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Issue 203 May 2019

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EVENTS Wed 8: Rebellion Knoll WI: 7:30pm in the Methodist Hall. Resolutions meeting and AGM. Tues 14: Centenary Players AGM: 7:30pm in the small hall of the Memorial Hall. All members welcome. Tues 21: Historical Society: 8pm in the Methodist Hall. “Agincourt” by Pete Lawton.

SEND US YOUR NEWS The views expressed in this Newsletter are not necessarily those of the editorial team. Please send news by e-mail to: paul@bradda.org or call Paul (623941), Andy (623483) or Debbie (621731). You can also leave hand written copy at the Post Office. For questions on advertising please call Caroline (623485) or e-mail carolinepreston37@gmail.com

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FAREWELL TO OLD FRIENDS David & Elaine have left the Chip Shop after 25 years. They would like to thank customers old and new for their patronage and wish Darren and Dale good luck in their new venture. And we are sure that the village would like to say a huge Thank You to you both for all that you have done for us through the years. All best wishes in your retirement. The Bradwell News would also like to thank you for being our very first advertiser and for staying with us until the very last.

MARRIAGE COOPER - COTTRILL On Friday 5th April 2019, the bells of St. Barnabas Church were ringing to celebrate the marriage of local village girl, Jodie Cooper to Timothy Cottrill of Hathersage. All went well and they would like to thank everyone who made this day very special – the Vicar and friends of the church, the flower arranger, the people who came to watch, the children and staff of Bradwell Pre-School, the guests and

all at Ringwood Hall, where the reception took place. Jodie and Tim would also like to thank everyone from Bradwell and beyond for their good wishes, cards and gifts. We had a great day, the weather kept fine for the photographs and we now look forward to our future together, living in Bradwell.

FIRE SAFETY Aged over 65? If you are over the age of 65 you are entitled to a free “Safe and Well” visit conducted by Derbyshire Fire and Rescue Service. The fire service will visit you at home and talk about fire safety and keeping safe within your home. We will check your smoke alarms, if you have them. If not we will fit you with smoke alarms (free of charge). We urge you to make an appointment for this free service, or if you know of anyone that is over the age of 65 please recommend this service to them. To make an appointment for a safe and well visit please call our head office at Buxton Fire Station: 01298 6208720

MR CARPET IS COMING TO BRADWELL! After 36 successful years in Sheffield and the Hope Valley, Mister Carpet have decided to re-locate to a larger shop in Bradwell, at the side of the Co-op. We will be open middle to end of June this year and a “shop at home” service will still always be available. We thank everyone for all their custom and hope to see you soon, especially when the new shop is open. Please watch this space.

THANKS I would like to convey my thanks to everyone for the lovely cards, flowers and good wishes following my recent opera-tion. Thank you everyone and those friends who have al-ways been there for me accompanying me to hospital. I am now on the mend and looking forward to the summer months ahead - Sally Diggs

FOBS FOBS would like to say a big thank you to everyone who sup-ported the Easter Fair. We raised a fantastic £518.61. If you would like to help with fundraising for our infant and junior schools, please contact Susan Boxall (07790 561455) or Colette Holden (07835 800477), colette@coocom.co.uk). We love involving new people and you will be much appreciated.

LENT LUNCHES Thank you to everyone who has been involved with the Lent Lunches at St Barnabas this year, whether providing soup, serving or eating. This year has been another success. We have raised £550.70 for CRY (Cardiac Risk in the Young).

