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Deeping ISSUE 20 / JAN 2017

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Welcome Make this year the year that makes a difference! To you, to your family, to your friends, to your community. There are so many opportunities to do so! Last year little Megan Underwood cut off her beautiful hair to make wigs for cancer sufferers, Diane and Pete Wheatley completed yet more exacting challenges for Macmillan, the Signal Box campaigners continued to fight for the rebuild. The Rotary, the Lions, the Men’s Group and the Round Table continued to push the boat out to help others. The Raft Race committee put on a yet again fantastically enjoyable day while the Rugby Club staged events to please all. In the very end you know the only thing that is left is the legacy that we leave - make yours one to be proud of!

Pictured are more than 70 guests who enjoyed a Christmas thank you buffet for all the help that they have offered the Deepings School throughout the year.

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Over 40 OAPs were treated to afternoon tea at the Deepings School, prepared by the food tech team and students. They enjoyed a game of bingo expertly called by Deputy Head Boy, Dan White.

Rhys Gage is a big rugby fan and has played for Deeping Dragons for the last 4 years. Unfortunately he missed the Wales v Uruguay World Cup tie but not only did he get tickets for the Wales v Argentina as a surprise birthday present he was also selected to be the ball bearer and ran out in front of 55,000 spectators and handed the ball to the referee to start the game. He then watched the rest of the game from the front row next to the subs’ bench!

The Deepings Swimming Club celebrate 40 successful years! l-r Peter Griffin,Linda Griffin, Lin Chapman, Sue Reynolds, Martin Reynolds, back row; Andy Cardell, Claire Cross, Sherrill Harrison.

Langtoft Players 2016 Panto ‘Beauty & the Beast’.

Santa’s sleigh visits the Deepings courtesy of the Deepings Lions and Rotary Clubs.

Funds towards the rebuilding of the old Signal Box at St James Deeping were given a boost after silent bids for an original painting of the Box were opened.The painting was donated

by The Little Layout Company and painted by Peter Scott.

The picture was framed by Black Cab Studios.The top bidder was Mr Twyman who was presented with the painting by Rt. Hon. John Hayes M.P., who has been an ardent supporter of the campaign to rebuild the Signal Box. 7

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Newton Fallowell onwards and upwards!

In early 2014 Newton Fallowell launched in Market Deeping, now three years on and owing to a combination of professionalism, hard work and a thorough understanding of the local property market the branch is going from strength to strength. So much so, that they are expanding their office to include Newton Fallowell Flagship.

Managing Partner Jonathan Brewell explained: “The Flagship brand has been created to specialise in the sale of fine, equestrian and country properties. As an extension of the fast growing and successful Newton Fallowell brand customers can expect great local knowledge and an exceptional service from our experienced team. We realised the sellers of high end property have been travelling further afield to find an agent capable of handling their sale and we really wanted to create a brand that could look after them locally.”

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With a double fronted office premises there has always been room to expand the branch and each brand now has its own dedicated window space. It is from this office that properties are marketed locally, regionally and nationally. The Flagship brand is predicted to grow quickly in the early part of 2017 following the same course as when the Market Deeping office opened. Experienced Senior Sales Negotiator Tom Alexander-Jones who has been with the office from the start will be stepping up to take over the existing office and the new Flagship office will be headed up by Managing Partner Jonathan Brewell.

Out of 40 Newton Fallowell offices the Market Deeping branch received an award for the most improved sales franchise of 2016. Jonathan said: “From the outset we were determined to be a customer focused agency with traditional values of reliability and integrity. It has been a tremendous year and it is rewarding to have our hard work recognised by our Directors and we look forward to continuing our success in 2017.”

The office is proud to be able to offer a full range of services for all types of property, with access to professional photography, property movie packages, floorplans and a network of branches spanning the East Midlands.

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Steam train through Jimmy Deeping on its way to Lincoln Christmas market.

Jessica Fraylich with her Dad, Cllr. Bob Broughton at his 70th birthday party.

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Tesco banded together with volunteers to provide an extra Christmas gift to some people in the community with help from the Feoffees charity and Deeping St James United Charities.

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Year 4 children at Linchfield School have staged a pop up museum at the Library exploring the Anglo Saxons. They researched, created and labelled all the artefacts themselves.

Methodist Church Christmas Tree Festival This year the Priory Players have chosen Geronimo as their Panto (more details in What’s On). The group performed the show ten years ago, when Riley Briston was in the Indians team (he was about four years old).In 2016 he suffered a massive bleed on his brain caused by an AVM and is now recovering at Tadworth Brain Injury Rehabilitation Centre. Donations for #ROOT4RILEY will be collected on the show nights.

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Nativity with real donkeys and a real baby at Moor Farm, Newborough.

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FEATURE

‘The Bull keeps good ale and provides convivial company’ – Daniel Defoe

Published in 1791, Robinson Crusoe tells its tale in its full title ‘The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, Of York, Mariner: Who lived Eight and Twenty Years, all alone in an un-inhabited Island on the Coast of America, near the Mouth of the Great River of Oroonoque; Having been cast on Shore by Shipwreck, wherein all the Men perished but himself. With An Account how he was at last as strangely deliver’d by Pyrates.’

Often thought to be a travelogue and autobiographical in nature, the book was written

by Daniel Defoe and it met with such popularity that by the end of the year there had been four editions published. By the end of the 19th century no book in the history of western literature had more editions, spin offs and translations.

Born Daniel Foe in Fore Street, St Giles, Cripplegate in 1661, the author was a prolific and versatile writer with some 500 books to his name as well as pamphlets and journals on a wide variety of topics.

