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NEWS & FEATURES A WALK WITH JOHN CLARE

A walk with

Sunday 14 July

JOHN CLARE This walk will give you the opportunity to stroll along in the footsteps of the poet John Clare and learn about the landscape that featured in his poetry.

It has been organised by the John Clare Society, the John Clare Cottage and the Langdyke Countryside Trust and sets off at 1pm on the Sunday afternoon of the John Clare Society Festival in Helpston.

The five-mile guided walk around the Helpston area will be led by Carry Akroyd of the John Clare Society and Langdyke’s David Cowcill.

The programme includes an introduction to Clare’s life and works with readings appropriate to the places visited and commentary on the countryside he loved.

It includes a cream tea at the John Clare Cottage with the opportunity to undertake an audio-tour of the cottage and gardens.

Places are strictly limited and bookings will be made on a first come, first-served basis and the cost per person is £9 – payable on the day.

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Since the last issue of the Tribune the Cottage gardens have come into their annual best with a great show of flowers, which are much appreciated by our many visitors.

PETERBOROUGH OPEN STUDIOS NEWS & FEATURES

The maintenance of the gardens and the presentation is due to the dedicated team of volunteers who have worked with the Trust for many years.

ART IN THE COTTAGE

There will be a new exhibition in the Cottage from 1 July. Another local artist Jean Edwards will have her works of art on display.

Jean started painting seriously about 22 years ago, her main passion is watercolour and although she used to be a purest she now incorporates other mediums within her work such as acrylic ink, acrylic paint and gouache. Mixed media lends itself to more creativity and it is so exciting and much more fun.

Her main subject is the landscape and especially trees in their winter glory.

Jean exhibits in Stamford and Peterborough and takes part in the Peterborough Open Studios in June/July.

OPEN CRAFT DAY

Our annual crafts day will be on Saturday 3 August.

This will give you an opportunity to buy gifts etc. The products include items from wood turning, ceramics, cards, silk scarves, jewellery and knitting and spinning. Refreshments will be available in the cafĂŠ.

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In addition to the Monthly prizes, an additional £200 will be paid out in June and a Whopping £300 in December.

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Peterborough Open Studios are running on the weekends of 29-30 June, 6-7 & 13-14 July

Peterborough Artist Open Studios are here again There are over a 100 local artists and makers who live in the PE postcode. You can find out who and where at www.paos.org.uk or pick up a brochure which is widely available.

Strangely, I am the only PAOS artist in Tribland and I am opening my printmaking studio on five of the six days (all except 13 July).

For those who haven’t visited yet, you’ll find a working printmakers studio with exhibitions, explanations and demonstrations of different print techniques – screenprinting, drypoint intaglio and relief printing. My Studio is at the rear of 39 Church Street, Northborough – accessible via Pingle Lane.

If you would like to know more these techniques, I am running some free Sunday morning hands-on printmaking sessions from 11 – 1pm (bring an old shirt or apron): • Sunday 30 June: Drypoint – suitable for 8+ and adults

There are original prints from £10, cards and books about my work for sale. You can also visit out garden, have a cup of tea and a chat.

Peter Hayward’s Barn Studio, at 17 Woodgate Helpston, will also be open from 11.00am – 3pm on the three Saturdays.

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NEWS & FEATURES THE JOHN CLARE SOCIETY FESTIVAL

THE JOHN CLARE SOCIETY

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12-14 July

For full details of the Festival, Programmes are available from The Bluebell, Woodgate, Helpston, Annakinn, West Street, and from Clare Cottage, Woodgate, and cost only £2.

Tickets can be purchased from Annakinn during their normal opening hours (01733 252555).

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THE JOHN CLARE SOCIETY FESTIVAL NEWS & FEATURES

The annual Festival is fast approaching! Just as it seems there is plenty of time left to get everything finally ready, after 9 months of careful planning, the two weeks before really fly by, as is the way with these things

By now many local residents will have received leaflets giving an outline of what is happening this year, but if you haven’t this is a reminder of what we have to offer.

We hope that you will find the time to come along, whether it’s for an organised event, or for one of the days, or for the entire weekend.

Everyone living in Helpston, and the surrounding villages and towns, are welcome to the Festival, which is completely free to attend apart from one ticketed event on Saturday and two on Sunday. The whole weekend is designed to be welcoming, informative and fun.

Friday 12 July brings the visit of the Primary School to St. Botolph’s Church at 1.30pm for the poetry competition.

Prizes will be awarded in the various age categories, after the procession from the school with the pretty and

We’re looking forward to the Festival weekend, thank all the local residents very much indeed for their support each year.

colourful Midsummer Cushions, which the children lay on John Clare’s grave, providing a beautiful centrepiece for the weekend’s activities. This is followed by the “Pint of Poetry” at 6.30pm and “An Evening of Folk Music and Songs” at 8.30pm, both of which are free and at The Bluebell, Helpston.

Saturday 13 July is the main Festival day, with something for everyone, starting at 9am and ending at 8pm.

Everything is based in the Village, with the Scout hut, with various exhibitions and stalls, being a new venue for this year.

There will be delicious lunches and teas at the Village Hall, and The Bluebell will be open all day to welcome visitors. Parking (if needed) is in the field opposite the school, weather permitting.

13 July is John Clare’s birthday, and the day’s celebrations will end with a lovely concert in St. Botolph’s Church by the local and well-loved group “Pennyless”, for which tickets are only £6.

Sunday 14 July We are presenting “A Beginner’s Guide to John Clare” 10am – 12pm in the Scout hut (£5) This is a fascinating and wonderfully interesting talk for anyone who knows little about John Clare or who wants to refresh what they do know. Having attended this talk a couple of years ago I can highly recommend it. There is also a Church service at St. Botolph’s at 10.45am where John Clare’s birthday will be remembered. And that will be our Festival events over until we see you again in 2020! We hope you enjoy every minute.

For further information contact Sue Holgate, Festival Organiser: sueholgate@hotmail.co.uk / 01353 668 438 or me, the Society’s Publicity Officer: Ann Marshall 01400 282 409 / 07815 640 033.

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‘Allo to all you residents of your lovely Tribuneland villages, I hope you are all well and cooking some nice dishes for your friends and families, non?

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Poulet à la crème de moutarde In May I have been emailed by a lady living in Helpston who wants a recipe to create for her friends and to remind her of a time she spent working in Lyon, when she enjoyed so much a chicken dish in this wonderful French City.

The dish she tells me was on the restaurant menu as ‘Poulet Lyonnais’, but from her description I think it is more likely to be found in the north east region of our country, where it is known as Poulet à la crème de moutarde.

Either way it is a very simple recipe to make and ordered many times by guests and friends here at CP, where I call it simply Chicken Dijon. Like most good food we make here the basics are very important for good quality, so free-range chicken if possible and fresh

firm asparagus. This sauce can also be used to compliment other dishes such as grilled pork and beef steaks but I think it does naturally fit in with a simple pan-fried chicken breast.