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PARISH COUNCIL NEWS Carnival 2019: As previously reported, Carnival this year is on Saturday 3rd August with the theme “Around the World”. We are looking for help in a number of different areas e.g. stall organizing, marquee erection, road closures, judges for different events and general help on the day. Please look out for posters on the notice boards for more details or call Coun-cil chair (623941) or the Parish Clerk. There is still an opportu-nity to apply for your group or organisations to carry out, and benefit from, the street collection during the parade. You would be responsible for organizing your own street collection permit which can be obtained from Derbyshire Dales District Council. If your group is interested in this fundraising opportu-nity, please apply to the Parish Clerk by the end of May. S137 Grant Fund: Council awarded a grant of £1,150 to the War Memorial Hall towards the cost of roof insulation. Playing Fields: The playing fields committee have agreed a program of work on the trees in Beggars Plot Playing Field, Town Bottom Playing Field and the Peace Garden. The work includes the removal of one dead tree and removal of both over hanging and crossing branches on a number of trees. Following the installation of the toddler play equipment in Beg-gars Plot Playing Field the committee are now investigating what adult gym equipment could be installed on one of the playing fields. More on this in the next couple of months. New signs for Council owned property: Signs bearing Council’s new logo are being installed on council owned prop-erty in the village. Toilets: We are please to say there hasn’t been any further instances of damage to the toilets since the last incident. The toilets are an important facility in the village, and we would like to keep them in a good working condition for all. Waste Management Tender: It was reported at the last Par-ish Council meeting that Derbyshire Dales District Council (DDDC) have set the tender terms for the next waste manage-ment tender. District Councillor Furness reported that con-tenders for the tender must give proof that they understand the route so there is no disruption to for residents. Garden waste will be a chargeable, opt-in or out service for residents. Please note that this change will not come into place until 2020 when the current tender ends. Memorial for the late Stanley Bradwell RIP: Council are considering placing a memorial for the late Stanley Bradwell RIP in the Peace Garden. Several options are under consid-eration and a decision will be made in the near future. Car parking: There is one space available to rent at Soft-water Lane Carpark for £25 pcm or £300 annual. If you are interested please contact the parish clerk. Public Participation: Residents continue to attend council meetings to raise matters of concern directly with Council. We welcome members of the public at both main council and all committee meetings. Council meetings are generally held at 7:30 p.m. on the first Tuesday of most months in the Method-

REBELLION KNOLL WI The year began for Rebellion Knoll with a very interesting talk by Anna Smallwood about a holiday to Outer Mongolia. Her slides gave us a fascinating insight into a life very different to the one we know here in Bradwell. A last-minute change to the programme in February gave us a thought-provoking talk by Liz Downing on the importance of our mental health. This was followed by a short demonstration of reflexology with our Presi-dent, Linda, in the chair. We all had our hands ‘relaxed’ and even that very quick treatment felt beneficial and calming. March saw us in two teams, challenging each other in a curling competition. Great fun and not quite as easy as it first seems. Just as you think you have mastered the art and have your stone perfectly placed, someone sends it way off course with theirs! Our coffee trail took us to the Courtyard Café in Hope in January with a walk there and back for several of us. In Febru-ary we met at the Anglers Rest in Bamford with some mem-bers making use of the bus. It was decided to have a return visit to Tilly’s Tearoom in Castleton in March and several mem-bers put on their boots and walked there and back. They defi-nitely earned a piece of cake with their drink on this occasion! Refreshments were served again this year by Rebellion Knoll for all five performances of the village pantomime in February. Tea, coffee, milk and squash had been kindly provided by the Co-op. Cup-cakes, made by members and decorated in red and yellow for a Beauty and the Beast theme, were on sale and together with donations for the drinks made a welcome boost for WI funds. The pots, planted up in the autumn by WI members, are now looking beautiful, with pansies and daffodils making a very colourful show. We are having an open meeting on 10th April with a speaker from ‘Moors for the Future’. Any-one can come along (£3 for visitors). The AGM and Resolu-tions meeting is in May and a new programme will start in June. We have welcomed two new members this year. Would anyone else like to join us? Come and meet us at the Method-ist Hall, 7.30 pm on the second Wednesday in the month? We would love to meet you!

WAR MEMORIAL HALL A COMMUNITY ACTION PROJECT is being co-ordinated by BRADWELL WAR MEMORIAL HALL on 28th/29th September 2019. “An informative & participatory event” this is one you will really not want to miss! There will be more details next month.

