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FROM THE EDITOR As you read this latest edition of the Trib’, we will be one month away from a weekend of celebrating the Queen’s Jubilee! There are many parties and activities planned throughout our villages – keep up to date with what’s happening in your own area via our social media; Facebook-square/groups/villagetribune. This time next year, the Trib’ will be celebrating its own Jubilee – our silver anniversary! It will have been 25 years since I ‘took on’ publishing the Village Tribune, which in 1998, was distributed throughout the benefice of Glinton, Peakirk and Northborough every quarter – 16-24 pages, produced in black and white.

25 years later and we now cover sixteen north Peterborough villages, six times a year with 6480 page issues in glorious colour! As we go to print, the war in Ukraine still rages and daily reports of Russian atrocities dominate our news coverage. It has been heart-warming to see the humanitarian efforts generated in response to Putin’s war-mongering and I’m moved by many of the local initiatives that are trying to deliver support and relief to Ukraine. Helpston’s Richard Astle has been instrumental in pulling together efforts to provide medical supplies (and other humanitarian relief) into Ukraine and by the time you

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STAY SAFE | SOS FOR GARDENERS TO HELP THE VULNERABLE

The start of spring sees an SOS for gardeners to help the vulnerable Fears that vulnerable city residents could fall foul of scammers as Spring kicks in has led to an SOS for reputable gardeners to lend a hand. Charities including Age UK are often asked by those using their services to put them in touch with reliable gardening services.

Eileen works alongside charities and local authorities who rely on Safe Local Trades to recommend professionals to their users.

However, due to fears that some residents are being scammed by rogue traders who simply knock on doors touting for work, which continues to happen year on year, city consumer champion Eileen Le Voi, director of Safe Local Trades, has stepped in to try and help.

She added: “The problem we currently have is that our Safe Local Trades recommended garden maintenance members are so busy that they are unable to take on new, urgent jobs or provide regular garden maintenance across the many areas.

She said: “Unfortunately, there is no local authority funding to ensure that charities looking after the interests of the elderly and vulnerable have the budget to provide these services – and sadly, too many residents fall foul of the rogues.

Eileen added: “Sadly, Age UK had its funding for providing gardening services withdrawn some time ago, and so heavily relies on organisations like Safe Local Trade to step in to “Safe Local Trades covers a core area of assist residents.” the PE postcode district, from Spalding She is now appealing to PE to St Neots and Stamford to Wisbech. postcode gardening businesses, who wish to join existing “With regular requests for garden members to help meet the supply maintenance across all areas, we are and demand for gardeners. unable to currently meet the needs of

a partnership of organisations committed to taking a stand against scams and aims to make Cambridgeshire and Peterborough a scam-free ounty. As part of her role with CAPASP, Eileen is the resident expert on doorstep crime for the past 14 years. Safe Local Trades has been showcasing tried, tested and reliable tradespeople in and around Peterborough – and some of its own members have come to the aid of vulnerable city residents who have been duped out of cash by cowboy builders and other rogue workmen.

If you are a reputable gardener, who is prepared to be vetted, to join our register of reputable local tradespeoples, please go to www.safelocaltrades.com/ become-a-member or call 0800 014 1832 our elderly customers with their request Safe Local Trades is also a partner to register your for a recommendation. This increases of The Cambridgeshire and interest. their risk of becoming a victim to Peterborough Against Scams unscrupulous cold callers." Partnership (CAPASP) By Eileen Le Voi Safe Local Trades has a number of tried and tested reliable tradesmen who can carry out a range of property improvements that can save you money, as well as those who specialise in energy saving solutions for your home or business. www.safelocaltrades.com 4

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PETERBOROUGH CELEBRATES FESTIVAL | NEWS & FEATURES

Peterborough Celebrates Festival will provide a stage to celebrate the city A three-day community festival that brings together and celebrates everything that makes Peterborough great will launch over the weekend of 13, 14 and 15 May, kickstarting the summer season in the city. Peterboough Celebrates Festival, a free-to-attend community and family-focused festival at Ferry Meadows, will be a chance to celebrate, showcase, and bring together everything that is great about the city. It will also act as an opportunity to thank the many people who have helped us get through the last couple of extremely challenging years. From grassroots community, music, food and drink, performances, theatre, crafts, arts and culture, and sports, there will be a packed, eclectic, and diverse schedule of activities and entertainment across the weekend at Ferry Meadows. Matthew Bradbury, Chief Executive of Nene Park Trust, said, “Peterborough Celebrates Festival will provide a stage to celebrate everything that is great about Peterborough – showcasing the diverse range of talent across our community. “The festival will create different areas of activity and attractions to create a feeling of celebration, exploration and difference. “There will be traditional music, performances and entertainment, alongside the opportunity to engage with street performers, arts and crafts, and try different food and drink. It will be a real community and family-friendly festival, providing something for everyone and the chance to experience and enjoy different things. “We have many exciting plans and ideas, including performances, sporting challenges and possible world record attempts, and there will be more announcements in the coming weeks.”

The three-day event will start with a small launch event on the Friday evening, before focusing its main activities and performances on the Saturday. Further entertainment and the chances to try different activities will also take place on the Sunday. The event has been developed in partnership between Nene Park Trust and Peterborough City Council, alongside community leaders, businesses, and supporters from across the city. Cllr Steve Allen, deputy leader and cabinet member for housing, culture and communities for Peterborough City Council, added: “Peterborough is a fantastic, diverse and thriving place and this festival will bring all of this together for everyone to see and enjoy. “The past two years have been incredibly difficult for everyone, but we can take great pride in the way our communities came together, stronger, to support those who needed help the most. “Peterborough Celebrates Festival will shine a light on the variety of talented people that have helped keep us together right across the city.” Community organisations, groups and businesses are being asked to come forward if they feel they can support the event through exhibiting, sponsoring, or volunteering.

For more information about the festival, please visit peterboroughcelebratesfestival.co.uk

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PETERBOROIUGH ANGLO-FRENCH ASSOCIATION | NEWS & FEATURES

Twinning is very quiet at the moment, but on this side of ‘La Manche’ we are still meeting monthly and tentatively planning to receive our French friends, if at all possible, later in the year.

PETERBOROUGH ANGLO-FRENCH ASSOCIATION Jackie Robinson, Treasurer PAFA For our March meeting, Gillian Cable, PG Cert (Genealogy) AGRA member, gave us an introduction and insight to the ‘Mystery of Heraldry’. It was a very interesting talk and explained how you are not necessarily ‘entitled’ to use a Coat of Arms just because it is your family name. If you know how to ‘read’ a Coat of Arms it is a mine of information for a family historian. In the far past, even if a person could not read, they would understand the objects on a pictorial shield and know who it belonged to, sometimes it even depicted how many times the owner of the Arms had been married.

A glossary of terms used in Heraldry is fascinating! Meanwhile in France, ‘Le premier d’avril’ – April Fool’s

shout “Poisson d’avril” at the top of their voices , when it is discovered. The shops sell chocolate fish to celebrate this day. The origin of the fish prank is not really known. The next PAFA meeting is 18 May and will be a fish and chip supper with a fun table game and picture quiz. Nonmembers are always welcome to attend.

Day, has entertained children when the aim of the day is to stick a paper fish on the back of someone without them knowing, they then

As always, please feel free to get in touch if you are interested in joining the PAFA and take a look at our Facebook page via the link below. Have a good summer. Facebook-square/groups/697608323628779

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HELPING OUR UKRAINIAN FRIENDS | NEWS & FEATURES

Helping Our Ukrainian Friends

Please help us to get urgently needed medical supplies to surgeons in Kyiv. Igor Mokryk is head of adult cardiac surgery in Kyiv's heart institute. Now he is part of a team of surgeons struggling against the odds to help Ukraine's heroic defence of its capital city. I met Igor in 2012 during Euro 2012 when he and his wife Galia Tribland readers have been lived in Donetsk. They had to buying additional supplies flee their home in 2014 when with their supermarket war came to the region; and now shopping to send to Ukraine Galia and their three daughters are refugees in Poland, while Igor works round the clock at the hospital, treating the wounded defenders and citizens of Kyiv.

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Farm Collection Thanks to everyone who contributed to the collection of dried food for Ukrainian families at Willowbrook Farm Shop before Easter

Igor has sent a list of the urgent medical supplies he needs. This includes sutures, surgical

gowns and gloves, needles and dressings, antibiotics and antiseptics. We are raising the money to buy the goods and then drive or have them driven out to the PolishUkrainian border where Igor and his team can pick them up.. Our first three pallets of supplies have been donated, we are in touch with medical suppliers, we have an organising committee up and running and storage and transport arrangements in place. But we need money to buy the supplies and pay for transport.

Please do help - this is a way of getting urgent aid to a specific part of the frontline as quickly as we can and helping a surgeon in desperate need of our support and assistance.

Richard Astle and the Organising Team Helping Ukraine's Surgeons

Medical supplies ready to be loaded

Editors’ note: Richard delivered the first lot of medical supplies before Easter and as the Trib’ goes to press he is driving across Europe to deliver the next batch of humanitarian aid, including donations of food and supplies contributed by many or our Tribland readers. Please continue to support Richard's and the team's effort by visiting their Just Giving Page: www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/ helpingukrainesurgeons

Richard with Galia and Igor in happier times in Donetsk in 2012

To follow the progress of Richard and the team – please check out: Facebook-square/HelpingUkrainesSurgeons/

Many thanks everyone for the donations of food for our friends in Ukraine. We spent the afternoon packing it all up and loading the van ready for departure to southern Poland on Monday. Please do keep donating - we will be going out again in May, so need all the help we can get to gather food supplies and to raise money to buy medical supplies

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IN FOCUS | MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY

There are very specific technical requirements for capturing objects in close-up. This article is intended to be an introduction to this style of photography only, so forgive me if I don’t go into too much detail for now. Hasten to add, it takes many hours of practice in order to gain consistent images, and more so for moving pictures where my focusing technique is more conventional. I will discuss my experience and the equipment I use, however the good news is there are many products on the market, such as mobile phone camera attachments and portable lighting, that can make this type of photography accessible at an introductory and more affordable level than ever before. I am a self-taught photographer, first picking up my brother’s Olympus OM10 SLR camera around 40 years ago. The knowledge I share here is not studied at school, it is just my way of doing things to get the results I want.

. .when you take pictures of miniature things, you very quickly lose what we call depth of field. That’s how much detail you can see in the image. This can isolate the subject, or force you to only get in focus the eye of an insect for instance, not allowing the viewer to fully understand what you have captured. Let’s start with stills photography. When I shoot macro, even outside, I will normally take with me around 400 watts of lighting. Even on a sunny day! You see, when you take pictures of miniature things, you very quickly lose what we call depth of field. That’s how much detail you can see in the image. This can isolate the subject, or force you to 12

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Whilst landscape photography has for a long time been my main interest, macro photography, the capturing of small objects in close-up, has been my passion. So much so, that I have transferred the skills that I’ve developed over the years taking stills, to my filmmaking work. I also use the techniques I’ve developed, to capture more interesting angles of larger objects too. Article and Photos by Mick Child

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only get in focus the eye of an insect for instance, not allowing the viewer to fully understand what you have captured. To compensate, we decrease the size of the hole in the lens called

The smaller your aperture, the less light you let into the camera. It all gets very tricky from this point forward, so for now just trust me, we need as much light as possible to do this properly. the aperture. The result is more depth of field. The down side of this is that the smaller your aperture, the less light you let into the camera. It all gets very tricky from this point forward, so for now just trust me, we need as much light as possible to do this properly. Focussing; for 90% of the time I will use manual focus. To do this I judge the distance I want to be from my subject, say 50mm, and I set the focus

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Mick is a local creative who left his 30-year career 5 years ago to follow his passion in photography and filmmaking. He also writes and directs documentaries and dramas, which have been screened over the past 2-years at film festivals around the world. His latest production, Villa the Volcano screened at Australia Film Festival in March this year, and he and his team are hopeful for many more screenings at other festivals later in 2022.

You can learn more about Mick and his company at; forgephotography.co.uk

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MACRO PHOTOGRAPHY | IN FOCUS

accordingly. Because the lens is in manual, it is locked at 50mm. Anything shot closer or further away will be out of focus. I move the camera to the correct distance I need when tracking a subject, bringing it into focus without readjusting the lens. If I’m shooting bees for example, I might spend around 3-6 hours in their company with my kit before I start snapping, so that they get used to me being there. It also gives me time to get to know their pattern in order that I can second guess where they’ll be. It’s all about increasing your chances of getting that “killer” shot. The lenses; I use the same two lenses for both stills and moving pictures. The first is my 100mm lens. It is a beautiful lens with a spectacular colour range. I can open the aperture really wide, allowing lots of light in. It is not however my 'go to' lens normally. Whilst the colours are amazing, it does isolate the subject as described above. My 'go to' lens is a probe lens. It has 22 pieces of glass within the tube, which allows me to obtain much more depth of field. This kind of lens was developed for wildlife photographers, and it gives a real sense of your surroundings. You’ll have no doubt seen images from similar lenses on nature programmes like Blue Planet, capturing small bugs and placing you right in their world. This lens requires a lot of light however, because the aperture is very small. Inevitably, a lot of the shots you see on TV have to be filmed inside a controlled environment like a purpose-built tank in a studio to enable this. One of my sources of income is to create 4K video content for filmmakers. It is the macro I enjoy doing the most, although the time I spend making each 5-45 second clip, far outweighs anything I ever earn from it. It really is a labour of love. A pastime that really hooks me and draws me in. Once I start creating, I can’t stop. 

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CHARITY | MADDY'S WALK IN AID OF ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH

ABOUT ALZHEIMER'S Alzheimer's disease is the most common type of dementia, affecting between 50 and 75 per cent of those diagnosed. Symptoms of dementia include memory loss, confusion and problems with speech and understanding. Dementia is a terminal condition. There are over 42,000 people under 65 with dementia in the UK.The total cost of care for people with dementia in the UK is £34.7billion. This is set to rise sharply over the next two decades, to £94.1billion by 2040. The cost of social care for people with dementia is set to nearly treble by 2040, increasing from £15.7billion to £45.4billion. Dementia is one of the main causes of disability later in life, ahead of cancer, cardiovascular disease and stroke. As a country we spend much less on dementia than on these other conditions. There is no cure for Alzheimer's disease or any other type of dementia. Dementia research is desperately underfunded. For every person living with dementia, the annual cost to the UK economy is over £30,000 and yet only £90 is spent on dementia research each year. There are not enough researchers and clinicians joining the fight against dementia. Five times fewer researchers choose to work on dementia than on cancer. 16

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Maddy Bunn

Walking for Alzeimer's On 18 December 2021, I completed my walking challenge in London ( with my Mum alongside me), to raise money for Alzheimer's Research UK, because my Grandma died last year of this horrible disease. We started at Putney Bridge and ended at Tower Bridge. In total we walked 29km, in 6 hours.

photos with our Alzheimer's research Uk T-shirts and banner.

When I had finished, as a surprise my Grandad and Uncle were waiting for me, we took lots of

I am so proud at what I have completed and the amount of money raised.

My grand total raised is £3225.

I wish to thank everyone who donated and supported me with this challenge.

CIRCLES NETWORK | CHARITY

Circles Network I would like to introduce our charity - Circles Network - we are small National charity that has been supporting disabled children, young people and adults for the past 28 years.

We have had a presence in Peterborough for the past 25 years. We have experienced significant growth in Peterborough recently due to the demand of services particularly for children and young people especially during the pandemic. We provide direct one to one support and facilitate youth groups every evening, at weekends and during the school holidays. We rent three units in Aston Business Park on Shrewsbury Avenue in Peterborough known as The Hub, The Little Hub and The Quiet hub. We are registered with the Care Quality Commission, and we have a rating of “Good” The young people and families that we work alongside value Circles Network, our team and the services that we provide for them, they often refer to

The Hub as their safe haven and our team as their rock. We purposefully do not have a remit regarding who we work with, our doors are open to those that feel they need us or think we can help. Our values are grounded in inclusion and friendship. We try to emanate a family atmosphere at The Hubs. Those that we work alongside may have one or more diagnoses or conditions. They include Autism, Down's syndrome, Foetal Alcohol Syndrome, Prada Willi Syndrome, Dravet Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy and mental health issues.

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holiday cabin (The Wellbeing Hub) at Tallington Lakes in Lincolnshire. The idea is that children, young people and adults will have the opportunity to use the cabin for much needed holidays and respite and those approaching adulthood will have a setting to practice skills to become more independent. We have launched a local fundraising Circle and we have events planned to raise awareness and funds to go towards our area.

I have carried out some consultation work with all those we work alongside and the members of our team in Peterborough.

We are reaching out to ask you if you could help us in anyway to reach our fundraising target by donating to our cause financially or by offering a raffle prize to be used at one of our events upcoming.

Aspirations are high and we are aiming to raise £70,000 by the end of 2023 to purchase a

If you could support the charity in anyway it would be very much appreciated.

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DISCOVER MORE ABOUT ST PETER'S CHURCH Mandy Loveder Maxey Ever wondered what's inside your village church building? Do you know anything about its history or architecture?

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BALLOON Angela Trotter

St. Peter's, Maxey, is opening the doors to visitors on the first Saturday of each month for two hours, 2-4pm, for you to visit, starting in April. Do come along and have a nosey! We look forward to showing you around. Next available dates are: 7 May, 4 June, 2 July, 6 August, 3 September

April 10 Balloon over Tribland this evening!

LOLHAM FLOODS Paul Young A spectacular photo from 4 December 1910 showing floods alongside Lolham railway crossing.

