Burton Observer and Chronicle from Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire, England • 10

11 6 4 1, AMMW 0 League of Little Kindnesses No. 1,248 Conducted by Uncle Bob and Auntie Jean A HEARTY WELCOME TO THIS WEEK'S NEW MEMBERS: A welcome to the new members joining this week. We hope you enjoy being one of the thousands of young people in our Little League, and enjoy the weekly features we publish for you. 11,257 Beverley Sowerby, 107 Fairham Road, Stretton. 11,258 Janet Elizabeth Mackay, 99 Malvern Street.

Stapenhill. 11,259 Robert John Upton, 141 King Street, Burton. 11,260 Nicholas John Nickson, 2 Shellbrook close, Ashy. 11,261 Kay Marie Harrison, 36 Hastings Road, Swadlincote. 11,262 Kim Bennett, 20 Oak Street, Church Gresley.

11263 Sharron Bennett, 20 Oak Street, Church Gresley. 11,264 Paul Bennett, 20 Oak Street, Church Gresley. 11,265 Susan Elizabeth Pipes, 31 Eureka Road, Midway. 11,266 Michael Allen Finch, 33 Blackforctby Lane, Moira. 11,267 Alanah Vera Louise Finch, 33 Blackfordby Lane, Moira.

11,268 Helen Louise Lakin, 59a Park Road, Newhall. THIS WEEK'S BIRTHDAY GREETINGS: Our very best wishes go to everyone of our members whose birthday falls this week. Have a good day and enjoy yourselves until next year. TO-DAY (Thursday, April Michael Moore, 14, Atkinson Road, Ashby; 7174 Angela Beardmore, 24, Brentford Drive, Derby; 7862 Graham Draper, 31, Tiwer Road, Hartshorne; 8339 Allen Miller, 4, The Close, Linton; 8386 Anne Wile. man, 201, Burton Road, Over.

seal; 8541 Caralin Gibbins, Clifton Road, Netherseal; 8593 Martyn Hallifield, Richmond Villa, Court Street, Woodville; 8817 Adrian Hall, 103 Empire Road, Winshill; 8966 Stephen Simpson, 252 Hillside Road, Castle Gresley; 9182 and 9183 (twins) Maylin and Mandy Lee, 24 Salisbury Drive, Midway; 9407 Martin Locker, 90, Midway Road, Midway; 10,542 Martyn Moore. 5, Moira Road, Overseal; 10,717 Sandra Gosling, 52, John Street, Burton; 10,815 Roselyn Westwood, 124, Sycamore Road, Stapenhill. FRIDAY (April 24th). 7786 Jeremy Peach, 20 Coronation Avenue, Moira; 8040 Theresa Clarke, 4 Ingle Drive, Westflelds, Ashby; 8346 Annette Hughes, 14 Elmsleigh Green, Midway; 9155 Susan Tipper, 23 Eldon Street, Winshill; 9219 Julie Rowley, Hollows Farm, Netherseal; 10,751 Graham Mack, The Bungalow, Bretby Hospital, Bretby; 10,996 Nigel Birch, 19 Roseleigh Crescent. Newhall; 11,216 Richard Ward, 6 Riverdale Close.

Dalebrook. Burton. SATURDAY (April 7499 Sheila Smith. 70 Park View, Oakthorpe; 7539 Timothy Gibbons, 10 Woodfield, Leicester Road. Measham: 8781 Angela Coxon Church Lane, Nomans Heath.

Near Tamworth: 8855 Guilaine Debry, 769 Burton Road, Midway; 9216 Keith Cupit, 18 Malvern Avenue. Stapenhill 9496 Michael Goacher, 8 Sweethill Moira; 9756 lan King, 12 Manton Close. Newhall; 9835 John Ford, 29 Tower Road, Hartshorne; 10.026 Stephanie Branham. 88 Henhurst Hill, Burton: 10,430 Marion Docksey, Dene Road, Skellingthorpe, Lincoln; 10,529 Derek Marriott, 10 Coronation Street, Overseal: 10,687 Mark Allen. 11 The Croft.