FOR YOUR DIARIES There will be a Musical Evening at Saint Barnabas Church on Friday June 14th @ 7.30 pm. You can enjoy French Café mu-sic and songs, plus Folk music courtesy of local choir !Bon Accord! Please keep the evening free - more details to follow.

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BRADDA DADS We are always on the look out for new members to replace those old Bradda Dads that are

just simply old and worn out! If you’d like to join us you could come along to the meeting every 3rd Wed in the White Hart, email our secretary, Peter: braddadads.secretary@gmail.com or ring Stu Rook (our Chair) on 07590 047104. For more information about Bradda Dads our website is: https://braddadads.wordpress.com

BRADWELL BEAVERS Fifteen 1st Bradwell Bea-ver scouts took part in their first camp at Hesley Wood scout campsite. They stayed over in tents and took part in adventur-ous activities including Canoeing, Go Carts, track sledging, and crate stack-ing (a harnessed beaver builds a pile of crates while standing on the top until they fall over!). Five year old Jack, the young-est on camp, said ‘my favourites were the camp-fire, the glow stick wide game and the crate stack-ing, the crates were a bit

scary but I liked it anyway. I liked staying in a tent with my friends’. Beavers restarted in the village in the autumn term, and the group of 21 boys and girls aged 5 3/4 to 8 meets on Fridays, 4.30-5-30. Beavers learn to work as a team, to look after themselves and play lots of games. Lots more exciting activities are planned, including another camp in September. To contact beavers email Roger Cotes at beavers@bradwell-scouts.org.uk

BRADWELL SURGERY Eyam and Bradwell Surgery are both closed on Monday 6th May for the early May Bank Holiday. We close on Friday 3rd May (6.30pm at Eyam and Noon at Bradwell). We will re-open on Tuesday 7th May (8.00am Eyam and 8.30am Bradwell). We are also closed on Monday 27th May for the second May Bank holiday. We close on Friday 24th May (6.30pm at Eyam and 12pm at Bradwell). We will re-open on Tuesday 28th May (8.00am at Eyam and 8.30am at Bradwell). Please order your medication in time and do not leave it to the last minute. If your usual medication is due to run out dur-ing the Easter break please order your medication(s) a week early. If you are going on holiday at any point over the year and you are due to run out of medication whilst away you can order two months at a time to take with you.

GOLDEN WEDDING We would like to thank everyone for the lovely cards, mes-sages and presents we received from so many people to cele-brate our Golden Wedding Anniversary on 5th April. An extra thank you to all the people who joined us for our celebrations in Tenerife, you all made it such a special and hugely enjoyable occasion for both of us. Joan and Graham Riley.

WELL DRESSING EASTER RAFFLE The winners were: Joint 1st Prize £50 each: Carol Gulbrace and Mrs Courtney 2nd Prize £30: Sharon Shaw 3rd Prize £20: Mr P. Baker Our (not so secret!) anonymous benefactor, who donated 1st, 2nd and 3rd prizes since the passing of Judie Halliwell, is our very own: Mrs Joan Judge! THANK YOU, JOAN. Plus this year, the new landlord and landlady of The Bowling Green pub very kindly donated an additional first prize. Thank you, Shaun and Hayley White. An enormous Thank You to all our raffle ticket sellers and helpers, also a big thankyou to all who contributed and helped to raise the sum of £667.29 to enable the upkeep and maintenance of our 4 wells in Bradwell.

