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Famil y ’s hard workis rewarded witha luxurious homeinheart of rural village


BY SUE ROBINSON


QUITE how a country res- idence in Derbyshire came to share its name with a village in the Highlands of Scotland remains a bit of amystery. Strathy, in Main Street,


Burnaston, had already been given its moniker when Ken and Kath Atkins moved into the property in 1971. “Perhaps the previous own-


ers had some connections with the area?”muses Kath. “We were going to change it


but then we went to Scotland and visited Strathy. It was such a pretty place we de- cided to keep the name,” she explains,chatting over acup of coffee in her kitchen.


“You are in the countryside but just four miles from Derby. It’s the best of both worlds.” KATH ATKINS


The familywere equally


impressed with the beautiful setting of the Burnaston house and its small holding of 3.75 acres. “You are in the countryside


but just four miles from Derby. It’s the best of both wo rld s,” says Kath, adding “it’s also a very friendlyvil- lage. “Sometimes I come home


and find a lettuceor a few vegetables on my doorstep, left by someone in the village who has a glut of produce and is happy to share.” Burnaston alsohas anex-


cellent neighbourhood watch scheme set up by Kath’s hus- band along with a couple of neighbo u r s. It was Ken who was keen to move to the area.His haulage


TURN TO STRATHY ON PAGE 2 Kath Atkins and her daughter Jane have loved every minute of their time at Strathy in Main Street, Burnaston.


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