Tansley Village

Notice Board

ROW OVER NEW FOOTBRIDGE

After many years in the pipeline, Matlock now has its relief road which by-passes part of the town, a new Sainsburys supermarket, car park and bus station. There is a webcam which shows the supermarket and the new road and a second one which shows the junction of the new road with the A6 road.

See views from Webcams

View of bridge from station forecourt

The development that has taken place is in Cawdor Quarry and has had to cross the river Derwent and the railway line which means that pedestrians going from the town centre to Sainsburys supermarket have to use a newly erected footbridge over the railway. The design and situation of the bridge is causing much controversy in the town and there are moves to have it removed, replaced with a more suitable structure or moved to a more suitable place.

An online petition against the bridge is being held
Click to access the petition

PETITION

View of station forecourt from the bridge

Every Sunday and Bank Holiday Monday

TANSLEY SUNDAY MARKET
& CAR BOOT SALE

AT TANSLEY CROSS ROADS

Situated and visible off the main A615 Matlock to Alfreton Road
1 mile East of Tansley. Starts 7-30am until 4-30pm.
To sell:- Cars £9 (no trailer charge), 4x4 & People Carriers £10,
All vans and pick-ups £12. Table hire £5. Unlimited footage.
Parking £1.

A GREAT DAY OUT IN THE PEAK

For information call 07796 227717 or 07815 029850

A small piece of village history restored

In 1885 the villagers of Tansley, near Matlock, were given a warning and for more than the next 100 years the notice issued by the Bakewell Union Rural Sanitary Authority and fixed to the wall of a cottage in Tansley warned all villagers that : “Any Person or Persons found depositing any refuse or other matter injurious to health in any Public thoroughfare will be prosecuted as the law directs, by order of Albert Toft, Inspector of nuisances”. The order was dated Feby 20th 1885.

The sign, painted on wood, was saved some 20 years ago from being thrown away by village resident Denys Gaskell, repainted and given to Robert and Vicky Raynes, owners of the cottage on which it had been displayed who then replaced it exactly where it had been since 1885. The sign continued to deteriorate with the weather so after a few more years Robert and Vicky decided to remove the sign, repaint it and house it in an oak frame to preserve it for at least the next 100 years.

The picture shows the refurbished and protected sign being re-erected by Robert and Vicky on the side of their cottage in the exact position it used to occupy. The message is still pertinent today!

Tansley Remembered

The launch of a new local History Book "Tansley Remembered" by Keith Taylor, was held at Tansley Village Hall on Saturday October 8th, 2005.

With over 400 photographs and 115,000 words of text, this 448 page quality book provides an evocative picture of life in Tansley and Lumsdale between 1880 and the present day for the cost of £10 stg.

School life, sporting and leisure time activities, work in the local mills, on the farm, at the sawmill, in the quarries, ropeworks and laundry and in the shops are all brought to life and the lives and deaths of those from the parish whose names are on the local war memorial are recalled

The arrival of the evacuees, the antics of the Home Guard, Tansley's Fire Brigade and Air Raid Wardens as well as the arrival in Tansley of the Army are dealt with in detail.

On display around the walls of the Village Hall were most of the 400 photographs included in the book. Signed copies of "Tansley Remembered" were on sale throughout the day.

For further information please contact
Keith Taylor, "Wensleydale", 4 Oaker Road, South Darley, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 2JQ.
Telephone 01629 732622, mobile 07790 575077
Alternatively messages by e-mail can be sent c/o denys.gaskell@virgin.net

Refurbishment of the
Methodist Church
The Methodist Church has recently embarked on a refurbishment programme which will cost in the region of £90,000. The first stage is to replace the roof, which with today's technology of covering the building with a plastic roof, as rhe picture shows, can be done during all weathers.

A gift day to raise the remaining £25,000 is to be held on the 23rd April 2005.

New Housing development
on Nottingham Road
opposite 'The Tavern' Pub
The first houses being built are three low-cost houses for a Housing Association for local people. More privately owned houses will be built on the site later.

Award winners of the 5th
"Tansley in Bloom"
Garden Competition

This is the 5th year Tansley Parish Council has organised and promoted the "Tansley in Bloom" Garden Competition. There were 3 categories in the competition - Large Garden, small garden and hanging basket or tub. 25 gardens were entered with a total of 44 entries in the three categories. The judging took place on the 6th July 2005 by Mr Geoff Spate, (far left of photograph with Mrs Spate) former Parks Manager for Derby who declared the overall standard very high.

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