To Janet in Glinton: As with this dish above, I recommend a lightly-chilled Sauvignon Blanc to accompany your Thai-inspired fishcakes. Ours is a delicious young wine but similarly good now from the likes of Lidl and Aldi. If you want to take it to another wine level, as we sometimes are asked here at Chez Pierre, I would ask to serve a bottle of our ‘House’ Sancerre or, from the other side of the Loire river, our Pouilly-Fumé.

These exquisite wines are quite expensive although memorable of course.

You’ll need: For four : 4 skin-on (but trimmed of excess) medium-sized chicken breasts; 2 tablespoons olive oil; salt and pepper; ½ cup chicken stock; ½ cup heavy cream; a good knob of butter; ½ cup dry white wine; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; a small handful of sliced chestnut mushrooms; 1 teaspoon dried tarragon or oregano.

 Add olive oil to a large non-stick frying pan, over a reasonably high heat  Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper then place into the pan skin-side down and sauté until cooked through, about 10-12 minutes, turning once the skin has browned  Transfer the chicken to a plate and keep warm. Whilst adding the sliced mushrooms deglaze the pan with a splash of white wine and then sauté (covered) for about 5 minutes  Uncover and pour chicken stock into the hot pan and whisk-in the cream, butter, mustard, wine and tarragon or oregano.  Reduce over the heat until one achieves the right ‘sauce’ consistency.  Drizzle the sauce and mushrooms over the individual chicken breasts on warmed white plates, with asparagus or French beans and a side of dauphinoise potatoes, and serve with a lightly-chilled Sauvignon Blanc.  Delicious.

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VILLAGE VIEWS HELPSTON

May meeting

A full house welcomed Sharon Paul from 'Simply Hats' who brought along a wide range of the gorgeous hats she makes

A cat -walk through the tables meant that we could all appreciate the points that Sharon made about the styles that suited different people and members Jean and Bev modelled very professionally. Sharon shared her enthusiasm for millinery and demonstrated techniques she uses to shape and transform feathers which come from around the world She has a mission to ensure that women feel confident wearing hats and gave us some very useful lessons in how to present ourselves to advantage when being photographed!

Pop-up Café

The pop-up café in the village hall on 14 May, was another successful social event Free tea or coffee were provided by the WI, together with a tempting array of cakes that were available for a small donation. The hall looked very inviting with spring flowers on the tables and we all enjoyed a chance to stop and catch up with old and new friends.

Thanks to all who baked and helped and came, especially to the Helcats who funded the hire of the hall! This will now become a regular bi-monthly event – see the diary for dates.

Helpson WI - Pop-up café

June meeting

We were delighted to welcome 4 new members and the visitors who came to hear Eugenie Black talk about writing romantic novels

She explained that her writing was an exercise in 'playing with imaginary friends' and that a pen-name and a really good imagination were essential if you wanted to include erotic details!

Her characters obviously take over her life and appear to direct their own stories, but she described how she started by writing herself into favourite books as a child and gradually realised that she needed to begin with a clear plot if she was to get beyond chapter 5. Eugenie illustrated a typical

story 'arc' and talked about ways she solved problems with her characters, including research into more kinky relationships.

There were some interesting comments from members when she talked about the issue of unrealistic sex scenes in romantic fiction, and several people volunteered to provide feedback as 'beta' readers of her transcripts. As usual, the talk was followed by a lively social time as we got to know our new friends over drinks and cake.

Langdyke / WI craft session

Members of the WI and Langdyke Trust spend a very enjoyable afternoon with artist Kathryn Parsons as part of Langdyke's 20th Anniversary celebrations

As artist in residence for the trust, Kathryn supported us to make beautiful eco-prints from plants found on the reserves, enhancing the colours and shapes of leaves with vibrant prints of John Clare's Helpston wildlife. Bunting for the anniversary events will be made from the prints – don't miss the opportunity to join Kathryn's other free workshops if you get the chance!

If you would like to make new friends why not join us in Helpston Village Hall at 7:30pm on the first Thursday of each month? We would love to see you! Contact Janel Pike, our president, on 01733 253834, or Connie Varley, our secretary, on 01733 260558, who will be happy to answer any questions you have, or follow the links on helpston.net to village organisations, to see this year's programme.

If you would like to make new friends why not join us in Helpston Village Hall at 7:30pm on the first Thursday of each month? We would love to see you! Contact Janel Pike, our president, on 01733 253834, or Connie Varley, our secretary, on 01733 260558, who will be happy to answer any questions you have, or follow the links on helpston.net to village organisations, to see this year's programme.

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HELPSTON VILLAGE VIEWS

Helpston WI Diary Thursday morning walks All welcome! Meet outside the village shop at 9am.

3, 17, 31 July & 14, 28 August 2 – 4pm Knit & Natter at Botolph's Barn, Helpston Come and craft with our friendly group. We meet fortnightly on Wednesdays and would be delighted if you joined us.

Tuesdays, 16 July, 10 Sept & 12 Nov 1.30 – 3pm Pop-up Café At Helpston Village Hall from 1.30 – 3.00pm. Please come and join us for a free cup or tea or coffee and a chat – we would love to meet you. Dogs are welcome at this enjoyable social event!

Monthly meetings at 7.30pm in Helpston Village Hall: Thursday 4 July 'Tales from a Wimbledon Umpire' - Alan Gray, MBE will enlighten us about what goes on behind the scenes. Join us for strawberries and Pimms!

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HELPSTON VILLAGE VIEWS

Helpston Church Gala Helpston Church Gala was a great success on a Saturday in May and over £4,000 was raised owing to the enthusiasm of many people – not just from the church, but from the whole village Local folk relaxed in the sunshine, out to enjoy the hunt for a bargain, traditional games like skittles or have a look at the vintage vehicles on display. Children enjoyed the bouncy castle and tea cup ride.

The queue for hot dogs and burgers was enormous, the Pimms Stall was busy and DIY enthusiasts enjoyed browsing Joe Dobson’s It’s not that ea sy to ‘Hook a stall of old tools – a clear out of Duck’ when you’re sm all. Oscar and Joe’s garage netted a substantial Arch ie Ellis with pa l, Dominic Lewi amount of money. As usual, one were keen to s have a go. person’s rubbish is another’s bargain and toys, bric-a-brac and book stalls all did well. Every single plant on the Plant Stall found a good home. After two hours of good weather, the rain came down and villagers were able to enjoy a tea in the village hall. Most went home laden with bargains.

Following the Gala, an Open Air Service was held next day on the village green. Rev Dave Maylor said the Gala had been held under a ‘prayer bubble’ with regard to the weather, which held fine for long enough to raise the funds needed. This year’s funds will be split with 50% going towards the church building and ministry, 10% to the Kisiizi hospital in Uganda and the remaining 40% to various local charities which have submitted acceptable bids.

The Gala reliably provides a time when visitors can relax, meet up with old friends and celebrate the special sense of community always in evidence at Helpston events. Next to look forward to is the John Clare Society Festival and the school fete on Saturday 13 July.

