Category: Local News

This section is for local news events of the happenings of the town and people of Cromford and local nearby derbyshire towns and people, near Scarthin Bookshop

Robert Colls Book Signing

Robert Colls will be at Scarthin Books on Saturday 7th December from 8pm to talk about and sign copies of his new book, ‘George Orwell – English Rebel’.

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Professor Robert Colls will be at Scarthin Books, Cromford, Derbyshire, on December 7th, 8 to 10pm, to talk about his new book George Orwell – English Rebel (Oxford University Press). All are welcome.

Copies of George Orwell – English Rebel will be on sale on the night at the discounted price of £20.00 (list price £25.00), which Professor Colls will be happy to sign.

– See more at: http://www.scarthinbooks.com/event/robert-colls-talk-book-signing-george-orwell-english-rebel/#sthash.hDRNM4iH.dpuf

Professor Robert Colls will be at Scarthin Books, Cromford, Derbyshire, on December 7th, 8 to 10pm, to talk about his new book George Orwell – English Rebel (Oxford University Press). All are welcome.

Copies of George Orwell – English Rebel will be on sale on the night at the discounted price of £20.00 (list price £25.00), which Professor Colls will be happy to sign.

– See more at: http://www.scarthinbooks.com/event/robert-colls-talk-book-signing-george-orwell-english-rebel/#sthash.txHLIhBI.dpuf

Professor Robert Colls will be at Scarthin Books, Cromford, Derbyshire, on December 7th, 8 to 10pm, to talk about his new book George Orwell – English Rebel (Oxford University Press). All are welcome.

Copies of George Orwell – English Rebel will be on sale on the night at the discounted price of £20.00 (list price £25.00), which Professor Colls will be happy to sign.

– See more at: http://www.scarthinbooks.com/event/robert-colls-talk-book-signing-george-orwell-english-rebel/#sthash.txHLIhBI.dpuf

Bookseller & Optician’s Work Together

Scarthin Books teamed up with Lancaster & Thorpe Optician in Matlock during the October half-term holidays, when they held a ‘Book Day’ – a full day of children’s appointments which gave them the opportunity to help promote reading (and the physical book!) to local youngsters.  A huge thanks to Sue Black and the team for what proved to be a very successful day, as these photos show…

Images (c) Sue Black 2013

 

New Book About Cromford Published

Cromford Revisited – a stunning new book by Doreen Buxton and Christopher Charlton – has just been published and is available later this week from Scarthin Books, priced £18 (post free if ordered online).

This richly illustrated book examines some aspects of the development of Cromford and Scarthin from the mid eighteenth century.  It recognises, as it must, a village largely shaped by several generations of the Arkwright family but introduces a wider cast of local characters; the mill-building George Evans of Bonsall and Cromford; the neighbouring gentry, the Gels of Hopton; the financier Peter Nightingale of Lea and several generations of the Wheatcroft family who spread the name of Cromford nationwide along the country’s network of canals.  Also featured is a later resident, Charles White, the concealed hand behind the Lea Mills strike of 1911-12 and a colourful local politician who was to become West Derbyshire’s Member of Parliament.

In the austere conditions of the 1920s and 30s, with the Arkwright family gone and a squire’s paternalistic hand no longer directing affairs, the village learned to manage for itself.  Then in 1971 when the Arkwright Festival was held to celebrate the bicentenary of Richard Arkwright’s arrival in Cromford, it found itself in the spotlight of heritage celebrity, recognition which in 2001 led to its achieving a central position in the Derwent Valley Mills World Heritage Site.

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Book Signing – Marc Wildemeersch

Tuesday October 29th at 7pm

Marc Wildemeersch will discuss the life of Georges Kopp and sign copies of…

George Orwell’s Commander in Spain: The Enigma of Georges Kopp

(Thames River Press)

Belgian born Georges Kopp fought against Franco in Spain, used his engineering skills as a front when he went undercover in Nazi-occupied France, and finally escaped to Britain, where he became George Orwell’s brother-in-law.  Orwell may have used him as a template for O’Brien in Nineteen Eighty-Four.  That enigma was Georges Kopp.

£8.99 paperback (published 15/10/13)

 

The event starts at 7pm and there will be light refreshments available.

Apple Day 2013

Apple Day – Saturday 19th October, 1-5pm

Building on the successes of 2011 and 2012,
with something for everyone including (but not limited to) :
Apple-based games (for example: longest apple peel, apple bobbing)
Stalls, soup, hot chocolate,
Childrens art workshop
The Cromford Apple Pie competition
The Ripley Morris Men

The main focus of the day will be  the serious business of pressing the apples (eaters or cookers) that you bring along. You can drink the delicious results. Or alternatively, local hostelries will be offering traditional ciders whilst stalls will be offering soup, cake and other refreshments. Many of which will be apple based. Many of which will be locally sourced (and we don’t mean from the supermarket!)

We can also press pears, grapes and elderberries if you supply a pillow-case or similar bag to restrain the pulp. All pulp finds a good home on local allotment compost heaps.

This year promises a good harvest!

Image (c) Celebrating Cromford Committee

Celebrating Cromford 2013

This year’s Celebrating Cromford Festival will take place between 14th-16th June.  As soon as we have a full, detailed programme of events I’ll add it, but it should include the following:
Open Day at Pisani  **NEW**
Monty the Mongoose **NEW**
RETURN OF THE GIANT WISHING PIG **NEW**
Methodist & C of E Joint Service – 10.30 Sun.(Scarthin) 
Salsa exhibition 
Archery demonstration – chance to have a shot 
Model railway FRINGE exhibition at the Institute! 
Ripley Morris Men 
Design & Win a Mug competition 
Fly fishing casting competition  
Photograph competition
Village Sports Day 
Gun dog display
The legendary Pudding competition
Open Gardens 
Poetry competition
Music workshops
Community Art event & exhibitions
Model Railway exhibition at the Community Centre
A tour of the Good Luck mine
Cromford Primary School Fair
Market Stalls – Scarthin
Vehicle pull up Cromford Hill
Fell Race
Visit Arkwright’s Old Lock Up
Local Artists running Open Studios
Duck decorating
Duck racing
Live donkeys
Traditional organ grinder (as seen on TV)
Beer Festivals at The Boat & The Bell
Treasure Hunt
Stationary engine display (outside the Methodist Church)
Lots of live music including Dale Diva

Belper Arts Festival 2013

 

 

The first Belper Arts Festival will take place at venues throughout Belper in the heart of Derbyshire. The festival will feature literature, theatre, art, music, photography, dance and film.

The festival runs from the 4th-27th May (click on the banner for a full programme listing).

Stephen Booth Booksigning Event

Stephen Booth will be here on Saturday 22nd June from 2.30-4.30pm to sign copies of his latest Cooper & Fry novel, Already Dead (published on 20th June).  The book will be in hardback and available at a special price of £15.

Stephen will also be signing copies of the paperback edition of his previous novel, Dead and Buried (£6.99).

To reserve a copy or request a dedication, email us at nickscarthin@gmail.com or telephone 01629 823272.