Deeping ISSUE 027 / AUGUST 2017
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The Figg
Family Trail
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The first competitive game of the season for Deeping Rangers will be in the FA Cup when they travel to Peterborough Northern Star on Saturday 5th August. The Club itself, which with 250 members is one of the largest in South Lincolnshire, enjoyed a very successful season which culminated in SRSN’S fourth annual football awards proving to be a roaring success for Deeping Rangers. The event saw 200 people squeezing into the function room at Stamford AFC. Football ambassador, former Scotland International Willie Carr, was guest of honour. There was major recognition for Deeping Rangers duo Scott Coupland, who clinched the hotshot award for top goal scorer, and Richard Stainsby, named top goalkeeper. Deeping Rangers’ Scott Waumsley was Youth Player of the Year. Deeping Under 16s, (pictured having won Lincolnshire County Club Final 2017) clinched the youth team of the year prize. There is nothing better than to go up and cheer our home team on, watch great football, have a bovril at half time, chat to fellow supporters and all for just £6 for an adult ticket, £4 concessions! And at the same time supporting all those volunteers at the Club who make this possible!
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Sports & Social Club Summer Ball
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Follow the Figg family trail
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A stitch in time
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Profile: Dick Callow
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Winning tickets with a racy past
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Exploring by bus
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Five great summer eats
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Ministry of Dance
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When you’re next in West Deeping, have a look round St Andrew’s Church – at the grandiose plaques that commemorate long-departed members of the Figg family. Visitors often ask about all these Figgs – several Johns and even more Richards, who made a habit of choosing wives called Mary! Their story can be pieced together – making allowances for a few gaps and possible errors. It does help that over the years at least three families descended from the Figgs have got in touch – so we have photos and stories handed down through the generations about their West Deeping ancestry. More details have been tracked down at Lincolnshire Archives - from parish registers, wills and inventories, title deeds, legal settlements and personal correspondence. Walk round the village looking closely at the datestones on the older properties – RF and JMF are the initials that provide the clue to their Figg ownership. Going back through about 300 years of evidence really brings an understanding of the family’s importance in the area.
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Starting in the church The memorial plaques are rather confusing as three of them mention several generations of Figgs spreading over 50 years. This is partly because all but one of the plaques were not put up until the 1870s when extensive repairs and alterations were carried out in the nave and all the Figg gravestones were removed from the floor. However, the earliest plaque, in the south aisle nearest to the chancel, was erected before the Victorian disruption. The most significant name is Richard Figg, the first of the The earliest Figg family plaque in St Andrew’s Church West Deeping Figg ‘dynasty’. We think he was born in Crowland in 1645, but we know for sure from the parish registers that he and his wife Ann had three children – John, William and Richard - who were all baptised in West Deeping between 1681 and 1695. Richard’s name crops up in various contexts – he was a churchwarden in 1683 and Land Tax assessor for West Deeping in 1702. In his will he refers to himself as a ‘yeoman’ – a farmer with his own land - a step down from landed gentry but well above agricultural labouring. He died in 1729 aged 84, making him the longest-lived member of the family. Of Richard’s three sons, William and John outlived him by only a year or two, so the only surviving grandson, William’s son – another Richard - must have become heir to the Figg estate at the age of only eleven, under his mother’s and uncle’s guardianship. He was evidently grateful - it was he who in later years erected that memorial to his grandfather, father and uncles. He also set out to make the most of his fortune – there are masses of records of his buying and leasing parcels of land, not only in West Deeping but across the Deepings and in the Fen, in Tallington and Bainton. He wanted people to know what he owned too - there are several buildings in the village with his initials RF and dated during his lifetime, 1721 to 1785. An obituary in the Stamford Mercury described Richard as a former High Constable for Kesteven but simply a ‘farmer’. The memorial plaques describe both grandfather and grandson as ‘Gent.’ – definitely another step up from a yeoman or a farmer! It could well have been grandson Richard who adopted the coat-of-arms used on the Figg memorials – featuring a silver wolf. As there’s no record
of this crest in any of the standard heraldry sources, a local expert suggests that the Figgs must have assumed arms without proper authority! The family crest they claimed belongs to the Boyles of Kentish Town, granted in 1569. Is it just a coincidence that Richard’s mother Mary was a Boyall or Boyle before she married his father William? But she came from nearby Stowe – not Kentish Town!
The Figg coat of arms
The memorial plaques continue the family story through several more generations of Richards, Johns and Marys. But the family tree takes on more meaning with a few details added from the archives and newspaper articles that are available from the late 18th century. The Richard last mentioned had only one son, John, who followed in his father’s footsteps as High Constable and must have been closely involved with the family farm and making his mark on village architecture, as we shall see. John married another Mary who with their two sons – another John and another Richard - inherited the estate in 1792. The house and farm at the end of The Lane were left to John while the other house, farm and King Street properties went to Richard, with an annuity for his widow.
Richard Figg’s candelabra
Before leaving the church, there are a few more clues to the Figgs’ status and importance. The magnificent candelabra above the nave is dated 1770 and inscribed with an explanation of the part played by ‘Richard Figg, Gent’ who had received £31 from a tenant farmer, 20 guineas of which paid for the ‘branch’ as well as £10 worth of ‘coales for such persons as receive no collection’. Look even higher to see that ‘J.Figg Ch Wn 1803’ is carved into one of the roof trusses. John Figg must have been the church warden when the timber was replaced or the roof was repaired. (It’s too high up to have been done without scaffolding.)
