I arrived home the other afternoon to be met with a mass of insect life on the flowers of the ivy (the best thing you can plant for wildlife), but by far the most eye-catching were the red admirals. Its life history is interesting…in May and June it migrates north to us from northern Africa and southern […]
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Citizens Advice Derbyshire Districts provides free, confidential, impartial and independent advice on a wide range of subjects including: Housing Rent arrears Debts Benefits Employment Energy efficiency Family and Relationships Health and disability There are a number of ways to find our help in New Mills Call: Monday to Friday, 9am to 4pm (except Bank Holidays)
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The ‘Ladybird’ accommodation is one of three apartments at The Torrs and comprises a living/dining room, fully equipped kitchen, 1 double bedroom, 1 twin room and the family bathroom with bath with shower over. Outside there is a paved patio area with garden furniture. The accommodation is on the first floor, up a set of
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Local businesswoman Deborah Cowsill has taken over respected New Mills picture framing business FRAMED from retiring couple Pete and Anne Isherwood. “I have always loved this business” states Deborah “and jumped at the chance to buy it when Pete and Anne asked me”. The business is based in a cosy gallery and workshop on Albion
Flora and fauna – Goosegrass and other regrets REGRET 1 It will have been in the mid-60’s on a school geography field trip looking at flood plains on the Goyt in Stockport when I was first surprised by Himalayan balsam, its popping wriggling seedpods entertaining the whole class far more than any ox-bow lake. Oh dear
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New Mills is blessed with some fantastic accommodation and over the coming weeks we will be featuring some on these pages – a full list can be found in the accommodation section on this web site. The Clocking In House is one of three superbly located cottages in converted outbuildings of the Grade II* listed,
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Selling fast in New Mills: ‘A Debt of Honour – The Story of New Mills in The Great War 1914-1916’, written by local author Stephen Lewis. “A Debt of Honour is a new book looking at the part played by the people of New Mills in the First World War. This first volume of 534pp
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The next time you are walking through New Mills take a moment to look around you at some of the wonderful architecture we are surrounded with and follow the links below to find out more about our many listed buildings II Highlee Hall II Church of St James the Less and attached Almshouses II Briargrove
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New Mills massage therapists learn skills from The Christie to support people with cancer Two beauty therapists from New Mills are now able to provide expert massages to local people with cancer and other acute health conditions, after completing a unique training course at The Christie. Caroline Murphy and Amy-Leigh Orme attended a two-day training
Checking out the field this evening I’ve just discovered this lovely patch of Devilsbit Scabious. A magnet for bees and butterflies it’s less common than its bruiser of a cousin the Field Scabious which you may have seen lining the roadsides of the Peak District in midsummer. Devilsbit (weird name eh) prefers damp spots and
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