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Long Eaton car park could Tenants’ winter misery

become an outdoor cinema as boilers failed

housing group says it faced team reaching out to residents. It
n outdoor cinema may be town centre businesses, cou- online presence helping to create A ‘a perfect storm’ while will still be a challenge if we get
Aprovided in Long Eaton pled with advice and support for enhanced real world vitality. struggling to repair hot water the same demand.”
to help the town shake off the businesses to improve their digital “The project will also help make boilers during the winter across Cllr John Frudd said he lodged
effects of the pandemic. presence. the most of public investment Erewash. official complaints on behalf of
several tenants who had been left
The £27,000 project is being con- “Evidence has shown that this in the town wi-fi as part of an It faced an extra 1,800 repair jobs without hot water.
sidered for the Beaconsfield car ‘clicks and bricks’ approach has a enhanced digital eco-system,” Mr over four months at a time when “I am getting feedback from the
park as a way “to safely encourage synergistic effect with an enhanced Birkinshaw added. 14 engineers were isolating in the public of appointments being
people back to the town centre.” pandemic during cold weather. missed. It causes all sorts of prob-
It is covered in a report for the ‘BETTER ENGLISH’ COURSES Language. The figures were given to Ere- lems.
Long Eaton Town Deal Board, a “We will also help teachers who wash Scrutiny Committee where “Our boilers are coming to the
group involving business people, An Ilkeston-based language would like to retrain or advance councillors claimed little was done end of their life. It does seem very
Erewash councillors and the area’s school is to help company ex- their careers and deepen their until they intervened on behalf of difficult to get the actual parts.
MP Maggie Throup. ecutives struggling with writing knowledge as well as students tenants. “I have had to ring to get the job
To support town centre recov- English. taking exams.” Ian Davies, director of property done which basically is useless,”
services, described East Midlands
ery, the government has handed The grammar service is being The company is an authorised Homes as being in ‘a perfect said cllr Frudd.
£102,534 to Erewash Borough offered by ELTeach, which opened CELTA centre, the Cambridge storm’ as temperatures dropped Cllr James Dawson spoke of
Council. in April and offers a number of University certificate in teaching eight degrees below the previous boiler service appointments being
The Welcome Back Fund is professional training courses. English as a second language. Mr winter. missed.
He added: “A lot of residents are
Founder Neil McCutcheon said:
covered in a report from Steve “There’s a shortage of courses McCutcheon said: “The certificate He said they were one of the few frustrated with it. I act as a coun-
Birkinshaw, the council’s head of like this. Many people who are is a passport to wider travel and housing authorities to maintain a cillor and we have got it done. It
planning and regeneration. otherwise great business leaders adventure, to places as diverse 24-hour emergency service during is better to have it done in the first
as Eastern Europe, Russia, Japan,
TEST don’t know that their written Korea, the Gulf, and China. the pandemic and later were able place.”
He refers to providing a temporary English may be letting them down, “We are very proud to be a CELTA to return to routine servicing. Mr Davies said they always gave
cinema in the fresh air and wrote: or don’t know where to get help. provider. We’re committed to He told councillors: “Winter is priority to vulnerable people and
“The format will also be a useful We aim to give these people providing qualifications that ena- a challenging time as you know. understood the need to keep ten-
test of audience demand for cul- confidence in producing all their ble people to leave the pandemic There are a lot of positives but I ants informed.
tural activity in Long Eaton.” professional correspondence and experience behind and re-launch totally appreciate residents suf- In the financial year, the group
His report goes on to discuss the communications.” their careers.” fered. had invested £14million in homes.
move to internet sales for many The school’s main clients are Most courses are online but the “It is a big learning curve from last This included loft insulation, 164
shopping items and suggests “an individuals who would like to train company plans face-to-face class- year and my previous experience new kitchens and replacing 129
audit of the digital footprint of up to teach English as a Foreign es across the region. in the sector. I have a dedicated bathrooms.