Finally, look for the framed declaration hanging on the south wall of the tower. This is evidence that the last Richard Figg, who died in 1816 aged 45, was one of the founders of the charity, still in existence, for the benefit of the “poor and necessitous persons of the parish”. His bequest was £20 – and after death duties, £17 was invested and the interest was to be used to buy bread, each year on the Feast of St Thomas. continued >
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FEATURE Everything else he owned was left to his wife in trust for his daughter Mary Ann, only four years of age at the time of his death. Sadly, Mary Ann’s twin brother - Richard – had died shortly after birth so this line of the The last of the Figgs: Richard (1775–1816) and Mary Figg family came to an end (1785–1861) when Mary Ann married, and took the name of Smith. Of the next generation, only Henry John is commemorated in the church. He died as a baby in 1848 and was buried at the foot of his grandfather Richard. Two more of Richard’s grandsons who died as children have graves just to the right of the gate as you leave the churchyard.
the last Richard Figg’s death, the village Enclosure Award and map shows the house and outbuildings on a plot of more than two acres, stretching from the churchyard wall on the west round to the ‘Navigation’, (the Stamford Canal) on the north. In Richard’s will he left this “capital messuage or farmhouse with the dovecote, barns, stables and homestead”, along with the rest of his property, to his wife Mary.
Seth Smith (1807-1882)
King Street, West Deeping in the early 20th century
The village trail Carry on the search for evidence with a tour of the village. On the corner of Church Lane and King Street, the house swathed with wisteria blossom every May, and now known as Sundial Cottage, was once the Figgs’ farmhouse. The sundial above the front door still bears traces of red paint on the eroded Figg family crest, matching that on the memorials in the church. The date – 1719 – is the earliest of all the date stones in the village and Mary Ann Smith, is now hardly visible. In 1813, three years before nee Figg 14
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When farmer Seth Smith of Market Deeping married Mary Ann Figg in 1835 he naturally took on the running of the farm and over the years they filled the house with children. Out of their twelve children, five sons and four daughters survived childhood. It’s the descendants of William Smith, the seventh child and Margaret, the eighth child, who have kindly provided copies of family portraits and photographs which were probably taken at this house.
Walking north along King Street, the next sign of Figg ownership is on the gable-end of 43,King Street. It must have been John Figg (17471792), the father of the two brothers who benefited from the Enclosure Award, who put up the stone with the initials J, M and F dated 1785. ‘M’ Date stone from Richard Figg’s Lane Yard barn would be his wife Mary’s initial. She also left her mark, MF, on the three-storey house next door, 41 King Street. The gable end that can be seen from The Lane is dated 1798, after her husband died and her elder son John moved into the larger house at the far end of The Lane. There’s another dated stone on the other side of the garden wall hidden from public view – RF 1755. At a guess, this was taken off a barn referred to in several of Richard Figg’s papers as the ‘Lane Yard Barn’ on this plot. continued >
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FEATURE The house at the far end of The Lane now known as Cromwell House was the larger of the two farmhouses owned by the Figgs. A stone on a large barn to the east, dated 1771 and initialled RF, points to the son of William and Mary, Richard, who erected the first family memorial in the church. (The date stone was moved from the barn to the gable-end of “Manor Barn” when the property was converted into a house.) Another stone dated 1780 with the initial F above J and M can be found on the end of a stable next to the house and probably dates Richard Figg’s barn dated 1771 from a time when John and Mary Figg were also making changes to the façade of the house. This farm was handed down through another two generations of Figgs (both Johns) before the male line ran out. Daughters Elizabeth Wright Figg and Frances Figg both married well but kept the West Deeping property to rent out so the farm remained in family ownership until 1880.
Returning to King Street, there are still a few more points of interest on the trail As well as the farms, the Figg family acquired at least two other properties which passed down through the generations and ended up with Mary Ann and Seth Smith. One of these was the Red Lion Public House – the only one of four pubs or alehouses in the village that has survived. A stone on the front is initialled RF and dated 1795, which could lead to thinking it was the last Richard Figg (the one whose daughter Mary Ann married Seth Smith) who built it. Architectural evidence points to a different story – that a much older building was re-fronted at this time – but more research would be needed to trace its earlier history.
Further north along King Street is Woodbine Cottage, built of red brick with a plaque on the façade dated 1896. You’d think it unlikely that it would provide any evidence of the Figg family from two or three centuries ago. But the plot of land and the cottage and little outhouse that previously stood there are shown on the 1813 Enclosure map as Richard Figg’s. Ownership of the property was transferred down through the family until Woodbine Cottage was built for Mary Charlton, granddaughter of Richard Figg, one of Mary Ann and Seth Smith’s daughters. To prove it, there are two date plaques built into the south-facing gable end – 1756 and 1765, both initialled RF. Mary Charlton was the last member of the Figg family to live in the village as far as it’s known. Although she had married, her husband deserted her and in 1891 she had been living with her mother. Mary Ann Smith died in 1895, presumably leaving Mary Charlton enough to build Woodbine Cottage. In 1901 she was listed on the census as married and ‘Living on own means’. In the 1911 census she was a widow of 73, living alone and she listed her occupation as a “Plain needleworker”. We know from her probate records that she lived there until she died in 1920, aged 83 and left her effects of about £600 to her niece Charlotte Smith. Mary Charlton and her parents, Mary Ann and Seth Smith, chose their last resting place in the King Street Cemetery – the last place to visit in this Figg family trail. Their graves are at the end, furthest from the road, and in the right-hand corner under the trees.
