I'd rather be in Deeping Oct 17

Deeping ISSUE 029 / OCT 2017

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Welcome Alice Wall (nee Moulds) is pictured here with her family to celebrate her 100th birthday. It is almost impossible to believe that as a girl Alice had looked after her grandfather in his failing health, applying leeches to his eyes to drain infection. She had also tended to her father who had very poor health having been gassed in the First World War. Bought up in Forest Gate, London, Alice and her husband Alfred were both members of the ARP during the Second World War. After a days work as a coffee roaster for Brooke Bond Tea & Coffee, Alf would go home and straight down to the Anderson Shelter where Alice had made him sandwiches. He would then change into his ARP boiler suit, grab his hat and gas mask and head off to assist people trapped or injured. Alice was a nurse with the St Johns Ambulance Brigade and would help the injured and shocked. All her brothers were involved in the War; George worked on the barrage balloons on Wanstead Flats, Robert had ill health and was in the Pioneer Corps and was shot whilst on guard duty by a drunken soldier. Arthur worked for the London Fire Brigade, Fred was in the jungle in Burma, Harry worked on Lancaster planes as an Engineer and Bert was in the Army stationed in Sicily. Alf served in the St Johns Ambulance Brigade until he died aged 75. He was a Divisional County Officer and the only member from that Division, then, to be awarded the Serving Brother (equivalent to an MBE). During his life he saved many lives, the young daughter of a neighbour who was choking and while on night watch duty at Brooke Bonds he put out a fire using water pumps when an incendiary bomb dropped on the roof. Behind him all the way was Alice who herself has had a lifetime of volunteering and was Treasurer for the Over Sixties Club here in Deeping for 19 years. What an achievement and what a life! Congratulations!!

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Inside Editor: Sub-Editor: Designer: Features Writers: Research:

Judy Stevens Susan Hibbins Gary Curtis at Zerosix Design Judy Stevens and Dr Pam Byrd Joy Baxter, Nancy Titman, Dorothea Price and Mary Pendred

07-11 News 12 Dick Turpin, John Clare and a pub called The Indian Queen 18 Profile: June Stanley 21 Murano now in Stamford too!

23 A country wedding in Deeping 27 Bowthorpe Oak Photography: Publisher: Printed by:

Ian Baxter, David Pearson.

Judy Stevens Warners Midland PLC

29 Fashion 32 The Christmas Countdown!

34 Pumpkin Carving 37 The story of the sword 39 The Deepings School 42 Five great places to eat at Halloween 44 What’s on 46 Expert advice

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NEWS The Cold Pudding Club is just one of a series of social activities put on by the Oddfellows, a Friendly Society that have been around for over 200 years, set up before there was a welfare state, a NHS or trade unions. The Club is open to all, fees £1 if you bring a pudding and £2 if you are only sampling, tea and coffee and a convivial atmosphere come free! Next meeting November 16th 6.30pm Oddfellows Hall, Market Deeping.

Deeping Rangers have had a cracking start to the season with a FA Cup draw against Kidderminster Harriers who play three divisions higher in the league. In front of a record crowd of 700, Dan Schiavi and Scott Mooney scored against their rivals who in the end managed a 4-2 win.

This year over 120 children completed the summer reading scheme at the Library. Awards were presented at a special ceremony by poet Toby Woods with the Mayor of Market Deeping and the Chairman of Deeping St James Parish Council.

Andrew Bowell, Chairman of Deeping St James Parish Council attends the Deeping St James annual Allotment Show.

Calum Medlock has just started University College London where he will read Maths for 4 years in a course that will lead to an MSc. An achievement for any student, but for Calum this is especially so - as he is totally deaf and so not able to lip-read.

Throughout his school career this has proved a major obstacle and in fact it was William Hildyard Community Primary School that has stood out as a beacon of light as a welcoming school that facilitated Calum’s education. Here he was able to live at home and form friendships that have sustained him even now. Unfortunately the Royal School of the Deaf where Calum boarded was unable to respond to his academic needs so he studied for his A levels in Maths, Further Maths, Physics and for his Cambridge Step entrance exam at Mary Hore School for the Deaf - who also surprisingly don’t communicate via sign language. His Further Maths teacher remarked, ‘Calum’s was the most challenging class I have ever had to teach as I was constantly playing catch up with my student!’ Given the circumstances it is not surprising that Calum’s ambition is to become a Maths teacher for deaf students. We wish him well!

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Heart test screening sessions, undertaken by the charity “Cardiac Risk in the Young” have been held at the Deepings School in memory of Lucy Jessop, who was an outstanding and popular Sixth Form student at The Deepings School and tragically died due to an undiagnosed heart condition in 2015. Pictured l-r Beverley Shilling & Jo Dexter, Tracey Jessop-Thompson, Sophie Stone, Jordan Graham and Richard Lord.

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Violet Butcher, resident of Garden Lodge Care Home, Glinton celebrates 101 years with a tipple!

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Colin Hayward retires after 27 years mending our watches at the market! l-r Chris Knight, Colin and Mary Hayward, Dave Burgess, Market Deeping Mayor, Cllr.

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This summer 14 year old Harriet Spriggs completed the Coast to Coast, Morecambe to Bridlington -170 miles in three days on a bike. Supporting a close family friend, Ryley aged 15 who had an AVM to the brain a year ago is learning all life skills from the start.

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On the site of number 8 Bridge Street there used to stand a massive timber-framed thatched property with stout walls of Barnack rag stone and with a shallow bay window at the front. The house became the home of Elizabeth Woolley (née Hardy) and her new husband, Nathaniel Gee of Olney in Buckinghamshire. Nathaniel was 31 while his new bride, a widow was older than him, aged 36 and the mother of two young sons, George aged 10 and Hardy aged 8. Her first husband, George Woolley from Maxey, had died six years earlier in 1788.

