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Tuesday 1st December

Advent Window Trail Starts

Wednesday 16th December 6.00 pm

Doorstep Carols

Friday 18th December

Decorated House Judging

Saturday 19th December 2.30 pm

Santa Christmas Float Father Christmas Post Box

Sunday 20th December 2.30 pm

Live Animal Nativity

Sunday 20th December 6.30 pm

Carol Service Zoom https://us02web.zoom.us/

j/86077987109

Thursday 24th December 6.30 pm

KICA Christmas Singalong

Friday 25th December 9.30 am

Christmas Eucharist There are no plans to re-open the Methodist

Chapel just yet but for all details of the Ashbourne Methodist Circuit containing online

worship, carols etc., visit: www.ashbournemethodist.org.uk

All community events are subject to Covid regulation changes. Please check Holy Trinity

Kirk Ireton Facebook page.

Word has reached us from The North Pole that Santa’s Post Box will be in Kirk Ireton on Saturday afternoon 19th December. Listen out for the sound of reindeer dragging it around the village.

Apparently if the boys and girls of Kirk Ireton are particularly good and have spotted all the first 18 Real Advent Windows around the village by then, there is a possibility that Santa will visit us in person to collect their letters (in a socially distanced sort of a way!). But competition is stiff for Santa’s personal visits so the children will need to be particularly good.

THE STABLE SHOP CHRISTMAS ORDER FORM

IS IN THIS DAIRY

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Best Dressed House

Competition The best dressed outside of the house or garden with Christmas lights etc. will be judged on 18th

December around 6.30 pm.

Entry forms available from the shop as from 1st December. The winner

will be announced before Christmas Eve and receive a trophy for one

year with their name engraved on it donated from Gary Spendlove!

Caroline

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Maurice for faithfully producing the Village Diary every month as well as sending out the interim emails. His hard work has helped us all keep connected through these difficult times and enabled our lovely village to remain the supportive and friendly community that it always is.

Cath Sinclair

Christmas Time . . . but I am sure that I have always thought of Christmas time, when it has come round . . . as a good time; a kind, forgiving, charitable, pleasant time; the only time I know of, in the long calendar of the year, when men and women seem by one consent to open their shut-up hearts freely.

Charles Dickens

We wish all the members of the Lunch Club, Friendship Group and other friends in the village, a safe and Happy Christmas, looking forward to seeing every one in the new year.

Peter and Kate Spencer

Thank you to everyone at the Barley Mow and the Stable Shop for keeping going in these difficult times. Things would be a lot different without you!

Maurice & Jackie

Wishing everyone in the village a very Happy Christmas and a big thank you for making us feel so welcome. We are so looking forward to being able to invite you all for a drink. Looking forward to a better 2021 With much love,

Faith and Colin Egan (Rosebank Cottage)

BULL HILL FARM Eggs from our free-roaming hens - £1.30 per half-dozen

Duck eggs occasionally available (they have gone

broody!) 30p each or £1.80 per half-dozen

Due to high demand please reserve your eggs by texting

Fran on 07805 383165

NEW SEASON SHETLAND LAMB

A limited number of whole or half lamb boxes for your freezer

– £9 per kilo Average whole lamb will be approx. £80 and comprises

2 leg joints, 2 shoulder joints, chops, diced lamb and mince

Contact Fran on 07805 383165 for details and to order

Season’s Greetings from all at Bull Hill Farm The Venables clan wish you all a

safe and joyful Christmas. Keep in touch and let us know if you have plans to visit the Lake District when restrictions lift. We would love to see you! Here’s to friendship and a better year in 2021.

Love from

Heather, Neil, Jessie and Siân xxxx

Happy Christmas to all my friends and everyone in the village. We pray that 2021 will hold a brighter future for everyone.

Jo Coleman

Merry Christmas and a HUGE thank you from The Stable Shop We would like to wish all our wonderful customers, new and steadfast for their fantastic support and custom in this oddest of years. Before the March lockdown we were struggling financially and, ironically, the massive change in our lives brought us new and much needed custom both everyday and in orders.

Our turnover increased, our volunteers stepped up and Caroline was brilliant - keeping it all going even when the going got tough. We could never have managed without her, the volunteers, the deliverers, the collectors and the weekend teenagers, thank you all.

