July 2013

Temperature Mean daily maximum: 17.4 (0.4 above average) Mean daily minimum: 8.5 (exactly average) Mean temperature: 12.9 (0.2 above average) Highest daily maximum: 22.2 (18th)

Tideswell After School Club are holding a coffee morning, with bacon butties and hot dogs on 13th July at Fountain Square Church from 9.30 until

Tideswell preschool has had a great first six month in our new home, The Old Grammar School. We had a very busy time Bug Hunting

ROAST RHUBARB WITH SWEET CICELY SYRUP – Serves 2 Ingredients 200g rhubarb 50g caster sugar small handful of sweet cicely leaves water 1 long strip

This year’s basket and container competition, organised by the Community Association has the theme of ‘Flaming Summer’. Judging will take place on 20th July. Please

As a highlight of the year, The Parish Council Annual Meeting never rates in the top ten but this year’s meeting proved to be rather

Litton’s Annual Parish Meeting held on 23 May was a very well attended event with some thirty people present drawn from across the Parish which

The June draw for the 200+ club is being held over until after the Wakes celebrations. If you wish to join the Tideswell & District

June 13th saw the History Club being led on a field trip round the Bridges of the Upper Derwent by a very amiable highways and

July’s Village Voice is always a difficult one to out together. So much energy and time goes into Wakes week, that July always feels a

A dedicated scheme aimed at helping to cut rural crime and protect farming communities has been launched in Derbyshire. Farm Watch is a pioneering project

As the longest day passes, Tideswell’s cricket team is moving towards the middle of the 2013 season. For a variety of reasons, there has only

Organising Wakes? The easy part…. a bit more tricky is writing this article and not knowing whether you are reading it mid Wakes Week or

The Anchor Inn played host to the Manchester and District Biker’s charity fund-raising night on 21st June. With a strong turn out of leather-clad bikers

The summer holidays are fast approaching and the Holiday club is open to any child between the age of 3 – 11yrs, 3 days a

It is five months since our first lunch, though, of course, the first one was snowed off! There have been one or two minor glitches

We met as usual for our monthly meeting at Litton Village Hall on 12th June. Our business and a report of the WI AGM, which

We decided not to go to the Roaches in June as one of the group had heard that wild flowers were at their best close

The next Get-tTogether for the MS@VK group is Saturday 27th July at 2pm at Vanilla Kitchen’s ice cream parlour. Any queries to Andrea M 01298

Already this is on the radar! Can I assume that everyone who collected, ordered wreaths, placed collecting tins etc. will do the same this year

Flagg Nursery School would like to thank all who helped make our Strawberry Fayre fundraising event a massive success. We are overwhelmed with the generosity

Live from The National Theatre, Kenneth Branagh takes the lead role (his first Shakespeare for over a decade), and Alex Kingston plays Lady Macbeth. This

A big thank you to those of you who have so far entered our Poetry Competition. Due to popular demand and the forthcoming ‘Litton Poetry

Thank you to everyone locally who responded and helped to raise £2,008. This came through the recent red envelope house collections and the very enjoyable

NEW to Nicholson Court Tideswell Chair Based Exercise. It’s all about having fun while trying some gentle activities in a friendly environment! Fridays 10 am

Police are urging members of the public to boost the security of their homes after a number of shed and garage break – ins. The

Already this is on the radar! Can I assume that everyone who collected, ordered wreaths, placed collecting tins etc. will do the same this year

Get Growing I’ve called it, year on year, But Tidza’s open show has diversity it’s clear. So, if growing vegetables is just not you, Maybe