Village Tribune Issue 101

issue 101

November / December 2016

The bells of Glinton and Peakirk

Ding Dong Merrily tribune DIARY inside

Langdyke Countryside Trust

Glinton Horticultural Society Annual Show

Fallen by the wayside?

Re-discovering redundant ‘street furniture’

Autumn clean up RECIPE • SCHOOL REPORT • CHURCH SERVICES • HERITAGE • FARMING DIARY • VILLAGE VIEWS

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FEATURE

An Appeal from The John Clare Society The Society was delighted of the school in our annual Festival Planning Committee to have organised another Poetry Competition brings meets about once a month in successful Festival in July, but staff, children and parents to Helpston from September as the next year begins (and we the Church during the Festival to June. have already held 2 planning and this reminds us that the Even if you don’t want meetings and booked our involvement of younger people to be formally on one of the speaker and concert for 2017) would also be very much Committees any suggestions as the need to encourage more welcomed. to how we can make the Society local participants for future The children write the most more relevant or interesting to events becomes ever more inspiring poetry and it’s obvious you would be most gratefully important. from their enthusiasm that received at any time during The loss of Peter Moyse. poetry is not just for old people! the year. one of our most enthusiastic I was a mature student when Either e-mail, ring or come supporters in Helpston, has I joined the main Committee along to a Festival planning been keenly felt and although but, as someone pointed out meeting (in the Bluebell) to give we still have Anna Kinnaird, to me recently, that is now over us any points of view. Offers doing a sterling job supporting 20 years ago and we need new of help are always welcome, our cause as a member of the faces and new ideas to secure formal or informal, and we Committee and the Festival the future of both the Festival promise we won’t throw you in Planning Committee, we really and the Society. The main at the deep end – most of us need some new helpers in the Committee meets three times still have a good few years left Helpston area. The participation a year in Peterborough and the in us yet!

For more information, please contact me: Ann Marshall, Publicity Officer, The John Clare Society johnclaresociety@mybtinternet.com 01400 282409

Glinton Friendship Club Pam Kounougakis Hello there, friends and fans of G.F.C. I expect many of you are wondering what happened to our report in the last issue and I'm afraid our good old friend/enemy the Internet was to blame.. It's out there floating somewhere in the ether.. Who knows, it may even now be being read by another Friendship club in a galaxy far, far away....!

To business! Yes the club has been exceedingly busy with our current programme, and highlights of our last few sessions were the Straw Bear Man, well he's actually not a straw bear but he was most entertaining and will be returning later in the year to give us some music from the fenland folk scene. We're being dragged into the digital age with Matthew who is helping us to become more confident with

our tablets ( no not the little round white ones!) and still loving our exercises with Michelle.

A specially original meeting was where four of our helpers became fashion models for a day, wearing and parading the latest range of clothing from Edinburgh Woollen Mill. A super day with lots of clothes to buy as well.

And of course the Super Massive Jumble Sale in October which raised over £200. Many thanks to those who donated, helped and bought. All our funds go towards trips and meals and speakers which keep this group so proactive and positive.

Coming up before Christmas is a talk by Stuart Orme on Cathedral 900, always fascinating, several gift stalls to

buy goodies and smellies and scarves etc, and our regular quizzes, raffles and games.

Christmas has its own fabulous celebrations including superb meals and buffets and all the trimmings!!!!

We are all getting older and time takes its toll on our health so we do want to hold in our thoughts members who are unwell and suffering at this time.

Hopefully we shall see you all again soon ready to enjoy the camaraderie of GFC over the festive period and into the New Year.

For more information call Barbara on 01733263078 or Judith 01733252724 4

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FEATURE

Soon we shall be posting our Christmas Cards and looking back to log fires, coaches and horses and ladies in bonnets. But what was it really like before electricity, running water, television and mobiles? Imagine you are a time traveller landing in the centre of Helpston ninety years ago.

Were they really The Good Old Days?

Print of Woodgate, Helpston, date unknown.

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our first impression would be that the familiar landmarks like the church, the John Clare Monument, the market cross and many of the old houses were there then.

But look more closely, what are these open drains along the roadsides? The picture shows a little footbridge between Clare Cottage and the road. A young boy fell into the Maxey Road drain and emerged, covered in slime and his mother carried him home in her apron and put him under the Maxey road pump.

It had just been proposed that the dykes on Maxey Road and Glinton Road should be replaced by pipes.

There was a public pump in each street in the village and in addition some houses had their own well. Piped water did not arrive until 1935. Until then there were no flush toilets, just a privy in a little shed at the bottom of the garden. Water had to be heated on the open fire or kitchen range to fill a portable bath in front of the kitchen fire.

Cooking and heating were by coal fires. For lighting, paraffin lamps had replaced candles.

The first 5 street lights came in 1931.

Helpston was still a farming village. It was unusual because the farms had remained in the village. Horses were used to pull

carts and farm machinery but there was still a need for hand labour. The other employer was the paper mill close to the railway station.

The other big surprise for our time traveller would be the large number of shops and workshops. Mr Goodfellow and Mr Phillips had butcher`s shops in West Street and Mrs Hare ran a grocer`s shop at the corner of Maxey Road and Glinton Road, while her husband had a coal delivery business. Mr E Wootten sawed up logs and delivered them round the village. There was a post office with kettles and saucepans hanging from the ceiling. Mr Dolby was the blacksmith. There were 7 pubs and beerhouses.

Helpston Feast was one of the highlights of the year. On the Sunday the Castor Band played all round the village, followed by the children. Mr Butty Chambers had a little fair in his paddock, with swing boats and sideshows, bowling for a pig and teas on the lawn. He sold pears for one penny a pound.

May Day was another festival when the Union Jack was flying on the flag pole and children went round the village carrying garlands of flowers in baskets.

There was no National Health Service of course and people paid a few pence every 3 months

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into a Doctors` Club to help them to pay their bills if they fell ill.

My sources were the Helpston Parish Council Minutes and some hand-written childhood memories by Eliza Stranger nee Cook/Chase.

If you are starting to feel nostalgic, why not contribute to the Helpston History and Archaeology Group`s research?

You can start now by jotting down some notes about your house and perhaps its former occupants. Our next House Detectives` meeting will be on Saturday, November 12th 10.30 4 at Helpston Village Hall, all free including drinks and a sandwich and pie lunch. In the morning there will be displays and talks, partly about the 7 test pits dug in September and also residents` memories of old Helpston. We believe that many people have a stash of photos of old Helpston and this would be a good opportunity to share them. The afternoon will be an opportunity to find out what discoveries you have all made, what sources have proved useful, and for us all to share information. If you have only just started, just bring along your rough notes.

Finally we can discuss ways of presenting our findings and beginning to create a Helpston archive.

For further details please contact Frieda Gosling 01780 740343 friedagosling@yahoo.co.uk

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SCHOOL REPORT

SCHOOL REPORT Helpston Playhouse Helpston Playhouse helped to raise funds at the Helpston Gala in June. We were allocated a proportion of the money raised, The Bishop’s award for Religious which we used to purchase a table Education is awarded annually for the out of school club children to the Year 6 pupil in a church to socialise together, relax, have school who achieves most highly a chat or even enjoy having their in this subject. This year it was snack outside where the weather won by Sophie Wright and she is nice. We would like to say was presented with the award a very grateful thank you to St

by Bishop John Flack at Barnack Botolph's Church Committee for School. their consideration.

Local pupil wins Bishop’s award

Helpston Preschool A few of the children in their new preschool unform which launched in September and is available to purchase from Helpston Playhouse.

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oundation Children are really settling in well and are already enjoying the school garden, with relish! The many apples will soon be gathered, weighed and cooked, the children are looking forward to apple pie and crumble.

They have also enjoyed digging, preparing the ground to plant some spring bulbs. One of the children’s favourite books at the moment is “The Scarecrow’s Wedding” by Julia Donaldson. They have been making some wonderful scarecrows which might be useful when plants begin to grow again next year.

The children are busy learning phonics and also what a plus sign means.

Years One and Two have been learning about Dinosaurs. They have painted some wonderful pictures and renamed them – “I am Lucyosaurus” says one and “I am Zachosaurus” says another.

Other children have cut up paper plates, folded the smaller circle for a body and used the crinkly edge to make a long dinosaur neck and shorter legs. There is a dramatic picture in the corridor of Moses floating amongst the bulrushes; various labels ask “Who rescued him?” and “What happened next?”.

The children have been learning about the Jewish festival of Succoth and helped to turn the outdoor classroom into a traditional Shelter.

There they enjoyed eating crackers, cream cheese and chocolate fingers to make their celebration complete.

Years Three and Four had an exciting time when a Roman Centurion called Titus came to spend the day. Ronnii, Taylor and

Jessica helped to compile this report. Ronnii enjoyed dressing up in costume with a helmet and a wolfskin over the top.

Taylor commented that Titus wore special types of sandals with iron studs on the bottom as the Roman soldiers had to walk many miles in a day.

Jessica was able to dress up as Boudicca and wore chainmail.

The children learnt to march like Roman soldiers, chanting “sinister, dexter” instead of “left, right”! Ronnii described how they grouped together with shields above their heads to make a “turtle”. He said that the teachers threw balls at them and that it was quite frightening, they felt for a moment that they were really being attacked.

Jessica said that everyone enjoyed looking at all the Roman Artefacts; a chain for slaves, a strigil to wash themselves with and a piece of sponge to wipe your bottom!.

Titus explained that the Romans enjoyed watching Gladiator fights and that they sometimes would fight blindfolded. The children thoroughly enjoyed their day and did not want it to come to an end!

Years Five and Six travelled to The Black Country Museum in Dudley in connection with their study of the Victorians.

Charlie said that they enjoyed a ride through the tunnels on a

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canal boat carrying coal that had come from the mines.

The teachers had to lay on their backs and “leg” the boat along. Evie told me that they went down a coal mine and nearly jumped out of their skin when a torch was flashed on “Billy” a lifelike model of a miner. It was very noisy underground and at times everything would shake. The children saw a horse used to pull the carts full of coal.

The children visited a Victorian Schoolroom where they were taught to say the alphabet backwards. The Victorian teacher pretended to hit Ms Mulqueen on the back for talking. Evie told me that there was a dunce’s cap and that they had to chant their times tables out loud. They then all went to a Co-op shop and bought bourbon biscuits.

They had an opportunity to look at a small house, it had a back garden in which people would grow a great deal of their own food and even kept a pig to fatten.

There are some recognisable Silhouettes in golden frames on the classroom wall. The children have also been busy starting to sew a sample, a little like those a Victorian child would have made and designing a wallpaper print inspired by the Victorian Artist William Morris.

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f you have the opportunity to go into Barnack School you will be amazed by the beautiful tapestry hanging in the Entrance Hall entitled ‘Water of Life’. There are eight panels with borders stitched together depicting Bible stories that show Jesus as the water of life. The tapestry was made by every child in the school, helped by a big number of volunteers from the church, the local community and parents, it really is a remarkable piece of work.

Materials were cut and stitched or stuck to the backing….for example the very youngest children cut out a variety of size fishes and stuck them into a net to show the story of the ‘Great Catch of Fishes’. The shining sea seems almost real and it is easy to picture the story. There is another panel that shows Simon Peter leaping into the sea to greet Jesus arms outstretched as he jumps. How these pictures bring the stories to life. As the children walk past, they can often be heard to say, ’Look there’s the bit I did.’

Those who took part will always remember ‘their’ story and also the day that Bishop John Flack visited the school to dedicate the tapestry. A group of child musicians played the hymn ‘Majesty’ as Bishop John

walked into the hall accompanied by two year6 children. After an introduction by Mr Fowkes, everyone sang ‘He’s got the whole world in His hands’ with accompanying actions; children form all age groups read the Bible lessons from the tapestry; Bishop John talked about the stories and about the meaning of the clothes a Bishop wears; everyone sang

‘ Water of Life’ ; Bishop John dedicated the tapestry and then the school left the hall while their guests, who had helped to make the tapestry enjoyed tea and delicious cakes all made in the school kitchen.

It was a lovely way to celebrate the hanging of the tapestry and everyone at school is grateful to the volunteers who helped to make the whole project possible and to Bishop John for making the day of celebration so special.

long-established scheme which helps to develop the younger childrens’ confidence and the older childrens’ caring and leadership skills, for a mutually beneficial partnership which continues throughout the whole year.

Saturday 17th September was Ground Force day. Many areas of the school field received a tidyup. Two new planters were built on the playground, and another garden area was created outside Torpel’s new classroom.

On 29th September, the Friends of JCP hosted the school’s Macmillan Coffee morning.

This followed a family assembly celebrating how the children work together and support each other.

Harvest Festival took place on 6th October at St. Botolph’s church.

All of the classes contributed to the service. The donation to the Peterborough Food Bank was gratefully received.

Apart from the regular school hours, JCP children attend a range of after-school clubs; such as football, hockey, chess, art and cookery. These enrich and develop our childrens’ experiences and help to develop the experienced and rounded individuals JCP children are.

As we end our first half term of the year, we are looking forward to the many inspiring topics and activities that will take place throughout the forthcoming academic year.

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eptember is always an exciting time in the school year. Children have renewed friendships after the Summer holidays. Many of our pupils are enjoying getting to know new teachers. We would like to extend a warm welcome to our newest member of staff – Miss Kulesza; who has very quickly become a firm favourite, teaching the children in Woodgate Class.

The first week of term saw the whole class singing and dancing a wonderful “Skeleton Dance”, to help them learn all the bones of the body.

A new group of Reception children have settled in well, supported by their Year 6 Buddies. The Year 6 Buddies is a 10

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NOVEMBER Through The Eyes of an Artist: A Walk with a difference Tuesday 1 November, 10am-12:30pm Ferry Meadows Country Park. Join Artist in Residence Charron Pugsley-Hill on a seasonal walk in the park looking at the landscapes from an artist’s perspective. Finish at Watersports cafe for coffee and a short creative session. This is not about being able to draw but about confidence with colour and your creative side.

Meet at Water Sports Cafe Entrance. Cost: £5 includes Coffee and cake. This event includes walking on uneven ground and/or crossing stiles and therefore may not be suitable for all abilities.

Please call 01733 234193 for further details.

Booking is essential.

Guided walk with a Ranger Wednesday 2 November, 1:30pm-4:00pm Ferry Meadows Country Park. Join Ranger Ian Lowe for a walk around Ferry Meadows, looking at features of interest and answering any questions you may have. Cost: Free. Suggested donation £2.

This event is on surfaced paths and suitable for all abilities including wheelchair users and buggies.

Booking: Essential.

Helpston WI Craft Day Saturday 5 November, 10am-3pm at Helpston Village Hall Entry fee £5 (includes tea/ coffee all day) A charge to cover materials will be made for each craft Crafts are as follows: Crochet a flower square, Hand sewn patchwork, Gift boxes, Needle felt ( Robin ), Sugar craft ( Flowers), Fabric Covered Christmas, Decoration. Please bring your own lunch. Places are limited so booking is essential For further details and booking your place contact Janel on 07793 894626.

