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things for the family at the Deepings Literary Festival

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Welcome Celebrate! The first Deepings Literary Festival is set to launch on 27th April. Many months in preparation, the Festival will not only present a stellar line up of authors and performers in venues throughout Deeping St James, Market Deeping and Helpston- some of which are free and some of which have ticket prices of only £2.50 - but there will be authors in all Deeping schools (including Langtoft and Baston) on Friday 28th April. The previous Children’s Laureate, Malorie Blackman is looking forward to the opportunity to talk to students at the Deepings School where Jenny McLachlan, Alan Gibbons and Julian Sedgewick will also be visiting.

Lincolnshire Letters Aloud is the culmination of many months of research into letters, poems and diary entries that have been written both in the Deepings and farther afield in the county. It promises a sometimes melancholic, sometimes humorous trip through the past into the present and it is set to showcase some of the finest talent in the Deepings including Cassidy Little. The evening at the Priory Church DSJ will include a performance of The Intermezzo String Quartet who have been sponsored by Carter Jonas and tickets at just £7.50 are available from Stamford Art Centre or from www.deepingsliteraryfestival.co.uk Enjoy!

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Former students who are now culinary stars in their own right returned to Stamford college to help prepare a selection of amazing dishes for The Gallery Restaurant’s Fine Dining Evening. Ben Clark, (right) now Head Chef at The White Horse in Baston, Michael Laing, Head Chef at Stamford Garden Centre and Shaun Mason, (left) Head Chef at The Angel in South Witham. To find out more about Catering and Hospitality courses call 01780 484311 or email enquiries@stamford.ac.uk.

Fiona Johnson new General Manager of Braeburn Lodge chats with a resident. She has been in nursing all her life, training at St Mary’s hospital in London. For the past twelve years she has managed a nursing home in Peterborough and worked for the Alzheimer’s Society.

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Dear Elector, I am asking you to vote for me in the Lincs County Council election.

You have favoured me with your votes over the last 26 years on Town Council and 10 on SKDC and it has been my pleasure to have served and represented you all this time.

Living, working and raising my family here in Market Deeping since 1978 keeps me in tune with what local people need to see getting done, in the places they live, by a Councillor they know, who lives in the heart of the ward of Market Deeping West and Rural. Over the last few years I have been distressed and appalled by the withdrawal of funding for our vital services, some of which Town Council has to fund. The Youth Club, the Library, the cutting of grass verges, not to mention the shocking decision to switch off the street lights at night. A new fresh voice is needed, if you agree then vote for me and I’ll be your independent LCC Councillor, free to vote the way you tell me to. Free of Party Politics.

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FEATURE

The son of Charles Francis Wade and Eliza Rowland Wade (née Pickin), Richard Wade came into this world in 1868 at Skegby Manor, Marnham, in Nottinghamshire. Skegby Manor was a successful 285-acre farm and it is not surprising that following a good education at Applegate Grammar School, Newark, Richard qualified as a solicitor. His father died in January 1892 leaving a substantial amount – £11, 865 – and when his mother died in 1911 a further £16,500 was left.

By this time Richard had joined the firm of Sharpe’s Solicitors, Market Deeping in 1892, now known as Sharpe & Wade. Samuel Bates Sharpe retired to London at this time and Richard purchased both the practice and the family home, The Park. In a ‘Toad of Toad Hall’ like incident he was fined 20 shillings with 12 shillings costs for ‘furious’ driving at Uffington in April 1883. He may well have been returning to Deeping from Pilsgate as in 1895 he married Alice Smalley at Barnack Church (pictured left), the youngest daughter of Skelton Smalley, a Pilsgate gentleman.

This was a very elaborate wedding: carpet laid from the gate to the church and the body of the church reserved for the wedding party as it was unusually large.

The reception for upwards of 60 people was held at the bride’s home and the honeymoon was in London.

The couple had three sons: Richard born in 1896, Francis Rowland in 1899 and Hugh Armigal in 1907. The firm prospered and at the turn of the century an office was built on the corner of Godsey Lane where the Police Station currently stands.

Alfred Whittome joined the practice as an articled clerk at this time; when he qualified he ran the Thorney office and the practice became known as Sharpe, Wade & Whittome. Later, in November 1918, Mr H. Stanton, the son of the town’s Dr Stanton who was articled with Mr Wade, passed his intermediate examination and eventually progressed to his own firm in Bourne, Andrews, Stanton & Ringrose.

