Mondays 10-12 Chester Green Chums Parent and Baby/Toddler group. Whether your little one is 3 weeks or 3 years old we’d love to see you! 

Following two separate days of auditions for this year’s panto, we are delighted to announce that we have a full complement of actors, including some new faces, to enable us to produce a full version of ‘Humpty Dumpty’ (if you remember, last year’s production had to be cut down to ‘Snow White and the Three Dwarves’!). Rehearsals have already started, and the actual dates of the performances will be announced soon, but we’re hoping to build on last year’s success and run for three nights instead of just two.

To help raise funds for the panto, we will be holding some quiz evenings in Chester Green, the first of which will be on Friday, 7th October, in the Coach and Horses, Mansfield Road. Other dates/venues will be announced later. Because of the format of the quiz, we will need small prizes for these evenings, so if you can donate anything (unwanted Christmas/birthday gifts, a spare bottle of wine – if there is such a thing! – for example), we would be really grateful. Donations can be left with Mick, the landlord of the Coach and Horses, or at Isobel the Florist’s, so many thanks to them for that support. We plan on it being a slightly different quiz night, so come along and have some fun as well as helping to raise money. The quiz will start at 8pm.

There are still some places available for this FREE ‘Learn to Sing in Harmony’ one-day course at Chester Green Community Centre on Sunday 16th October from 10am to 4pm.

The City Council has started replacing lighting in Chester Green, again.   We have been fighting to get conservation area style lighting across the whole of the conservation area (the type already installed on Chester Green Rd and shown on the right, below), but it seems that the Council will not do it stating it wasn’t possible due to the funding savings [cuts] that must be made.  Clearly we, as residents, are not afforded the same option when replacing, or upgrading parts of our dwellings in the Conservation Area, so we are fighting to force the Council to do the same.  The current Plans can be seen below, with the full PDF available from HERE.  

The cycle sessions at Darley Fields are designed to be a fun, relaxed and enjoyable way to help you cycle more. Whether you’ve never ridden a bike, haven’t cycled in years, cycle a little but would like to gain more confidence, or are a regular cyclist looking for people to cycle with; we have a session to suit. You don’t need any specialist equipment to take part; you don’t have to wear lycra and you don’t even have to own a bike as we can provide that for you. Sessions are open to individuals and community groups.

All sessions are led by fully qualified instructors who will be on hand at all times to give you all the advice and encouragement you need. Best of all, sessions are completely FREE.

As I’m not updating the site very successfully, I’m going to open up posting to members of the site. If you’re interested in posting updates to the site, join the site and post a comment stating your interest, and I’ll add you as an author!

Pocket Panto & Little Pixie Productions present Victorian Old Time Music Hall an hour of all your favourite sing-along’s at Darley Abbey Village Hall, Abbey Yard, DE22 1DS on Sunday 30th August 2009

3pm Show – Doors open 2.45pm, Tickets £4 Adult & £3 Children.  Tickets available on the door or to Reserve via booking hotline:

01332 590249 or 07932 941 576

For more details, have a look at the website here.

Google Street map has taken pics of Chester Green. See if you can spot anyone you know! An example is below!

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…can be found here.  The police are still after information about the attack, and can be contacted on 0345 123 3333 (the non-emergency number).

A new display of Derby Co-Op History, 2pm to 4.30pm, Little Chester Heritage Centre, St Paul’s Church, in Mansfield Road. Admission free.