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A Spoonful of Panto helps The Winter Go Away

Oh Yes It Does!  Pantomime is definitely the best cure for Winter blues and the cast of Sleeping Beauty is ready to banish those blues when they launch a cracking opening night on 3rd February at New Mills Art Theatre. Sleeping Beauty is a classic fairy tale given the panto makeover. The King and Queen have […]

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New Mills AODS Celebrate 100 Memorable Years: 1922 – 2022

Did we hear someone ask for more?  From Gilbert and Sullivan to Lerner and Loewe; from the Gershwin Brothers to Noel Gay; from Lehar to Romberg and Rodgers and Hammerstein to Novello, Hermann, Berlin and Lippa.  These are just a few of the composers and lyricists whose operettas and musicals have been staged by the New

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Fairtrade – good for people and good for the planet

New Mills has always cared about Fairtrade and was the first town in the High Peak to gain Fairtrade Town status. Fairtrade ensures a minimum price to protect growers but to gain the Fairtrade mark the farmers have to meet strict environmental standards. Many Fairtrade producers then go on to becoming organic farmers. Fairtrade producers

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New Mills goes for a Royal Flush

Local environment and angling writer Andrew Griffiths talks to New Mills’ resident Charlie Copestake about novel arrangements in the ‘smallest room’. He may be no Dustin Hoffman but New Mills has its very own ‘Rain Man’ in the form of Spring Bank’s Charlie Copestake. Charlie collects rain by the barrel-load and while money doesn’t grow

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