May 2021 be less odd, more fun and please keep supporting the shop, it's such a crucial component of our precious village life. Whatever Christmas brings have a good one!

Stable Shop Committee

Stable Shop

Christmas Opening Hours

Thurs 24th Dec 7.30am -1.00pm

Christmas Day closed

Sat 26th 8.30am - 1.00pm

Sun 27th 8.30am - 11.30am

Mon 28th (B Day)8.30am - 11.30am

Tues 29th 8.30am - 11.30am

Wed 30th 8.30am - 11.30am

Thurs 31st 8.30am - 11.30am

New Year's Day closed

Sat Jan 2 - Normal hours resume

THE STABLE SHOP CHRISTMAS ORDER

FORM IS IN THIS DAIRY

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KIRK IRETON OIL CLUB Next Orders

Wednesday 2nd December Wednesday 13th January oilclub@kirkireton.com

Dominie 370499

BOOK CLUB The next Book Club meeting

will be on Zoom at 7.30pm on Tuesday 1st December. We will

discuss Entry Island by Peter May. Contact me for Zoom

details. All welcome. Contact Cath 370581 or 07423

252755

Congratulations

Congratulations to my fellow church warden who, along with fifteen other recipients in the Chesterfield deanery, has been presented with the Bishop’s Badge for “co-ordinating Zoom services and providing tireless technical advice for the Team”. Bishop Libby had requested that the recipients should have worked within the helping community during Covid-19 in the six months leading up to September.

We in our Village know how John Sinclair has helped to keep people connected with Zoom etc. and we thank him very much.

Jo Coleman

Church Security

A big thank you to those who live in the houses surrounding the Church for your continued and on-going vigilance in keeping a sharp eye-out for any wrong goings-on.

There are always opportunist thieves looking for empty buildings to see what’s what, and recently I can report that Brailsford’s Church was sadly attacked.

The Church alarm in Kirk Ireton is to be further upgraded before Christmas and workers from GBSG are expected to be seen for two days currently listed for 14th and 15th. If you have any concerns, please contact one of the keyhold-ers who are John Sinclair, Mike Glendinning and Georgie Geraghty.

Many thanks

Martin Tomlinson Treasurer

FRiends And Neighbours

in Kirk Ireton FRiends And Neighbours in Kirk Ireton (FRANKI) was started in the last lockdown to provide a contact point for villagers needing help or their relatives who were unable to visit, if needed.

In actual fact most calls were to do with shopping or prescriptions and after a short time these needs were largely met by the Stable Shop and by Payne’s delivering.

The FRANKI phone is still monitored in case other needs arise (replies may be from a different number) so if you have a need that isn’t met by these other services then call or text us on 07443 957658.

Sort for School

Thank you to everyone who made donations to our 'Sort For School'. The donations from our school families and our fantastic village community have raised £195 for Friends of School! Thank you for your support.

Friends of School

Radio Derby Doorstep Carols

https://www.doorstepcarols.co.uk/is-

your-area-involved-/Derby

Tiers of Joy! Swap those Tiers for Tears of

Laughter by joining

Emma & Jane’s On-line pub quiz.

Every Sunday at 8.00 PM

(December 27th’s will be postponed to New Year’s Eve)

Zoom. 846 1799 3033

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/84617993033

No prior experience necessary.

Fabulous prizes awarded on an almost random basis.

We would like to thank everyone in the village who has supported us throughout 2020.

By placing your homes with us and actively promoting us by word-of-mouth, Facebook and other methods, you’ve helped us become the fastest-selling estate agent in Derbyshire – and the agent with most views-per-property. A tremendous achievement that we’re very proud of, having only opened in Wirksworth in June 2019.

Merry Christmas all and let’s hope for much better 2021!

Wirksworth Office: 10 Market Place, Wirksworth,

Derbyshire, DE4 4ET

Matlock Spa Office: 1 Morningside Walk, Matlock

Spa, Matlock, DE4 3TF

Telephone: 0330 122 9960. Email: carl@bricksandmortar.house

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Earlier in the year conversations echoed the words that were, apparently, often heard on the Western Front in the First World War ‘It’ll all be over by Christmas’, well it wasn’t and neither is Covid 19.