It is entirely possible that this had in fact been Elizabeth’s home before her wedding to Nathaniel in 1794 at the Priory Church, Deeping St James. It is thought that the brew house was constructed on site at this time.

Nathaniel Gee was a saddler and a harness maker and he trained both his stepsons to follow in his footsteps.

He and Elizabeth went on to have two more children, Jane born in 1795 and William in 1799. Jane sadly predeceased her parents but not before being a witness to her step-brother Hardy at his marriage to Mary Woodthorpe. Jane was 21 when she died and is buried with her parents in St Guthlac’s churchyard in Market Deeping. Elizabeth died just six years after her daughter aged 62, but Nathaniel went on to have an eventful and full life.

The Stamford Mercury reported that in August 1833 on his way to Ashton Fair, Nathaniel was assaulted by a drunk from Market Deeping who threatened to murder him. The defendant was taken before Sir John Thomas Bart but not having actually committed a robbery was freed after paying considerable expenses through the entreaties of his master, Mr Tabor of the town. By this time Nathaniel’s son William was a widower, his wife Jane, his second cousin from Olney, having died in 1832, ten years after their marriage. In the 1841 Census William was living with Nathaniel with his eldest children, William (15) and Charles (10).

In that year an ad appeared in the Mercury: The Oundle Union Brewing Company are desirous of appointing agents for the sale of their superior ale, porter and

stout wholesale and retail at all principal towns within 30 miles of Oundle. Applications to be made at the Oundle brewery as early as possible.

Nathaniel was keen to get the contract and travelled the 25 miles to Oundle and back to pay a deposit of £20 which entitled him to a share in the brewery.

The Lincolnshire Chronicle of that year reported that superior ale, porter and stout from the Oundle Brewing Co. could be bought from Nathaniel in casks of 19, 18 and 36 gallons.

The Oundle Brewing Company had been formed in 1836 by six Oundle farmers but the company was not a success and was sold to Smiths Brewery in Oundle in 1853 for £5,400. Smiths refused to supply Nathaniel Gee but when they were taken over by Marston’s Brewery of Market Deeping they began to supply the brew house and at this time it became a public house known as the Indian Queen.

It was safe to say that Nathaniel and his neighbour Mr Nurse enjoyed less than a convivial relationship, their boundary wall being a bone of contention. In the summer of 1844 tempers frayed and Edward Patrick, Thomas Clarke and Edward Noon armed with pick axes, spades and shovels destroyed the wall while they were drunk. They were joined in this by 20-30 bystanders who egged them on and when the wall had fallen down in Mr Nurse’s property they threw the rubbish, stones, mud, dirt, tiles and bricks back into Mr Gee’s, wantonly destroying shrubs and plants and 1214 panes of glass in the Brewhouse which was near to the wall. They taunted the Gees with threats, putting Mr Gee and his son in considerable danger. They were arrested and charged at Lincoln Crown Court with riotous behaviour, found guilty and served one month each in Lincoln Prison.

The Gees had a real sense of history and when the house was re-roofed in 1846 Nathaniel hid a Stamford Mercury of the same year and a business card stating that Nathaniel, Saddler and Harness Maker, was the owner continued >

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FEATURE of the house and had lived there for 48 years, coming from Olney in Bucks. A transport slip shows that the enterprising family were agents for the London and Birmingham Railway Co. There was a note that the thatcher was Richard Attawood of Deeping St James who replaced the stubble roof with reed. Yaxley reeds were used at 8 shillings per 100 and 1,400 were used for the job. As well as the roof being repaired a butcher’s shop was added for Nathaniel’s stepgrandson, Thomas Sindall (William Gee having married his mother, Elizabeth the widow of Thomas Sindall Snr in 1843). Grandson Charles Gee was at first an apprentice but later ran the business.

Nathaniel had had an eventful life and a tragic death. Aged 85 he was run over and killed by a horse and cart. He is buried in St Guthlac’s churchyard, and his tombstone has the inscription: ‘Here the wicked cease from troubling, Here the weary are at rest.’

Nathaniel’s son William and grandson, William Morgan Gee continued to run the pub. According to newspaper reports at the time William had a favourite story with which he would regale his customers. His grandfather, Thomas Hardy, would meet Dick Turpin up on Helpston Heath. In the early days there had been popular sympathy for the highwayman as a Robin Hood character. Landowners were not always good to their tenants and workers, and poaching the odd deer or rabbits was commonplace so that a man could feed his family. It was said that the highwayman was travelling up the Great North Road and to evade lawmen and bounty hunters, Thomas hid him up on the heath.

On the night of 20th April 1846 a fire broke out on the premises when William Gee went into the barn with a candle and broken lantern.

He went up a ladder and fell, seriously injuring himself but holding on to the lantern. William got out of the barn but the detached snuff of 14

the candle caused it to go up in flames, destroying the contents which were not insured. Mr Nurse’s barn was also destroyed as was Mr Bellair’s and Mr Allen’s barns. At this time the premises had been occupied by William Gee for 65 years but they were now owned by Thomas Sindall of Weston St Mary.

William and Elizabeth moved to live with their daughter in Spalding in 1861. He died in 1875 and his obituary stated that ‘he was a member of one of those long lived families whose relatives lived over a long space of time, he was a fellow pupil of John Clare the poet on a violin at a night school in Market Deeping’. He was buried in Spalding cemetery.

The Indian Queen had been taken over by William Morgan Gee. Sadly this was not a success and in 1866 he was declared bankrupt and the business shortly after was purchased by Marston’s Brewery. William Wells, a harness maker from Rippingale, then moved in with his eight children from the Crown at Glinton.