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All Souls' Service for our Benefice Sunday 6 November at 6pm At St Andrew's Church. If you have a loved one who you would like to be remembered by name at this Service please contact one of the Churchwardens of your Parish. All welcome to light a candle at the service.

All Age Service for Remembrance Sunday 13 November: 10.30am Come and join us at St. Andrew's Northborough, as we remember all those who have died in conflict, and honour the men and women who lost their lives in two World Wars.

St.Andrew's Christmas Fayre Saturday 19 November: 2.30pm Northborough Village Hall, Teas, stalls, games and time for a chat. All Welcome.

Friends of St Andrew's Concert Series Stamford Concert Singers Friday 25 November at 7.30pm Performance at St.Andrew’s,Ufford.

The Stamford Concert Singers consists of members of local choral and operatic societies plus individual singers and will be performing choral, sacred and seasonal songs plus excerpts from musicals and Gilbert and Sullivan. Tickets, include a glass of wine in the interval, priced: Adults : £6, Children under 16 : £3. Available from: Keith Lievesley T: 01780-740679 E: keith.lievesley@btinternet.com Mike Baumber T: 01778-346332 E: Michael.baumber@btinternet.com Doreen Walsh T: 01778-422607 E: bandwalsh@fsmail.net Tree dressing Saturday 26 November, 10am-2pm Ferry Meadows Country Park Make natural tree decorations which look pretty and will also help to feed the wildlife through winter. Take them home to hang on a tree in your garden. Meet at Discovery Den Suggested donation £2 This event takes place indoors and is suitable for all abilities.

Booking: No need to book, drop in any time.

Guided walk with a Ranger Wednesday 30 November, 1:30pm-4pm Ferry Meadows Country Park Join Ranger Ian Lowe for a walk around Ferry Meadows, looking at features of interest and answering any questions you may have. Meet at: To be confirmed at time of booking.

Suggested donation £2. This event is on surfaced paths and suitable for all abilities including wheelchair users and buggies. Booking is essential.

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Royal British Legion Garden of Remembrance dedication Saturday 5 November, 10.45am Stamford War Memorial, Broad St. All welcome.

Royal British Legion Armistice Day Commemoration Friday 11 November, 10.45am Barnack War Memorial. All welcome.

Armistice Day Commemoration Friday 11 November, 10.45am Glinton War Memorial, St. Benedict’s Church.

Special Service of Remembrance Sunday 13th November 10.30am Special Service of Remembrance with the uniformed organisations, St Benedict’s Glinton.

Royal British Legion Remembrance Sunday Sunday 13 November, 9.45am 9.45am at Barnack Church, then 10.45am at Barnack War Memorial. All welcome.

Branch Annual Winter Lecture , Friday 18 November, 7pm for 7.30pm Barnack Village Hall. Lecturer - Colonel Paul Loader (Chief Engineer, Army). Lecture - "The Army 2020 and Beyond." Tickets £5, proceeds to Branch funds.

All welcome.

Glinton Horticultural Society History of the National Gardens Scheme Friday 18 November A presentation by George Stevenson - All welcome starts at 7.30pm in the Glinton Village Hall.

Further details 01733 253591 or visit our website glintonhorticulturalsociety.org.uk Songs from the shows Saturday 26 November, 7pm Performed by popular local group Rapport in aid of St Pegas Church, Peakirk Village Hall. Includes a two course supper. BYOB. Tickets £10, call David Hankins T: 01733 253397 E: David.Hankins2009@btinternet.com St. Botolph's Church Coffee Morning Saturday 26 November, 10am - 12pm The next St. Botolph's Church Coffee Morning is on Saturday 26th November, this will be the Christmas one with special stalls. Everyone invited to join us for great Coffee and Cakes and a chat.

Christingle Service Sunday 11th December, 4pm St. Andrew's Northborough. All donations go to the Children's Society, so please collect an envelope from Church or call Polly 01778 380849 and a Christingle will be made for you.

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Benefice Prayer Breakfast Saturday 5 November & Saturday 3 December Benefice Prayer Breakfast in Botolph’s Barn every 1st Saturday of the month.

Christmas Lights Switch-on Sunday 27 November at 4.30pm Get in the festive spirit and join us as we switch on the lights on the Christmas tree in the Church Yard at St. Pega’s Church.

Free festive hot drinks and seasonal biscuits are provided. Everybody welcome!

St Botolph's - Helpston Church invites everyone to Christmas Coffee Morning Saturday 26 November, 10am-12 noon To be held in the Church There will be a Christmas stall, raffle, mince pies, hot mulled wine and plenty of festive spirit!

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Christmas Lights switch on Saturday 1 December Glinton Christmas tree lights switch on with Carols followed by drinks and mince pies in the Church.

Peakirk cum Glinton Primary School Traditional Christmas Fayre Friday 2 December, 5-7pm Market Stall, Games, Raffle, Roast Chestnuts and much more.

Peakirk cum Glinton's Christmas Bizarre Friday 2 December, 5-7pm Stalls, raffle and fun.

Maxey Village Hall Christmas Fayre.

Saturday 3 December Lots of activities, craft stalls, light lunches and teas. Santa is expected in his Grotto too.

Christmas Fete Saturday 3 Dec at 2pm The Acres Barnack.

Raffle,Tombola,Craft Stall,Cake Stall.

Northborough Christmas Tree Light Up Celebration 3 December, 6pm A Christmas tree will be erected in the green space in front of the One Stop Shop on Lincoln Road. There will be mulled wine, minced pies and sweets for the children with Father Christmas in attendance.

St.Peter’s Tree Lighting Service Sunday 4 December at 4pm Carols around the tree in the Church yard, hot chocolate and spiced biscuits to keep us warm!

Glinton Horticultural Society Christmas Evening Meal and Quiz 9 December, 7.30pm In the Glinton Village Hall. All welcome.

St Botolph's Carol Service Sunday 18 December at 6.30pm

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Carols and Mince Pies Sunday 18th December, 10.30am Northborough Church, Come and join us for a big sing!

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Christmas Sing-A-Long Sunday 18 December, 4pm Please join us again around the Christmas tree at the foot of our stone bridge. We are delighted that members of the Waggon Load of Monkeys have offered to provide musical accompaniment.

Don't forget to bring a torch or lantern!

Children’s Nativity Service at St. Pega’s Church Saturday, 18 December at 3pm Crib Service Saturday 24th December 4.30pm St. Benedict’s Church Glinton. Crib Service.

St Botolph's Christmas Day Praise Christmas Day 10.45am Join us for all or any of the services at St Botolph's.

Carols and Readings at St Benedict's Church Wednesday 21 December at 7pm.

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St.Peter’s Crib Service Saturday 24 December at 4pm Candlelit Service for our Nativity led by Freda.

Children can choose a costume and be part of this special ‘ play’ ( you don’t have to say anything )!

Lovely service, hope you can join us.

St Botolph's Midnight Communion Christmas Eve 11pm St Botolph's Crib Service Christmas Eve 4pm

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Candlelit Midnight Communion Christmas Eve at 11.30pm St Andrew's Northborough. Everyone is welcome.

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ENVIRONMENT David Cowcill Langdyke Countryside Trust - Nature, Heritage, Communities

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The benefits to health and well-being of access to and engagement with our natural countryside are often highlighted - in the popular press, in medical pronouncements or marketing, and as part of local authorities’ planning strategy for rural areas and conservation.

sually Langdyke Trust describe the action at one of their reserves. For this edition, rather, the focus is on the volunteers who enable the reserves to thrive - not that there is any shortage of action (eg a wisp of around 80 Snipe at Etton Maxey pit, or a remarkable display of Autumn Ladies Tresses Orchids (Spiranthes spiralis) at Swaddywell - the first recorded locally for 47 years).

The Trust has five locations, each with a different infrastructure, ambiance and needs:• Torpel Manor Field - 8 acres of rare “neutral” grassland, the Norman Castle and medieval village being surrounded by older occupations - Saxon, Roman and Iron Age; • Swaddywell Pit - 33 acres of an old limestone quarry, now partly scrub and pasture, partly water and reeds - home to orchids and great crested newts; • Bainton Heath - 53 acres of an old gravel quarry, filled in to create an acid heathland with locally rare mosses, lichens, insects and rare birds such as nightingales and turtle doves; • Etton Maxey Pit - another 83 acres of old gravel quarry - now a mixture of wet and dry grassland, 18

reeds and water, with lots of insects, nesting and migratory birds - home to dragonflies, hares, lapwing, march harriers and common terns; • Etton Barn - 8 acres of grassland, orchard and deep hedgerows, with community allotments and a pond, home to gardeners, rabbits, and fruit trees including the locally special Barnack Beauty apple.

Most of the heavy work such as keeping the 2kms of pathways clear, or hay-making at Torpel, is done by contractors with machines.

However this is not always possible due to access or sensitivity - which is where the volunteers and the sense of community effort and participation come in.

Seasonal tasks include • Swaddywell - cutting the paths in less accessible areas; cutting willow to prevent encroachment or bramble and scrub to release the marjoram and flowers below - for the butterflies; safeguarding the orchids; cutting reed from the ponds to the benefit of the newts.

• Torpel - cutting the grass before the cabin; cutting or spraying nettles and rank weeds; maintaining the electric fence keeping the sheep off the (protected) castle mound; moving hay bales; villagetribune.org.uk

safeguarding the lesser plants.

• Etton Maxey Pits - cutting willow (again!) and thinning broadleaf trees to maintain the grassland and give wading birds room to breed; maintaining the tern rafts (boating!); preparing for the open days; maintaining the electric fences that keep the sheep out of danger; brush-cutting around the car park; hedgerow maintenance.

• Bainton - cutting the paths round the site; scrub and rank grass management; pond-side clearance.

• Etton Barn - maintaining the fruit trees, developing the allotment area, hedge-laying, trying to keep the barn tidy, bird-box installation and maintenance, keeping the sheep fencing in good order.

LCT provide all the equipment - predominantly manual - loppers, shears, cutters, saws, rakes of all sorts, spades and forks, picks and mattocks - and some mechanical to be used after suitable competence is proven - strimmer, brush and wood cutters, scythe mower and ride-on mower. There is something for everyone as the range of tasks is so wide - from plant staking to gentle secateur trimming through more energetic willow and brush removal to ride-on and boating experiences! Then there are the

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dscape, Inspiring Volunteers 30 or so gates and catches to keep in good order (help needed here!).

SO who does all this work?

Firstly there are mid-week volunteers - mostly retired (but not all - some employers allow time off for Community Service!), but physically and mentally active; as many women as men; Chris and David, occasionally Cliff and MIck tend to work the machines; Jane, Sue, Ann, Jean and Beryl, Georges and Bobs (there are several of each) Malcolm, Ted, Brian, David, and Keren are all-round cutters, rakers and bonfire makers; Jean and Sue often come with tea and cakes; work continues if its just cold but not when too wet; locations vary throughout the seasons - usually the western reserves on Thursday afternoon, and Etton on Mondays or Tuesdays; there is shelter at Torpel, Swaddywell and Etton Barn; all locations are within a few minutes of Helpston with lots of safe car-parking space.

During the school holidays, it is acceptable for a responsible parent or grandparent to bring along a youngster - over 12 years old. New volunteers are welcome - LCT members or not.

Then each month throughout the winter, there is usually a conservation work activity on

pictures - 1. ladies tresses orchid - Jean Stowe; 2, 3 & 4 Etton Maxey reserve, snipe and sheep - copyright Brian Lawrence.

one weekend - either a Saturday or Sunday. Although open to all members, the profile of attendees is remarkably similar to the above - with the addition of LCT committee members. This is where the opportunity lies to deliver the most “well-being” benefit to members and the community - an afternoon in the open air, making a contribution to conservation, has to be a worthwhile activity once in a while. No prior experience is necessary - only a responsible attitude to use of equipment, outcomes and (mutual) safety.

We really would like to attract more young people (but cannot offer DofE experience as we do not have the supervision resources needed). Once again new volunteers are welcome LCT members or not.

A spin-off for all is that any workgroup will include people knowledgeable about their environment - birds, insects, plants whatever - which is passed on through on-the-spot observation and identification.

Over many sessions this widens the knowledge and maybe for young people with school projects or lifetime choices to make gives a grounding in the natural world to complement all the technology they are

surrounded with.

And finally - there are two other volunteer forces.

Annually, LCT member Richard Astle facilitates a “Green Leap Day” when employers allow their employees to take a paid afternoon working on one of the reserves (usually Etton-based due to the sheer variety of suitable tasks - and somewhere to have a picnic lunch). The benefits are the same - team work, employee cohesion, environmental awareness and well-being.

Employers please note - is your company able and willing to participate?

The last “volunteer” group are the flock of one hundred Langdkye Sheep - a mixture of Jacobs, Hebrideans and Soays - grazing away all year round, helping to keep the grassy sward under control and enabling the wild flowers to thrive. They need checking and looking after - and I am sure Richard and Mick would be pleased to accommodate a budding stockman or woman apprentice.

Does the effort make a difference? YES - three of the reserves have both national and local rarities, of plants, birds, insects or invertebrates, thriving thanks to the efforts of the volunteers.

If you wish to participate, please contact David Cowcill (252655), Chris Topper (252506) or Richard Astle (07785 252571). Find us at www.langdyke.org.uk or on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/groups/langdyketrust/

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Kennulphs Stone

by Dr Avril Lumley Prior

Fallen by the wayside?

Re-discovering redundant ‘street furniture’

by Dr Avril Lumley Prior

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urrah for the Heritage Champions, who reinstated ‘Kennulph’s Stone’ on the Newborough [Borough Fen]-Crowland boundary! Although the uppermost part is relatively modern, supplied by the Drainage Board in 1817 to separate the Kesteven and Holland districts of Lincolnshire, the base is medieval.

Local legend dictates that it supplanted a series of ‘ancient’ boundary markers near this site, all of which was either deliberately or accidentally destroyed or toppled over to lie forgotten in the long grass on the River Welland bank.

Needless to say, mankind has been erecting monuments or simply heaping stones together since Neolithic times to define graves, meeting-places and territory, give directions and to commemorate events and the

Great and the Good. They are cited in the Bible on numerous occasions with Jacob and Joshua being particularly keen on the practice. On a grander scale, Egypt has her obelisks and pyramids and Britain has Stonehenge, Avebury, the Ring of Brodgar and lots, lots more.

When Christianity became the official state religion throughout the Roman world, Emperor Constantine (342-47AD) ordered that pagan roadside altars and statues should be replaced with crosses as a symbol of Christ’s martyrdom. These, it is thought, were the forerunners of the roadside shrines and crucifixes prevalent in Roman Catholic countries across Europe.

For the earliest evidence of a standing-cross in England, we must consult our old friend, Bede the Anglo-Saxon historian.

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Writing at Jarrow c.731, he tells us that in King Oswald of Northumbria borrowed the Irish tradition of raising a wooden cross as a rallying point for his troops before confronting and defeating the heathen Penda of Mercia at the Battle of Heavenfield, in c.633. Some time after 674, when craftsmen were imported from Gaul [modern France] to teach the indigenous workforce masonry and stone-carving skills, the Northumbrians began constructing their own ‘highcrosses’. The oldest survivors at Bewcastle [Cumbria] and Ruthwell [Dumfries and Galloway] are early-eighth century in date.

