Derby Evening Telegraph back issues from March 2009:
The war of the worlds 1984-85
Mar 02, 2009 ... The year-long battle to save ...
Blood, sweat and tears were spilled to save old king coal but all to no avail 25 years ago
Mar 02, 2009 ... It started as an industrial dispute and turned into a nationaltragedy. Communities were divided, families split, people killed andmaimed, homes attacked, while images of police with riot shieldsbeating protesters shocked the nation. It all began 25 years ago, in March 1984, ...
Sticks and stones and bitter words
Mar 02, 2009 ... Throughout the year of strife, the war of words was almost aspowerful as the physical violence. Here are some of the more notablequotes. This union is in a fight to the finish with MacGregor - ArthurScargill on April 19. I am absolutely convinced that most of the miners are ...
Battle lines were drawn as families and communities were split by bitter year-long dispute
Mar 02, 2009 ... These evocative pictures capture the mood of the times. Whenminers' hopes were still high, in May 1984, NUM leader ArthurScargill can be seen, right, leading banner-waving thousandsthrough the streets of Mansfield. But the harsh reality started kicking in when the talks ...
The iron lady who gave miners' wives a voice and led a national effort to support the strikers
Mar 02, 2009 ... Betty Heathfield was a heroine of her time, a woman who showedwhat girl power meant in a way that the Spice Girls could neverenvisage. She gave miners' wives a voice during the nightmare miners'dispute - and made them a force to be reckoned with. Her compassionand determination ...
Betty told Derby TUC rally of police arrest threat
Mar 02, 2009 ... The photograph above shows a large crowd gathered in DerbyMarket Place for a TUC rally on September 21, 1984, when the strikehad been going for almost seven months and was becoming increasinglybitter. Betty Heathfield was among the speakers, recounting how striking miners, ...
WI outrage as miners 'flash' past in coaches
Mar 02, 2009 ... The strike did have its light-hearted moments. Under the headline "WI Outrage as Miners Flash By", the DerbyEvening Telegraph reported "shock and outrage" among a group ofwomen about the behaviour of some of the striking miners. Returning from their annual meeting in London, ...
Marching to the fault line
Mar 02, 2009 ... Looking back after 25 years to the miners' strike of 1984 is likelooking at a foreign landscape. How could it be that two of the most wilful, powerful leaders ofthe day, both flawed by stubborn vanity and pitiless intransigencecould each drown out any voice of moderation and drive ...
How millionaire hilary turned Robbie Williams' loss turn into her gain
Mar 02, 2009 ... Admiring Rangemore Hall from a distance, its sturdy grey facaderising above the misty countryside, you can easily imagine a kingtaking a stroll through its pristine grounds. No need to imagine. In 1902, King Edward VII and Queen Alexandramade their first public visit to nearby ...
Town date for roadshow bus
Mar 02, 2009 ... People can find out more about Three Valleys Housing when itsroadshow bus visits Ilkeston on Friday. The bus will be in the Market Square, from 10am until 2pm. Head of customer contact Rod Stair ...
City duo mean business - in any language!
Mar 02, 2009; ... A Language company in Derby is benefiting from the city's growinginternational reputation, with local firms flocking to takeadvantage of its translation services. Freeman Williams Language Solutions was set up two years ago bylanguage graduates Gemma Williams and Abigail ...
Pizza house plea
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Takeaway boss wants to be allowed to open for longer. Star Pizza, in South Street, Ilkeston, is currently allowed toserve food until ...
City concert aids africa's cholera victims
Mar 02, 2009 ... Thousands of pounds have been raised by people in Derby to helptackle Zimbabwe's cholera epidemic. The Derby For Zimbabwe group believes its first concert hasraised about pounds2,500 to help those in the grip of Africa's worstcholera outbreak for 15 years. The event, which ...
Council tax debate could still end in stalemate
Mar 02, 2009 ... Every household in Derby will be affected by a decision thatpoliticians will try to reach in a packed council chamber tonight. It is the time when even a small percentage means a lot ofdifference to residents because it represents how much more counciltax they will have to ...
Gordon on tour
Mar 02, 2009 ... Pupils in South Derbyshire will get tips on how to reduce theirfood waste when a theatrical chef visits next week. Accompanied by ...
pounds30k boost for charities
Mar 02, 2009 ... Bankers in Derby have helped to raise more than pounds30,000 fortwo charities in just two months. Staff from Barclays branches in the city have pledged to supportRett Syndrome Association UK and Acorns Children's Hospice. Staff from the bank's St James Street branch in Derby ...