NEW BOOK A new book, Goings on in Southorpe, is out and on sale for £6 from the White Hart and the Millstone Shop, with all proceeds going to Thorpe Hall Hospice. The book travels through two thousand years from the coming of the Romans and the building of Ermine Street, on to Southorpe Hall and disputes amongst the Normans, vast quarries, Walcot village and Walcot Hall through to John Clare and the King of the Gypsies, the building of Southorpe Terrace with its problem pigsties, why there was a railway at Ufford Bridge, crime and punishment in Southorpe and the Americans at Walcot Hall during World War Two. If any or all of that might interest you, please buy a copy as all the money will be going to a very deserving charity. Copies are also available from Peter Jackson at snapjackson33@gmail.com 18

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PINK MOON - Cathy Hannan The Pink Moon tonight (16.04.2022). The phenomenon usually happens when the moon is close to the horizon, when the sun’s light reflected off the moon towards Earth is filtered through clouds, dust, smoke or air pollution in the atmosphere. April's full moon is traditionally known as the Pink Moon, as it coincides with the flowering of a type of moss called Phlox Subulata in North America. While the name has nothing to do with the actual colour of the Moon, under the right conditions it can appear to have a pink hue.

THE AMBLERS IN TRIBLAND | ENVIRONMENT

It has been a variable spring, weather-wise, but the Amblers are looking forward to more warmth in the coming months, and all the joys that early summer brings through nature.

The Amblers Tribland by Anne Lees

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ENVIRONMENT | THE AMBLERS IN TRIBLAND

Swaddywell

Bainton Church

Before we move on to that, though, we are looking back to the beginning of March when seventeen of us celebrated our third anniversary with a walk around Swaddywell nature reserve, in the company of ecologist, photographer, and one of Langdyke Countryside Trust’s artists-in-residence, Sarah Lambert. It was a bleak, overcast morning and a little early in the year to see much evidence of the wealth of wildlife that the site supports, but Sarah was so knowledgeable and enthusiastic about nature and the environment that we enjoyed it nonetheless. It is home to several rare plants and creatures and we look forward to enjoying a treasure hunt later in the year, using her pointers. As a celebratory treat, our walk was followed by lunch at Willow Brook Farm Granary Cafe – Helpston to Ashton

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warm and welcoming, after the cold and damp we had endured! As you would expect from a nature reserve, Swaddywell is really peaceful and the sort of place where you need to be looking around constantly – up, down, left, right, ahead, behind, above, below – in order not to miss anything. It is a site that rewards close observation and patience - an excuse to stand and stare, to breathe, revel in the tiny details, and switch off for a while - and a place that demands respect: visitors should take care not to disturb the environment unnecessarily. I took my binoculars - although not crucial to one’s enjoyment of nature, they come in handy to observe the birds in greater detail without scaring them off, and allow for more accurate ID - especially if they are higher

Swaddywell

Helpston to Ashton up. A magnifying lens (small, lightweight and inexpensive) is also useful if you want to get ‘up close and personal’ with a tiny flower or seed head: the details and colours we miss at normal visual distance are amazing and really do add to the experience; previously hidden minutiae produce some genuine ‘wow’ moments and enthuse children as well, even in the garden. Speaking of enriching experiences, another Amblers’ highlight in March was a visit to Bainton churchyard where there was a magnificent display of primroses, glory-of-the-snow and violets. It was a bright, sunny day too, and lifted our spirits before setting off for a stroll in the locality. We have also discovered a Helpston-Ashton route, taking in part of the Torpel Way; finally Helpston to Ashton

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Marholm made it to Marholm (starting from Werrington) to look at the beautiful carved bench there, the pretty village itself and the churchyard and; wherever we walk, the locals are always friendly! So, what can we look forward to in the next couple of months? Happily, birdsong has picked up again and adds another sensual experience to the outdoors. International Dawn Chorus Day is on Sunday, 1 May, but of course you can hear them at any time. And the dawn chorus is a thrill to be experienced more than once – set your alarm early and delight in a joyful start to your day! We shall be heading to the woods to see the bluebells again – highly recommended, especially on a sunny day. In the wider countryside, roadside verges, meadows, field edges Bainton

and margins are gaining colour as the wildflowers emerge once more – speedwell, dandelions, scarlet pimpernel, dead-nettles, self-heal, meadow cranesbill (part of the geranium family), wild orchids and bird’s-foot trefoil are just some that can be seen at this time of year. And of course, where there is colour, there are ‘insects’ – it won’t be long before we will be spotting caterpillars, butterflies, bees, damselflies and dragonflies - and the jewel-like, swollenthighed beetles, probably busy pollinating cow parsley. What a privilege to experience, first hand, our wonderful world!

Marholm

If you feel you would like to join us sometime, text ‘Amblers’ with your message to 07714021131, or PM Anne Lees on Village Tribune’s Facebook page. We look forward to meeting you! Marholm

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Fed up with hearing about climate change? Well, I can’t blame you, but sadly we do have to talk about it, because we must make a number of major changes very quickly if we are to have any chance of avoiding the worst of it - that is: extreme weather patterns and the catastrophic collapse of our ecosystems.

Climate Change Action! Judy Staines

Glinton Parish Council has therefore created a new working group to work on nature recovery as well as to progress the more well-known carbon footprint reductions such as increasing eco-friendly power use and cutting down on waste. The Glinton Climate Change Action Group has several members who are local councillors, while others are members of the public, and some are also members of the Langdyke Countryside Trust.

electricity wastage and increasing the use of alternative sources of power.

green spaces: the Nature Recovery Area adjacent to the McDonald’s roundabout at the south side of the village, and the green between We are very keen to contact The Willows and Clarendon Way. local businesses who have the The latter area is being managed at knowledge and skills to inform the moment by a brilliant residents’ and advise residents about working group who have already the various ways to improve undertaken mowing, pruning, a home’s carbon footprint, and bulb planting. They have whether with insulation, boiler been advised by ecologist Sarah replacement, the switch to ecoLambert about the best places to friendly power, or in any other plant wildflowers and native bulbs way, so if you have an idea or to encourage pollinators, and also two we’d like to hear from you. about the best species to plant, We hope to hold an event in the and where. The Glinton Wildlife & village hall at some point, when We are currently doing a rough Nature Group already has members local people will be able to come survey of eco-friendly power growing or potting up wild plants and talk with a variety of experts sources within our village. We’re for use in these locations, although to discuss options, so if you are looking at who has solar panels, we are still waiting for a Licence to a local tradesperson or business heat pumps (ground source or air), Cultivate from the Peterborough owner with good knowledge electric car charging points, etc. so City Council, which has been of environmentally friendly that we can see where we are at requested by the Glinton Parish solutions, please contact Gerry the moment. Once we know that, Council. Kirt at the email address below. we’ll be in a better position to try to Talks have begun with the Glinton improve things. Horticultural Society and it is hoped The group is in communication that together we can help those with both Arthur Mellows Village Three of the members of the who wish to become more wildlifeCollege and the Peakirk-cumGCCAG are working with the friendly in their gardens and other Glinton primary school to try Langdyke Countryside Trust outside spaces. to work with them on reducing to improve two of Glinton’s The Glinton Climate Change Action Group was formed in February 2022, and consists of Gerry Kirt (Chairman), John Holdich, David Cowcill, Gordon Wright, Claire Bysshe, Denis Batty, Andy Staines, and myself, Judy Staines.

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Please get in touch if you would like to join us or can offer help of any kind: Gerry Kirt can be reached by emailing: gerry.kirt@glinton-pc.gov.uk

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VILLAGE VIEWS | DEEPING GATE

Deeping Gate Litter Pick

The Deeping Gate Parish Council will be holding a Litter Pick on 22 May at 1030am.

We are hoping for some volunteers to come along, so we can ensure the area looks presentable in time for the Queen's Platinum Jubilee.

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Hello Spring Fiona Rowlands, Vice Chair, Castor Borough Council

Spring at last and the daffodils in Castor are looking delightful! We do have plans to plant many more bulbs throughout the village in the autumn, after 20 years some are coming up blind so definitely need a freshen up. Now the cooler weather is hopefully behind us we are looking at our Nature Recovery plans for 2022. We are still keen to plant small species in some of our verges to replace those trees that died and perhaps find new spots where a nice flowering cherry will enhance the street scene. Our pond in the coppice area suffered from the winter winds and although covered, the falling leaves have led to blanketweed. That said, we have over 2,000 tadpoles in the pond which will

be held in a holding tank while volunteers remove the weed. The coppice is looking lovely after the autumn planting with all the spring flowers. We will be organising an Open Afternoon in late May with refreshments for villagers to see how we are progressing by which time we hope to have a reading circle for children using the logs from a felled Ash tree in Splash Lane. Plans are coming along nicely for the Queens Jubilee Celebrations at the beginning of June. There will be a Royal Party night with the Peterborough Big Band, food stalls and fireworks! Many other events are planned for the weekend and villagers will be encouraged to decorate their

homes and plant tubs to celebrate the Jubilee. Castor Parish Council will also be funding planters which will be a permanent feature. We are delighted to report the speed signs are now in place in our village to encourage motorists to stick to 20mph throughout Castor and Ailsworth. Castor Parish Council have many dates in the diary, a village litter pick before the Jubilee and a Councillors' walk round the Parish land to check on the condition of the hedgerows, trees etc., so a busy springtime in Castor!

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Glinton Village Hall/New Community Centre QUESTIONNAIRE RESULTS Many thanks to all those who were kind enough to express their views as to whether Glinton should retain the existing Village Hall or develop a new Community Centre on the recreation ground. The response was excellent with 26.7% (182) of all distributed questionnaires (682) being completed and returned. Which means 73.3% (500) of households failed to reply. Of those that expressed an opinion, 55.5% thought the existing Village Hall should be retained while 44.5% considered a new Community Centre the better option. A detailed breakdown is as follows:

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- Of the 55.5% that thought the existing Village Hall should be retained, 43.2% wished it upgrading and 56.8% did not. - Of the 44.4% of respondents who wanted a new Community Centre, the preferred location on the recreation ground was as follows*: A. North West corner adjacent to the Lincoln road: 12.3% B. Adjacent to the Play Park and Saddlers Close: 30.1% C. South West corner adjacent to the Willows footpath and Lincoln road: 57.6% *many comments indicated that the recreation ground should be used for leisure only and an alternative site found.

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In the future should a group of enthusiastic residents put forward a strong case for the construction of a new Community Centre, the Parish Council will reconsider its decision and could then commission a new feasibility study. If the study has a positive conclusion and is supported by the village the council would look again at proceeding.

07591 834163 www.glintonparishcouncil.org.uk

Cllr John Holdich OBE, Parish Council Chairman

Cllr J F W Holdich, OBE Chairman 07450 920673 Cllr RW Johnson, Vice Chairman - 252743 Cllr DJ Batty - 252749 Cllr CB Bysshe - 253164 Cllr DJ Lane - 252593 26

On this basis, at its meeting on 15 February 2022, Glinton Parish Council decided to put on hold all work on a new Community Centre and consider completing limited improvements on the existing Hall (e.g. new flooring, improved insulation, table storage and a larger covered external area).

Cllr Gerry Kirt - 252839 Cllr RW Randall – 253276 Cllr PD Skinner - 252591 Cllr E Spendelow - 252524 Mr J Haste - Clerk - clerk@glinton-pc.gov.uk – 07591 834163

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07591 834163 www.glintonparishcouncil.org.uk

Cllr John Holdich OBE, Parish Council Chairman

Glinton Parish Council is to lose a lot of passion and knowledge of the village, with the retirement of four of its councillors. After a staggering 55 years’ of service, and 650 meetings attended on behalf of the village, the father of the village, Cllr Eric Spendlow is to retire. His knowledge and history of the village will be missed. Former Chairman and current ViceChairman, and also Chairman of the Planning group for many years, and also has knowledge of Planning like no other, after 40+ years of service to the village, Cllr Bob Johnson is not seeking re-election. Like Eric, Bob will be sadly missed. Cllr Skinner is moving from the village to be nearer his family, and is leaving the Parish Council after 18 years. Thank you Peter, your wise counsel has been appreciated. After 43 years, Cllr John Holdich is retiring. John has been Chair of the Parish Council for 25 years, and like the others, has been proud to serve the village. Experience like this is difficult to replace. There are now 4 vacancies on the Parish Council. If you fancy serving your community and would like to be considered for co-option, please contact the Clerk, John Haste, who will be happy to advise. Ring 07591 834163. Glinton has been served well by its Parish Clerks over the years. It is a sadness that John Haste has indicated that he intends to retire in September this year. He will be a hard act to follow, particularly as there are 19 vacancies for trained clerks in Cambridgeshire alone.

If you are receiving one of the many benefits available to you from the Government, you could be entitled free of charge, to things like a new boiler, external or cavity wall insulation, roof insulation, etc.. If you think you may qualify, ring Energy Care on freephone 0800 783 7946, or for further information, visit www. energycaregroupltd.co.uk. I am sure we all wish Rev. Mark-Aaron and his family all the very best in the new post in Dundee, and thank him for his five years he has spent with us. There are many small events planned by different groups in the village for the Queen’s Jubilee, and the Parish Council has offered £500 to the Community Association to assist with any events they may be planning. I am sure many of you have noticed that a few roads around Glinton have been microchipped; this is a treatment to stop the road from getting worse. I know it doesn’t look very pretty but like that which has been done in Rectory Lane some time

ago, it will settle down. The first grass cut has taken place and I think the village looks smart. The long grass on the entrance to the village has again been left to encourage wild flowers. Residents in Clarendon Way and The Willows are being asked if part of the Green between the two roads should left for wild flower planting. I attended the Community Centre AGM recently. The committee, whilst small, are doing a great job with the upkeep of the hall. Jeff Bell was again elected chairman, but like other groups, they could do with more members. The Parish Council has a sizeable amount of money which has come from Planning Applications over a period. It has to be spent on infrastructure items i.e. play equipment, the village hall etc. Let the clerk know if you have any ideas please. The Annual Parish meeting and AGM is to be held in the village hall on 17 May at 7.15pm. Watch the Parish notice boards for details.

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Glinton FriendshipClub Pam Kounougakis

Our days run from 10am until 2pm each Monday, and we play table games, quizzes, darts, have sales, raffles, books, bingo, and serve a full meal most weeks. We are still struggling to get volunteers to help with the most pleasant aspect

of the club, the enjoyable task of setting up and putting away chairs and tables, and the even more pleasurable jobs of serving meals and washing up and putting it all away. Joyful pastimes but not always for the few active helpers

Glinton WI For our March meeting we had a visit from Briga, a wealthy Roman lady, who entertained us with lots of information about the customs of the times. She described what would happen on a visit to the Roman baths, the privileged visiting early in the day, helped by their bath slave, the slaves at the end of the day when the water was cold and dirty! We learnt about the make up and perfumes that the women wore, some of which contained poisonous substances like lead and mercury. Other activities have included two teams entered in the Federation Quiz and a

Cookery Demonstration for our April meeting. We are planning an Afternoon Tea event on Saturday, 4 June at Glinton Village Hall to celebrate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. Hopefully there will be lots of red, white and blue outfits and we are asking people to bring along any items they might have from the period. 10 May - Speaker Keith Townsend. ‘The Third Rock’ 14 June - Speaker Ian Maber. ‘Laughing My Way Round The World’ 12 July. Speaker Susan Jakeman.‘Peggy Spencer MBE’

If you are interested in joining us or would like more Information contact our Secretary, Julie Fitzjohn on 01733 252712. We meet at Glinton Village Hall, starting at 7.30 pm. Visitors - £4.50 (first visit free). 28

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Summer is on our doorstep despite frosty mornings, and the GFC is continuing on its merry way. to whom this work falls showed us that ready weekly. If anyone is bought pancakes fall able to help out for an apart after three tosses. hour or so on Mondays Hilarious, and the local please pop along and birds had pancake meet us at the Glinton crumbs for a treat. We Village Hall. Our ran a brilliant Easter forthcoming activities Bonnet decoration will include a trip to competition with 15 Pensthorpe Nature beautiful hats that were Park in Norfolk, a super judged by the Rev. Jubilee Celebration Mark Aaron, as one of tea party, and a his last activities with drawing competition the Friendship Club. He on a St Georges Day will be much missed as theme. We had a he interacted with the great pancake tossing group supporting competition which many events. Contact Barbara: 07932157215, or call in at the Hall.

This photo is of the rubbish collected this lovely morning in Glinton. Claire Bysshee

A Load of Rubbish!

The team of volunteers was Mick, Nick, Verity, Julia, David, Deborah, Jane and Simon. In less than two hours we picked up this large quantity.

If only everyone would take their litter home! I am afraid that young people appear to be responsible for a good deal of the litter, so please remind your teenagers to be more careful.

It has been good to see others members of the village out picking up litter at other times. The next litter pick will probably be in late Keep it up. It makes a May. Watch out for the big difference to the posters around the appearance of the village. village. Thank you to all those mentioned above.

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If you would like to be involved in planting/ trimming/ watering / giving ideas. Drop me a line. Martinstalley@aol.com

Ailsworth Nature Recovery A year ago in April, a few of us started a conversation with Ailsworth Parish Council to change the use of part of the mown grass on the Station Road Recreation ground. We wanted to give Nature a better chance to see something different. Communication, engagement and trust was developed and welcomed to allow a different landscape to start to come through: 2021 -2022: - A brief summary A small, committed group of individuals and visiting children from the local school planted over 50 trees. Hundreds of square metres of wildflower seeds were planted after removing the turf. A village working party was arranged to remove some of the long grass at the end of the season A seating area was established from recycled tree trunks

Numerous bulbs and plants were planted around the seating area and elsewhere ‘Turf sofas’ were made from the grass clods lifted to give the wildflowers a chance to flourish. The established trees had a well-rotted bark spread on a 6/10-foot diameter in order to keep the nice mowing and strimming men away from the delicate bark. Meetings were held with the mowing contactor to outline the change of mowing/strimming requirements. A 12-year-old established Oak tree was transported and successfully re-planted in order to be part of the Queens celebrations later this year. Spring 2022 onward: It is fingers crossed time that the optimism of last year show rewards of growth and blooms. So far both the small whips and the older trees are showing

good growth. Additional staking of the larger trees was undertaken to help them through the high winds earlier in the year. To date all look good. The snowdrops looked splendid and will come up each year. A budget has been agreed for:  Planting of yellow rattle which looks good and keeps the grass down to allow wildflowers to thrive.  ongoing maintenance, trimming the long grass for the wildflowers  additional beds to be prepared and planted with more wildflowers.  two picnic benches to be installed to let people relax and enjoy the outdoors.  Commemorative plaques for the children and Queen to be designed and installed. The above is part of what has and will happen. It is a beginning not the end.