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VILLAGE VIEWS HELPSTON

Santa Claus is coming to town, or he may not...

The HelCats are appealing for help to ensure that Santa will visit Helpston again this year Last year the HelCats organised Santa’s visit with the help of CASPRA (Castor and Ailsworth Sports and Recreation Association). The event bought much joy and happiness to the young and old residents in the village, but sadly this year CASPRA’s assistance will not

be available, which means Santa won’t have a sleigh to ride.

To enable Santa to ride around the village the HelCats are appealing for a caravan that they will be able to convert into a sleigh. It just needs a solid base and to be towable.

If anybody knows of a caravan going for scrap, or being sold cheaply, that the HelCats can convert, please get in touch with Phil on 07925 720 195 or Emma on 07827 297 053 or email helpstoncommunityactivityteam@gmail.com

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GLINTON VILLAGE VIEWS

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Our last two monthly meetings have proved to be both informative and entertaining. Sharon from ‘Simply Hats’, based at Northborough, spoke to us at our May meeting She brought along a huge array of hats and gave us quite an insight into her work as a milliner. Lynn and Jean ‘volunteered’ themselves as models and were paraded up and down in all manner of hats. Well done to them!

People buy hats mainly for important occasions and it was obvious that Sharon takes her work very seriously, aiming to give everyone their perfect hat. She told the story of how she started out as a hat maker. She needed a hat for the races, couldn’t find one and ended up buying a hat from a charity shop and ‘up-cycling’ it. Amazingly she won a prize for the second best hat at the races and the rest is history! This poem definitely sums up the evening,

Hats in all colours, Large, medium small, Hats for all occasions, We loved them ALL!

‘The Man who Broke the Bank at Monte Carlo’, it was a really enjoyable evening. Certainly different!

The folk duo ‘Fool’s Gold’ had a very unusual presentation based on the Victorian era. On guitar and flute they performed much of their own music telling iconic stories from the period, accompanied by a film presentation. Although these stories were well known about Jack the Ripper, Grace Darling, H.M.S. Birkenhead wrecked in 1852, they recounted many facts we hadn’t heard before. Coupled with a sing along of Music Hall favourites and other Victorian well known songs like

Diary Dates

July 9 Open meeting for neighbouring W.I. Groups entitled ‘Miss Savage Moves Her House’. All welcome.

July 16 The group will be hosting an Afternoon Tea event at Glinton Village Hall for members and other visitors in aid of Breast Cancer Care.

August Autumn outing

If you’re free on the second Tuesday of the month and fancy a night out in good company please come and join us. We meet at Glinton Village Hall 7.30pm. Visitors entry is £4 including supper. Any queries call our Secretary Jenny Dunk on 01733 254252

A vote of thanks

Cllr Peter Hiller - Glinton and Castor ward Personally, I have been Despite the anticipated nationwide endorsed with a further protest vote in May’s local increased majority result. council elections against the Another firm instruction to Westminster main political parties’ continue working in close Brexit shambles, we here in Peterborough appeared, thankfully, partnership with Cllr John Holdich on Peterborough to buck that trend to a large City Council, representing our degree and evidenced (with a few residents’ values and majority exceptions) residents properly opinion in our nine beautiful voting for who they wanted to villages, and to continue represent them locally as their protecting our precious rural trusted ward councillor, rather than way of life. It’s been both an just punishing the Parliamentary honour and a privilege to have Labour and Tory Parties with a done that over the last 13 symbolic mid-term kicking. If, of years and I thank you so very all the residents who are eligible much, both for your support for to vote in our Glinton and Castor what we’ve already achieved ward, you were one of the 40% together, and also for your who actually did in May’s local confidence as we look forward elections, I thank you sincerely for taking the time to do that; whoever to the undoubted challenges we’ll face over the coming years. you favoured on the ballot slip!

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COUNCIL CORNER

GLINTON

Cllr John F W Holdich OBE

The group working on the village The Annual Parish Council meeting picks and to McDonald’s for their plan have had it approved for was held on the 21st May. I was able assistance. consultation. When it comes out, to tell the meeting that the Councillors A small grant was given to the please comment; it is your village had an overall attendance of 89%.

Brownies. and sets the scene for years to come.

Councillors dealt with 33 planning The WW1 Centenary The true spirit of a village: a applications, plus 15 tree applications Commemorations were concluded well-known Glinton lady, in hospital and of course played their part with and the role of honour presented to villagers at the public inquiry, at which the Primary School, and a wreath was and about to have major surgery on her hand the next day, was told Larkfleet used Glinton to test the laid on Remembrance Day. Three that it could not happen before City councils’ numbers in the new councillors were recognised by the development plan. The City Council city council with civic awards for their her gel nails were removed. Along came our Sue, after a very busy day, won the inquiry; had they not done work on this. so, it would have been a disaster for The village has responded well to arriving at hospital at 9pm to do the deed. Well done Sue! Glinton and the city. the planters, which the council had Well done to the group of The village had 3 illegal purchased and placed around the Glinton gents who managed to traveller encampments which the village. parish played its part in having them The speed watch team has been restore an old WW2 landing craft, in time to take part in the D-Day moved, and defences fitted to give active during the year and many landing celebrations at Portsmouth. the village reassurance. The council drivers warned.

If my information is correct, this held a public meeting for people to air The council had speakers old craft used to be in service at their views, and to hear from the city’s from Network Rail on the grade Director of Community Safety, where separation works on the old Spalding Hunstanton, so many of us may have had a ride in it! he explained the limited powers line; also from the National Grid on councils have, and that the PCC was the gas compressor upgrade.

Thank you, you make Glinton proud. working with the government for For general enquiries greater powers. please contact the Clerk.

During the year the council concluded their purchase of the Cllr JFW Holdich OBE - Chairman 253078 Cllr PD Skinner 252591 Village Hall and thanked the village Cllr RW Johnson - Vice Chairman 252743 Cllr E Spendelow 252524 hall committee for continuing to run Cllr DJ Batty 252749 Cllr. Jeff Bell 252395 the hall day to day. A working group Cllr CB Bysshe (Mrs) 253164 Cllr. C J Wilde is already looking at building a new Cllr DJ Lane 252593 Mr J Haste - Clerk 252833 Cllr Gerry Kirt 252839 hall to more meet the needs of the E: clerk@glintonparishcouncil.org.uk Cllr RW Randall 253276 village.

Thanks were given to Cllr Bysshe More information including can be found at www.glintonparishcouncil.org.uk for organising the village litter

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VILLAGE VIEWS ETTON

Did you notice that the last issue of the Tribune did not include news from Etton? I did write an article, but somehow it was missed!

Etton News

Anne Curwen, T: 07730 301 404 On May 11 and June 1 we held village work parties to restore the village telephone kiosk and the metal gates to the church. Thanks to all those who volunteered-you did a great job.

