crier also from Biddulph, The C.A.T.S., Mr Peter Burton with his tractor, a
vintage car, The American Civil War and Cllr Gary Bentley bringing up the
rear in his classic Mini.
The parade made its way to Tean Road Recreation Ground with both Tape
Street and Tean Road being lined with people to see the event.
We were both taken-aback when entering the ground to see it all set out
with numerous stalls, Warwicks Fair, the Huntsman bar, large inflated
attractions for the kids, quad bikes, classic cars and tractors, refreshments and
the Civil War Camp.
Events throughout the afternoon in the main ring saw a breathtaking
performance from The Magnificent Eagle Heights and Vulture Display plus
The American Civil War Re-Enactment - they certainly know how to keep an
audience entertained, for those who did not come to the event, the loud bangs
were the four cannons being fired during the display.
Stallholders were kept busy by a crowd of over 1,500, music being played
by Dennis Wilson, the festivities were brought to a close with a live band
performance from Herbaceous Borders who kept the crowd well and truly
entertained.
Thank you to those who gave generously to my charities. Both the fruit and
food hamper have been claimed.
So once again to all who took part in the day thank you for your support,
special mention to fellow councillors Ian Whitehouse, Ken Riley, Ray Wood,
Neil Plant, Gary Bentley, Margaret and Ron Locker, Mrs Sami Norbury, Peter
Elkin for his publicity reports, and to both our clerks for all the assistance
they all gave to me to make it a ‘Party in the Park’ for us all to remember.
Cheadle Mayor and Mayoress, Cllr Ian Plant and Kath
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assembly. The children participated in
two dramas, which were delivered on
either side of an excellent and
informative presentation by special
guest, Mrs. Sharon Jepson, Head of
Economics, Business and Travel at the
Moorlands VI Form Centre. This also
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answer’ session with the children. For
this, Mrs. Jepson was joined by fellow
business studies staff: Emma Chitty,
Head of Public Services, Alex Field,
PGCE student at Staffordshire
University and students, Olivia Cooper,
Rachelle Cooper and Rachael Brindley
from the Centre.
This is the third year that St. Giles’
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with support coming from the Personal
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capability.
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The day, which had been organised
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Shaughnessy and Mrs. Helen Wilcox,
proved to be a real ‘hit’ with the
children, and a great day was had by
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the drama unfolded. Approximately 180 people packed out the theatre at
Thomas Alleynes over the course of the 2 nights to find out who or even what
was behind the sinister killing of Sir Charles Baskerville, at the hands of a
gigantic Hound!
The performances proved something remarkably different from anything
previously performed at the school, with the initial decision to perform the
play as theatre in the round, with the intention of generating the feeling of
being in the manor itself, being one defining factor. Audience members revelled
in the suspense as the owner of the ferocious Hound was unveiled and
afterwards members commented, “A really superb production- all the
characters were excellent- and the whole production was of a very high
standard.” The performances proved a great success with “explosive
entrances” mixed with wit and humour comparable to that of Sir Arthur
Conan Doyle’s original Sherlock Holmes novels.
The shows proved a vital stepping stone on the group’s journey to the
Fringe promoting their cause as well as raising awareness and funding for the
Donna Louise Children’s trust in Stoke, which provides care for terminally ill
and disadvantaged children. More information and updates about the group
can be found on their website- www.alleynesfringeproject.co.uk
The group is also looking for business sponsorship to fund their venture as
well as support from the people of Uttoxeter, if you are interested or have any
further queries about anything you can contact the group on:
alleynes.fringe@googlemail.com
The Hound of the Baskervilles comes to Uttoxeter

T
he second Uttoxeter
Food & Drink
Festival took place at
Uttoxeter Racecourse
recently and although the
weather wasn’t favourable
on Sunday the Event still
attracted over 1500
visitors over the weekend.
Dan Whitehead, Events
Manager at the Racecourse
said “We had over 55
Exhibitors selling a variety
of delicious Food, Cuisines,
Real Ales, Ciders and
Spirits and with a selection
of indoor and outdoor
stalls visitors certainly had
a good choice of stalls to
visit”. “Our Real Ale
Pavilion had a number of
micro breweries inside and
Acoustic Entertainment on
the decking outside which
made the pavilion a
popular destination during
the weekend”.