He was the son of a prosperous tallow chandler, James Foe, a member of the Worshipful Company of Butchers. In his early life he had experienced some of the most tumultuous occurrences in English history including the Great Plague of London, which killed some 70,000, and the following year in 1666 the Great Fire, in which only Defoe’s and two other houses in the neighbourhood were left standing.

Initially educated at the Rev James Fisher’s boarding school in Pixham Lane, Dorking, his mother died when he was about ten. His parents were and his father remained a Presbyterian dissenter and at the age of 14 he attended a dissenting academy run by the Rev Charles Morton at Newington Green in London, attending the Unitarian Church there.

This was a potentially dangerous act as at the time the Government persecuted those who chose to worship outside of the established Church.

Foe entered the world of business as a general merchant dealing at different times in hosiery, wool and wine. He travelled all over the country and the Continent and in so doing he would sometimes stop at Market Deeping in the Bull where, he reported in his diaries, they kept good ale and there was convivial company. An ambitious man, he was rarely out of debt but managed to buy a country estate and a ship and civet cats from which he made perfume. He married Mary Tuffley, the daughter of a London merchant, in 1684, receiving a dowry of £3,700, a huge amount given the standards of the day. With his debts and political difficulties the pairing may well have been doomed but in fact it lasted nearly 50 years and produced eight children.

The year after his marriage Foe joined the ill-fated rebellion of the Duke of Monmouth, an attempt to overthrow James II, but he gained a pardon and escaped the Bloody Assizes and the wrath of Judge Jeffries, known as the hanging judge. After Mary and William III were jointly crowned in 1688, Defoe became one of William’s closest allies and a secret agent. Unfortunately some of the new policies led to a conflict with France and damaged his merchant business. He was arrested for debts of £700 in 1692, his civets were killed. Following his release he travelled in Europe, pursuing his wine business in Cadiz, Porto and Lisbon.

On his return to England in 1695 he changed his name to Defoe to sound more gentlemanly and served as a commissioner of the glass duty responsible for collecting tax on bottles. In 1686 he ran a tile and brick factory in Tilbury. Essex. and lived in the parish of Chadwell St Mary.

In 1701 his most successful poem ‘The True Born Englishman’ was published, which defended the King against the perceived xenophobia of his enemies. Claiming that there was no such thing as a true born Englishman; ‘From whence a mongrel half-bred nation there came, With neither name nor nation, speech nor fame.’ But a year later on the death of the King there was again political upheaval and his successor, Queen Anne mounted continued >

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FEATURE an offensive against non-conformists. Defoe was a natural target and his pamphleteering and political activities resulted in his arrest. He was found guilty at his trial at the Old Bailey in front of the notoriously sadistic Judge, Salathiel Lovell. who sentenced him to a punitive fine and public humiliation in a pillory for three days followed by imprisonment in Newgate until the fine was paid. According to legend the publication of his poem ‘Hymn to the Pillory’ caused the audience to throw flowers instead of the customary harmful and noxious objects, and instead they drank to his health.

Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford, brokered his release and paid his debts. But within a week of his release from prison Defoe had witnessed the Great Storm of 1703 which raged through the night of the 26/27th November, causing severe damage to London and Bristol, uprooting millions of trees and killing 8,000 people, mostly at sea. In response to this tempest Defoe wrote ‘The Storm’ in 1704 which included a collection of witness accounts of the storm and is widely regarded as one of the world’s finest examples of modern journalism.

In the same year he set up ‘The Review’ single-handedly which ran three times a week without interruption until 1713. He continued in his literary vein with the publication of the blockbuster Robinson Crusoe and the following year Captain Singleton, an adventure story set in Africa. In the same year he published Memoirs of a Cavalier set during the Thirty Years War. With the ardour for writing expected in a latter-day Jeffrey Archer he published A Journal of the Plague Year, a novel often read as if it were non-fiction and undersigned by the initials H.F., suggesting that the novel published in 1722 was based on extensive historical research.

This was swiftly followed by Colonel Jack, following the life of a boy

from poverty to colonial prosperity. Moll Flanders came shortly afterwards, charting the fall and rise of a 17th-century woman and then his last novel Roxana, narrating the moral and spiritual decline of a high society courtesan.

In 1724 Daniel Defoe turned his attentions to his travels and published A tour through the whole island of Great Britain. Here he describes Peterborough as a small city with some good houses in it with streets that are fair and well built. But the glory of Peterborough then and now is the cathedral ‘truly fine and beautiful’.

He then turned north into Lincolnshire passing the Welland and arriving in Market Deeping which he describes as ‘an old ill built and dirty town’. However, he did enjoy his stay at the Bull on his tour and stayed there on more than one occasion.

There was some excitement at the Bull on 29th September 1724 when Daniel had a meal and drink with his friend Mr Samuel Nicholson from Stamford. When it was time to leave for the journey back to Stamford, his horse was missing: a grey punching mare with a long tail and about 13 hands high. The following day the landlord of the Bull, Mr Arnold offered a guinea for its safe return.

Daniel died on 24th April 1731, probably hiding from his creditors. He was interred in Bunhill Fields Burial and Gardens in Islington, London where a monument was erected to his memory in 1870. His legacy was his gift to English literature, and many consider him to be the first true novelist.

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Philip Spratley

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The organ reaches the soul in a way no other instrument quite manages and transports us into the familiar start of the week service for churchgoers or to the ceremonies that punctuate our lives for others. The Priory Church in Deeping St James is proud to have one of the masters of the instrument, and one of the best organists in the county, Philip Spratley in their midst!

