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www.ilkestonlife.com ILKESTON LIFE November 2021 2
Regeneration firm wants
Local From the Library shelves
by A Borrower
Independent is on Page 20/21 this month feedback on former
Fresh

Entertaining Dilys ‘came back’ on Stanton land proposals
If you don’t get a copy through
your door, Ilkeston Life is available
online and from various outlets her 100th birthday esidents are getting the with Erewash Borough Council
including newsagents, shops, cafes, Rchance to give views on the and a wide range of stakeholders
post offices, supermarkets and revival of much of the Stanton to prepare a planning application
libraries in our growing circulation ilys Myfanwy Rose Biggs Works site - which brings the which offers significant economic
area. Besides Ilkeston, we are cur- Dcelebrated her one hun- development and employment in a
rently supplying many surround- dredth birthday in Rutland prospect of 4,000 jobs. scheme which also retains much of
ing towns and villages: Developers Verdant Regeneration
We also give free copies to Ilkeston Manor Nursing Home on Mon- own the 200 acres and have spent the green open space and water-
Hospital, nursing and care homes, day 18th October. ways within the site.
doctors waiting rooms, schools, Family and friends joined staff at months on plans to restore indus- “The proposals, which are not yet
etc. and mail out copies to sub- the Heanor Road facility to wish trial land and offer 261,471 square finalised, include new employment
scribers. her well on her special day. metres of employment space. space, rail hubs and retention and
We are grateful to our many Her son Neil told us: “Mum was It would be served by a new spur enhancement of green spaces and
correspondents and out volunteers on a rail line which has been in
for their help in fund raising, born into a family of five. She had ponds.
distributing the paper and raising four brothers Ronald, Ken, Malcom place for a century, helping to ease “We are keen to hear the feed-
awareness of it. and Paul. Her parents were Etta pressure on roads. Developers say back and thoughts of the local
and Herbert Newton of 8 Nelson they will keep 50 acres of wood- community, as this is a significant
Street, Cotmanhay. land and waterways to encourage development that is important to
Editorial office: 1 Bath Street, “Life was hard in those days and nature.
Ilkeston, Derbyshire DE7 8AH they all had to work, Mum’s first This would include a new drainage the prosperity and wellbeing of
Tel. 07539 808390 job being a lift operator at Carrier pond and the diversion of a leisure generations to come.”
The borough council has identified
Editor-in-chief: Paul Opiah & Sons Ltd., later moving on to route, “to make it safer and more the site for its potential importance
Editor: Robert Attewell their cutting section in the hosiery pleasant for cyclists and pedestri- to the regional economy.
news@ilkestonlife.com department. She soon became Dilys with her card from the Queen
Reporter: Rod Malcolm ans.” The owners say it has “potential
rodmalcolm@ilkestonlife.com skilled in that trade and moved The New Stanton Park site can to become a key distribution point
Feature writer: Patricia Spencer to Booths Hosiery factory on Ilkeston area. Sadly, after dad be seen from the M1. The nearest for materials being imported and
patricia@ilkestonlife.com Awsworth Road, Ilkeston where died Mum started with dementia junction is 25 where the motorway exported efficiently throughout the
Photographer: John Shelton she worked until the onset of the which gradually got worse until
john@ilkestonlife.com second world war. She was then she had to go into a home. She is crosses the A52 outside Sandiacre. UK and beyond.”
Advertising: Christine Chell seconded to help the war effort by now in Rutland Manor Nursing Verdant Regeneration said is it Public views will be considered
and Paul Opiah, home, who have looked after her now “sharing the plans to gather before a planning application is
sales@ilkestonlife.com working at Stanton Ironworks help- feedback from the wider local submitted to the council later this
Distribution: Paul Opiah ing on the production of bombs. with great skill and care. I need to community in an online consulta- year.
paul@ilkestonlife.com “In 1942 she met my dad Arthur thank all the staff for their kind-
Webmaster: Adam Newton Biggs who also worked at Stanton. ness on her birthday by laying on tion.” The public consultation is online
adam@ilkestonlife.com They had a hard but happy life re- a lovely buffet and segregating Director David Ward said: “The via the website: www.nspconsulta-
sulting in two children, myself Neil the conservatory for the family to team has been working closely tion.com
© Copyright 2021 Biggs born in 1948 and Janis, now visit (after Covid Tests permitting)
The material in Ilkeston Life is pro- to celebrate her achievement in
tected by copyright. If you wish to Eaton, born eleven years later. College
reproduce anything, please contact the “They were married for 63 years reaching 100 years of age and collaberation
editor. until my dad died in February receiving a beautiful card from the
While every care is taken to be accu- 2008, aged 86. Mum had four Queen which she had set her heart means...