The Smith graves in King Street cemetery
This village trail tells only part of the history of the many generations of Figgs and Smiths, all of whom have left their traces in West Deeping. There are many more stories to tell of the prolific Smith family – a poisoning attempt, the whereabouts of the family silver, the loss of the family fortune through standing as surety for a friend (or was it through drink?), the great-grandfather who was a Methodist lay preacher as well as a bare-knuckle fighter or one of the relatives who had gone to Russia as a governess but returned home with her money sewn into her corsets! But those are for another article!
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Richard Figg’s Red Lion
Words and research: Maggie Ashcroft Photographs: Paul Bragg, Allan Crowson, Maggie Ashcroft Family portraits: Hilary Saynor, Jean Smith Kesteven Award 24 West Deeping and Tallington
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PROFILE FEATURE
Dick Callow
A century of gents hairdressing As you go round the roundabout coming into Market Deeping the red and white striped barbers pole outside Callows looks as if it has been there forever and you would almost be right. Number 7 Market Place has been a barbers since 1898 when Thomas Bowman, aged 19, married Ada Smart and moved his hairdressing business from premises in the High Street. The family grew with the birth of two boys and two girls and all was well until in 1910 Thomas became gravely ill and died of consumption. Ada struggled to make ends meet. One son went to live in Long Sutton and the other, Eric, though only 7, helped by doing odd jobs for Mr Strickson the Saddler. Ada’s brother, also a hairdresser, came to help out with the business and was able to pass on some of his expertise to Eric who went on to become an apprentice to Mr Keach in Peterborough. His uncle having been called up to fight in the War, it was left to Eric, now 16, to once again open the doors of the hairdresser at 7 Market Place in 1919. This was a key year in the life of Eric Bowman as he met the woman who was to become his wife that year, but so busy was he with the business that they didn’t marry until 1946 when they made the rooms above the shop into their home. Meanwhile Dick Callow had been bought up in a farming family in Swineshead, leaving school when he was 14 years old. He trained to be a hairdresser in Boston and would cycle eight miles there and back every day, earning the princely sum of just ten shillings a week. Sixty-two years ago Dick, then 22, saw this hairdressing business advertised in the newspaper and in 1955 he and his wife June moved in. 18
‘It was quiet in those days,’ Dick reflects ‘there were just two hairdressers, us and the Prentices whose premises were where Sharman Quinney is now. We worked in the front of the shop and lived at the back.’ It was here that the couple raised their two children, Andrew and Howard. Later Howard was to go Technical College in Peterborough where he learnt to be a barber but preferred shop work and has been part of the double act that has run the shop and barbers for many years. When Dick started in Market Deeping a cut would be just 50p; now it is still only £8. He has seen the changes in hair fashion from the RAF lads who liked a short back and sides to the DA years when customers liked it long and combed
back, now it seems to be a 0 (depicting the cutter size used) all over and customers come back and have their hair cut every two or three weeks. Giving wet shaves using a cut-throat razor are not as popular as they were in the days before the First World War when Gillette sent a million razors with blades to be issued to the troops. Eric Bowman can remember the impact this had on trade, but Dick Callow, aged 86, still has a steady enough hand to give someone a wet shave and recently had a customer come from Stamford for just that reason! In the 1970s Eric Bowman gave up the chiropody business that he had continued to run from number 5 and Dick bought the premises which allowed him to expand his business. He had already moved the family into the flat upstairs and the barbers moved to the back of the premises where it is today. ‘We sold fireworks at that time,’ Dick remembers, ‘there were long queues for them in the three weeks leading up to Guy Fawkes Day.’ The coming of enhanced storage regulations, though, made the sale of fireworks on the premises untenable and Dick concentrated his sales on tobacco and the sweets in jars for which he is known today. A quarter of your favourite sweets wrapped up In a white paper bag with ears twisted at either end are still the stock in trade for Callows shop and Howard can list the top ten favourites: ‘Wine gums, sherbet lemons, rhubarb and custard, sherbet pips, ABC letters, chocolate raisins. Merry Maid toffees, jelly babies, jelly beans and Millions.’ Having had a house built in Horsegate, for many years Dick would cycle to work and has only just given that up for the comfort of the car. He is the proud grandfather to Andrew’s
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three daughters, Rachel, Nicola and Michelle, and great-grandfather to George, Jake, Thomas and Liam. One of his greatest achievements was winning the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Deeping Business Club Award Ceremony in 2016. In celebration of his eightieth year, son Howard arranged for a strip-o-gram to be delivered to the barbers and the whole event and Dick’s daily routine was charmingly recorded in a video in the style of the 1970’s TV adaptation of Clochemerle. Dick met June at a dance at the Gliderdrome in Boston and the couple have spent a lifetime dancing, now enjoying the tea dances at the Coronation Hall on Friday afternoons. They have cruised all over the world, the climax being when they flew to New York on Concorde to sail back on the Queen Mary. As part of their Diamond Anniversary celebrations the couple featured on the Graham Norton radio show.
‘one of his greatest achievements was winning the Lifetime Achievement Award in the Deeping Business Club Award Ceremony in 2016’
Not only has Dick given the Deepings a lifetime of service but, so he says, he has enjoyed a lifetime of banter, liking nothing more than the exchange of jokes and gossip and family stories with generations of the same family whose hair he has cut over the years. Historic details from ‘A glimpse of the past The Market Place’ published by Deepings Heritage
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AUCTION
Memories of the Dinner Dance held at the Georgian Restaurant, Market Deeping on 15 November 1963 – with a ticket signed by World Champion racing driver Graham Hill.