It is not surprising to learn that Philip grew up in a musical family. His father played the flute and he and Philip’s mother sang while their two boys played the piano. Philip was making up tunes before he could read! Growing up in Balderton his local parish church was without a choir for some time and Philip helped playing the organ at the Catholic church. News of the young organist’s prowess spread and soon the Vicar of Newark, the Rev Grinter, earmarked Philip for the job of organist at Coddington Parish Church where he took two services on a Sunday and choir practice on Thursdays, for which he was rewarded with the annual salary of £22. Philip recalls, ‘My parents came up in my elder brother’s clapped-out old 1933 Hillman for Evensong one Sunday. One miracle was that the car managed the hill on the way. I shall never forget the look of joy on my father’s face when he came to speak to me afterwards. Later on he was adamant that I should go to one of the Royal Colleges of Music in spite of my mother’s grave reservations.’

There was little traffic on the road in those days, the only hazard being the winter snow. Sometimes Philip would make a detour to Barnby crossing where his friend Cyril Lynn would be operating the signal box on the East Coast main line. Chris Haynes, a school friend joined them and also learned to play which was handy when Philip was indisposed. It was a great start to his musical career and helped him get his place eventually at the Royal Northern College 16

of Music in Manchester. At this time, though, there was no grant forthcoming from the county and Philip took a job on the railway. ‘Working in the goods shed was hard and my hands took a real battering. A three mile bicycle ride and 7.00 am start was a shock!’

So when friends in London suggested that Philip stay with them he took the opportunity to do so, studying for his G.C.E exams in the evening and working as a messenger in the city during the day, earning £8 a week. His confidence grew, he had a bedsit and all was going well until all messengers were made redundant. A job in a record shop followed, paying just £7.70 a week but there were other perks, there was music in the department and cheap records to try and many celebrities came in to order records. Philip made appointments with reps from record companies over lunch so he could save his lunch money for a trip back home or be able to go to a concert. When money was tight Philip and his flatmates would have an evening meal in a café and make three coffees last until 10.00pm to save putting money in the gas meter.

Philip would walk to save money on bus and train fares and saved enough to enrol at Morley College in Lambeth for evening lessons in composition with the then famous Anthony Milner. The teacher did not seem impressed by his young student but eventually, when Philip showed him a piece for strings, he showed signs of warming to his efforts.

The work waited until 1998 for a performance and was recorded by the Royal Ballet Sinfonia in 2008.

At last a grant was forthcoming from the Royal Manchester College of Music conditional on the study of piano and singing, no organ. After completing his course, Philip applied for a job teaching and singing in Southwell Minster choir. Later a teaching job in Essex followed. Two years later Philip met Liz; they were married 18 months later and with property prices high they moved back to Lincolnshire; first

to Long Bennington and later to Deeping St James.

Their three children all went to the Deepings School and all played musical instruments.

With a young family to support, Philip took a job as a signalman on the railway. He did relief work on the Stamford-Ketton line. It was a practical job but rewarding and Philip enjoyed his time there, working for some of the time on the signal box at Jimmy Deeping. So it was a particularly poignant moment when the box was taken down and he is a firm supporter of the rebuild.

Taking on the role as Director of Music and Organist at a private school in Suffolk seemed like a wonderful opportunity for the young music master but he found the regime to be unacceptably repressive and so returned to Deeping where he worked as a teacher on a freelance basis and soon became Director of Music at Bourne Abbey where he remained for 19 years.

Throughout his musical career playing for and training others Philip has been composing pieces of music drawing inspiration from the Derbyshire hills, and the Lincolnshire countryside and its border with Nottinghamshire where he was bought up. In his Suite for harp, strings and trumpet, ‘In Outlaw Country’ listeners are invited to view the scene in Newark looking towards the magnificent church of St Mary Magdalene and partake in a slow and dreamy walk by the Trent between Fiskerton and Hazelford Ferry. The mood is quiet and in the distance the Minster clock can be heard striking 6 o’clock. There is a local tradition at St Mary’s Blidworth that the male child born closest to Christmas Day is rocked in a beautifully adorned cradle at a service of Evensong early in February. The solo cello announces the lullaby which is repeated by the violins.

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Also included in the CD Music for String Orchestra is a Clarinet concerto inspired by the legend of Byard’s Leap, the famous horse who made his escape from the clutches of the evil old hag, Meg, by undertaking a series of amazing leaps. The Spratley family have always had cats in the house, one of which was rescued from a barn used by five pound note forgers.

The recorder concerto ‘A Gallery of Cats’ composed in 1982 and revised in 2008, encourages people to imagine the felines whose antics are depicted in the concerto.

Philip and Liz took a whirlwind trip to Omsk, Siberia and the magnificently refurbished Philharmonic Hall where his Orchestral Music Volume Two was recorded, including ‘Cargoes’ depicting a Stately

Spanish Galleon as well as a dirty British Coaster. A ‘Helpston Fantasia’ also on the CD was composed in 2010 and was dedicated to the memory of two Helpston residents, Albert and Doris Snowball, who for many years were the local newsagents, much respected for their musical activities. Albert was organist at the church for 71 years and Doris organist of Barnack Church for 34 years, and both were also accomplished string players.

Most recently ‘Images of Palaestina’ have been recorded on a ‘British Celebration’, dating back to the 60s when Philip was in the Middle East. The title is the Roman word for the area and is used to stress the fact that this land is home to both Arab and Jew. The compilation of orchestral music for Christmas,

‘The Spirit of Christmas’ features Philip’s ‘Christmas Rondel’, a fantasia of largely well-known carols melded together. More locally, Philip has composed for friends of the Priory Church and members of the congregation never fail to go out into the daylight with the force of his music ringing in their ears and lightening their hearts.

Philips CDs are available for purchase via the Priory Church or online: Strings Music TOCC 0088 Orchestral music TOCC 0194 Christmas Rondel HTGCD 299 Images of Palaestina HTGCD 203

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BARGAIN HUNTING

Hunting for bargains in Deeping - outcomes!