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worship Him above all things’.

Nevertheless, as we shall see stone crosses had several different uses.

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1) Ruthwell Cross (c.725) (www.south-westscotland.co.uk) 2) St Vincent's Cross (1389) Monastic Boundary Markers There was certainly nothing particularly sacred about the crosses (including ‘Kennulph’s Stone’) placed at strategic places along the margins of Crowland Abbey’s precincts. Once past these markers, felons could claim Sanctuary [asylum] within the abbey church and remain there unmolested for 40 days, after which they either were obliged to make a full confession and face banishment or stand trial and face the consequences. Moreover, the boundary-stones were statements of power and control in the landscape, proclaiming to anyone entering Crowland by water or causeway that this was The Abbot’s domain and that he/she was subject to his rules and regulations, including his right to levy tolls on their goods, wagons and animals and execute criminals.

The twelfth-century historian, Orderic Vitalis (prompted by the monks of Crowland Abbey), tells us that the original ‘Kennulph’s Stone’ was raised c.716 by Kennulph, Crowland’s first abbot. Remarkable indeed, since Crowland was not founded until c.972! Just to confuse matters further, from the fifteenth century onwards, there are references to a ‘Cross-in-le-eye’ or ‘ea’ [the OldEnglish word for ‘river’], marking Peterborough Abbey’s frontier with Crowland’s. Was the ‘Cross-in-leeye’ synonymous with ‘Kennulph’s 22

Stone’, I wonder, just as our French neighbours insist upon calling the English Channel ‘La Manche’? Or were there two boundary-markers on this stretch of the Welland?

The forged Crowland Chronicle of ‘Abbot Ingulph’ informs us that when Abbot Turketyl ‘restored’ (in reality founded) Crowland Abbey, all the ‘ancient’ crosses had vanished, necessitating their replacement. Now, only the base of Kennulph's Stone's descendant and a re-inscribed remnant of ‘St Guthlac’s Stone’ at Brotherhouse [north of Crowland] remain, whilst those at Greynes and Folwardstaking on the edge the Borough Fen [formerly Peterborough Great Fen] disappeared within the last century.

Of course during Anglo-Saxon and medieval times, the landscape was very different from today’s with the undrained fenland providing seasonal water-meadows and a harvest of eels, fish, fowl and reeds for thatch. Not surprisingly, the monks and tenants of the adjacent Peterborough, Crowland and Thorney Abbeys and Deeping and Spalding Priories jealously guarded their resources. By the twelfth century, a series of disputes had erupted, leading to Abbot Benedict of Peterborough (117599) to pursue the Abbot Henry of Crowland through the courts for the recovery of Singleshole Fen and its ‘hermitage’, a cattle ‘ranch’ to the north of Eye parish, which was managed by a small contingent of brethren. The matter was settled in favour of Peterborough during the abbacy of Benedict’s successor, Acharius (1200-10), who immediately leased Singlesole Fen back to Crowland for an annual rent of four stones of candle-wax. Further disagreements ensued, with the monks and tenants of Peterborough being accused of trespass, cattle rustling and maliciously wounding their Crowland counterparts. In 1268, Henry III ordered the sheriffs

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of Lincoln and Northampton to investigate. This time, the inquisition supported Crowland.

Cocking a snook at his rival, Abbot Ralph de Mersh of Crowland erected ‘Turketyl’s Cross’ next to the Catswater Drain, an artificial watercourse that linked the Welland with the Nene. It simultaneously marked his abbey’s limits with those of Peterborough and Thorney and the province of the Bishop of Lincoln with that of Ely as well the contiguous boundary of Cambridgeshire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire. In 1389, ‘Turketyl’s Cross’ was succeeded by a prestigious monolith, which mysteriously fell or was pushed into the Catswater. It was rescued in the mid-eighteenth century and in the 1990s was relocated to St Vincent’s Farm, causing it to be renamed St Vincent’s Cross.

Administrative boundary-markers Boundary markers were not just the preserve of the religious but were also used for administrative purposes at all levels. Christopher Markham’s nostalgic book, The Stone Crosses of Northamptonshire, tells us that in 1901 there was a socket for a boundary-cross on Wansford Bridge, which primarily divided the Soke of Peterborough [Northamptonshire] from Huntingdonshire but also once separated the estates of Peterborough Abbey from those of Thorney Abbey and again the Bishoprics of Lincoln and Ely. This once highly-significant feature was superseded in the twentieth-century by a stubby, metal wedge, almost identical to one at Wothorpe which divides The Soke from Northamptonshire. In contrast, a larger sign (allegedly recovered from a ditch after The Soke was abolished in 1965) was spotted at the Peterborough Festival of Antiques and re-homed in a suburban garden.

Maxey’s fourteenth-century

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Just as we have place-name signs today, during the medieval period parish limits also required markers. The nearest extant example, is a thirteenth-century wheel-head cross that stands to attention in a field between Blatherwicke and King’s Cliffe parishes. Not all took the form of a cross though. A flat boundary-stone of unknown date lies in the undergrowth next to Torpel Field by the side of King Street in Ashton [Bainton parish].

Furthermore, peasant farmers used stones to mark their strips in the common [open] fields, the land being described in manorial accounts as having been ‘stoned’.

Way-side crosses The origin of placing way-markers along roads and tracks is lost in antiquity. Initially, they were supplied to ensure that people,

Butter- or market-crosses The terms ‘butter-cross’ and ‘market-cross’ seem to have been interchangeable. Unlike boundary-stones and way-markers, they stood in the very heart of a town or village, invariably at a road junction. By the fifteenth century, those in prosperous settlements were often roofed with a penthouse to protect produce, stall-holders and customers from the elements. They survive in a

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variety of forms with some really fine examples at Salisbury and Malmesbury [Wiltshire], Cheddar and Somerton [Somerset], Chichester [West Sussex] and Oakham [Rutland]. On a lessgrand scale, Helpston’s elegant ‘Butter-cross’ is in remarkable condition considering that it was installed, c.1300. In contrast, the shaft of Bainton’s bulkier equivalent has been truncated, topped with a sphere and moved from the north side of the church to west, possibly when the school was built in the early 1800s.

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animals and carts did not stray from the main thoroughfare.

However, during the medieval period, travellers believed that offering prayers at wayside crosses at intervals along their route improved their chances of having a trouble-free journey. The structure that gave its name to Norman Cross on the erstwhile Roman thoroughfare, Ermine Street, has long gone, the victim of improvements to the Great North Road [A1 (M)]. Conversely, at Sutton Crossways (where Ermine Street was intersected by the old Castor to Wansford Road), there stands an entire wayside cross. But don’t be fooled. Only the socket is original. The shaft is of indeterminable date, fitted by the Parish Council in 2002.

More-recently, superfluous bits of Victorian memorials have been added to create an ‘antique’ effect. An ingenious assemblage!

I love it!

Undoubtedly, Greater Tribland’s most famous standingstones, must be ‘Robin Hood and Little John’ or ‘St. Edmund’s Arrows’, originally were erected in Castor Field near Gunwade Ferry.

Tradition dictates that they marked a route from Barnack quarries to the River Nene used exclusively for the transportation of buildingstone bound for Bury St Edmund’s Abbey. Upon the construction of the Castor by-pass [A47], they were moved to a site above Ferry Meadows Country Park.

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to mend their wicked ways and prepare to meet their God. Memorials The most spectacular of all roadside monuments are the Eleanor Crosses, commissioned by the grief-stricken Edward I after the death of his beloved queen at Harby [Nottinghamshire], in 1290. Designed as shrines in her memory, they were erected at her cortege’s overnight resting-places on its progress to Westminster Abbey. Of the original twelve Eleanor Crosses, only three survive at Hardingstone and Geddington [Northants.] and Waltham, near London, though replicas have been built at Banbury and Charing Cross.

Alas! Despite the fact that Queen Eleanor was the erstwhile lady-ofthe-manor of Torpel, Southorpe and Upton [near Castor], Tribland cannot boast anything as impressive as these.

The Peakirk monument at the junction of St Pega’s Road and Rectory Lane was never a buttercross; nor does it commemorate our soldiers who died in World War I, as is often assumed. (Their unique memorial is tucked away in the Village Hall opposite.) A scaled-down version of Helpston’s butter-cross, ‘Peakirk Cross’ is relatively modern. It was commissioned in 1904 by the Reverend Canon Edward James as a gift to his parish in celebration of his 50 years’ service, first as curate (1853-65) and then as priest (18651912). Far from redundant, its steps or ‘Calvary’ offer a welcome resting-place for cyclists and hikers and at Christmas it is illuminated to become a beacon for the village.

The downfall of the stone cross Wayside markers, boundarystones, market-crosses and memorials were the street-furniture of their era and an integral part

of daily life when few would have been able to read (let alone understand) today’s bland road-signs. However, just as Emperor Constantine decreed the destruction of all vestiges of paganism throughout his realm, after the Reformation of the English Church instigated by Henry VIII in the 1530s and enforced by his son, Edward VI (1547-53), all religious imagery was deemed idolatrous.

Many stone crosses were demolished, defaced, re-used as building-materials and occasionally resurrected centuries later by well-meaning antiquarians, often in a completely-different place. A few, like Helpston’s ‘Buttercross’, remained in situ minus their crucifixes or with their shafts broken or missing to continue a secular role as route- and boundaryindicators and markets stalls.

Inevitably, fragments endure in different guises. At Maxey, Markham records that in 1901 a section of chevron-chiselled, twelfth-century cross-shaft had a second innings as a bench outside a cottage whilst the lavishly-carved socket of fourteenth-century cross graced a Deeping Gate garden.

The base of another was converted into a sundial for Barnack Rectory.

In the 1930s, it was re-used as the plinth for the present churchyard cross. Likewise, at Marholm, a hexagonal, medieval socket supports the War Memorial.

At Sutton, a section of a crudely-carved, late Anglo-Saxon cross-shaft has been recycled as a building-block in an early eighteenth-century dovecote that abuts the churchyard. A similar piece was used to repair a farmhouse wall in Peakirk, and then removed in the 1870s to become a stepping-stone in the crew-yard. It was spotted by a Spalding clergyman, who bought

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it from the farmer and returned it to the village in the 1880s, after the dwelling had been converted into a parish reading room and Sunday school. At Bainton, you can just detect a badly-weathered chunk of a Romanesque cross-shaft in the base of the Butter Cross.

Finally on Castor village green, the medieval cross-base and the stump of its shaft have been given a new lease of life, incorporated into the ‘Farmer’s Cross’ to honour the families who tilled the fields and fed the local population for generations. Again, the act of a thoughtful and heritage-minded Parish Council!

It would be exceedingly optimistic to expect to find a piece of an old rugged cross languishing in your rockery or embedded in the wall of your house. Yet, so much survives - and is still being discovered and indentified – bearing witness to how much we have lost and are increasingly in danger of losing. Therefore, we must salute the public-spirited people who restored the medieval base of ‘Kennulph’s Stone’ and the early nineteenth-century boundary marker to their rightful place on the bank of the River Welland as a tangible link with our forebears and a reminder of our region’s monumental past. 

I am indebted to the late Keith Garrett for showing me the Sutton cross-in-the-dovecote and to Trish Roberts for alerting me to the whereabouts of the Peakirk fragment.

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Max Gastro’s

Restaurant Review

WAGAMAMA, PETERBOROUGH

From bowl to soul ...

At long last Wagamama has arrived in our city. As with other successful restaurants and household-name retailers this brand has watched our city’s growth and prosperity over the last few years and now decided to invest, in a brand new restaurant just off Cathedral Square.

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his is the restaurant chain that redefined the idea of fast food 25 years ago, from the first restaurant in Streatham Street behind the British Museum in London. It now has restaurants over Europe, the Middle East and Australia and in most larger cities in the UK. Quite simply it’s great food, modelled on the 200-year-old Ramen stalls of Japan, with all the basic simplicity of fresh ingredients well-cooked with verve and passion by folk who actually care about their customers and who want them to have a good enough time to keep coming back.

Believe me, it works. Not for Wagamama, is the poor service and lack-lustre food experienced when we tried and reported on the then newly-opened Argo Lounge just round the corner.

This new restaurant, like all the WM’s we’ve been in, is a great place to experience service as it should be: quick, pleasant and really helpful if you’re not used to their pan-Asian style of cooking.

As in all WM’s the interior is pared-back, clean and functional, relying of the staff and customers to provide the action and warmth and the dishes are designed to use a set number of ingredients, partly the reason the service is so fast. The kitchen is organised so that any item you order goes to one station where it is prepared.

The dish is then placed on the ‘pass’ where it’s collected brought to your table, which are arranged in lines and work really well to be either a small grouping or convivial with fellow diners.

As on many occasions in the past we ordered a couple

of Ramen shirodashi, a hearty bowl of slow-cooked pork belly, marinated in bulgogi sauce in a noodle and reduced chicken broth with dashi and miso, topped with pea shoots, menma, spring onions, wakame and half a tea-stained egg, filled with fresh ramen noodles, toppings and garnishes, all served in a traditional black bowl, and we shared sides of mushroom onigiri and wok-fried greens and a couple of cold Kirin Japanese beers. Brilliant!

But there’s so much to try here you’ll come back time after time and I think never be disappointed.

The first couple of weeks after opening the queues were long but it’s now just very, very popular, but arrive early to get a good table.

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Sauce Tomate Ah bonjour to all you in the villages of Tribland and I hope you are well always. For this issue I thought I’d look to my annual surplus of tomatoes in the garden of Chez Pierre and tell you how I make to keep our house tomato sauce, the basis of many excellent sauces for our dishes which we serve here.

The rough and ready shape and size of our home-grown CP tomatoes, and actually the vast majority of what is sold in France, are not it seems considered particularly ‘acceptable’ in the UK. Our fruits resemble the head of your unfortunate Elephant Man, not the pristines clean and perfectly round in Mr Tesco’s shop. As you may see from my picture from Caromb in Provence these are being sold at a local shop and are also big and smaller, in deep reds and yellows and have flavour in spades, not a watery centre with pale skins of the quickly grown tomatoes.

Next time you go into France

buy some tomatoes, enjoy their sun-kissed beauty and then keep some of the seeds to grow them here in your gardens.

To create: I roughly cut up into chunks however many I have picked, maybe a dozen or so, and sauté in a wide pan with some olive oil, a handful of chopped sautéed bacon with all its fat, a handful of chopped basil, two chopped onions, a large glass or two of white wine, frequent doses of ground pepper and salt and sugar for seasoning (to taste) three fat chopped garlic cloves and reduce over a low/ medium heat for something like an hour or so, adding more wine if needed. After this time blend with a hand-held blender to give a ‘roughish’ texture – not puree.

Season/sugar further to taste and place a large knob of unsalted butter to finish. This will give you the basic Sauce Tomate we use here, but for steaks and chicken plates of food I will probably add four of five sliced mushrooms

sautéed in butter and finished with cream to the sauce, to create a really quite special experience for our guests.