Burton Road. Measham. SUNDAY (April 26th) Janette Thorp, 4 Terrace Row, Snarestone: 7375 Stephen Whetton, 36 Stretton View, Oakthorpe; 7487 Andrew Hardy, 60 Wyken Road, Wyken, Coventry; 8270 Stephen Harding, 14 Arthur Street, Castle Gresley; 8283 Dawn Newborough. 34a Ridgway Road, Willesley Estate. Ashby; 8332 Linda Hogg, 27 School Street, Oakthorpe; 8433 Stephen Peat, 27 Dumbleberry Avenue, Sedgeley, near Dudley; 8741 Kendra Starkey.

97 North Warwick Avenue. North Burnaby. Vancouver, Canada: 8994 Valerie Smith, 57 Windmill Street. Church Gresley: 9344 Russel Shioton, 26 Clarence Street, Burton: 9639 Neville Leedham. 76 Knowles Hill.

9872 Keith Bale. 3 Brookfield Cottages. Acresiord; 10.288 Mark Finch. 74 Soring Cottage. Overseal: 10,986 Giles Woodward.

28 Old Road, Branston. MONDAY (April Jacqueline Peace, 2 Park House, Place, Ashby; 9 9 46 Nigel Roc Sharp, 115 Stanton Stapinhill; 9331 Martin Hunt, MiMeld Street. Woodville; 9512 Charles Ball, care of Depot Manager, M.P.8.W., Episkopi, Cy pru 8.F.P.0. 53; 9646 lan Smith, 84 Station Road, Woodville; 9858 Jennifer Buck, 76 School Street, Church Gresley; 10.079 David Grundy, 29 Rosslyn Road, Whitwick; 10,742 Mark Armstrong. 4 Benson Lane, Hawkinge, Folkestone; 11,021 Gaynor Jones, 9 Washington Close, Melbourne, Derby.

TUESDAY (April Julie Brown, 10 High Street, lbstock; 8299 David Pearce, 20 Rarnscliff Avenue, Dortisthorpe; 8334 Paul Lawrence, 32 Midway Road, Midway; 9158 David Mat. kin, "Lyndale," Mease Close, Measham; 10,324 Kevin Cobley, 19 Belfleld Road, Swadlincote; 10,692 Stephen Marshall, 1 Highlands Park Cottages, Tatenhill Common; 10,652 Sean Manning. 91 Moira Road, Woodville; 10,752 Susan Mack, The Bungalow, Bretby Hospital, Bretby. WEDNESDAY (April 7168 Janet Tunnicliffe, Measham House Cottage, Measham; 9203 Sandra Buck. 43 Portland Close, Mickleaver: 9417 Mark Fair.

brother, 9 The Crest, Linton: 9578 Paul Eaton', 101 Darklands Road, Swadlincote; 9761 Gary Jones, 2 Stanhope Street. Burton; 10.125 Helen Tilley, 106 Springfield Road, Swadlincote; 10,697 Tracey Smith, 32 Kings Road, Swadlincote. CAN YOU SPOT MC TWINS' i ONLY 2 OF MESE 7 4.,. SANI 4,57 3 i th em av nvo, ,1 4 40,.., rN A- 0 9 i i kAyk el 4 'l6' 4 ol 7 Al 0v 1 ,410 it; '449 IL 1 A cjioss A AENOSS irrr 5 DOWN 9 DOWN 41 1illiil, MI hia lbi ACROSS lIIIMMIII li 4: Mili ACIZOSS 4 EIMIIIIMINE I 's 11111111111. E.

4 8 DOwN MEM 111 ll 4411 TVS 3 JUIDN'T TAKE YOU MORE TEN MINUTES TO SOLVE Answers appear elsewhere on this Page COLOURFUL CHARACTERS NELLIE MELBA Famed for its brilliant sportsmen and women. cricketers, swimmers and tennis players readily come to mind. Australia has also given the world some -1 the greatest names in the arts. In particular, she has provided a galaxy of singing talent, including Joan Hammond and Joan Sutherland. Among the earlier Australian singers to make a world-wide impact was Helen Porter Mitchell.

who gained fame as Nellie Melba. Born in Richmond. near Melbourne, in May, 1861. she made her musical debut, at the age of six, when she sang at a local concert. Her childhood was mainly spent studying music, in which she was given a very thorough training.