Rescue man in marathon plea
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Member of Buxton Mountain Rescue Team is hoping to raise morethan pounds1,100 for the team when he runs this year's LondonMarathon. Keen runner Phil Leigh, who has been a member of Buxton MountainRescue Team for 18 years, has been waiting for five years ...
Big clean offers chance to dispose of rubbish
Mar 02, 2009 ... Clean-ups will be taking place in several city neighbourhoods. Derby Community Safety Partnership is organising the events toallow residents to get rid of their rubbish the right way. Compactor vehicles will be visiting Oakwood on March 14, andSpondon on March 7 and 21. Skips ...
East meets west to fund research
Mar 02, 2009 ... Students at Burton College organised a charity lunch to raisefunds for Cancer Research UK. The students from the BTEC first diploma in travel and tourism held the event as part of an assignment on employability skill. They worked together to host an "East meets West" ...
Pub's customers help out church
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Church is a step closer to getting a new roof after receiving apounds600 donation from a local pub. St Paul's Church, in Chester Green, has suffered damaged plasterwork due to a leak in the roof. Members of the local community have been fund-raising to ...
Time for call for helpas disabled group loses its city disco home
Mar 02, 2009; ... A Group of disabled people is devastated at losing the venue forits monthly disco, following the closure of a Derby nightclub. More than 100 people from across Derbyshire regularly attendedthe monthly event at Time nightclub, in Mansfield Road, for peoplewith learning ...
Work set to start on salons at roundhouse campus
Mar 02, 2009 ... Work is due to start this week on creating pounds280,000 hairand beauty salons at Derby College's pounds43m Roundhouse campus. They will include training facilities for students and commercialsalons for paying customers, which will be open to the public sixdays a week. The ...
Church's appeal over centenary
Mar 02, 2009 ... The congregation of a Derbyshire church is looking for formermembers to join its centenary celebrations. The Methodist Church in Cross o' the Hands, near Belper, willcelebrate its 100th anniversary in September. But an early appeal is ...
Forest may grow firms
Mar 02, 2009 ... Premisescould be built for start-up businesses at RoslistonForestry Centre, if plans are approved. South Derbyshire District Council wants to build five nurseryunits on the site in Burton Road, Rosliston - part of the ...
Boost for canal plan?
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Project to transform a stretch of a Derby canal could be givena pounds1,000 boost. Derby and Sandiacre Canal Trust wants to restore 20km of thecanal that has been closed for more than 40 years. The stretch is from Sandiacre to ...
Company applies to bring rock and blues custom show back to pentrich
Mar 02, 2009; ... A Music festival which was cancelled following the murder ofbiker Gerry Tobin could return after a company applied to run it forthree years. The Rock and Blues Custom Show was stopped last year after policeobjections, which following the killing of Mr Tobin, a ...
Give generously, Rams fans told
Mar 02, 2009 ... The Ilkeston and District Round Table will be looking fordonations from Rams fans at Derby County's home match againstBarnsley on March 21. The group will be at Pride Park to try and raise funds to createa sensory garden at Ilkeston Manor Nursing ...
Platform garden
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Railway station is being billed as the gateway to the NationalForest as part of a new tourism scheme. Passengers using Burton station can now visit ...
Homes on works site approved
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Developer has been given permission to build 30 homes on aformer engineering site. George Wimpey East Midlands will build the homes on the oldConcordia site, in Wilsthorpe Road, Long ...
Spring date for theme park plans
Mar 02, 2009 ... Two developers wanting to build on the site of the county'sformer American Adventure theme park will present their cases withinthe next two months. The firms, who are not being named for commercial reasons, willexplain their plans to the site's owners, Derbyshire ...
Police told me to 'let the stray go', woman claims
Mar 02, 2009 ... A MOTHER-of-two who rescued a stray dog claims she was told bypolice to just "let it go". Hayley Scott said officers at Ashbourne police station told herthey could not take the animal in and could only intervene if itcaused an accident. "I am absolutely appalled by this," ...
Fewer mothers are breastfeeding
Mar 02, 2009 ... Health bosses have fallen short of a target to get more mothersto breastfeed. Derbyshire County Primary Care Trust aims to get three-quartersof women to breastfeed within two days of giving birth. But latest figures show the trust was ...
