Wings Magazine

05/02/2025

WINGS FEBRUARY/MARCH 2025 ISSUE OUT NOW

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WingsTel: 01246 416027Issue 164 February - March 2025Local newsand featuresA guaranteed 6,100 copies of this magazine are delivered free of

27/01/2025

JANUARY'S EARLY MORNING FROST

Taken by Russ Teale on Beeley Moor.

08/01/2025

NEW YEAR GOING SWIMMINGLY FOR SOME!
Alison Parker's photograph of a swan on the Chesterfield Canal. Please share your snowy photographs with us.

24/12/2024

MERRY CHRISTMAS 🎄

Wings magazine wishes you all a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

05/12/2024

WINGS ISSUE 163 OUT NOW

Including:
• Celebrating Clay Cross
• Wingerworth Parish Council updates
• Concern over wait for new school
• and much more!

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WingsTel: 01246 416027Issue 163 Dec 2024 - Jan 2025Have a n-iceChristmas!Concernover wait fornew schoolA peek atPeak’s pastWhere inthe

11/11/2024

AUTUMN ROADS🍂

Thank you to Russ Teale for sending in this photo of Harewood Road, Holymoorside.

11/11/2024

REMEMBRANCE DAY 2024

31/10/2024

HAPPY HALLOWEEN🎃

Wings magazine wishes all our readers a spooky and safe Halloween!

25/10/2024

AUTUMN AT CHATSWORTH

Summer may be long gone but Autumn is one of the best times of year to photograph Derbyshire and the Peak District. Russ Teale took these spectacular photographs on a recent visit to Chatsworth Park one frosty morning.

04/10/2024

WE ARE SAILING
Summer may well have come to an abrupt halt, but Derbyshire continues to offer many attractions as we move into autumn. One of the most famous is the Matlock Bath Illuminations, featuring a number of decorated boats on the River Derwent. Picture: Mike Firth.

03/10/2024

WINGS OCT/NOV 2024 ISSUE OUT NOW

Including:
• John, 73, is a World Cup Winner
• Martin's City of London Honour
• Football Club's Big Anniversary
• and much more!

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Wings Tel: 01246 416027 Issue 162 - October/November

01/10/2024

BUCKETS, SPADES AND EAST COAST NOSTALGIA ⛱

Fancy a trip down memory lane, equipped with a knotted hanky and deckchair? Local historian Ivan Brentnall is set to provide the light-hearted history of Skegness’s legendary Miners’ Camp.

The 'Miners’ Camp Holiday Special' event brings to life the innovative holiday scheme initiated by the Derbyshire Miners' Association in 1938. This visionary project led to the creation of the first UK holiday centre of its kind in Skegness, specifically designed for the hardworking miners of Derbyshire and their families.

The Derbyshire Miners' Welfare Holiday Centre was built with financial grants from the Miners' Welfare Fund and colliery owners. It opened on 20th May, 1939, and was the first of its kind in the country. The holiday centre could accommodate almost 1,000 visitors per week in wooden chalets, and was available to approximately 40,000 miners then employed in Derbyshire collieries. It provided accommodation, meals and entertainment.

Event organiser Richard Godley says: "Come armed with your, knotted hanky, bucket and spade and, if you have some, memories of this amazing institution!"

Date: Tuesday, 12th November.
Time: 11am-2pm.
Venue: The Hub, Gladstone Buildings, Broadleys, Clay Cross.
Admission: Free. A light lunch/refreshments will be available free of charge to attendees.

• Did your family spend holidays at the Derbyshire Miners’ Holiday Centre? If so, why not share your memories with us?

23/09/2024

HAPPY DERBYSHIRE DAY💙

We would love to see your favourite pictures of Derbyshire!

Photo below taken at Curbar Gap by Russ Teale.

12/09/2024

ASHGATE SPARKLE WALK THANK YOU EVENING

Heron Publications staff members Olivia Firth and Mandy Goulding represented the company at the Ashgate Hospice Sparkle Night Walk Thank You Evening. At the event, walkers and supporting businesses came together to celebrate the grand total of £341,854 raised from the 2024 walk. This funding will help the hospice continue to provide people with the end of life care they deserve.
The 2025 Sparkle Night Walk will take place on Saturday 28th June. Entries can be made online at www.ashgatehospice.org.uk/sparkle-night-walk/

11/09/2024

HERON PUBLICATIONS TURNS TWENTY-TWO

Our publishing company, Heron Publications, turns 22 today!

06/09/2024

BEELEY MOOR HEATHER

Thank you Russ Teale for the lovely photo!

22/08/2024

GCSE RESULTS DAY

Millions of students have been opening brown envelopes this morning, revealing the results of their GCSE examinations. Most of these students were in Year 7 when the first Covid lockdowns were announced, so their entire secondary education was spent in the midst, or the wake, of the pandemic.
There was delight at Tupton Hall where students continued the school’s excellent achievement record. Staff, parents and headteacher Andrew Knowles were there to share the day with them.
Said Mr Knowles: "We are pleased that so many of our students have the platform to now progress to the next stage of their lives. All of our students should be congratulated for their resilience, hard work and achievements, not just over the last two years, but also in earlier years whilst managing the impact of the pandemic on their education. I am thankful to the staff, parents and families who have supported them and on behalf of the school community we wish them future success.”