Taste of Staffordshire
were one of the Main
Sponsors of the Event and
played a crucial part in
supplying some of the best
chefs from around the
county profiling their skills
on stage including
Staffordshire Young
Master Chef of the Year
Jack Harris from Weston
Hall and Matt Davies from
The Lewis Partnership, and
The Voice’s columnist Pete
Rowley.
“This year’s Event
certainly caught the
imagination locally and we
would like to say a huge
thank you to Amy Tipper
and her team from Tippers
who generously donated
two fantastic range
cookers and kitchen
display for the cookery
theatre which the chefs did
their demos from”.
This year’s Festival
certainly has progressed
from last year and the
team will be sitting round
the table again soon to
start planning next year’s
Show.
Dan Whitehead said:
“The plan is to continue to
grow the Uttoxeter Food
and Drink Festival into an
Event that the Town can be
proud of”.

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By Steve ‘Lank’ Lavin
Golden Memories from one of
Uttoxeter’s Favourite Characters
I was in conversation the other week with an old mate of mine Pete
Bartram or ‘Barty’ as he is known locally.
Pete originally is from Uttoxeter and is now living and running
various businesses from Kingstone. He is one of the old Uttoxeter
Rockers and is often seen around the town sporting his leathers
emblazoned with the wording ‘Uxonians’ a local motorcycle club he
runs. He can be seen often riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle
around the area. Pete is very well known around the area for his charity
work which usually involves putting on various weekend ‘Gigs’
featuring some excellent bands of musicians together with laying on
camping and catering facilities for the many hundred ardent supporters
of these events.
During our conversation over a pint the other week we got
reminiscing about a ‘Gig’ Pete and his friend Mick Harper a fellow
columnist of this magazine, had organised back in 1970.
Pete and Mick approached me in the summer of 1970 to produce
for them some promotional material for a ‘Gig’ they were putting on
in Uttoxeter Town Hall. After enquiring about the nature of this event
they informed me that they had secured and booked for appearance
one of the top bands at that time, ‘Status Quo’. You could have
knocked me down with a feather. At first I asked the pair of them if
they were being serious, after all Status Quo were at that time one of
the top bands in the country and although had only been going since
1968 had already had 3 records in the top twenty namely ‘Pictures of
Matchstick Men’ which reached number 7 in the charts in 1968, ‘Ice
in the Sun’ which reached number 8 later that year and ‘Down the
Dustpipe’ which had reached number 12 in 1970.
The booking of this tremendous band in the area at this time
certainly put Uttoxeter on the map as far as entertainment was
concerned and was also a boost for the towns’ prestige element.
On the night of the ‘Gig’ I attended Uttoxeter Town Hall and was
totally amazed at the amount of people that had turned up. They were
in the 100’s and the place was absolutely heaving at the seams. Status
Quo’s roadies had set up their equipment on a specially made stage
which ran the entire width of one end of the Town Hall dance floor.
The usual stage that acts used to perform on at the Town Hall would
hardly have been big enough to hold the speakers that they had
brought with them not alone the masses of other electrical equipment
and instruments that they used to create their unique sound.
The whole set up reminded me of Jodrell Bank!
When they appeared on stage the atmosphere was something else
and for most of us who were present it was the first time we had ever
seen in the flesh a real famous Pop Band. They played for the
enthusiastic audience all their hits and treated us to performing there
new single release ‘In my chair’ which again like their former releases
instantly flew into the top 20 in the charts.
Certainly a night to remember in Uttoxeter. Pete and Mick went on
to bring other well known bands to the area, Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky
Mick & Titch, Ambrose Slade which became ‘Slade’ and The Bay City
Rollers amongst others all who were all top 20 charters in those days.
Booking bands of this calibre nowadays to appear in such a small
venue I would assume would be an impossibility owing to the
astronomical fees they now command, so Uttoxeter in the past owing
to Pete and his mate has been extremely fortunate to enjoy such
delights.