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Homes for Ukraine in our community

With the tragic situation on the borders of Eastern Europe consuming our news feeds over recent weeks, many of us are rightly seeking to provide some form of support – be that through prayers, donations, gifts and finding other ways to ‘stand with Ukraine’. Mark & Lucy Malcolm

The UK Government’s Homes for Ukraine scheme was announced in mid-March where individuals, charities, businesses and communities are being invited to accommodate those coming to the UK to flee the war. There are many emerging groups providing support. A coordinated local response will help to create a network of those who want to assist and make doing so potentially easier and less daunting. This may involve supporting those coming from Ukraine with guest accommodation, getting them set up and settled within our community, meeting their practical needs and for those guests wanting it, enabling them to meet and connect with others in a similar situation being hosted within our area. This is about our wider community offering friendship and welcome, rather than seeking to provide ‘professional’ support which is anticipated to come from other sources.

Lucy and Mark Malcolm from Northborough are coordinating such a response network within the local area (the villages on the north side of Peterborough) to provide these connections. They would love to hear from anyone planning to host as a sponsor, and from those who can’t do so but can offer other forms of support – such as befriending, transport, English language learning, admin help etc. – i.e., all the many practicalities required to help our guests feel welcome as they arrive and get settled within our area. As a final thought, why not get/make a Ukrainian flag (or create something yellow and blue – like a simple flower display) to put in your window or garden as a sign of solidarity and welcome to those who will soon be arriving into our community – it’s a simple gesture, but a symbolic one.

You can contact Lucy and Mark via oldschoolnorthborough@gmail.com

A Big Thank You

Clare Strak, Secretary, Northborough PCC

St Andrew’s fund-raising campaign got off to a cracking start in the run-up to Easter. On a cold Saturday February afternoon, local folk turned up in heart-warming numbers in the Village Hall to enjoy delicious home-baked cake and a cuppa, and to browse the many stalls . In March, the Church welcomed the Glebe Singers from Market Deeping. It was a joy to hear them – folk songs from all over the British Isles as well as traditional renditions of songs from Shakespeare and the less than reverent Max Boyce! We look forward to many such concerts in the future. Well done to the singers and their energetic Director, Bart Drzewiecki! Finally, we held our 'annual' St Andrew’s Quiz on the evening of 1 April. Northburians proved they were certainly not April’s Fools as they made easy work of almost 100 questions thrown at them by our much loved ex-Headmaster, Peter Kemp. Thank you to everyone who has given support to reviving St Andrew’s fortunes and we look forward to seeing you at future events. (see page 47) 30

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On The Edge:

Northborough WI

Margaret Brown

We have a varied programme of speakers and activities and are keen to share interests, outings and walking. We also run a book club.

Being involved with our local community is also important to us, so last October we organised a scarecrow trail which was enthusiastically supported despite the wet and windy weather. Preparations for our next trail are already underway and will be held in October this year. Our next two meetings will be held on Fri 13 May & Fri 10 June at 7.30pm at Northborough Village Hall. In May, members are sharing their curry recipes (including tasting) and we’ll be working off those extra calories with a Latvian dance group in June! Visitors are vwelcome, so if you fancy trying something new, why not come along?

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Northborough

Northborough has been rediscovering its artistic talent ...

Join the

Northborough Art Exhibition

as an artist or a visitor Clare Strak, Northborough PCC Secretary In June 2021, as part of our St Andrew’s Saunter, the Northborough Art Group, under the redoubtable leadership of Teresa Scott, put on an exhibition in the Church of local artists’ work. The proceeds from the Saunter went to the Church Restoration Fund for our seriously damp and crumbling 12th century church. Visitors, Artists and Church alike were delighted. So this year, with renewed confidence, we are inviting artists from far and wide (well, at least Tribland) to put their work on display/sale at the Northborough Art Exhibition on

ART

EXHIBITION Original Work Prints and Cards

Sat 2 & Sun 3 July

10.30am - 4.30pm

St Andrew's Church the weekend 2 and 3 July from 10.30 to 4.30 pm each day. This will coincide with Peterborough Artists' Open Studios which – hooray! – is back this year. In the lead once again will be the Northborough Art Group joined, this year, by local artists, John McGowan, Delia Moth and Clare Turner. All kinds of artwork will be welcome, including paintings, sculpture, ceramics and printmaking. As we are not sure what the response will be, we ask exhibitors to submit no more than 4 works and limit entries to those aged 16 plus. There will be an Exhibition fee

Contact: Teresa 07874 860148 e: tabscott@btinternet.com; or Clare 07802 487679 e: clare@euro-pa.net

of £2.50 per entry - and artists will be asked to donate 10% of sales monies to the Church Restoration Fund. Admission for visitors to the Exhibition will be free. Refreshments, Original Work, Prints and Cards will be available to buy. We will have a Preview Evening on Friday 1 July in the Church when you can meet some of the artists, take in the atmosphere, and enjoy a glass of wine for £5.00. All proceeds to the Restoration Fund. We are indebted to Black Cab Studio for sponsorship and to Maxey and District Art Club for the loan of display boards. Free Admission Refreshments

Entry Forms and further information (including where to send Entry Forms and where to deliver artworks) are available at: FACEBOOK/StAndrewsNorthborough, also Northborough Shop (1-2 East Street PE6 9DA), Northborough Village Hall (Cromwell Close PE6 9DP) and Black Cab Studio (5, Church Street, Deeping St James PE6 8HF).

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Major Initiatives

Northborough Parish Council is excited to have agreed in principle some major initiatives for the village that fit with the John Clare Countryside Nature Recovery Projects and will enhance local wildlife. In discussion with Langdyke Countryside Trust and PECT experts, more locations for environmental projects have been identified and an annual planner is being set up. Councillors will also work

with Langdyke Countryside Trust and the City Council to preserve and enhance the parish’s Fen Edge landscape. Meanwhile, the council will take an active part in the John Clare Countryside Trail,

creating walking/cycling routes through the area. Look out for more news on these initiatives and how you can get involved, in the coming months!

NORTHBOROUGH COUNCIL CONTACT DETAILS Chair – John Dadge

T: 01733 254145 / 07802 702908 E: john.dadge@northborough-pc.gov.uk

Vice Chair – Malcolm Spinks

T: 01778 343585 / 07870 343562 E: malcolm.spinks@northborough-pc.gov.uk

Councillor – Rob Chiva

T: 01733 252823 E: robert.chiva@northborough-pc.gov.uk

Councillor – Brian Spriggs

T: 01778 342502

Councillor – Tracy Thomas

T: 07720 327145 E: tracy.thomas@northborough-pc.gov.uk

Councillor – Mark Malcolm

T: 07584 877793 E: mark.malcolm@northborough-pc.gov.uk

Councillor – Hayley Flaxman

T: 07957 412897 E: hayley.flaxman@northborough-pc.gov.uk

Councillor – Graham Fowkes

T: 07711 415881 E: graham.fowkes@northborough-pc.gov.uk

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PPlatinum latinum la tinum Party Sunday 5 June. Can you help?

Preparations are now well underway for our Platinum Party in the Park on Northborough Playing field on Sunday 5 June for Her Majesty, the Queen’s Jubilee, so Northborough residents, don’t forget to put it in your diaries. We are encouraging everyone to bring along a picnic and join in the festivities. There will be entertainment including music, and some refreshments available, however, what we desperately need are residents to volunteer to help out with set up, clean up and for jobs on the day. The more volunteers we have the lighter the load, so please let Cllr Tracy Thomas know if you can help in any way, whether for an hour or two or for the whole day. We need helpers to make this happen. As part of the celebrations, we are holding a Tombola and are asking for donations. We will be grateful for all contributions, but if you would like to give items relating to Platinum, Royal Crest/Seal, The Royals or just British themed, they would be especially welcome.

Photo credit: The Jubilee will celebrate the Queen's 70th anniversary on the throne (Image: Gov.uk)

Background image: Dave Radcliffe Photography

Donations will be collected on Wednesday 1 June, alternatively, please email events@northborough-pc.gov.uk To donate some of your time and energy please contact Tracy Thomas on 07720 327145 or email: tracy.thomas@northborough-pc.gov

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VILLAGE VIEWS | PEAKIRK

Diary

Peakirk

Social Evening - 9 July at 7pm Peakirk Village Hall Social evening to thank Rev’ Mark-Aaron for his ministry in the Benefice and to wish him and Cigil farewell as they move to Dundee and to Winston-James as he starts a new career.

Peakirk’s Annual Litter Pick Not quite true, the first since Covid ..

Organised by the Parish Council, 15 volunteers fanned out from the village green on a bright Saturday morning (9 April) and returned with various amounts of rubbish to the village hall where they were rewarded with a bacon butty and a mug of tea. There have been 10 annual litter picks but this one produced the lowest amount of litter despite a gap of two years. Let’s hope this is a sign of more consideration for our environment and will become a trend rather than a Covid curio.

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PEAKIRK PARISH COUNCIL

For all Peakrik news, minutes and agendas visit: www.peakirkvillage.co.uk

Chair: Henry Clark 253203 cllr.h.clark@eclipso.eu 253483 Vice-Chair: Sally-Ann Jackson sajackson186@gmail.com 252200 Emma Crowson peakirk.cllrcrowson@gmail.com 254227 David Fovargue peakirk.cllrfovargue@gmail.com Anne Tuley 254114 peakirk.cllrtuley@gmail.com 253397 Clerk: Angela Hankins clerk@peakirk-pc.gov.uk 34

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A Second Jubilee Tree for Barnack Margaret Palmer, Chair, Barnack Paish Council

The Queen’s Green Canopy is a tree planting initiative celebrating Her Majesty’s Platinum Jubilee. A Wild Service Tree was planted in the churchyard during the winter, as Barnack’s first contribution to the Canopy. On 26 March a second Jubilee Tree, this time an oak, was planted at Sissons Close. The sapling had been grown from an acorn supplied by David Over, Peterborough City Councillor for Barnack Ward, who led the planting ceremony. The occasion was also an opportunity for Barnack Parish Council to extend a welcome to the residents of the 80 new homes at Sissons Close.

Anyone for cricket? Join us at Ufford Park

Ufford Park Cricket Club is preparing for the 2022 season and is keen to hear from anyone interested in playing local league cricket. The club competes in both the Rutland and Cambridgeshire Leagues, playing on Saturdays and Sundays. It runs first and second teams; a midweek league team plus a winter indoor league team too. Home games are played at the club’s picturesque ground in the shadow of the magnificent Ufford Hall. Entrance to the ground and pavilion is just off Walcot Road.

Photograph by Michael Jarman

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Barnack

Barnack & Pilsgate Annual Parish Meeting 16 May at 6.30pm

Welcome drinks and nibbles.

The club - one of the oldest in the area organises regular indoor winter nets and then transfers to their own outdoor nets for preseason sessions. A new under-11 cricket team is also being planned for the forthcoming season, so the club would love to hear from any youngsters keen to play the game. If you are interested in playing either at senior or junior level, please do make contact for an initial chat to find out more by calling Danny Harrington on 07980 453232.

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VILLAGE VIEWS | MAXEY

Maxey Village Hall Let me ask you a question if I may: What goes on at the village hall? I bet there’s an awful lot of you have no idea! Well let me enlighten you a little ... We have: dance and fitness groups, art and craft groups, faith groups, and not forgetting our four legged friends, we even have a puppy training group! The times, dates and contact details of groups held at the hall are on our website and on the notice board outside of the village hall. The above groups are run by individuals, but as a committee Maxey Community Association take care of the running and upkeep of the building as well as putting on events for the community to enjoy. Obviously the past two years have been very quiet, but we are now back in full flow and have a host of events coming up for the enjoyment of the village. These include the Easter egg hunt, Quiz Night, picnic in the field to commemorate the

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Queen’s platinum jubilee, an Italian themed fun night and a barn dance. We are also hoping to provide another brunch or two along the way! Follow us on Facebook where upcoming events are posted. We also detail dates and times of events on our website and on the aforementioned notice board at the hall. It’s fair to say that we are very proud of the hall and the amenities it has on offer. We have a beautiful and well equipped kitchen, easy stacking chairs and tables, projection and sound facilities, free WiFi, the choice of two rooms for hire, one smaller for a more intimate gathering and one larger one with a stage. Both the halls are very nicely decorated and the hall is served by an efficient heating

Maxey

Contact Mark; 07710 150825 Maxey Jubilee Celebrations. Sun 5 June

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Please show your support by making use of the hall in some capacity in order to keep it going. Or, if you want to come and join us, please do, you will be more than welcome. After all, we are a village facility, run by residents, for the residents.

Cafe Church in the Village Hall at 10am. Come along and enjoy a short story, simple songs, crafts and refreshments in a relaxed Cafe Style environment!

Get a team together, up to 6 members, for a night of fun and prizes. Bar available, ticket only. £5 each.

See website and posters for more details soon.

So if you are thinking of holding a family party or family lunch and you don’t have the space at home why not consider hiring the hall? It’s also ideal for business meetings, weddings, christenings, wakes or for anyone wanting to set up a new ongoing group.

St. Peter’s Cafe Church 15 May, 19 June.

Maxey Village Hall Quiz Night Sat 7 May at 7pm

Picnic on the field to celebrate the Platinum Anniversary of the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II.

system. All of the above is included in the hire cost! How much is that I hear you ask? Well you can hire the whole hall for just £18 per hour and you even get small discount if you are a Maxey resident - now I’d that’s a bargain!

Pavanoti Evening 10 September.

Barn Dance is back! 15 October

Peek inside St. Peter’s! First Saturday of each month until September, our Church will be open from 2 till 4pm to come and look around. Guides will be on hand to show you some interesting things.

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Harry and Edwin (founder) - 1920s

Shaws Service Bus in Helpston - 1920s

Shaws of Maxey Celebrate 100 Years This year, Shaws of Maxey celebrate their centenary. For 100 years they’ve travelled the length and breadth of the UK (and beyond), making sure that your next adventure is one to remember. Their story is one of courage and determination with local spirit and family at the heart. The family business was founded in 1922 by Edwin ‘Teddy’ Shaw, grandfather of present partners, Jane, Richard and Chris. Edwin had an engineering background in Yorkshire but during The Great War he was transferred to Peterborough to work for Peter Brotherhood as a millwright. Edwin fell for a local girl, they moved to Maxey and took the momentous decision to buy their first bus, which was kept in Mr. Frisby’s barn on Castle End Road. They ran a local service into Peterborough along with anything else that came their way, including furniture removals! They couldn’t afford to have the vehicle off the

road for long and repairs were usually made by candlelight with the help of neighbours.

selling coaches he spent many winter Sundays journeying across the country to “look at a bus”.

A couple of years later Edwin took a chance and purchased the house and land at 49 High Street in Maxey, which you will still recognise as their depot today. After the war Edwin worked hard to build the business back up and by then he was joined by his son, Harry, whose favourite job was as team driver for Peterborough United! Harry, with support from wife Doreen, gradually took over the running of the business and it flourished under his leadership. With great talent for buying and

Harry died suddenly in 1981 and it was then that Jane, Richard and Chris inherited the business with Richard’s wife Carol joining in 2010 and his daughter Tory, coming on board in 2015. Their first holiday brochure was published in 1982 and featured just six tours, one of which had just six passengers (including their mum and gran!). Fortunately, the others did rather better and in 1983 they risked increasing the programme to ten departures – and the rest, as they say, is history!

Celebratory events include a Centenary Reunion short break in November, a summer afternoon tea and a festive get together this winter. There’s 150+ tours to choose from in their exciting new-look brochure and on their revamped website. Join their Wonderful Journey and request your free brochure today.

Outside Maxey Church - 2022 t: 01778 342224 e: enquiries@shawscoaches.co.uk

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VILLAGE VIEWS | BAINTON & ASHTON

COUNCIL CORNER

BAINTON AND ASHTON

Bainton and Ashton Parish Council news The long waited gateways for Ashton caused quite a stir in the village as they are bright yellow and bigger than expected, and indeed ordered. The city council will soon be replacing them - at no extra cost - to shorter gateway style ones as ordered - like Barnack’s but brown not white.

Primrose Festival The recent new festival held in Bainton at the end of March was a real success and well attended and enjoyed by many. It is hoped it will be an annual event.

Washdyke This area has been cleared recently by a few kind volunteers from Perkins and John Clare Countryside.Its a vast improvement - thanks all. There are moves afoot to replace the fencing soon and install benches to sit and enjoy the calm and the views. There will be more walks and events being organised by JCC with the Nature Recovery Group - look out for details.

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Jenny Rice, Clerk

Verge posts There will soon be posts and a small information board installed on the verges next to the County Wildlife Site in Bainton Green Road. This is a special area for habitats and plants that needs protecting and nurturing. It is hoped the posts will raise awareness and encourage respect and help with nature recovery.

