Category: Local News

This section is for local news events of the happenings of the town and people of Cromford and local nearby derbyshire towns and people, near Scarthin Bookshop

Festival of Igloo Building

Not to let heavy snowfall get us down here at Scarthin Books, yesterday (Sunday 24th March) turned into a ‘Festival of Igloo Building’ out on the Prom, with staff, customers and locals all joining in the fun.  Free drinks and soup helped to sustain those brave enough to endure the cold long enough to create four wonderful structures.  Twenty four hours later and they’re still standing strong (the igloos, not necessarily the builders).

Rivalled only by the Great Pyramids of Egypt or the Hanging Gardens of Babylon (tickets for the latter are no longer available, although I wouldn’t be surprised to see them for sale on eBay somewhere), we’re expecting hundreds (if not thousands) of international tourists over the coming days.

 

Scarthin Cafe Christmas Menu

In addition to the regular delights that are served in our cafe, starting from Monday 3rd December through til Christmas Eve (weekdays only), we are also offering some tasty Christmas additions:

The Scarthin Christmas Menu 2012

Starts Monday 3rd December until Christmas Eve (weekdays only)

  • Savory vegetable strudel (suitable for vegans)
  • White choc ‘n’ Baileys cheesecake
  • Christmas Pud (suitable for vegans)

CLICK HERE to see the full cafe menu

Cromford Village Late Night Opening

A Cracking Christmas in Cromford (?)

Thursday 20th December 5.30 – 8.00 p.m.

This year, Cromford businesses have decided to pull together and coordinate their pre-Christmas opening arrangements. Our village is a hub of enterprise, the meeting-place of eight through-roads, well-served by buses and with its own railway station. This has helped Cromford, centred around our attractive Market Place and Millpond, keep a range of shops, services and other businesses surprising for such a small community.

In previous years, shops such as Scarthin Books have made their own arrangements for special pre-Christmas opening. This year, to help kick-start a newly-founded traders’ association, over a dozen businesses are opening until at least 8 p.m. on the evening of Thursday 20th December. There will be special Cracking Christmas discounts, offers and gifts at most shops and a free snowman trail for children, who can collect clues from the different locations to solve a puzzle and win a prize while adults completing the trail will be offered a glass of mulled wine.

Participating businesses include:

Arkwright Stores

B Payne & Son Ltd – Christmas gifts, toiletries and personalised photo gifts

Boat Inn

Inspired Earth – Fairly traded handicrafts and clothing from India and Nepal

Lisa J Smith – Stained glass and jewellery

Malcolm D Smith – Seating, stools and chairs in ash

Market Place Restaurant

Netty the Making Elf in the Design and Make Bus

Q-Eye – Beads, Jewellery, Lighting

Scarthin Books – New, used, antiquarian books and a new range of gifts

Susanna Davis – Quality Linen and Silk

Matthew Carr Book Signing Event

Matthew Carr will be at Scarthin Books tomorrow (Saturday 27th) from 4pm to talk about and sign copies of his new book…

FORTRESS EUROPE
Dispatches from a Gated Continent

He has met and interviewed border officers and police, government officials, migrants, asylum-seekers, and civil society activists involved in an immigration drama of huge proportions.

Back from Poland, Spain, Greece, Malta, Turkey, Morocco ….
Matt will be at the bookshop to discuss this
important, timely book and to sign copies.

From 4 p.m until 5.30
(come early if you wish to catch a short talk & Q&A session)
On Saturday 27th October

Special Price ~~ Complimentary Light Refreshments
Tel. 01629 823272     email  nickscarthin@gmail.com

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Apple Day Celebrations 2012

The annual Cromford Apple Day will be held outside Scarthin Books on The Promenade on Saturday October 20th with the unusual music and merrymaking accompanying strenuous pressing of your surplus crop. The Boat Inn is putting on a beer/cider festival over the weekend too.

APPLES are in somewhat SHORT SUPPLY this year, if you know of any laden trees or lawns or pavements LET DAVE MITCHELL KNOW and he will be round at the speed of van to scoop them up. davescarthin@gmail.com or 01629-823456.
There will also be displays of artwork by local artists and a whole host of stalls selling everything from clothing to home-made cakes.
Apple Pie Competition
If you fancy cooking up your windfall in advance you may want to enter our apple pie competition with Scarthin Books vouchers of 20 10 and 5 pounds to be won.  Just bring your edible entry along to the Prom by 2pm for a chance of winning!