She became an accomplished pianist and organist. Despite her early vocal debut Melba did not sing publicly again until after she was married to Captain Charles Armstrong in 1882. At the age of 25 she went to Paris where she studied singing under Mathilde Marchesi and a year later, in 1887. she made her European debut in Brussels, to be acclaimed by a vast audience at the Theatre de la Monnaie. As a professional singer she took the name Melba, a choice made to remind her of the town near which she was born; and as Melba she became idolised in musical circles.

LACKED ACTING ABILITY A year after her Brussels appearance she came to London's Covent Garden where she appeared as Gilda in Verdi's "Rigoletto." Her performance was rated as successful, but the critics were not kind to her on account of her lack of acting ability. A year later, however. saw Melba as the toast of London after a triumphant performance as Juliette in Gounod's "Romeo and Juliette." From that year on. it seemed. Covent Garden was her home.

She appeared there regularly only missing one season in 25 years. She also appeared with the British National Opera Company, at the New York Metropolitan Opera House, and sang at La Scaa and St. Petersburg. felba was, in fact, acclaimed throughout the world. People flocked to hear her bell-like voice, the clarity of which, it seemed, had not been heard before.

Her technique was said even by the harshest of her critics, to be masterly "a source of admiration and wrote one of them, and not surprisingly, considering that she could sustain a pure note over two octaves. PECHE MELBA Melba was among the first to sing on radio, and samples of her splendid voice linger on through the many gramaphone records she made between 1904 and 1926. Despite her critics Melba was loved by all for her personality. The adventures of SANDY SEAL She was gay and had an infectious sense of humour. One story recalls how, for a joke.

She squashed an egg on Caruso's face when they were appearing at the New York Metropolitan Opera House. The great tenor got his own back later. Greeting her on a later occasion he held a hot sausage as he shook hands with her. Throughout her singing career Melba was the toast of Europe. She was a delightful companion and won the affection of all.

As evidence of his admiration for the great singer the French culinary a tis Escoilier, created Peche Melba in her honour. In 1918. Melba was created a Dame of the Order of the British Empire. She retired to Australia in where she became president of the Melbourne Conseratoire. Dame Nellie Melba, died in Sydney in 1931.

She was 70 years But still her fame lives on. Numerous books have been written about her and in 1953 the great American soprano, Patrice Munsel, played the part of Melba in a film of her life story. (All Rights Reserved) "Well." smiles Sandy, "Let's "But I'm only going to sea in make for the sea now that a boat. None of your daft you've had your turn on the swimming stunts for me." hills." "Oh, very well," "What!" cries Sandy. "I can't agrees Scotty.

believe that." "I wouldn't sink so low as to "Huh!" says Sandy. use a boat," mutters Sandy. sooner trust my flippers than "And I'll sink lower if I this contraption. But if that's don't," Scotty says. "Look, the way you want it, Scotty, the thing." I won't let you down." Most of us are so accustomed to the sight of our own country's coinage that few of us, apart from the collectors among us, really do notice the pieces we handle in our day to day change.

Perhaps that is why, at the end of the day, we frequently find the odd foreign coin in our pocket. Maybe we received it in the shop where we bought our last packet of cigarettes, or had it passed to us on the bus. Often the foreigner will prove to be an Irish Penny or an Australian Sixpence, but it is intriguing to realise that it was once quite in order that the stranger in our change might well have been a Puffin! Much has been written about the coinage of Lundy Island, and there must surely be few collectors who are unaware of the story behind the Puffin issues. Even so, there is always something fascinating about any Island story and, although the main facts are already fairly well known, a brief summary may not go amiss. Situated at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, a mere few miles from North Devon coast, and a "haltday" sail from Ilfracombe, Lundy has its own place in history.

Many of the antiquities unearthed there suggest connections with prehistoric man, and it certainly played quite a part in the Norse invasions of the 10th century. However, it is with more recent history that we are currently concerned. Through the years, self-styled rulers of the Island have come and gone but we are, at the moment concerned with only one of these: Martin Coles Harman, who bought Lundy Island in 1925. It is beleived that the purchase price was around £16,000, but to a wealthy Londoner such as Mr. Harman this -probably represented but a small part of a large fortune.