William Buck of Market Deeping was summoned for an assault on Wells, receiving a fine of nine shillings. Wells then went on to take over the Horse & Groom in Horsegate and Marston’s attempted to let the Brewhouse as a opportunity for a barber or basket maker. Two years later the whole site was put up for sale.

‘The Indian Queen Public House situated in Town Street Deeping St James together with butchers shop and harness makers shop and stables, cart shed, hayloft garden and paddock adjoining the whole bounded south by the Town Street, west by the premises of Mr Nurse and east by the estate of Mrs Burchnall and comprising 3r 13p and also a piece of pasture land containing 1a or 25p, bounded south by Back Lane (now Park Road) west by land of Mr Henry Smith, north by land of Mr Thomas Swift and east by land of Mr Merrilion.’ continued >

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FEATURE The property did not sell and Marston’s installed a tenant, Thomas and Frances Bellamy for whom calamity struck. In April 1880 Frances was summoned at Bourne Court for serving a man, Adcock, who was drunk.

In spite of her protestations of innocence; she claimed to have been pulling a pint for her gardener, the Jury found her guilty and she was fined £3 with £1 15 shillings costs and her licence endorsed. Her husband was somewhat improbably said to be in Japan. She became agitated in court and in strong language told of her inability to pay the demand and asked for time. The fear of losing her home continued overnight and the next morning she hung herself.

At the time of the 1881 Census John Southwell Yorke, a grocer and draper from Spalding, was the landlord, aged just 28 years. This did not last and in 1882 Charles Parsonage from the Royal Arms in Peterborough took over. At Bourne Petty Sessions on 19th March 1885 it was reported that William Burton of Deeping Gate was summoned by Inspector Pawson for having been drunk at the Indian Queen on 6th March. PC Kempstone stated that when the summons was served on the defendant he said ‘I know I have had a little too much to drink but I was not disorderly.’ He was fined two shillings and sixpence with ten shillings and six pence costs.

In the summer of 1888 the Deeping St James sports were held in Mr Parsonage’s field in Deeping Gate on the river near the bridge. Better attended than usual, the newly formed Deeping St James band performed and the Indian Queen enjoyed great patronage.

On 16th October 1897, a Saturday morning, fire once again broke out at the pub. The fire was put down to a half-witted lad, James Buck, employed to help out in the yard doing odd jobs. It was thought that he struck a match and then threw 16

Elizabethan shoe sole found in under the wall of the Indian Queen by Christopher Abel.

down some straw which ignited and caught a large stack of oat straw alight.

The parish fire engine, in the charge of Captain Bennett, was soon on the spot and a number of willing workers threw water on the burning straw.

Two large stacks were consumed, a pig weighing about 16 stone was burnt to death in its sty and the outhouses were completely destroyed. Fortunately the wind was blowing in a contrary direction or several thatched houses between the Indian Queen and the Bell Inn would have been destroyed. The fire engine experienced great difficulty in drawing water as the river was exceedingly low and the bed choked with mud.

As well as running the inn, Charles was also a cottager and when his wife Martha died in April 1907 at the age of 67, he continued to run the business with his daughter Alice Maud until his death in December 1908.

In 1909 Alice married James Rippon and they were set to continue as Landlord and Lady. Sadly this was not to be and in the same year the Grantham Journal reported the closure of three pubs locally, the Red Lion and Black Horse Market Deeping and The Indian Queen, Deeping St James.

In 1911 the building was once again put up for sale but did not reach the asking price of £170. It was eventually bought by John Hibbert who owned a thrashing tackle business. In 1973 his grandson Nick was having the building modernised when disaster struck. On 1st May the builders took out the wall plates and the whole wall fell down.

Unfortunately, unknown to anyone, the timber framing had rotted to within three feet of the ground and as the rubble was taken away the remaining structure fell down. By 1975 the new house had been constructed using the stone and beams from the old one.

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June Stanley ‘Time Gentlemen Please’ Immaculate make up, big hair and a hard exterior concealing a heart of gold; June Stanley belongs to a tradition of pub landladies as portrayed on TV by the loveable Barbara Windsor and Julie Goodyear.

New mum of baby Louise, June found herself at home and bored when at the hairdresser’s she bumped into Marge Sampson, landlady of the Crown & Anchor. It was 1969 and Marge and her husband were leaving for the ‘Shoulder of Mutton’ at Weldon and suggested that June and her husband Bernard could take the

pub over. Having got over the initial shock, Bernard supported June and the couple went for an interview with Warwick & Richardson at The Talbot in Oundle.

Finding themselves in line with 30 other couples, June did not think she would need the advice given to her by a landlady nearby: ‘The secret of success, my dear, is when the doors close at 2 o’clock have lunch and lie down for two hours with your legs higher than your heart and you’ll be in the trade for many years.’ But she was wrong the couple not only made the grade but remained at the pub for 30 years.

When the couple moved in they were met with dark blue walls written all over in chalk from the leaving party the night before and the furniture was in bits.

June’s mother came in, took a cursory look around, sniffed and was heard to utter, ‘There’s something not quite right with the drains!’ So began a lifetime of cleaning and scrubbing the tiled floor which was done in the morning and again before opening in the evening. An army of cleaners; Doreen, Ann, Brenda and Helen, were brought into help. But for Peterborough businessman Bernard apart from the day that he married June, it was the proudest day of his life!

For June running the pub was not a chore but a pleasure; quite often a customer would say ‘I’ll have a pint of whatever she’s having!’ With Bernard as her rock, June ran the pub as a club but would always make newcomers feel at home. One harvest festival the local vicar Stanley Haworth was invited to deliver a service before the food was auctioned off for charity.

