Well, that was a trip along one of my 'famous' walks when the wild early plum trees at an industrial estate on Alfreton Road in Derby are fruiting from late July into mid to late August and I go to pick them for jam and fruit crumbles! On the way out from my house I join Duffield Bank at the Holly Bush, Makeney, follow Duffield Bank to the Bridge Inn, then cut through the footpath that joins Eaton Bank near the old mill and it's Eaton Bank, Little Eaton, the cycle path then Alfreton Road itself from then on. I note you passed by Strutt's Community Centre, where I was at school from September 1972 to July 1974, from the year-in-transition from Grammar to Middle School to its first as a Middle School. That period in my life has subsequently attained a huge level of 'Retro-spective' ;-) interest, coinciding with the height of Valérie Čižmárová's recording career, as you will learn at the 'Valérie Čižmárová: A Life In Sound' page of the 'Hotlips On The Horse Tram' Fan Blog. Noting the date of shooting that may have coincided with my four-centred holiday first in Slovakia then in the Czech Republic in June 2019, partly celebrating the half-century on from Valérie Čižmárová's appearance at the Bratislavská Lýra festival, performing her debut single, a cover of Bobby Hebb's 'Sunny', first in her home town of Michalovce, then in Banská Bystrica, then the Hotel Dominika in Petržalka, Bratislava and finishing off in the home city of her sometime theatrical colleague, Miluška Voborníková, Mladá Boleslav.
We need to locate those plum trees:) We're not familiar with the community centre, but we just love driving that scenic way to lovely Belper, where we normally end up at the fantastic Antiques and Collectables Centre at DeBradelei Mill.
@@d.w.390EzraHawkwind They're mine! All mine! ;-) It is a very scenic drive and my late father was very fond of the Banks as an alternative to the A6 for travelling into Derby. The Strutt's Community Centre is the large red sandstone building on the right as one enters Belper from the south. There is a large sign saying Strutt's indicating it. I might take a look around that shop at DeBradelei. On to rather sad matters I see that the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico is in hospital in Banská Bystrica after being shot, as I write.
We'll do an I-Spy for Strutt's next time we visit Belper. DeBradelei is highly recommended. They have a large selection of records for sale there too:)
@@d.w.390EzraHawkwind Yes, you can't miss it! It was a bit of light relief yesterday listening to the television presenters hopelessly mangling the pronunciation of Banská Bystrica. Mark Austin's "Banksa Bistericka" was spectacular!
Well, that was a trip along one of my 'famous' walks when the wild early plum trees at an industrial estate on Alfreton Road in Derby are fruiting from late July into mid to late August and I go to pick them for jam and fruit crumbles! On the way out from my house I join Duffield Bank at the Holly Bush, Makeney, follow Duffield Bank to the Bridge Inn, then cut through the footpath that joins Eaton Bank near the old mill and it's Eaton Bank, Little Eaton, the cycle path then Alfreton Road itself from then on.
I note you passed by Strutt's Community Centre, where I was at school from September 1972 to July 1974, from the year-in-transition from Grammar to Middle School to its first as a Middle School. That period in my life has subsequently attained a huge level of 'Retro-spective' ;-) interest, coinciding with the height of Valérie Čižmárová's recording career, as you will learn at the 'Valérie Čižmárová: A Life In Sound' page of the 'Hotlips On The Horse Tram' Fan Blog.
Noting the date of shooting that may have coincided with my four-centred holiday first in Slovakia then in the Czech Republic in June 2019, partly celebrating the half-century on from Valérie Čižmárová's appearance at the Bratislavská Lýra festival, performing her debut single, a cover of Bobby Hebb's 'Sunny', first in her home town of Michalovce, then in Banská Bystrica, then the Hotel Dominika in Petržalka, Bratislava and finishing off in the home city of her sometime theatrical colleague, Miluška Voborníková, Mladá Boleslav.
We need to locate those plum trees:) We're not familiar with the community centre, but we just love driving that scenic way to lovely Belper, where we normally end up at the fantastic Antiques and Collectables Centre at DeBradelei Mill.
@@d.w.390EzraHawkwind They're mine! All mine! ;-) It is a very scenic drive and my late father was very fond of the Banks as an alternative to the A6 for travelling into Derby. The Strutt's Community Centre is the large red sandstone building on the right as one enters Belper from the south. There is a large sign saying Strutt's indicating it. I might take a look around that shop at DeBradelei. On to rather sad matters I see that the Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico is in hospital in Banská Bystrica after being shot, as I write.
We'll do an I-Spy for Strutt's next time we visit Belper. DeBradelei is highly recommended. They have a large selection of records for sale there too:)
@@d.w.390EzraHawkwind Yes, you can't miss it! It was a bit of light relief yesterday listening to the television presenters hopelessly mangling the pronunciation of Banská Bystrica. Mark Austin's "Banksa Bistericka" was spectacular!