About Facts Net

About Facts Net: "In 1956 I was returning from Langley Mill, it was night time. I decided to cut across the fields. I intended to head for the pathway between the two pit hills leading towards Peacock Town. I came across a sunken garden and not wishing to climb up the high field behind it, I cut across it. To my surprise I found a brick-arched entrance staring me in the face. It was approximately 20 feet wide, by 15 feet high. The entrance was not visible from the nearest of the two houses, because of overgrown vegetation.
I told my friends about that entrance and the four of us decided to pay it a visit. There was rubble in front of it and it was covered with weeds, obviously no one had been here in quite a while. We entered the brick-lined tunnel which was about 20 feet wide, 150 feet long and 20 feet high. The tunnel got increasingly narrower as you got near the end. On our left was a high wall, separating what looked like several old stables. At the end, the tunnel had dribbled down to about 12 feet wide and 10 feet high, still giving us plenty of room to walk in an upright position. High stacks of rotting wood were everywhere. We rested, then looked around. We shone our cycle lamp around the area and noticed a low tunnel entrance on our right, but we would have to crawl through it. It was obvious that mining had taken place here. We didn�t get very far become we came across a rock barrier. We couldn�t move it so we had to give up but decided to come back in a couple of days with hand tools to try and get past the barrier"

Forgotten Place Names

Forgotten Place Names: "The Puzzle or Packman's Puzzle was the name given to the collection of streets off North Street, Langley Mill, which includes West Street, Orchard Street, Regent Street and Hampden Street. This is one of the oldest residential parts of Langley Mill, these small terraced houses being developed from the 1860's onwards. Prior to being given street names, each row of houses had its own name, such as Williamson's Row, Taylor's Row and Erewash Row.
How the area became known as Packman's Puzzle is open to discussion - one theory is that the numbering of the properties in this mass of terraced houses was so confusing for door-to-door salesmen (packmen). A related explanation (which was passed to us by a former resident) is that when the packman appeared in the area, each house would signal next door by banging on the wall, and the packman was puzzled as everyone knew he was there before he even reached their house. Since the term packman could be used for anyone going door-to-door, including debt-collectors, another possibility was that the packman was confused as to why nobody was ever in when he visited (using the same signalling system as mentioned!)
In the 1880's, the Criterion Hotel, a temperance establishment, was opened on West Street, but does not appear to lasted twenty years. It had been planned to extend the residential area across the other side of North Street, and reference has been found to a proposed East Street, but this never materialised, and that side of the road became totally industrialised."

Aldercar and Langley Mill Community Resource Centre

Partnership Working: "SEDC is heavily involved with activities at the Bridge Centre in Cromford Road, Langley Mill. As well as having easy access to the College's Heanor site, the centre also offers a wide range of daytime and evening ICT, book keeping, counselling, door supervision and food hygiene to name a few.
For further information contact the SEDC Admissions Team Tel 0115 849 2020 "

Flower Delivery Langley Mill | Florists Langley Mill | Send Flowers Langley Mill | Online Flower Shop

Flower Delivery Langley Mill | Florists Langley Mill | Send Flowers Langley Mill | Online Flower Shop: "Online florist Langley Mill delivery service
You can send a full range of premium quality flower bouquets to be delivered to Langley Mill. You can order flowers online, by phone or in one of our flower shops. Serenata Flowers is one of the leading Florists in the UK and delivers flowers daily to Langley Mill.
Our Flower Shops serving the Langley Mill area
You can order flowers from us online, by phone or in one of our flower shops � for delivery to Langley Mill and other places in the UK. When you order flowers with us you are dealing with one company. We are NOT part of any relay floral networks, such as Interflora or Teleflorist, thereby eliminating commissions and offering better value for money. Being an independent florist we can also ensure that we only use flowers of the highest quality in our designs. More about us"

Langley Mill Boxing Club

Langley Mill Boxing Club: "Langley Mill Boxing Club
The Boxing Club in Langley Mill has proved to be a success for the younger community within the Langley Mill and Aldercar area.
Jim Allen the owner of the Boxing Club highlighted the need to improve the facilities for the young boxers who considered the club to be the ideal place to 'hang out' and learn new skills.
The boxing was able to gain �4000 from a variety of funding sources to help improve the toilet facilities. Since the new facilities have been fitted the club has proved to be more popular than ever!
Many people saw the benefits of the Boxing Club for the younger community and welcomed the changes.
The club provides the opportunity for ypunger people to keep fit and healthy and teaches new skills that young people can look forward to achieving."