Litter picking There will shortly be a village litter pick - watch the website and Facebook page for details. Also, like the Facebook page for regular updates and helpful information. FACEBOOKbaintonandashton

Chairman Susie Lucas 01780 740159 susie.hall34@gmail.com Responsible for: Parish Council Liaison Group, HR, New Projects Councillors: Cliff Stanton 01780 749123 Cliffstanton@btinternet.com Responsible for: Police, Neighbourhood Watch, Speedwatch, Village Assets and Maintenance, Parish Council Liaison Group Chris Womack 01780 740925 womackuk@gmail.com Responsible for: New Projects, Data Protection, Barnack Ward Group Grant Ashworth 07732 481604 Jon Hargreaves 01780 740604 email jonhargreaves@gmail.com Clerk and Responsible Financial Officer Jenny Rice 07889 669550 bainton.ashton.clerk@live.co.uk

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Winners of Photography Competition

Winners of Flower Arrangement Competition

Bainton Primrose Festival Thanks to all those who attended the Bainton Primrose Festival, an event organised between St Mary’s Church, Bainton and the John Clare Countryside initiative. Revd Gary Alderson We were blessed with a perfect spring Saturday, and the primroses and other spring flowers in the churchyard were at their absolute best. People enjoyed the guided nature walks round the churchyard, pinfold, and Butter Cross – who knew you could see so much wonder in so small a space? On the Sunday we had another fine but mercifully cooler day for our six miles round walk between Bainton, Ufford, Helpston and Ashton. This took

in the marvellous and daffodilfilled nature reserve just behind Barnack Road, Bainton. Thanks to the Bratley family who have developed and maintained this area. We managed to get a refreshing and welcomed drink at the Bluebell, Helpston on the way round. Well done to all those that entered the photography and flower-arranging competitions: we saw some truly beautiful and creative efforts. Especial congratulations to Mary Gowers

(who was judged to have taken the best photo), Lyn Pollard (best flower arrangement), to Fjóla (best children’s flower arrangement) and to Carys, Noa, Oliver and Sara, who were judged best art entries from Barnack Primary School. Special thanks to Dave Radcliffe, who judged the photography, and to Sarah Lambert who conducted the nature walks, to Julie Stanton, who put in so much energy – and to all who helped organise and run the event.

Sara

Oliver

Best art entries from Barnack Primary School

Carys Knight

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LOCAL LAMB FROM PARK TO PLATE | FARM FOCUS

Discover a new sustainable initiative from Nene Park Trust, monthly ‘Park to Plate’ lamb boxes, containing lamb born and reared on Nene Park land managed in a nature-friendly way. Park to Plate has grown out of the share farming partnership between Nene Park Trust and first generation farmers, Oundle brothers Craig and Ryan Baxter, following the three key principles of being kind to animals, kind to nature and kind to the environment. Placing the utmost importance on the welfare of animals, the farming system is entirely forage-based, meaning that livestock enjoy grass, herbs and wildflowers throughout their lives, minimising environmental impact and maximising benefits to nature.

Every stage of the farming cycle is managed locally, resulting in a genuinely hyper-local product. With few inputs and the highest animal welfare standards, Park to Plate meat has a significantly lower carbon footprint compared to intensively reared supermarket produce. Park to Plate lamb boxes are available to order from the Nene Park online shop on a monthly basis with collection from the Visitor Centre, Gift & Farm Shop in Ferry Meadows. Customers can choose from three sizes, which contain a variety of cuts of lamb. Visit their website for a list of contents and prices: www.nenepark.org.uk/shop

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FARM FOCUS | ROSEMARY'S DIARY

Rosemary’s

FARMING DIARY With all spring sowings completed by the end of March and the first couple of days in April some of which are already emerging and, although the frosts have kept the temperature down at night and early mornings, we have had some lovely warm days which have done both the crops, and ourselves a lot of good – after a very long winter. Our earlier spring sowings have grown very well so that’s an encouraging start to 2022. All that’s needed now is a watchful eye over them for possible disease, any feed that is

need as much home grown produce as we can provide, with less food miles which makes sense when we are all being told we need to help the environment deliver a more

prices for everything they need to produce this food and it is inevitable this has to be passed on to the consumer, which I know most people understand. In our farm shop, we are

During the second world war farmers were told to cultivate every inch of ground, clear scrub land etc and grow crops on this land so we were more self-sufficient, to a certain extent what’s happening now is history repeating itself, relying on other countries can be in times of conflict or disasters a very risky road to go on. required and of course the right weather through their growing season, which we hope will give us maximum yield, quality and by all world events we shall 42

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sustainable future, our food produced in this country goes through the most stringent test and regulations, growers are now facing horrendous hikes in

doing our utmost to keep our prices as low as possible. All commodities have been affected, mainly caused by the rise in energy prices, which we

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are all aware of when our bills drop through the door. During the second world war farmers were told to cultivate every inch of ground, clear scrub land etc and grow crops on this land so we were more self-sufficient, to a certain extent what’s happening now is history repeating itself, relying on other countries can be in times of conflict or disasters a very risky road to go on. It’s all been down to the in-balance of trade deals now we have left the EU.

them. This is quite typical of how volatile the market is at the present time. Perhaps the supermarkets have brought them all up? – it’s a bit like the fuel pumps at the moment, who knows? Gone are the days when you could do your costings for the farm annually, in the retail sector allowing for seasonal changes possibly four times a year. Now it is every day – creating extra work. As one large wholesaler said to me this week, customers

nesting birds as well so why do developers wish to come into our villages and spoil our living and working countryside with proposals for such large developments? Our lovely village of Helpston is faced with such a massive development. Once a brick is laid that area becomes inaccessible for future developments of the school playing field or proper car parking facilities and eventually the school will be doomed. Surely people’s safety, health

Other countries can use us as a dumping ground or if there is a shortage, we don’t get that commodity, again food produced here creates less food miles, perhaps this is a wake-up call to our government to get a grip on this and give farmers in this country the opportunity to produce goods at a sustainable price, providing good jobs with a fair wage for all. Other countries can use us as a dumping ground or if there is a shortage, we don’t get that commodity, again food produced here creates less food miles, perhaps this is a wake-up call to our government to get a grip on this and give farmers in this country the opportunity to produce goods at a sustainable price, providing good jobs with a fair wage for all. For those people that are not aware, our industry over recent years has become very high tech and needs employees of a good education who are really interested in this work. It’s not a nine to five job, we have to work with the weather. As I am writing these notes on Tuesday evening, deadline to reach the editor on Good Friday my vegetable supplier has just texted me to say that the lettuce I ordered were going to cost me £1.80 each, he hadn’t brought

have commented their products weren’t priced. His answer “we can’t keep up with price changes, so it’s a pointless exercise” - that’s a very large business. We in our small way do endeavour to keep our prices checked daily and marked up for our customers to see before purchasing. The next two months on the farm are usually spent in between looking at what the growing crops need and getting equipment, grain stores cleaned out and any repairs to them completed well before harvest starting in July. We are now into the second week in April (Easter week), how the countryside is changing! Hedges greening up, trees coming out of their winter dormancy and soon the whole countryside will be awash with colour and alive with nature, and of course with all the wonderful

and wellbeing is what’s important – no amount of money can buy one’s health as we’ve all seen recently. If this development, as it stands, is allowed - as was put forward this month, there are no facilities in the plan to accommodate a large green area for children at the school or indeed for other members of the community – this is of course a dual use playing field. The landowner, the developers and the planners have it within their power to make this development an asset to the village rather than a loss. If the plan is very slightly re-jigged this would be easily achievable, with very little loss of revenue to the developer. This is a once or never opportunity to give Helpston the infrastructure that it so desperately needs. Let’s hope we, as a community, can help them to understand this and that sense and goodwill prevails for the benefit of future generations.

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NEWS & FEATURES | ALFRESCO LANDSCAPING AWARD

National landscaping award success for

Alfresco Landscaping

Helpston based Alfresco Landscaping has been awarded a top accolade at the Association of Professional Landscapers (APL) Awards 2022.

The company was awarded the HTA Benevolent Fund award, for “Making the most impact to the community” for their project at Rainbows Hospice Remembrance Garden in Loughborough. The winners, announced at the awards event sponsored by Bradstone, held at The Brewery in London on Friday 18 March 2022, gained national recognition for their achievements and are a testament to the high calibre landscaping offered by APL members. 44

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Speaking to the Tribune, Director – Alastair Peat said “this is our highest achievement yet. These are the Baftas for the Landscaping Industry. The APL represent the top 4% of companies in the country and we have been singled out – A massive achievement for the team as a whole”

hospice we immediately felt that we needed to be involved in this project. Just being in the garden and seeing the hundreds of names of children who had received end of life care and sadly passed away. Their legacy needed to be given an inspiring yet serene space to be remembered”.

The project extended and breathed new life into the garden used to remember the children who had sadly passed. Alastair said “After our first visit to the

The judges’ commented, “The re design and refurbishment was a challenging project, but one the team from Alfresco couldn’t turn down. It was a limited budget

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and many existing materials had to be re-used. But along side that was the sensitivity that had to be displayed throughout the whole project, as this space would still be attended by grieving relatives. Alfresco worked in collaboration with the designers to complete a charming, restful, reflective space for the relatives and staff of the hospice. They did so with a huge amount of integrity and forethought and are a credit to themselves and the industry they operate.”

Alfresco had previously won an Industry collaboration award with VaRa designs for this project in 2021 showing that cohesive thinking and teamwork across the project can create a solution stronger than a sum of its parts. The centre piece of the garden is a corten steel tree sculpture onto which glass leaves are tied with the names and dates of the children. There is space for 500 leaves allowing the sunshine to pick out the sparkles in the colourful memorials for the next 10 years and beyond.

So what is next for Alfresco? They have been approached by the RHS to build their Community garden winner for England for national gardens day on the 2 May. Working with BBC presenter and Gold Medal winning designer Arit Anderson, Alfresco will build the garden in Huntingdon which will be featuring on The One show in May and June. – Watch this space.

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HERITAGE | LOST AND GONE FOREVER

Lost and Gone Forever VANISHED BUILDINGS OF TRIBLAND

by Dr Avril Lumley Prior

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Have you ever returned to an old familiar place to find that it doesn’t look familiar anymore? The paths you trod have gone and housing estates have sprouted where quirky old buildings once stood. In Peakirk alone, the Boat Inn, Firdale Farm and dovecote, an ‘ancient’ barn and a myriad of quaint cottages have vanished within living memory. And I’m sure that residents across Tribland have reminiscences of lost properties too. vil agetribune

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Without a trace A Romano-British Villa at Helpston Old barn, St Pega’s Rd (Jean Marshall, 1965)

Mosaic from Helpston villa (Artis, 1828)

Local archaeologist, Edmund Tyrell Artis (1789-1847), revealed mosaic flooring and painted walls, suggesting seriously rich occupants. Glinton Congregational Chapel

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a massive impact it must have had upon a landscape sprinkled with wattle-and-daub roundhouses.

A Lost Chapel at Pilsgate

Of course, drastic changes to our environment are not modern phenomena. They have been happening since Neolithic settlers put down roots and became farmers, creating shelters for their families and livestock from biodegradable materials that left no trace. When the Romans invaded in 43AD, they brought with them new construction techniques and their works were less ephemeral.

Old Ordnance Survey Maps show a field in Pilsgate called ‘Chapel Close’, though no evidence of any structure is visible above ground. Peterborough Abbey registers corroborate that there was a chapel-of-ease in Pilsgate, erected c.1146, to save the villagers the mile trek to St John the Baptist’s church in Barnack. It was dedicated in the honour of the Holy Trinity and maintained by tithes [taxes] levied upon the abbot’s tenants. After the abbey was dissolved by Henry VIII in 1539, the manor of Pilsgate was granted to a certain David Vincent, who either allowed the chapel to disintegrate or robbed it for materials.

For example, to the east of the Heath Road near Helpston, there was a villa of palatial proportions. It was excavated in the 1820s, by local archaeologist, Edmund Tyrell Artis (1789-1847), who revealed mosaic flooring and painted walls, suggesting seriously rich occupants. Unfortunately, none of Artis’ notes survive, prompting a second excavation in 1967. The dig was badly managed and carried out by amateurs, who abandoned the site leaving it open to looters. In 1971, a survey was conducted by Christopher Taylor on behalf of the Royal Commission of Historical Monuments, after which the excavation was backfilled.

According to the Northamptonshire historian John Bridges (writing c.1721), ‘the chapel stood in the middle of the town; the site, about the bigness of a small churchyard, lay waste many years. But about 60 years ago, Lord Exeter dug up a great quantity of the foundation stones, walled it in and planted it for an orchard’.

Taylor concluded that the villa, built in local limestone, had gradually evolved from the second century AD, reaching its zenith during the fourth century. The western section alone contained at least twenty-two rooms, indicating what

Glinton Congregational Chapel A ‘dissenting’ chapel and schoolroom once stood at the junction of Lincoln Road and the old Helpston Roads. It was raised, c.1861, for the self-governing Congregationalists (Christians who rejected or ‘dissented’ from the Anglican form of worship) as an outstation of their Market Deeping mission. It had space for 100 worshippers, increasing its capacity to 140 sittings in 1904. But those were the days when

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nearly everybody attended church or chapel at least once on a Sunday. By 1933, numbers had dwindled to just four families. A bungalow now occupies the plot.

Maxey Castle (from a map of c.1542)

Geoffrey de la Mare fell from grace when he reneged on a debt of 100 marks (100 ounces of gold) owed to his neighbour and kinsman, Roger, Bishop of Coventry and Lincoln and lord of Northborough Castle. When summoned to Edward III’s Court to explain himself, Geoffrey produced a ‘receipt of payment’, seemingly signed by Bishop Roger, who promptly denounced it as a forgery. Consequently, Geoffrey was outlawed and all his assets seized.

How the mighty have fallen! Maxey Castle Nowadays, there is little left of Maxey Castle apart from the double moat and fishponds which hint at its illustrious past. After the Norman Conquest (1066), the eastern part of Maxey was granted to Ralph de la Mare, one of King William’s knights, though it is uncertain whether he chose to live there. His descendent, Geoffrey de la Mare, fell from grace when he reneged on a debt of 100 marks (100 ounces of gold) owed to his neighbour and kinsman, Roger, Bishop of Coventry and Lincoln and lord of Northborough Castle. When summoned to Edward III’s Court to explain himself, Geoffrey produced a ‘receipt of payment’, seemingly signed by Bishop Roger, who promptly denounced it as a forgery. Consequently, Geoffrey was outlawed and all his assets seized. By 1372, his Maxey estates were under the control of King Edward’s Chancellor, Sir Robert de Thorpe, who had been Solicitor General at the time of Geoffrey’s downfall. When Sir Robert died suddenly 1372, Maxey passed to his nephew, William. He rebuilt Maxey manor house and applied for a royal

licence to crenelate or add a double moat and battlements (as a status symbol rather than for defence), thereby elevating it to castle status. In 1485, it was acquired by the Countess of Richmond, Margaret Beaufort (1443-1509), who is known to have lodged there. In due course, Maxey passed to her grandson Henry VIII (1509-47) and her greatgrandchildren, Edward VI (1547-53) and Elizabeth I (1559-1603), who bestowed it upon her Secretary of State, William Cecil [Lord Burghley]. In 1699, Maxey became part of Lord Fitzwilliam of Milton’s estate. John Bridges tells us that, by 1721, the castle had been dismantled. Barnack manor house, c.1905

Barnack Manor House Despite succumbing to a fire in 1905, Barnack manor house, to the north of St John the Baptist’s churchyard, was still standing (though only just) when The Victoria County History, Volume II, was published the following year. Earlier historians, like Bridges (1721) and John Henry Parker (1853), described tall medieval, stained-glass windows, a hall with a vaulted ceiling, and fireplaces and doorways emblazoned with the escutcheons of Henry VII (1485-1509), his wife, Elizabeth of

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Geoffrey de Barnack’s effigy

Bainton moated site

Margaret Vincent’s effigy

It has been conjectured that the site was colonised during England’s late-thirteenthcentury period of optimum population but was forsaken after the region succumbed to the Great Plague (aka the Black Death) in 1348/9. 50

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York (died 1503), and their son, Henry VIII. All this is evidence of a quality structure. Yet, Parker reveals and the Victoria County History sketch confirms that the house was ‘modernised’ and ‘greatly reduced’. Now all that is left of its former glory are earthworks and the depression left by two fishponds. In 1327, the manor was held by Geoffrey de Barnack, who endowed a chantry on the north side of St John the Baptist’s chancel, where prayers could be said for his soul and those of his family. His defaced effigy and that of his granddaughter, Margaret (clutching her keys), lie in recesses. Margaret married John Vincent and their descendent, David, was responsible for Pilsgate chapel’s decay.

Humps and Bumps Bainton’s Medieval Moated Site Most Triblanders will know about the extensive earthworks at Torpel

manorial site on King Street, west of Helpston, for they have been thoroughly researched and the findings published. In the late 1970s, a lowlier manorial site was observed from the air to the immediate south of Bainton. It is enclosed by a moat with a causeway or entrance on the eastern side. Like Torpel, it contains humps and bumps (on a much smaller scale), which may be associated with a modest hall and chapel. It has been conjectured that the site was colonised during England’s late-thirteenth-century period of optimum population but was forsaken after the region succumbed to the Great Plague (aka the Black Death) in 1348/9. Whilst most fen-edge settlements, like Deeping Gate, Northborough and Peakirk, suffered roughly a 50% decrease in their population, we cannot be sure that this was entirely due to pestilence. Surviving peasants, eking a living on wet, marginal soils, migrated to plots on the gravel uplands

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Eyre & Jeffreys’ map showing ‘Waldram’ Hall (1791)

Hexham’s map, showing bar across the river, c.1590

By the early-fourteenth century, a ferry service was operating between Walderam Hall and Crowland Abbey, mainly patronised by pilgrims visiting the shrines of St Guthlac and St Waltheof at Crowland. There was a sliding scale of fares with ferrymen charging ‘strangers’ twice as much as locals and everyone paying triple in ‘tempestuous’ weather.

left vacant by plague victims. In fact, by comparing the 1301 Northamptonshire Tax Assessment figures with the 1377 Poll Tax returns, it seems that Bainton enjoyed a hundredfold increase in its inhabitants! Was this the time when Bainton’s moated site was created, I wonder.