The next village litter pick is scheduled to take place on 24 June, Come along and help to keep your village looking good.

As I write this piece it is the eve of the D-Day commemorative events and I have just heard that Graham Smitheringale and his team have successfully transported the beautifully restored, and blessed, DUKW amphibious landing craft, Ike to Portsmouth for the festival week-end. The restoration is a tremendous achievement and we look forward to seeing the

photographs of the trip. Well done Graham!

On June 29 there is a Langdyke Trust Family fun day at the Etton/Maxey reserve from 2pm - 5pm with guided walks, art workshop, pond dipping, nature treasure hunt and sheep sheering.

Come along to help celebrate the Trust’s 20th anniversary.

In the last few months we have been successful in two grant applications, firstly, the Earl Fitzwilliam Trust have kindly granted £2,500 for our church roof repairs. In addition, Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust has granted £5,000 plus an interest free loan of £20,000.

In total, including insurance payout, we now have around £25,000 towards our roof repairs.

This would cover one aisle roof.

We are still awaiting Diocesan Advisory Committee approval and are restricted as to when we can do the works due to the need to complete another Bat survey.

Our aisle roofs are both leaking badly and ideally we want to be able to order the replacement of these roofs as soon as possible.

Did anyone hear the roof alarm when it went off in April?

The strong winds ripped off the plastic from the Nave roof, which wrapped around the camera.

At least we know the new alarm works!

Finally, congratulations to Damian Vidal and his new wife Gill, who were married recently and celebrated their wedding at the Golden Pheasant on 1 June.

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COUNCIL CORNER

DEEPING GATE PARISH COUNCIL MEETINGS We meet in the Cromwell Suite of Northborough and Deeping Gate Village Hall at 7.30pm on the second Tuesday of each month (excluding February and August).

We welcome residents to these meetings. Please see our notice boards and visit our website www.deepinggatepc.org BULB PLANTING Residents continue to enjoy our daffodils in bloom each spring, and we are looking at further ways to enhance our village. Please let us know your ideas.

DEEPING GATE INDOOR CARPET BOWLS CLUB The Club meets on Tuesday evenings (7.30 – 9.30pm) and Wednesday afternoons (2.30 – 4.30pm) in Northborough and Deeping Gate Village Hall. Try a first session free of charge – further sessions cost £1 with an annual membership of just £5.

You do not need to buy any equipment or special clothing, just come along and enjoy yourself.

For further information contact Richard Downs 01778 343 887 or John Raynor 01778 345 407.

OVERGROWN FOOTPATHS As I write this, we have just had a period of warm weather and rain which has resulted in a number of our footpaths becoming difficult to access as a result of rampant growth of overhanging trees and bushes. Following complaints we have asked the City Council to assist, but we would request that landowners check to see that their trees and bushes are not responsible for making access difficult for the young, elderly, or disabled.

PARKING Following on from the request for consideration for others, we continue to receive complaints concerning inconsiderate parking obstructing footpaths making it difficult, and in some cases impossible, for users of mobility scooters or those with pushchairs to pass in safety. Please give due consideration to others.

Please give due consideration to others such as the young, elderly and disabled when parking.

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VILLAGE VIEWS MAXEY

Maxey Community Association receives £5,000 towards refurbishment Local community group, Maxey Community Association, are celebrating after being awarded a £5,000 Foyles Foundation grant to support their ongoing work to upgrade the facilities at Maxey Village Hall

The group, who oversee the day to day running of the Village Hall, are using the cash to part fund the Halls’ kitchen upgrade. The grant has helped to fund extensive improvements to the Kitchen of the Village Hall including new flooring, lighting units and worktops in addition to brand new appliances (the kitchen now includes a brand new industrial dishwasher and cooker).

The Village Hall is a community hub in the heart of Maxey. It hosts over 15 regular groups and community events such as Easter Eggs Hunts, Children’s Christmas Parties, Pensioners Lunches, Barn Dances and Quiz nights… to name a few! The Village Hall is also available to hire for functions and one off events. The new and improved kitchen facilities will benefit both the regular hall users and the one off users alike, making the kitchen space more hygienic and user friendly. Investment into the building is important as this is a place where community spirit is thriving.

Mark Asplin, Chairman of Maxey Community Association says: “We’re delighted that The Foyle Foundation has recognised our Village Hall. It’s thanks to the Foyle Foundation and other donations/fund raising we have been able to press on with our Village Hall upgrade, which will increase the range of opportunities available to local people in our 28

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community. This is important because the Village Hall needs to remain a safe, hygienic and an appealing place to hire. We are reliant on the revenue from the hire of the hall to sustain it [The Village Hall] as a significant meeting place for all local people.

It is an inclusive venue accessible to every age group within our community.”

Benda a regular hall group user, says: “Wow what a difference, the hall is looking fantastic, the kitchen was looking dated and it is now really bright, clean and airy. It [the kitchen] has always been well stocked but new facilities such as the dishwasher are a great extra.

I would definitely consider hiring the hall for a family party.”

The kitchen hasn’t been the only renovation happening at the Village Hall. The Community Association has been busy completely modernising and refurbishing the Hall. Other upgrades include: a new car park, decoration both internally and externally and a small extension.

The Village Hall has been made safer by the installation of a new fire alarm system and fire doors.

The Committee have also opted to make some environmental positive changes by upgrading to a more energy efficient central heating system, adding LED lighting and fitting a new cycle rack to facilitate those who wish to travel to the Hall sustainably.

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One of the most popular regional shows, the long established Maxey Classic Car & Bike Show is being held on Saturday, 10 August at the picturesque lakeside venue in the village

Quarry Lane, Maxey – one mile off the A15 south of Market Deeping

Maxey Classic Car & Bike Show Now in it’s 18th year, the Maxey event promises to attract a large entry of two and four-wheel vehicles. A great day out for all the family, with live music from Paul Lake and the jazz band Herbie Lamb Quartet, real ale bar, BBQ and children’s amusements.

Admission is just £5 with free entry for exhibitors and under 14’s. The show opens to the public at 11am with judging taking place between 1pm and 3.30pm. Once again, the difficult job of judging the winners is being handled by national motoring journalists.

Organised by the Maxey Charity Club, all the show’s profits which last year was £3,000 is donated to local good causes. Started in 2001 the event has become increasingly well-known over the years and continues to attract over 350 vehicles which include a wide range of classics, exotics like modern Ferraris, kit cars and 4x4’s and the classic motorcycle class which gets more popular each year.

Our motto is “If you drive it or ride it and you love it, come along and show it”. There is no need to book your vehicle in, just turn up on the day.

see you there!

We’d love to

For information contact Gilly Chown on 01778 344476 or see our website www.maxeyclassiccarandbikeshow.com

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VILLAGE VIEWS NORTHBOROUGH

Northborough Parish Council Northborough Parish Council held their annual meeting on Saturday 18 May in the Northborough Village hall. This annual event was well attended and our thanks and appreciation must go out to the Northborough village Hall Committee for the wonderful refreshments in the way of tea, coffee and cakes, thank you ladies!

