Chester Green is having a flower festival this year. It promises to be a great event, and has been made possible thanks to the generous support from Darley Ward Neighbourhood Board and Local Businesses. Please come along and support the event…..perhaps we can make this an annual thing! More details to come nearer the time, but click on the picture on the right for more details, or this the attached PDF 🙂 Flower Festival PDF
If you haven’t seen Parker’s Piece of late, you won’t have noticed the archaeological works going on at the moment…..for more details, click the links below!
BBC News – Digging starts along River Derwent to uncover a Roman fort in Derby.
Darley Abbey History Group have a number of talks coming up, which sound very interesting!
The next talk is at:
Friday 19 April
‘Chesterfield Tower’s True Story’
Presented by Tony Hallam
Discover the true story of Chesterfield’s crooked tower – how it was done and why!
The meeting starts at 7.30pm and will be held in Darley Abbey Village Hall, Abbey Yard off New Road, Darley Abbey,, DE22 1DS
There is a charge of £1 for members of the Historical Group and £2 for visitors.
For further information contact Sheila Hartle on 01332 557597.
A full programme of talks is attached to this post as a PDF:
Darley Abbey History Talks 2013
From a concerned resident:
Hi, today I returned from holiday to find your march newsletter in my letterbox. I read about a spate of bike thefts so went to check my shed… My £1500 bike has been stolen. It’s an ‘Orange Patriot’ which is bright blue and holds a lot of sentimental value. If you could help spread the word, a financial reward will be given upon the return of the bike.
If you have any information, please ring Dan on 07732811392
The landlords in Chester Green have set a challenge…..to enjoy yourself on a pub crawl in round the area…..what’s not to like! Drink enough (not necessarily on the same day!) and you’ll qualify for a free Real Ale Challenge T-shirt!
Click the picture for more details.
Related Weblinks:
In case you didn’t know, Little Chester has a thriving local history group. The Group meets at The Chester Green Community Centre, Old Chester Road , Derby starting at 7.30 pm
Visitors £2 per meeting. Please note that the 15th November meeting has been moved to St. Paul’s Church Hall.
Membership £6 per year.
Why not give it a try!
The meeting schedule and guest speaker are:
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| September 20 | SS Titanic- Causes for the disaster |
Helen Monk
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October 18
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Shipley Country Park-Shadows and Shades
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Mrs Mu Stubbs
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November 15
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Central School and links with Chester Green at ******St. Paul’s Church Hall********
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N Clarke, Group member
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Jan 17
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Life and Times of a Farrier/Social Evening. Members only
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Doug Bradbury
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Feb 21
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Local Mountain Rescue– History & Development
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Robin Knott
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March 21
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Vic Hallam & His Building Company.
From Chicken Coops to Schools
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Robert Mee
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April 18
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St Petersburg-Venice of the North
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Cathy McAteer
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May 16
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Arabella Stuart- The Queen that never was
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David Templeman
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June 20
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AGM then a talk-
From Bean To Bar- The World of Chocolate
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Master Chocolatier- Barry Colenso.
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July and August
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Moravian Settlement Ockbrook and Staunton Harold Hall(Provisional;). Details later.
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There were a number of street parties held in Chester Green to mark the Queen’s Jubilee. One of which was featured in the Derby Telegraph! See the story here 🙂
The party featured we think was attended by around 70 people and the rain managed to hold off for almost all of the day…..hooray. We should do this every year…..oh wait…..we do (already looking for next year’s excuse!)
There is a youngsters’ adventure day on Sat 16th June at Darley Abbey Methodist Church and Deans Field. Click the poster on the left for more details!
Over the last year the Residents Association has been managing a project for residents of Little Chester to be given plants to brighten the public view of our lovely area. The grant that was obtaind from the council has nearly been used up, but the good news is that there is still a little bit left.
The areas of Marcus Street, around the Community Centre, parts of Chester Green Road and Camp Street have all looked great. If you want to grow (sorry for the pun) on these great innitiatives, contact me and we’ll see what we can do with the money that is left.
Mark 07967696470 (leave a message) or email markdavis1@orange.net
There will be the usual cakes, raffle, gold rush tombola, gift stalls, kids activities, refreshments and hot jacket potatoes for lunch. Also the back room will be chock full of bargain nearly new children’s clothes, toys etc!
Donations of nearly new kids stuff welcome (if you want 50% back then just label with your name and a price).
Be great to see you there!
See the flier for more details here