The mood of the grey and the cream teams was pensive as they made their way through the autumnal colours of the November countryside towards Little Bytham and the home of the Stamford Auction Rooms, where they were met with a hot drink. The auction was in full swing as they picked up their catalogues and made their way into the room already thronged with bargain hunters!

Would they be successful? Would they make money for their chosen charities; in the case of the cream team, Motor Neurone Disease, in the case of the greys, La tour de Marsh or would their carefully selected items fail to sell?

The auction was running at quite a pace, and already two boxes of rather nice lustreware jugs and bowls were being taken away by a contented bidder. Who would have guessed that the samurai sword would be bought by the slightly exotic gentleman with hat askew, earring and an air of knowing what he was about? There were a number of Russian hats in evidence to ward off the cold and the pace was fast as auctioneer Jessica Wall expertly dealt with internet bidders and those in the room.

There were already regrets: the Cromwellian medal that sold for just £30 and the ebonised mantle clock which went for a

song! The I’d rather Deeping photographer had spied a box of highly collectable cameras and Leica lenses. Unluckily, the lot fell to an internet bidder for in excess of £1200!

And then it was time! The model bi-plane mounted on an agate slice was held aloft. Jessica announced that her commission would be waived on these items selling for charity and we were off! The gentleman in the red woolly hat raised his hand; he was in for £10 on the plane! Straightaway the grey team, Nicki and David Shelton of Deepings Heritage had reached their buying price. Was there any interest on the internet? Two more bids £15 and then £18 and the plane went to a bidder in the room.

Would the transferware Beatles plate that had reminded David of his youth and the Cavern in Liverpool now prove to be lucky for him? Bidding was a little slower this time although the plate with the famous four clearly depicted on the white background looked distinctive and colourfully familiar in the auction room setting. The plate had been bought for £28.60 but sadly only managed to achieve £25 now. David’s memories proved to be worth more to him than the plate was to others! continued >

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Then the time had come for the cream team to show their colours! Josie had already started the morning off well as she had been a successful bidder for some charms. The question was now, was the little silvered metal pincushion shoe going to meet with the same luck with another bidder? Bought for just £13 from the Market Deeping Antiques and Craft Centre just a little over a month before, the shoe was now sold for £18. So the cream team were in profit!

The brass scales, which had been the first selection of the cream team, were now held high by the porter. A little slow to start, Jessica reminded bidders in the room and online that all the weights were intact and soon interest was sparked and the gavel came down at £25 giving them a reasonable £11 over what they had paid.

Now time for totting up! The Cream team, Pat Abel and Josie Waghorne, were already £3 in pocket having not spent all their initial stake money and so with the morning’s takings at £73 they were £26 ahead of the stake they had originally been given.

On the other hand the Grey team were only £1.40 in pocket following their initial purchases but following the bidding they had made £58, £8 ahead of their original stake.

‘An interesting exercise,’ said Pat and David and Nicki thoroughly enjoyed the game with Stamford Auction Rooms now a definite must visit for future auctions!

Finally, from Josie and Pats’ three items were the pair of handsome Edwardian decanters: the perfect gift for Christmas, announced Jessica!

Would they sell? And they did – a bidder in the room gave £30 for them, £10 more than had been originally paid!

Now the final and perhaps most quirky item. Chosen by the grey team the brass pot with images of the plague doctor engraved in its surface. Now affectionately known as the death pot, would it attract any bidders? Yes it went for £15! £5 more than paid back at Market Deeping Antiques.

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David and Nicki Shelton of the grey team make their presentation to Jill Eve of £58 to La Tour de Marsh and Rosemary Fisher accepts a donation for £73 for Motor Nerone Diseas from Josie Waghorne. Auctioneer Jessica Wall, centre.

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Chloe Inkpen, daughter of Mick Inkpen, creator of loveable Kipper the dog, has followed in his footsteps and this year as part of the Deepings Literary Festival she will be visiting the Deepings. Here she answers some questions about her life put to her by I’d rather be in Deeping magazine.

CHLOE INKPEN

Storytime must have been a wonderful treat in your house when you were growing up! Tell us a little about life in the Inkpen house.

We certainly weren’t short of picture books growing up! As well as my dad’s and Nick Butterworth’s books, we loved John Burningham, Tony Ross, Quentin Blake, Sandra Boynton, Babette Cole and absolutely anything by the Ahlbergs. We were constantly reading, writing, drawing and making at home and I feel enormously lucky to have grown up in such a creative family.

Was it living with Kipper and Threadbear that inspired you to become a children’s author or did you try and resist the lure of the blank page?

Growing up with dad’s books definitely encouraged me to write and draw from a very young age but I didn’t really think about it in job terms until much later. I wanted to be David Attenborough when I grew up! Dad and I talked loosely about the possibility of working together in my teenage years but it wasn’t until after I graduated that we started bouncing ideas around and discovered that we really enjoyed working together.

It is often said that art reflects life and your name your occupation. What is the story behind your surname?

Rather disappointingly the name Inkpen has absolutely nothing to do with writing or illustration. Ink and pen are both words for hill and Inkpen roughly translates from the Anglo-Saxon and Celtic as Bog Hill! Nonetheless, it’s a very cool surname to have as a writer (even if I do have a hard time convincing people we didn’t make it up!)

Tell us more about your new character Fred A couple of Christmasses ago I sent my friends and family a Christmas card with a little dog on it wearing a Christmas

hat. When my dad got his copy in the post he really liked the character and decided he needed a story of his own. I will love you anyway is the first book in the Fred series, about a naughty dog who destroys everything and won’t stop running away.