The basic sauce I make sometimes a lot and then portion into freezer bags and freeze. It can be just taken out anytime and used without any real flavour loss and is of course very convenient for soups and casseroles whenever they demand proper tomatoes, not tinned, and as I have demonstrated above they are the base of many lovely sauces to enhance food.

To answer the email question from Mrs S in Glinton: I am recommending poaching your salmon for your upcoming light lunch party, for a change.

Use an unusual sauce too, like a mayonnaise with chopped tarragon or maybe a bercy sauce. I’ve emailed you the easy recipes. A dry white wine like a Pouilly-Fumé would lift the plate too.

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INDIAN SUMMER OF AN OLDER AGE?

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hile older age is sometimes associated with a decreased level of wellbeing, my own experience and clients which I meet convince me, that perhaps there is still hope for an Indian Summer in my older age.

Looking at the energetic, 60 + aged people I deal with in my day to day work, I can see that they have certain personal qualities and aptitudes in common. The most important thing is that they are well prepared and have not allowed age to hit them suddenly, without notice.

So, what does it mean for the financial wellbeing which I am helping my clients to address?

Most of them would have embarked on this road many years ago, when they’ve started saving through their company and personal pension schemes.

This doesn’t always translate into desired outcomes, usually due to a lack of flexibility within existing pension schemes which do not cater for the different needs of people who set them up in the first place.

To give you an example of how it works in practise I will use a recent case which illustrates how clients used the recent changes to pensions to their benefit: I met with John an engineer aged 58 for a review of his existing pension schemes to see when he could feasibly retire. His wife Dawn was coming up to age 60 next February and would be fully

retiring soon on a small teacher’s pension.

After discussion, it transpired that what they really wanted to know was if they could afford to do the things they had planned in retirement now rather than wait till later. John and Dawn wanted to go on a life time holiday to New Zealand to celebrate Dawns retirement and continue taking holidays like this whilst they were still able to do it, particularly from a health perspective. John advised he had no intention of fully retiring but would like the flexibility to perhaps work 2-3 days a week from the age of 60. Their main concern was reaching the age of 65+ and whilst having money, not being able to use it to do the things they had always wanted to do due to mobility or health issues.

We looked at John’s existing pension schemes which consisted of two old personal pension schemes and three old employers work schemes. Even though it is possible to access employers work schemes we decided to leave these until the age of 65 when they would start paying a regular income to John. We concentrated on the two personal pensions that didn’t allow funds to be taken out flexibly as and when John wished.

The most suitable solution was to transfer these to a modern pension that allowed income to be taken in the form of lump sums.

John and Dawn can now fund their holidays by taking out bits

and pieces from the 25% tax free part of John’s new flexible personal pension plan and leave the remaining pension invested ready to be used to prop up his income when he drops work down to 2-3 days a week. He can then start drawing on these funds up to age 65 which is when his old final salary pensions will start payment.

Two of the most important lessons I have learnt from my clients and my parents on how to stay happy in retirement is to broaden your interests before retirement so you don’t suffer from the loneliness that retirement can bring. Secondly to either improve your physical and mental health in terms of moderate exercise, holidaying and eating well to ensure that wellbeing remains long into retirement.

Using your pensions provisions to help this semi-retirement or fully retired journey is a serious matter, your lifetime savings are at stake. It has to be done through a careful financial planning process, a thorough understanding of your personal goals and aspirations and with the professional knowledge of a qualified financial adviser.

If you’d like any more information about pensions and pension freedoms and would like me to look at your current arrangement, please contact me on the details below. Initial consultation is always free.

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FARMING

Rosemary's

FARMINGDIARY

The cereal harvest completed and over for another year. I think many would agree it has been one of the easiest harvests most of us have known for years.

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e have had no drying in store to contend with - all has been allowed to dry in the field naturally - so saving on fuel and labour. I am not aware of any yield records being broken, although some crops have yielded better than expected. 2015/16 has been a difficult growing year, not only in the field but gardens as well.

Too much wet - too mild winter with no frosts to kill bugs which carried on into summer which has kept the sprayer busier than usual with added expenditure for chemicals. This is the first time we have grown potatoes on the farmfor many, many years.

These were contracted out and are destined for Walkers Crisps.

The potato harvesters worked around the clock, apart from the machine breaking down once or twice. The lifting went well in ideal conditions with minimal damage to the soil structure. As soon as the field was cleared cultivations went ahead to sow next year’s winter wheat crop.

We're now well into October with the sowing of cereal crops which will be harvested in July/ August 2017. It's amazing how quickly (7-8 days) the sowing have emerged with the winter oats showing well with it's rich green colour and as the new crops comes through will transform the whole appearance of the countryside. The dawn of a new farming year begins to appear with all it's challenges that the weather and political arena throws at us, with the unknown commodity prices at selling day, making cash flow predictions difficult to say the least.

The sugar beet campaign has begun around the end of September/beginning of October, which will be a much shorter one - results of loads delivered I am told are not the most encouraging, sugars only average and yields down again, the sugar beet crop had a poor start and it would appear from early delivery results this is

showing through at harvesting.

Sugar content and yield can improve with later lifting dates which we hope will be the case this year. Commodity prices have improved slightly but it can be a very volatile market we have to trade with, together with the unknowns of post-brexit.

With the clocks being put back towards the end of October it seems a race against time with the decreasing daylight hours, particularly when working outside. Autumn seemd to have made its presence felt in good time and the thought of long, dark winter nights descends upon us.

Christmas is fast approaching as customers remind us in the shop with their requirements for the festive season. By the time the next edition of the Tribune comes through your door, Christmas will be over for another year and the New Year begins. I wish you all a happy, healthy Christmas and a bright New Year.

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VILLAGE VIEWS

When Steven Marsh set off for a day’s mountain biking, he had no idea that he was heading for a tragic accident.

John Clare Cottage

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he 2017 John Clare Calendar has been released. The calendar consists of pictures of the Cottage and local scenes that inspired John Clare in his poetry. Copies can be obtained from the Cottage £9 each, or posted out for an additional £1.50.

At the beginning of November popular local artist Heather Mizen will be returning to the Cottage with an exhibition of paintings and work with textiles, reflecting the colours and moods of Autumn and Winter. The exhibition will be in the Dovecote and will be open during the Cottage hours.

Following the success of her workshop earlier this year, Heather is planning to hold a further silk painting workshop in the early part of 2017, details will be posted on the Clare Cottage website.

We will have another evening of live music on Saturday December 3rd at 7:30 when the Meana Lee Quartet will be performing at the Cottage. Their music comes from the Great American Songbook with songs from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s. Tickets cost £5 and are available from the Cottage.

The Acoustic Café evenings will continue each month, please note that some of the dates may have to change due to other commitments, please keep an eye on the website.

The Cottage will continue to open Friday, Saturday and Monday throughout the Winter season, the opening times will be 11 am to 3 pm after 30 October.

Cyclists raise funds for Steven

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teven, whose parents, Clive and Rita live at Helpston, is a keen cyclist and it soon became clear that the crash he suffered was serious. He was air lifted by helicopter (by Prince William and his crew) to Addenbrookes Hospital and subsequently moved to Sheffield Spinal Injuries Unit. After a stay of three months, he has now been able to return to his home at Elmington, near Oundle, but is paralysed from the waist down. Working for Bull & Co, of Peterborough, builders, for the past twelve years, Steven has a set of top class mates and with help from Terry Wright’s, Deeping, they have set up a sponsored cycle ride from London to Paris in 24 hours to raise much needed funds to provide the adaptations

needed to accommodate a wheelchair. Nine riders are taking part in the event at the end of October, seven of whom did not previously even own a bike! Friends from work have laid a patio and sorted out a wet room.

The family are enormously grateful for the immediate help they have received, especially Steven himself and his wife of only one year, Samantha, who works at Corby as a Graphic Designer. Sam hails from Market Deeping, where Steven went to the local Community Primary School.

Another of his hobbies is racing his modified road Renault Megane car and Steven aims to pick up that particular hobby again with an adapted vehicle. We wish him all the very best for the future.

If you would like to sponsor anyone for the cycle ride or take part yourself, please email at this web address: https://.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/letourdemarsh.

This is where you can read more about the cycle ride and of course you are also welcome to donate after the event.

Pictured, above right: Steven and Samantha on their wedding day at Rutland Water.

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Maxey 200 Club

Number are only 20p per week and there are monthly cash prizes of £30, £25, £15. In addition there are bumper prizes of £100 in June and £200 in December each year. The small profit we make from the 200 club goes toward the maintenance and upkeep of Maxey Village Hall.

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Barnack News by Ian Burrows

There is something insidiously creeping into our lives that you can feel but not see, it is of course the onset of the season of “mists and mellow fruitfulness” that ushers in winter. However it also has its fruits, and the blackberries in the hedgerows are this year lush, large flavourful and juicy, and I am sure that must be true for all Tribune land.

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arnack and Pilsgate have now lost both their shop and Post office, amenities that will be greatly missed by many in the Village and surrounding areas. It is mooted that there is the possibility of a mobile post office and cash machine in the future, but they of course will only have a limited availability. Meanwhile the Parish Council are investigating where to re-site the old post box, Parish notice board and telephone kiosk, in which it is hoped to place the defibrillating machine.

There have been a number of break-ins and burglaries in the Village and its vicinity. Our Ward Councillor, David Over, has met with the Crime Commissioner to be told that rural policing will be severely cut as the priorities now were drugs, domestic violence, immigration and anti- social behaviour in the City. To make the authorities aware that a Police presence is essential for the rural areas it is incumbent on everyone who witnesses, or experiences such disturbances to immediately report to the police and to complain of the lack of policing in the villages and surrounding countryside. As a small but positive aside Richard Taylor CCTV, ANPR Lead Team Coordinator has introduced himself to the Parish Council and has asked to become the first point of contact with policing issues, he can be reached on 0800 781 6818.

The Planning Application for housing outside the village envelope, west of the Uffington Road will be referred to a public enquiry at the request of the Developer, Glad man. The Parish Council has put together a strenuous statement of opposition and it is to be hoped the City Council will maintain their unanimous refusal to grant permission for this development which is unwanted and unnecessary to the overall plan.

The date for the enquiry has not yet been set.

The Barnack Ward Group met on September 20th but sadly for the second time running only two of the villages in the Group sent representatives.

Given the planning changes, the re-organisation of the interactions between the Rural Areas and the City as well as the predatory raids by developer’s into our villages the strength of the Group representing Village needs and objections can only be made stronger by all the Villages acting in unison. The ward has approached Stamford Town Council to support each other’s concerns regarding development at their mutual boundaries, for example, the current application for housing at the bottom of the A43 and St Martins which will materially affect all those using the B1443.

Finally and on a happy note, Barnack’s W.I. seem to have had a very busy Summer. Their

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Picnic was at the Torpal Manor, where Frieda Gosling and Mike Gladworthy were able to conduct them round the site and give them a great deal of information. They also visited the Helpston Garden Centre where Mr. Broadhead gave them a tour and a very informative talk. The walking Group have tramped and enjoyed the miles in and around Rutland and the weather by and large was very kind to them.

The Book Club continues its monthly meeting to both read and discuss the books which have captured the Members imagination and given much enjoyment to the readers. It was proposed by Cannon Venables that a panel should be put together by the Village ladies and the school children depicting Christs Ministry as the “Water of Life” and to donate it to the Village School.

The W.I. were responsible for one of the panels, assembled at the “Knit and Natter” Group.

The “tapestry” consists of eight panels and was dedicated on September 16 at the School by the Bishop. The W.I. are always wanting to greet new members and to meet as wide audience as possible, The W.I hope that anyone in Barnack and elsewhere will be able to join them at a fund raising event on November 17th.

Between 2 and 4 for afternoon tea at No.4 Kingsley Close where Lyn Huckaby will be your hostess.

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Autumn clean up Grace Martin (pictured left) joined her Mummy, Claire on the Glinton autumn clean-up last Saturday. Also taking part was another young lady,Jessica, along with her Grandpa, Councillor Dave Wragg. It was great to have younger village inhabitants getting involved and I hope this will encourage others to take part next time - watch out for posters! My thanks also go to my regular

helpers, Jill Cowcill, Mr and Mrs Wright and Dave's friend, Nick - I hope I haven't forgotten anybody! Mr Macfarlane from PCC said that Glinton is probably one of the tidiest villages around Peterborough.

There are still areas that have not been reached so don't be shy - come along and give a hand next time. Many hands make light work. Grace actually enjoyed helping!

Tribland villagers wasting away

by Peter Hiller

September’s one-off bulky waste collection service planned

by Glinton and Castor ward councillors Peter Hiller and John Holdich OBE proved to be a huge success, literally! A massive amount was deposited on Saturday morning 24th, by grateful Glinton residents at two pre-arranged spots, with a further afternoon session for the neighbouring village residents at Northborough Village Hall carpark.

The Tribune understands further collections might well be put in place, possibly with other villages benefitting too. We asked Cllr Peter Hiller to tell us more.

“Yes, that’s right, John and I approached some Parish Councils in our ward to see if there was an appetite to put a local bulky waste collection in place as a one-off trial to see

being disposed of: bikes, air-con units, printer/scanners, fridges, dishwashers, freezers, microwaves and many smaller electrical items which, when they were all in the lorry, looked like a packed delivery truck from Currys!”

When we asked about future collections Peter responded: “I hope folk will agree with us that it was a success and now that we know what to expect, because we certainly didn't, we'll be talking further with Parish Councils and may well decide to repeat the exercise, possibly including other Parishes if they want us to. We’ll also have a dialogue with one or two charities to see if they might benefit by attending any future events we do”

how popular it might be. Glinton and Northborough PC’s were very enthusiastic, so with their support we arranged with our PCC partners Amey to do just that. We were all quite bowled over by just how much was collected by the team and their trucks on the day; the sheer volume of Glinton items causing

an understandable delay in getting to Northborough” Peter continued: “We were both quite staggered not by just by how much folk brought but also the type of goods

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The Society's annual show took place on Saturday September 17th. There were 651 entries in total which is lower than in previous years, Standards as always were very high as can be seen in the  photos. A list of all those who won cups & trophies is also attached.

The Annual Show takes a great effort from many people and the Society wishes to thank all those who were involved. If anyone would like to help with this annual community event in the future, we would love to hear from you.