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Winning tickets with a racy past David Brown reveals all A couple of interesting pieces of ephemera with a Deeping link turned up in a recent auction at Bourne. The June collector’s sale at Golding, Young & Mawer at Bourne on Monday June 19th included two separate lots consisting of tickets to the Rubery, Owen & Co. Ltd. Sports and Social Club’s Annual Dinner Dance on Friday, 15th November 1963. The dance was held at the Georgians Restaurant, Market Deeping, 7.30pm for 8pm – 2am, with dancing to The Astorians, with a ticket price of 15 shillings (75p). So what made the two tickets worth hammer prices of £50-60 in the sale? Simply because they were signed by “To Doreen With Best Wishes Graham Hill”.
Graham Hill had won the Formula 1 World Championship driving BRM cars in 1962, while the Bourne-based BRM motor racing team had also gained a championship title as Constructors. Rubery, Owen & Co. Ltd., the West Midlands-based engineering company had taken over the BRM team from 1952 and by 1962 their chief, Sir David Owen, was threatening to pull the plug if they didn’t do better. You couldn’t do much better than winning the double championship and the champagne corks had popped at a Civic Reception to mark the achievement at Bourne’s Corn Exchange on March 13th, 1963. Obviously there was still room for some more celebration – and bubbly - by the time the Annual Dinner Dance was held at the Georgians in November. Does any reader have any memories of the evening at the Georgians? Or perhaps photos from the event? If so, it would be great to share them. continued >
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‘the Bournebased BRM motor racing team had also gained a championship title as Constructors’
The day before the June auction, Sunday 18th, had been Bourne’s Annual Classic Car & Bike Carnival, and Golding,Young & Mawer entered in the spirit with a BRMbased display that included a 1974 BRM P201 V12 racing car kindly loaned by Bourne-based racing specialists Hall & Hall.
that is housed in one of the former BRM workshops. Cars travelled from as far afield as Essex and Yorkshire to take part in the display alongside Colin’s example that has just been treated to a new coat of Brooklands Green paint by Hall Brothers garage at Morton.
The Rover 200 BRM cars were introduced Auctioneer Colin in 1999 as a homage Young (of Bargain by Rover to their Hunt and Antiques link with BRM when Road Trip TV fame), Colin Young of Golding, Young & Mawer with his Rover 200 BRM car outside the they co-operated on the company’s salerooms in Bourne, originally workshops of the BRM motor racing team. owns a Rover 200 building of a prototype BRM limited edition car and with Deeping St James-based gas turbine car that raced in Le Mans 24-Hour races in the journalist David Brown arranged for eight of the cars to be mid-1960s. The prototype is now on display at the British displayed outside the sales room off Spalding Road, Bourne, Motor Museum, Gaydon, Warwickshire.
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More villages to explore around the Deepings on a Delaine bus with a rover ticket! Having boarded the 201 bus at Bourne, stay on at Stamford (this first part of the journey will have taken 45 minutes) and be treated to the delightful and historic villages that lie to the south. Pilsgate is a tiny hamlet, one to come back and explore the off-road route to Stamford, in field margins screened from traffic running by walls and hedgerows. Look out of the window and see Pudding Bag Lane and ponder over the origins of the name! Barnack is bathed in a honey hue, largely constructed of Barnack ragstone, a durable limestone that was quarried from Roman times in the area adjacent to the village known as the Hills and Hollows. The stone was used in the construction of both Peterborough and Ely cathedrals. The area is now a Special Area of Conservation to protect the orchidrich grassland. The hummocky landscape has long ceased to be quarried but is Hills and Hollows
a glorious spot for a gentle walk and to admire the many butterflies that flutter amongst the flowers. A good starting point in the village is always the church and that of St John the Baptist has been identified as one of England’s finest churches by no less than Simon Jenkins. Built on the site of the first church, probably made of wood in the early seventh century, Barnack village had recently been given by King Wulfhere of Mercia to Medehamstede, or Peterborough as it is now known. The oldest parts of the present church are the Saxon tower, boasting some fabulous carvings, a Saxon sundial and the sculpture of Christ in the north aisle wall which was dug up from under the floor in 1931 and is thought to be contemporary with the Tower. Explore when there is a coffee morning at the church on the third Saturday of the month 10.3012, or visit on a Wednesday when The
Coffee Stop is held in the Village Hall between 10.30 and 12.30 where toasted tea cakes, scones, cafetière coffee and tea are served. Spot the mediaeval windows and carvings that have been incorporated into newer buildings as you wander down the quaint main street and come across The Square. Easily spotted is the old Butcher’s Shop with Victorian tiled panels on the front. Pork pies and meat were cooked in The Millstone the Old Bakehouse across the Square. Dominating the Square is Westcroft, sold at auction in 1834 to William and Elizabeth Lambert for £255. Nearby is Kingsley House, once the rectory and named after Charles Kingsley, rector from 1824-32. His son, author of The Water Babies, spent his childhood here. Tucked in the corner is The Fox which closed as a pub in 1999. Now the only remaining Pub of what were once six is the Millstone with a date stone of 1672. The pub, which has recently been refurbished, is open at lunchtimes daily from 12.00. To make your way back to the bus continued >
