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Our annual Christmas Tree Festival will be on December 9th and 10th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm PLUS a Christmas Bazaar (also in church) on the 9th with Father Christmas Grotto, Preserves, Wreaths, Decorations, Pottery etc etc.
Refreshments will be available on both days of homemade soup and cakes PLUS on Saturday, Homemade Beef Baps.
A community event to get us into the festive mood, we are holding a Christmas themed Bingo session, on Tuesday, 12 December starting at 2:00 pm at the Methodist Chapel, Ticknall.
Admissioin is free to all although donations are much appreciated.
St George’s Church will be holding a Flower Festival on May 4th, 5th and 6th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our theme is The British Countryside. Homemade cakes, soup and baps will be served plus hot beef baps on Monday.
St George’s Church will be holding a Flower Festival on May 4th, 5th and 6th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our theme is The British Countryside. Homemade cakes, soup and baps will be served plus hot beef baps on Monday.
St George’s Church will be holding a Flower Festival on May 4th, 5th and 6th from 11:00 am to 4:00 pm. Our theme is The British Countryside. Homemade cakes, soup and baps will be served plus hot beef baps on Monday.
A diverse selection of 12 gardens will open during the Milton Open Gardens event this year. Gardens will be open on 2 June in the afternoon between 1:00 pm and 5:00 pm in the normally quiet hamlet of Milton, South Derbyshire. There will be 9 along Main Street and 3 at The Waterworks. This year there are 3 gardens new to the event and one that has been ‘resting’ for a few years.
Sizes vary from a small courtyard to extensive gardens with styles ranging from cottage garden, low maintenance and some with more formal features.
There will be free parking in the centre of Milton and at The Waterworks. Admission is £5.00 for adults, and accompanied children under 16 are free. (Some gardens do not allow dogs). Tickets are available on the day adjacent to the car park.
Expect to find trees, shrubs, lawns, flowers, vegetables and ponds – something for everyone, and all the gardens, in Milton and at The Waterworks, are within easy walking distance of each other.
There will be live music courtesy of Boss&CO with refreshments including homemade cakes available in the Village Hall, with Tombola, stalls and plants for sale on the grass opposite.
Profits are in aid of the local Air Ambulance and Milton Community Lunch Club.
A warm Milton welcome awaits visitors old and new.
A concert of popular, well-loved music, given by the music group from the Swadlincote Oasis.
Alison Thornhill will examine how Ticknall Limeyards evolved from a warm sea to a tranquil woodland from prehistory to the present day.
The talk will reveal some of the natural gems in this intriguing place.
Performed in Victorian Mourning dress we explore Warwick Castle and Calke Abbey’s “not so living history”.
The secrets that lie beneath and the inhabitants that still occupy the rooms, corridors and grounds of two very different Stately Homes as witnessed by myself, colleagues and guests.
Much of Melbourne’s history can be told by the story of individual houses in the parish and their occupants. This talk by Melbourne History Group Chairman Philip Heath, given on Saturday, 16 November, at 7:30 pm at Melbourne Assembly Rooms Main, selects twelve of the most interesting ones to prove the point.
Admission is £4 (Under 16s free if accompanied by an adult). Refreshments will be available.
Christmas time! A look back at some of our Christmas traditions, celebrations and favourite toys!
Enjoy a cracker joke or two, as we reminisce on our Christmases past!
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
The Pigeon – from the gods to the gutter. Dove of peace or rat with wings? A look at our perceptions and complex relationship with this remarkable bird throughout history.
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
The Dower House, Church Square, Melbourne, is open for the National Garden Scheme on 15th and 16th February, 10 am – 3.30 pm (gates closing about 4.15 pm). Admission is £8. Children and dogs on leads are welcome and are free of charge.
The Dower House, Church Square, Melbourne, is open for the National Garden Scheme on 15th and 16th February, 10 am – 3.30 pm (gates closing about 4.15 pm). Admission is £8. Children and dogs on leads are welcome and are free of charge.
Current nominated charities are:
- Mary’s Meals www.marysmeals.org.uk and
- Parkinsons UK www.parkinsons.org.uk
The Derwent Valley: The Story of a Photo Book – Ashley Franklin tells the story of how he assembled the first-ever photo book to celebrate the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site published in November 2023.
Ashley’s talk will take us through the book’s three thematic sections – Industrial Heritage, People and Places and Wildlife – and show how the book encapsulates the valley’s historical significance, its communities, and its rich biodiversity.