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Glinton Horticultural Society Annual Show 2016

by Frank Samet

2016 CUP AND TROPHY WINNERS

Society Challenge Cup No. 1.........................A Perna Exhibitor's Challenge Shield...........................J Osborne George Garratt Memorial Cup......................R Pollington Joan Flint Memorial Cup................................M Nieddu Garden NewsTrophy.......................................A Perna Holmes Challenge Cup...................................J Quinn Arbon Challenge Trophy................................L Best Society Challenge Cup No. 2.........................J Pilgrim Society Challenge Cup No. 4.........................L Best + C Mews Wisbey Challenge Cup...................................J Quinn + L Crowson Hobson Challenge Cup...................................B Wright Plaistone Rose Bowl........................................H Williams Johnston Challenge Cup................................I Mews Frank Procter Memorial Cup..........................I Mews Boyden Shield..................................................B Wright Society Challenge Cup No. 3.........................J Jaques Margarita Collier Challenge Trophy..............J Jaques Stevens Challenge Cup...................................C Jordan Wright Challenge Salver.................................C Jordan Neville Richardson Memorial Bowl................C Jordan Tom Overton Shield........................................A Perna Hill Challenge Cup...........................................T Johnson Pre-School Shield.............................................K Phillips G.H.S. Children's Trophy................................R Marrington Gareden News Shield.....................................C Gibbon Society Junior Challenge Shield.....................C Harrison Premier Engraving Photographic Shield.......L Best Premier Engraving Photographic Shield.......C Harrison Nat. Chrysanthemum Society Silver Medal..C Jordan N.C.S. Bronze Medal.......................................A Jillings National Dahlia Society Silver Medal.............J Jaques N.D.S. Bronze Medal.......................................J Jaques R.H.S. Banksian Medal....................................J Osborne

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Etton news

by Anne Curwen

On Sunday 4 September we held a successful 10th annual church clean up and lunch. The sun shone as we weeded, polished and mended. A special thank you to Kevin Fordham who managed to make a number of graves safe, including a collapsing coffin lid. We were fortunate to have about 25 volunteers. Many thanks for all your assistance. The village benefits from a tidier church yard and a better maintained church.

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hanks to all who made donations for the Food Bank as part of our Harvest celebrations. If you missed the service and would like to make a donation, please contact me for collection of goods or drop at the Coach House.

We have had two Baptisms during August Erin Samways and Oliver Convelly. Also, the burial of Nigel Young who sadly died of cancer in September.

The Parish Council has a new member to welcome to the next meeting. Michael Samways who has lived in the village for six years and has two young children. Michael has professional experience of local government and town planning and is an Environmental Scientist with experience of

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waste management, mineral and aggregate extraction, nature conservation and hydrology.

Issues, that are relevant as we face a future of working with Tarmac as they mine the area around the village.

The Parish Council has received a suggestion to build a stone flower planter in the triangle by the village green.

Our Clerk is seeking planning advice but we thought it a good suggestion. If approved, we would like to encourage a group to take responsibility for planting and maintenance.

More on this topic to follow.

At the meeting we asked our Clerk to report the very poor and dangerous state of Main Road between the bridge on the cut and the junction with

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Helpston Road. Also, the state of the pavements in Etton and that two street lights are not working.

Finally, some dates for your diary. The switching on of the Christmas tree lights on Sunday 4th December at 6pm, on the village green, followed by refreshment at the Golden Pheasant.

Please join us in Etton church on Saturday 24th December at 6pm for our usual Nativity service where you will receive a warm welcome, mulled wine and mince pies/cake.

Is it too soon to wish you a merry Christmas and Happy New year?!

PS. No church service on Sunday 1 January

Good food, real ales, great entertainment Remember, Remember 5th November…

Our Annual Fireworks Bash!

Bonfire and Fireworks display - from 6pm

BBQ - from 6.30pm (in association with the First Deeping St James Scouts)

Live music with the One Eyed Cats in our heated marquee - from 8pm Adults £5. (Proceeds contribution to DSJ Scouts). Kids Go FREE

50% of proceeds donated to the DSJ Scouts It’s Christmas!

Marquee Christmas Parties Fridays and Saturdays in December.

Celebrate in our cosy, heated Christmas marquees

3 courses plus DJ/band for £35pp Throughout December

Family & Friends Festive Menus 2 courses - £17, 3 courses - £21

Christmas Day Now taking bookings for our fabulous Festive 5 course lunch - 12pm or 3pm sittings

New Year’s Eve Party Buffet and live music until late Free entry before 9pm, £5 after 9pm We’re In It! The Good Beer Guide 2017 – CAMRA’s ale bible.

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Special thanks to Jill Cowcill (Glinton) and Miss Freda and Arthur Neaverson and Christine Dearman (Peakirk) for helping me to plug the gaps in my notes.

Ding dong merrily!

The bells of Glinton and Peakirk

ow melodious the bells of Glinton church sound across the fields and meadows, just as they have done for centuries in their timeless, quintessentially-English way!

So, I was delighted to have the opportunity to see them closeup when St Benedict’s held a National Heritage event on 10 September. It was an appallinglywet day but once inside visitors were greeted warmly and treated to a fascinating tower tour. It felt quite surreal to peer beyond the two tiers of three bells into the interior of the elegant needle-spire, reputed to be the most-slender in England - and undoubtedly the finest, after Salisbury Cathedral’s. Afterwards,

I spoke to one of bell-ringers who had been trying to discover when St Pega’s, in neighbouring Peakirk, had received her third bell. I recalled the occasion quite vividly but could not pinpoint the exact date. So, I scurried home to consult my records . . .

For as long as any living soul could remember, St Pega’s western bell-cote had only two bells. One was cast in the sixteenth-century at Thomas Newcombe’s Leicester foundry and is inscribed, ‘Thankes be to God’. The second was by Thomas Norris of Stamford, dated 1657. However, to mark the impending year 2000, Peakirk Parochial Church Council commissioned a third bell, which

was cast at Hayward Mills foundry [Nottingham] and consecrated on Friday 20 November. The evening began with a spectacular firework display in grounds of The Chestnut, followed by a dedication service during which we sang ‘Ding-dong merrily on high’. Next, there was a tasty church-supper, prepared by the ladies of the parish. Finally, with a little help from the bell-founder himself, the star of the show took centre-stage, chiming above her aged sisters into the starry night. I lingered to savour the moment . . . and then, as if to order, a comet appeared. St Pega’s bell was truly blessed! Almost six weeks later, the trio pealed again to herald the new Millennium.

Sad Farewell At the recent AGM we said a sad farewell to Margaret Cook.

Margaret has been involved with the life of Peakirk Village Hall for many years. She has served on the Committee as Booking Clerk for over 20 years, a magnificent achievement and very much appreciated.

For all her hard work and devotion Margaret was presented with an evergreen Magnolia and a meal for two at the The George Hotel ( which, hopefully she will share with her Husband, Nick. Behind

Raising funds for

St Pegas every good Woman is a good Man and vice-versa of course )!

St. Pega’s Cafe returned to serve Lots of villagers will remember Brunch in Peakirk Village Hall on Margaret’s involvement as Sunday 2 October. Full English and Playgroup leader, Booking Continental Breakfasts were available, clerk, Vice-Chair and acting with newspapers to read and a Chair as well as wearing many children’s play area. hats at all the events.

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The out-going Chairman of the County’s Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) says his successor will face a huge challenge to preserve our countryside and farming heritage.

Michael Monk, who lives in Great Stukeley near Huntingdon, has chaired CPRE’s Cambridgeshire and Peterborough branch for the last six years. This week (15th September) he steps down from the county branch to become CPRE’s new East of England Regional Chairman.

Mr Monk says the past six years have been both challenging and rewarding.

“We have had to deal with enormous pressures on the Cambridgeshire countryside.

This has come from all types of development as a result of the Government’s emphasis on opportunities for economic growth in our area.

“Our concern has been that this has sometimes been at the expense of the environment.

We are looking at plans for

over 100,000 additional homes in our area. With that comes the demand for more roads and other infrastructure, all of which eats up our finite and productive farmland.”

He says this pressure has come at a time when the Government embarked on a series of revisions to the planning system. “These revisions are designed to simplify it or make it easier to get planning permission in order to build more homes regardless of objections from local people or concerns about the environmental damage. Whilst we accept the need for more homes, especially affordable ones, development has to be of the right scale and location, which is why we support the principle of re-using brownfield sites as a priority”

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New caretaker needed for Cambridgeshire countryside

CPRE is looking for a new volunteer to lead the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Branch. “Our new chairman will find that facing these challenges on behalf of our countryside is very rewarding. I also know that he or she will have great help from our band of dedicated volunteers and and professional support from our National Office staff,” said Mr Monk.

“The CPRE was founded 90 years ago to address concerns about the unplanned explosion of suburban and ribbon development. There is just as great a need for us to be vigilant in protecting our valued countryside and our rural communities today.”

If you would be interested in taking up the challenge to become Chairman of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough CPRE, please contact Michael Monk.

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Mustard Seed Project update

‘Pole’ but surely, Mustard Seed is growing a better future – and celebrating!

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ambo from Kenya! We are visiting the Mgongeni community once again. An early highlight was to spend a day with Irene, the Miche Bora headteacher, and her staff and pass on our congratulations in person for their outstanding exam results: the commitment of the teachers is exemplary, they work so hard and so enthusiastically - it is what we always hoped would happen but it’s wonderful to see it realised.

They are understandably proud that all but two of their pupils have met, or exceeded, government expectations (including those with special needs) but, even better than that, almost one third of each class has reached the standard necessary for a National School which takes Kenya’s elite: it is normally expected that these children will then go on to university. Of course, their chances of going to a National School are small, as they will not be able to pay the fees, but at least they will have a Primary certificate with an A or a B grade and that must make a difference.

Children out here start school at 7am and are pretty tired by 3pm. Nevertheless, finishing at 4pm is considered early. The teachers liked my suggestion that they treat the 3-4pm period as a recreational/educational session, with different options being offered to the children every night - a bit like after school clubs in the UK – and are currently working out what they would like to offer. Every teacher has now been given a position of responsibility in the school: they were so excited and the following day, had started making changes. When

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I think back to the early days, when I was trying to drag a sceptical staff along with me, the transformation is amazing.

I was sad to hear from Joyce (the mother of Hope, our first deaf pupil, and a teaching assistant who helps our deaf children) that she will be leaving us. She feels that Miche Bora is no longer the right school for Hope who has made fantastic progress and will ‘sign’ to read a book but does not sign to communicate with others.

This seems logical when she is working alongside hearing children, but looking to the future we know the importance of signing to others, as well as lip reading, and so we decided together that she should go to the school for the deaf in Mombasa. Maybe in a year she will come back to Miche Bora (there will always be a place for her) but only if that is the right thing to do. The other two deaf children remain with us.

It’s a bit like Christmas when the staff and children see what we have brought out with us: the face cloths to be used as individual towels, more toys for the youngest children, shoes for the poorest children, footballs for the school and the football clubs (minus those confiscated by the police at customs!), white board markers, pencils, sanitary towels, etc. I have also been shopping and bought laptops, a projector and speakers thanks to Sonal and her supporters and Gilchrist Charitable trust - very exciting - and it will be even more so when we have the electricity in the next couple of weeks.

Geoff is struggling along as usual - his job is so much

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more difficult than mine. The contractors are fantastic but the architect/contract managers are a real pain. Everyone is so good at saying the right thing at meetings but things move so slowly down here on the coast: pole pole (slowly, slowly) and kesho (like manana in Spanish).

Currently Geoff is in the process of getting electricity into the new building and sorting out a bore hole, which was paid for long ago but is only now happening.

The clinic has been running well but there are things that need to be sorted out because we were not here when it opened in March. We shall get together and sort out the issues in a couple of weeks.

One of our nurses, who is also a MSP trustee, sadly lost her husband unexpectedly a couple of weeks ago. No post mortem; apparently in Kenya no-one bothers, even though it should happen. We hope to be able to offer some comfort while we are here.

We never have enough time to do everything but I really hope we shall be able to help a couple of young guys who came to the school looking for Geoff one morning. As he wasn’t around, I agreed to speak to them. The spokesman of the two was so impressive, telling me that they had both completed Form 4 (this is secondary school up to 18 years) but there were no jobs for them. They had no skills and were looking to us for some sort of training. Geoff will talk to them in a couple of days to see what he can do. (I really must find out the Swahili for ‘busy, busy’…!)

Best wishes, Rita

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or September, On the Edge W.I. boxed clever as we welcomed Katy Brown and her formidable craft skills. For this meeting Katy was guiding us through folding card into simple but beautifully effective boxes. We were all impressed with the results and will certainly be upping our wrapping game as the festive season approaches.

October saw our AGM and beetle drive. This was an opportunity for members to get more involved in the planning and running of our group by becoming part of the committee. We looked back over our previous year, and showcased the programme for 2017. This was rounded off with a little healthy beetle drive competition.

Our walking group for September met at The Golden Pheasant in Etton and enjoyed the spectacular scenery around the village followed by a tasty BBQ. October’s meet clashed with a request from Northborough village shop to assist them with their Macmillan coffee morning. Members

baked cakes, helped out on the day and assisted with the raffle.

The weather was incredibly kind and approximately £350 was raised for a worthy cause.

Extracurricular events this month included a trip to London to see Jersey boys which was thoroughly enjoyed by all. We also released our inner dancing queens as we hired the cinema at Wildwood in Peterborough for our own private showing of Mama Mia, the singalong version, of course. It was a fabulous evening of Benny, Bjorn and batty W.I. ladies singing at the top of their lungs.

Our next meeting will be somewhat cheesy with our speaker from the Stamford

For more information please contact our President, Lorraine on 07841 522040 or Tracy 07720 327145

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lovely September evening found us back in the Village Hall for our monthly meeting. The concentration was broken only by lots of laughter and “oohs” and “aahs”. Many strange creatures were drawn [the likes of which even David Attenborough would have been hard pushed to recognize!]. This was our Beetle Drive evening. A fun occasion which had everyone really involved.

Glinton W.I. was represented at the Federation Bee Tea held in Bretton. After a talk about bees and tips on how to attract them into our gardens there was a delicious honey-themed tea including honey cake and honey scones accompanied by cream [which also had a hint of honey!] This event was part of the W.I.’s ongoing initiative to

cheese shop. There is nothing this lady does not know about artisan cheese as she explains the production and best ways to store. Samples are aplenty and there is an opportunity to stock up for Christmas.

Speaking of the festive season, December’s meeting is our Christmas party and only open to existing members. We will enjoy a meal at the Packhorse followed by entertainment.

We are a friendly, youngish group and happy to welcome any ladies who would like to come and see what we do. The On the Edge WI meet in the Packhorse in Northborough from 7pm on the third Monday of the month.

by Ann Pettitt help the current plight of the honeybee. SOS for Honeybees was launched by the W. I. in response to a resolution calling on the Government to increase funding for research into bee health in 2009.

In October we were delightfully entertained by Bondi who performed a nostalgic mix of some of the best music of the 60s including numbers originally performed by Cliff, Elvis, Neil Diamond, The Shadows and The Beatles amongst others. Somehow we all seemed to know the words, and the more energetic of us managed to twist the evening , if not the night, away!

Looking ahead at events to come:- We have 2 teams of Quizzers sharpening their minds ahead of a trip to Yaxley to

participate in this year’s Federation Autumn Quiz [northern area].

Whatever the questions we know one thing; it is bound to be another enjoyable evening.

In November, after a short A.G. M., we look forward to a talk by Neil Mitchell about The Suffragettes. In December we have our usual Faith Supper and the Christmas music this year will be supplied by Martin Dodsworth.

There is also the opportunity for members to enjoy a Christmas lunch at Holmewood Hall, following on from our successful cream tea event there earlier in the year.

So if you like the sound of what we do why not come along to have a look. You would be most welcome.

We meet in the Village Hall on the second Tuesday of the month for a 7.30pm start.