Till next time, LANK
Barty and I pictured a few weeks ago reminiscing about the good
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C
headle Flower Club’s Chairman Diane Lucas opened
the July meeting by welcoming everyone and
introducing Janet Phillips from the Threshing Barn
who presented a workshop entitled ‘Rag Bag Summer
Flowers.’ Members were asked to bring along scraps of cotton
material and everyone had-a-go at producing fabric flowers.
Janet first asked members to cut circles of material in five
different sizes which were sown together in a rose shaped
posy, a further five posies were made and then all joined
together with a large wire to create a super flower. Fabric
leaves were added to the wire and bound with florists tape.
The flower could be used to decorate a wreath ring, vase or
provide decoration on any object. All members and visitors
were able to take home their own individual completed
flower, with lots of fun and laughter taking place during this
very enjoyable evening.
Heather Bates gave the vote of thanks to Janet for a lovely
workshop and for her time and encouragement and sharing
her skills with everyone.
Congratulations are extended to Cynthia Brassington for
receiving a ‘Commended’ and ‘Best Use of Garden Plant
Material’ for the whole competition at the Nationals in
Bournemouth. It was a wonderful achievement for our Club
and Area to have Cynthia represent us.
The Club’s next meeting will be a demonstration by the
‘Girls’ from Weston Coyney Flower Club entitled ‘Friends
Meet’ at The Guild Hall, Tape Street, Cheadle, on Wednesday
18th September at 7.30 pm - price £4.00 with everyone most
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A
group of hearty cyclists are
set to get back on their
bikes to cycle from
Edinburgh to Uttoxeter – all in
the name of charity.
Following on from last year’s
London to Uttoxeter ride, The
Talbot Charity Bike Club aim to
go one better and start the ride
from Edinburgh to raise vital
funds for the Art and Soul
Friendship Group, which helps
people suffering with mental
health issues.
The riders will leave Scotland
on Thursday, September 4, and
hope to arrive back in Uttoxeter
on Sunday, September 8.
To raise a little extra cash,
the riders have squeezed into
their green and black Lycra to
launch the Talbot Charity Bike
Club wristband at the Art and
Soul Friendship open day.
The wristbands, costing £1,
come in the club colours of
green, orange and black with all
proceeds go straight to the
charity.
Councillor Andrew Riley, a
member of the bike club and
trustee of the charity, said: “The
Art and Soul Friendship Group is
a fantastic charity, helping up to
180 people a week from
Uttoxeter and the surrounding
area.
“After the closure of Mind,
making sure we had a facility
where people with mental health
issues could go was crucially
important.
“The friendship group has
helped so many people in
overcoming and dealing with
their difficulties. This is why the
bike club wanted to recognise the
work they do by supporting them
as this year’s chosen charity.
“We hope the Uttoxeter
community can rally behind us
and help to support a great
cause.
“Buying a wristband will
make so much difference and
allow us to raise as much money
as possible for the group. They
do so much positive work for the
town, helping to make Uttoxeter
a more supportive place.”
The charity bike ride has also
been backed by television
personality Rustie Lee, Labour
parliamentary candidate Jon
Wheale, councillor Allan
Chapman and former leader of
the Friends of Margaret
Stanhope Dr Matt Long.
Jo Cane, chairman of Art and
Soul, said: “We are so pleased to
be the bike club’s chosen charity
and also be supported by Jon
Wheale and Allan Chapman.
Rustie Lee coming to the launch
made it even more exciting.”
The open day itself raised
£233.53 and The Talbot Charity
Bike Club wristbands will
continue to be sold in the town
centre.
The riders have also been
sponsored by global skin
company Nivea Men. The Art
and Soul Friendship Group and
The Talbot Charity Bike Group
can be found on Facebook and
Twitter.
Fund-raising will continue to
September and those wanting to
sponsor the ride or buy a wrist
band are asked to phone Andrew
Riley on 07970 506834 or
Darren Staniforth on 07936
870157.
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Talking Pets
by Shoshannah McCarthy BVetMed (Hons) MRCVS
• Qualified from the Royal Veterinary College
in London.
• Worked as a small animal vet at Blue House
Veterinary Centre in Biddulph since 2009.
• I have a 14-year-old cat called Orange Cat.
An introduction to the Pet Travel Scheme
A
few days away in the south of France…
caravanning across the Alps… a walk along
an Italian beach… it all sounds so idyllic,
but it’s never quite the same without your best
friend by your side.
