As ever, Wednesday is Ashbourne News Telegraph day. The newspaper is available for purchase from the shop in the Sycamore, and a free electronic edition is also available.
Here are some of this week’s stories of interest:
Pages 1 & 3: Marks and Spencer is coming to town. A council planning committee has overturned a decision made in December to stop the arrival of the retail giants.
Page 4: Council tax bills are set to rise for hard-up residents.
Page 5: Heavy rain is expected for this year’s Shrovetide game.
Page 5: Filling the gap with dentists: an Ashbourne dentist has pledged to take on extra NHS patients from next month.
Page 5: Don Jr, son of the late Don Lowndes Sr, has allowed 2 of his father’s Shrovetide footballs to be displayed in the Coach and Horses in Ashbourne. Don Lowndes Sr was born in Parwich and turned up the ball in 1974.
Page 6: QEGS is seeking planning permission for a 9.1 metre flagpole at the school.
Page 7: Clamping down on motorists: stricter parking enforcement starts in Ashbourne from tomorrow (Thursday Feb 19th).
Page 26: JW Foot & Sons from Parwich traded at the most recent Bakewell market.
Page 27: Mayfield’s weekly salsa and merengue classes (at the Royal Oak) offer “a chance to try out the Latin style of dance made famous by Parwich’s Tom Chambers”.
Page 27: There’s a screening of Baz Luhrmann’s “Australia” at Hulland Ward on Saturday, admission £4.
On the website only: Historic video footage of Shrovetide games dating back to the 1920s has been found on an internet archive. Five clips are available for view, including some remarkable ATV footage of the 1974 games which features the late Don Lowndes.
Have we missed anything? If so, then please let us know…
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