There have long been popular theories that Lundy once possessed its own Mint, and that there have been other coinages issued long before the Puffin pieces of Martin Coles Harman, but this is still a matter for conjecture. Sufficient, however, is the fact that 1929 saw the introduction of the most controversial issue in the recent history of numismatics Working from designs created by Mr. Harman himself, and with dies engraved by John Pinches a total of 100,000 Puffins and half Puffins were eventually produced to order by the Mint Birmingham 50,000 of each coin were specified, and these came into Island circulation towards the end of 1929. The coins were identical in weight, size and content to the penny and halfpenny (for the analytically-minded 95 per cent. copper, three per cent tin and one-and-a-half per cent.

Spelter) and both pieces carried the head of Martin Coles Harman on the obverse, with the name around and the date below. The reverse of the one Puffin bore the inscription "Lundy: One Puffin." and a full-length portrait of the bird. The half-Puffin showed only the head of the bird on the reverse with the word "Lundy" above, and "Half Puffin" below. Around the edge of both coins was the legend "Lundy Lights and Leads," being a reference to the well as self-pride! For the philatelists, it is interesting to note that the first two 1 iv. I 2 :4 I t) i it i ft: I I li 1 7 1k.5.„,.....

4 lik 3 4: iii 11 4 Walton girl's shadow 'reaches around the world Pan American Stewardess Jane Averill is a petite blonde from Walton-on-Trent, but her shadow reaches around the world. Based in New York, she serves aboard Jet Clipper flights across the Atlantic to the sun-gilded resort islands of Bermuda, the Bahamas and Caribbean: to South America: to Europe, Africa. the Middle and Far East. as well ati west across the continent to Fairof a colourful series of Puffin stamps made their appearance at the same time as the coins and both coins and stamps quickly acquired a fascination for souvenir hunters. The Puffin bird, from which the name of Lundy is derived, became to Lundy what Britannia is to Britain.

Almost imperceptibly, perhaps, the new coins mingled with the Regal coinage in many of the transactions that took place on Lundy. The day-to-day buying and selling would invariably result in further exchange of these pieces, but only through the hands of collectors did they make their way to the mainland. Lundy. after all, was a little Land of Martin Coles Harman. Why, then, should his own currency not circulate? With thjs argument he contested the allegation that he was contravening the Coinage Laws, when his coins came to the notice of the Authorities in England.

In the court case that followed the question arose as to whether the Lundy coins could be regarded as "tokens" or whether they were, in fact, intended as "official coinage." This is a point that is still debated among collectors, many ot whom opine that the pieces are not really coins at all, and not worthy of being regarded as such. Whether or not we, regard them as tokens or genuine' coins, however, it would seem that at the time they were officially regarded as the latter and, as such, their issue constituted an offence against the law, with the result that Martin Coles Harman was found guilty and tined "in the sum of £5." The Puffin and Half-Puffin were thenceforth declared illegal currency. What might have happened haa the courts viewed the case differently we shall never know. As it is. the Lundy coins are worth a place in any collection.

Their value continues to increase and In EF (extremely fine) condition they can now be worth between £2 and M. JANE AVERILL banks. Alaska, and over the Pacific to Tokyo. The sun never sets on her travels. Miss Averill, a former Birmingham secretary.

recently completed basic training at Pan Am's International Stewardess College in Miami. Florida. (A Winter suntan was an extracurricular dividend. and so was travelling on a 747 jet transport on a transatlantic flight The new stewardess is the daughter of Mr. ana Mrs.

Frederick George Averill, Borough Hill Farm. Walton-on-Trent. She attended school in Montreaux, Switzerland and graduated from the College of Commerce of Birmingham in 1968. Like all Pan Am stewardesses she is a sports aficionado, has specialities ranging from horseback riding, shooting and judo to music and reading. She is a virtuoso at the piano and organ.