Luckily, it is relatively straightforward to take
your dog with you to Europe these days. The Pet
Travel Scheme will equip your pet with his or her
own passport, which will enable travel around the
EU by road, sea or air.
Step one: microchip
Your dog will need to be permanently identified
with a microchip. If your dog is already chipped,
your vet will just need to scan them and make sure
the device is still working. If not, don’t panic – your
vet can chip your dog for you.
Step two: rabies vaccination
Vaccination against rabies is mandatory for the
scheme and also essential for your dog’s protection
abroad. One or two injections may be needed.
Your vet will be able to advise you accordingly.
Step three: passport
After your dog is chipped and vaccinated, your
vet will issue you with his or her passport. It’s a
little blue book with all his or her information in.
If you lose it when you are abroad, your dog will
have to be placed in quarantine when you come
home – so keep it safe!
Step four: travel!
Twenty-one days after the rabies vaccination
course is complete, your dog can travel with you. If
you are using the Channel tunnel, your dog can
travel with you in your car. If you are travelling by
air or sea, you will need to liaise with your airline
or ferry for their requirements.
Step five: tapeworm treatment
On the way home to the UK, your dog will need
tapeworm treatment. This must be done by a vet
so that they can sign the passport, and it must be
done between 24 and 120 hours before your
scheduled arrival time in the UK. This is to prevent
the introduction of European tapeworm species.
If you are travelling outside the EU you can still
take your dog with you, but the process will be
different. Blood tests and health certification may
be required, so do some research online or contact
the embassies for that country for information
first.
There is some more useful information on the
government website, and you can always ask your
vet for advice. www.gov.uk/take-pet-abroad
Magisterial Memories
by John Glandfield, Uttoxeter’s most charismatic Lawyer
M
any of you may already be aware of my
recent retirement thus terminating, at least
first hand, my ability to witness and then
relate the future happenings in our Magistrates’
Courts and incidental goings on although I cannot
conceive of their providing future Solicitors and the
like with the entertainment given to me over the
years. To my mind that consideration is a sad and
near inevitable bye product of this era of manic
caution and fear of taking responsibility for any
decision that seems to have infested so many walks
of life and shows every sign, unless checked, of
permeating and dictating everything that we do
sooner rather than later. Indeed someone once said
to me that it was only a question of time before no
one anywhere would be prepared to take a decision
on anything and then where would we go from
there?
Well, I can’t answer all that and so, hopefully,
someone younger and more energetic than me will
at least try and succeed in curbing the appetites of
those self-appointed and self-opinionated Managers
that seems to have infested so many walks of life
and aspects of our working lives.
To turn to another and, perhaps, lighter vein, I
want to return to thoughts about the character of
so-called criminals and how you and I might react
when confronted by them. Let’s forget, for a start,
the heroics, letting off both barrels of a twelve bore
and the like since In truth, I suspect most of us
would emerge from such encounters looking or
feeling rather stupid, By way of an example, some
years ago not too far from here two passing Police
Officers in a Patrol Car espied a ladder up against
the front of a house with an unidentified male
person about to climb up it. Quite understandably
and properly the Officers approached said male and
asked what he thought he was doing. Without a
moment’s hesitation they were met with a response
to the effect of. “It is a good job you have come
along. I have had a row with the Missus, she has
locked the house and driven off with the keys and I
need to get in but I don’t like ladders”. The Officers
duly obliged by steadying the ladder and thus
enabled the burglar to gain access to the property.
As I mentioned on a previous occasion when I
once found an intruder in the Flat when I was living
in Brighton we stood and stared at each other
without saying a word for what still seems like an
eternity and it only dawned on me that there was
something wrong when the blighter turned and ran.
What does all that tell us? Whilst many might
be classed as such, do not dismiss all criminals as
mindless thugs. Some may be but many are both
skilled and very clever and, of necessity, practised
opportunists. To commit a burglary requires a great
deal of nerve. Call it cheek if you like. Many such
acts require considerable prior thought and
planning. What is the point, cash excepted, in
stealing anything unless either it is of use to you or
you can sell it on. Burglars certainly depend upon
the owner of the property concerned, however
oblique, providing an opportunity. I have been told
that if you consider how long it would take you to
access your house if you have mislaid the key then
a professional burglar will get in in half that time. A
sobering thought for next time you go out and it
does not have to be for any length of time nipping
next door for a bowl of sugar is more than enough
time for a miscreant to enter and trash your house.