Disabled access not resolved at quad
Mar 02, 2009; ... Disabled visitors to the pounds11m Quad arts centre in Derby arestill waiting for an access button to be installed on the door -five months after it opened. A post with a push button on it, to allow wheelchair users toopen the doors, was meant to be put up outside the building, in ...
Shoppers hope to save hopper
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Petition calling for a community transport service to be savedhas been collected. Derby City Council is carrying out a review of bus services itsubsidises, which includes Derby Community Transport. DCT runs a "Shopper Hopper" service, taking elderly and disabledpeople ...
On duty in bar
Mar 02, 2009 ... An Alrewas policeman will be in the pub on Saturday - but he'llstill be on duty, Sergeant David Holroyd will spend an hour from 11am at the ...
Therapy course
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Free beauty therapy course is being run by Castle College. The five-week course will be held at Eastwood ComprehensiveSchool on ...
Three-star pub
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Pub must make changes to its kitchens following a food hygieneinspection. The Devonshire Arms, in Station Street, Burton, received threestars out ...
Alien nursery
Mar 02, 2009 ... Children at a Derby nursery will be dressing up as aliens as partof National Science Week. The youngsters, from the Busy Bees nursery, in ...
Derby's first girl band set to shoot for the stars
Mar 02, 2009; ... A Group of youngsters is hoping to become Derby's answer to Girls Aloud after winning places in the city's first girl band. Singers from across Derby flocked to auditions with music industry experts, who have pledged to give the band a boost by organising studio time, music ...
Plans to convert 'marine's flats'
Mar 02, 2009 ... Plans to transform an apartment block named after a Derbyshireserviceman into a nursing home are to be considered by councillors. Jason Hylton died in Basra in November, 2006, when a patrol boat was blown up. In 2007, a ...
Bombardier decision - pounds10m cost to commercial property
Mar 02, 2009; ... About pounds10m of investment into commercial property in thecity could be lost if the Government does not give a pounds7.5bnrail contract to Bombardier. That is the warning from local agents who fear that the loss ofthe deal would impact on the property market in ...
Brown bins going back to their garden waste role
Mar 02, 2009 ... Residents in Erewash will soon be unable to use their brown binsfor mixed recycling. The brown bins are normally reserved for garden waste butthroughout the winter, residents have been able to use them forother recyclable materials, including plastic, paper and glass. But ...
County head up for a top award
Mar 02, 2009 ... The head teacher of a Derbyshire secondary school has beenshortlisted for a national award. Wendy Sharp, of Alfreton Grange Arts College, is one of four inthe final of a competition run by the British EducationalSuppliers' ...
Olympic surge in demand for security staff training
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Security training firm in Derby has reported an upturn inbusiness due to the 2012 Olympics. Repton Training, in Clarke Street, has said it has seen a surgein demand from the sports industry for security training for staffwho will be working during the games. The firm ...
Hotel wine list's a corker
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Derby hotel has received a commendation for the quality of itswines. Cathedral Quarter Hotel, in St Mary's Gate, has been praised inthe Conde Nast 2009 Johansens Annual Awards for Excellence. Conde Nast Johansens produces hotel guides with the world's mostprestigious ...
Shop and flats plan for village
Mar 02, 2009 ... A Shop and six apartments could be built in Newhall if planningpermission is given the go-ahead. Avtar Singh Lehal, of Leicestershire, has lodged plans with SouthDerbyshire District ...
Single of the week - Kelly clarkson
Mar 02, 2009 ... With J from Ram FM KELLY CLARKSON My Life Would Suck Without You IT had to be tough for Ms Clarkson, after going from AmericanIdol winner, and the whole world and his dog citing you as "the mostsuccessful TV singing star on the planet" to releasing a bit of adud album and ...
New chapter for band as they go their own way
Mar 02, 2009 ... Funeral For A Friend are playing in Derby later this month aspart of their world tour, promoting their new album. Memory and Humanity, released in October, is the band's fourthalbum and has marked a new chapter for them. The band parted company with Atlantic after their third ...
Oscar-winners up close
Mar 02, 2009 ... You can see some of the Oscar-winning costumes from The Duchess at a behind-the-scenes exhibition at Kedleston Hall, near Derby. The exhibition features images and costumes from the ...
Gwyneth paltrow on the defensive
Mar 02, 2009 ... Gwyneth Paltrow has defended her lifestyle website Goop.comfollowing a barrage of unfavourable reviews. Goop.com, with its tagline "nourish the inner aspect" includestips on dieting, exercise and healthy living. The New York Times reported that critics found the ...