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EXPLORING BY BUS stop meander down Jack Haws Lane to the Bainton Road. Bainton like DSJ has a Butter Cross and like ours it was also moved, this one possibly from the corner of Church Lane. It has a ball above an old cross and four steps, and it provided a market place for the sale of foodstuffs. A medieval carving in the church (located under in the mat in the entrance) suggests that it was previously more ornate. The area was also the site of the stocks and whipping post until 1860. The Church of St Mary’s was built in the late 11th-12th century as a chapel-at-ease to the mother church at Ufford by the Torpel Lords of the Manor. Little of the original church remains as it was reconstructed in the 14th and 15th centuries. Entrance is through the battlemented wedding porch with stone benches either side, and an octagonal stone shaft, probably for holy water. There are many interesting stone houses to see in the village and a stone plinth on Tallington Road erected in the Millennium incorporates an engraved plate with important landmarks. Walk down Church Lane, the oldest part of the village. Originally all the cottages were thatched. The first was a post office, the second a butcher’s shop and further down the lane is Vine Cottage dating from 1785, whose first owner sold the land on which the Blue Boar was built. It is no longer a pub but you can admire the fitting weather vane and old pub sign and 26
walk on to admire Cobley’s farmhouse, dating from 1719. Opposite is the home of Plant Eggs with 75,000 laying hens in a poultry unit. Willowgate Cottage dates from 1650 and was owned by Sir John Trollope Bart in 1799. Now you are at the end of the village, hop onto the bus and on to Helpston! Birthplace of John Clare, as Frieda Gosling says in her interesting book Exploring the Heritage of Helpston available to buy from John Clare Cottage, (Mon, Fri and Sun), this is a village of cottages; in the past most were rented and many of them housed several generations of more than one family. A meander through this quintessential English village reveals stories such as that of Cromwell House on Maxey Road just before the charmingly named Golden Drop. It is thought to date back to Tudor times. The three acres of land were one of Helpston’s ancient enclosures and the land and probably five cottages were acquired by Elizabeth Wright in 1797. In 1874-75 the cottages were sold to Mr Towgood , who was buying up properties Helpston Churchyard for employees of the paper mill. Stop awhile and have lunch at the Bluebell, where Clare himself was once a pot boy; it has cosy corners in the winter and a secluded courtyard in summer. A visit to the pretty churchyard of St Botolph’s shows a lavender hedge alive with bees in summer, and Clare’s burial place can also be viewed, the fading tombstone now supplemented by a modern addition.
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Wait while the trains whistle through the levelcrossing and take time to see the old station buildings and then on to Helpston Bridge for the Glinton bus stop. Walk up the road to Glinton and the 12th-century St Benedict’s Church. Greeting you in the porch are two tomb tops depicting a forester and a lady wearing a wimple, thought to be from the De La Mare family who came to England with William the Conqueror and whose tombs were moved from Northborough. The fourth gargoyle on the southern wall is baring his buttocks with an upside-down face leering between his legs. It is thought that the stonemason was unhappy with his remuneration which he expressed with this gargoyle in a direct line with Peterborough Cathedral! Just outside the church there is a useful guide to the village in tablet form and just beyond the Manor House can still be seen, built in the Dutch style by the Wyldebore family in 1620-30. The dovecote in an adjacent field is the largest in Cambridgeshire with 2,500 holes. Lunch at the Bluebell, recommended in the 2017 Michelin Guide, is a real treat and light bites are available from the kitchen of Will Frankgate as are dishes just for kids. If you prefer lunch on the hoof then fresh local produce can be purchased from the Nisa shop and post office which offers Grasmere sausage rolls, Curtis’s cakes and strawberries and summer fruits from Lutton Farm. Next time we’ll get off the bus at Stamford!
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Ministry of Dance - a hub of dance and fitness in the Deepings Dance and fitness instructors Tracy Macullum Fidta, Carol Holland and Sally Wormall offer a wide range of dance and fitness classes from Monday through to Saturday for adults and children in the Cross School, Deeping St James - plenty of parking, lots of laughs and bags of enthusiasm! Dance classes are on offer in a variety of genres, Ballet, Tap, Modern, Jazz, Acrobatics and Musical Theatre - brand new from September is Popdance Tots and Popdance Kids. This year the school have performed Fame with Mardi Gras Productions at the Royal Albert Hall, closer to home at the Stamford Corn Exchange with Handful of Harmonies with a
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‘Song for Sue’ while also appearing at the Easter Pantomime at The Cressett, at Deepings Literary Festival with ‘The Tales of Beatrix Potter’ also at the Rose & Sweet Pea Show, at St Guthlac’s Summer Fete and at Edenham Village Fete. For Children in Need the School held a Tapathon as part of a nationwide project for the Guinness Book of Records. Meanwhile students take exams through their grades for which the school are proud of their 100% pass rate. Tracy also provides a range of adult fitness classes, My-Barre, the Brand new Popdance classes, Tap dance and Ballet Conditioning. Long standing fitness instructor Sally Wormall has been teaching group exercise classes since 1980! She spent many years at
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bring her story to life, Margaret made the journey to Great Brickhill where the family lived close to the Church.
Margaret Reed (nee Smith) was a teenager in the late sixties when her Grandma (Winifred) Pallett came to stay in the same village near Whitby. Margaret was fascinated by the sampler on her wall in an old, probably original frame. Embroidered was the name Jane Linney 10 April 1861.