It won the Simply Books award and was runner up in the Sheffield Children’s Book Award this year which was really exciting. It’s hugely encouraging to know that so many children have read and voted for our book. The sequel to I will love you anyway is called Fred and in it the little dog discovers his name. continued >

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And how does the collaboration between you and your Dad work?

We’ve been working together for nearly 8 years now and have produced 13 books together including 10 Zoe and Beans titles. I really enjoy working with my dad. We have the same sense of humour and tend to think each others thoughts which makes for a very collaborative approach. With our joint work we typically share the writing, editing and design and I do the illustration but it’s not a fixed system. Sometimes one of us will bring an idea to the table and we’ll work on it together. Sometimes we’ll work on ideas separately. Either one of us will write the text and we’ll both edit it. Even then it’s not fixed; sometimes the illustration process brings a new perspective which invites a text change. In the case of I will love you anyway, Dad wrote the text in response to the Christmas card character I drew. He then rang me up and read the story down the phone and it was too good to resist!

What is your latest book and are their others in the pipeline?

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comes out in September 2017. I won’t give too much away but it’s a funny rhyming story featuring two kids, a toy elephant and 47 animals! It was brilliant fun to make and I’m really looking forward to introducing it in my events next year.

Is it possible to buy your books online?

Yes, all of our books are available online and in stores. If you would like a signed book you can buy one directly from my website at: www.chloeinkpen.com It is clear that you enjoy interacting with children and reading them your books. Can you give us a hint as to what the Deepings children can expect from you when you appear as part of the first literary festival here in April?

Visiting schools, libraries and festivals is a really big part of my job now and I love it. I’m thrilled to be a part of Deeping’s first ever literary festival. My events are very lively. The children will be invited to join in every couple minutes with actions and sounds and to answer questions about the stories as they unfold on screen. They will be able to see me drawing and help colour in my characters as well as taking part in their own drawing activity. Most importantly there will be pets, pants and ping pong eyeballs!

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If 2017 is the year that you want to land your dream job, you need to make sure your CV stands out from all the rest. Fran Slater from Foot in the Door CV gives her top five tips on writing a great CV.

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Many of us make New Year resolutions full of good intentions – lose weight, learn a new skill, get a new job – but turning your dream into reality is often harder work than you think.

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When it comes to seeking a new job or career direction, though, January really is one of the best times to get yourself out there. The job market picks up after Christmas and research does suggest that you are more likely to succeed at this time of year with ‘the fresh start effect’.

Where do you start? When it comes to applying for a new job, your CV could be your ticket to getting your foot in the door and securing an interview. Writing a successful CV, however, can be one of the toughest challenges of job hunting. Most employers spend only a few seconds scanning each CV before making up their minds.

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THE VINE

Gladys & George Barsby

You heard it on the grapevine...

The Romans planted vineyards as far north as Lincolnshire, growing the popular black grape variety. It was this that was commercially exploited by William Agar, landlord of The Vine when, during the Napoleonic Wars, wine, popular with the Market Deeping gentry, was hard to come by. His family had been tenants of the pub for over 20 years and also rented eight acres now known as The Grove, The Orchard and St Guthlac’s Glebe Land. The family became well known as nursery and seedsmen, growing all types of fruit trees, and they had a very profitable business.

Wine production in the whole area at this time became very popular and competitions were held at Burghley and farther afield at Sleaford to see who could produce the finest wine and the best grapes. Grape-growing societies proliferated to encourage more grape growers and to support those who had taken the opportunity to become growers.

The valuable and freehold estate rented by the Agars was sold by the owners in five lots in April 1831: Lot 1 comprised the Vine Public House together with outhouses and 1 acre, 1 rood and 1

perch stocked with the choicest fruit trees now in full profit. Lot 2 adjoining Lot 1 was described as a ‘very capital garden in a high state of cultivation containing 2 acres, 1 rood abutting on Church Street and extending in length 20 yards with a barn. Lot 3 adjoined lot 2 and was a very well built messuage – a house with garden and outbuildings – rented by the widow Ann Nidd and William Agar renting the garden which was described as ‘luxuriant’. Lots 4 and 5 consisted of nearly 4 acres in Market Deeping Hards rented by William Agar.

After the sale, William Agar still remained as a tenant and in October 1837 he was advertising for a journeyman gardener who understood the general business of flower and kitchen gardening and who was needed immediately!

In 1850 when the French vineyards came under attack from disease, Agar’s grape and wine producing talents again came to the fore. The family passed the business on from father to son until William, born in 1838, married Hannah Lake in 1864 and decided to concentrate on the Nursery and Seedsman business.

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THE VINE The Vine eventually passed on to the Bluff family, John and Mary, who were coal merchants from Glinton. The family sadly appeared to be accident prone. In January 1872 Joseph Bluff, aged 14 and son of John, had gone to Helpston station for a load of coal and waited some time for the porters to move a truck of his father’s coals to the proper place for unloading. Impatient, he yoked his horse to the truck and when it arrived where he needed it to be he ran to disconnect the gears from the truck. In doing so he fell and the wheel went over his left foot, crushing it. He was taken to Stamford Infirmary by the next train but the damage was so severe that his foot had to be amputated at the ankle. However, according to subsequent newspaper reports the boy made a recovery.

Five years later John Bluff was working on the railway line between Seaton and Wansford with a team of four others. They had undermined a tremendous weight of soil which fell; the four other men escaped but about 5 cwt detached itself and struck Mr Bluff, breaking his legs just above the ankle. He was carried to a hut where he waited until transport could be found to take him to Stamford Infirmary. When he arrived he was refused admission when it was discovered that the accident had happened on the railway. He had to be taken on a 17mile round trip to Deeping, where ten hours later he was treated by the Surgeon, Mr Stafford.

