Chesterfield Blog

YOWWWzer, people!
Keep that Indian Summer vibe going by coming down the September DETUNE at Rockshots on Sat 26th with yet another awesome lineup…..
BEN STUNT kicks off proceedings, with his first appearance at the new place. Get down early or he’ll give you a bad haircut……
Then we get back to where it all started with the [...]

Reading on the DT site today about the couple who lost two sons in a road traffic accident at Shuttlewood last year.
Mum Pam Tut has just given birth to a baby boy, Lewis, “He has given us a life, otherwise we would still be sat just looking at four walls,” she said.
Hopefully young Lewis will [...]

Well here it is, folks – the culmination of 6 fabulous years of work and play – a rollercoaster of emotions, fantastic music, friends new and old.
I’m very proud to present for the first time in Chesterfield (and DETUNE) in their glittering careers…..
INLAND KNIGHTS!!!
Since cutting their teeth DJ’ing with Smokescreen – the renegade soundsystem from [...]

Hooray!
After several years of uncertainty, the Hepworth sculpture, Rosewall, is back in Chesterfield.
The sculpture was unveiled today by Dame Barbara’s granddaughter Sophie Bowness.
DT story here

After this fantastic recent spell of weather, and a new moon beckoning next Saturday, who could hope for anything else but April’s DETUNE to further warm yer cockles, folks? 
True to form, we’ve got yet another star-studded lineup of local and Nationally acclaimed talent to follow Audiopunk’s Marc Jay rocking da shotz off the place last [...]

Had a brilliant night out in Brampton last night. It was my daughter’s birthday – and we all like Brampton for its pubs and restaurants.
Met in the Oak on the end of Chester Street, good natured crowd of lads full of it after our win over Port Vale in the afternoon. Had a beer and [...]

Once again it’s Detune time (like Hammer Time, but better) Saturday 28th at Rockshots, Marsden Street.

Just heard a date has been set for this year’s Chesterfield Preserved Buses Running Day
Saturday June 6th 2009
Below is last years event.
 

There’s nothing better than a night out with your mates, have a few pints and see a good live band.
There isn’t an abundance of bands, or even gigs for bands these days, so hats-off to the Market for putting the Pitz on tonight.
If you haven’t seen them you are in for a pleasant surprise. The [...]

A few years ago I did some work for Alfreton based company Butterley Engineering. This morning I read that the company has called in administrators Grant Thornton and over half the work force is to go.
Sad times – and also the possible end of a much respected company that has been in business since 1790.

Detune tonight at Rockshots, Marsden Street

Quote of the day comes from spireiteblue on the CFC Football Forums:
Wake up Hubbard
Wake up Hubbard if you are happy with that rubbish we sat through today then you can get out as well and take your money with you,i am fuming after watching such a dire game,Barnet are the lowest of the low and [...]

New film, The Damned Utd, partly shot at Satergate, is to be released on 27 March.
This film, about Brian Clough and his 44 days as manager of Leeds, had the on-field action shots filmed at Saltergate. 
The ground had a makeover to suit the period and locals were used as extras – and with the new football [...]

Chesterfield Football Club have finally been given the land on which the new stadium will be built.
Blues Chairman Barrie Hubbard was officially handed the land by Neil Hartley from Wilson Bowden, the company who acquired the former Dema Glass site on Sheffield Road.
It is hoped that the club will move there for the 2010/11 season.

The County Council has employed a private company to sort out parking issues in Derbyshire.
Word is that these guys do not take prisoners and get paid on results – so nobody is going to get away with anything.
So watch out – and don’t be tempted to “risk it for a minute”…