Walderham Hall In the eastern corner of Northborough parish on a headland betwixt the ancient courses of the Welland and Folly Rivers lies another collection of earthworks, which represent all that remains above ground of Walderam Hall. Strategically placed close to the river-crossing of the old road to the Deepings, Walderam has enjoyed a chequered career. The confluence of the Welland and ‘Follies’ is cited as a pe-Conquest boundary of Peterborough Abbey. However, the earliest reference to any activity is in 1274, when Peter de la Mare of Northborough and Joanna Wake of Deeping were hauled before Edward I’s court for neglecting to pay twenty years’ rent for their fishery on the Welland, near ‘Walraund’. By the early-fourteenth century, a ferry service was operating between Walderam Hall and Crowland Abbey, mainly patronised by pilgrims visiting the shrines of St Guthlac and St Waltheof at Crowland. There was a sliding scale of fares with ferrymen charging ‘strangers’ twice as much as locals and everyone paying triple in ‘tempestuous’ weather. The tenants of Walderham Hall were also cashing in. A survey of 1547 states that, before the Dissolution of the monasteries in 1539,

‘the farme at Waldranhall was an Inne and sometime greatly frequented by Pylgrimes passing to Walsingham’. Afterwards, the hall and ferry were leased to the ubiquitous David Vincent of Pilsgate! Although Peterborough Abbey had held the right of toll along the Welland from Stamford to Crowland since the late-tenth century, the earliest known reference to a toll bar across the river appears in Elizabeth I’s Exchequer Roll for 1580. The ‘barre’ is described on John Hexham’s ‘Map of the Fenland’ of c.1590. From at least 1512/13, road tolls were also being levied at the ‘crossing place for travellers with merchandise from the country to the market of Deeping with carts and horses’. The site of the ford possibly was obliterated during the construction of the Peterborough to Spalding Great Northern Railway line, in 1878. Walderam Hall’s importance declined after 1651, when the bridge was constructed at Deeping St James. By the end of the seventeenth century, it was a dilapidated farmhouse, prone to seasonal flooding. Despite this, in 1705, Walderam’s owner Lord Fitzwilliam ordered its reconstruction, in stone with a thatched roof (later to be replaced with pantiles). Still, mindful of the cost, Fitzwilliam instructed his steward ‘to build the house strong and well, but not better than the tenant needs’! A sketch made in 1714 shows Walderam as almost identical to that depicted in a photograph taken during the 1947 floods. Shortly afterwards, it was demolished, whilst the outbuildings remained until the 1950s.

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>> HERITAGE | LOST AND GONE FOREVER deer park created by Roger de Torpel III, in 1198, upon payment of 100 shillings [£5] to Richard the Lionheart.

Longthorpe Tower (P. Tillemanns, 1719)

If Stones could Talk Fit for a Queen? Lawn Wood’s ‘Lodge’

Legend dictates that Eleanor was so beguiled by the area, that her husband built her a ‘hunting-lodge’, in Lawn Wood. The ruin in Lawn Wood

From the massive Roman prætorium at Castor (excavated by Artis in the 1820s) to the scatters of dressed ragstone in the moated Down Halls Wood, north of Ufford, it would be the archaeologists’ dream if stones could divulge what actually took place within a structure. In the south-east corner of the strictly private Ashton Lawn Wood, stand the sorry ruins of a square ‘tower?’ with walls four metres thick, estimated to have been sturdy enough to support three storeys. It occupies part of the former 60-acre

The building, with its vaulted ground-floor chamber, is a century later and contemporary with and maybe similar to Longthorpe Tower. By then, Torpel manor had passed through marriage to the de Camoys family. By 1281, John de Camoys was in dire straits. His wife had left him for a rival and Torpel was mortgaged up to the hilt. Consequently, John sold the manor, lock, stock and Lawn Wood, to Edward I, who bestowed them upon his queen, Eleanor of Castile. Legend dictates that Eleanor was so beguiled by the area, that her husband built her a ‘hunting-lodge’, in Lawn Wood. Edward and his heavily-pregnant wife did, indeed, hold Court at an unspecified location at Torpel in September 1290, and it is tempting to imagine the pair viewing their prospective game from the ‘lodge’. Sadly, we have no proof the Edward erected it or even of Eleanor’s presence here. She died two months later and her grief-stricken widower leased the farmland to the abbot of Peterborough. By 1554, the deer park had fallen into disuse and we can, presumably, trace the demise of the ‘lodge’ from then.

Pellet Hall Back in the 1990s, Greg and I often walked my rough collie, Bing, from Marholm to Woodcroft Castle, then along Maxham’s Green Road to Helpston. Near where Woodcroft Road meets the track to Woodcroft Lodge and on the contiguous boundary of Etton, Glinton and Marholm, stood the last vestiges of Pellett Hall, a brick-built barn with a hayloft above. 52

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renamed the property ‘Kew’s Farm’. According to Kelly’s Trades Directory, John, his wife Elizabeth and their family of nine remained there until c.1874. Afterwards, William and Sarah Goodfellow and their son, William junior (farmers of 139 acres and employing five men and one boy), arrived and the name reverted to Pellett Hall. The Goodfellows had left by 1891 and John Sheppard, another ag. lab., was ensconced with his wife, Mary and their three children. They were followed by 1901 by John Brewin, a ‘yardman’, Sarah his wife and their three children; next by John and Gertrude Cook, farmers, and two of their eleven prodigy, before 1911. The 1911 Census informs us that the farmhouse comprised nine rooms, though some may have been used for storing crops. By 1921, Pellet Hall was a dairy farm occupied by Arthur and Catherine Sharpe and their five daughters. The 1939 Survey (the last record available to me) divulges that it had been taken over by the Osbourne family. Site of Pellett Hall

When I returned to Pellett Hall in March, the barn too had vanished, leaving just a few chunks of red brick, slithers of Collyweston slate and a brokendown trailer to mark its passing.

Pellett Hall’s past is enigmatic. Lots of folk have heard of it and some recall running riot in the hayloft, in the late 1960s and 1970s, and I’m told that scenes from the second series of Secret Army (1978) were filmed there. But no one can remember the house, which makes it all the more intriguing and research-worthy.

OS Maps from 1898 onwards describe farm buildings forming three sides of a courtyard with an orchard and the barn opposite. When I returned to Pellett Hall in March, the barn too had vanished, leaving just a few chunks of red brick, slithers of Collyweston slate and a broken-down trailer to mark its passing.

Pellett Hall is absent from both the 1819 ‘Inclosure’ and 1824 Ordnance Survey Maps. Also part of the Fitzwilliam Estate, the earliest tenants that I can find emerge on the 1851 Census Returns as John Vine, an agricultural labourer, his wife Mary and four offspring. By 1861, they had moved out and were replaced by John Kew, farmer of 132 acres, who pretentiously

Peakirk’s Old Village Hall The prospect of a village hall at Peakirk was first mooted at a Peterborough Rural District Council meeting in July 1915 by the rector, Reverend Canon Robert Colquhoun Faithfull, who promised to donate land for the purpose. Prior to this, all public gatherings were held at the Hermitage Chapel, then the Parish

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>> HERITAGE | LOST AND GONE FOREVER

Peakirk’s old Village Hall, Peakirk, 1974

Reading Room. After World War I (191418), surplus government materials became available. So, in late November 1919, Tom Neaverson (1897-1975) purchased a 60-feet sectional hut for use as the village hall. The cost, £70.0s.61/2d [£70. 03], was raised by public subscription. The villagers rallied to raise the hall in time for the Christmas Whist Drive and it rapidly became a hub of social activity in an era before TV, the internet and play-stations. It was a venue for dances, concerts,

Maybe someday, someone will invent a time-machine allowing us to visit Tribland’s lost buildings in their heydays. Just imagine Helpston villa with its cool mosaic floors on scorching summer days, the sights, sounds and smells of Walderam pilgrims’ inn or feasting with medieval VIPs at Lawn Wood ‘lodge’! 54

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pantomimes, parties, ‘magic-lantern’ shows (the precursor to PowerPoint lectures), jumble sales and Parish Council meetings. Nevertheless, conditions were spartan by today’s standards. Heating was provided by a temperamental, coal-burning stove and it was not until the 1950s that electric fires were installed. There was a kitchen and single ladies’ lavatory but no ‘Gents’. Men were obliged to relieve themselves elsewhere! The hall’s replacement (again financed by public sponsorship) was opened in August 1974 by Arthur Neaverson on behalf of his father, Tom, whose health prevented him from attending.

WI Christmas party ‘with hats’, 1959 (Notice the ‘Jerusalem’ banner}

Time Travel in Tribland? Maybe someday, someone will invent a time-machine allowing us to visit Tribland’s lost buildings in their heydays. Just imagine Helpston villa with its cool mosaic floors on scorching summer days, the sights, sounds and smells of Walderam

pilgrims’ inn or feasting with medieval VIPs at Lawn Wood ‘lodge’! But distance lends enchantment to the view and, at the end of the day, doubtlessly, most Triblanders would be relieved to return to 2022 with all its troubles!

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New website for Helpston History Group

The Helpston Local History Group are delighted to be finalising the layout and content of the Helpston History Website which is due to launch at the beginning of June. Once the site is live, the public will have access to all the items we have posted relating to our village history. The website will have the facility to contribute articles, stories and photos. Here is a sneak preview of our training home page.

In the meantime, if you would like to share any material for inclusion which could be used by our group for articles, (we are particularly looking for photos of village people working in local employment) we would be delighted to hear from you, via the email

address below, or by calling 01733 254818. Come and chat with us in St Botolph’s Church, at the Helpston Gala on Saturday 14th May 2022. Make sure you don’t miss our screen presentation and themed display on, “Feasts, Fêtes and Galas”. We would also like to invite you to our open meeting at 7.30pm

on 19 May, also in the church, when Toby Wood of the Peterborough Civic Society will give a talk about Peterborough’s Blue Plaques. There will be an admission charge for non-members to this event of £2, however if you take up group membership on the evening, the entry will be free.

To contact us or request details about joining our group, please email helpstonhistory@gmail.com and a member of the group will get back to you.

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TASTE BUDS | LES PÂTES DE MARVIN

Allo to all the Tribland people out there in the lovely villages, I hope you are well. Something a little different for this issue of the great magazine.

Les pâtes de (Lee’s Pasta and Meatballs)

It is of course natural to assume the potentially splendid dish of pasta and meatballs originated from Italy, and maybe originally it did. Most chefs however, including those from your Sceptred Isle, have their own take or nuance on this classic comfort-food and in France, you might imagine, it is no exception because to create this sublime repast to its maximum potential needs more than just a jar of Dull-mio gloopy sauce and supermarket anonymously-made balls. It should be cooked with passion and fine ingredients, like so many quite simple recipes, to produce easy yet great food for your friends and family to enjoy. I was creating this menu for years as a trainee sous chef in France, mainly for the kitchen staff to enjoy. At a lunchtime service one day many years ago, in a small but well-regarded bistro in the Provence town of Entrecasteaux, I was preparing my version of this dish when into the kitchen walked none other than the famous American actor Lee Marvin. Mr Marvin, it appeared, was shooting a French film nearby with the lovely Juliet Mills and they had dropped into our bistro for lunch. They had seen one of the front of house team devouring his plate of my meatballs and pasta and asked us to prepare a similar plate because it looked so good! Both he and Miss Mills were really nice people without pretention or boastful about their fame but nevertheless I was nervous about this lunch until he closed his eyes after the first mouthful. Praise indeed and he asked for the recipe in order the film crew chef could cook it too.

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I was sad to learn of his untimely passing just a couple of years later but hoped that he had had many opportunities to enjoy my pasta menu, which I renamed in his memory.

LES PÂTES DE MARVIN | TASTE BUDS

from the kitchen of

Marvin For 4 guests: 500g each minced beef and pork; 1 cup breadcrumbs; ½ cup semi-skimmed milk; 2 tablespoons chopped basil plus more leaves to serve; 4 tablespoons finely grated parmesan cheese, plus more to serve; 3 teaspoons coarse salt, divided; red chilli flakes and/or freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon onion powder; 3 large eggs; 4 garlic cloves, minced; 4 tablespoons olive oil; 2 cans of chopped tomatoes; 2 tablespoons tomato puree; 1 pound dried penne pasta (or spaghetti if you’d prefer)

Lee Marv in  Bring a large pot of wellsalted water to boil and heat your oven to 180C.

two of chilli flakes and let sizzle until garlic is golden, 30 seconds to 1 minute.

 Line a large baking tray with foil for easy clean-up, and coat it lightly with a nonstick spray.

 Add tomatoes and puree and season with remaining salt. Let mixture simmer for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.

 Place meat, crumbs, milk, parsley, cheese, 1 teaspoon salt, pepper, onion powder, eggs, and one-third of your minced garlic in a large bowl, and mash everything together with your hands until evenly mixed. Wet your hands, form mixture into 1-inch (larger if preferred) meatballs and arrange on prepared tray. Roast for about 10 minutes, until cooked through.  Once water is boiling, cook penne until one minute shy of tender. Set aside 1 cup of cooking water before draining pasta.  In a deep saute pan or wide saucepan, heat the olive oil over medium heat. Add remaining two-thirds of garlic and a pinch or

 When meatballs come out of the oven, add them to the sauce and gently simmer for about 10 minutes with the lid on.  When you’re ready to serve: Return your pasta to its empty cooking pot. Pour a few ladles of sauce and add half of reserved pasta water and cook over high heat for one minute, tossing the whole time. Use additional pasta water as needed to loosen.  Serve to your guests in a large white round serving bowl. Add the pasta first with the meatballs and sauce on top. Garnish with chopped basil and grated cheese – with additional good bowls of grated cheese and crusty French bread. Eat immediately.

You might wish to choose an Italian wine to accompany your menu but I naturally prefer a robust French red like our house selected Fitou or Côtes Du Rhône Villages. Plenty of grated cheese and good quality bread is important for this table of food – and make it easy for your diners to help themselves, with big serving spoons. askchezpierre@gmail.com

Bon chance, Pierre x

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Northborough School We have had a very busy time again, back in full swing with residential visits for Year 4 to Stibbington, Bikeability sessions for Year 5, Year 1 and 2 local study walks, An Egyptian day for Year 3 and a Victorian day for Year 5. Children from Year 5 and 6 competed against local schools at AMVC in netball and football competitions. PE lead, Jan Pell said, “It was just fantastic to see the children’s smiling faces and their competitive spirit! They put all their determination into every game. Well done to both teams for an awesome effort!”

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Northborough won gold and silver in the netball, and silver in the football. Whole school events have included fundraising for Red Nose day, a STEM day with a range of science and technology activities carried out in our colour groups, Book week events and a Mothers’ Day gift shop. We are also raising money to support refugees from Ukraine by collectively running the distance from our school to Ukraine. Euphemia from the student council wrote to the parents to thank them, saying, “We have finished walking and

running around our field, trying to raise money for the children of Ukraine. We really appreciate how much you have contributed so far - a whopping £892.19. We have now arrived at the Russian border. Thank you so much, from the School Council.” Our Planet Protectors have continued to develop our grounds by sowing seeds into a wild flower labyrinth supporting the work at the Tower of London to commemorate the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. We can’t wait to see what they look like in the summer.

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YOUNG TRIBUNE | PEAKIRK CUM GLINTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

Peakirk Cum Glinton C of E Primary The small school with a big heart

A few words from our head teacher Mr. C Kendall

As a school in the heart of the community we wanted to let you know all the wonderful things our children have been doing in our school and beyond. Community is one of our core Christian values and I hope this article reflects what a diverse curriculum our school community has explored so far this year. Now covid restrictions are lifting we are excited to, once again, be able to look beyond our own grounds and explore what we can do in and for the wider community. Please do get in touch if you think there is anything we can do by emailing office@peakirk.peterborough. sch.uk

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Preschool has seen its highest numbers ever this term and the team has increased in response. They have continued to enjoy their new mud kitchen with full running water. The theme for the term really has been ‘outdoors’. They have been into the wooded area and outdoor learning space often, also enjoying the daily mile track each day, whatever the weather! They have enjoyed morning snack in their garden, searching for minibeasts and observing the changes in nature over spring. They were

lucky enough to have a parent bring newts in for the children to hold and observe and pond dipping is being planned in the school pond which is always a popular activity. The preschool children were able to look after Reception's chicks for a day - holding them, observing them and talking about how to care for them. Now would be a good time to get in touch if you are looking for a preschool place for September - we’d love to show you around the amazing setting! The reception children have had a focus on science this half

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School By Amy Quarizzo

term. They have focused on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk, converted the role play corner into a garden centre and grown their very own beans and kept bean diaries. Reception also had a very special arrival of 11 chick eggs which they watched hatch and looked after them. The children gained a great insight into the life cycle of a chicken and the needs of baby chicks. They helped to look after them by feeding them, giving them water and cleaning them out. They were then fortunate that one of our parents rehomed all of them. Year 1 have been studying the Great Fire of London. They had a visit from Samuel Pepys who showed them how he buried his cheese to keep it safe! The children all made their own Tudor homes too. This term Year 2 have been completing a spring onion experiment with Year 4 and learning about Rosalind Franklin for science week. In English they have been creating some amazing diary entries and newspaper report around their books ‘The Dark’ by Lemony Snicket and ‘The secret of Black Rock’ by Joe Stanton. In maths they have been learning about shapes and have just started to explore fractions. They have designed and created their own moving vehicles. They also had a lovely story and biscuit afternoon with pre school.