Mr Bluff continued at the Vine indeed he was fined £2 and costs by Supt. Brown for keeping it open in prohibited hours. It was here too that he died. In 1884, after 20 years as the landlord, he fell one morning as he loaded his cart at Tallington, suffered from a fit and died a few hours later. His widow Mary carried on the business at the Vine until in 1895 it was advertised to let.

remained in the Vine until George’s death in 1969. Gladys passed away in 1977. Before his death, though, George gave an interview to the Lincs Free Press in 1967.

George, known as Reg, recalled Cobblers Mondays in the early part of the century when the licensing hours were 6.00 am to 11.00 pm: ‘Local farm workers would drop in soon after we opened at 6.00 am and have a couple of pints on their way to work. If it was wet or cold they would sometimes stop and not go to work at all. There was one chap I remember who would have 13 pints before lunchtime and then cycle home for something to eat. Then he would come back in the afternoon for more. I don’t know why it was called Cobblers Monday. There was some talk that cobblers didn’t have much work on Mondays; perhaps it was that.’

Mr Barsby was the oldest member of the Bourne Licensed Victuallers Association, joining in the thirties when it was started. ‘I transferred to Bourne from Stamford because I wanted to get this new body started,’ he recalled. ‘I needn’t have worried as Bourne was as strong as any branch of the LVA.’ George had continued his mother’s pork pie baking business, sending pies to hundreds of customers in the surrounding counties and some as far away as the Continent and America. He had to end the business in 1954 when alterations to the pub robbed him of his bakehouse.

The couple were asked how the Vine had stayed so popular, Gladys answered, ‘Be tactful and stay out of village politics. It’s too easy to please one and to offend another!’

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Henry Enoch Parker took over as landlord; he was also a boot and shoemaker. His marital relations seemed to leave something to be desired; his wife had left but on her return Henry had ordered her out of the house. The case was dismissed but Mr Parker had to pay the costs. Early in 1903 Henry Parker moved to High Street, Market Deeping to expand his boot and shoe trade.

George and Edith Barsby (née Penney) took over at the pub.

According to the 1911 census George was also a butcher and the couple had an eight-year-old son, also George, who had been baptised at St Guthlac’s on 1st November 1903. Edith was a fine cook and her reputation for making pork pies spread far and wide. At first she made them for the family and then for friends of friends and soon she had a big business. Edith passed away in 1931 but by this time George junior had taken over at the helm with his wife Dorothy Grace from Deeping St James who he had married in 1923. After Dorothy’s death in 1952, George married Gladys Violet Sandall a year later. The couple 32

Today the Vine is still the centre of the community and as well as a very healthy evening trade the Pub also hosts the GrapeVine Cafe Weds 10.30 - 12.30. All are very welcome.

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PLOUGH SUNDAY

Plough Sunday is a traditional English celebration at the beginning of the agricultural year that has seen a revival in recent years. Usually involving bringing a plough into Church and prayers being said for the blessing of the year’s labour, it is held on the Sunday after Epiphany, usually falling between 7th and 13th January. Although farming has changed over the years, it is a way of generally celebrating and giving thanks for the work of the farming community and to remind us of our responsibility of care for God’s creation.In the Church of England Book of Liturgy (Common worship Times and Seasons) there is a suggested service for the Blessing of the Plough and for Blessing of the Seed with passages from scripture with an agricultural theme.

Historically, villagers would walk through the village collecting alms before gathering at the Church for the Blessing of the Plough.

For mediaeval farmers it was an important occasion; on the Sunday after Twelfth Day, the ploughs were cleaned and decorated and then dragged to Church to be blessed and for prayers for a good harvest to be said before the start of the new seasons work. During the Service, the ‘plough light‘, a candle kept lit in church, was paraded ceremonially.

On the following day, spring ploughing would begin provided there was no frost - however, this days work was not taken seriously and finished early. In the afternoon men dressed up and hauled the plough round the village bedecked in ribbons, a man dressed as a woman demanded money from every householder or passer-by as a contribution towards keeping the light alight in Church throughout the year, though it was also for the ‘ale’ night revelling. Anyone who

refused was likely to have their garden or vegetable plot ploughed up. The day ended with a village feast, ale or beer flowed and the traditional centrepiece was always a large plough pudding.

Plough Pudding (to serve 6-8) 2 cups of all purpose flour 2 tablespoons (tbs) baking powder 1 teaspoon (tsp) salt 6 tbs of suet Ilb of skinless pork sausages 8 slices of bacon chopped 1 small onion peeled and finely chopped Chiffonade of 6 sage leaves 2 tbs light brown sugar Grease 1 quart pudding basin and set aside For the crust; stir the flour, baking powder and salt to combine. Add the suet and rub together until the mixture resembles coarse sand.

Add enough water for the dough to come together. Take out 2/3 of the dough and roll out lightly on a floured surface until 1/8th inch thick. Use this dough to line the pudding basin, pressing dough into the curves of the basin and filling any gaps using cold water and extra dough. Trim the dough flush to the top of the basin. Set the remaining dough aside for the lid.

For the filling; use the sausages to line inside the basin, pressing into the dough. Try to get an even thickness on the sides and the bottom. Next combine the bacon, sage, onion and brown sugar.

Add this mixture into the pudding basin, pressing down to get the filling to line up with the top of the basin.

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Next roll out the remaining dough to 1/8th thickness and place on top pf the pudding basin. Trim and press edges firmly together using cold water.

Finally cover with parchment and a cloth not forgetting the pleat and tie up string. Steam for 4 hours.

a greased pudding basin with 2/3rds of the dough. Set the remaining dough to one side.