In 1917 Richard Wade purchased the Manor Farm at West Deeping at auction for £6,000. This comprised the Manor House, gardens and orchards, 170 acres plus of grazing pasture and two stone built cottages which adjoined the school. His own home, The Park, suffered some damage in the storm of 1923 when a chestnut tree was blown down and landed on the roof.

As well as running the business, Richard was held in high esteem in the community; he was Clerk to the Burial Board, County Councillor, Free Mason in the St Guthlac’s Lodge and a manager of Market Deeping Endowed School. He also supported Lord Kesteven at a local recruiting meeting for Lord Kitchener’s Volunteer Army in the Market Place in September 1914.

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FEATURE In 1929, Alice died, aged just 56. She had had a lingering illness for three months previously and had had operations for a serious internal complaint. At the time of her death, Hugh had established a successful musical career and was away touring. In 1932 Richard Senior also died.

He had accidentally swallowed Lysol in the bathroom, having been in a distressed state having lost a lot of close friends. Dr Patterson was sent for but to no avail. His son Francis testified at the inquest; his father had had trouble with his ears, teeth and neuralgia. He died leaving effects of £3,326 to his family.

Tragedy struck the firm again in 1933 when William Dexter, who had been a clerk in the firm for 47 years, died after drinking disinfectant. He had been suffering from neurasthenia and had just returned from Peterborough Hospital where he had been for a fortnight.

The Bourne District Coroner, Major C.W. Bell recorded a verdict that ‘death was due to shock from poison taken during a period of mental instability’. In 1934, the eldest of the Wade boys, Richard, died aged 37 in Sleaford. He had been educated at Glebe House Preparatory School in Hunstanton and then at Marlborough College. He had served in the Great War but had been invalided out in 1916. His obituary from St Guthlac’s Parish Magazine June 1934 remembers ‘A strong healthy young man of whom much might have been expected as he had singular intellectual gifts. The war caused a break in his studies and the rough life of military service brought out a disease from which he never recovered. As the years past, his malady intensified.’ He is buried in Market Deeping cemetery.

Francis Rowland (known as Rowland) was left at the helm of the family firm. A keen fisherman in the Welland, he had served in World War I and was at the Battle of Zeebrugge which claimed the life of Robert Stanton, the same age as his younger brother Richard and son of Dr Stanton, the local doctor who lived in the imposing house on the corner of Stamford Road opposite the Market Place.

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which crammed St Guthlac’s Church for the funeral. After the war Rowland was an ardent supporter of ex-servicemen, always attending Remembrance Day services at the church and organising an annual reunion for the men of the Zeebrugge Raid, and in 1958 joining with other veterans in a BBC Radio broadcast on the topic. In World War II Rowland was appointed local Commanding Officer of the Home Guard with the rank of Major.

Happier times arrived when in 1920 Francis, who was working with his father at this time, announced his engagement to Elizabeth Deacon of Priestgate, Peterborough, daughter of Mrs Deacon and the late Major Deacon. They married in St John’s Church Peterborough in 1923 and had a son, Richard Armigel, born in Church Street, Market Deeping in 1925. Rowland had qualified as a solicitor in 1922 and as well as having a partnership in London, he continued to work with his father until his death and after with Arthur Whittome.

In 1935, at the age of ten, Richard Armigel on returning from a holiday on the Norfolk Broads, contracted polio. It was almost a year before he could even lift his head off the pillow and a masseuse, Miss Walkington of Peterborough, came out every day to administer physiotherapy.

By this time, Dennis Hillan, a nephew of Rowland’s second wife, who contracted polio at the same time, had been brought to The Park for mutual company. In 1937, the Coronation year, a wooden house was constructed in the walled garden for the two boys to live in. By this time Richard had recovered sufficiently to be able to walk about. A governess, Miss Medcalfe, was employed to attend to the boys’ education. At about the same time, Dennis Wilson, a 28-year-old bachelor and family friend, was bought to Deeping with the express purpose of looking after the boys and lived at The Park.

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FEATURE Richard also followed in the family profession and in 1943 was articled to Dr Jack Hunt, solicitor of 37 Westgate, Peterborough, for five years and passed his law exams at the age of 22. He later set up an office in Cambridge. After a double tragedy of the office being burnt down and the loss of a baby daughter by cot death, Richard. with his wife June (née Ward), returned to Deeping and bought Kingscote, Church Street, Deeping St James. He went into a partnership with Norris & Co, solicitors in Peterborough. In 1968 on the retirement of his father he took over the Market Deeping firm of Sharpe & Wade.