Wheelman THE OPI "All this long eve, so balmy and In the banqueting hall, our serene, voices were returned in echo, so Have I been gazing on the close and clear as to seem like Western sky, someone talking quite close. In And its peculiar tint of yellow the words of Shakespeare, there green, came "the rankest, compound of And still I gaze, with how villainous smell that ever blank an eye, offended nostrit" Whatever it At those thin clouds above in was, it was at least the signal to flakes and bars get outside. How the three-foot That give wag their motions to walls of the ruin held it was a the stars; mystery to me Those stars that glide behind There were recesses in the them or between great walls that could have con- Now sparkling, now dim, but cealed one or more people. Peralways seen; haps the echoes were not echoes Yon crescent moon as fixed as after all, but real beings, out of if it grew sight. Or maybe some corpse had In its own cloudless starless stirred under the stones on which lake of blue.

we stood, for there had been, I see them so excellently fair, according to history, some feel, not see, how beautiful riffle happenings at Kenilworth they are." Castle. Such musings occurred to me Coleridge at Barton Gate, when I travelled Once, riding on the Rangemore onwards to the turning for the to Yoxall road between Dunstall sweet turfy odours of Blaken- .1 0P rI c. Wir 1 9-; k. '4 OO OI I 7.714 1 4 1 1 411.1"---- li ft. If i frf i 1 I ,4 0., Ai wt.

v. 9 iP If 1 4 4 4 "4 1. i i 44 i A WARWICKSHIRE LANE. near Kenilworth. and Barton Gate, nearer to the Drawing by Wheelman." latter, on an eventide in August, the distance revealed four huge cooling towers, similar to those at Drakelow.

To satisfy my curiosity, I asked a cottager near Barton Gate where those condensers might be, and he said they were near Kenilworth. I had seen them before from high ground at Whittington, near Litchfield. They looked the same distance off. Seeing the buildings from Barton Gate recalled to my memory Kenilworth Castle and a visit I made to the ruin many years ago. hall, where the furrowing of stubble of oats let out the fragrance of newly turned earth.

A heap of rotting apples on the roadside, evidently dumped by someone anxious to be rid of them, filled my nostrils with another odour. From the crest of a rise, my cycle hurried me down the slope and soon brought me refreshing views of the moated manor of Blakenhall, and of the stretch of roadside turf, where as a boy, I tented my grandfather's cows, to the tune of a sky-lark singing over the meadowland. By K. J. WAIN The cold weather which endured throughout the month of March and the early part of April affected the arrival of our Spring migrants.

Odd wheatears were recorded on their journey northwards towards the end of March, a little ringed plover was observed on March 29th, and two chlffchaffs were heard on April 13th. A solitary sand martin was seen near the River Dove on April sth, and a single house. martin was recorded on April 7th. "writing lark" by country children. Its unusual name is derived from the German "Ammer which a cockney has been added.

Unfortunately, the yellow hammer is not fond of the company of man. So when a country lane is spoiled by ribbon development the bird seeks fresh quarters. One swallow and two sand martins were observed flying above the water in the Staunton Harold Melbourne reservoir during a brief spell of sunshine on April 13th. Although these dates are later than usual they are not the latest recorded hereabouts during the past 60 years. In 1924 the first chiffchaff was heard on April Ilith, while in 1913 swallow, house martin and sand martin were seen for the first time on April 20th, And frequently a fortnight may elapse between the earliest recorded arrivals and the coming of the main body of migrants.

THE YELLOW HAMMER A bird which has disappeared from many of its former haunts is the yellow hammer. Throughout the year this bird is at home In an unkempt hedgerow in a country lane, and almost seems desirous of attracting attention. For as the rambler proceeds down the lane, the bird flits along the hedgerow a few yards in front Alighting on the topmost twig of the hedgerow, the yellow hammer pauses to utter its little refrain about "a little bit of bread and no cheese," before dashing off with dipping flight to repeat the performance. With its bright yellow head and breast, a cock yellow hammer is sometimes mistaken for an escaped canary, but its brownish back dispels the illusion. From February onwards the yellow hammer sings during most months of the year.

Its eggs are decorated with scrawling marks so that the bird is called a UNUSUAL INCIDENTS While some people go for a country ramble and see nothing worthy of record, there is always something to be noted by an observant eye. Recently 1 received an interesting note from Mr. R. A. Ward, of 67, Reservoir Road, Burton, who for many years was employed on shift work at Marston's Brewery.