For further details please contact Diane Watts on 01733 253352 or Jenny Dunk on 01733 254252

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Write Away Chernobyl Children Hosts for Chernobyl Children wanted. We are looking for people to host children aged about 8 years old for four weeks in June / July or to host 10 or 11 year olds for two weeks in July / August in 2017. The children come over from the contaminated Chernobyl zones to improve their health and attend a play scheme in Helpston on week days. It is a lot of fun and very worthwhile.

Hosts can work as we can facilitate this. It doesn't matter if you have your own children at home or not. You just need to physical space, enough time and a big heart. We are a registered and established charity. Please get in touch with me if you are interested.

Thanks. Cecilia Hammond Traffic Calming Another smash into the kerb on the War Memorial green... further highlights the need for

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The William Tell tournament

Michelin Guide Well done Chef Patron Will Frankgate and your great team for your continued food excellence and service to gain yet again entry into the Michelin Guide UK 2017. So Proud.

Nick Frankgate Maxey Walk Really enjoyed the Maxey Community Association's arranged walk around the village lakes this afternoon.

We chose the three mile route,

down Woodgate Lane, over Maxey Cut to Etton and back the other side. We're so lucky to have such wonderful walks on our doorstep and then to The Blue Bell for a bbq. Well done to all involved, especially Mark and Sarah and Jacqui.

Peter Hiller St, Andrew's Northborough is pleased to announce that a £40.00 donation was sent to Barnardo's Children's Charity following the All Age Service to celebrate the Queen's 90th Birthday in June.

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was cancelled through lack of volunteers!

Peakirk Village Hall Make a Date with John Clare for 2017 The new 2017 John Clare Cottage Calendar is now available from the John Clare

Cottage shop - price £9 plus £1.50 p&p. The images are of Clare Country and nature inspired by John Clare.

David Dykes Maxey Village NYE It is with regret that we have to inform you all that there will not be a New Year's Eve party this year at the Village Hall. This is due to lack of organisers on the night.We know this is a fantastic event enjoyed by so many and we hope to be able to hold one at the end of 2017.

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Bulk waste collection After a delay, caused by the sheer volume of the two Glinton collections this morning, the two villages' bulky waste collection was an amazing event in terms of the sheer amount of items! Please accept our abject apologies for the 1 hour delay in getting to Northborough but the wagons got there at about 2pm-ish and both John Holdich and I helped the guys from Amey load the huge vehicles. We were astounded by the variety and number of computers, BBQ's, chairs, printer/scanners, microwaves, flat screen TV's, bikes (10!!) and more white goods from both villages than Comet showroom

Dear Tribland Expert Gardeners, Last year we noticed that our privet hedges and our neighbour's laurel hedges were dying.

We replaced the hedges with fencing, added soil improver and some compost and planted away. First the rain and then the slugs took their toll and now plants that seemed to flourish early on - the rose bush illustrated, a jasmine and honeysuckle are now looking pretty sick.

Do any keen gardeners have any suggestions? We live in Northborough and would welcome a visit. thanks John McGowan

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Langdyke - great work The work continues at Etton Maxey today, with the big tractor mowing the south meadow. Our aim is to improve conditions for lapwing, snipe, redshank and hare, so it was

good to see 9 snipe on the reserve today, along with a small flock of lapwing! Four red kite were rather menacingly hanging around overhead with two buzzards watching on.

You can follow Langdyke's work on https://www.facebook.com/ groups/langdyketrust/ Richard Astle Delightful Afternoon Tea Another quite delightful afternoon tea and sandwiches at Maxey Village Hall this afternoon, at the Autumn Afternoon Tea event. This is now becoming a muchanticipated treat for many residents and it's always orchestrated with aplomb.

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on a good day. I even found a vintage typewriter to restore!

I hope folk will agree that it was a success and now that we know what to expect (because in all honesty, we didn't) we'll certainly be repeating the exercise for our Glinton and Northborough residents and hopefully other parishes if they want us to. Many thanks to both Parish Councils for their support too - it wouldn't have happened without them. Peter Hiller

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Enjoyable cleaning session Very enjoyable cleaning session at St Peter's in Maxey this morning. Local residents got together to give our wonderful

old church a thorough goingover, both inside and out and the churchyard. Pictured hard at work on pew-duty and Maxey residents Ray White and Mark Asplin tackling the churchyard gate. Lunch was again provided free of any charge by local Grasmere Farm - fantastic sausages, rolls and onions..!

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Maxey Community Association Following the AGM of the Maxey Community Association we are pleased to announce the new line up of officers and committee members: Mark Asplin Chairman Jacqui Barnard Vice Chairman/ Booking Officer Andy Bagworth Treasurer Sarah Asplin Secretary Sally Woollard Trustee/ Facebook Tina Lapinskis Church Representative Dick Talbot Church Representative Lynne Yarham Parish Council Representative Peter Hardy Parish Council Representative Karen Pike Trustee Brenda Wilson Trustee Vickie Ronzano Trustee Vitto Ronzano Trustee Maxey Village

Perkins Great Eastern Run A really fantastic day at the Embankment today, and lovely weather for the annual Perkins Great Eastern Run! Brilliant effort from all the runners as usual

Installation complete Our new playground equipment is in and ready for some kids!

Enjoy. And please join us for our opening event next Saturday

and especially the five Kenyans winning the top five places incredible pace and stamina.

Great run too by my PCC colleague Cllr Richard Ferris with his daughter.

Thousands of folk attending this really 'feel-good' family event on our City's calendar and over four thousand runners competing.

Superbly organised by our PCC team of officers, managed by Pep and Annette. The Anna's Hope charity team were out in strength today - a really deserving cause.

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(22 October) at 2pm at the playground and afterwards for refreshments at the village hall.

Ufford Village

GFC Jumble Sale GFC Jumble sale open with tea & cakes very popular.

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Helpston Gala Great news. Helpston Gala date has been fixed for next year Saturday 20th May 2017. Make a note in your diary now!

We are looking for helpers both to be on an Organizing Group (the first meeting will be on 17 November 17 at 6.30pm in the church), and also to assist on Gala Day. Let Clive Pearce know if you can help (01733 253494) Clive Pearce

Dear Tony.

II’m about to start work on a new suite of prints that feature the paper mill that used to be on the industrial plot next to the level crossing.

Before I started living in Northborough some 30 plus years ago, I used to drive to Helpston Mill, to collect offcuts of paper for my art department in Northampton.

As you know, I am interested in using old buildings as the subject matter for my Art and you have published pictures of my signal boxes, Balcony House and

Pause for Thought

When I was teaching each year First World War poetry was part of the syllabus and students always found these poems cause for much thought and they were always moved by them. The reflections of these young men caught up in war, most of whom did not return, caught the imagination of the young generation, but the true horror, of course, evaded them and the danger of this was a tendency to romanticise a war that was brutal. Many who returned never spoke of what they had witnessed and that has been true of subsequent conflicts.

Remembering is a huge part of November, particularly in our churches. We begin the month with All Saints Day, commemorating all whom the church remembers for their holiness, from saints of old, such as St Paul and St John to those of more recent times such as Oscar Romero and this year for the first time Mother Teresa. The following day we have All Souls Day when we remember family members who have died. This is very important for many who come to church just to be still and reflect. Then, on the Sunday nearest 11th November, there is

John McGowan more recently Canal Locks. I photographed the paper mill some years ago, after it had stopped working and before it was demolished.

I like to research the history behind my subjects.

The book I have made about the local signal boxes, which includes testimony and personal photographs of some of the people that lived and worked in those boxes, has been accepted by the National Railway Museum in York.

I would like to contact anyone who worked in the Paper Mill via the Tribune. I would like to talk to the Remembrance Day Service in most churches organised by the local British Legion Branch. Locally, after the church service in Barnack, many gather at the War Memorial for the Act of Remembrance and the two minutes silence. And it happens again on November 11th if it does not fall on a Sunday.

Although many gather, often cars will sweep by the memorial it seems totally unaware of the silence and what that means. It was on the King’s initiative that on the first occasion of the ceremony at the Cenotaph on November 11th 1919 people throughout the country were asked to remain silent at 11o’clock: to cease activity, to stand with bowed heads and to think of the fallen. The silence was announced by maroons or church bells – and it was universally observed. Everything and everyone stopped: buses, trains and factories halted; electricity supplies were cut off to stop the trams; wherever possible the ships of the Royal Navy were stopped.

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them about their time and would be very interested if they have some of their own photos.

I am working towards a retrospective exhibition to be held at the Yarrow Gallery, Oundle School in November 2017 - the Helpston prints should feature. Please contact John on johnmichaelmcg@me.com

Petty Crime

I seem to be hearing about a lot of ‘petty crime’ in the Helpston.

In June we had a wrought iron candle holder stolen from church, and in August an Electrical Contractor working at the church had his van broken into and tools stolen.

I have also heard of car number plates being stolen in recent weeks and last week a concrete Water marker post (where from is unknown) was dumped in the flower bed outside Botolph's Barn (since removed).

Clive Pearce, Helpston But we have to recognise that Remembrance Day has never been a nationally-unifying event. It has provoked a variety of responses over the years: triumphalism, reverence, anger, pacifism, celebration. And no doubt it will continue to do so. But what we must never do is to be indifferent.

We need to take this annual opportunity to think seriously about wars and their consequences.

We need to remember so those children we hear playing in Barnack School each day may grow up in a peaceful world and the traumatised children of Syria may be healed.

And we need to pray that ‘War shall be no more.’

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November & December

CHURCH SERVICES Nov

Wed 2 Nov

Sun 6 Nov

Sun 13 Nov

Sun 20 Nov

Sun 27 Nov

St John the Baptist Barnack

7.30pm All Souls Communion

9am Parish Communion with Children’s Church

10am Remembrance Sunday Service in Church followed by Act of Remembrance at the War Memorial

9am Parish Communion with Children's Church

NO SERVICE

St Mary’s Bainton

NO SERVICE

4.30pm BCP Evensong

6pm Evening Parish Communion

4.30pm 9am BCP Evensong Parish Communion

St Botolph’s Helpston

6.30pm All Souls Communion

10.45am All Age Praise

10.45am Remembrance Sunday Service with the Scouts and Guides

10.45am All Age Communion

10.45am Parish Communion with Children's Church

All Saints Wittering

NO SERVICE

10.30am NO SERVICE

10.30am Remembrance Sunday Service

NO SERVICE

10.30am Morning Prayer Service

St Stephen Etton

NO SERVICE

10am Family Service Mark Hotchkin

NO SERVICE

9am BCP Communion TBA

NO SERVICE

St Peter Maxey

NO SERVICE

9am Eucharist Rev Alan Fiddyment

9am Rememberance Service of the word Michael Loveder

9.30am Family Service Village Hall Mark H/ Freda S

9am Eucharist Canon David McCormack

St Benedict Glinton

NO SERVICE

10.30am Eucharist Rev Gill Jessop

10.30am Remembrance Service Mark Hotchkin

10.30am 9.15am Eucharist Morning Prayer Rev Gill Jessop Derek Harris

St Andrew Northborough

NO SERVICE

9am Eucharist Canon Haydn Smart 6pm Group All Souls service Freda Skillman

10.30am Remembrance All Age Service Freda Skillman

9am Eucharist Alan Fiddyment 6pm Evensong Derek Harris

10.30am All Age Service Freda Skillman

St Pega Peakirk

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE (All Souls at Northborough)

10.30am Remembrance Eucharist Rev Jenny Opperman

NO SERVICE

10.30am Morning Prayer Derek Harris 4.30pm Christmas Tree Lights switch on with carols Brian Lever

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 | Glinton St Benedict, High St., Glinton PE6 7JN St Andrew Church St., Northborough PE6 9BN

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Dec

Sun 4 Dec

Sun 11 Dec

Sun 18 Dec

Wed 21 Dec

Fri 23 Dec

Sat 24 Dec

Sun 25 Dec

St John the Baptist Barnack

9am Parish Communion with Children’s Church

9am Parish Communion with Children’s Church

4.30pm Carols by Candlelight

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

4.30pm Crib Service 11.00pm Midnight Communion Service

10.30am Christmas Day Communion

St Mary's Church Bainton

4.30pm BCP Evensong

9am Parish Communion

9am BCP Communion 6.00pm Carols by Candlelight

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

9am Christmas Day Communion

St Botolph’s Helpston

10.45am All Age Praise

10.45am Parish Communion with Children’s Church

6.30pm Carols by Candlelight

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

4.00pm Crib Service 11.30pm Midnight Communion Service

10.45am Christmas Day All Age Praise

All Saints Wittering

NO SERVICE

10.30am Second Sunday Fun

10.30am NO Carol Service SERVICE

4pm Crib Service

NO SERVICE

10.30am Christmas Day Service

St Stephen Etton

10am NO SERVICE 9.00am Family Service Communion Mark TBA Hotchkin

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

6pm Nativity Mark Hotchkin

NO SERVICE

St Peter Maxey

4pm Christmas Tree Festival with carols & mince pies Michael Loveder

9am Said Eucharist Canon David McCormack

9.30am Family Service Village Hall Mark Hotchkin

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

4.00pm Crib Service Village Hall Freda Skillman

NO SERVICE

St Benedict Glinton

10.30am Eucharist Rev Charles May

10.30am Morning Praise Mark Hotchkin

10.30am Eucharist Rev Charles May

7pm NO Carol SERVICE Service Derek H & Simon R

4.30pm Crib Service Mark Hotchkin 11.30pm Eucharist Rev Margaret Venables

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

Freda Skillman 4.00pm Christingle Freda Skillman

11.30pm Eucharist Rev Kevin Fear

NO SERVICE

Smart

10.30am Carols & mince pies Freda Skillman

6pm Evensong TBA

10.30am 4.00pm NO Eucharist Carol Service SERVICE Canon Brian Lever Haydn Smart

NO SERVICE

NO SERVICE

10.30am Family Eucharist Rev TimAlban Jones

9am 10.30am St Andrew All Age Northborough Eucharist Canon Haydn Service

St Pega Peakirk

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 | Glinton St Benedict, High St., Glinton PE6 7JN St Andrew Church St., Northborough PE6 9BN

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Bainton St. Mary Church Spire

John Wreford, Churchwarden, St Mary’s, Bainton

Residents and passers-by in Bainton might have noticed the scaffolding and ladders clinging to the top of St. Mary’s Church spire. These have been put there by steeplejacks who are taking down and rebuilding the spire and restoring the historic weathervane. The damage to the spire was caused by the weathervane becoming rusty and ceasing to rotate in the wind. In fact in a high wind it would rock to and fro acting as a lever on top of the spire dislodging stone carvings and other masonry causing damage to chancel roof.

This problem was pointed out to the Parochial Church Council (PCC) by their architect Julian Limintani after carrying out the Quinquennial inspection in 2015 and it was estimated to cost up to £25,000 to put right. St.Mary’s is an important Grade 1 listed building, parts of which date back to mid 13th century and the PCC has a duty of care to maintain the fabric of the building. Faced with this considerable cost many applications for grants were submitted earlier this year. So far £16,000 funding has been

obtained and it is hoped that this might reach up to £20,000 when all applications have been considered. About £6,000 has already been paid last year from PCC funds to make the spire safe.