He loved the Deepings and with his vast collection of tales, old and contemporary photographs would give talks and slide shows of Deeping, including at one of the first meetings of Deepings Heritage at Priory Church Hall for which he returned from his retirement home in Blakeney, Norfolk, where he indulged his love of painting, boating and writing. He was fascinated by gypsies and wrote a book about local characters thinly disguised as gypsies Who cares about Oscar? Richard Armigel had continued in the tradition of the Wade family as supporters of the community who would often open up The Park to activities such as The Deepings Foal and Root Show that was held every year from 1898. On August Bank Holiday in 1939 a garden fete was held in aid of the Coronation Hall in Market Deeping. The event featured a model railway along with two small steam locomotives on which local children were given rides. The railway belonged to the Peterborough and District Model Society, the engines having been made by their members, Mr Lawrence with the Royal Scot and Mr Moyle with the N.NER Atlantic.

In 1971 Richard Wade had begun exploring the possibility of the sale of The Park to Lincolnshire County Council. A letter of 23 September 1970 to the Clerk of South Kesteven Rural District Council suggests that ‘it could be put to a use which would benefit the Deepings as a whole and solve some of the problems’.

Richard and June had three children, William, John and Eleanor.

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age, when the family business operated from a small Victorian single-storey building on the corner of Godsey Lane. He remembers an age when the water bailiff, Johnny Robinson, who lived in a small cottage behind what is now Market Deeping Antiques and previously Smith’s Unique, was the gardener at The Park (see above), and his wife ‘Missus’ was the housekeeper. The family used to borrow Johnny’s punt and go for picnics or fishing trips up ‘the old river’.

William was sent to school in Helpston and later to Bourne Grammar School. The family had moved to the Park which they shared with their Grandfather, Rowland who, now divorced from third wife, fashion model Anita, lived in rooms on the right of the building where he would sit and read his paper. What is now the adult library was originally the dining room but later became the library when the family moved in.

This room, with its large Victorian carved oak fireplace, pedestal dining table, Chippendale style dining chairs, 1930’s cocktail cabinet, 1930’s glass and chrome wall lights and leather club chairs, together with the smell of Havana cigars, gave an air of a bygone age of smart cocktail parties. The furniture later made way, however, for bookcases and easy chairs. In the drawing room, which is now the children’s’ library, stood a 19th-century Beckstein piano originally belonging to Alice Wade. The hallway contained a long case clock, carved wooden chairs, a side table, hunting prints, warming pans and a dinner gong. The rooms at the back were the domestic offices, kitchen, scullery and pantry etc.

The grounds contained a walled fruit and vegetable garden to the left side of the house, a large lawn at the back, a coach house with stables to the right and immediately to the rear of the garden there was a nine-acre field known as The Park. It had many ancient trees and a thick spinney at the bottom. There were a few specimen trees such as a holm oak but the most common were chestnuts and elms. The very ancient yew trees planted immediately behind the house survive to this very day.

Research: Joy Baxter, William Wade Words : Judy Stevens, William Wade Pictures : Dorothea Price, Ian Baxter, William Wade.

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Cassidy Little Sitting across the table in the Iron Horse on a sunny Deeping afternoon contemplating the upcoming Literary Festival it is hard to believe that this is Lance Corporal Cassidy Little, Medic in the Royal Marines, whose career was cruelly cut short during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan. A colleague stepped on an improvised explosive device resulting in three fatalities, and two serious injuries including the loss of Cassidy’s own right leg below the knee.

In spite of the world-shattering horror of this incident, which can only be imagined by those of us not involved, far from defining the man it is has become instead a jumping off point for the rest of his life. Now happily married to Deeping girl Laura and with a three-year-old daughter, Cassidy has embraced the advice of his father, himself a Brigadier General in the Canadian Airforce.

Watching his handsome, talented son reduced to crawling across the floor he told him to ‘Do what you like to do and then find a way of earning money doing it.’

As part of the rehabilitation, where theatre is used as an aid to recovery for badly injured military personnel, Cassidy took the starring role in the production of ‘The Two Worlds of Charlie F’, real life stories performed by British serviceman and women. With 125 appearances including in London’s West End, Cassidy easily took to the boards, having been a dancer in his native Canada.

Loving the easy banter that Jonathan Ross and Graham Norton enjoyed with the celebrities of the day, Cassidy decided to take his father’s advice and follow his dream. He approached the Royal 18

British Legion and used their contacts to secure a post with British Forces Broadcasting Service and was soon training on the job, covering stories for both BFBS and Forces TV. When the Royal Marines band struck up the theme tune to Strictly on the dockside at Portsmouth, and Cassidy was engulfed by personalities from the Show and told he was the latest recruit, he was apprehensive but not fazed!