Langley Mill Information Online - Classified advertisements for Langley Mill, UK

Langley Mill Information Online - Classified advertisements for Langley Mill, UK: "You may use this section of Langley Mill Information Online to freely advertise items for sale or items wanted for personal purposes around Langley Mill. Business advertising should be in the Langley Mill Directory.

If you are looking for an advert for jobs, property or cars then please look at the relevant section. Public notices can be accessed from the Community section."

Google Groups : uk.rec.waterways

Google Groups : uk.rec.waterways: "Here is an article from this weeks Ripley & Heanor News:

POSTED ON: Oct 15 2003, 7:17 pm NO GOOGLE NEWS GROUPS http://groups.google.co.uk/

AN OPENCAST site in Langley Mill is one step closer to getting the go
ahead, after being approved by Amber Valley Borough Council.

The 6.12 hectare (15.12 acre) site off Hall Road in Langley Mill has
been derelict for many years and was formerly used as an office and
soil stocking area for the Brinsley Wharf opencast site in the 1980s.

The opencast work to extract 13,500 tonnes of material will only take
25 weeks to complete and will be followed by five years worth of
beneficial restoration work.

This will include the restoration of 230 metres of the Cromford Canal;
the removal of a derelict road embankment; the formation of a
dedicated wildlife reserve; improved river corridors to encourage
wildlife; the formation of a riverside walk; provisions for a marina;
and additional boat moorings.

Amber Valley Borough Council had no objections to the scheme at their
planning meeting on Tuesday October 7.

In their initial recommendation they stated: 'The short time scale of
extracting the coal is outweighed by the ultimate long term benefits
of subsequent restoration.'

At the planning meeting, Amber Valley Councillor for Langley Mill and
Aldercar Jo Ward, said: 'I am totally for this work to be done and to
have other amenities for Langley Mill.'

The application by Shires Developments Ltd is subject to noise and
dust conditions. These will be monitored by Amber Valley Borough
Council.

The extraction of the coal will see approximately ten loaded HGV's
entering"

Nottingham estate agents Nottinghamshire england uk

Nottingham estate agents Nottinghamshire england uk: "Langley Mill estate agents
Below are the estate agents listed in this directory for Langley Mill. Click the links to access their websites, or if the agent does not have a site, click to access their contact details. The nearest other locations to Langley Mill are listed in the panel on the lower right of the page - you can click those links to find estate and lettings agents in those areas."

Shardlow Heritage Centre -Village Traders - Working Port - about this 18th century canal transhipment port

Shardlow Heritage Centre -Village Traders - Working Port - about this 18th century canal transhipment port: "Erewash and Cromford Canals.
The Erewash Canal runs for 12 miles to Langley Mill and was fully opened in 1779. The Cromford Canal extended navigation a further 14 miles plus branches to Pinxton and Lea Wood. "

the Amber Valley Partnership

the Amber Valley Partnership: "The Single Regeneration Budget Project in Langley Mill, Ironville and Somercotes:
In 1997, the Partnership was successful with a bid for SRB3 funding to tackle the causes of deprivation, focusing on the communities of Langley Mill, Ironville and Somercotes. With match funding form the public, private and voluntary sector, more than �9.9m worth of investment had been drawn into the local economy by the time the six year project came to an end in March 2003. Over 980 jobs were created or safeguarded and more than 9600 training weeks to local people were delivered.
Whilst, the programme has finished, other initiatives will ensure the regeneration process will continue in these areas:
Both Ironville and Langley Mill will benefit from Sure Start funding for years to come. The Heanor Market Town Project will include Langley Mill in new action plans for development of the area and will also benefit from the Amber Valley Partnership's Healthier Communities Project based at the Bridge Centre."