Year 3 have been learning about pre-historic life in Britain this term. They visited Flag Fen to learn how people survived during this period of time. Activities included grinding corn and making their own bread, selecting natural resources to make their own medicines, making paint and using nettles to dye their clothes and building a wattle and daub wall (including the use of manure!). Back in class the children wrote some fantastic recounts and instructions using the visit as a stimulus. They have also enjoyed reading 'The Boy with the Bronze Axe' by Kathleen Fidler. Year 4 have been borrowing some Roman artefacts from a local archaeological group - FenArch. This term, Year 4 have been looking at the Romans, and have really enjoyed all of the artefacts loaned to them. It has really brought their topic and History lessons to life. Next term they will be looking at 'We Built This City', and looking at geography around cities and why we build where we do - and perhaps even have a go at building their own (digital) city using all the things they learn over the term! Year 5 have been writing instructions on how to survive a flood based on their book, Floodland, lots of learning about fractions, written diaries and letters. In RE they had a visitor called

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YOUNG TRIBUNE | PEAKIRK CUM GLINTON PRIMARY SCHOOL

Michael Buckeridge (fuzzy felt man!) who answered lots of the children’s very deep questions! They have looked at forces, gears, pulleys etc and the children are making space models with moving parts. They have covered volcanoes, earthquakes, tsunamis and tornadoes in geography. Year 6 have been learning about Ancient Egypt...they have done lots of artwork, looking at artefacts, they’re reading a novel based around the finding of Tutankhamen's tomb and have been on a visit to The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge to look at their Egyptian collection.

PGSA Many events are non-profit making, and for children, families and the community. Those that raise funds, directly benefit the school. The PGSA are helping to fund the redevelopment of the front playground by installing an adventure play area. The PGSA also held their annual Easter bonnet competition and Easter egg hunt, with the Easter bunny making an appearance later in the day to give out sweets at home time. This Mother’s Day, the PGSA provided beautifully wrapped plants for £2.50 for children to give to Mums, Grandmas, Aunties etc. A date for your diary - the ever-popular Summer Fete is being held on 26 June! This is always a hugely successful event which gets bigger and better each year! The Out of Hours club continues to be popular and a vital provision for many working parents. Currently running from the school hall, the club are excited to launch their exciting weekly

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film night on a Friday after school. The children have access to a wide range of activities, including full use of the fantastic outdoor space, and offering breakfast, snacks and refreshments too. We all enjoyed a range of activities in the build up to and during world book day. Across the school the children have made a Supertato, designed their own Dr Xargle alien, designed a forest based on The Tin Forest, designed a marvellous thing from the museum of marvellous things, created Dr Seuss emojis, made a stickman, completed a Tiger who came to tea collage and created a giant very hungry caterpillar! Lots of children took part in the reading stars challenge and prizes were awarded to year groups in recognition. Science week was enjoyed by all, and the children were engaged in a wide variety of activities. All the tasks centred around the theme of growth and year groups have come together to investigate how slime grows (years 5 and 6), tree growth and identification (years 1 and 3), and how Spring onions grow (years 2 and 6). Reception and preschool have been growing their own beans!

Blue and Yellow Day We hosted a blue and yellow themed non-uniform day and raised £298.50 for the Ukrainian appeal and have received a number of donations of essential items too. The children visited church to mark Ash Wednesday and have each written a Lenten promise. Purple is used in church to mark lent and so the children have been adding purple ribbons to the prayer tree to reflect their own Lenten promises.

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Celebration worship is now a whole school session held weekly and celebrating achievements and acknowledging those who have been spotted upholding one of the Christian values. Mrs Willatt and the faith council, comprising of class representatives, meet regularly to discuss initiatives, support the schools Christian values and so on. Other exciting news from this term includes a focus on Internet safety, The bike people visit - preschool bikes and trikes and scooters were repaired, as were the bikes of children brought in from home. The litter pick was a success, with children as young as 2 years old helping to clean up the environment. The school had some successes in a recent Sumdog Maths competition against other Peterborough schools. We also supported Red Nose Day.

A word from our Chair of Governors Mr. V Quarizzo. The school has coped incredibly well in unprecedented times and now we are coming out the other side, it’s great to get back into school and experience first hand the small school with a big heart. Along with my fellow governors we have been able to attend events like Harvest Festival in the autumn and more recently the Ash Wednesday service, where parents, children and the local community can all come together. The events aside the staff and the children continue to be a credit to the school and we as governors look forward to supporting and contributing to our local school in the coming terms.

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PERFECT PERFORMANCE | GLEBE SINGERS | SPARKLING EYES

Glebe Singers David Scoffield

Do you like to sing? If so, we might be the choir for you!

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Glebe Singers is a Community Choir based in Market Deeping, which recently performed at St. Andrew’s Church, Northborough in our first concert since Covid struck in 2020. Having previously performed in a number of local churches, and also at Burghley House on several occasions, this was a very welcome return to singing all together once more. During all the lockdowns, rehearsals reverted to being on line, but our choir has finally been able to return to rehearsing as a whole choir again, and we are busy planning our next concert in July.

Photos: Contributors of songs to the musical L to R Jon Graham (trumpet) Kate Wishart (piano) Nigel Gibbons (voice) and Ian Winfrey on Sax.

As a Community Choir, our aim is to bring music to all members of the Community, both by performing and encouraging people to come along and join us. Our repertoire covers a variety of genres from Eastern European religious pieces to songs from the shows, and much more. Under the leadership of both David Scoffield and Bart Drzewiecki, each week is full of fun and enjoyment as singing once more rings out. Our choir is made up of a number of friendly members who all agree that singing is good for the soul and relish the opportunity to be out and about again spreading the musical word! Rehearsals take place on Wednesdays 7.30 to 9.00pm in The Green School (opposite St. Guthlac’s Church, Market Deeping). We would love to have more members come and join our singing team (soprano, alto, tenor and basses), and if you think you would like to meet us, we would love to meet you! More information about our choir is available at glebesingers.org, or phone David Scoffield on 07921 813442. We also have our own Facebook page, and can be contacted by email through glebesingers@gmail.com 64

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Tickets: Adults £14, Conc. £12.50 Box Office: 01780 766455 www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk Fundraising for the Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre. Charity No: 1092736

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SPARKLING EYES | PERFECT PEFORMANCE

Ian Winfrey

The Sparkling Eyes Story Our story follows three sisters who inherit a necklace, The Sparkling Eyes, from their ballerina mother which may or may not have been a gift to her from the Russian Tsar. There are doubts as to the true origin and value of the jewellery and each sister has their own ideas as to what to do - should it hold any value, not always agreeing with each other! The 1929 financial crash has left the eldest sister impoverished, the youngest dealing with a less than reliable boyfriend and the

stable stalwart sister suck in the middle. Then add in two husbands and a mysterious letter and the sisters are divided and their family bond put to the test. What follows are some delightful songs, upbeat tangos and rumbas some fabulous 20s dancing a few misunderstandings and the truth about the story of the mysterious Sparkling Eyes. Do the sisters work it all out? Is the necklace really from the Tsar of Russia? Join us to find out the ending and discover the truth for yourselves!…

BOOK TICKETS www.stamfordcornexchange.co.uk/sparkling-eyes/

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A Message from our Writers

A brand new musical by writers and musicians local to Stamford and Peterborough. This is no experiment though, they have a proven track record having already written an opera. When the creators contacted Stamford Showstoppers about producing it they were so impressed that they decided they just had to stage this exciting project and look forward to sharing the final show with you all. We are also taking the show on tour and performing it both in Stamford and Cambridge. The group of writers had been working on a project to stage a new English Opera, in Oundle that was cancelled due to Covid. But undeterred, they decided that if you can write an opera, why not a musical? With some time on their hands due to lockdown, write they did. Plans for the musical’s plot changed as our chief lyricist, a retired GP, volunteered to work on test and trace, so Ian took over writing the plot and dialogue. Inspired by a lady in his village who had her 100th birthday during the lockdown and was heard to say “I was born during the last pandemic I hope I live through this one”, he decided to write a story set in the 1920s that she might have been taken to. The aim was to provide light hearted family entertainment. Initially the other writers were sceptical of the whole idea (maybe lockdown blues!). They said “you write the first three songs” then we’ll start writing. This Ian did and it started a flood of songs and some lovely dance music of tangos, quicksteps and a rumba. And the rest, as they say is history!....

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TRIBUNE DIARY

Diary

Deeping Gate Litter Pick

22 May. 1030am Meet at the foot of the pedestrain bridge in Riverside.

Lockdown In Little Grimley

Sat 7 May Newborough Village Hall Friday 13 May Peakirk Village Hall Performances start at 7.30pm Tickets: 07960 029110 (More info on page 32)

Maxey Village Hall Quiz Sat 7 May at 7pm

Barnack & Pilsgate Annual Parish Meeting 16 May. 6.30pm

Welcome drinks and nibbles.

Sparkling Eyes

Equipment will be provided.

Coffee Morning

28 May.10am - 12pm Helpston Church Every 4th Saturday of the month. Coffee cake and chat! Looking Forward to seeing you!

MUSICAL PRODUCTION

20 & 21 May Stamford Corn Exchange (More info on pages 64 & 65)

Get a team together, up to 6 members, for a night of fun and prizes.Bar available, ticket only. £5 each. Contact Mark; 07710 150825

St Benedict’s Queen’s Jubilee Coffee Morning Thurs 2 June. 10am. – 11.30am. Glinton Village Hall

Join us for a drink, cake and a chat. What are your memories of the Queen’s reign? Coffee/tea/squash and cakes £3.00. £1.50 for children.

Helpston Gala Is Back! Sat 14 May. 12pm Helpston Village Green

Come and join us for our 40th Anniversary celebrations. We’ve even brought 'Botolph' out of hibernation – he was designed by Ivan Cumberbatch all those years ago when the Church Gala first started.

tombolas, coconut shy, dog show, as well as cakes, plants, bric-abrac, toys, and books stalls.

The will be plenty of activities to keep the family amused – games (some old and some new ones), a children’s activity centre,

There will also be refreshments served in the Village Hall throughout the event.Come along and enjoy the fun!

There will of course also be the usual great BBQ and drinks bus, as well as displays by the History Society in the church.

If you can offer to help, beforehand or on the day, please contact Clive Pearce (01733 253494) or Kate Hinchliff (07745 116621) 66

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Glinton WI Queen’s Jubilee Afternoon Tea

Sat 4 June. 2.30pm Glinton Village Hall. Tea served at 3pm. £7.50 each, entry by ticket only. Wear your red, white and blue outfit and if you have any memento of the time we would love to see it.

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Northborough Church. Save Our St Andrew's Events Northborough Open Gardens Mon 2 May. 1 - 5 pm

£8.00 Programmes on sale at St Andrew’s Church. Plant & book stalls, tea, cakes & more!

Jubilee Flower Festival Fri, Sat & Sun 3-5 June. 11am - 4.30pm St Andrew's Church Celebrating 7 decades of Her Majesty's reign.

Sponsored Knitted Toy Corgi Parachute Jump Sat 4 June. 3 pm St Andrew’s Church

Northborough

ART

EXHIBITION Original Work, Prints & Cards

Sat 2 & Sun 3 July. 10.30am - 4.30pm

St Andrew's Church (More info on page 29)

Jubilee Service

Sun 5 June 10.30pm Refreshments on sale during the Festival

Cream Tea at the Manor Northborough Manor Sittings:

Sat 11 June. 1.30pm-3.00pm & 3.30-5.00pm

Pre-booked tickets only from 21 May Clare – clare@euro-pa.net; 07802 487679

Midsummer Ploughman’s Lunch Friday 24 June. 1-3pm 9 Church Street Raffle and Stalls

Northborough Fun Dog Show

Sat 16 July. 1pm – 6pm Village Hall and Playing Field

The Handlebards performing Shakespeare’s

Twelfth Night

Tues 6 September. 7pm Northborough Manor Garden opens at 6pm. Bring a picnic! Tickets now on sale at: www.handlebards.com/tickets

St Andrew’s Festival 'All Creatures Great and Small' 30 September - 2 October St Andrew’s Church

Fish and Chips Musical Evening Fri 30 September. 7pm

Festival Fun, Games, Tea & Cakes Sat 1- Sun 2 October. 11am-4.30pm

All Offers of Help would be gratefully received. For more information, contact: Polly – 01778 380849. Clare – clare@euro-pa.net; 07802 487679. Teresa – tabscott@btinternet.com; 07874860148 Facebook-square/StAndrewsNorthborough

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Bring a unique flavour to your summer event!

The Vault Bar Extensive selection of exotic cocktails, wines, beers & soft drinks for your outdoor celebrations. Helpston-based. Call Rose on 07949 657352 or email rose.thevault@gmail.com More details and photos at: /thevaultbarltd

Platinum Party in the Park Sun 5 June Northborough Playing Field

Celebrating Her Majesty, the Queen’s Jubilee

Maxey Jubilee Celebrations Sun 5 June

Picnic on the field to celebrate the Platinum Anniversary of the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II. See website and posters for more details soon. 68

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Thanksgiving Service

The John Clare Festival

For the lives of Dr James and Mrs Ann Lambe

The John Clare Society is delighted to announce that the annual Festival in Helpston is finally going to be back in July.

All welcome.

Dates to note for your diary include:

The family are in the process of compiling the service and we would love to hear from you if you would like to contribute in some way.

Midsummer Cushions’ Ceremony

Sunday 19 June. 12pm St Andrew's Church Northborough

Please contact Jane Cox by email jane@janecox.co.uk – or phone 07765 251847

St Botolph Helpston Pet Blessing Service

19 June, 10am St Botolph's Churchyard Does your hound need a blessing? Then bring it along to St Botolph’s Churchyard when we will be celebrating God’s gifts to us in hymns and prayers – and celebrating St Botolph’s Day. Please keep edible pets safely in cages, and dogs and other large animals under control!

Peakirk Social Evening

9 July at 7pm Peakirk Village Hall. Social evening to thank Rev’ Mark-Aaron for his ministry in the Benefice and to wish him and Cigil farewell as they move to Dundee and to Winston-James as he starts a new career.

Fri 15 July. 1.30pm Helpston Churchyard The children from John Clare Primary School will be receiving their prizes in this year’s poetry competition. This is followed in the evening with

Live Folk Music 7.30 - 10.30pm. The Bluebell

AGM

Sat 16 July. 10.15am Helpston Church Once the formalities are over it’s full steam ahead for a wonderful day of

Music, talks and food, (both at lunchtime and for tea), guided walk, stalls and much more. To end the day there is a concert by

Innocent Hare

6-7 pm St. Botolph’s church.

Sunday Church Service Sun 17 July. 10.45am With Rev. Gary Alderson. For more details please contact Sue Holgate (smholgate@outlook.com 01353 668438) or Ann Marshall (annmarshall2@btinternet.com 01522 788656) who are both on the Festival organising committee.

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KEEPING IN TOUCH VIA SOCIAL MEDIA & LETTERS TO THE EDITOR | WRITE AWAY

y a w A e t i r W PART II

HELPSTON WOODS Dave Radcliffe

Helpston woods Bluebells and Anemones are stunning at the moment, then down to the Hills and Holes where the Pasque Flowers are showing like I've not seen before, you could say a Plethora of Pasques, add in the gorgeous Yellow cowslips and a bit of a mardy sky and not a bad day at all.

Remway Design Ltd, based in Spalding, has submitted a full planning application for ten new dwellings on land comprising of GLINTON MANOR HOUSE the former farmyard area of Manor House on High Street, Glinton.

HELPING UKRAINE'S SURGEONS Richard Astle Following last week’s trip to Zabrze, we’re now busy planning our next delivery of medical supplies to Poland, probably leaving over Easter weekend. We’re also planning to take food supplies to a group of churches in Zabrze who are supporting refugees and families in Ukraine. Details to follow, but donations of rice, tinned food, noodles are what we will be looking for. (Also see page 11)

BAD BAAHAVIOUR! - Arthur Cross Although there is no excuse for this kind of bad baahaviour (meaning, on the part of those sheep concerned and not me in taking the picture of them in flagrante), I can't see the black sheep that might have led them astray.

MOON Gary Alderson Moon in Ufford churchyard

STUNNING SUNSET - Cathy Hannan A very stormy sunset tonight - still beautiful, on the way to Maxey

ETTON DISCOVERY John McGowan In the British Museum Stonehenge exhibition: a recycled axe head found at Etton!

EASTERTIDE DAWN Avril Lumley Prior A glorious Eastertide at St Pega's!