We are having to come to terms with a major shift in emphasis regarding the celebration of Christmas this year, and a lot of the fun ‘stuff’ that we do on the run up to December 25th has had to be cancelled or significantly modified. Having said that it is really important that we don’t get into a mindset which focuses on what we can’t do. Think, instead, about what we can do and live in the hopes that it will happen. It is a much more positive attitude and it fits entirely with that period on the run up to Christmas known as Advent.

Advent is a time of waiting and promise, a time of longing and anticipation. But the quality of this waiting is not edgy and anxious; it is hope-filled and quietly joyful. Waiting, being prepared to wait, indicates some measure of love or caring or interest – after all, we don’t usually spend much of our time waiting for something or someone of little or no concern to us.

Christmas may be a lot simpler this year with less of the frantic activity and perhaps a bit more reflection on what and who is important in our lives. From the Christian perspective it is a time of preparation for the celebration of the birth of that someone whose life has helped to shape our lives- Jesus Christ, and though as I write this we are still waiting for details of exactly how our celebration of Christmas will look like this year, these are a few of the things we believe will happen.

Advent windows. Why not dress a street facing window for Advent and Christmas. Focus on light, perhaps, as Jesus is the light of the world. Decorate it in whatever way seems appropriate for you and so share your ‘interpretation’ of the theme with your neighbours.

Doorstep Carols is a new national initiative that we will join at 6.00 pm on the 16th and finally a chance to sing out loud!

Live nativity. Last year’s live nativity was great fun. We started at school and made our way up the village, turned away from the inn we ended in a field. It can be done socially distanced! We hope to do this on Sunday 20th December from 2.30 pm starting at church this time.

As advertised elsewhere in this newsletter, the Carol Service will be on Zoom on 20th at 6.30 pm. We hope that it will be candle lit.

Christmas Service. Our Eucharist for Christmas Day will be at 9.30 am. Sadly, we shall not be able to run a Midnight Mass this year, though folks who like late night services would be very welcome at the Brassington Midnight Mass which starts at 11.30 pm.

In whichever way you celebrate Christmas this year. Do have a good one! Canon David Truby

Sunday 20th December 6.30 pm This year’s Carol Service will be carried out under Covid restrictions. A choir of villagers will sing accom-panied by the organ. A small (silent) congregation will attend (tickets in advance required).

The candle lit event will be broadcast on Zoom 860 7798 7109

Request your favourite carol for yourself, for a friend or for everyone (see below). You are invited to re-quest a favourite carol from the Bethlehem Carol Sheet. Dedications will be read out on the evening. Send your request by email to

KirkIretonchurch@mail.com

1) Oh little town of Bethlehem. 2) In the bleak mid-winter. 3) Of the father’s love begotten. 4) As with gladness men of old. 5) The first Nowell. 6) Away in a manger. 7) while shepherds watched 8) See amid the winter’s snow. 9) The holly and the ivy. 10) Hark the herald angels sing. 11) Joy to the world. 12) O come all ye faithful 13) Silent night 14) It came upon the midnight clear 15) Good King Wenceslas 16) God rest you merry gentlemen 17) Ding dong Merrily on high. 18) Angels from the realms of glory. 19) Once in Royal David’s City. 20) On Christmas night all Christians sing. 21) We three kings of orient are.

The Church is particularly beautiful by candle light.

The church will be open for private prayer by candle light on Christmas Eve from 7.30 to 9.30pm,

carols playing quietly in the background.

Feel free to pop in for a socially distanced quiet moment of prayer or contemplation.

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Barley Mow Inn

Food is available on Saturday and Sunday.

COVID –19 precautions are in place

01335 370306 Latest information on

Facebook or at thebarleymowinn.co.uk

At the

BARLEY MOW INN

Collection Point in the Stable Shop

This year more than ever we at The Stable Shop feel we should be helping local families over this "festive" period.

Rural Action Derbyshire supported by Derbyshire Dales District Council have launched an appeal:

"Our clubs have already expressed a wish to purchase Christmas Dinner ingredients, treats and small craft/activity packs or books for the children and families they will support"

While we cannot collect fresh ingredients we would happily receive any tinned/dry food plus treats etc. as described above. This will then be taken to Matlock.