rate, we are only human and mistakes grandchildren, Lindsey, Kirsty, on many years before and with my
do occur occasionally. If you are Nicholas and Natalie and four great constant encouragement she did it.
unhappy with any of the content in the “There is much more to Mum’s
paper, please contact the editor in the grandchildren Jacob, Rosie, Blake
first place. and Amelia, all of whom she loved life which these few words do not
We accept news and information from greatly. cover. Sadly, dementia robbed her Animal
correspondents in good faith and “Mum loved old time dancing of her memory, but on her birth-
cannot be held responsible for inaccu- with dad, who had two left feet day she actually became lucid and
racies. We try not to include stories came back to us for short time and care
which may cause distress to anyone. If according to Mum. They enjoyed
you have a view on any of the articles, many dancing holidays with remembered some of us. It was
please write and let us know. various dancing clubs around the amazing.” students
Your letters are always welcome, but
we reserve the right to withhold or can now
edit. Anonymous letters will only be West Hallam Amateur Kevin informed us that the only rea-
printed in exceptional circumstances. Gardening Society son the plants are rare is due to lack of
If sending photographs, we prefer propagation, usually by the big garden learn
them in jpeg format. In September Steve Lovell (a garden centres and the seeds may also be hard
COPY DEADLINE: 22nd. designer, lecturer and naturalist from to grow. Kevin believes propagating hands-on
from seed should be a ‘trial and error’
Our print date is usually the first Lincolnshire) came to talk about using experience as television and books
the “Right Plant (in the) Right Place”.
Thursday of the month. Delivery state that Crinodendron require acid
from our printers to Ilkeston is the With his extensive knowledge and soil and in Kevin’s experience the zoo skills
following day. So the paper comes out enthusiasm he showed us that creating opposite is true.
on the first Friday of the month. a beautiful and successful garden is We were shown a variety of slides
The deadline for both adverts and made a lot easier when we have an oundation degree Animal richment and maintenance – work-
editorial is always the 22nd for the fol- understanding of things such as a site, of the plants that Kevin grows. He FManagement students at ing alongside keepers at the zoo to
lowing month’s paper, unless by prior aspect, proportions, relationship to recommended trying to grow Daphne Derby College Group’s Broom- develop their work ethic, practical
arrangement. (So, for example, 22nd the house and the surroundings and Edgeworthia as they are easy to field Hall in Morley are now able and theoretical knowledge as well
January for the February issue.) Send work with them. With lovely slides propagate and are true from seed. It is
to us by email if possible. We prefer he illustrated many ideas for different a highly perfumed shrub and a good to gain valuable work experience as independent skills.
to receive images as jpegs. We do not types of garden, planting schemes place to start. thanks to a new collaborative Derby College Group Team Manag-
print discourteous letters or articles. and decorative features giving interest In November Rachael Borrowcliffe partnership between the College er, Stacey Higgs: “This is a fantastic
All articles and adverts should comply throughout the year. will be giving us hints and tips on and Drayton Manor Zoo. opportunity for our students to
with the style and standards of the The speaker at the October meeting what and how to prune, propagate
paper. We reserve the right to refuse was Kevin Pratt showing us his Rare and plant at this time of year. This FdSc Animal Management (Zoo and develop practical skills in a working
or edit. Hardy and Unusual plants. Kevin will be our last meeting this year and Wildlife) students will work on a environment whilst applying theo-
The best way to get your article in the had 40 years’ experience in horticul- new members and visitors are very range of different sections at the zoo retical knowledge obtained on their
paper is to make it easy for us. For ture but 7 years ago he gave up land- welcome. We have a full programme near Tamworth which is a 15 acre FdSc undergraduate programme.
instance, when we are approaching a scaping to concentrate on his nursery planned for next year and again all are
deadline, an emailed ready-to-use arti- welcome. open plan site with more than 100 “Drayton Manor Zoo’s high quality
cle will always take preference over an where he has 550 raised beds for We meet on the third Monday of each different species from all over the conservation and breeding pro-
article on paper that we have to key in. unusual plants. He is based between month at 7:30pm in the Methodist world including endangered species. grammes will also broaden the
Email us: news@ilkestonlife.com the Pennines and Stockport where Students will be involved in all students’ knowledge and career
he had to deal with boulder clay as a Church Hall.
growing medium. Paula Brewster, 07890 197247 tasks from animal husbandry, en- horizons.”