He had his boss, Major Steve McCulley, to thank for his nomination. Steve had spent over two years in rehab with Cassidy, having been injured days after him, and in discussing his nomination said, ‘Every single seriously injured service person goes through very dark periods and were it not for Cassidy, those dark periods would have been far longer and far harder for many to deal with, me included.’

For Cassidy the three months spent rehearsing for the show with professional dancer Australian Natalie Lowe were undoubtedly a purple patch in his life. For him there were memories of fun and friendship, for the British public their performance of the Paso Doble will be one of the most memorable TV moments of all time.

There were three high points on their journey to ultimate success in the rehearsal period recalled by Cassidy. One was the couple’s visit to the Spanish National Ballet in Madrid. Here the head of the ballet danced privately for the pair and offered advice, but it was while watching the Company perform the flamenco that Cassidy decided to use his running blade for his performance which helped to replicate the rise and fall normally afforded by the calf muscle.

The second turning point for the pair was the effusive praise heaped on their dance routine by famously acerbic and critical Strictly judge, Craig Revel Horwood. All of a sudden the couple felt that the ultimate prize was achievable for them.

The third and critical point was the private 30-second conversation that they shared three minutes before they stepped onto the dance floor and which enabled them to invest 110% into their performance. The audience bought into their selfbelief and before they could think the couple were crowned winners of the People’s Strictly!

Now with his own movie show, The Little Film Show on Forces TV, Cassidy is fresh from an interview with Keanu Reeves and well on his way to fulfilling his dream. But he is fulsome in his praise of the part that Deeping has played in his recovery. He remembers in the early days before the fitting of his prosthetic limb when he crawled down the stairs of the flat he shared with Laura overlooking the Market Place, struggled to erect his wheelchair and wheeled himself to the Coach House for a beer and a healing chat with local and fellow amputee, Big Al. Now, with the opportunity to read the letter written by Don Holigan when the Flying Fortress in which he was a passenger crashed over Langtoft Fen in 1944, killing all of his colleagues, Cassidy Little is to be part of the Lincolnshire Letters Aloud production to be held at the Priory Church on Sunday, 30 April.

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Stately gardens to visit this Spring Around 3,700 gardens open each year for the National Garden Scheme, all of the gardens can be found on www.ngs.org.uk/product/gardens-to-visit-2017/

The Scheme is the most significant charitable funder of nursing charities in the country, so far donating over £50 million.

Garden owners open their beautiful gardens to the public, sharing their passion and raising impressive amounts of money through entry fees, teas and slices of cake.

Burghley House

Grimsthorpe Castle

The private South Gardens at Burghley House will open with spectacular spring bulbs in park like setting with magnificent trees and the opportunity to enjoy Capability Brown’s famous lake and summerhouse.

Entry to the Private South Gardens via Orangery.

The Garden of Surprises, Sculpture Garden and House are open as normal. Food Fair. Saturday 8 April, Sunday 9 April (11am 4pm). Admission £4.00, children free. Cream teas in The Orangery Restaurant.

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Part of the NGS scheme for around 25 years, making a donation from opening the gardens on two days each season (including 7th June this year). April 9th will be a good day to explore the woodland garden area which has been planted with spring bulbs. The topiary always looks good this time of year and of course the adventure playground is always popular. More enthusiastic visitors can cycle on the park trails, although there is a risk of getting a bit muddy at this time. Reward yourselves with a cup of tea and a slice of cake in the Coach House tearoom! The regular opening at Grimsthorpe starts on April 2nd. Visit http://www.grimsthorpe.co.uk/Sundays, Thursdays and Holiday Mondays until June.

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Easton Walled Gardens Opening for the National Gardens Scheme on 14th April (11 am - 4.00 pm). Tulips and blossom in abundance in these lost gardens of Lincolnshire now restored to their former glory. The tea rooms will be open! Selling lots of delicious home made treats. Tickets £7.25 adults £3.25 children. www.visiteaston.co.uk

Interesting garden set in beautiful parkland.

Large parterre with topiary designed by David Hicks echoing the C16 decoration on the porch stonework, long mixed borders with a kaleidoscope of spring flowers, Tudor courtyard and white garden. Lake and waterside walks with rare mature trees in natural garden. Sunday 23 April (12 - 5pm).

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RIVERSIDE FEATURE BEADS Caroline (pictured left) has overseen the craft side of the business for ten years now. Donna looks after jewellery and it is she who designs all the kits and sources all the materials for beginners upwards.