We also like to support The Padley Centre in Derby and the list of their needs are too many to list here. A list will be printed off and left in the shop. This will then be taken to Derby.

To be blunt, money is also very welcome at both these charities so if you would rather please donate in the shop. We will have a collection box ready.

Many thanks and Merry Christmas from us all at The

Stable Shop.

We have an Ikea office chair in good condition, free to the first person who contacts us.

Text Nicky & Adrian McNaney on 07847 485292. We are delighted to be back and this

year to be contactless on collection. Free delivery to Kirk Ireton and phone orders available via Martin Tomlinson

Printer Cartridges Brand new Picture Expert Epson-compatible inkjet printer cartridges. 2x T1009 Colour and 2x T1007 Black, compatible with Epson Stylus Photo 780 / 785EPX / 790 / 800C / 825 / 870 / 875DCS / 890 / 895 / 915 / 1270 / 1280 / 1290 / 3300C

Free to good home (or please make a donation to the village shop)

Contact Zoë on 07860 588737 or zoe@w3z.co.uk

Reverse Advent Calendar

If anyone would like to do a reverse Advent calendar I am happy to deliver them on Christmas eve to Derbyshire Refugee Solidarity at St Anne's church, Whitecross St, Derby on Christmas Eve.

Gillian Foxcroft 07921 378664

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Making spaces better for people and nature

Design and build of nature friendly spaces - whole gardens

and small areas.

Habitat creation and maintenance to better support birds, bees, butterflies, and

other beasties, including:

Ponds and wet areas

Wildflower mini-meadows

Orchards

Hedges and hedge laying

Small scale tree and woodland work, including coppicing

Garden structures built and repaired, e.g. raised beds,

gates, planting troughs, pot pedestals, ladders for

climbing plants, benches, etc.

Wildlife homes, e.g. bird and bat boxes, insect hotels, frog lodges and hedgehog houses.

Utilising native species and sustainably sourced timber,

including English hazel coppice, plus re-cycled and up-cycled materials where appropriate.

Let’s work together with nature to allow some wild edges into

your garden, create more habitat diversity in your outdoor space

that’s good for you and good for wildlife.

No job too small. Free initial consultation.

Please contact: Jem Brown MSc. Countryside Management

Mobile: 07593 282721

E-mail: hedgepigjem@outlook.com

Yoga Classes – Saturdays at 10-11.15am, with a theme for the month. December’s is all about bringing joy and light into your life. Only two classes running in December as I’m taking a Christmas break so join me on the 5th & 12th to bring some cheer to your festive time, no matter what Covid throws our way!

£7.50 for live class + on demand recording, £5 for on demand recording. Contact me to receive the zoom link and registration form.

"Lula makes this so accessible. The classes are well paced, considered

and build over the month. Beginners and experts alike will benefit following her gentle lead. I really appreciate

that she knows her stuff; scientific research, biology and spiritual

development too."

Healthy Back Programmes – Autumn’s course is finishing in December and has led to positive changes for participants. A series of gentle and progressive movements to bring strength and flexibility to your back again. £60 for six weekly 75 minute classes plus handouts for home practice and films for the following 3 months. Please register your interest for the next course starting April 2021 (may be online or face to face depending on the Covid situation!)

“This programme is building a package into a first aid kit for my

back.”

"I actually woke up the other day, I don't think I'd moved the entire

night, but for the first time in many years, I had no headache and no

neck pain!"

Mindful Menopause – For all women experiencing menopause or peri-menopause who want to find balance, wisdom and strength through what can be a challenging and bewildering transition. This programme includes a variety of

techniques to build a personal toolkit for menopausal wellbeing: mindful movement, guided visualisation, journalling, meditation, relaxation and the opportunity to share your thoughts and feelings in a safe space with other women.

Max. 12 participants. £60 for six weekly 90 minute online sessions through February and March plus a film with the main techniques to access for the following 3 months. These sessions will NOT be recorded so women feel safe to share within the group.