A stranger walked in and was retreating muttering he thought that this was a pub not a church, but rescued

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by June he became a regular, met his wife there and still lives nearby.

The early years at the pub were accompanied by the building of the new estate where the Manor House and gardens had been. June can remember at once being enthralled with the beauty of the spiral staircase and the mosaics on the floor of the Manor and then horrified at the chickens in the hall. Soon the houses in Hereward Way were being built and when it rained the builders came into the pub, bringing the mud with them.

Characters like the roofer Jack Hammond stood out, when he fearlessly ran across the roofs. When the house was built opposite the pub, builders having imbibed too much at lunchtime would tie their belts to the scaffolding so that they wouldn’t fall off. When the time came to top the house off it was June’s knickers that they flew from the flagpole.

Then the young families moved in and they would then come to the pub. June and Bernard responded to the need to have somewhere for the children to play by constructing a room especially for the purpose outside of the back door. Gradually the children would grow, get married and have children of their own and all would keep in touch.

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‘For June running the pub was not a chore but a pleasure’

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PROFILE FEATURE dinner he was reluctantly persuaded to take Siobhan. The evening went well and the rest is history. He married her!

June prided herself on keeping an orderly house. One Christmas Eve she looked up from the bar to see a group of lads already the worse for wear coming through the door. Barmaid Siobhan looked round for some help but June had gone under the bar, kissed all the boys on the cheek, wishing them a happy Christmas and telling them she would see them in the New Year as she waved them goodbye.

On another occasion the couple had let the upstairs rooms for bed and breakfast, having themselves moved out to a house in Ascendale. The guests were travellers, in the area for a wedding. They were all dressed smartly for the wedding when one of the younger men started to pull the buttons off an older man’s shirt, ‘It was a custom. he said’. However, the older man was not amused and stood up to his full height, so big was he that it felt as if the lights had gone out! He went to hit the younger man and his fist went through a pane of glass in the door. Unperturbed June reached for her father’s fire bell (he had been fire warden at Peter Brotherhoods pattern shop in the War) as she shook it she turned all the lights off. (‘No fighting in my Pub!’). The travellers thought that

the Police had arrived and headed off. They returned the next day to pay for the damage with a wad of notes but June and her army did not know where to start with the cleaning; they had left hat boxes, bags that their dresses had come in and to boot had tried to negotiate the very reasonable room rate down from £7.00. June heard that one of the guests was last seen selling sheets at the reception from the boot of her car!

June and Bernard’s life was peopled with great characters: Stan the gardener, Peter Wade the disabled lad who helped Bernard with the cellar and bottling up until the authorities cracked down on the tips that Bernard would give him, Sam Sharp and Barry Duff the coalmen with Beebys, who would come in black as the ace of spades with coal dust, Bob Hibbert and Robert Buff the butchers, Lily and Albert Moyes the water bailiff, the rag and bone man who would come round with a grinder on the back of his bike: ‘Any knives want sharpening?’ and the lady with a basket of lace, Bernard would never buy but would give her a packet of ten Number 6 cigarettes to see her on her way. Next door

were Pauline and Fred Lormor who took the Ruddy Duck at Peakirk after the couple had shown them the ropes of the pub trade.

Raffles, jam making, a VE Day garden party, jewellery, shoes, shorts and hat parties, 5 a side, a garden party for Charles & Di’s wedding, golf and darts matches; June often with her friend Rose would raise money for Papworth, a trumpet for the girls brigade, football kit and numerous other charities. All punctuated with fun and frolics: the chap who ate the flowers on the bar; the guy who resumed eating his chicken curry blissfully unaware that the cat had tucked in when he was out of the room; and Bernard, who on one notable occasion lapped up the praise for a fabulous wedding but, as daughter Louise pointed out, had stood with his hands in his pockets all day having had too good a night the night before!

Louise had worked behind the bar washing glasses from the age of 14 and served beer at 18, met and married Raymond Short in 1986 and is still working in the hospitality business today.

After their retirement in 1999, spent mostly in Heacham, June nursed Bernard through 16 years of ill health.

She had vowed and declared never to let him go to PDH and he didn’t, ending his days at the Johnson Hospital in Pinchbeck. When June got out of the car at the crematorium for his funeral her breath was taken away to see how many friends had come to see him on his way.

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Exciting news for Murano Silver! The Market Deeping jewellers is taking a leap and opening a second branch of their lovely shop. Since Molly took over the business (4 years ago in September) she has had plans to grow and earlier this year found the ideal property on the fabulous St Mary Street, full of a range of independents- a great spot for shopping, in Stamford. The aim here is the same is in Deeping: to offer a gorgeous selection of unusual jewellery from unique brands and hand makers at a perfect price. Both shops will continue to offer all of your current favourites as will as introducing new collections that you are sure to love. The success

so far and the ability to expand is largely thanks to the hugely supportive customers in the Market Deeping branch which will always be the home of Murano Silver. As well as this, they’re launching their own 12 piece jewellery collection called ‘Connie Bear’ designed by Molly and launching this year. This will be exclusively available in the Market Deeping and Stamford shops to begin with- it’s definitely worth having a look at so keep your eyes on the Murano Silver and Connie Bear social media pages for more details on that!

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A country wedding in Deeping The Granary, West Deeping is one of the newest waterside venues in the area available for wedding reception hire. Owners Graham and Glenn only hold a limited number of weddings each year in 12 acres of gardens beside the millpond, rivers and streams that were once part of the Molecey Mill estate. Having a local wedding which you can design and plan in an amazing country setting is a rather special opportunity for any couple.