While conducting her research Margaret has meticulously charted the family tree on her handwritten charts which she has also transferred to a printed chart received as a present and is framed on her study wall for easy reference. As well as printing out relevant references from the census found online on Births Marriages and Deaths and including photographs, Margaret has produced for just the cost of several photograph albums a lasting memoire of her family history.
Margaret would ask about the history of the sampler and Winifred, who was delighted to find another family member interested in their forebears, was happy to oblige. Soon Winifred had unearthed a photograph taken of Jane Linney and her family taken in 1910. Jane had married John Shortland and they had had a daughter Minnie who had married Walter Davis. Winifred also gave Margaret the small card that at that time served as a death notice inscribed with the words ‘ In ever loving remembrance of Jane Shortland wife of John Shortland died January 11 1922 aged 78 years. Bromley Hill Cemetery.’ Margaret treasured these items through the years and later in her life and when the internet became more accessible she took them out of the drawer and looked again at the sampler, the picture and the death notice and decided that she would try and find out more about Jane Linney. Soon she found herself examining the 1861 census where at the very time Jane was stitching her sampler she was employed as a straw plaiter in Great Brickhill, Buckinghamshire where she lived with her five brothers and sisters at home with her mother and father, Hannah and William
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Linney, an agricultural labourer. A little research on the internet reveals that many young women and children were employed as straw plaiters in the Home Counties in the 19th century. Straw pipes were braided while damp to produce a woven strip which was sold on to the makers of hats and baskets. This industry was killed by free trade from 1860 which allowed cheap imports from Italy, China and Japan.
Most of us are not lucky enough to have one sampler in the family but to own two samplers both having been stitched by her great great grandmothers is remarkable! And Margaret has just that having fortuitously met up with an associate member of her Pallett family online. Avril Roberts had been fostered by Ruby Pallett who had kept the sampler of her grandmother Emma Wingrove stitched when she was 8 in 1841, folded up in the drawer. Ruby had committed the travesty of washing it after which holes developed in the backing fabric. On Ruby’s death, Avril had inherited the sampler but was pleased to restore the treasure to a direct line of the family. Margaret realising the value of the two
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Spurred on by the excitement of finding out more and more information online, Margaret has found a retirement hobby which can keep her occupied for several hours a day. Perhaps this is not unexpected when on talking to Margaret a love of history runs in her family, father Ron Smith originally having had the idea to set up a Civic Society in the Deepings and Deepings Heritage being the result. Thinking of starting to explore your own family history? Margaret recommends talking to your own relatives and making notes and to do it before it is too late! Quite often this is a mutually beneficial activity as many older members of the family like nothing more than to recollect their past! Online FreeBMD is a good starting point as is freereg.org.uk for parish registers,Lincstothepast.com gives free access to the counties parish registers Ancestry.co.uk and findmypast.co.uk offer a 14-day free trial and is free at the
Deepings Library open Mon, Weds, Fri 10-5 and Sat 10- 1.00pm Commonwealth War Graves offer a free service at cwgc. org as do family search.org Margaret has found that the registration taken in 1939 at the outbreak of the war has provided a very useful tool in her research as at the moment there are no census returns available after 1911 until 2022.
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ISLE OF WIGHT The majority of the larger towns are situated on the eastern side of the island. Sheltered in a beautiful bay with golden sands Sandown is a traditional British seaside town with a pier, and a great selection of attractions including a zoo housed in an old fort and a purpose-built dinosaur museum.
Enjoying the hazy balmy days of summer? Looking to elongate that relaxed feeling that only the warmer days of summer can offer? Then the Isle of Wight Is a definite consideration for a break this autumn. Offering a particularly mild and sunny climate this ‘Diamond Isle’ is considered a step back in time – recapture the days of Britain as they were a few decades ago on an island that offers the opportunity for a slow look at the world. What better than to watch colourful boats and yachts bobbing up and down in the Solent with convivial company and a favourite tipple in hand? Queen Victoria spent many happy childhood holidays here, falling in love with the island, and so it was natural that she and Prince Albert would build their family home here. Osborne House was built in the Italianate style, as the panoramic views over the Solent that its situation offered reminded Albert of the Bay of Naples. After the Prince’s death the Durbar Wing was added, containing a large reception room and accommodation for Princess Beatrice, Victoria’s youngest married daughter, and was designed by Lockyard Kipling, father of author Rudyard. His elaborate Indian design reflected the Queen’s status as Empress of India.
In the 18th century the first tourists arrived at Alum Bay and during the early part of the 19th century it became a must go to for every island holidaymaker. During the World Wars the area was heavily militarised and access to visitors was prohibited. Now its multicoloured sand cliffs are once again top of the tourist agenda. The Needles are one of the most photographed groups of rocks in the world and a must for many Deeping photographers. This row of three distinctive chalk stacks feature in all classic views of the island and form the western tip of a band of chalk which crosses the centre of the island stretching to Culver Cliff in the east, a superb habitat for many kinds of wildlife. The island abounds with pretty chocolate-box villages, such as Godshill between the towns of Shanklin and Newport. Godshill is replete with thatched cottages, a medieval church, detailed model village and a winding main street lined with quaint tearooms and shops offering local crafts and produce. The villages are dotted around the beautiful countryside, and Bembridge is one of the largest in the UK
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campaigner Mary Colwell, presenter MartinHughes Games and zoologist and presenter Mark Carwardine will join Chris in this discussion, chaired by the Badger Trust’s Dominic Dyer. • A discussion with leading conservationists, including BTO’s Andy Clements and Stephanie Hilborne, CEO of The Wildlife Trust, will look at the impact Brexit might have on birds and other wildlife.