Those of you who attended our previous meeting in 2018 will remember a local resident; Ross Martin requested we install outdoor gym equipment on the playing field. A proposal was then put forward to ‘The Big Lottery fund’

by Jessica Phillips of the Village Hall Committee. Jessica you may remember was successful in a bid for improvements and extending of the Village Hall previously and has a great record in these bids. Ross of Crowson Crescent, who originally requested it, opened the equipment on the day between the showers!

The Parish Council meeting is a chance for both residents and organisations to come together celebrating the successes and showcasing the activities available to our community. Some highlights have included new gates at the church, which have greatly improved the entrance to our Church of St Andrew’s on Church Street.

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You may have also noted the new planters at the entrances to our village of Northborough. These planters were kindly funded by Peter Hiller. Northborough’s very own Chairman John Dadge, Vice Chairman Malcolm Spinks and Newest Councillor Steve Milne gave of their free time to build, plant and site the planters for all to enjoy. If anyone could help with watering the planters nearby please do let us know, although the rain is doing a grand job at the moment!

Those who use our Village Hall will have noticed that the car park has now been resurfaced, which was very badly needed. We are really pleased with the results and how great this area along with the playing field now looks. I am sure you will agree a real asset to the village.

Organisations that spoke on the day of the meeting included our local Police, who reported the

low crime rate within our village in general. Residents are reminded to contact 101 to report any crime that they witness.

The Head of Northborough Primary School, who reported the great behaviour of our children and the many successes from crosscountry running to art. The children are encouraged to learn from their mistakes whilst following their dreams with focus on perseverance, relationships and integrity.

The Glinton and Northborough Football Club was represented by Rob Hammond the treasurer, whose catchword is inclusivity, reminding us that age and gender are no barriers to football.

Reverend Mark represented St Andrew’s Church reminding us of the strong link with our school, again inclusivity was very much in evidence with pastoral care on offer to all no matter what your beliefs.

The exciting prospect that Elizabeth

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Cromwell may be buried at our church was mentioned with research still in progress.

The Village Hall Committee was represented by Jesse Phillips reminding us to book the hall early to avoid disappointment. This can be done through Karen Cooper.

There are also a number of events taking place regularly that may appeal to all. Please check out the new notice board situated on the Village Hall for further details.

The Guides Association’s Jane Nott talked about the exciting opportunities on offer for girls aged from 10 upwards. I can smell those marsh mellows cooking around the campfire! Please contact Jane for further details.

The Bowls Club was represented my Ian Semple, who again referred to inclusivity whether a serious bowler of just for fun both take place and refreshments are also available.

The On The Edge Women’s Institute was represented by Tracey

Thomas and sounded like fun. Some speakers have been a Beefeater and a Wimbledon Umpire. Members can enjoy many activities from belly dancing to walking and theatre trips.

Northbrough’s John McGowen from Peterborough Open studios talked about the artists group running during June and July in our village and the surrounding area.

A brochure and map are available please look on the Internet for more information and contact details.

Another special guest was Joe Matthews who is a falls prevention practitioner. He provided a very informative hand out and encouraged our older residents to engage in a few gentle activities keeping them safe in their own homes for longer. If you feel you may benefit he can be accessed through Everyone Health 03330 050 093 or Solutions Health on 01733 894 540.

The Parish Council would like to remind all organisations in

Northborough that a community fund is still available and requests can be submitted through the Parish Council. Local residents are invited to attend our council meetings with any issues. Wednesday night dates are published in advance on the notice boards or you may prefer to attend our day time surgery 10 – 12 am on the first and third Tuesday of the month in the Village Hall our doors are always open and we look forward to meeting you.

We are a growing village and still have vacancies for another 2 Councillors on our Parish Council.

We would welcome anyone who has a few hours to spare and who would like to make a real difference to our Community. If you would like an informal chat then please contact any councillor, details on the Northborough Parish Council website or Catherine Franks our wonderful new Clerk who has already made such a difference to our council.

COUNCIL CORNER

NORTHBOROUGH NORTHBOROUGH PARISH COUNCIL Chair John Dadge

Vice-Chair Malcolm Spinks Councillor Rob Chiva

Councillor Terry Palmer

Councillor Brian Spriggs

Councillor Emma Watts

T: 01733 254145 / 07802 702908 Responsible for: Planning

E: john.dadge@northboroughpc.co.uk

T: 01778 343585 / 07870 343562 E: malcolm.spinks@northboroughpc.co.uk Responsible for: Finance, Human Resources, Website T: 01733 252823

Responsible for: Planning

E: rob.chiva@northboroughpc.co.uk

T: 01778 380413 / 07796 946298 Responsible for: Police

E: terry.palmer@northboroughpc.co.uk

T: 01778 342502 Responsible for: Burial Grounds, Green Space, Human Resources T: 01778 347652 / 07546 539949 Responsible for: Speedwatch

E: emma.watts@northboroughpc.co.uk

Councillor T: 01733 254299 / 07885 511467 E: annette.remmert@northboroughpc.co.uk Annette Remmert Responsible for: Policies, Data Protection, Risk Assessment, Finance Information about the Parish Council, including meeting agendas and minutes can be found on the Parish website:- www.northboroughpc.co.uk and on the parish notice boards.

All general and burial enquiries to the Clerk: Catherine Franks Village Hall, Cromwell Close, Northborough PE6 9DP T: 07748 637555 E: clerk@northboroughpc.co.uk

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FARM FOCUS ROSEMARY'S DIARY

Rosemary’s FARMING Diary Welcome rain began on Tuesday and Wednesday 6th and 7th May – in fact still raining 10th May. This is the first significant rainfall for some weeks, which will give all crops a much-needed boost to promote growth. I’m not too sure how much rainfall has fallen, but we still need more to fill the deficit caused by last year’s dry summer and winter.

The first cut of silage was made on 13th May and baled on 15th May. Good quality silage was achieved in ideal conditions. Chemical application to all cereals, pulses and root crops continues when needed, and the last application of nitrogen was made on 18th May. The grassland from which the first cut of silage was taken also had some nitrogen and is already greening up due to some useful rainfall which started on 17th May and has continued through the second half of May. With temperatures all over the place – some of the hottest days ever recorded towards the end of May, moisture was soon lost with several days of windy weather.

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disadvantaged. In an ideal situation more rain early on and throughout May would have been the order of the day. It’s rather early to predict what sort of harvest we shall have, but with the oil seed rape having problems (as mentioned in the last issue), and the lack of rain I don’t expect any record yields – I hope I’m wrong. It’s very disappointing for growers to have put everything into producing crops to the highest standard and because of issues beyond one’s control harvest may not reach it’s potential, but that’s farming, it’s all a bit of a gamble and we have to be thankful for what we get.