Please register your interest for this course starting 1st Feb 2021

Mentoring & Coaching – For adults and young people. My role as an educational consultant for the last 20 years involved coaching and mentoring for all ages, supporting people to live their best life, to re-build their confidence and drive to heal and to achieve their goals. I specialise in supporting survivors of domestic trauma bringing what I learnt from my own childhood trauma recovery journey into the sessions where appropriate.

I now offer this service as 60 minute 1-to-1 sessions weekly, fortnightly or monthly for £30-45 (sliding scale, your choice what to pay within that). Contact me for free 30 minute introductory chat to see if you want to work with me.

Yoga and Meditation 1-to-1 sessions – Classes don’t suit everyone or maybe you want a short practice focused on a specific issue. Join me for a 60 minute 1-to-1 (online or outdoors at the moment) or ask me to produce a film exclusively for your use at home. £30-45 (sliding scale, your choice what to pay within that).

Lula Garner, heartlightlula@gmail.com,

07950 000380

I am now fully focusing on my wellbeing business (after a Covid-based redundancy) so I wanted to update you on my whole offer in case it’s of use to you or someone you know.

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The Village Diary is published monthly for the benefit of the villagers of Kirk Ireton and the surrounding area. It is produced and distributed voluntarily. Copies are emailed to subscribers free of charge on request and a small number of printed copies are available in the Stable Shop each month Items for the Diary should be emailed to diary.kirkireton@gmail.com or delivered to the editor by the 24th of the month prior to publication. Private adverts are free to villagers. Local Trade display adverts cost £5 per insertion. Due to the nature of the Diary items are accepted in good faith and we cannot accept any responsibility for errors or omissions that may occur.

Henry’s Plumbing Services Professional, Friendly & Reliable

07932 962070 henrysellers@w3z.co.uk

Carolyne’s Cakes Cakes for all occasions, also Cake

pops & Cupcakes. Tel. 01335 372826 or 07912 8963

Copestone Dry Stone Walling Emma Yates

Qualified Dry Stone Waller 01335 372056 or 07966 666463 copestonewalling@gmail.com

Dressmaking Gill Lockett

01335 370183 07787 141797

Guy Chambers Plastering Plastering - Rendering

Traditional Lime Plastering 07980 851133

Painting & Decorating Karen Middleton

01629 258537 or 07539 841261

Curtain & Blind Making Bev Rowland

01629 822688 or 07849502200

Stokes Digger Hire & Ground Works

Matthew Stokes Range of diggers & dumpers

07515525014 matttstokes@yahoo.co.uk

Regular Village Groups £12

Village Fundraising Events £17

Children’s Parties (under 12)

£17

Single Lets for Village Groups

£17

Private Hire for Commercial Use (Village Residents)

£20

Private Parties (Village Residents)

£20

Parish Funerals £20

Outside Hire (Non Residents) At The discretion of the Village Hall Committee

Kirk Ireton Village Hall Hire

All arrangements for the hire of the Village Hall are to be made

with John Tyler, Village Hall Administrator, 15 Peats Close, Kirk

Ireton DE63LH 01335 370549

email john.tyler@w3z.co.uk HIRE CHARGES PER SESSION PRE-PAYMENT IS REQUIRED

Sessions: 8.00am to 1.00pm 1.00pm to 6.00pm

6.00pm to 11.45pm

Community Shop Opening Times

Monday to Friday 7.30 am to 11.30 am

& 3.00 pm to 5.00 pm Saturday 8.30 am to 1.00 pm Sunday 8.30 am to 11.30 am

The Stable Shop Main Street, kirk Ireton

01335 371863 stableshop@outlook.com

KIRK IRETON VILLAGE DEFIBRILLATOR The CODE to take the AED out of the box is C159X

If you cannot remember the code: when you dial 999, East Midlands Ambulance Service will give it to you.

FRiends And Neighbours in Kirk Ireton

We are available to step up if others can’t help or you don't know who to ask. Call FRANKI on 0744 3957658 If you are prepared to be a volunteer and support this initiative please call us on: 0744 3957658

Seller and Buyer of Fine Antique Clocks

Check out our website at http://

www.ashbourneclocks.co.uk/

Also on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/

ashbourneclock/ Or contact Mike Wetton on

07790 709727

REMEMBRANCE DAY 11TH NOVEMBER 2020

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