As part of the wedding package the sumptuously designed interior of the Granary comfortably accommodates the bride and her special bridesmaids. Sleeping 14, it gives plenty of scope for the night before the wedding and the evening of the big day. The bridal couple experience the most romantic start to their married life tucked away in the self contained converted former Duck House.

Outside, two unique islands and the main lawns of the house provide the setting for the special day.

Swan Island is a magical location for Georgi Mabee Photography a reception as guests arrive, crossing the zig-zag bridge and exploring the landscaped grounds. It is also the perfect place for guests to camp. Resident swans will be gliding past when they wake. Granary bell tents are available to hire or guests may bring their own for a modest fee. Willow lawn, much closer to the main house provides a more formal area for a traditional style marquee or for a games and activities area – anyone for croquet?

Gemma and Tom from Deeping St James married at the Priory Church in July. They arrived back at the Granary in style in a vintage Volkswagen camper van.

Guests enjoyed canapés on Swan Island before gathering to form a rose petal tunnel through which the couple

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were showered on their way to the marquee. Colourful hearts marked the route as paper chains and ribbons decorated trees on the way to the Capri marquee. Located in the centre of Willow Lawn decoration was festival style. Outside straw bales and rustic pallet tables created relaxed seating. Flowers were loosely arranged in bottles and jars sitting on wooden platters and dotted all around the grounds in a bright array of wellington boots. Tables were named after the couple’s favourite festivals and guests were given a festival style wristband.

The couple recalled: ‘We could not have wished for a better place or people to have shared our experience with! It was a once in a lifetime opportunity, with memories that we will cherish forever. The best part of our wedding at The Granary was our ability to choose. You really can have the wedding of your dreams, and anything was possible.

Every time we think back to the wedding day, we are filled with the most magical feeling; I truly think it will never leave us!’

Owl Island is a mystical far-off location for a secret garden party wedding and is suited to a more informal tipi style event. This was exactly what Kirstie and Lee from Helpston were seeking. Three amazing tipis were erected on the lawn set in amongst the trees and shrubs. Family and friends were welcomed to a large dance floor complete with the requisite glitter ball while in the dining area long tables and bench seating were all decorated and laid out. Outside a whole camp was set up in front of the tipis, with a bar serving real ales and a late-night fire pit with Georgi Mabee Photography

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WEDDINGS straw bale sofas all lit by thousands of twinkling lights coming alive after dark – a true festival in the forest.

Kirstie and Lee said ‘The Granary and its grounds are breathtaking without any additional decoration so anything we did add was icing on the cake. The only way to understand its beauty is to look around the generous landscape yourself; our guests were blown away by this local jewel!’

This stunning riverside location, nestled in a fold of the River Welland, provides untrammelled inspiration and the perfect backdrop for a celebration. Ample parking is available under the trees on Coach House lawn and there is also hard-standing parking for those who may be less mobile.

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‘For years, thou hermit, in the lonely sea Of grass that waves around thee’ Of course this magnificent tree, with the largest girth of any living English oak, measuring 13.3 metres at 1.5 metres above ground level caught the eye of poet John Clare who felt the weight of history as he gazed upon it. Oak trees grow at a rate of one metre per hundred years and so this tree could well have seen 1,300 summers. The sheer size is breathtaking but situated as it is above the lost village of Bowthorpe, looking out across undulating countryside, to be in its presence feels like a privilege. In fact this year it was voted as the fifth most popular tree in the UK in a competition organised by the Woodland Trust.

The village is mentioned in the Doomsday Book, and its name Norse: bur meaning broad and thorpe meaning settlement. It was situated in a vale by the stream and included a mill. It is thought to have been wiped out by the plague. In the 1976 drought it was possible to discern the outline of some of the buildings. Now all that is left is the 17th-century farmhouse to Bowthorpe Park Farm.

Five generations of Blanchards have farmed the land since they came from Elsthorpe after the Second World War. It is a mixed farm and just as there are picture-book tractors plying their way across the fields of gold so there are Lincolnshire Red cattle with the occasional Charolais, a retired bull peacefully chewing the cud, inquisitive pygmy goats and a slightly haughty mare overlooking the proceedings.

The Oak can now be seen at weekends and bank holidays in the season (which runs until the end of October). School trips and other groups are welcomed and offered a talk on the farm and its animals during the week and in the evenings. It is the perfect setting for a picnic and tea, coffee and ice creams are available.

Inspired by the stories behind such trees and recognising their importance, Deeping St James Parish Council is proud to be a signatory to the Woodland Trust’s Charter for Trees, Woods and People. To be launched on 6th November 2017, the 800th anniversary of the influential 1217 Charter of the Forest, the Charter for Trees recognises and celebrates the many benefits brought by trees and woods and defends the right of the people of the UK to them. Over the summer the Parish Council collected 170 signatures for the Charter and for every signature the Woodland Trust will plant a tree.

Closer to home family business, Oakwood Financial Services, Insurance Brokers & Property Services have donated 100 trees to the Parish and Town Councils. Says Martin Jones, ‘We are a community company and like to help out wherever we can, whether by sponsoring local events or sports teams.

The idea of donating trees was to give back by doing something positive for the environment. We wanted 100 participants to our buzzer game and more than exceeded that at the Beer Festival. However we were committed to the 100 trees irrespective of the number of participants.’

In the spirit of the Charter for Trees, Deeping St James Parish Council has launched a competition for the best tree in the Parish. A picture of your favourite tree and 50 words to describe why you think sit is the best tree along with a colour image and your address details should be sent to: clerk. dsjpc@btconnect.com by 30th April. Winners will be announced at the Parish’s Annual Parish meeting.

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The Christmas Countdown!

