The next volunteers' meeting is this coming Thursday (8th April) 7.30-9.30 pm in Ross Street Community Centre (off Mill road). All welcome.
Please note that the main entrance into the centre is round the side to the right of the building. There's a second entrance at the front, but it's usually locked in the evening.
Monday, April 5, 2010
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Mackworth library now open after 50 year wait.
The new Mackworth Library, funded by the Big Lottery, opened on Thursday 25th March 2010 at 3pm. It was opened by Paul Pegg, chairman of Mackworth Estate Community Association.
At the opening there was a song from Reigate School Choir, and a free commemorative mug for the first six people to join the library.
When Mackworth Estate was planned out in the 1950s, it showed a library on Knightsbridge Recreation Ground but its only now that such a library has been built.
Here is a photograph I took of the newly opened library.
The library is located at the end of the shopping arcade on Prince Charles Avenue on the corner with Mornington Crescent. (see my map lower down this post).
Mackworth library is the second of three new libraries to be opened as part of a £2.7m project in the city. Last year Allenton Library opened and later this year a new one is scheduled to open in Chellaston which open its doors on June 10.
Having visited Mackworth Library on Saturday Morning I think this is going to be very popular with the local residents. The building is a modern looking structure and is very light inside.
On Saturday there were two people from Derby Museum showing some exhibits to people, It was great to be able to have someone talk to you in great details about the exhibits and even handle them. Exhibits such as Hornbooks, Lotus Shoes, Silk Worms, Arrowheads, Victorian Glass Bean purse.
Update Jan 2012 Opening Hours
Mackworth Library Opening times
Monday: 10am to 1.30pm
Tuesday: 12noon to 7pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 12noon to 7pm
Friday: 10am to 1.30pm
Saturday: 10am to 4pm
Sunday: closed
Mackworth Library has all the usual things you would expect from your library as well as Internet Access, MP3 Audiobooks, Museum exhibits, Newspapers and magazines and DVD hire.
Here is a map showing the exact location of the Library :
View Mackworth Library, Derby, Derbyshire. in a larger map
Mackworth Estate Community Association website:
http://www.mackworthestate.co.uk/
At the opening there was a song from Reigate School Choir, and a free commemorative mug for the first six people to join the library.
When Mackworth Estate was planned out in the 1950s, it showed a library on Knightsbridge Recreation Ground but its only now that such a library has been built.
Here is a photograph I took of the newly opened library.
The library is located at the end of the shopping arcade on Prince Charles Avenue on the corner with Mornington Crescent. (see my map lower down this post).
Mackworth library is the second of three new libraries to be opened as part of a £2.7m project in the city. Last year Allenton Library opened and later this year a new one is scheduled to open in Chellaston which open its doors on June 10.
Having visited Mackworth Library on Saturday Morning I think this is going to be very popular with the local residents. The building is a modern looking structure and is very light inside.
On Saturday there were two people from Derby Museum showing some exhibits to people, It was great to be able to have someone talk to you in great details about the exhibits and even handle them. Exhibits such as Hornbooks, Lotus Shoes, Silk Worms, Arrowheads, Victorian Glass Bean purse.
Update Jan 2012 Opening Hours
Mackworth Library Opening times
Monday: 10am to 1.30pm
Tuesday: 12noon to 7pm
Wednesday: closed
Thursday: 12noon to 7pm
Friday: 10am to 1.30pm
Saturday: 10am to 4pm
Sunday: closed
Mackworth Library has all the usual things you would expect from your library as well as Internet Access, MP3 Audiobooks, Museum exhibits, Newspapers and magazines and DVD hire.
Here is a map showing the exact location of the Library :
View Mackworth Library, Derby, Derbyshire. in a larger map
Mackworth Estate Community Association website:
http://www.mackworthestate.co.uk/
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Post for Ada Lovelace day 2010
Ada Lovelace day is here again and Victoria Braithwaite's new book on fish welfare has just been released, so I thought I'd combine the two.
Do Fish Feel Pain is very readable in spite of its strong scientific content and will not only be valuable for anyone who is interested in the controversial subject of the welfare of fish, but also as an introduction to the dilemmas involved in the ethics of animal welfare science. Many of the experiments which demonstrate that fish probably DO feel pain would probably not be acceptable if they were done on mammals, but without them far worse things would continue to be inflicted in the course of commercial fishing and aquaculture.
The book also contains happier evidence from observations of fish in the wild; some of it quite startling. Did you know that some fish have been seen hunting co-operatively, rather like humans using dogs to flush out prey? (DOI:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040431.sv001) The grouper fish in the video clip is "calling" the eel to come out to hunt. (2006 Interspecific Communicative and Coordinated Hunting between Groupers and Giant Moray Eels in the Red Sea. PLoS Biol 4(12): e431. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.0040431)
Derby's famous peregrine falcons have laid their first egg of 2010
Our very own famous peregrine falcons have laid their first egg of the year and it has been watched live on the webcams which point at their nesting area on the top of Derby Cathedral.
There is a video on YouTube of the moment the egg was laid which you can watch here:
Remember you can watch the Falcons life live at any time any where in the world by viewing the webcam.
See the Derby Peregrine Falcon webcam on my Derby webcams page.
There is a video on YouTube of the moment the egg was laid which you can watch here:
Remember you can watch the Falcons life live at any time any where in the world by viewing the webcam.