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Vine House Farm is celebrating ten years in partnership with The Wildlife Trust at the Fair and will raffle a special bird-box, every part of which has been made using recycled materials by master craftsman Robin Laycock . Entry costs just £1 & the
Birdfair founder and Manager Tim Appleton, said: ‘Recent press articles have revealed what we knew all along: watching birds and wildlife is cool! So we look forward to welcoming new birders and nature fans of all ages to the biggest celebration of wildlife in the UK and quite possibly the world!’ This year the fundraising theme is Saving Paradise in the Pacific, aiming to eliminate non-native rats and goats which have been decimating populations of native birds on the French Polynesian island of Rapa Iti .These include the endangered Rapa fruit dove, along with eleven threatened seabirds like the Rapa shearwater and the local form of white-bellied storm petrel.
winner will be picked by email. All proceeds will go to the winner’s local Wildlife Trust. If you can’t make it to the Birdfair, please call in at the Farm Shop to leave your email to enter the draw. Winner will be drawn on 31/08/2017. Vine House Farm will be in Marquee 7, Stand 1. Visit www.birdfair.org.uk 37
The River Restaurant at the Boundary
The River Restaurant is as its name suggests is beautifully positioned on the Welland to give great views over to the fields beyond and to life at the waters edge. As with all aspects of the River Restaurant the garden is planted to perfection providing a pretty setting to sample the menu of award winning fish and chips and more! As well as the popular cod and haddock there is plaice, lemon sole, hake, huss and many more. Specials available daily include seabass, skate and mackerel. Flame grilled meals including locally sourced Lincolnshire Sausage, gammon, sirloin steak, piri piri chicken and grilled fish are also served. A lunch time deal for senior citizens is available 7 days a week for just £7 and Saturday is family day with 2 kids under 10 eating off the kids menu free when accompanied by an adult ordering off the main menu. Mon, Tues and Weds are gluten free days and between 11.30 and 5pm on those days 2 regular cod and chips is just £12! Parties are hosted at the restaurant and special themed nights are just £19 for a 3-course meal and live entertainment. “Where Quality And Service Counts” is the Restaurant’s motto and judging by its popularity, they would seem to fulfil those objectives’ www.boundaryfishandchips.co.uk
The Bluebell at Helpston The courtyard at the Bluebell is a secluded suntrap surrounded with creamy Barnack Ragstone, terracotta roof tiles and farrow and ball décor. The atmosphere is Mediterranean in a quintessentially English setting. Head chef, Dan is keen to produce seasonal dishes using local produce, meat is from nearly Willowbrook Farm and cheese from Stilton Cheeses. The Pub stocks a variety of real ales brewed locally and they are now also famous for their Gin Club. G & Tea is served between 3 and 5.00pm on Saturdays and Sundays- you will be treated to cucumber sandwiches, homemade scones with jam and clotted cream served with a teapot full of Hendricks Gin, cucumber and Fever Tree Tonic Water. £15 per person. Pre-booking is essential. Go on... it would be rude not to! The Bluebell Inn. www.bluebellhelpston.co.uk 38
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Six Bells, Witham on the Hill Winding your way out of the Deeping’s towards the folds of Northamptonshire through Braceborough and Manthorpe will lead you to Witham on the Hill. With it’s gorgeous Manor House, now a school, and even some village stocks you will find the Six Bells. Designed and built as a village pub the attractive frontage is enhanced by a collection of tables which capture the best of the summer sun. Step inside and the Six Bells offers a range of amazing dining in a contemporary and fresh design. All the work of Jim and Sharon Trevor who have a long track record of great local restaurants including retaining the coveted Bib Gourmand from the Michelin Red Guide for 11 years for Jim’s Yard in Stamford. Since 2013 they have focussed on offering at the Six Bells freshly prepared, locally sourced, seasonal menus, including classic pizzas from their authentic wood burning oven. This is the most exciting feature of the Six Bells and is great if you are with a family. Fresh pizza from a wood oven can’t really be beaten can it? They also have a broad range of refined dishes from the main kitchen to appeal to all the family. You can also take home with you freshly baked breadwhich is an absolute must.
The Five Horseshoes at Barholm Barholm is a sleepy hamlet on the Greatford road just five miles away from Market Deeping with a handful of houses, an interesting church, and a pleasant walk across the fields to Greatford. It is also home to the Five Horseshoes. A traditional pub with good craic and well kept real ales, free range eggs to buy, local magazines to read and on Friday and Saturday evenings Dale Regan and Woodstove pizzas. I have heard it said that these are the best pizzas this side of Naples and it is true that there is often a wait on sunny Friday and Saturday evenings in the summer. Delicious! Thin crusts and a great variety of toppings from seafood to mixed grill, BBQ to Pulled Pork, from just £6.50 for a Margherita most are around £8.50. Great garden for the kids to play in and bring your dogs to and the bar staff are second to none! Good idea to arrive early. Call ahead on 07941781168
Outdoor catering for all events with home grown beef & lamb and Lincs quality pork.