Evenly place the sausage meat on the bottom of the base and press down firmly. Mix the bacon, onion, sugar and sage and place over the sausage meat in basin then add sufficient water or stock to cover.

Norfolk Pound Pudding (makes 4 portions) Roll out the remaining dough to form the lid, place on top and press edges firmly together, use a little cold water to fix if needed. Cover with a round of greaseproof paper and seal tightly with aluminium foil. Place the pudding into a suacepan of boiling water so that the water comes up to ¾ of the basin. Place saucepan lid on and boil slowly and steam for 3-4 hours.

Ingredients 230 gms self raising flour 70g shredded suet 450gms pork sausage meat 8 streaky bacon rashers chopped 1 large onion peeled and chopped 1 teaspoonful of sage (chopped) 15gms brown sugar Water or pork stock

This dish was often served with potatoes and brussel sprouts on Plough Monday.

In a bowl mix flour, suet and a good pinch of salt together.

Knead in sufficient cold water to make a soft dough.

On a lightly floured surface roll out the dough and line

There will be a Plough Service at the Priory Church, DSJ at 6pm Sunday 8th January followed by the plough supper. A sign is put up in Church St to advertise the Ploughman s supper (assorted cheeses, potted beef, pickles and home made bread) plus hot sweet and wine. £5. Contact revspaterson@gmail.com

Are you interested in your local natural environment?

The South Lincolnshire Fenlands Partnership is holding a workshop at Waterside Garden Centre on Saturday 11 February 2017 to let you know more about our work and how you can help to shape your natural environment. We are also holding a practical event on Saturday 11 March at Willow Tree Fen. Learn more about wildlife friendly gardening and how to dig a garden pond for wildlife.

If you live in and around the villages of Baston, Langtoft, Thurlby Fen, Tongue End, Twenty and in Bourne, Spalding or Market Deeping and you would like to come to either of these events, please contact Amanda Jenkins at slincsfens@lincstrust.co.uk to find out more and book a place.

The Partnership is working to create fenland and other wetlands centred on the nature reserves of Baston, Thurlby and Willow Tree Fen, the project area lies between Bourne, Spalding and Market Deeping. Find out more about our work at http://www.lincsfenlands.org.uk . Follow us on Twitter @southlincsfens

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Offering a range of beauty treatments including Massage & Reflexology, Makeup, Waxing and Tinting, Manicure, Pedicures and Facials.

with extensive NHS and Private experience

ned Podiatrists/Chiropodists with HS and Private experience, Post Qualifications. and Chiropodist are the ONLY titles under British Law- This is for the tection)(HCPC) ister-http://www.hpc-uk.org/check/

Daytime, evening and some Saturday Clinics are available AINES BSc (Podiatry) & Michael Staines BSc., (Podiatric Medicine), The MchS., Community Centre, Douglas Road chS, (Non-Medical Prescriber) and Associates Market Deeping PE6 8PA

ur foot problems, Biomechanical gait problems and Nail Surgery cal anaesthesia). FULL RANGE OF TREATMENTS AVAILABLE.

Relax and unwind at Salon Jessica!

Local, professional therapist with over twelve years experience.

The Society of Chiropodits and Podiatrists

For Bookings at Market Deeping or Bourne Ring 01778 342110 Website: www.deepingpodiatryandchiropody.co.uk

Come and be pampered and revitalised in this local salon where only the best brands are used; Dermalogica, Jessica and Jane Iredale.

Visit www.salonjessica.co.uk Call 01778 346767 Email jess@salonjessica.co.uk 37

Six ways to a happy and healthy new year

Be happy and take care of yourself by becoming a fitter healthier you for New Year, 2017 is your year.

Take charge of how you look and feel.

Start to believe you can do it.

You need a positive mind and a few hours a week to set yourself off on your fitness journey.

The healthier you are the happier you will be, so make time to become a happier healthier you.

Claire Cross. The SPINROOM studios, Unit 2, 113 Spalding Road, Deeping St James, Nr Peterborough PE6 8SDwww.spinroomstudio.co.uk, Claire@spinroomstudio.co.uk 01778 218181 0r 07850 304120

Move more; whatever you can do, do a little more; even parking further from the shops or take the stairs.

Do something you love read a novel, walk amongst the trees...

Sleep better; put down your phone, iPad etc 30 minutes before going to bed.

Choose exercise that you enjoy and will keep up regularly.

Balance; we lose this skill as we age. Try to stand on one leg when you clean your teeth or try to stand still and close your eyes.

Live in the moment – Look and notice the beauty all around you. Deal with issues and then put them away.

Worrying will only make you comfort eat or drink.

Learn to relax.

Stand a little taller; work those muscles which tend to get weaker as we age.

Eat well – Instead of dieting, avoid processed foods and eat a balanced diet. Use portion control and you will gradually lose weight, and keep it off. Your skin and hair will glow.

Sleep Well – Exercise early. Eat a light tea, and a small snack before bed on foods that improve tryptophan levels. (Google some you like). Avoid alcohol before bed and learn relaxation techniques.

Cheryl Baskeyfield has been running Cheryl’s Fitness and Yoga in The Deepings since 1995. For further information, contact Cheryl on 0758 770 9270, email:cheryl@cherylfitness.co.uk, www.cherylfitness.co.uk 38

Kath Piper, Piper Physiotherapy.

Go to the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy; find out how Physiotherapy can help you lead a healthier lifestyle. www.csp.org.uk/yourhealth

An Army does not march on its stomach, it marches on its feet.

We never consider out feet until they go wrong and then you haven’t got a foot to stand on!

A Podiatrists can assess you feet and help prevent problems that too easily present with time.

Invest in your feet, they’re worth more than you would believe.