Maybe the year has not proved to be as productive as you had hoped. Life is what happens while you are busy making plans as they say! But there is no time like the present and the impetus of reaching a goal by the end of the year can seem achievable when it is a relatively short time away! If your aim was to reduce your weight by a dress size now may well be the time to try to get into that little black dress! Paula Meeks independent consultant with Cambridge Weight Plan comments. “the one to one support offered by a consultant that supports you on your journey is what sets this diet apart.

There are six step plans to choose from and most include normal meals of varying amounts. My advice, hang the dress you would like to wear on the wardrobe door, promise yourself a reward - maybe a piece of jewellery to complement your outfit (Murano has a great selection of amber jewellery) and hold the thought in your mind- it’s not long til Christmas!”

Make this Christmas the year that you shop locally - we all know that it makes sense to put money back into the economy in which we live. It is surprising what brands are available locally; Cloudnine Gifts sell a variety of nationally known brands such as Burts Bees and Cath Kidston. As well as clothes from Seasalt, Pomodoro, Brakeburn and White Stuff, Felicity also have great scarves and bags that make stylish presents. We are blessed with a number of lovely cafes where the money saved by shopping locally can be rewarded with a delicious treat!

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This year the photographers of the Deepings have done themselves proud and the images in the 2018 ‘I’d rather be in Deeping’ calendar are some of the best yet! Still just £5 from Cloudnine, Black Cab Framing Studio and Deeping News. Also available at the I’d rather be in Deeping Winter Fair that this year will take place at Swines Meadow Farm Nursery (junction of Linchfield Rd and Outgang Rd) on Friday evening 10th November 5.00 - 8.00pm and Saturday 11th November 10.00 am - 3.00 pm Wise words from Emma Lannigan of belifehappy “Christmas is a time of joy, peace and love right? Or is that family feuds, parties, guilty treats and a tighter budget? Find your happy in this Christmas by just being you”

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THE GOAT Within living memory, when Eric Johnson was the landlord of the Goat in Frognall, Deeping St James, many used to wonder at the story behind the sword which hung on the wall beside the fireplace. Many believed that the dark stains that were impregnated into the steel were in fact blood stains but not many knew how they came to be there.

Eric had been foraging about in one of those dubious London junk shops where it looked as if it was well before the War since anything had been bought – clouds of dust would rise as a book was moved and you could hear the sound of feet scurrying away in the skirting boards. He wasn’t expecting to find anything but he liked to look for examples of old marquetry as that was his current hobby of choice. On this occasion, though, his eye was caught by the glint of metal. He moved the musty fabric that was covering it up, disturbing more gales of dust and there it was: a fine sword with an unusual curved hilt. As he slid his finger over the blade he noticed that the sword had been sharp on both sides. Momentarily transported back to a time and a place far removed from a rainy London afternoon, Eric claimed the sword and

The story of the sword took it with him on the train to Peterborough, back to the Goat. Here he banged a nail in the wall and here the sword hung. Some still remember it to this very day.

Such interest did the sword arouse that it became the subject of an article in a local newspaper. It transpired that the sword was thought to have belonged to a Turkish brigand named Abdul who terrorised villagers and travellers passing through a mountainous region of Turkey. According to legend, Abdul was the chieftain of a dreaded gang of marauders, once soldiers of the Imperial Turkish Army in the late 18th century. The brigands deserted because they found it more profitable to raid and loot villages than to serve in the army in which discipline was strict and diet spartan.

Earning the name ‘Bloody Abdul’ he was said to kill for killing’s sake, and his favourite pastime was to sever the heads from the bodies of unfortunate victims with one clean sweep of the notorious sword. It was said that Abdul once felled 50 prisoners in a killing spree after a favourite horse had broken its leg.

The story goes that on a summer’s night in the 1790s the terrorists were encamped on a hillside in a drunken orgy. A brave Englishman came upon the notorious gang and in order to put paid to Abdul’s bloody campaign, he attempted to pull the sword from its sheath. Twice the chieftain stirred as the brave stranger tugged gently at the sword but eventually the weapon was out of its sheath and the man quickly mounted his horse and galloped away from the camp.

The sword allegedly brought supernatural powers to its owner and the captor was convinced that, if his escape was noticed and he was followed, the superstitious Turks would not dare attack him as long as held the sword. Frightened though, that Abdul would seek revenge, he cut short his visit and sailed home to England where he managed to sell the blood-stained sword for a considerable sum.

The legendary sword had a long and varied career changing hands and being used in battle all over the world until it ended up, dusty and uncared for in a London junk shop where it lay for 50 years until that rainy afternoon when it came into the hands of Eric Johnson and found its home at the Goat in Frognall.

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You will have seen the vans all over Deeping, and in the summer months they can often be seen hard at work at The Deepings School. But just who are PJS? PJS are an engineering firm specialising in Mechanical building services. “Well hold on, wait!” you may say, “…what exactly are building services?”. Building services make up the beating heart of any building. Without its services a building is simply a shell. It is the heating systems, plumbing systems, electrical systems and so on which make a building serve its purpose.

With the application of building services an empty shed with rooms becomes a school science block. Walls with doors become classrooms, washrooms and offices.

Building services give a building identity, purpose and function. PJS look after all elements of building services which are mechanical in nature, that is to say, in layman’s terms, pipes and ducts.

Starting as water treatment specialists in Peterborough over 30 years ago, the company has grown steadily, and today are a well respected mechanical contractor. They offer a wide range of services including full plant room installations; design and build services; desk, feasibility and technical reports as well as maintenance such as planned preventative, reactive and scheduled servicing. Their clients are both in public and private

boiler plants to enable major works to be carried out with the minimum of disruption whilst enabling the affected building to still be used and occupied as normal.