Some years ago, about an hour before dawn, he was walking by the cricket field which appeared to be an unusual colour in the bright moonlight. He switched on his torch, and was astonished to see thousands of earthworms mating on top of the ground. When he stamped on the ground these worms, which felt the vibration, vanished into their burrows. Except for the purpose of mating, earthworms do not venture far from their burrows. When feeding, each earthworm keeps its tail in its burrow and stretches its segmented body in search of fallen leaves.

The mouth of an earthworm is concealed beneath its pointed head, and the creature possesses netther eyes nor ears, but is sensitive to light and vibration. On another occasion, Ward Informs me that he had occasion to go into his garden one starlit light, about 11.0 p.m., and noticed his black currant bushes had an odd appearance. The light of his torch revealed swarms of small red flying beetles assembled for mating purposes. He wonders if these mass "orgies are often witnessed. FOX AND FOWLS Because of its nocturnal habits the presence of a fox is rarely suspected.

But during its nightly wanderings one of these animals may cross a suburban garden without being seen. Occasionally a wakeful resident, or someone returning home in the early hours may catch a glimpse of the intruder. A reader who resides in Bretby Lane tells me that on more than one occasion, he has seen a fox cross his garden, using the same gap in the hedge on each occasion. And not all the wanderings of a fox take place under cover of darkness. Earlier this year my informant tells me he saw a fox cross his garden about 9.0 a.m.

and make his way to a wired enclosure containing a number of fowls which had recently been let out of their sleeping hut. Within a few moments there was a desperate scurry taking place, and before my informant could get across the field to warn the owner of the fowls, no less than 15 of them had been killed, some with a bite through the back, and others with their heads bitten off. The fox made good his escape, leaving behind him many frightened fowls and 15 dead bodies. ROTARIAN'S WARNING OF NOISE DANGER The dangers of too much noise were outlined last week by Mr. J.

N. Longson, in a talk to members of Swadlincote Rotary Club at their weekly luncheon at the Bear Inn, Swadlincote. Mr. Longson, himself a member of the Rotary Club, is managing director of Lo Sound Developments of Stanton. He pointed out that 80 decibles of noise was detrimental to the health of a human being.

"But, for instance, passengers on a 'bus are subjected to 85 decibles. A tube-train produces 95 decibles, an aircraft 110, and the output of a discotheque Is 120 decibles." said Mr. Longson. Tiredness after travel was due to the noise, the control of which could take two forms either by preventing it or by subduing it. "At one time a farmer could hear a twig crack a quarter-of-a-mile away: now we have a generation of deaf tractor drivers." remarked Mr.

Longson. Mr. Longson showed members a noise meter, one small Part of which cost £3OO and could be described as the world's most sensitive microphone. The whole Instrumen much bigger than a shoe-box --cost £6OO. Mr, Longson was thanked for his talk by the president.

Mr. P. F. Felgate. Burton Sons of Rest Fellowship There was a good attendance at the weekly meeting of the Burton Sons of Rest, the guest speaker being Mr.

Occomore. The chairman was Mr. A. Chown'. and Mr.

W. Record read out the names of the sick members. Prayers were offered by the Rev. F. D.

McConnell and Mr. Powell read the lesson from the Bible. Refreshments were again served by Mrs. Clark and helpers. Mr.

H. Bannister gave a vote of thanks and the meeting closed with "God be With You." PUZZLE CORNER ANSWERS 'IMO '8 '8 CI '9 "ollA '8 'ans 'unN 'z Euaiqun 'OT ooieguiat 'L, In, -deux 1 put 3 mai, CHANGE OF ADDRESS To Uncle Bob and Auntie Jun "Observer and Chronicle" Office, 65-68 High Street, Burton on Trent. have changed my address from to Name Date of Birth NEW MEMBERS ENROLMENT FORM ENROLMENT FORM To Uncle Bob and Auntie Jean, "Burton Observer and Chronicle," 65-68 High Street. Burton on Trent. Please enrol me as a member of the League of Little Kindnesses and send me the Badge and Membership Certificate: FULL NAME (PJem write clearly) ADDRESS BIRTHDAY Date Month Year Born (This form should NOT be used by existing members simply to Indicate change of address.

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