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About Friends of Codnor Common: About us
Formed in 2013, we are a non-profit making organisation dedicated to preserving and enhancing these ancient lands. We share a love of Codnor Common, land between the villages of Codnor, Waingroves and the town of Ripley, and our members come … Continue reading
Posted in Codnor Common, Uncategorized
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About Friends of Codnor Common: The Neighbourhood Plan and Local Green Space
Planning legislation introduced in March 2012 enables communities to identify areas of open space that are particularly important to them for special protection, called Local Green Space. To this end, Friends of Codnor Common launched a petition to bring pressure … Continue reading
About Friends of Codnor Common: our struggle
For more than thirty years local people have demonstrated time and again that Codnor Common is special to them – for a number of important reasons – and should remain undisturbed as a valuable open break between Codnor, Waingroves and … Continue reading
About Friends of Codnor Common: Wildlife
More than half of this rich habitat has already been built on or spoilt, with stiles taken out and Heras fencing protecting most of the site. Two trees with Tree Preservation Orders, an ash and an oak, were cut down … Continue reading
Posted in Derbyshire Ripley, Uncategorized, wildlife
Tagged badgers, bats, birds foot trefoil, fieldfares, foxes, goldcrests, great spotted woodpeckers, grey heron, hedgehogs, house martins, jays, kestrels, little owls, mistle thrushes, red fescue, silverweed, siskins, sparrowhawks, squirrels, swallows, swifts, tufted vetch, yorkshire fog
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About Friends of Codnor Common
We set up our group to protect the land and stop the developer, who now has planning permission for 98 homes in Phase 1 and has started building. Residents have been fighting for over 30 years to protect this ancient … Continue reading
Posted in Derbyshire Ripley, local history, Uncategorized, WeWillRememberThem
Tagged brush, DH Lawrence, Eastwood, heritage, Literary Significance, local history, new homes history, Revolution Country, ridge and furrow, Ripley Neighbourhood Plan, Ripley Parish, social history, wetland, wildlife
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Legal deposit is forever
I have the phrase ‘legal deposit is for ever’ on my mind, but then wonder who on earth I think I am for even hoping that my writing will last. As Lorde says, ‘only bad people like to see their … Continue reading
Posted in Derbyshire Ripley, Musings, prose, Uncategorized
Tagged Andrew Motion, copywriter, Creative writing, Lorde, poetry, UEA
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