The sugar beet crop is now growing well with the recent rains and will comfortably meet in the rows by the longest day, which is a good indicator to what sort of crop we may expect when we start lifting in mid-September, but of course it

...because of issues beyond one’s control harvest may not reach it’s potential, but that’s farming, it’s all a bit of a gamble and we have to be thankful for what we get.

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is now all down to the weather.

As a grower, we have done all we can to give it a good start may require an aphid, feed and fungicide application in July/ August.

Winter beans have also come through the winter well and look as if they could be the crop of the year, they are now in flower and attracting the bee population, which is pleasing to see.

The winter barley crop is changing rapidly from green to golden (changing daily) there could well be some harvesting in July this year – again, all down to the weather.

The spring barleys have grown remarkably well, we hope will produce some useful yields and quality at harvest time. Potatoes have also benefitted from the recent rains and have made rapid growth.

Week beginning the 9th June saw torrential rain, flooding in some places, this should stand the crops in good stead pretty well up to harvest.

Gardens as well as the arable crops have taken a battering with so much rain falling relentlessly over a short period and as I finish these notes on the 13th of June rain is still coming with people wondering when it is going to stop.

The rest of June really needs now to see sunshine and warmth as well as a return to normal temperatures for this time of year. It will be interesting to see if the reservoirs

are still showing a deficit or if we have had sufficient rainfall to bring the water table to a more normal level for the summer period.

With so many agricultural events planned for the summer as well as private garden parties, a return to better weather would be most welcome.

To finish on a lighter note, I recently read in a farming editorial, we in the farming community should have a new job title “Industrial Farmer and Conservationist” i.e. farming for safe food production and at the same time for the environment’s conservation. Just adding to that, from my own perspective on our own little patch, we have nesting barn owls hatching their young, 20 red kites in the silage fields, masses of smaller birds, fallow deer, lady birds in the garden and lots more, so I hope we can be classed as doing our bit for the environment as 2050 looms nearer.

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Saturday 6 July Cottesmore Military Wives Choir Wittering Church

Sunday 7 July Bainton & Ashton Family Day Bainton House. All welcome 1pm kick off with a BBQ. Stalls opening at 2pm.

Games start at 3p. If you could help out on the 6 July at 10.30am at Bainton House with setting up that would also be greatly appreciated.

Friday 12 - Sunday 14 July John Clare Society Festival Friday 12 July Midsummer Cushions Ceremony & Poetry Awards Saturday 13 July 2–3pm Friends of John Clare School Summer Fete John Clare School field. Inflatables, fun stalls, barbecue and more.

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Thursday 18 July Helpston Local History Group Meeting The next meeting of HLHG will be held from 7.30pm onwards in Helpston Village Hall. We are planning a film and 'photo' evening, to share footage and images which have not been published before. The event is open to everyone and there is no entrance fee. Refreshments will be served. If you have any pictures of family, school, buildings, street scenes etc you would like to share on the evening, we would love to see them.

Friday 6 September Beetle Drive

Glinton Village Hall, 7.30pm. St Benedict’s Social Committee invite you to a Beetle Drive to raise funds for St Benedict’s Church.All ages are welcome to this popular event. Prizes for winners in all age groups! Tickets on sale in August, price tbc.

22 September Bainton & Ashton Apple & Cider Day Paddock View, Bainton. Rutland Yukalayee are already booked in as part of the entertainment.

There might even be some cider on sale.

Saturday 30 November / 7 December Sleeping Beauty Pantomime

Newborough Dramatic Society are pleased to announce that this year’s Pantomime will be ‘Sleeping Beauty’ by James Barry. Performances are: Saturday 30 November 2019 at Peakirk Village Hall @ 7:30pm and Saturday 07 December 2019 at Newborough Village Hall @ 1:30pm and 7:30pm Ticket prices and availability to be notified when available Neil Burton 07403 704000 Nburton42@ outlook.com

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Saturday 13 July JOHN CLARE PRIMARY SCHOOL FIELD 12pm – 3pm Inflatable Slide  Commando Course  Adopt a Bear  Nerf Shooting  Gladiator Duel  Washing Line Tombola  Lucky Dip  Tuk Tuk rides. Rocket Club  Barrow of Booze  Silent Auction Soak the Head  Beat the Goalie  Crazy Sand Jewellery, Cards and other Stalls  Decoration Station  Hook a Duck  Bar  Teas  Cakes  BBQ & more….

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The Arts Society Peterborough

LECTURES 12 September Materials & Techniques of Constable’s Great Landscapes This lecture is based on extensive technical research for a detailed catalogue essay for the Constable: The Great Landscapes exhibition, at Tate Britain in 2006. It discusses Constable’s diverse painting methods and brings to life his dynamic personality and artistic temperament, revealing a ‘Jackson Pollock of the 1830s’.

It is illustrated with highly detailed, colour slides taken during studio examinations of the paintings in preparation for the Tate exhibition.

Constable’s famous ‘six-footers’ include some of his most well-loved paintings: The White Horse (1819), The Haywain (1821), The Leaping Horse (1825) and Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows (1831).

Their compositions were derived from small pencil and oil studies and, for each, Constable painted a full-size sketch. These sketches are extraordinary creations for the early 19th century and were unseen by all but his closest friends during his lifetime.

10 October Northern Lights: Scandinavian Design in the 20th Century This lecture looks at the influence of the great Scandinavian designers of the mid-20th century. The beginning of the new millennium has witnessed a growing taste for clean lines and lack of clutter, which has stimulated interest in 20th century design.

With many of us visiting Ikea on a regular basis, Scandinavian designers have had more of an impact on contemporary design than most people realize. Some of the most important designers, whose influence remains extraordinarily strong, were Scandinavian, such as Alvar Aalto from Finland, Henning Koppel, working for Georg Jensen, and Arne Jacobsen from Denmark or Orrefors glass from Sweden. These were designers and makers of the new ‘antiques’, pushing the boundaries in the use of design and materials, with a lasting legacy.

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14 November Art, Design and Photography in post-Revolutionary Russia This lecture surveys developments in Russian art and design during the twenty years or so after the 1917 revolution: from the vigorous experimentation of the first decade, to the stranglehold Stalin exerted upon the arts during the 1930s. It is often falsely assumed that the art produced in Russia after 1917 is characterised mainly by pictures of heroic, muscular workers and adoring images of Lenin and Stalin, but nothing could be further from the truth. Russian artists and designers, such as Tatlin, Malevich, Eisenstein and the Constructivists, attempted to design for a new, unprecedented society. Their achievements in the fields of painting, sculpture, photography, cinema and all forms of design, from posters and ceramics to monuments, clothing and theatrical sets, are still keenly felt today.

12 December 10.45 – 11.45am Jane Austen’s Christmas This lecture looks at Christmas before the Victorians reinvented it. In Jane Austen’s time, the traditional Christmas was a very different affair. Devoid of Father Christmas, Christmas trees and commercialisation, the emphasis was on gentility, tradition and sociability.