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CHURCH NEWS | SERVICES

ST STEPHEN ETTON

ST PETER MAXEY

ST BENEDICT GLINTON

ST ANDREW NORTHBOROUGH

MAY 1 MAY

No Service

8 MAY

15 MAY

No Service

All Age Holy Communion 9am Cathedral Clergy

Holy Communion Café Church 10am in 8am Rev'd Maxey Village Hall Freda Charles May Skillman & Mark Hotchkin

22 MAY

No Service

Holy Communion B.C.P. 9am Rev'd George Rogers

Parish Praise 10.30am Mark Hotchkin

All Age Praise 10:30am Freda Skillman

Holy Communion 10:30am Rev'd Kevin Fear

Holy Communion 9am Rev'd Kevin Fear

Parish Worship 10:30am United with St Pega's in St Benedict's Church Derek Harris

Family Communion Praise 9am Freda Skillman & Rev'd Charles May

26 MAY

No Service

29 MAY

Benefice Holy Communion 10:30am Rev'd George Rogers - St Benedict Glinton

JUNE

5 JUN

Pentecost Service T.B.A

Joint PENTECOST Service 10:30am St. Peter's, St. Benedict's & St Pega's on Peakirk Village Green

Petecost Service T.B.A

Messy Church in Peakirk Village Hall 3pm 12 JUN 19 JUN

No Service

All Age Holy Communion 9am Cathedral Clergy

Holy Communion Café Church 10am in 8am Rev'd Maxey Village Hall Freda Charles May Skillman & Mark Hotchkin

Parish Praise 10.30am Mark Hotchkin

All Age Praise 10:30am Freda Skillman

Holy Communion 10:30am Rev'd Kevin Fear

Holy Communion 9am Rev'd Kevin Fear

No Service

Holy Communion B.C.P 9am Rev'd George Rogers

Worship4All Café style 10:30am United with St Benedict's in Peakirk Village Hall Derek Harris

Family Communion Praise 9am Freda Skillman & Rev'd Charles May

Parish Praise 10.30am Mark Hotchkin

No Service

Holy Communion 10.30am Rev'd Charles May

Holy Communion 9am Rev'd George Rogers

26 JUN JULY 3 JUL

Messy Church in Peakirk Village Hall 3.00pm

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With the departure of Rev’d Mark-Aaron, The Nine Bridges Benefice is entering a period of interregnum. During this time we are supported by local and cathedral clergy and it may be necessary to change some services and/or those taking the services. Please refer to your local church notice boards or Church Wardens for the latest information.

SERVICES | CHURCH NEWS

ST PEGA PEAKIRK

ST JOHN'S BARNACK

ST MARY'S BAINTON

ST BOTOLPH'S HELPSTON

No Service

9.30am Communion

6pm - Taize

10.45am Communion

Holy Communion 10:30am Cathedral Clergy

9.30am Communion - FrM

9am Communion - MV

10.45am Communion - FrM

Morning Prayer 10:30am Derek Harris

9.30am Communion - GA

6pm Evensong - Team

10.45am Communion - GA

Parish Worship 10:30am United with St Pega's in St Benedict's Church Derek Harris

9.30am Morning Praise - MM

9am Communion - GA

10.45am Morning Praise – Team 6pm Evening Praise - GA

No Service

11am Communion 7.30pm Deanery Service for Ascension Day

Benefice Holy Communion 10:30am Rev'd George Rogers - St Benedict Glinton

9.30am Communion 6pm Evening Praise

9am Communion

10.45am Communion

9.30am Communion

6pm - Taize

10.45am Communion

MAY

No Service

JUNE Joint PENTECOST Service 10:30am St. Peter's, St. Benedict's & St Pega's on Peakirk Village Green Messy Church in Peakirk Village Hall 3pm

No Service

Holy Communion 10:30am Cathedral Clergy

9am Communion Trinity Sunday

10.45am Communion 6pm Evening Praise

Morning Prayer 10:30am Derek Harris

9.30am Communion

6pm Evensong

10.45am Pet Service outside to celebrate St Botolph's Day

Worship4All Café style 10:30am United with St Benedict's in Peakirk Village Hall Derek Harris

9.30am Morning Praise 6pm St John's Day Communion Praise - GA

9am Communion

10.45am Morning Praise

JULY Evensong 6pm Mark Hotchkin

No Service

Messy Church in Peakirk Village Hall 3pm

No Service

CHURCH ADDRESSES  St John the Baptist Church Main Street, Barnack PE9 3DN  St Mary’s Church Church Lane, Bainton PE9 3AF  St Botolph’s Church Church Street, Helpston PE6 7DT

 All Saints Church Church Road, Wittering PE8 6AF  St Andrew’s Church Main Street, Ufford PE9 3BH  St Stephen Main Rd., Etton PE6 7DA  St Peter Main St. Maxey PE6 9HF

 St Pega Chestnut Close, Peakirk PE6 7NH  St Benedict High St., Glinton PE6 7JN  St Andrew Church St., Northborough PE6 9BN

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PLANNING | APPLICATIONS

 AILSWORTH

Proposed two storey rear extensions and garage extension to the front at 27 Maffit Road Ailsworth Peterborough PE5 7AG: Refused. Single storey rear/side extension and alterations to garage fenestration at 2 Andrew Close: Permitted. Formation of dormer to rear of bungalow at 14 Andrew Close Ailsworth Peterborough PE5 7AD: Permitted.

 ASHTON / BAINTON

Conversion of main equestrian building to a detached 4 x bed dwelling, demolition of stable block, conversion of detached outbuilding to office/gym and associated works at Buildings At Cooks Farm Bainton Green Road Ashton Stamford: Permitted. Installation of solar panels and solar water heater to garage and house roof at 5 Meadowgate Bainton: Permitted. Change of use of barn and agricultural outbuildings to dwelling and erection of a new garage at Agricultural Buildings at Beever House 12 Tallington Road: Permitted. Single Storey Link Extension at Bainton Farmhouse Tallington Road Bainton Stamford: Permitted.

 BARNACK

12m streetworks pole with antenna configuration at the top and associated cabinet at ground level at Station Road Business Park Station Road Barnack Stamford: Awaiting decision. Two storey side/rear extension and installation of solar panels following demolition of existing conservatory, front porch and single storey element at 7 Whitman Close Barnack Stamford PE9 3EL: Awaiting decision. Demolition of existing dwelling and outbuilding and erection of new georgian style dwelling with associated outbuilding, landscaping and boundary at The Post House Main Street Barnack Stamford: Awaiting decision. Demolition of conservatory and store, construction of two storey and single storey rear extension with balcony, enlarge existing doorway and replace with glazing to north elevation, and internal and external alterations and refurbishment (Part Retrospective) at Kylemore Cottage Uffington Road Barnack Stamford: Awaiting decision. Single storey rear extension at 9 Sissons Close Barnack Peterborough PE9 3FB: Lawful.

 CASTOR

Proposed new dining area and day room at 16 Stocks Hill Castor Peterborough PE5 7AZ: Awaiting decision. Replacement of rear windows at Castor Village Hall Peterborough Road Castor: Awaiting decision. Non-material amendment (landscaping details are different to those approved) of planning permission 21/00596 HHFUL at Village Manor 48 Peterborough Road Castor: Determined. Construction of a new cricket pavilion and demolition of the existing cricket pavilion at Castor And Ailsworth Cricket Club Port Lane Castor Peterborough: Permitted. 74

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 DEEPING GATE

Single storey front and rear extensions, conversion of attched garage to habitable use and erection of new front detached garage at 1 Peakirk Road Deeping Gate: Awaiting decision. Single storey side and single storey front extension involving demolition of current single storey side and single storey front extensions at 27 Peakirk Road: Awaiting decision. New concrete base with timber outbuilding at 1 Peakirk Road Deeping Gate PE6 9AD: Awaiting decision. Proposed single storey rear extension at 97 Lincoln Road Deeping Gate Peterborough PE6 9BB: Permitted. Erection of detached garage and car port and internal alterations to first floor to create en-suite to 3rd bedroom at Lovedale House Deeping St James Road: Permitted.

 ETTON

Retention of two marquees at The Golden Pheasant 1 Main Road Etton Peterborough: Awaiting decision.

 GLINTON

Two storey rear extension at 22 Helpston Road Glinton Peterborough Peterborough: Awaiting decision. Existing use creation of a dwelling at Pasture Farm Waterworks Lane Glinton Peterborough: Awaiting decision. Erection of a timber canopy with fabric roof to create external covered space for students at Arthur Mellows Village College Helpston Road Glinton: Awaiting decision. Demolition of garage and outbuilding, erection of 1 1/2 storey chalet bungalow, creation of new vehicular access and alterations to form a new opening on the rear of 28 Peakirk Road at 28 Peakirk Road Glinton PE6 7LT: Refused. Revised scheme to previously approved demolition of existing conservatory and erection of a single storey rear extension, single storey covered structure and single storey detached garden building, involving insertion of gate in boundary wall and addition of trellis above existing boundary wall and fencing - part retrospective at 1 Farthingstones Glinton Peterborough PE6 7NU: Permitted. Garage conversion under permitted development rights at 28 Elm Crescent Glinton Peterborough PE6 7LE: Lawful. Construction of 25 no. entry level affordable homes with associated infrastructure including access, sustainable drainage features, public open space and landscaping at Land To The West Of St Benedicts Close Glinton: Refused. Construction of a single storey dwelling and change of use of former commercial buildings to domestic use only at 68 Helpston Road Glinton Peterborough PE6 7JT: Refused. Single storey rear extension at 16 High Street Glinton Peterborough: Permitted.

 HELPSTON

Part two storey part single storey rear extensions, addition of cladding to exisiting front porch and alterations to fenestration at 69 Glinton Road: Awaiting decision. Single storey rear extension at 5 Eastwell Court Helpston Peterborough: Awaiting decision.

APPLICATIONS | PLANNING

Outline application with all matters reserved except for access for the demolition of the existing garden centre and associated buildings; closure of the existing commercial accesses and replacement with three private driveways; and, erection of up to 3 residential dwellings at Helpston Garden Centre West Street Helpston: Permitted.

 MARHOLM

Demolition of two storey detached residential building and single storey barn adjacent at Gatehouse Farm Hurn Road Marholm Peterborough: Awaiting decision. Fit cupboard space over existing rear staircase to the rear north side; supply 4 No. conservation rooflights to the existing Colleyweston roofs (2 No. of which will replace existing traditionally detailed roof lights); undertake extensive roof repairs to the Colleyweston roof over the proposed new bedroom, which due to its condition may result in a full re-roof; removal of boiler flue to Colleyweston roof at Manor Farm Water End: Permitted.

 MAXEY

Installation of new vehicle access to front involving removal of trees, replacement of existing boundary fence with stone wall to front at 1A High Street Maxey Awaiting decision. The use of 37 West End Road without complying with the agricultural occupancy condition C5 of Outline Permission 04/00213/OUT at 37 West End Road: Awaiting decision. Conversion of barn to habitable use for use as an annexe at 11 High Street Maxey PE6 9EB: Awaiting decision. Removal of green house and construction of new gym area at 60 High Street Maxey PE6 9EG: Awaiting decision. Single storey front extension to create new porch and kitchen extension, garage conversion with single storey rear extension, with new 2.7m high fencing to side and rear at 2A School Lane Maxey: Awaiting decision. Two storey rear extension at Byre Cottage 23 West End Road Maxey Peterborough: Permitted. Installation of vehicular crossover to front at 36 High Street Maxey Peterborough PE6 9EE: Permitted. Internal works within barn conversion to include replacement staircase, blocking up opening and creation of new opening, conversion of existing landing into en-suite bathroom and installation of an electric vehicle charging point to garage at 20 West End Road: Permitted. Proposed garage extension with conversion of roof space into office, insertion of French doors to front and rear elevation, insertion of window to rear elevation, replacement rooflights and doors, new springer posts to barn and internal and external alterations at Cromwell Lodge: Permitted. Demolition of existing conservatory and erection of single storey rear extension including installing timber pergola structure at 28 West End Road Maxey: Permitted.

 NORTHBOROUGH

Proposed single storey front extension to create new porch and proposed first floor side extension and conversion of attached garage to habitable use at 28 Claypole Drive Northborough Peterborough: Awaiting decision.

Conversion of existing garage to habitable use involving alteration to elevations and installation of velux light at 23 Church Street Northborough PE6 9BN: Awaiting decision. Proposed first floor roof extension over shop to create 2No. two-bedroom flats and formation of new access for flat parking at 1 - 2 East Road Northborough: Awaiting decision. Demolition of existing rear conservatory, part demolition of existing single storey rear extension to create a new single storey rear extension, ground floor front extension to create a porch and loft conversion with front and rear dormers at 26 Claypole Drive Northborough PE6 9DW: Awaiting decision. Single storey flat roof extension to the lounge at 35 Deeping St James Road Northborough PE6 9BT: Awaiting decision. Proposed one and a half storey, three bedroom dwelling with integral garage at Land Adjacent To 4 Church Farm Mews Northborough PE6 9BF: Awaiting decision. Change of use of land to residential and construction of barn type outbuilding at 63 Lincoln Road PE6 9BH: Refused.

 PEAKIRK

Proposed single storey and two storey rear extension. Barn conversion and associated work including removal of existing garage at 7 Rectory Lane Peakirk: Awaiting decision. Agricultural building for the storage of grain at Sissons Farm Equestrian Centre Thorney Road Peakirk: Awaiting decision.

 PILSGATE

Construction and use of office building 'The Dingle' at The Dingle Stamford Road Pilsgate: Awaiting decision. Single storey rear extension, replacement of roof to existing extension and construction of rear dormer at 6 Pudding Bag Lane Pilsgate Stamford: Awaiting decision. The proposed construction of a replacement visitor vehicular parking area; the creation of an overflow parking area; and removal of existing parking area, to be replaced by soft landscaping at Land At Burghley House And Park Burghley Park Stamford Road Pilsgate: Permitted. Creation of adventure play area at Land At Burghley House And Park Burghley Park Stamford Road: Permitted. Improvements to the drainage of Lion Bridge including installation of below ground drainage system and new road surface at Burghley House Burghley Park: Permitted.

 SOUTHORPE

Replacement of window with french door and installation of juliet balcony to first floor on south elevation at Abbots Barn Main Street Southorpe Stamford: Awaiting decision. Demolition of existing conservatory with single-storey rear extension at Willowgate Main Street Southorpe: Permitted.

 UFFORD

Two storey rear extension, conversion of integral garage to habitable use involving alterations to front elevation at 1 Hillside Close Ufford Stamford: Awaiting decision.

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PLANNING | HELPSTON PARISH COUNCIL AND THE BARRATT DAVID WILSON HOMES LP41.5 PROPOSAL

Helpston Parish Council and the Barratt David Wilson Homes LP41.5 Proposal You will all have seen a flyer from Barratt David Wilson (BDW) about the 80 homes they want to build on land off Broadwheel Road. Syd Smith, Clerk to Helpston Parish Council In 2016 the owners of this land offered it for housing in response to Peterborough City Council’s request for sites to include in their Local Plan which was being drawn up to meet the Government imposed national house building targets. It was one site of seven that local landowners offered. All were opposed by Helpston Parish Council but this one was accepted by the City. It was later mysteriously combined with part of another site offered off West Street ….. and became known as LP41.5 Since issue of the BDW flyer, Helpston Parish Council has met with BDW to discuss their proposals. The Parish Council is not satisfied with their proposals for the following reasons …  Policy LP42 in the Local Plan says that this new site must only be developed after a “...comprehensive masterplan has been drawn up and that there should be a high level of engagement with stakeholders including the local community” The flyer from BDW covers only part of LP41.5 and so it is definitely not a MASTERPLAN and is not compliant with Policy LP42. There has been no plan to include the extra additional site 76

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so their proposal is piecemeal and the whole site would be a hotchpotch of designs and layouts. Their ENGAGEMENT with the local community is limited to the one display of information at the Village Hall as described in their flyer … and that will be considered as their having met the Policy 42 requirements.  Policy LP42 in the Local Plan decrees that the scheme should be “….residential led and with open space provision”. Their proposal offers nothing like the space needed for an airy, open rural development that this village might prefer. This links with the our next point below.  Policy LP42 requires them to “Ensure the provision of satisfactory education facilities. If the need for additional provision is identified, the presumption is that land within the site will be utilised to allow the expansion of the existing school”. This proposal does not address that criteria at all. Helpston PC wanted an extension to the School Field into the new site, preferably along the back of the West Street properties so that the school might use this extra land as directed by LP42. The proposed BDW scheme

completely landlocks the school field and prevents any expansion ... for ever. And, we point out, this is a dual-use field anyway … it is the only play area available for general public use as well as school use in our village. With extra homes here it will be inadequate in size.  Policy LP42 calls for a “Transport Assessment to demonstrate that the quantity of homes is deliverable and anticipates that the scale would be for up to 82 dwellings”. This echoes the “indicative dwellings” number of 82 shown in the LP41.5 site reference ... but that is for the WHOLE of LP41.5, not just the single piece that BDW is after. BDW originally proposed 115 houses on all of LP 41.5 … now they talk of 80 on their bit alone. This is an unacceptable density when their part of the site is, based on the indicative policy, only capable of taking 57. In any case the volume of new properties is far too high for our classification as a Medium Village in the Local Plan. These are just four of the major points with which we can criticise BDW’s proposal. Hopefully residents will make known their own objections direct to BDW direct at every opportunity.

HELPSTON PARISH COUNCIL AND THE BARRATT DAVID WILSON HOMES LP41.5 PROPOSAL | PLANNING

So, Helpston Parish Council has encouraged all parishioners to attend the BDW presentation to say what they think about BDW’s proposals because …. it is their only opportunity to influence BDW before they make a full Planning Application to City.

Hopefully a full turn-out of parishioners is achieved. And also, do please remember to look out for their actual Planning Application submission to City Council because that is your next opportunity to persuade the City Council to reflect upon what you have already told the developer. You can see full background details to the Local Plan on our Parish Council website: www.helpstonparishcouncil.org You can also view all Planning Applications submitted to us over the last 12 months and also view our meeting minutes. This website is our formal platform for communicating information and legal notifications and is used alongside the Parish Council Noticeboard (at the Shop) and Facebook and The Tribune. The Parish Council published flyer summarised and highlighted these points …. we hope that you agree because your support is always welcome.

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REFLECTIONS | SCHOOLS WHITE PAPER

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It may be interesting to Tribune readers who aren’t aware, that on 28 March the Government published the ‘Opportunity for all strong schools with great teachers for your child’ White Paper. A rather odd title perhaps, but the white paper does set out proposed reforms to the education system which are focussed on providing an excellent teacher for every child, delivering high standards of curriculum, behaviour and attendance, targeted support for every child that needs it and a stronger and fairer school system.