It was while she was at home pregnant with her first child, Alex, that Donna of Riverside Beads (pictured left of main picture) rekindled a childhood passion for making cards and jewellery and discovered that there was a market for them, at first with friends and family and then to a broader market. She soon discovered the store that had once housed Smith’s Unique Department store, now Market Deeping’s Antique Centre, saw it for the treasure trove that it is and soon had a unit where she sold materials to hobbyists similar to herself.

Attending shows to ensure that all the latest trends are Craft classes followed, first of all held round the catered for, there are 15 tutors, all specialists in their kitchen table and as time progressed they were held field, and some come from as far away as London. in the Antique and now Craft Centre. ‘Thanks to the Initially the expansion was from card making into fantastic customer support jewellery and a high point that we have had the for Donna was definitely the business has just grown and publication of her own book, grown,’ explains Donna.

‘Bead, Braid, Twist. Guide to ‘We have customers from Kumihimo’. Now there are as far away as Birmingham more arts and crafts classes as and Newcastle with people well. planning their holidays to coincide with our craft This is still a family affair, as Riverside Beads hold one of their regular Dabble Day Donna’s mum Gaynor is in classes.’ events for Sue Ryder, Thorpe Hall charge of mail order and friend

A day without patchwork is no day at all for Diana Cox of Pippins Patchwork. A military wife, she and her husband first settled in the area when the Sea Harriers were sited at Wittering and Cottesmore in 2000.

Initially Diana started to give classes in patchwork at Matilda’s Dolls House Shop over the road from Market Deeping Antique and Craft Centre where she now has a unit. Appealing to a wide spectrum of people, many of those attending weekly classes have done so since they first started. Connie Weare first saw Diana at the Deeping Show and took up patchwork at the age of 80. Now, twelve years later, she is engrossed in making placemats as Christmas presents. When her daughters visit from Barbados and Ireland, they make sure that they don’t miss a class either!

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Taking her skill to teach the most delicate of crafts to a wider market beckoned and now demonstrations on the award-winning Create and Craft TV have followed. There is a sense that there is never a dull moment at Riverside Beads. ‘Crafting is definitely a healing process,’ explains Donna. ‘People come to us at different times during their lives and they often find comfort and friendship with like-minded people and they also have beautiful items that they have created to take home as well!’

Right on the doorstep of Deeping this nationally renowned craft supplier with an enviable stock and craft resource to draw upon is not about to let the grass grow under its feet. There are exciting plans for the future and new crafts to learn and skills to impart. And always tea with a healthy dose of sympathy on hand too! www.riversidebeads.co.uk

‘The beauty of patchwork is that it doesn’t have to be expensive – you can make templates from cornflake boxes!’ explains Diana. ‘And it’s not all about quilts; you can make wall hangings, bags, placemats – the list is endless!’

With a healthy stock of fat quarters, half metres and patterns for beginners upwards, there are three weekly classes and when several people new to the craft want to learn, a lesson is put on for them as well.

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What is for sure is that the passion for patchwork does not wane and with a local exhibition planned later in the year - the patchwork effect seems to be growing!

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THE CROSS

Our very own village monument made the history books in 1993 when John Timpson, formerly of BBC Radio’s Today programme wrote a book, Timpson’s Other England.

There pictured is the Cross, a listed building, complete with street light and noted as one of England’s most unlikely lampposts. It was therefore appropriate that when the Parish Council refurbished the Cross in 1999, it was John Timpson who came to cut the ribbon and ‘open’ the Cross.

The revamp included the removal of the street lamp, the installation of cobbles, cast iron bollards and a bench and cost nearly £20,000 paid with grants from SKDC, DSJ United Charities and the Parish Council. The opening ceremony included the presentation of a Derek Abel watercolour to John Timpson by the Rose Queen, Celia Warwick. It was heralded by a peal of bells at the Priory Church and was followed by a reception in the Cross School, then the Youth Club.

The Cross started life in the 15th century as a market cross made of Barnack ragstone, and was a central point for street traders. Originally it was solid and known as the Earl of Lindsay’s Cross. In the early 19th century it was considered expedient to have a lock up where miscreants could go and cool their heels. So in 1819 the butter cross was converted by Tailby Johnson, who also repaired the nearby church tower, which now boasts his initials. The cross was moved from the green outside the church to the position it now occupies and was hollowed out to create a gloomy little cell about four feet square with three stone seats with chains across them to which prisoners were manacled. A lock and four keys were purchased by the Parish Constables at this time for the round house as it was also known. Bars provided the only insulation and were too narrow to allow anything but a long spouted teapot to provide sustenance for the incarcerated.