The restoration is being carried out by Cedar Steeplejacks (Midlands) Ltd based in Grantham. Work started in early September and it is hoped that it will be finished before the winter weather sets in.

Bainton St Mary PCC acknowledge the most generous support from the charities and trusts whose grants have

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Helpston Church Gala

©Marjorie Dobson 20 May 2017 Standing on high moral ground is not Calling all Gala Planners necessarily an achievement; - now is the time to start more like providing a target to be planning next year's Gala! knocked over by personal self-righteous pomposity.

Everyone, both old hands and Time after time, those who new-comers, are very welcome to have claimed to be above God’s the first Gala planning meeting to law,or to have no recognition of get the next successful fete "on its existence, have fallen over their the road"! own hypocrisyand found themselves You will be most welcome at the brought down by their selfChurch (not Barn this time) on deception.

Thursday 17 November at 6.30 to We all suffer from the temptation 7.30pm sharp. to justify our own behaviour.

Looking forward to get going God knows the true nature of again. Any queries or ideas the ground on which we stand and Clive Pearce on 01733 253494 offers the help we need to keep our or Kate Hinchliff balance and to stand firm -without on 01733 253192 falling.

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enabled the work on the spire to commence. Grant have so far been received from the following sources: • The Wolfson Foundation in association with Church Care • Cambridge Historic Churches Trust (CHCT) • The Jack Patson Charitable Trust • All Churches Trust The CHCT’s main source of income is from sponsorship raised by their annual “Ride, Drive and Stride” and for many years the late Mary Birkbeck could be seen each year peddling through the region on her bicycle in support of the CHTC. Mary B would have been delighted to know that the church she attended for over 50 years is now a beneficiary! “Palma non sine pulvere” – no reward without effort!

Ancient churches such as ours are a crucial part of our English heritage and the financial support provided by these charities enable the fabric of these marvellous buildings to be maintained for the use of our communities today and for future generations.

Don't let me forget it Jesus,

Keep reminding me of the bigger picture as I look ahead.

Keep me in your hands when all other hands disappear,for I am convinced that neither entry requirements nor exam results, neither anticipation nor doubts, neither success nor failure, nor any expectations,neither last minute fears nor anxieties, nor anything else in life, will be able to separate us from the love of God that is in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Please, don't let me forget it!

Amen

Celebrations were in order at Barnack Church recently to welcome Mike Mills who has been licensed as a Reader in the Church of England. Mike is pictured with (l-r): Canon Margaret Venables, Canon Haydn Smart, Mike’s wife, Pam and vicar, Rev Dave Maylor following a special service at Barnaack where parishioners from Barnack, Bainton, Helpston, Wittering and Ufford enjoyed a ‘bring & share’ lunch and a cake, specially baked for the occasion.

Those in our photo have been supporting Mike throughout his three-year period of training for a ministry which involves preaching, teaching, leading worship, as well as assisting with pastoral and evangelistic work. The licensing took place at Peterborough Cathedral in September.

In memoriam (Helpston)

As well as taking on the role of Reader, Mike serves as Treasurer for Barnack Church and is on the governing body of the primary school. He has recently stepped down after three years on Peterborough Hospital’s board of governors.

Having retired after 30 years as an economist for the United Nations, travelling to many different countries to help with programmes to reduce poverty and in health education, Mike is continuing a busy life in retirement. He also helps with community activities at Christ Church, Stamford.

Helpston Harvest

Peakirk's harvest festival David Hankins A break in the rain clouds allowed the harvest festival stalls to be set up outside St Pega's Church, whilst inside, the church was decorated with beautiful flower arrangements along with a selection of autumnal fruit and veg.

Solveig, Fjola and Bryndis Smith from Bainton with their mum, Esme, show off some of the foodstuffs brought for the Harvest Thanksgiving Service at Helpston. The bread sheaf was made by Kate Hinchliff. The actual wheat was provided by Rosemary Morton.

From the records available to us in Helpston, we yet again, believe the village had respite from the great losses other places were experiencing. Present knowledge indicates no man lost his life during these months a hundred years ago.

PARISH CHURCH ENQUIRIES From the beginning of November until the new Rector is appointed in the new year, all enquiries to do with the parish churches or churchyards will be dealt with by the respective churchwardens.

Peakirk:

Trish Roberts (01733 253111) or Sheila Lever (01733 252416)

Glinton:

Bob Quinn (01733 252161) or Veronica Smith (01733 252019)

Northborough:

Polly Beasley (01778 380849) or Jane Knott (01778 345101)

Maxey:

Mick Loveder (07761 220858)

Etton:

Anne Curwen (01733 253357) St Benedict's 100 Club Draw September 154 Karen Atkinson 151 Les Randall 160 Pam Gedney October 171 John Farrar 155 Pat Moore 186 Christine Fielding

Goods given by the congregation and children from John Clare School, who had a special service at the church, were welcomed by the Peterborough Foodbank.

Funerals

Marjorie Webster, Rachel Green, (Northborough), Nigel Young (Stamford and Etton),Tony Crowson (Maxey), Mrs Elaine Hollis (Helpston)

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COUNCIL CORNER

DEEPING GATE PARISH REPORT Christmas Sing-A-Long Sunday 18 December, 4p.m. Please join us again around the Christmas tree at the foot of our stone bridge.

We are delighted that members of the Waggon Load of Monkeys have yet again offered to provide musical accompaniment. Invitations delivered to all households in the Parish and song sheets will be provided. Don't forget to bring a torch or lantern!

Northborough and Deeping Gate Village Hall www.northboroughvillagehall.co.uk.

Please support the village hall and

Jane Hill

its committee members who work so hard in order to maintain these facilities for our joint benefit.

Details of the varied programme of events and activities appear on their web site. The bingo is great fun! A five pounds Sunday lunch on the 11th December for the over sixty-fives of Northborough and Deeping Gate may be booked by ringing 345143.

Spring bulbs Members of the Parish Council and public will shortly be starting a programme of bulb planting throughout the Parish.

NORTHBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL Christmas Tree Light Up Celebration This year, as in previous years, a Christmas tree will be erected in the green space in front of the One Stop Shop on Lincoln Road. Lighting up will be at 6-00pm on 3 December. There will be mulled wine, minced pies and sweets for the children with Father Christmas in attendance. All villagers and particularly children are welcome.

Last year due to strong winds the tree needed propping. This year the ground base is being enlarged to ensure better stability.

Neighbourhood plan / Local Development Plan The result of Peterborough City Council’s deliberations of the three sites which have been put forward for consideration for new housing in the village for the New Local Plan is awaited. These should be available next month. The Parish Council will respond to this the appropriate time.

We also still await the outcome of Paradise Lane gaining the protection of being designated a Local Green Space.

Dog Fouling Councillors continue to spray the pink bio-degradable paint to try and highlight the issue to irresponsible dog owners of picking up their dog’s poo. The debate continues as to whether, in the playing field, dogs should be kept on leads or even banned altogether. The Parish Councils have received comments on both sides of the arguments.

Please let us have your views.

Speed Watch The Feedback received from the Neighbourhood plan consultation shows that many villagers are concerned about vehicles speeding within the 30mph speed limit boundaries. Complaints about speeding are still being received.

The Parish Council has purchased the equipment on a 50/50 basis with Glinton Parish Council. Training in the use of the speed equipment is starting shortly.

If you are concerned about speeding and would like to be

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Parking Inconsiderate parking of vehicles continues to obstruct footpaths which causes accessibility and safety problems for others, especially children and those who are less mobile. Please show consideration.

Lincoln Road. We are pleased to say that PCC will finally be replacing the cycle path signs which mysteriously disappeared from their posts some while ago.

Robert Chiva, Chair, NPC involved please contact the Parish Council.

Defibrillators The Parish Council has agreed to purchase defibrillators for the village and will organise this over the coming few months. The objective is to have three located at the village hall, the one stop shop and front wall of the school.

Councillors Vacancies exist for two parish councillors. If anybody would like to become a parish councillor and help your village - please contact the Parish Clerk or any Councillor.

F

armer Jacobs attended a recent Parish Council Meeting to apologise for any offence he may have caused, in closing off the local footpath. Following a notice from the City Council to make the shed close to the footpath safe after the vandalism caused by some young people, he acted decisively in your interests and closed the footpath until he could ascertain from the Peterborough City Council exactly what was required of him. However, Mr Jacobs is concerned about the amount of people not sticking to the paths and walking through the crops, and asks that you respect the countryside.

The repairs to Welmore Road have been delayed because the services to the development in the old farmyard are about to be put in place, and to facilitate this, the road will have to be dug up, so no point in making the road better, then digging it up again. Good thinking I thought!

The joint project between Glinton and Northborough Parish Councils to provide the means for you to dispose of your unwanted rubbish was a victim of its own success, which means

Cllr John Holdich OBE it ran a little late. We believe he removed between 15 and 16 tons of rubbish, plus a large van load of fridges and washing machines; also a third vehicle had to be brought in to help.

Cllr Bond and I arranged a meeting with the City Council Highways, residents and businesses of Waterworks Lane, which was held at the Anglian Water Depot, to discuss what could be done to make the lane safer for all concerned. It is clear the road was not built for the type of usage it has today. It was a very constructive meeting and a number of suggestions are being followed up.

The speed equipment has arrived and updated training is being sought and will be in use around the village shortly.

Parking. Parking Enforcement teams are to carry out intensive enforcement of poor parking at school times at both schools. Illegal parking is not safe for you or the young people. This year 24 people have been booked already.

The College acted swiftly following complaints from the public and the Councillors with regards to unsafe cycling practices

by students, bringing in the city councils' road safety team and putting back their presence at the zebra crossing.

The City's new development plan is about to be launched for consultation following investigations into sites put forward. From what I can see at the moment, there is nothing much to worry about in Glinton, but we need to be vigilant and put our views forward on the plans.

Mile Drove traveller site, the latest planning application has been rejected by planners, so let us hope this illegal occupation of the land will soon be resolved.

Cllrs Kirt and Randall have installed the defibrillator on the front wall of the village hall, and whilst it is yet to be commissioned it should be in operation by the time you read this.

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GLINTON PARISH REPORT

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BARNACK PARISH REPORT  Outstanding items

Footpaths, Verges & Road Signs Highways will repair the curb on the memorial after a lorry drove into it.

They will also inspect the road signs and compile a list of those that need attention.

Post Box. After discussing options with PCC, the preferred location for a post box is mounted on the lamp post outside the church gates.

Otherwise, a new surround will be built around the current box and placed between the lamp post and bench outside the church gates.

Correspondence

Footpath alongside Pumping Station. Burghley Estate have contacted the farmer after receiving a complaint about workers using the path as a toilet and littering.

A portaloo is now on site and the path has been cleared.

Network Rail works to Stamford Tunnel. Network Rail need to undertake essential work on the railway tunnel on Barnack Road.

The road will be closed between the junctions of High Street St Martins and Burghley Lane from 24 October to 30 October.

Cllr Over, Policing Action Points. Ward Councillor David Over has been assured by the Police and Crime Commissioner that Barnack and Pilsgate will have regular visits from a Police Community Support Officer.

PCC, A47 Improvement Scheme. More information about the scheme is available online at www.highways.gov.uk/ a47improvement and you can email any questions or comments to A47corridorimprovementRIS@ highwaysengland.co.uk.

Request for a new Public Right of Way. As the request for a new right of way along the new river course is outside Barnack Village’s boundary, it was suggested a letter be written to Uffington PC by the resident. Barnack PC would be keen to support the request. A cycle path between Barnack and Bainton was also requested, but unfortunately the width of the road would not permit this.  Burial Grounds

A WW1 family memorial has been laid down in the cemetery due to safety concerns. It was agreed that the PC would look into restoring the memorial.

Traffic Calming. Harry Brassey circulated a letter for PCC Highways (requesting a meeting to discuss traffic calming plans and priorities) prior to the meeting. Martin Bloom made suggestions for some minor amendments. A final version will be published on the PC website, noticeboards, social media and in the Parish News.

Police & Crime Commissioner Bulletin. Visit www.cambrigeshire-pcc.gov.uk to complete a short survey to help the Police & Crime Commissioner understand what matters to you in terms of keeping our communities safe.

Rural Crime Update. Theft from a motor vehicle on Wittering Road 02/10/16, window smashed to gain entry. Hare coursing – if you see suspicious activity please call 101. Barnack has been promised a police presence with a PCSO.  Other items

Bus shelters. Barnack PC agreed to install a bus shelter at The Terraces and start the process of applying for funding for a second bus shelter outside the cemetery.

Home from Home. The Out of School Club had no support Reports from parents at the recent AGM. Hills & Holes Committee. Chris Barnack Primary School informed Gardiner has retired from Natural parents the setting would be at England. Alison Freeman, Chair risk of closure if no-one stepped forward to volunteer their support. of Friends of Hills and Holes has The committee is holding an EGM resigned. on 31st October and is hoping for some support.

The full Minutes of each meeting and councillor details can be found on village noticeboards and the website www. barnackparishcouncil.org, or by contacting the Parish Clerk at barnackparishcouncil@outlook.com or on 07595 377236.

The next council meeting will be held on Monday 14 November at 7pm. All residents are welcome to attend.

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BAINTON & ASHTON PARISH REPORT The council met on 6 September after a summer dominated by complaints over lush overgrowth and major flytipping incidents in the parish. As a result of slow (or no) response by Peterborough City Council to requests by the council for urgent Highways work, a meeting has been held (12 October) with the CEO and senior officers of PCC to find a way of improving the level of service provided. It is hoped that Peterborough will now be more aware of the frustrations the council faces when their requests are ignored and that a

more direct and reliable route for communication will be set up.

Looking to the future, councillors have agreed a range of projects that are hoped to improve the already positive community spirit in the parish.

Most will be dependent on external fundraising, to protect a precept already under pressure for standard services.

Councillors are enthusiastic about moving these forward and details will be announced as the projects develop.

Minutes of each meeting and councillor details can be found on village notice boards and will appear soon on the village website www.baintonandashtonlocalcouncil.org.uk. Contact the Clerk by email at bainton. ashton.clerk@live.co.uk. The next public meeting of the Parish Council will be held in Bainton Reading Room on Tuesday 6 September at 7.30pm. Residents are encouraged to attend.