Of course with the wealth of experience that is available here, PJS are also the first port of call for many well known national names when new projects are being planned. They offer design and build proposals, full plant room installation as well as technical reports. They have in house consulting engineers qualified and capable of engaging in all aspects of building services design.

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They ensure that educational, commercial, public sector and corporate buildings are fully operational. They ensure the safety of building occupants from dangers associated with gas, high temperature water and other hazards. This involves the annual servicing and testing of boiler plant and equipment, ensuring water safety and then storing all compliance documentation safely for their clients.

Whilst every effort is made to ensure that equipment is fully maintained, failures do happen and PJS provide for just those eventualities. Alongside an excellent reactive maintenance crew, PJS own and operate a number of temporary boiler houses (think of a box trailer with a boiler system inside). These are designed to be deployed to commercial/public buildings to temporarily replace and bypass faulty

Licensed by APHC and with accreditations to CIBSE, OFTEC, CHAS, BES, GasSafe and Constructionline it is of no surprise that clients are many, prestigious and diverse.

Managing Director Malcolm Smith, a Deeping lad is proud to be able to offer employment to over 14 staff from the local area. Through PJS he actively supports personal professional development having successfully seen a number of his employees through apprenticeship schemes and supporting work experience initiatives through the Deepings School where he himself was a student.

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Onwards and Upwards!

It’s all systems go at The Deepings School!

Staff and students have taken this new school year by storm with the best set of GCSE results in the last four years. Students securing standard passes (C grade equivalent and above) in both English and Maths have risen by 11% to 60%. English results have improved by 15% to 77% with Maths showing an 11% improvement to 63%. There were stellar performances from a number of students who attained the new gold standard grade 9 in English and Maths. In welcoming this improvement Head Teacher Richard Lord said ‘It is with a great sense of “A tremendous amount of work and effort has gone into preparing pride that we recognise for these new style exams and the the hard work of the Year manner in which students and 13 students in achieving a staff have approached the challenge has been really commendable. In strong set of results that will addition students attended extra enable them to pursue their support sessions for all subjects at aspirations in the future’ lunchtime, after school, at weekends and throughout the holidays over the course of the past academic year. I would like to extend my thanks to the staff for giving so freely of their time Head Boy Alexander Heatley, Head Girl Isabella Oakley.and Head Teacher Richard Lord. and to the students for their fantastic efforts. The support of parents and carers along the way has also been vital because we know that this makes a truly positive impact.” fact that so many of our students have performed so well is testament to their commitment and desire to realise their potential.”

Mr Lord was also very pleased with the ‘A’ level exam results achieved by students this year, especially the increase in A-B The School’s Presentation evening welcomed hundreds of grades. Mr Smith, Assistant Head Teacher with responsibility for members of The Deepings School community to celebrate the Sixth Form commented, “It is with a great sense of pride that we the successes of students in the summer exams and those who recognise the hard work of the Year 13 students in achieving a strong set of contribute so much not only to the life of the school but to the results that will enable them to pursue their aspirations in the future. The continued >

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Deepings and the wider community generally. This year’s event was made even more special as students achieved such good results in the 2016/17 public examination arena. The School welcomed back author Julian Sedgwick as the guest speaker. He visited the School earlier in the year when past Children’s laureate Malorie Blackman and authors Alan Gibbons and Jenny McLachlan had entertained students with thoughtprovoking sessions as part of the first Deepings Literary Festival. One time Arsenal & FA Vice Chairman, now a motivational speaker, David Dein has also recently visited the school and Kamal Hyman, Peterborough Youth MP works with Year 11 students on a regular basis with the aim of raising aspirations.

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Forums throughout the year. In addition a number of Parents Surgeries, led by members of the School’s Leadership Team, will be on offer to respond to individual issues that might arise.

The School is very keen to work with the wider Deepings community and this year staged their first ‘Exhibition of Learning’. Members of the community are regularly invited into School and as in past years members of the school will serve a Christmas afternoon tea for the elderly and, of course, all are invited to the annual Carol Service which this year will be held at St Guthlac’s. The School will also be running its annual Community Buffet for invited guests.

The primary to secondary transition is key to a child’s progress in school and here many initiatives have been undertaken to ease what can be a traumatic time. Examples of the best of a child’s work at primary school are kept on hand for reference to guard against a dip in standards and primary Head Teachers are invited into the Deepings to discuss progress with their former students. In fact, such is the emphasis given to this process, that the Head Teacher Richard Lord has been invited to give a presentation on the subject to the Westminster Education Forum including Emma Hardy MP member of the Select Committee for Education.

THE DEEPINGS SCHOOL The Teacher Training Centre at The Deepings School, an official awarding body able to assess and validate Qualified Teacher Status, enables the school to recruit from a pool of very able candidates trained or re-trained at the school without having to go through a more expensive and less assured recruitment process.

Open Morning Dates 2017/8 Tours commence at 10.00 am.

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In addressing the teaching body at the start of the new school year, Richard Lord emphasised “Everybody has the right to great expectations, parents and carers, students and the local community but nobody should have higher expectations than ourselves.”

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Richard is convinced that, when the right building blocks are put in place, the outcomes are positive. “With the raft of initiatives that have been adopted across the school along with the positive support for the school which is evident in the community at large, the stage is set for a very bright future indeed.”

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The Wicked Witch,Ryhall Malena & Mike Parsons visited the Wicked Witch for the magazine.