See the Derby Peregrine Falcon webcam on my Derby webcams page.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
New Video : Lets go to Ikea very Quickly. Chaddesden to Giltbrook.
I have a new HD driving video. the first one for 2010, this is a speeded up driving video from Chaddesden, Derby to Ikea at Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottinghamshire travelling via Spondon, Ockbrook and Ilkeston.
Here is my video, It is best watched in 720p mode and fullscreen (as long as you have a high spec PC and broadband connection) :
Points of Interest:
0:00 Starting on Nottingham Road in Chaddesden Derby.
0:25 Derby Road, Spondon (A6005).
1:02 Left up Willowcroft Road (A6096)
1:22 Right onto Sitwell Street
1:27 The White Swan pub @ Spondon.
1:30 Moor Street
1:37 Dale Road
1:57 Ockbrook, Derbyshire.
2:18 Ladywood Road
3:00 Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire.
3:25 Little Hallam Hill
3:38 Stanton Road
3:41 Lower Stanton Road
4:05 Chalons Way (A6007)
4:21 Right onto Station Road
4:38 Coronation Road
4:46 Shilo Way
5:17 Gin Close Way
5:28 The B6010
5:34 Ikea Way
5:39 Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottinghamshire.
END
Music Credits :
Soundprank
Licensed under Creative Commons
I have created an interactive route map for the journey so you can see which roads I took. :
Simply drag the viewarea around to follow the route.
View Lets go to Ikea very quickly, Driving Route. in a larger map
Hope you enjoy.
Andy
Here is my video, It is best watched in 720p mode and fullscreen (as long as you have a high spec PC and broadband connection) :
Points of Interest:
0:00 Starting on Nottingham Road in Chaddesden Derby.
0:25 Derby Road, Spondon (A6005).
1:02 Left up Willowcroft Road (A6096)
1:22 Right onto Sitwell Street
1:27 The White Swan pub @ Spondon.
1:30 Moor Street
1:37 Dale Road
1:57 Ockbrook, Derbyshire.
2:18 Ladywood Road
3:00 Kirk Hallam, Derbyshire.
3:25 Little Hallam Hill
3:38 Stanton Road
3:41 Lower Stanton Road
4:05 Chalons Way (A6007)
4:21 Right onto Station Road
4:38 Coronation Road
4:46 Shilo Way
5:17 Gin Close Way
5:28 The B6010
5:34 Ikea Way
5:39 Giltbrook Retail Park, Nottinghamshire.
END
Music Credits :
Soundprank
Licensed under Creative Commons
I have created an interactive route map for the journey so you can see which roads I took. :
Simply drag the viewarea around to follow the route.
View Lets go to Ikea very quickly, Driving Route. in a larger map
Hope you enjoy.
Andy
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Secret Millionaire helps out three very deserving carers in Derby, Watch the show now.
On Monday 8th March 2010 Channel 4 showed the latest program in the current series of Secret Millionaire, In this program Wealthy entrepreneur Paul Ragan decided to come to Derby to help three carers, Paul cared for his mother, who suffered from schizophrenia, from the age of five until 10.
The people he helped were Lewis Mighty, Maria Hanson and Sophie Walker.
On the day he left Derby he handed over £50,000 to the Lewis Mighty Fund, £10,000 to Maria Hanson, who runs the charity MeandDee and £5,000 to the Walker family.
If you missed this show and would love to see it then you have a few choices :
Update (April 2012) : Its now on YouTube in full HERE.
1) If you have Cable TV then you can use the "On demand" service.
2) If you live in the UK then you can watch the whole program on the Channel 4 OD website by visiting here: The Secret Millonaire in Derby.
Simly click the Play button and watch the brief (10-20 second) adverts and then it will play the program, you can even watch it fullscreen like a TV. You have until Wednesday 8th April to view the program online.
3) If you live outside the UK then I dare say you can download it from UKnova, TheBox or TBP.
Some locations (Google Street View) featured in this episode of Secret millionaire..
The flat where Paul Stayed in Wilmorton
Citynet where Paul surfed for Derby Carers
Shop where Paul looked for Stewing Steak.
Portland Hotel where Paul had a drink.
Bubbles Launderette.
The Car wash event at Ticknall.
The Kingsway Pub, Mackworth.
If YOU would like to help out the three people featured then find out more information using the following websites :
The Lewis Mighty Fund
http://www.lewismightyfund.org.uk/
Lewis Mighty Fund on Facebook
Me&Dee, Who raise funds to offer treats to create special moments and memories where time is precious.
http://www.meanddee.co.uk/
Huntington's Disease Association - UK registered charity
http://www.hda.org.uk/
Andy
Friday, March 5, 2010
Lara Croft Way, Derby Inner Ring Road opening soon. With Map location.
UPDATE : Lara Croft way opens 11th May 2010.
This is a photograph I took two hours ago of the soon to open Lara Croft Way which forms part of the final section of Derby inner ring road.
Once its actually open I will post one of driving videos around the new inner ring road. I made a video around the inner ring road before this final section was finished back in July 2009. Watch my driving video here : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nuZ1WGP07U
I have created a detailed map below showing the exact route of the final section of Derby Inner Ring Road with the Lara Croft Way section of it clearly marked.
View Derby inner ring road - Lara Croft Way and Mercian Way. in a larger map
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