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www.ilkestonlife.com ILKESTON LIFE January 2022 13
Pair are jailed for shop raids Cinema: It’s A collector has paid £260 for a
Lawrence book sold

ry Italian by DH Lawrence.
robber has been jailed for The last two incidents took place many ways that makes the actions The End novel translated from 16th centu-
A 15 years after police found at the Texaco petrol station in Not- of Hamlet even more shocking. D emolition teams are set The Erewash Valley writer pro-
a handgun hidden in a Mr tingham Road, Spondon on July “The offences took place in small to flatten a cinema which duced and signed 200 copies of
The Story of Doctor Manente, as
Kipling cake box. 3 and the Post Office in College towns and villages and left those has become a blight after well as writing an introduction.
involved in understandable fear for
Street, Long Eaton the next day.
The discovery was made at the end That prompted police officers to go their lives. bringing entertainment to Long They were first sold in 1929,
of a 14-hour armed stand-off at the to the couple’s home in Gras- “That nobody was hurt during the Eaton for a century. around the time when he faced
home of Mark Hamlet, 37, and his mere Road, Long Eaton. The pair offences is only due to the sheer The Galaxy is part of a £25million criticism over the sexual content
partner, a court heard. refused to come out but were later good luck. CCTV footage of the government-backed project to of his book Lady Chatterley’s
The pair were found guilty of a detained without violence. incidents showed Hamlet pointing bring stylish apartments to part of Lover. Bids had been expected to
raid on the Co-op shop on College Hamlet denied four robberies, one a gun, and in one case a knife, in the town near The Green. reach £200 for the translation of a
Street, Long Eaton on June 23, attempted robbery and one count the face of his victims. Erewash Borough Council hopes story written by Antonio Grazzini
2019. of threatening a person with a “In one case the terrified shop to buy it among other properties in Florence.
which include a former tyre depot,
Derby Crown Court heard that blade in a public place. worker heard the gun click and a night club called Stage One and Lawrence was living in the Ital-
Rebecca Monk, 50, went into the Monk pleaded not guilty to the thought she was about to be shot. a shop around Derby Road and ian city four centuries later when
store to see who was there. Then Co-op robbery but convicted. She “The victims in these incidents Oxford Street. he set about the translation and
Hamlet walked in with the gun as was jailed for four years and three bravely gave evidence during the The development brief was ac- published the story.
he demanded cash, tobacco and months. trial which was vital in securing cepted by the council’s executive The copy, marked as number
46, was sold by Forum Auctions
alcohol. After they were sentenced, detec- this conviction. I cannot thank which was told that the redevelop- in London amid a sale of rare
Next day, he struck at the Select tive constable Gavin Owen said: them enough for their support and ment of the former Galaxy Cinema literature.
Convenience Store in Stanton “Incidents such as these are thank- strength since the offence took would be unviable unless other Grazzini, who died in 1584,
Road, Sandiacre. fully rare in our county – but in place.” premises were included. trained as an apothecary and is
Steve Birkinshaw, head of regarded as a master of Tuscan
Robert thanked for his support of Talking Newspaper planning, told members that the prose.
cinema is “an eyesore and derelict
Eastwood-born Lawrence is
ctor Robert Lindsay was revered actor” and added: “We all people who read items onto tape. for nearly a decade” but could be a highly regarded in many literary
circles for novels like The Rain-
good site for homes.
Asent birthday greetings greatly appreciate his continued It was the first time they had met “There are small flats around but bow as well as Sons and Lovers.
and thanks for his support of a help and support in our mission to since the lockdown. not the larger apartments which As well as being a poet and paint-
group which helps keep people be a window on the world to all Erewash mayor councillor Donna might be attractive to the higher er, he often translated the work
abreast of current events. our valued listeners.” Briggs attended the lunch at Trent end users who would otherwise go of authors he admired. Lawrence
The group puts news items on tape
Lock Golf and Country Club,
He has been president of Long so they can be heard by people, Sawley. She spoke about her char- to Nottingham or elsewhere in the died in 1930 aged 44.
Eaton and District Talking News- many of whom are blind. It pro- ities and said that volunteers are conurbation,” he added. ----------
paper since 2016 and sent a video vides 40 hours of listening with “priceless.” Council leader Carol Hart told the Rough sleepers
message to the group’s 43rd annual articles from magazines and news Actor Robert was born and raised meeting: “This is one of the major Fresh efforts will be made to
lunch. outlets, including Ilkeston Life. in Ilkeston and recently celebrated projects in the town. It has been an save people from sleeping on the
President Martin Sykes described The lunch was attended by trus- his 72nd birthday. absolute eyesore for so long. streets of Erewash this winter.
him as a “much loved and greatly tees, administration staff and 36 “We are trying to change town The government has handed out
centres. If we can get more people
living in the centre of the town £106,432 for a project to involve
all local councils in Derbyshire as
John’s Jokes and do business in the town, that well as Staffordshire Moorlands.
A newly created CD version of the original 1976 of the month would be good.” It was part of a national move
LP record is now available from Ilkeston Life If Benny and Deputy leader Wayne Major said: launched in 2018 aimed at “pre-
“I know we have been worried
Bjorn had been about the safety of the buildings at venting rough sleeping before it
called Steve and times. We need housing, we need happens,” as well as “intervening
Dave ...ABBA at crisis point” and helping peo-
would have been nice housing.” ple to recover.
called ASDA. The site was initially a theatre Councillor Val Clare, the borough
which opened in 1907 but was
I’m buying Gail a badly damaged by fire and rebuilt council’s lead member for com-
munity engagement, praised the
fridge for Christ- before World War II as a cinema
mas...I can’t wait with 850 seats. efforts of specialist workers.
to see her face She told the executive: “The
light up when she It closed in 1964 and became a work these people do is very
opens it. bingo hall. But that use ended in valuable.
Just heard on the 1993 and a second fire broke out. “Last time we coped with it and
The cinema was revived as the
got everyone in.”
radio gales are
moving in tonight Galaxy in 2007 but shut again five The council’s deputy leader
....I’ve got enough years later. councillor Wayne Major added:
with the one I’ve It forms part of a conservation area “Nobody should be homeless in
already got I don’t but the redevelopment falls into this day and age.
want anymore the category of the government’s “We need this service to make
moving in with “build back better” policy. sure everyone is warm and dry
me. The development brief says: “The with a roof over their head, par-
Last month I got development block in which the ticularly at this time of the year.”
home to find all site sits is characterised by strong The fund had previously been
the windows and building frontage. used for hiring two people who
doors wide open “The Stage One and cinema helped rough sleepers find perma-
and everything buildings are notable exceptions nent solutions, as well as identi-
gone. What to this.” fying risk factors.
kind of person
would do that to
someone’s advent LITTLE EATON caught doing more than 36mph
calender? SPEEDERS and will be summoned to face
John Allen A village speed check caught 35 magistrates.
drivers doing more than 30mph in The parish council thanked vol-
Talk, tales and tunes to keep you entertained, including Heanor Haunting, unteers and said: “The effect of a
Little Eaton.
Sam Taylor th’Ilson giant and The Derby Ram. 24 items. 55 minutes play. Volunteers clocked 436 people on visible and active group is quite
dramatic. Speeds dropped well
CD and booklet available only from our office, 1 Bath Street, Ilkeston Alfreton Road, checking traffic in below 30mph and went even as
both directions for an hour.
Price £12.50 (Profits go to Ilkeston Life newspaper) low as 20mph.”
It said that four motorists were