Jane Austen set many scenes from her novels during the Christmas period exactly because this was a time for social gatherings. We’ll look at the balls, parties, dinners, games, traditions and celebrations that filled the festive season. Novels, letters, paintings and engravings are used to bring the Georgian Christmas to life. Coffee from 10.15am) Cost: Try it for free www.the-arts-society-peterborough.org.uk

The Fleet, Old Fletton, Peterborough, PE2 8DL e: committee@the-arts-society-peterborough.org.uk t: 01733 767539

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YOUNG TRIBUNE ANNA'S HOPE

300 free children’s places in the

Anna’s Hope 5k fun run

This year Anna’s Hope are encouraging children to run or walk have fun and make a difference in the Anna’s Hope 5K Fun Run in this year’s Perkins Great Eastern Run on Sunday 13 October They are offering up to 300 Free we are delighted to offer up to 300 (three months support for one child) places for children up to 16 in the Free places to encourage children to will receive a ‘Making a Difference’ Anna’s Hope 5K Fun Run who aim to have fun, run or walk with their friends trophy. raise £30 or more for Anna’s Hope.

The 300 free places initiative and family and make a difference Just £30 will fund one week’s specialist to the lives of children with a brain is only open to children under 16 neuro-rehabilitation support for one Tumour.” but adults can of course enter the child with a brain tumour and £125 is Children taking part in the Anna’s Anna's Hope 5KFun Run and raise enough for a month’s care.

Hope 5K Fun Run will also be awarded money for the charity.

Founder of Anna’s Hope Carole All Anna’s Hope runners a certificate in addition to the medal Hughes said “We want to thank all they receive for completing the run. are invited to the Anna’s Hope those children who have supported In addition, any school that raises marquee after run to celebrate with Anna’s Hope in the past and this year more than £375 for Anna’s Hope cake and a drink.

For details on how Children can claim their free entry and for sponsor forms email admin@annashope.co.uk or telephone 01780 740 492. To enter the run please visit www.perkinsgreateasternrun.co.uk

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HELPSTON PLAYHOUSE YOUNG TRIBUNE

Helpston Playhouse Preschool and Out of School Club

Holly Cammarata-Hall

We always hope, when starting the summer term, that the weather will be kind and allow us to make use of the wonderful outdoor facilities we have On the days this has been possible we have tried to make the most of it and have been busy with various activities including woodwork and planting both sunflowers and strawberries.

The children have also taken home pumpkin seeds to plant, grow and observe with their families. We have been investigating the lifecycle of ladybirds and have had ladybirds, larvae and pupas to look at.

To coincide with the summer weather we are delighted to announce that we have been awarded Sun Safe Nursery Status for implementing the Sun Safe Nursery policy and teaching the children about sun safety.

Sally from Encore has been joining us on a weekly basis teaching the children new dance routines, we have been making musical instruments and tea stained treasure maps.

We have focused on space and planet earth and have been watching Space Station Live. In keeping with the theme, the children made their own colourful rocket fruit kebabs.

Some of the Pre-schoolers had the opportunity to visit John Clare Primary in early June to see the school sports day take place.

They sat and watched some of the competition and then many of them took part in the preschool race which was great fun and they ran fast!

We were lucky to be able to provide a first aid training session for parents covering various emergency situations. It was incredibly useful and covered subjects such as CPR, choking and burns.

In the Out of School Club the role play area has been transformed on almost a weekly basis providing great fun for the children. It has been a vet’s surgery, travel agent, fire station, post office, space station, dinosaur museum and Hogwarts.

Whenever the weather has allowed the children have been outside planting up new flowerbeds and potting up vegetable plants which we hope will provide some produce to enjoy later in the year.

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YOUNG TRIBUNE MUSTARD SEED PROJECT

Mustard Seed Project

Rita and Geoff Fowler

Our children are happy and healthy. They receive quality education and equally importantly, they are well fed. We have been so fortunate since 2011 to receive funding from a Swiss Charitable trust but this year it has closed down

We have just been awarded half the money we need from the Souter Foundation but have to hope that some of the other charitable trusts we have approached will come up with some of the rest. It costs just £60 a year to feed a child breakfast and a nutritious mid-day meal during term time but we have 270 children.

Good things are happening too of course. We are getting closer to our goal of six new classrooms for the upper storey of our school. When all the children are in the same building we shall need to raise £5,000 less next year for the feeding programme.

Several groups of people are fundraising for us: Smith Eliot did a fundraising event and raised £2,000, Nigel Swepson ran the London Marathon and raised £2,500, Yarm Prep School is doing a colour run later this month and

hopes to raise £10,000 towards this project and a number of other schools also plan to do a fundraiser for us before the end of the year.

Perhaps the most amazing is that a talented young footballer, Jude Bellingham, is fundraising to build a classroom. Do check him out on our Instagram link below. He is also on the home page of our new website which I hope you have taken a look at. It took me two months to complete and whilst I'm not a web designer, I now know quite a bit about setting up a WordPress site!

Our children are still making amazing progress including in extra-curricular activities. They have entered the National Music Festival again with performance poetry. Last time they came 2nd in their class for the whole of Kenya and so far this year they are through to county level, hopefully to come first! They are so proud of their achievements and so are we. Also, locally, three of our children have been chosen to join the cluster sports team. There are a lot of schools in the cluster so this is a great result for them. Such

wonderful experiences for children who probably would not have otherwise attended school.

Other good news for us is that all the children have shoes at present! We took out lots of shoes in October which had been generously donated by the parents and children of Northborough School. After one of our children had received his shoes his mother came to Irene our head teacher completely overwhelmed. 'He was desperate for shoes and we had no money to buy any. These are beautiful shoes.

Please thank the donors.' But, unfortunately there is a limit to how much we could carry so there were not enough for everyone who needed them. Fortunately a donor paid for shoes for those without and these were bought locally. Not the same quality but at least everyone now has shoes.

And finally, from everyone at Mustard Seed, including those who work for us and those we work to support, a big thank you to all of you who support us and make this project possible. We really appreciate your help.

Contact us on ritafowler@gmail.com or visit www.mustardseedproject.co.uk Facebook-square/Mbongoni/ instagram/msp_kenya/

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THE HOLOCAUST YOUNG TRIBUNE

BEHIND THE HOLOCAUST My name is Jessie Spooner and I am currently studying Maths, Physics and History A levels at AMVC in Glinton. In March, I went on a one-day trip to Auschwitz, Poland where I visited Auschwitz 1 and Auschwitz-Birkenau and the local town of Oswiecim – the town the Germans re-named Auschwitz when they invaded Poland in 1939. During the visit one thing that was emphasised was the human aspect of the holocaust, humanising it, remembering all the individuals who were involved and that these were people - not just a number, one thing many of us forget

By Jessie Spooner The experience was provided by the Holocaust Education Trust which runs the ‘Lessons from Auschwitz’ project. The project included two seminars in London; the first included a testimony from a holocaust survivor – Eva Clarke, and the second seminar we reflected on what we saw at Auschwitz and discussed our experiences. Eva spoke about her family and her mother’s personal experiences in Auschwitz-Birkenau, Mauthausen (where she was born) and Terezin (ie in three separate Nazi camps). Being able to relate the place to someone I have met helped me understand that this actually happened to human beings, yet also made me realise I will never understand what happened in the holocaust because this isn’t possible unless you have experienced it yourself. As I looked at all the faces on the walls in Auschwitz 1 and all the suitcases with people's names on made me think about all the individuals who ended up there. These people had names with families, hobbies, hopes and dreams. We shouldn’t just remember them as someone who died in the holocaust but as a person with a life before that, they had family and friends.