One such prisoner was William Burton who in June 1823 was found by the Parish Constables asleep beside the Cross clutching a flagon of ale. On waking he became rather obstreperous and was put in the prison to calm down. This worked for about half an hour but then he woke up and started raucously singing bawdy songs. After a couple of hours the locals could stand it no longer and went in search of the Constables. Fortunately, by the continued >

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time they returned he had fallen into a deep slumber. He was still asleep the next morning and was brought before the magistrate, charged with drunkenness and disorderly behaviour and given the choice to pay a fine or face a month’s imprisonment. He paid the fine.

During Victorian times the water pump was also housed within the walls of the Cross. Later, in the mid-20th century, the old lock up, as it was then called, was cleaned by nearby resident at number 7 Eastgate, Mrs Mary Ann Atkin.

A bustling, strong-minded practical lady, for many years a widow, she assisted at births, sat up with the sick and attended the offices of the dead. Her grand nieces, Margaret and Kathleen, would play about, climbing the steps of the Cross and jumping off while their Aunt took her large key, bucket, Creative Touch Half.qxp 1 dustpan and brush10/08/2016 and kept11:00 the Page inside

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DUCKS CROSSING Mavis Leverington, a Linchfield Primary School teacher, was heartbroken to see so many ducks being killed along Church Street. This was especially problematic at nesting time. A mother duck could be seen with a string of ducklings trailing behind heading towards the river. Mavis hatched a plan to make the road safer for the ducks. She was delighted when Deeping St James Parish Council backed her idea to have two ‘Beware ducks crossing’ signs made and erected.

Mavis approached Bert Flatters the blacksmith, who with Ernie Tyers of F&G Foundry in Baston, made the signs. These were then carefully painted by his brother in law. Horace Thompson, councillor and engineer made and fixed the supporting steel posts into their concrete bases. The project was completed without charge.

The signs were erected at the junction of Church Street with Hereward Way and on Bridge Street near High Locks. They were unveiled by Mavis Leverington in July 1987. She was accompanied by her Year 6 Class of 27 nine to ten year olds who helped to make the signs secure by filling the holes with earth. Also present were Parish

Councillors, Gordon Crowson, Harry Goodyear and Mrs. Ann Thompson. Not only did the local press cover the event but cameras from BBC Look North and East were also present as well as Central and Yorkshire TV. Mavis recalls “We did see fewer casualties as a result. At the same time overcrowding had resulted in a nasty disease that killed a lot of the ducks. We were asked to stop feeding them and numbers never did recover.”

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CRICKET CLUB

‘Leather on willow and afternoon tea, Plum bread with butter and slices of cheese, In the pavilion ladies cut bread Should anyone fancy a sandwich instead.’

The words of David Threadgold written in 2008 but describing a sport that has been played for centuries. In Market Deeping the earliest known venue for playing the game was just over the Market Deeping bridge on the Cambridgeshire side until the needs of the farmer whose field it was necessitated a move.

Richard Smith of White House Farm on the Stamford Road donated a piece of land and 4/5 pitches were cut out. Hay grew all around until August and even then fielders had to contend with avoiding deposits from sheep which had been put to grass.

In the late sixties and early seventies a dream of improving facilities was hatched and when the tennis club had to move from their courts in Godsey Lane it was clear that the two clubs together would have more chance of obtaining grants together. Cricket Club stalwart, Joe Edwards (of Riverside Garage) sold the Club some land on Outgang Road for £1600. Fundraising started in earnest and as well as the myriad jumble sales and other fund raising activities was the midnight walk. The nerve centre for which was Dr Heywood’s house on the Stamford Road, having set off at midnight the last walkers returned at 6.00am and £650 was raised. Local fundraising, grants and

the dedication of members notably John Heywood and Bill White who at one time put their own houses up as collateral ensured that the dream of a new home became a reality and on June 9th 1973 the first game was played on the new ground against Orton Park.

Success followed the Club and for five successive years between 1975 the coveted Hodgkinson Cup was bought home to Deeping, the competition having been introduced by Cecil Hodgkinson of the local estate agent, Norman Wright and Hodgkinson (with offices where Newton Fallowell are now).

The increasing success of the Club saw a second X1 formed. Within the Club and on Sunday May 5th 1976 this happened when the second team took to the field at Wing. By the end of 1977 season the number of weekend fixtures had more than doubled and rhe second team had firmly established itself.