Before we all rush down to our G.P’s for a
bucket of tranquilizers and to thence to the iron
mongers for padlocks and chains it is a fact that in
this part of the world we are reasonably safe from
crime but we should never be complacent. In this
Country as whole we have both dependable and
reliable Police but they can’t do it all. Crime and
criminals only ever exist because they can and in
many instances because we let them. So be careful
out there. You have probably worked long and hard
to acquire your possessions – look after them
accordingly.
See you in Court
John E.Glandfield
Stoke legend wishes
Cheadle groom the very
best for the future
A
lex Bamford, of Cheadle, and his family and friends
were over the moon when Stoke City and England
legend Gordon Banks wished him the very best of luck
days before his wedding at the Irish Night at Uttoxeter
Racecourse.

42
Fashion Voice
by Angela Clinton of Uttoxeter
I
mentioned in one of my
previous articles about
skin tone and how that
can help you choose the right
colours to suit you.
Skin tones consist of
winter-deep complexions,
summer cool, autumn warm
and spring light. Winter
people are generally
Brunettes with deeply
coloured eyes. Summers are
natural blondes or brunettes
with deeply coloured eyes.
Autumn are Brunettes with
golden brown eyes, Asian,
mixed race and darker skin
also fall into this category.
Spring people generally have
straw coloured or strawberry red
hair,freckles,rosy cheeks and blue or green eyes.
There are colours that I could advise you what
to wear or not what to wear but I do feel that is
down to common sense. All you have to do is:-
1. Stand in front of a mirror.
2. Place different coloured fabrics under your
chin and see how your eyes and complexion
react.
3. The colours that lift and brighten your eyes
and complexion are the ones that will suit
you.
It is as simple as that.
Summer trends cover a wide range
of graphic prints wether it be jumbo
size stripes, bold checks, pretty
lacework, floral or just putting together
a collection of bright colours that
clash.
Oriental styles with kimono
sleeves and vivid prints look
fabulous if you are confident
enough to wear them.On the
high street this season and last
patterned trousers have made a
come back. The high waisted
emphasise your waist, appear to
make your
legs look
longer and
skim the hips
and that is
why I love
them.
Although I
am quite tall I
have short legs so
this style works
wonders for me.
Dresses have
flown off the shop
floor and we can’t
get enough of them.
The weather as well
as what is on the
high street dictates as to what we should be
wearing each season and because of the high
temperatures dresses have been the most popular
as they keep you cool and any age or shape can
wear them.
On the shop floor at
the moment we have a
‘classic’ black maxi dress
that can and is being
worn now but can also be
accessorised with a piece
of jewellery and worn at
Christmas and all this for
the price of £11.50. In
order to compliment your
figure when wearing a
dress you need to skip the
hips and accentuate the
waist but you cannot
achieve all this if it is too
tight as it just pushes
your bumps and lumps
(which we all have) up,
down and out. Just wear a little looser and they
will disappear by skimming those areas and make
you appear slimmer. Lingerie plays an important
role so always ensure that you seek advice and
what better place to do that than at Peaches n
Pairs in the Market Place and they also offer you
a loyalty card service.
Angela Clinton
Essential Clothing, Uttoxeter.
Nanna B’s Click ‘n’ Yarn
by Kerry Hemmings of Uttoxeter
Buttons Buttons!!!
W
ho would have
thought you could
do so much with a
button? I have to admit that
I have a bit of an obsession
for buttons, I think that
when you’ve knitted or made
something from scratch,
choosing the right button
makes all the difference to
your finished project.