Bainton & Ashton Parish Council contact details All correspondence to the clerk, in the first instance please, preferably by email Councillors:

Tel

Email

Responsible for:

Graham Fletcher (Chairman)

740034

grahamfletcher0102@hotmail.com

Allotments Association

Barnack Ward Group

Village assets & maintenance (general maintenance)

Richard Harris (Vice Chair)

740886

rickharriss@gmail.com

Allotments Association

Financial Overview

Village assets

Helen Watts

07719 134858

helen@rawarchitecture.net

Planning

Village assets & maintenance (risk assessment)

Susie Hall

740159

susie.hall34@gmail.com

Council Projects

Parish Council Liaison Group

Cliff Stanton

749123

cliffstanton@btinternet.com

Police and Neighbourhood Watch

Speedwatch

Clerk: Catherine Franks

765984

bainton.ashton.clerk@live.co.uk

Postal address (checked approx. weekly): Bainton & Ashton Parish Council, Bainton Reading Room (postbox at rear), Barnack Road, Bainton, Stamford PE9 3AE

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PLANNING APPLICATIONS MADE FOR OUR VILLAGES  ASHTON

Erection of a detached oak framed summer house at Thatched Cottage Bainton Green Road: Awaiting decision Demolition of existing dwelling and construction of replacement dwelling with linked garage at Viandon High Field Road: Permitted

 BAINTON

Demolition of an old chicken coop at Thatch Cottage Tallington Road: Awaiting decision Stationing of temporary mobile home at Thatch Cottage Tallington Road: Awaiting decision Extension to an existing stable retrospective at Land At The Rear Of Paddock View Barnack Road: Permitted Fell apple tree at Limrose Barnack Road Bainton Stamford: Awaiting decision Single storey rear extension at 15 Tallington Road: Awaiting decision

 BARNACK

1x Beech tree - fell at 21 Bishops Walk: Permitted Erection of a single storey rear extension and conservatory at Skipport Main Street: Permitted 2 x Cypress - Fell at 5 Kingsley Close: Permitted Blue fir - Fell at 1 Kingsley House Bishops Walk: Permitted Remove existing timber storage building to the rear of the property and replace with a larger storage building at Barnack Village Hall School Road: Awaiting decision Cypress - Fell at 5 Kingsley Close: Awaiting decision

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Pine tree: fell; Beech tree x 2: reduce by 3m; Maple tree: remove deadwood and reduce by 2m: Conifer: 2m reduction; Cherry plum: crown raise to 4m garden side; all roadside trees to be crown raised to 5m at 1 Kingsley Close: Awaiting decision T1 Sweet Chestnut; Removal of epicormic/advantageous growth, Crown raise roadside branches to 5m, Reduce two limbs in the upper crown by 2m to prevent further branch breakouts at 9 Allerton Close: Permitted New three bed detached house in rear garden at 34 Uffington Road: Refused Front porch at 4 Owen Close: Permitted Extension to annex porch; new window opening on side and rear elevations; addition of bi-fold doors on rear elevation at Biliwings Walcot Road: Awaiting decision

 CASTOR

Replacement windows at 26 Peterborough Road Castor Permitted Line of Sycamore and Ash trees along the left hand boundary of the house (facing forward) to be crown raised to 3m to give 1.5m clearance from house at 3 Village Farm Close: Awaiting decision Replacement of existing French doors and window with bifold doors at 14 Allotment Lane: Awaiting decision Internal alterations to include moving bathroom from ground floor to first floor. External changes to comprise new window for proposed bathroom, extract grille to same and application of a render finish to a modern single storey extension at 14 High Street: Awaiting decision

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Single storey extension at Peterborough Milton Golf Club Milton Park: Permitted Raise part of thatched section of porch; new windows to south and west elevations and replace first floor ceiling joists at 4 Splash Lane: Permitted Erection of car port and workshop at Three Chimneys 8 Peterborough Road: Permitted First floor balcony to rear at 10 Peterborough Road: Permitted Construction of storage building at Land Adjacent To Old Mill Cottage Mill Lane: Awaiting decision

 DEEPING GATE

Extension and conversion of existing dwelling, to provide extra care supported living unit operating in association with neighbouring care home at 94 Lincoln Road: Permitted Single storey rear extension at 31 Suttons Lane: Awaiting decision Single storey front extension at 102A Lincoln Road: Awaiting decision Extension to side of garage to form snooker room at 29 Suttons Lane: Awaiting decision Demolition of existing office building (class B1) and construction of two detached residential dwellings at Silver Heron Developments Suttons Lane: Awaiting decision

 ETTON

Great white cherry - Fell at 2A Rectory Lane: Awaiting decision Remove and install 6no. antenna at a height of 23.0m on the existing 20.0m tower at Etton Treatment Works Waterworks Lane Glinton: Awaiting decision

Two bedroom bungalow at Land To Rear Of 37 And 39 Lincoln Road: Refused Raise ground levels and use of land as a Traveller site with one static and one tourer caravan (part-retrospective) at Land To The South East Of Nine Bridges Mile Drove: Refused Demolition of existing brickwall to create single storey side and rear extension with pitched roof at 20 Websters Close: Refused Single storey rear extension.

Distance from original rear wall 4m. Height 3.2m (to eaves 2.3m) at 2 Scotts Road: Permitted Prior Approval Rear conservatory at 12 Peakirk Road: Awaiting decision Demolition of 2 modern lean to extensions, construction of new orangery extension with minor internal and external alterations at Granville House 2 The Green: Awaiting decision Ground floor extension to bedroom (part retrospective at 4 St Benedicts Close: Awaiting decision Proposed siting of mobile home in connection with use of land, kennels and associated fencing as licensed establishment for breeding dogs (retrospective) at Buffingham Kennels Waterworks Lane: Awaiting decision Removal of condition 2 (temporary period) of reference number 13/01351/WCPP (allowed on appeal) - To allow the site to operate 0500-midnight on a permanent basis at Glinton Service Station Lincoln Road: Awaiting decision

 HELPSTON

Single storey side extension and replacement of existing garage with new detached outbuilding at 5 The Nook: Permitted Single storey side extension and front porch at Mrs D Keal Grasslands West Street Detached double garage and ancillary accomodation at Grasslands West Street: Awaiting decision Removal of the porch on the north elevation. New Oak front door at 6 Cromwell Mews: Permitted

 NORTHBOROUGH

Extension to include a meeting room, store room, relocation of front double doors and front canopy at Northborough Village Hall Cromwell Close: Permitted Two storey rear extension including minor internal alterations at 48 Granville Avenue: Refused Replacement windows, replace dormer cheeks and window surrounds in lead, and remove aluminium gutter to dormer roofs at 44 Church Street: Awaiting decision Proposed dwelling at 27 Church Street: Withdrawn Rear part two storey and part single storey extension including minor internal alterations at 48 Granville Avenue: Awaiting decision

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 PEAKIRK

Ground floor side extension at 1 Bull Lane: Awaiting decision

 UFFORD

Converson and minor alterations to the Dovecote (ancillary out building) to annexe at Barncot House Main Street: Permitted Converson and minor alterations to the Dovecote (ancillary out building) to annexe at Barncot House Main Street: Permitted Removal of chimney stack on west roof slope facing onto Main Street and fill hole with welsh slate at Pear Trees Main Street: Permitted

 MAXEY

Construction of general purpose barn at Sandylands 2 Mill Road: Not PD (PRIOR) Single and two storey rear extension at 1 Barn Close: Awaiting decision

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 GLINTON

DIRECTORY

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 Bainton Church

Richard Hardy Churchwarden .................01780 740505 John Wreford Churchwarden...................01780 740362 Mary Gowers Lay Pastoral Minister ........01780 740097 Dave Maylor Priest in Charge .................01780 740234

 Bainton Parish Council

Graham Fletcher Chair ............................01780 740034 Richard Harris Vice Chair .........................01780 740886 Nicola Clough ..........................................01780 740043 Wendy Jackson ........................................01780 749154 Helen Watts ..............................................07719 134858

 Barnack Baptist Church

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

 Barnack Bowls Club

Phil Collins ................................................01780 740124

 Cubs, Brownies, Scouts & Rainbows

Morag Sweeney Helpston Brownies ...01733 252088 Sarah Owen Helpston Cub Scouts ......01733 897065 Margaret Brown Helpston Rainbows ..01733 685806 Nick Drewett Helpston Scouts .............01778 348107 Sue Lane Glinton Brownies/ Guides ...01733 252593 Sharon Pallister Glinton Beavers/Cubs/Scouts ...........................01733 223888 Pat Carter Glinton Rainbows ................01733 253087 Tina Hughes Northborough Brownies 07432 109474 Jane Knott Northborough Guides ......01778 345101

 Deeping Gate Parish Council

Jane Hill (Chair) .....................................01778 343066 Sandra Hudspeth (Clerk) ......................01778 343735

 Doctors and hospitals

 Barnack Church

Peterborough City Hospital .................01733 678000 Deeping Practice (Main line) ................01778 579000 (Appointments only)..............................01778 579001 Glinton Surgery .....................................01733 252246

 Barnack Darby & Joan Club

Anne Curwen Churchwarden ...............01733 253357

 Barnack Community Association

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

John Ward Churchwarden ......................01780 740016 David Laycock Churchwarden ................01780 740267 Dave Maylor Priest in Charge .................01780 740234 Elaine Ward ..............................................01780 756012 Roy Chowings ..........................................01780 740755

 Barnack Methodist News  Barnack Parish Council

Harry Brassey Chairman ..........................01780 740115 Margaret Palmer Vice Chair ....................01780 740988 Eddie Barker .............................................01780 740427 Phil Broughton .........................................01780 740379 Ivor Crowson ............................................01780 740430 David Laycock ..........................................01780 740267 Martin Bloom ...........................................01780 740966 Robin Morrison Clerk................................07944 054546

 Benefice Administrators/ Lay Readers

Rachel Wright ........................................07425 144998 Dick Talbot .............................................01778 342581 Derek Harris Licensed Reader .............01733 574311

 Botolph’s Barn

Kate Hinchliff .........................................01733 253192

 British Legion

Max Sawyer ..........................................01780 765507

 Bus & Train Services

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

 Friendship / Welcome Clubs

 Friends of Chernobyl Children (FOCC)

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

 Glinton Church (St Benedict’s)

Veronica Smith Churchwarden ............... 01733 252019 Bob Quinn Churchwarden ..................... 01733 252161 Alison Henthorn PCC Secretary ............ 01733 252996 Simon Richards PCC Treasurer .............. 01778 341686 Mike Goodall Bell Ringers ..................... 01733 253469

 Citizens Advice

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

 Glinton Parish Council

John Holdich OBE Chair ........................ 01733 253078 Mr John Haste Clerk ............................... 01733 252833

 Helpston Church (St Botolph’s)

Carol Jones Treasurer ...........................01733 252096 Dave Maylor Priest in Charge ..............01780 740234 Clive Pearce Church Warden ...............01733 253494

 Helpston Lawn Tennis Club

David Packer .........................................07766 600694

 Helpston Parish Council

Barnack Community Choir Ted Murray 01780 740114 Simon Richards Benefice Singers (Glinton) Choirmaster .................01778 341686 62

 Etton Parish Council

Pam Kounougakis Glinton Friendship Club ......................... 01733 252018 Robert Ford Maxey Welcome Club ...... 01778 346288

Jill Unsworth 01780 740456

 Choirs

 Etton Church (St Stephen’s)

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

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Frank Samet Glinton ............................... 01733 253591 Debbie Martin Barnack Show................. 01780 740048 Kirsty Scott Peakirk ................................. 01733 253952

 Langdyke Countryside Trust

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

 Maxey Church (St Peter’s)

Hilary Geisow Priest in Charge .............. 01733 253638 Mandy Loveder Bell Tower Captain ...... 01778 343100 Michael Loveder Churchwarden ............ 01778 343100 Tina Lapinskis Maxey Sunday School .... 01778 347280

 Maxey Parish Council

Lynne Yarham Chair ................................ 01778 343077 Dick Talbot Clerk ..................................... 01778 342581

 Neighbourhood Watch

Dick Wilkins Maxey ................................. 01778 348368

 Northborough Church (St Andrew’s)

Hilary Geisow Priest in Charge .............. 01733 253638 Polly Beasley Churchwarden .................. 01778 380849 Jane Knott Churchwarden ..................... 01778 345101 Freda Skillman Licensed Reader ............ 01778 380903 Alison Butler PCC Treasurer ................... 01778 345499

 Northborough Parish Council

Robert Chiva Chair ................................. 01733 252823 Derek Lea Clerk ...................................... 01733 572245

 Peakirk Church (St Pegas)

Hilary Geisow Priest in Charge .............. 01733 253638 Trish Roberts Churchwarden .................. 01733 253111 Sheila Lever Churchwarden ................... 01733 252416 Christine Dearman PCC Secretary ........ 01733 252404 Pauline Cooke PCC Treasurer & Social Events ....................................... 01733 253116

 Pre and After School Clubs (cont.)

Caroline Burton Peakirk Tots Toddler Group ...............................01733 253677 Denise Franks Toddler Group ..............01733 253720 Karen Dunn Little Lambs ......................01780 749198

 Rotary Club

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

 Schools and Education

Mike Sandeman AMVC Head ................01733 252235 Rachel Simmons John Clare Primary Head ...........................................01733 252332 Neil Fowkes Barnack C of E Primary ......01780 740265 Craig Kendall Peakirk-cum-Glinton Primary School Head ...............................01733 252361 Dave Simson Chair of Governors Peakirk-cum-Glinton Primary School .........................................01733 252126 Mr S Mallott Northborough Primary Head ...........................................01733 252204 Maureen Meade Peterborough Adult Learning .........................................01733 761361

 Ufford Art Society

Susan Jarman ........................................01780 740104

 Ufford Parish Council

Keith Lievesley Ufford Chairman .........01780 740679 Marian Browne ......................................01780 740062 Frieda Gosling .......................................01780 740343 Catherine Franks Clerk .........................01780 765984 Graham Bowes .....................................01780 740578 David Chadwick ....................................01780 740893

 Village Halls

 Peterborough City Council

Roy Pettitt Bowls Glinton .....................01733 252049 Ken Doughty Glinton Bookings ..........01733 253156 Joyce Heathcote Whist - Glinton ........01733 253386 Peter Lake Whist - .................................01778 346749 Adrienne Collins Barnack .....................01780 740124 Caryn Thompson Helpston ..................01733 252232 Margaret Cook Maxey Village Hall .....01778 343601 Karen Cooper Northborough ..............01778 347464 Peakirk Village Hall Bookings ...............07938 386226

 Police and Emergencies

Tony Henthorn Editor ............................. 07590 750128 Lloyd Jones Advertising sales ................ xxxxxxxxx

 Peakirk Parish Council

Angela Hankins Clerk ............................. 01733 253397 Henry Clark Chair .................................... 01733 253203 John Holdich OBE Peterborough .......01733 253078 Peterborough City Council ..................01733 747474 Police - emergency calls .......................999 Less urgent crimes ................................101 Power Failure .........................................0800 7838838 Samaritans .............................................08457 909090

 Pre and After School Clubs

Kirsty Prouse Helpston Playhouse pre-school ...........................01733 253243 Roz Sowinski Helpston Before and After School Club............... 01733 253243 Nicola Litchfield Glinton pre-school playgroup ...........................01733 252361 Rachael Canham Northborough Pre School ....................01733 253685

 Village Tribune

 Ward Councillors

Barnack David Over 07920 160053 Glinton & Castor Peter Hiller & John Holdich 07920 160487

 Women’s Institute (WI)

Pat Jackson Helpston President ..........01733 252227 June Dobson Helpston Secretary ........01733 252192 Diane Watts Glinton WI ........................01733 253352 Jenny Dunk Glinton WI ........................01733 254252

 Youth Clubs

Kerrie Garner Barnack Youth Club ......01780 740118 Tina Lapinskis Maxey Youth Club .......01778 347280

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