EDALE CONCERT "If Music Be the Food of Love" - a tribute to the violinist Peter Cropper given by family and friends at Edale Church via a series of concerts in late May. Friday 24th May 7pm Saturday 25th May 11.30 am and 7pm Sunday 26th May 11.30 am and 7pm Works by Haydn, Mozart, Brahms, Mendelssohn, Grieg, Tchaikovsky, Beethoven and Shostakovitch, among others Performed by the Oakham Piano Trio, the Edale Festival Or-chestra, the Sheffield Music Academy Chamber Orchestra, and various soloists For more information, contact John Payne on johnpayne38@hotmail.com

RING OUT THOSE BELLS! Some of you may have heard our St Barnabas bells ring out to celebrate the joyous occasion of the wedding of Jodie and Tim Cottrill on April 5th, our first wedding of the year and the first to benefit from the hard work of John Cockayne and Colin Biggin. Our two dedicated volunteers have been pains-takingly restoring the carillon by repairing and replacing the woodwork and operating mechanism; having fitted a new crankshaft, new bellows and custom-made con rods. In a future edition of Bradwell News we will explain further the uniqueness of our carillon and how it operates, in order to keep the bells ringing out our much loved tunes.

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STANISLAW GALASINSKI Stanislaw Galasinski was born on 7th March 1922 in the village of Lyse, Poland. On 1st September 1939, when Germany invaded Poland Stan and his family fled to the coun-tryside returning home only when the Ger-mans had passed through. Later that Sep-tember Russia invaded Poland and in Febru-ary 1940 Stan and his family were deported

by the Soviets in cattle trucks to Forced Labour Camps in Si-beria. After 18 months, Stan managed to escape by lying un-derneath the wagons of a train. After a month of avoiding peo-ple, living out of dustbins and eating raw potatoes to stay alive he arrived at the Caspian Sea. Here he stowed away on a fishing boat by burying himself underneath a cargo of fish in the ship’s hold and got to what was then Persia, now Iran, where he joined the Polish Army. In August 1942, Stan was assigned to the SS Mauretania to guard German Prisoners of War on their way to the USA and by October 1942 he had arrived in Galashiels, Scotland where he joined the Polish Navy under British command. Stan trained as a wireless tele-graphist and, in May 1943 was assigned to Destroyers pro-tecting the convoys of Merchant ships. In late 1943 Stan was in the Mediterranean protecting the Armed Forces. While on duty he realised that his ship was being attacked by German radio-controlled bombs and was able to jam their control fre-quency causing them to miss the ship. It wasn’t until a few years ago that we realised that Stan had been awarded sev-eral Service Medals, including the Polish Cross of Valour for this action, and he was reunited with these service medals, which had never been presented to him before. Stan was de-

Personal announcements mobbed in May 1947 from Brandon Camp, Norfolk from where he went to Sheffield seeking work and was directed to Bradwell where he worked in a small electrical shop, repairing wireless sets and delivering accumulators in the Hope Valley. He met Audrey Rowland in Bradwell and they married on 11th March 1950. In 1953 they moved to Leicester where he had a regular round repairing television sets in people’s homes. During his retirement, Stan enjoyed lawn bowls and making all sorts of items out of old furniture. He also enjoyed his gar-den, spending many hours tending and edging his two lawns, as well as growing several varieties of tomatoes in his green-house. Stan and Audrey were married for almost 69 years and received two personal messages from the Queen on their 60th and 65th Wedding Anniversaries.

************** MARGARET RIDGEWAY

Margaret died peacefully at home on March 15th 2019. Born at Hill Head on April 29th1931, she was the only child of Ber-nard and Corrie Andrew. On leaving Bradwell Council School she went to work at Bamford Mill. She met Ivan, who lived in Eyam, at a dance in Bradwell and they were married at the Bethlehem Chapel in 1952. Following the birth of their son, Alan, in 1956 she left Bamford Mill and began helping her father on his 2000 bird poultry farm. She later worked for Joyce Palmer, a Castleton hairdresser and at Bradwell Infant School, where she had a variety of roles. In 1969, Ivan and Margaret built a bungalow on Granby, where they were to spend the rest of their lives. Margaret loved animals – she had several cats, kept German Shepherds and at one time she owned 20 goats. She and Ivan enjoyed outings and so-cialising with friends. The funeral was on March 28th, at St. Lawrence’s Church, Eyam. She leaves son Alan, daughter-in-law Kit and three grandchildren. Ivan died in 2008.