100 years ago

If you were asked to name a comedian who was
also a talented singer, you might answer: Ken
Dodd.
Or maybe Michael Crawford.
But here’s another one. One hundred years ago on
8th September 1921, Harry Secombe arrived.
He was born in St Thomas, Swansea, the third of
four children of Nellie Jane Gladys (née Davies), a
shop manageress, and Frederick Ernest Secombe, a
commercial traveller and office worker for a Swansea
wholesale grocery business.
His family were regular churchgoers, belonging to the
congregation of St Thomas Church, and Harry soon
became a member of the church choir.
He also enjoyed entertaining, putting on comedy Harry Secombe
sketches with his sister Carol for anyone who cared
Did you know about Mapperley remained part of the township of to watch. According to Rodney F Smith’s A
History of Hallcroft School, in July
Kirk Hallam until 1870, when it was formed
His elder brother Fred, grew up to become a Church
Mapperley Churches? into a separate ecclesiastical parish. of Wales priest, and Harry became a much-loved 1921 the school’s first sports day
The Wesleyan Methodist Chapel was built in comedian, actor, writer, singer and TV presenter. was held on the Pimlico Recrea-
In about 1230 Hugh de Strelley and his wife 1874 to accommodate 150. He was a member of the 1950s radio series The Goon tion Ground. It was an all boys
founded a chapel in the enclosures of their In 1895 in connection with the church a Show playing the part of Neddy Seagoon alongside affair but the girls were allowed
Mapperley mansion. Remnants of this ‘chap- good day school attended by 130 children is to watch. In order to encourage
el of ease’ can still be seen today. It was an recorded. Spike Milligan (Eccles) and Peter Sellers (Bluebot- competition, ‘A’ forms were pitted
important stopping point on the leadmining The oak lych gates to the church date from tle). As well as voicing his part, Harry was very against ‘B’ forms. The ‘B’ forms
route between Wirksworth and Crich to Dale 1922. Sadly, these were stolen in 2017. much involved in writing the sketches. won and entertained their van-
Abbey and Sandiacre. Between 1957 -1959 the church was dam- Harry also appeared in films, Oliver! perhaps being quished opponent to tea.
In 1266 a weekly market on Mondays, and aged by subsidence. In 1959 the National the most notable. Others included Forces Sweetheart In 1920 the girls put on what was
affair at the festival of the Holy Trinity, were Coal Board provided temporary accommo- and Doctor in Trouble. called A Midsummer Night’s Dream
granted to Simon de Arden. dation in a wooden building. (If you have a He was also an excellent tenor, recording hit songs Concert in the Town Hall - even
The mid 19th century saw a great increase photograph would you please contact me?) such as If I ruled the World, Bless this House, I’ll though it was December. It
in new church and chapel building. Alfred In 1965 the Coal Board made financial com- Walk with God, If I Can Help Somebody and We’ll raised a magnificent £21 for school
Miller Mundy , the Lord of the Manor at the pensation and with this money the present Keep a Welcome. funds.
time contributed money and land for Map- church was built and furnished. The new He went on to become a presenter of religious TV Earlier in the summer, a school
perley Church. The church, dedicated to the church was dedicated in April 1966. programmes such as the BBC’s Songs of Praise and camp for boys was held at Bonsall,
Holy Trinity, was erected in 1851, at a cost Much more is available to view on www.
of £750. It was a plain building in the early mapperleyhistory.com If you have anything ITV’s Highway. which was hailed a great success,
English Style, consisting of chancel, nave, relating to Mapperley or West Hallam I He was knighted in 1981 and died 20 years later on partly perhaps because it only cost
porch and turret containing five bells. (See would love to hear from you. Elaine Sar- 11th April 2001, aged 79. His headstone bears the each boy just 8s 7d (43p) for the
photograph.) son. Email: [email protected] inscription “To know him is to love him”. week’s holiday.