Along with thousands of
other households, I own a
button box. I cut buttons off
the clothes I recycle, save the
spare buttons you get given
with shop bought garments
and always buy an extra
button when I’ve knitted
something, just so I have a
spare. In my Nanna’s house
this used to be an old tin full of buttons from
over the years that I ‘played’ with many times
when I was a little girl. These ‘vintage’ buttons
are now being sought after by people who create
their own vintage jewellery, decorate book covers
and many more creative ideas. Only just recently
I bought a birthday card that had flowers on but
I wanted it to look a little more decorative, so I
glued a few coloured love heart
buttons into the centre of each
flower, it looked great and
felt more personalised.
Since opening the shop
5 years ago I have come
across many ideas for
other uses of buttons
including making button
necklaces (pic 1). I make
these on ribbon so that
they can be shortened,
lengthened or just changed
around when you’re bored
with the look. These
necklaces are so easy to
make and are a great gift
idea, there is a pattern
available and a workshop
coming soon.
I have also seen people
with a fear of buttons
which was a real eye
opener, I never knew this kind of
phobia existed!! Then I have met people
who paint buttons to make jewellery.
This is a very creative idea but if you
don’t fancy fiddling around with paint
there are an extensive range of buttons
at Nanna B’s (pic 2). You can also turn
a button over, a lot of buttons are different on the
reverse side so if I can’t find the correct colour I
look at the other side of
the button or you can buy
a cover button. The
garment in pic 3 has
knitted covers on the
buttons which match the
garment perfectly.
After writing this I
realise how many times I
have said the word
‘button’ ! So I’m
including a picture of a
window display I did
showing how many goods
and ideas there are
available using buttons,
including rings, flower
brooches, hairslides,
picture frames, eyes on
toys and even a button
mobile which my
daughter Tamzin made!
Kids and grown ups love
BUTTONS!! So see what
you can make from those
odd buttons in your
button box, you might
surprise yourself.
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Traditional ales served:
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Remembering Days gone by...
by Owd Ern
Hawkers & Traders
P
ercy worked for my dad and Percy’s brother,
Alex ran a butcher’s shop in Marchington
village, and somehow managed to deliver
meat twice a week. He had a proper butchers bike
with his name under the cross bar and a great big
carrier on the front, to hold his butchers basket in.
Father traded with him, as he was just starting up
in business and Pa always had a soft spot for an
underdog. Alex struggled to survive for a year or
so, until finally the business was taken over by
Geo. Brooks of Tutbury. He was to stay with them
for years, delivering meat and finally retiring in the
1990’s.
Brooks kept us supplied with some sort of meat
during the war from goat to horse, old cow to old
sheep. Sometimes it was a bit tough but you were
glad to get what you were given!
Both Grandmas traded with J.Cope butchers in
Uttoxeter. Farmers paid for their meat annually.
Grandfather said his meat bill for the year would
come to ten pounds, for which he would sell a
bullock for ten pounds to pay for it.
The Co Op would also deliver our bread once
or twice a week in what then, seemed to me a
massive red van.
One day they delivered my mothers basket of
bread leaving the door open to the van. My brother
had a big soft Alsatian dog called Nigel, he
managed to jump into the van and get shut in. The
driver didn’t realise until Nigel popped his head
through into the cab, which nearly gave the poor
bloke a heart attack!
Nigel was a very clever dog, he went to church
with my sister every Sunday and sat down in the
aisle all through the service. The vicar thought it
was marvellous, sorry I’m going off my tale!
In the summer, peddlers would walk around
selling their ware. An old Gent would come every
year, with a big suitcase full of pocket knives,
scissors and all sorts of cutlery, he said came from
Sheffield. We were always glad to see him as we
lads/men had usually lost our pocket knives from
the previous year.
Gypsy women would come with their baskets
full of clothes pegs and bits and bobs, and they
would always want to tell my mothers fortune. She
usually bought some pegs but declined having her
fortune told. They mostly had a babe in arms, my
mother always said that they pinched it’s bottom to
make it cry, so that you took pity on them.
Tramps were very frightening - “Just a mug o
tea and a bob for summat ta eat ma” they would
say. (A bob was 12 pennys or twelve pints of Beer,
or from my point of view Twelve Bags of Crisps or
perhaps Twelve Mars Bars)
Amongst the many travellers that came, the one
I really remember was an Indian selling rugs, he
was all done up like the man on Camp coffee,
turban, the lot. I had never seen an Indian before
and I remember peeping at him from behind my
mother’s skirt.