Towards the end of the seventies there was a growing movement towards league cricket and Market Deeping applied and was accepted into the South Lincs League and entered Division One in 1979 under the captaincy of Brian Holdich. The team acquitted themselves well and were League Champions in 1979, 1980 and 1982 and runners up to Long Sutton in 1981.

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shop there being no automatic promotion or relegation and it was only when Collingham dropped out to play in the Notts Alliance League that Deeping were elevated.

In the 1990’s Deeping Rangers relocated to the Outgang Road site and with them came the purchase of more land from the Buchannan Trust. At this time the Cricket Club was thriving under the presidency of Neil Lowndes and it was Neil who proved a driving force to raise the £235,000 necessary to upgrade the Club house to offer the facilities that are available today. The new premises were opened in 1999 and are still the envy of many of the Clubs in the League. The premises are well looked after by the Sports and Social Club on which there is a Director to represent each sport played on the site. Ian Jones is not Winners of Hodgkinson’s Cup only Fixtures Secretary but has been Back: T.Pitcher, A Dethick, T.Smith, E.Ward, M.Smith, G.Court, groundsman since 1973, helped since W.S.White, K. Barratt, T.Titman, V. Evans the death of Graham Buckley by Paul Front; D.Chappell, K.Randall, B.Holditch, G.Bukley, I.Jones, Buckley and Tom Shinkins.

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Deeping has managed to withstand the pressure of changing lifestyles on the club because of its emphasis on youth cricket development. The first junior team at Under 16 level ran in 1982 and many of those players have become coaches of existing junior teams. There are nearly 20 voluntarily qualified ECB coaches in the club more than any other Club in the area. The youth system has produced two rising stars within the game; Patrick Brown who has a two year academy sponsorship with Worcestershire County Cricket Club and Nick Green with the Leicestershire Academy.

Deeping joined the South Lincs Premier League as village upstarts but their strength and determination has seen them equal Burghley, Bourne and Peterborough to become one of Lincolnshire’s leading cricket clubs playing now in the Lincolnshire ECB Premier League, the South Lincolnshire Premier League Division and Rutland League Divisions 1 and 4E on a Sunday.

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5 great things for the family at the Deepings Literary Festival Take a look at what is on offer at the Literary Festival for families.

There’s dancing, story-telling and art.

Saturday 29 April: Chris Vine talks trains Chris Vine, author of the Peter’s Railway series of books will present a talk with pictures, questions and prizes. After the talk Chris will run a ‘picnic train’ where he reads the story, Peter’s Railway – The Picnic and the children will re-enact the story with a model railway which they can put together themselves. Food and drink will then be dispatched up the line to be eaten at the other end.

Where: The Green School, 24 Church Street, Market Deeping, PE6 8DA When: 9am – 5pm. The talk will run from 10am – 12pm. The Picnic Train will run from 2pm – 4pm.

Cost: £2 per ticket or £6 for families (2+2) Booking: www.deepingsliteraryfestival.co.uk/chris-vine-peters-railway-author

Saturday 29 April: A family audience with The Travelling Talesman Family storytelling show by traditional story teller Cliff Eastabrook, the Travelling Talesman, aimed at ages 8 and over, but also suitable for family viewings. Cliff is a spoken word narrative performer of myths, legends, folktales and the occasional poem, a storyteller! You will be laughing one minute and on the edge of your seat the next.

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Monday 1 May: Traditional Maypole dancing Join the children of Market Deeping CP School, William Hildyard C of E Primary School and Linchfield Community Primary School for some traditional maypole dancing. Everyone is welcome.

Where: The Cross School, Eastgate, Deeping St James PE6 8HH When: 11am Cost: Free Booking: No need to book just turn up and enjoy!

Monday 1 May: Ministry of Dance presents The Tales of Beatrix Potter Join the stars of Ministry of Dance for a very special performance of the stories of Beatrix Potter especially adapted for dance. Each performance is only 45 minutes long and features children from some of the classes at Ministry of Dance.

Where: The Cross School, Eastgate, Deeping St James PE6 8HH When: 10-10.45 am, 2.45-1.30 pm, 3-3.45 pm Cost: Donations invited Booking: No need to book just turn up and prepare to be beautifully entertained!

Sunday 30 April: Art Stars children’s workshops Children’s book author and illustrator Ellie Sandall will guide you through the process of creating your very own picture book, from initial concept, character design and plot development to final artwork. You’ll be producing your very own mini book to take away and read to your families and friends.

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what’s on Lambing Day 8th April 11 -4.00pm Moor Farm Newborough PE6 7QD (watch facebook for updates) The Passion Play adapted for Churches Together by William Booker can be heard after the Walk of Witness at the Methodist Church 11 o’clock on Good Friday and at 11 o’clock on Bank Holiday Monday as part of the Deepings Literary Festival.