Ellen Kent to step down
Mar 02, 2009 ... After 25 years in the business, Ellen Kent is taking a step backfrom touring. The award-winning opera and ballet producer hasorchestrated opera tours since 1993 but Ellen believes the time hascome to stop ...
Indietracks tickets on sale now
Mar 02, 2009 ... Camera Obscura are to headline the Indietracks Festival at theMidland Railway Centre, near Ripley, this summer. The band will be joined by ...
Plan to protect town's heritage
Mar 02, 2009 ... Residents are being encouraged to comment on a strategy to protect Ilkeston's historic buildings. The Conservation Area Appraisal was drawn up by Erewash BoroughCouncil to give planners guidance to safeguard the town's heritage. The ...
Clothes and rags wanted
Mar 02, 2009 ... Old, worn-and-torn clothes are being sought at charity shopsacross Derbyshire. Nottingham-based charity Headway has launched an appeal in a bidto increase donations to its shops. As well as appealing for good quality items, the charity is alsourging people to donate old ...
Brother and sister team looking for glory in baby and toddler of the year 2009
Mar 02, 2009; ... Two bubbly siblings are hoping to be crowned champions indifferent categories in our Baby and Toddler of the Yearcompetition. Four-month-old Finlay Mullen and his big sister Alicia, two, areamong hundreds of babies and toddlers already entered in theEvening Telegraph's ...
Disgusted by transport loss
Mar 02, 2009 ... As a regular user of the Community Transport to Sainsbury's atKingsway and the city centre, once a week, I am disgusted to findthe service is to be withdrawn. It is a very important amenity for the elderly people, as it isthe only pleasure many of them enjoy. They look forward to ...
Three-wheel taxi 'good for stunts'
Mar 02, 2009 ... I Am not sure that the new taxi service of a three-wheeledpushbike will take off in any way at all (pardon the pun), exceptwhen giving freebies. In this small city centre there is no real need for it. There is nowhere far enough away in our city centre one ...
Theatre result so refreshing
Mar 02, 2009 ... I Would like to say a public thank-you to Jonathon Powers,Stephen Edwards and everyone from Derby Playhouse who has worked sohard to try to maintain quality producing theatre in Derby. Theoutcome is so refreshing after all the gloom and destructivecomments we have experienced over the ...
Hospital parking just pounds9 all week
Mar 02, 2009 ... In reply to Mr G. Paling's letter (February 23) concerning parking at Derby City General Hospital, I have just spent sevennights in hospital and my partner purchased a pounds9 ticket whichlasted him a ...
Nazi comparison is so inaccurate
Mar 02, 2009 ... The correspondence in the Evening Telegraph regarding theholocaust and Jewish terrorism during the time of the BritishMandate in Palestine needs to be answered. To accuse all Jews of behaving like Nazis in Gaza and theoccupied West Bank is not fair or accurate. There are ...
Contract award is contradictory
Mar 02, 2009 ... Are Mr Brown and Mr Hoon really Labour politicians, or are theyin disguise? I was made to believe that the Labour Party was there to help andsupport working families. The awarding of the contract to build trains for our own countryto Japan was appalling when our own skilled ...
Waste plant view from back door
Mar 02, 2009 ... In response to Dave Smith's letter (Opinion, February 23), Iguess he doesn't own a map because if he did, he would find thatsome people who live on the west side of Victory Road have theirrear gardens backing on to the old tannery site and would get agood view of the waste plant from ...
Pedestrians like human chicanes
Mar 02, 2009 ... I Think it is a bit rich that Councillor Grimadell thinks"pedestianised areas should be kept that way" after objections wereraised to Lee Todd's plans for a rickshaw service. Try negotiating St Peter's Street some days and you feel like ...
Sign of times as post disappears
Mar 02, 2009 ... I Just knew it! Mail from our household has been going missingfor the past couple of months (Evening Telegraph, February 27). Beit credit card and bank statements, the other half's pay slips andwork rotas and numerous regular items of post. I reported our concerns to Royal ...
Borough folk are not in the swim
Mar 02, 2009 ... We are two years on and it appears that the public in AmberValley still do not have even one swimming bath worthy of them. There were many objections to the selling of those public assetsinto private hands but borough councillors felt that they did notneed to listen to the people ...