Sometimes in the summer Bill Rushden would
come round with his little horse and dray with
green groceries, but I don’t think he sold a lot as
everybody grew their own veg, perhaps a few
oranges but he would buy a bag of potatoes or
turnips off my dad to take back to Uttoxeter to sell
there.
Knife sharpeners came occasionally on a
strange bicycle contraption and when they
sharpened a big carving knife the sparks they
created, were as good as a firework display.
Medicine man was an annual caller, he walked
round with a case full of medicines. According to
him he had some sort of medicine to cure all ills??
My mother said, “ If he is so brilliant, what is he
doing walking around selling such rubbish?”
Slowly they all died out or became mobile with
cars or little vans.
That’s about it
So just Tek Care on thee sens
Till next time
Owd Ern
Down on the Farm
by Angela Sargent
A
ugust already and, hopefully, some summer
sun still to be had, as harvesting begins to kick
into gear.The winter sown arable crops should
normally be ready now with the spring sown ones
following on afterwards.
Our winter Oats failed to grow enough to make
it economical to let them grow on, so we silaged
them instead. At least we will have some feed from
them, but we may be short of grain for our animals.
The field is being grazed off with sheep and then may
be sown with something else instead- perhaps stubble
turnips or similar.
As well as arable crops being gathered in, so are
the horticultural crops- salad items such as lettuce,
cucumbers, courgettes and spring onions, soft fruits-
strawberries, raspberries, currants and gooseberries
and more exotic vegetables like pak-choi.
These plants all need lots of water inorder to
flourish and so water availability is important.
Irrigation systems can be seen in the fields,
particularly in the south of the county where our
horticultural farmers are based and water is
abstracted, under license, from the rivers or from
wells.
Obviously, warm, balmy evenings are very
welcome so we can get on with harvesting and we
notice the moths out as dusk settles. Not as colourful
as Butterflies, but with complex patterns on their
wings and bodies, they flutter along the ditches and
hedgerows.
One such is the Magpie moth, black and white
with a yellow/orange line across the wings, the larva
feeds on Blackthorn, Hawthorn and Gooseberry and
currant bushes.
Some flowers are at their best as night
approaches- We have lots of red and white clover in
our fields and the evening scent from them is sweet
and heavy. Red clover was used as a herbal medicine
to treat respiratory and skin disorders, but, for us, it
is useful as it’s high in protein, calcium and
phosphorous as an animal feed and it also improves
the nitrogen content of the soil, helping to make
other nutrients more easily available.
When we are out in the fields at night, we can’t
help but look up at the stars on a clear night and this
month we may be able to see some of the best meteor
showers- Delta Aquarids and Perseids, peaking about
the 11th/12th and later in the month, maybe even a
comet- Ison- as it returns from behind the sun. Lets
hope the ‘shooting’ stars foretell of a really good
harvest this year!
Our bulls have been out with their lady friends
and we hope that the cows are all pregnant by now.
This year we have introduced four young home-bred
heifers into our herd, to make up numbers (although
this means we have four less to sell). They have been
put with our young bull as he is not related to them.
Our other bull, Dallas, is their father.
We will be weaning our lambs too, to give the
ewes chance to rest before the Tups(rams) go in with
them.All need good grass to get into tiptop condition
ready for the next breeding cycle- for that is what
farming is- one continuous cycle of life.
When you read this, I should have completed the
London 10k in aid of RABI, the agricultural charity.
Thankyou to all of my sponsors for this and the
other fund raising events we have organised, it is very
much appreciated .
Angela Sargent,www.baldﬁelds-farm.co.uk
And now join me on twitter @bythebarn for all
things farming!
Trefoil
Cookout
T
hreapwood and Uttoxeter Trefoil Guild
enjoyed a Cook-out at Woodhead Hall,
Cheadle on recently.They returned to their
Guiding roots and cooked chicken, sausages,
salmon and burgers over a wood fire. Anne
looked at hers and was not sure whether to eat it
or pray for it !!! A lovely evening and excellent
company - next month’s meeting will be for Bell-
boating with the Manor, Kings Bromley where
members will join forces with Whiston W.I. for
what has always been a hilarious evening
“entertainment”.

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