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The building, originally a pub, has a spacious dining room, is bright and airy despite being an old building. The food is superb. Meat dishes are presented on beds of beautifully cooked vegetables, sauces carefully poured around the food so none of the flavours are masked. Desserts “to die for”, a mixture of flavours, colours and contrasting textures to delight the palate. The staff are friendly, happy to accommodate any special requirements and prices are very reasonable, truly a culinary experience not to be missed! www.thewickedwitchexperience.co.uk/ Tel: 01780 763649

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Wednesday nights need never be the same if you set off to the Baskervilles says Graham Magee.. A fantastic themed grill night means you can really indulge your passion for a hearty evening meal. Tempting choices include several sizes of steak, a massive mixed grill or a full rack of ribs. All of the steak night options come in at staggeringly good value at £9.99 a dish. The restaurant is friendly and welcoming and when we booked they couldn’t be more accommodating and made sure we had a super table in the middle of the dining room. The room is smart and well decorated with pristine table settings and a relaxing setting for dinner. The staff were attentive and there was a good selection of drinks from the bar and fantastic wine list. If your tastes range wider than the steak night offering then there is also a full a la carte menu we selected a very tasty rump of lamb with dauphinoise potatoes for only £14.95. The evening was so filling we can’t confess to taking a sweet from the desert menu but we are sure that the selection wouldn’t disappoint.

The Green Man, Marholm The Green Man commands a prominent setting.

It’s name of course is enigmatic as the inn sign, the Fitzwilliam Arms bears the arms of the family and was once owned by the nearby Fitzwilliam Estate - the Green Man refers to the centuries old green privet hedge outside. But as the nights draw in there is nowhere better for a romantic meal for two as photographer, Lee Hellwing comments,’There is a log fire in the winter and plenty of nooks and crannies with tables, the atmosphere is always good and the food justifies a ride through the countryside to get there.” A hearty selection of meals on the menu and for those that have over indulged but don’t want to miss desert, a mini pudding with a coffee is on offer! There is a fixed price menu Mon-Fri. Popular with walkers - the bar is dog friendly and Southey Woods and Castor Hanglands are nearby. St Mary’s Church is interesting to explore too. www.vintageinn.co.uk/restaurants/east/thefitzwilliamarmsmarholm 42

The Green Dragon, Ryhall Run by local husband and wife team, Debbie and Shaun Rolf, The Green Dragon is built on the site of a 13th century Manor House and still features a 13th century vaulted cellar. The main building is Grade 2 Listed and was built in the 17th century. Situated in the heart of the village the low ceilings and nooks and crannies give the pub a nice cosy feel. The pub is known for its selection of scrumptious pizzas and there is an offer on Sundays and Mondays - order 2 x 12” pizzas and a bottle of red or white wine for just £20, For those exploring the area (the Church is just nearby) lunches are served Tues- Sat and on Sunday their famous roast dinners are served from noon, while afternoon tea is available on Sundays between 3-5pm. Pizzas are available 7 evenings a week. www.thegreendragonryhall.co.uk/

All Saints Brewery, Stamford All Saints Brewery in the shadows of All Saints Church Stamford is about as atmospheric as you can possibly be for All Saints Day! Surrounded by cobbled streets the kind of lampposts that were once lit by gas and houses with low front doors and windows of small panes of glass - here is the place to be for a Halloween meal. The Brewery itself is a restored Victorian working steam brewery(known as Melbourn Bros) producing award winning specialised fruit beers. The handcrafted beer from organically grown barley and wheat is taken to Samuel Smith’s independent brewery at Tadcaster to be blended with pure organic cherry, strawberry or raspberry fruit juices and more organic beer to create the fruit beers. There has been a brewery on this site since at least 1825 but the Pub seems much older and very interesting. It is family friendly, lots of rooms at different levels, a centrally placed chess set and the food is good wholesome pub grub at very affordable prices. www.allsaintsbrewery.co.uk

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What sort of winter can we expect this year?

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Wind, rain, ice and snow can all be hazardous to our health and well-being over the winter.

because of a water leak. If we take appropriate preventative action now, much distress can be avoided.

We’ve recently seen on the news how devastating extreme weather conditions can be in many parts of the world.

Destructive weather can lead to damage of homes, belongings, and even loss of life.

Thankfully in Britain, our winters are not generally as severe as in some other countries, but the imminent cold and damp weather must still be taken very seriously – particularly if we care for vulnerable friends and family members.

You may wish to consider the following aspects and draw up your own list of actions when assessing readiness for winter:

Outdoors • Check all gutters and downpipes to remove any debris and blockages • Look over the roof tiles for any slips or gaps, and around chimneys for loose brickwork • Wash down and disinfect any outside footpaths that have developed slippery algae • Assess any trees for dead branches, and trim back any shrubs with excessive growth • Test exterior light bulbs and install new ones in dark areas that might be unsafe at night

Keeping track of weather forecasting can help greatly in preparing for the colder weather, and October is a great month in which to assess our readiness for the forthcoming changes in seasonal conditions.

Our best chance of staying well in winter is to ensure our home is warm, safe and secure, with all essential indoor and outdoor maintenance jobs completed in good time. If we also have full or shared responsibility for the welfare of a relative or neighbour, it can be more challenging but very necessary, to ensure their home is also ready for the coming months.

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• Check and deal with any internal water leaks, have tap washers changed if necessary • Black mould in damp areas must be treated, and the source of the damp dealt with • Fix any draughty doors and windows – some ventilation can help to reduce condensation •

Personal – Refresh the central heating thermostat to times and temperatures that are comfortable

• Update bedding and blankets ready for the winter • Assess all footwear for safety indoors and outdoors, particularly slippers and boots • Stock the larder or freezer with some easy meals in case shopping becomes difficult We cannot know in detail what sort of winter weather we can expect this year, but with forward planning, we can now take some practical steps to keep our loved ones warm and safe whatever sort of weather we have.

Indoors • Ensure the central heating system has had its annual service and is in full working order • Maximise any potential for roof and wall insulation and pipe lagging

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