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What's Happening In Kirk Hallam?

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KIDZ AKTIV: Families with children under 5 in Ilkeston can register with the local childrens centre

Families with children under 5 in Ilkeston can register with the local childrens centre. 

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Local Map Showing How The Hallam Area Has Changed

A map showing how Kirk Hallam and Little Hallam have changed over the decades is being sold at venues around the borough.  The old map demonstrates the changes over 70 years.  Ilkeston and District Local History Society is behind the reprint of a 1938 Ordnance Survey map, which shows Kirk Hallam as a village with 300 residents, compared to 7,500 today - there is neither a post office or shop shown on the map.  In Little Hallam, the Sanatorium was still in use and new homes had been provided to local colliery workers.  To purchase a copy of the map for £1.50, visit Ilkeston Library, Erewash Museum in High Street, Ilkeston or Shipley Park Visitor Centre.

Kirk Hallam Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team

Officers from the Kirk Hallam Safer Neighbourhood Policing Team recently visited West Point House Day Nursery to get to know some of the youngest members of the local community.

The team, who also cover Hallam Fields and Stanton by Dale, visited the children to talk about safety and the role of a police officer.  Sam Sargent, manager of West Point House Day Nursery in Hallam Fields, said: “PC Louise Stevenson and PCSO Steve Bowlzer visited the children to talk about their role in the local community.  The children have recently been learning about the people who help to protect them and about their own safety, so it was great for them to find out more about the police.  The children had a lovely time and they haven’t stopped talking about it.  They especially enjoyed sitting in the police van and trying on the officers’ helmets.”

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