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Bad behaviour became

worse in lockdown

outish behaviour soared by rise of 31per cent, just short of the
L32per cent in Erewash during Erewash figure.
the pandemic - but an expert Erewash police inspector Ed
urged caution in analysing the Browne said that the total crime
figures. figure in Erewash has shown a
She told councillors that more drop of 1.8per cent. Across Der-
byshire, there had been a rise of
people were at home and became 1.6per cent.
concerned at seeing groups assem- Councillor Frank Phillips said he
bling at a time when infections feared that anti-social behaviour
were rife. reports would have been higher if
Katherine Thornhill of the there were better ways of making
Community Safety Team told the phone contact with the authorities.
meeting in Long Eaton: “We are Councillor James Dawson praised
really seeing this increase in calls the work of East Midlands Hous-
because of people’s perception ing staff who stepped up their
of covid and what they feel they work on estates in the borough.
should be seeing. He told Erewash Scrutiny Com-
To Evesham for Evie “If you don’t think people should mittee: “EMH were first respond-
be gathering together it will chal-
ers. They have dealt with things
lenge whether to make that call to
report it. It is about what you feel and have gone beyond.”
Nikki Chawda, a director of the
BY MARK DICKENS half, not only had we achieved this the fuel cells, the nerves had also people should be doing. housing group, said they worked
“People are nervous about seeing
by lunch time of the same day, it started to wear off and the smiles those groups of people, firstly with 40 local authorities and had
t’s no secret Ilkeston Cycle was clear we were going to get a were coming out, seeing such a because they have not seen them seen a drop in anti-social behav-
iour. They fielded 70,000 calls.
IClub is proud of its inclusive- lot more. large group of ladies out is very for a while and because they She added: “Our housing officers
ness and our large percentage of One of our leading members, unusual and people were interest- have a nervousness about covid are out and about on the estates.”
female members, on the 10th July Dave Nunn came up with the idea ed in what they were doing, and in generally.” The meeting was called for a
this pride was intensified as no of #howfarforevie. He challenged turn the well wishes and donations Figures show that 4,756 incidents detailed discussion of yobbish
less than 23 of our intrepid ladies our members to ride further than from total strangers helped spur of anti-social behaviour were activity across the borough. This
took on a massive challenge of they had before or to new places, them on even more. reported in Erewash. The total included threats, vandalism and
riding 100 miles from Ilkeston however they wanted. It just took As the day wore on and the miles across Derbyshire was 30,992, a graffiti spraying.
to Evesham. Why would they do on a life of its own, we have had clicked away, the smiles grew
this I hear you ask, well if you’re rides to all corners of the UK, cov- even bigger and with the help of
from Ilkeston, you may well have ering some amazing distances. a few of us in support cars we
already heard the story, but it’s so Well as I said at the start this waved flags, played music and
incredible and inspiring it stands time it was the turn of our ladies danced at the side of the road to
to be heard again. and they chose Evesham because cheer them along. The route took
Last year at the tender age of just well its almost “Eviesham” isn’t them through some beautiful
12 years old, Evie Hartley who not it. Ok let’s be honest, you get 23 villages and called in at a place
only is the daughter of our chair- men and say we are all riding called Meriden which is home
man, Dave Hartley but also one next week and they just drop to a very poignant monument
of our most active and promising everything, but ladies have far honouring cyclists who died in
young riders was diagnosed with more to do in their lives with the war delivering vital messages
a Brain tumour. This news for an children and families so to get 23 and supplies to the troops. The
adult would be hard to handle, but ladies all free on the same day is girls wanted to pay their respects
Evie is made of stronger stuff, this nothing short of miraculous in it- and pulled in for a quiet moment
lady is a fighter and has taken her self, A task taken on and managed and then of course the obligatory
diagnosis head on. Her strength amazingly by our very own Sarah photo. The weather continued
and determination have seen her Sisson. to be kind as the sun shone, the POMPOM FLOWERS
through some tough months, and 100 miles is no small feat no sights of our orange and black her-
thankfully after operations and matter who you are, and for a lot oines snaking along the roads was Volunteers in Stanton by Dale
ongoing Chemotherapy she is on of our ladies this would be the a sight to behold. After about 7 have made pompom flowers
a path to recovery. Evie and the furthest they had ever ridden in hours of riding the groups passed similar to a memorial in Cas-
family have been helped every one go. There have been a lot of the borders of Evesham, the cheers tle Donington, and these are
step of the way by an amazing nerves in the last few weeks, along rivalled anything you would hear now on display in the shape
charity called CCLG (Children’s with a few sleepless nights, but at at even the biggest football match. of a heart on the village
Cancer & Leukaemia Group) and 7am on a thankfully dry and warm The club is immensely proud of green. We are just waiting
as a thank you, Evie wanted to Saturday morning all 23 were what they have all achieved, and fnr a plaque to be added.
raise just a little bit of money, a raring to, off they set in a few at the time of writing they have This has been done in mem-
modest £1000 target was set and groups to make riding safer. The collectively raised over £5600, ory of people affected by
a plea to our members was put ride had been broken down into 4 talk about Girl Power. Covid.
out, well ICC doesn’t do things by stages with regular stops to top up Jeanette Williamson

Privately A poems, including 14 verses censorship, had it printed privately “By today’s standards, they are not Europe at an internet sale conduct-
rare collection DH Lawrence
terribly obscene. By today’s stand-
with no verses excluded. The 1929
ed from Spain.
printed the government tried to suppress, edition, is one of only 500 copies ards, they are fairly anodyne. The auctioneers said: “It is a
printed. As well as signing it, Law-
soft cover edition of Pansies, a
“After Lady Chatterley’s Lover,
has sold for £332 in an auction.
DH Lawrence Much of his work was inspired by rence marked it as number 227 in the authorities quickly became collection of poems by Lawrence,
a first edition privately printed for
the print run.
aware and Lawrence became a
a childhood spent in the Erewash
poems are Valley but he got a bad name with A typescript copy is held by a marked man. Seckers, the publish- subscribers only by P. R. Stephen-
son, London, June 1929.
ers, were aware of Lady Chatter-
research centre dedicated to Law-
the private publication of Lady
sold at Chatterley’s Lover. rence at the University of Notting- ley’s Lover and were concerned. “It is signed by Lawrence in blue
fountain pen ink to the limitations
ham, where he studied.
“There were 14 poems in total
That led to Scotland Yard putting
page and numbered 227 in his
pressure on publishers Secker, who Dr Andrew Harrison, a world
which Secker wanted out. They
auction caved in and refused to include expert on the author, said: “The were fearful when it came to the hand. It is in its original paper
sensors.”
wrappers, printed in red and black,
poems are more reflections of
some verses in a collection entitled
Pansies. the state of England, censorship, The signed book was sold by and housed in the original plain
BY ROD MALCOLM Lawrence, a strong opponent of relations between the sexes. International Autograph Auctions card case.”