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White Hart, Ufford Cambridgeshire’s pub of the Year 2017 can be found only a stones throw from the Deeping’s. The White Hart in Ufford has been a village inn since the 17th century. If you want to experience one of the most unspoilt villages in the area then we can heartily recommend a visit. On arrival you can’t help but be impressed by the imposing prospect of the village church set back up high in the field opposite the pub. This sets a scene which continues around the White Hart. The styling is wonderful from the outside in you will notice an amazing attention to detail. The pub offers accommodation in rooms with great names reflecting the former use of the buildings including the “cart hovel.” Once you are inside the quirky interior is just the right blend of old and new with character at every turn. For summertime however it really excels, and the courtyard gardens abound with plants and flowers all in a huge variety of vintage containers, troughs and pots. The variety of flowers and layers of planting makes for a really beautiful setting in which to eat. We were delighted however that we didn’t have to do all the watering, it must be a job in itself! The food is excellent using local, seasonal produce, combined with a range of draft local ales and the most incredible garden makes for a very enjoyable family meal or as the setting for a special event. The White Hart can cater for weddings and parties and would make a stunning setting for any celebration.
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what’s on Raft Race Sunday 6th August
11.30-am Mini Raft Race 12.00 Youth Race 1.00 Main Race 1.30 Fun Race 1.45 Ladies Race 2.00 The Bruce Tokens Memorial Cup Race 3.45 Best dressed spectator presentation 4.00 Trophy Presentations in the High Street
Open Craft Day John Clare Cottage, Helpston Saturday August 5th 11.am - 4.pm Potters, turners, jewellery makers. woodturners, embroidery and textile workers, makers of handmade soaps and preserves - a wealth of creative talent on our doorstep! CafĂŠ will be open
Baston in the Blitz August 5th & 6th Brudenell Playing Field, Baston, PE6 9PA WWII weekend extravaganza featuring dozens of military displays, hundreds of reenactors, many vintage military and civilian vehicles, static aircraft displays and much more besides. With more than fifty trade stalls, there are also plenty of browsing opportunities. Live musical entertainment will run continuously throughout both days. Other star attractions include firepower demonstrations, battle re-enactments and BBMF flypasts on both days. Fully catered with licensed bar facilities. 40
Events calendar at www.deepings.co.uk
West Deeping Heritage Group. Tuesday 5th September 7 for 7.30pm West Deeping Village Hall ‘Not All Bling! 20 Years of Treasure’ Join Helen Fowler, Peterborough and Cambridgeshire’s Finds Liaison Officer, for this illustrated talk about the shiny, and not so shiny, historic items found by the public, including the Bronze Age gold torc unearthed in a Cambridgeshire field. All welcome £2.50. Further details: wdheritage@hotmail.co.uk or 01778 344768
Meet the author Hilary Spiers at Deepings Library Sat August 12th 10 - 12.30pm
Hilary Spiers is a novelist, award-winning short story writer and playwright. She enjoys writing about ordinary women in extraordinary circumstances. She lives in Stamford.
Something for
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Raft Race Day-Fun for the Kids 6th August 2017
Hilary’s novel, Hester and Harriet, was published in March 2016. Her second novel, Hester & Harriet: Love, Lies and Linguine was published in March 2017.
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Pony Rides - Cardyke Cobs Mini Bumper Cars Free Bouncy Castle Messy-play Exotic Pet Refuge Pets Corner by Animates Vets Reptiles
Art Display to help funds for a defibrillator at the centre Tea and light refreshments available
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EXPERT ADVICE
What treasures do we keep and why? dismissive and treat our belongings carelessly or just see the financial value.
Over our lifetime from early childhood to our later years, we each collect so many things as keepsakes of special people and special times spent together - gifts, photographs, jewellery, furniture, pictures, plants, clothing, ornaments, brochures and other memorabilia.
When special items are passed down within the family, their value may be much more than monetary as they will also be a trigger for linking the generations in a way that builds greater understanding of relationships and family events. Where possible, try to spend time patiently with others to learn about the meaning behind their treasures and listen to their stories about why an item is precious to them.
Each item we choose to keep has a personal meaning. When we look at and handle our treasures the experience brings back the memories and wakens our imagination, enabling us to recount the history and meaning of the object or photograph. Our experience is unique and no one else will feel the same way, however much we tell our stories. Thinking and talking about the past can generally trigger a positive emotional response that contributes to our well-being, maybe a smile or perhaps even soft tears for times long passed. Such nostalgia keeps us connected to the events that make us who we are, and such periods of reminiscence are an important part of the ageing process. Holding on to a few precious items and recounting the stories behind them helps families and friends to bond. For much of our lives we spend time gathering such items, yet periodically we need to have transition phases where we sort and discard those items that no longer meet our needs. ‘Decluttering’ can be part of an annual spring clean, moving home, changing jobs, planning a family occasion, or just the urge for a 42
If a family member of any age is leaving home, downsizing, or moving into some form of supported care, it is really important to discuss the personal items they wish to take so that memories can be sustained in their new surroundings. It can be helpful to put together a ‘keeping box’ containing their personal treasures. If some items are too large or too many to take, photographs can be a good solution. Over time, the stories behind the items can be written down and included in the box as a journal in case the memory fades. The prospect of sorting through our memorabilia can be daunting, but ultimately it can be a rewarding experience. change to maintain order and move on in our lives. Yet what starts out as a practical task of tidying can soon become a minefield of indecision if we are not ready to let some things go. Only we can make the final choice of what to keep - despite the willingness of others to help with the sorting process. For those who struggle to let anything go, there can be a fine line between beneficial collecting and detrimental hoarding. When our possessions have strong emotional ties to the past, it can be distressing when others are
Dr Pamela Byrd Director: Mulberry Home Care (Deepings and surrounding area) and The Mulberry Bush Childcare and Education Centre (Stamford)
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