SCHOOLS WHITE PAPER | REFLECTIONS

White Paper Laudable aspirations certainly but I remind government that Councils have a crucial role to play in education, from ensuring every child has a school place to turning around struggling schools, as they showed when providing vital support to schools during the pandemic. Whilst education is not an area of my current PCC cabinet portfolio, and my own children have long since left to pursue their own careers, I’ve always taken an interest in our Glinton and Castor ward’s excellent schools and indeed my wife was, for a number of years, a member and chair of the governing body at Northborough school in the ward. I think most of Westminster’s initiatives are well intentioned and, I imagine like many, I’m pleased that the Government recognise the existing education system is fragmented and that councils have a continued role at the centre of local education systems, with powers to match their duties around placeplanning and ensuring pupils out-of-school return to the classroom as soon as possible. Allowing councils to set up and lead their own Multi-Academy Trusts (MATs) is also welcome. This is something councils and their Local Government Association (LGA) have campaigned to achieve for a number of years, and I think

this should be on offer in every area where it’s the preference of schools and especially parents. Residents I’ve spoken to also welcome that the Department for Education (DfE) recognises councils have an excellent track record in providing a high-quality education for pupils, with 92% of maintained schools rated by Ofsted as outstanding or good – a higher proportion than any other type of school – and that this will continue in a fully-academised system. DfE should utilise this expertise while the proposals set out in the White Paper are implemented and allow councils to support ‘orphan’ schools where Regional Schools Commissioners are struggling to find a strong MAT to take them on. I agree with good councils being given powers to direct all schools, including academies, to admit pupils that are out-of-school and make sure they are back in the classroom as quickly as possible and the proposal to introduce a duty on parents to register home-schooled children with their local council, in response to concerns expressed by councils over a number of years, I think is similarly welcome. The Government’s focus on helping all children meet their potential with the right support

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at the right time, particularly in the context of the impact of the pandemic, and the Department’s education recovery package is timely but I hope the amount of funding made available to support this package will also be kept under review to ensure every child is supported to recover from the impact of the pandemic on their education, broader development and well-being. Additional support to keep children with Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) in mainstream settings will also be crucial to the success of a reformed SEND system, as set out in the SEND Green Paper. Many of us serving in local government believe that with sufficient powers and funding councils are ideally placed to act as the ‘middle tier’ between central government and schools; bringing together placebased leadership, an existing duty to promote wellbeing of all children and synergies with wider roles including safeguarding, public health, criminal justice, employment, skills and cohesion. I know my education-focussed colleagues at PCC look forward to working with the DfE to make sure an education system is provided that is inclusive and works for all children, including those with special educational needs.

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LICENSING FOR RECOVERY | REFLECTIONS

Licensing for recovery Cllr Peter Hiller – Glinton and Castor ward – People, not Politics

PEOPLE NOT POLITICS

Local councils’ body the LGA has been lobbying for improvements to Local Authority licensing; echoing both Saqib’s and my commentary as elected councillors at Peterborough City Council and representing our residents within Glinton and Castor ward. This year is already shaping up to be another significant one in licensing authorities, with important announcements expected in key areas – from gambling to taxis. I’ve been an active member of PCC’s Licensing Committee for many years, always exercising great care over the decisions we’ve made, and I’ve learnt a huge amount from the results our council’s regulatory officers have achieved. The council’s officers legislate and enforce, often working alongside the government’s Customs and Excise teams to seize and impound large quantities of

seeking a hackney carriage or private hire licence in their areas. This will support our duty to ensure anyone using a taxi or private hire vehicle is kept as safe as possible. When Regulatory Services was within my Cabinet portfolio a few years ago I worked to address the very real issue of taxi drivers losing a licence in one area, then applying for a licence in another area without declaring

I worked to address the very real issue of taxi drivers losing a licence in one area, then applying for a licence in another area without declaring their previous licensing history. poor quality illegally imported tobacco and alcohol from shops and traders. One area of licensing I’ve always taken very seriously is Taxi and Private Hire regulation. The Taxis and Private Hire Vehicles (Safeguarding and Road Safety) Bill is making its way through Parliament. I absolutely support this Bill which would make it mandatory for licensing authorities like Peterborough City Council to access important background information about drivers

their previous licensing history. We’ve also suffered the nonsense of varying standards and rigour with which different authorities checked their registered private hire drivers’ backgrounds, causing me on more than one occasion to write to a neighbouring authority about some of their ‘approved’ drivers (who would not have been allowed a licence here) working in Peterborough. I was pleased that Peter Gibson MP, who is sponsoring the bill,

was able to speak at the LGA’s annual licensing conference in February and provide an update on this crucial work and it was encouraging that he spoke positively about the LGA’s National Register for Refusals and Revocations, which again I personally support and hope will be the designated database for this bill. Other genuinely valuable areas of improvement and key developments were outlined and discussed at the conference which will affect councils’ licensing committees and officer teams over the next year. Among them was Gambling Minister Chris Philp MP, who provided delegates with an update on the Gambling Act review, the outcome of which is expected in spring. The Local Government Association is continuing to lobby parliament on the need for greater powers for licencing authorities like us to approve or reject applications for local gambling premises, as well as raising concerns about the aim to permit. I do so hope the review will give our council more flexibility to reach the right decisions for Peterborough.

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LESSONS LEARNED - John Parsonage Let this be a lesson to all dog owners / walkers at this time of the year! I took B & B out for their standard walk this morning and was 50yrds away from home when Buddy decided he wanted to pull to the side of the road (he does this when he wants to attend to a call of nature). He then started to sniff / pull at the piece of cardboard in the photo. The next second a Mallard flew out from beneath the adjacent cow parsley (over

the riverbank and onto the river). I instantly knew why she was there and kicked myself for being stupid. Hopefully she will return and there isn’t any lasting damage. It’s not just ducks, it’s all manner of wildlife. There will be young Fawns tucked up in rough quiet places, every rough ditch has 2-3 Cock Pheasants which are undoubtedly keeping eye of numerous females nesting

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TRIBUNE DIRECTORY

tribunedirectory  Ailsworth Parish Council

Megan Ellershaw .................................... 07133 381242 Richard Moon .......................................... 07952198959 Anne Perkins ........................................... 07133 380541 Joan Pickett (Chairman) .......................... 01733 380457 Jon Phillips .............................................. 07734218500 Michael Samways ................................... 07753835758 Sean Langston Jones

 Bainton Church Reverend Gary Alderson......................... 07503975588 Michael Perkins ....................................... 01780 740720 John Wreford, Church Warden............... 01780 740362 Mary Gowers, Lay Pastoral Minister ...... 01780 740097 Elizabeth Snowball, Organist ................ 07821 460505

 Bainton & Ashton Parish Council Chairman: Susie Lucas ........................... 01780 740159 Councillor: Cliff Stanton.......................... 01780 749123 Councillor: Chris Womack ..................... 01780 740925 Councillor: Grant Ashworth.................... 07732 481604 Councillor: Jon Hargreaves.................... 01780 740604 Clerk Jenny Rice........bainton.ashton.clerk@live.co.uk

 Barnack Church (St John the Baptist) Gary Alderson, Rector............................ 07503975588 Mary Gowers, Lay Pastoral Minister...... 01780 740097 Reader: Su Fletcher................................ 01780 740034 Reader: Mike Mills.................................. 01780 740285 John Ward, Churchwarden ................... 01780 740016 David Laycock, Churchwarden ............. 01780 740267

 Barnack / Bainton Church Organist Elizabeth Snowball.................................. 07821 460505

 Barnack Coffee Stop

Carol Pickering ........................................ 01780 740438

 Barnack Community Association Sally Hullock............................................. 07795 565658

 Barnack Cricket Club

William Armitage, Chairman................... 01780 740749

 Barnack Parish Council Barnack Parish Council........clerk@barnack-pc.gov.uk Chair, Margaret Palmer........................... 01780 740988 Kimberley Cameron................................ 07894 085765 Susie Caney............................................. 07747 033990 Sonia Lane............................................... 07860 432512 David Laycock......................................... 01780 740267 Sophie Moore Iris Payne.................................................. 07830 513137 Clerk, Debbie Lines................................ 07595 377236

 Benefice Administrators/ Lay Readers

Dick Talbot .............................................. 01778 342581 Licensed Readers, Derek Harris............. 01733 574311 Freda Skillman ........................................ 01778 380903 Mark Hotchkin......................................... 01778 347847 Mike Mills................................................. 01780 740285

 Bowls Clubs John Broadbelt........................................ 01780 740133 Glinton Bowls: Roy Pettitt....................... 01733 252049 Helpston Carpet Bowls Les Cunnington ....................................... 01733 253832

 Botolph’s Barn

Kate Hinchliff ........................................... 07745 116621

 British Legion Max Sawyer ............................................. 01780 765507

 Bus & Train Services

Delaine Bus Services .............................. 01778 422866 Stagecoach .............................................. 01733 207860 Train Services ........................................... 0845 7484950

 Castor Parish Council John Haste, Clerk.......................clerk@castor-pc.gov.uk ................................................................. 07711 070386 Neil Boyce, Chairman............................. 01733 380076

 Citizens Advice

 Barnack Home from Home Club

Citizens Advice ........................................ 0870 1264024

Niamh Holman.......................... hfhbarnack@gmail.com

 Cubs, Brownies, Guides, Scouts & Rainbows

 Barnack Men’s Breakfast Mike Mills.................................................. 01780 740285 David Laycock ......................................... 01780 740267

 Barnack Messy Church

Julie Stanton .......................................... 01780 749123 84

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General Guiding Queries,Morag Sweeney ................................................................. 07801 357701 Helpston Brownies, Morag Sweeney... 07801 357701 Helpston Guides, Lindsay Roberts....... 07399 589333 ................................................................. 07778 707952

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 Cubs, Brownies, Guides, Scouts (cont.) Helpston Rainbows, Lindsay Roberts.... 07399589333 General Scouting Queries - Martin Hall ................................................................. 07778 707952 Helpston Beavers, Alison Cook............. 07437 909735 Helpston Cubs, James Metheram......... 07399 252033 Helpston Scouts, Mark Crookes............ 07808 633018 Northborough Guides, Nicola Kerr ...... 07739 098113

 Glinton Parish Council Cllr J F W Holdich, OBE Chairman ...... 07450 920673 Cllr RW Johnson, Vice Chairman ......... 01733 252743 Cllr DJ Batty ........................................... 01733 252749 Cllr CB Bysshe ........................................ 01733 253164 Cllr DJ Lane ............................................ 01733 252593 Cllr Gerry Kirt ......................................... 01733 252839 Cllr RW Randall ...................................... 01733 253276 Cllr PD Skinner ....................................... 01733 252591 Cllr E Spendelow ................................... 01733 252524 Mr J Haste - Clerk clerk@glinton-pc.gov.uk......................... 07591 834163

 Helpston Church (St Botolph’s) Rector: Gary Alderson..............................07503975588 Church Treasurer: Clive Pearce................01733 253494 Churchwarden: David Bearman...............01780 757246 Churchwarden: Gary Ward.......................01733 254197

 Helpston Helcats

E: Helpstoncommunityactivityteam@gmail.com Facebook: @Helpstoncommunity Phil Roberts...............................................07925 720195 Ann Bell ....................................................07925330982

 Helpston Parish Council

 Deeping Gate Parish Council Chair: Jane Hill ....................................... 01778 343066 Vice Chairman: Phil Thompson............. 01778 346619 Geoff Purllant.......................................... 01778 344288 Nicola Kerr............................................... 07739 098113 Sandra Hudspeth.................................... 01778 343735 Clerk: Hannah Barham clerk@deepinggate-pc.gov.uk............... 07786 502218

 Doctors

Deeping Practice (Main line) ................. 01778 579000 Deeping Practice (Appointments)......... 01778 579001 Glinton Surgery ...................................... 01733 252246

 Etton Church (St Stephen’s)

Rector: Mark-Aaron Tisdale.................... 01733 252359 Churchwarden: Anne Curwen ............... 01733 253357

 Etton Parish Council

Chair: Fred Morton................................. 01733 252912 Clerk: Emma Tajar................................... 01733 234542

 Glinton Friendship Club Pam Kounougakis................................... 01733 252018

 Friends of Chernobyl Children (FOCC)

Cecilia Hammond .................................. 07779 264591

 Glinton Church (St Benedict’s)

Rector: Rev Mark-Aaron B. Tisdale........ 01733 252359 Churchwarden: Veronica Smith.............. 01733 252019 PCC Treasurer: Simon Richards ............ 01778 341686 Bell Ringer: Mike Goodall...................... 01733 253469

Chair: Joe Dobson ...................................01733 252192 Vice Chair: Rosemary Morton..................01733 252243 Clerk: Sydney Smith Clerk ......................01733 252903

 Horticultural Societies John Best - Glinton...................................01778 342115 Debbie Martin - Barnack Show................01780 740048 Kirsty Scott - Peakirk ................................01733 253952

 Hospital

Peterborough City Hospital ....................01733 678000

 Langdyke Countryside Trust

Richard Astle ............................................01733 252376

 Maxey Church (St Peter’s)

Rector: Rev Mark-Aaron B. Tisdale..........01733 252 359 Tower Captain: Mandy Loveder..............01778 343100 Churchwarden: Mandy Loveder..............01778 343100 Churchwarden: Mike Connor...................07785 313362

 Maxey Parish Council

Chair: Lynne Yarham ................................01778 343077 Clerk: Angela Hankins..............................01733 253397

 Neighbourhood Watch

Maxey Neighbourhood Watch Dick Wilkins................................................01778 348368 Bainton & Ashton Neighbourhood Watch Cliff Stanton................................................01780 749123

 Northborough Church (St Andrew’s)

Rector: Mark- Aaron Tisdale.....................01733 252359 Polly Beasley, Churchwarden ...................01778 380849 Jane Knott, Churchwarden ......................01778 345101 Freda Skillman, Licensed Reader .............01778 380903 Carole Spinks, PCC Treasurer...................01778 343585

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 Northborough Parish Council (cont.) John Dadge, Chair ...................................01733 254145 Catherine Franks, Clerk...clerk@northboroughpc.co.uk ....................................................................07748 637555

 Peakirk Church (St Pegas)

Rector: Mark- Aaron Tisdale.....................01733 252359 Churchwarden: Pauline Cooke.................01733253116 Churchwarden: Sheila Lever......................01733 252416

 Peakirk Church (St Pegas) Secretary: Christine Dearman ..................01733 252404 David Hankins ...........................................01733 253397

 Peakirk Parish Council Chair: Henry Clark ....................................01733 253203 Clerk: Angela Hankins .............................01733 253397

 Peterborough City Council Peterborough City Council .....................01733 747474

 Police and Emergencies

Police - emergency calls ............................................999 Less urgent crimes .....................................................101 Power Failure ............................................0800 7838838 Samaritans ...................................FREEPHONE 116 123

 Pre-School & After-School Clubs Helpston Playhouse pre-school Lucy Garwood...........................................01733 253243 Helpston Before & After School Club Roz Sowinski..............................................01733 253243 Peakirk Tots Toddler Group Jennifer Rice..............................................07515 364909 Little Lambs Toddler Group, Barnack Julie Stanton..............................................01780 749123 Sunflower Seed Pre-School, Northborough Kirsty Wislawski, Manager .......................01733 253685

The Owls’ Nest, Mrs Ringham........... 01733 252361

 Rotary Club Al Good.....................................................01733 252064

 Schools & Education Arthur Mellows Village College Jonathan Oakley., Head ..........................01733 252235 John Clare Primary Mrs S Nicolson, Head...............................01733 252332 Barnack C of E Primary Mrs. C Firth, Executive Head...................01780 740265 Mrs. A Jones, Head of school..................01780 740265 Peakirk-cum-Glinton Primary School Craig Kendall, Head ................................01733 252361 Northborough Primary Mr S Mallott, Head ..................................01733 252204 Peterborough Adult Learning Maureen Meade.......................................01733 761361

 Tennis Clubs Helpston Tennis Club Stephen Abell Helpstonltc@gmail.com..07714 780573 86

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 Ufford Church Enquiries Peter and Sally Hudson ...........................01780 740475

 Ufford Parish Council Chairman: Keith Lievesley .......................01780 740679 ..........................................keith.lievesley@btinternet.com David Chadwick........................................01780 740893 ..................................................david@chadsonline.co.uk Tom Ladds.................................................07710 643737 ......................................................tomdladds@gmail.com Paul Wilde.................................................07960 018148 .....................................................paul@worldofskills.com Margaret Sargent .....................................01780 749482 ..........................................................m55arg@gmail.com Clerk: Susie Caney....................................07747 033990 ......................................................clerk@ufford-pc.gov.uk

 Village Halls

Barnack Village Hall Bookings:Sally Hullock bookings.barnackca@gmail.com.............07795 565658 Glinton Village Hall Bookings: Sue Lane....................................................07923 475966 Glinton Whist, Joyce Heathcote..............01733 253790 Helpston Village Hall,Caryn Thompson .01733 252232 Maxey Village Hall, Information and bookings: www.maxeyvillagehall.co.uk; Jacqui Barnard .........................................07902536476. Northborough Village Hall: Karen Cooper............................................01778 347464 Peakirk Village Hall (Bookings) ................07938 386226 Ufford Village Hall Fiona Spire (Bookings)..............................07795 111319

 Village Tribune

Editor, Tony Henthorn .............................07590 750128 Design Team, Dimension 6000................01733 772095

 Ward Councillors Barnack David Over .............................. 07920 160053 Glinton & Castor Peter Hiller .............................................. 07920 160487 Saqib Farooq

 Women’s Institute (WI) Glinton WI Julie Fitzjohn (Glinton WI Secetary) ...... 01733 252712 Sarah Thurlow (Glinton WI President)... 07534 028097

 Youth Clubs Barnack Youth Club Colin Morgan.................chair@barnackyouthclub.com ................................................................. 07850 366528 Maxey Youth Club: Tina Lapinskis......... 01778 347280

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