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Lamb feeding available Delicious home grown food available all day.

Newborough Young Farmers in attendance Farm shop open all day Tractor and trailer rides available (additional cost) Wear wellies/footwear for footdip Not suitable for pregnant ladies £5 adults, £1 per child over 1 yr

The Noteables present ‘Spring, Songs & Sonnets’ at Ryhall Church Saturday, 22nd April - 7.30pm Welcoming in the new season, the concert will include a number of items based on the changing seasons, with a special performance of George Shearing’s Songs and Sonnets which includes arrangements of Shakespeare songs including ‘When daisies pied’, ‘When daffodils begin to peer’ and ‘Who is Sylvia?’

Tickets for the concert are £8 adults, £1 for children to age 16.

Available from the Church, choir members or at the door.

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Events calendar at www.deepings.co.uk :

Charity auction and party for Prostate Cancer UK Friday 5th May - 7.30pm Borderville Sports Centre, Stamford Live music from Halo, ÂŁ5 entry per person

Asparagus Countdown Vine House Farm Here the Asparagus Season is looked forward to with great anticipation.

Historically, asparagus was seen as a cure for toothache by the Greeks, grown with high value behind walled courtyards by the Romans and has been grown in England since the sixteenth century. Traditionally the brief two month season starts on April 23rd, St George’s Day, although this can be delayed by up to two weeks if the weather is particularly cold. The asparagus you see any other time of the year is likely to have been imported from Peru, heavily laden with air-miles.

Lots of unusual shrubs and perennials to choose from.

HPS Plant fair Easter Sunday 10- 2:30. Cosy tea room.

Plenty of friendly advice from expert plants people.

Tel 343340 Junction of Outgang and Linchfield Rd.

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DAYS OUT

Are you planning a Spring outing?

Dr Pam Byrd shows the way When we are able to live an independent life, we know it is good for us to get out and about, visiting places of interest and enjoying the change of scenery.

Unless we have caring responsibilities, we rarely stop to really consider the benefits and challenges of going on outings for others who may be more dependant or less mobile.

An outing is something more than a necessary visit to the shops, the doctor, the bank or dentist. For some, even these types of practical visits are quite a task.

In this context we are considering an outing to be a trip for the pleasure of going somewhere different from our daily routine, whether visiting somewhere familiar or exploring somewhere new to us enjoying parks and gardens, heritage, theatre, meals out, meeting people for conversation and having a stimulating social experience.

A well planned outing is extremely beneficial for people of all ages, all abilities, and all financial circumstances, but does require some thinking ahead to ensure it is a positive experience for everyone. We are really fortunate to live in the Deepings as there are many places to visit at low cost within our local area. We also have good access to destinations further afield.

The key to ensuring a successful outing is all in the planning. If you are a carer and have the responsibility for meeting the needs of another person, the wide range of things to think about can be rather daunting but well worth the effort. The following checklist provides specific aspects to consider and may be helpful when discussing and preparing for an outing.

Choosing a destination. Find out about opening times, entrance fees and any concessions, parking and accessibility e.g. any steps, lifts, location of toilets, 42

covered areas and options for refreshments. Think through all the potential travel aspects from door to door to ensure the whole route is possible for everyone involved.

Agreeing a date. Are there options or is your date already fixed? We all know that the weather can make a big difference on the day so it is really important to keep a track of the forecast. It is also worth checking on what else might be going on in the area at the same time to avoid traffic jams or other travel hold ups.

Clothing and footwear. Find the right balance between feeling good and being comfortable for the day. These choices will depend on the venue, the level of activity and the expected weather. However, it is always helpful to pack other items ‘just in case’ i.e. for someone in a wheelchair, a plastic poncho provides more protection from rain, and spare sunglasses may be handy on a bright day whatever time of year it is.

Make sure the bags are manageable if you are the person who will end up carrying everything!

Personal items. These will depend on individual circumstances but may need to include mobility aids, continence items, special dietary requirements, medications, emergency contact details, a basic first aid kit, extra carrier bags, spare money and a mobile phone.

The most important thing is to talk it through in advance and plan together to ensure the outing is enjoyable for everybody. Taking photos can be helpful and will ensure that memories of the outing will continue to give pleasure for many months after the event.

Dr Pamela Byrd Director: Mulberry Home Care (Deepings and surrounding area) and The Mulberry Bush Childcare and Education Centre (Stamford)

01778 218 269

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