Alison Staines www.deepingpodiatryandchiropody.co.uk/

Dream big and believe in yourself and you will achieve your goals.

Never let anything or anyone sabotage your dream and focus on what you set out to do until your life is where you want it to be.

If you fall down or feel like you have failed, have the belief that you always learn from mistakes.

Most successful people who failed several times didn’t lose sight of what they wanted and tried again until they achieved success.

If you can dream it, believe in it and you will achieve it.

Paula Meeks, Cambridge Weight Plan

Don’t let an injury or those aches and pains put an end to your New year’s resolution.....

Is your New Year’s resolution to get fitter, lose weight or improve sporting performance?

Whatever your goal our Osteopaths are qualified to assess your physical wellbeing, and can provide expert advice regarding how to avoid and manage injuries and other conditions that may affect training.

Michael Oldfield. Appointments are available without referral from a GP. Contact us on 01778 345223 to see how we can help and make a New Year’s resolution into a whole year’s achievement.

Wishing you all a happy and healthy 2017.

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what’s on

Katherine of Aragon Festival 26th – 29th January This Tudor themed festival marks the date in January 1536 when King Henry VIII’s first wife was buried at Peterborough Abbey (now the Cathedral), where she still rests to this day. After the traditional Service of Commemoration, the Festival continues with tours and talks including a lecture by historian and broadcaster Dr Suzannah Lipscomb entitled Character and Conscience: A Dynasty of Catholic Queens. Families will enjoy the drop-in craft making and living history events both at the Museum and at the Cathedral Visitor Centre throughout the weekend.

Look out for “King Henry and Queen Katharine” holding court in the Knights’ Chamber and the barber surgeon at the Museum!

The Knights’ Chamber is also the venue for a Tudor-style Pottage and Ale Supper prior to Dr Lipscomb’s talk, complete with Tudor musicians and stewards in period costume.

Meanwhile the Museum will have just opened its doors to the Tremendous Tudors exhibition. This is an opportunity to discover not only a whole host of stories from Tudor Peterborough but also a rare glimpse at some unique, seldom displayed objects such as the Peterborough Book of Hours – a 500 year old illuminated Tudor manuscript in immaculate condition which is usually kept locked away to protect it from light damage. The exhibition runs from January 21 to April 2.

Visit www.peterborough-cathedral.org.uk or www.vivacity-peterborough.com or call Peterborough Information Centre on 01733 452336.

Winter Bird Watch Vine House Farm 21st & 28th Jan

An opportunity to watch the birds that Nicholas Watts has attracted to the Farm, through his winter feeding initiatives and conservation measures. Nicholas will lead the tour lasting approx 2-3 hours where we would expect to see large numbers of Tree Sparrows, Yellow Hammers, Chaffinches, Reed Buntings and Greenfinches. www.vinehousefarm.co.uk

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In a Club? Not in a Club - band together and make a team of 4 for the 2017 Clash of the Clubs Quiz at the Priory Church Hall DSJ on Feb 4th Jan 7.30 pm Tickets £10.00 each to include a Boundary fish and chip supper. All proceeds to Deeping Youth Group.

Call 348859 to register.

Events calendar at www.deepings.co.uk

Geronimo by the Priory Players A Panto for all ages 7.00 pm Fri & Sat 20 & 21st Jan 2.00 pm Sat 21st Jan A Wild West pantomime complete with a wonderful “Dolly Parton” dame and a “real bad” outlaw to boo and hiss! Come and visit the Golden Nugget Saloon for a sarsaparilla or be prepared to be scalped by Geronimo himself! A cast of 60 local children (and a handful of adults) are ready to entertain! Bar & raffle.

Booking recommended. Fri £5, Sat £8 (£6 conc). Pypdsj@gmail.com

Mens Group Social Meetings

1st Mar Alastair Goodrum No Place for Chivalry (Night Fighters of Lincolnshire, WWI & WWII)

The session will be very interactive, with lots of opportunities to join in!

There will be book signing at the end, and the opportunity to buy the books.

laugh-out-loud fun to bring the world of books to life. The session is aimed at Key Stage 2 children, but anyone is welcome! Hope to see you there!

SPABS

Pilates

begin2spin Kids Circuits

HIT Training Insanity Fitness Yoga Pump Zumba Kettlebells RPM Clubbercise Circuits ONLINE BOOKING NOW AVAILABLE

The Masonic Hall, New Row, Deeping St James, PE6 8NA from 7.30 to 9.00+ Licensed bar. Open to men and women. Free to members (annual membership £10). Admission for guests £3 on the night.

Luke will use action-packed drama, games, videos and

Fit Mums

PiYo

PAYG or DD options available...

5th Apr Mike Petty - Fens at War 1914 - 1918.

Saturday 14th January 2017 1.30-2.30pm.

Indoor Cycling

Spin4Kids

1st Feb Derek Harris Up the Cut (Canal Boat transportation).

LUKE TEMPLE AT DEEPING LIBRARY!

January 2017 OFFER £20 for all new members

Please contact Louisa at Deepingscommun itylibrary@gmail.c om to book your place in advance, its free but places limited.

Mr .Pizza The best in town!

Did you know

as well as Deep Pan Crust we offer

Gourmet burgers including

Thin Crust Traditional Crust Gluten Free Crust

New Bacon Cheeseburger!

We also offer

For Chicken Lovers a variety of dishes including

homemade pasta like mamma used to make!

Finish off with

a selection from our deserts including Ben & Jerry Ice Cream!

49 Bridge St., DSJ

Mini Fillets and Hot Wings! tel: 01778 380 600 41

INSPIRE DANCE

Stamford Corn Exchange

Disney through time Sunday 20th November 150 pupils www.inspire-dance.co.uk

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