Langley Mill

Langley Mill: "Mention of Langley Mill and its history will bring to many people's minds a picture of an industrial village par excellence. Although the village of today appears to remain a thriving concern, many of the household names of the past have now disappeared and have been replaced with smaller industrial concerns, employing less people and being more responsive to the employment and economic climate of today.
The names G.R.Turner, Pickersgill & Frost, Lovatt's, Aristoc and Vic Hallam remain only in people's memory, but to many they help paint a picture of a bygone industrial age when the village provided employment to many in the area.
Until the onset of the turnpikes and the Industrial Revolution in the late 18th century, the area which was to become Langley Mill was simply a crossing place on the River Erewash, with links to Derby, Heanor, Eastwood, Mansfield and Nottingham. A road to Codnor Castle had used the old wooden bridge since the 12th century, but there were very few houses in the area, and the majority of these were farmsteads.
Although there had been a water mill in the area since Domesday times, it was the Canal Age which initiated the development of the industrial village which later became known as Langley Mill."

Langley Mill Floods

Langley Mill Floods: "The Erewash Floods
Langley Mill, until the 1950's/60's when substantial work was carried out to alleviate the problem, was particularly prone to flooding along Cromford Road and Station Road.
This picture gallery is a collection showing the extent the floods could reach. Most were taken in May 1932.
Just click on any of the pictures to see a larger version."

Langley Mill Floods

Langley Mill Floods: "The Erewash Floods
Langley Mill, until the 1950's/60's when substantial work was carried out to alleviate the problem, was particularly prone to flooding along Cromford Road and Station Road.
This picture gallery is a collection showing the extent the floods could reach. Most were taken in May 1932.
Just click on any of the pictures to see a larger version."

Langley Mill Bridge Strollers!

Langley Mill Bridge Strollers!: "LANGLEY MILL
BRIDGE STROLLERS
The Langley Mill Bridge Strollers are a well established 'Walking for Health' group. We meet every Wednesday at 1.30pm, at the Bridge Centre, Cromford Road, Langley Mill.
Local walks cost just 50p, with journeys outside of Langley Mill just �1.

News :: Aldercar & Langley Mill Parish Council

News :: Aldercar & Langley Mill Parish Council: "A mobile gym facility is starting on 20thOctober in Langley Mill. The venture, a joint project between FIT4U Mobile Gym and Aldercar & Langley Mill Parish Council, also received financial support from Amber Valley Primary Care Trust.
The Aim of the Project
To work towards delivering sustainable FIT4U sessions in Langley Mill.

The Objectives
To run two mobile gym sessions at The Bridge Centre in Langley Mill on Thursdays 9.30am-10.30am and 10.45am-11.45am.
To work towards making the gym sustainable. The initial trial period will run until the end of March 2006.
To encourage people who are not currently exercising to attend the sessions and to promote FIT4U in the community and to local community groups in Langley Mill.
To work with Langley Mill Parish Council to gain more funding, if necessary, to subsidise the cost of the gym.
Produce an evaluation report for Amber Valley PCT and Langley Mill and Aldercar Parish Council by May 1st 2006.
Link in with local services of potential interest / benefit to the group.

The target group
People in the Langley Mill area who are currently inactive and would benefit from a weekly exercise session. The sessions are for the general population and are not aimed specifically at people with long term conditions. However, there will be people attending the sessions will have particular medical needs."

Property For Sale in Derbyshire - Langley Mill property and Derbyshire houses.

Property for sale in the Langley Mill area

Property for sale in the Langley Mill area. Follow these links for further details of flats and houses for sale in Derbyshire towns and villages. We have lots of Langley Mill property for sale and rent and if you're looking for those perfect Langley Mill houses, flats, properties and homes, look no further.

Langley Mill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Langley Mill - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: "Langley Mill
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Langley Mill is a small town in the Amber Valley district of Derbyshire. It is very close to the border with Nottinghamshire, and runs into the towns of Aldercar (to the north) and Heanor (to the south). Across the River Erewash is the Nottinghamshire town of Eastwood. It is part of the Aldercar and Langley Mill parish.
Originally titled Long Lea, Langley Mill was a major employer throughout the mid 1900's with many companies including The Flour Mill, Langley Mill Pottery, Aristoc & Co Ltd and Vic Hallam Limited.
Aristoc & Co Limited on North Street became a target for German Bombers during World War 2 ... Originally a manufacturer of Silk Stockings, Aristoc manufactured Parachutes for the war effort..
International Super Bike champion Ron Haslam hailed from Langley Mill. He won many titles in the 1970's and early 80's on the international Motorcycle scene pitting his natural talents against major stars including Barry Sheene.
Langley itself is in the Heanor and Loscoe parish, just to the south.
The town is the site of Langley Mill railway station, on the Midland Main Line."

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