Did they always smile, were they kind or smart? We need to remember them as who they were, they are not defined solely by what happened to them during the holocaust.

Remembering all the individuals is vital to keep the memory of the victims alive, not allowing them to be forgotten. My visit to Auschwitz was what embedded to me the individuality of the holocaust. In Birkenau I saw display

boards with hundreds of images of the families and communities that got caught up in the holocaust. One image stood out for me. It was an image of a family having fun in the snow. This reminded me of my childhood and the fun I had.

When we read about the holocaust it feels so far away. We need to realise these people were the same. They had the same experiences we did, although they got caught up in this devastating genocide which none of them deserved.

These families were torn apart; some families were lost entirely but what they endured was devastating and is still happening today. An example being the Rwanda genocide in the summer of 1994. We cannot say this is a repeat as it is entirely different but remembering those lost is just as important.

My visit allowed me to begin to understand the holocaust and start to come to terms with the fact that all the millions of people involved were individuals. I never expected to get that from this experience but now I feel it is something that people should be aware of. Visiting sites like these is one way to begin to grasp this, but just taking the time to contemplate the humanity of these inhuman and evil genocides that take place is so important in continuing the legacy of these people.

I was fortunate enough to listen to a testimony from a holocaust survivor, but in generations to come they won’t have this opportunity. Remembering their humanity is prolonging their legacy which is something that must be remembered in years to come.

These families were torn apart; some families were lost entirely but what they endured was devastating and is still happening today.

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GIRLGUIDING GLINTON DISTRICT

A Right Royal Afternoon On Sunday 12 May, Northborough Village Hall was host to Girlguiding Glinton District when 56 keen and enthusiastic Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Leaders from Helpston, Glinton and Northborough came together for a District Event The challenge for the afternoon was to reflect upon our Girlguiding Promise, to consider who we can help in our community and then make and enjoy an afternoon tea party.

Once in their groups; The Queen and Her Corgi challenge began. With litter pickers in hand, the girls headed out into the sunshine to clear the play area and field around the hall of any litter they could find. They didn't just find litter, they also found socks and cutlery too.

Then, back to the hall where the carousel of activities began.

The anticipation was rising.

Where would their group start? At the table where beautiful bunting was being made using recycled

material and fabric pens. Or with the key ring activity where one bead on the chain represented each part of the Promise that they made. Maybe they'd get to start by being crafty and creative making their very own origami influenced vase of flowers for a table decoration. Could it be that they would get to be busy bees making their very own bug houses from old tin cans and the various natural resources that were available to them. Or would making their own plate of afternoon tea food be first on their agenda.

The hall resounded with laughter and chatter as the girls reflected on the Promise we made and the positive

impact that we can have on our community and environment by being helpful and kind to others.

They also learned a little more about the role of the Queen and what it is to be British. Each girl also signed an 'It's a Boy' card which will be sent, along with a letter, to Their Royal Highnesses, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex.

As the afternoon drew to an end, it was time for the traditional Girlguiding sing-a-long before they all sat down to enjoy the plate of food that they had prepared earlier. All too soon it was time to head home laden with the many items they had made and the badge they had earned. A 'right royal time' had been had by all!

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PETS, POTS AND A PLAGUE UPON PEAKIRK? HERITAGE

Pets, Pots

’Rescue’ archaeology

- and a Plague upon Peakirk?

by Dr Avril Lumley Prior

In May, Peakirk Archaeological Survey Team [PAST] was invited to do a spot of ‘rescue’ work before turf was laid in the back garden of No 11 Chestnut Close, to the north of the village green. It proved to be one of the mostinteresting test pits that we had sunk to date, with finds representing the continued overleaf >> highs and lows of 1800 years of life along the fen-edge vil agetribune

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Architectural and cartographical evidence indicates that No 11 had been shoe-horned into the space by 1836. The adjoining, brick-built property to the east (No 15) bears the date-stone ‘1910’ and the initials ‘CN’ [Charles Neaverson (1851-1929)] and is obviously a rebuild. Its western neighbour (No 9) is a curious, yet attractive, combination of brick and stone and, according to its present owners, was erected on the site of Mr Neaverson’s cowshed and crew yard.

Peakirk: 1912 flood

Setting the scene PAST excavations on the western side of the village green, in 2017, revealed the floor of one of row of houses described on the 1819 ‘Inclosure Map’ with their rear boundaries defined by the defunct Roman watercourse, the Car Dyke, which is still visible as a slight depression. Before the days of refuge collection and flush loos, household rubbish (including bottles and broken crockery) was either buried or thrown onto dung heap, along with manure and the contents of the chamber-pot, to be spread across the vegetable plot later. As anticipated, we unearthed numerous pottery sherds dating from the mid- to late-nineteenth century. This sudden surge may be explained by the opening of the Peakirk Station on the Great Northern Railway’s Lincolnshire Loop Line, in 1848, bringing employment and easier access to consumer goods to the community.

Peakirk village green, 2019

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A slice through the past

Peakirk Village Green: ‘Inclosure Map’ (1819) An old Ordnance Survey Map shows that the cottages had been demolished by 1886, possibly because the land was susceptible to flooding and remained so until 1956, when Maxey Cut was completed. However, another peak in pottery-use during the late-thirteenth and earlyfourteenth centuries followed by a sudden slump tells of the site’s medieval occupation and abandonment, perhaps, under sinister circumstances . . .

So, where does No 11 Chestnut Close fit into the Peakirk time-line? Again, we must turn to the ‘Inclosure’ and Ordnance Survey Maps to give us an insight into its more-recent history. By 1819, several buildings had been constructed with a vacant spot where the dwelling now stands, about 20 metres to the east of the old route of the Car Dyke.

Late nineteenth- and twentiethcentury glass shards and pottery sherds were scattered across No 11’s flower beds, making the prospect of a metre-square ‘dig’ in the north-west corner of the back garden deliciously appealing. An adjacent lichencovered chunk of Barnack-stone, which we conjectured was an ‘ancient’ boundary- marker, added to the frisson. As we progressed through the layers of soil (called ‘contexts’ in archaeological speak), we realised that the finds were recovered in ‘classic’, chronological order with the most recent at the top and the medieval and single piece of Romano-British Nene-Valley greyware at the very bottom. (Just like the cross-sections you see in museums.) We were ably assisted throughout the excavation by Harry, who delighted in the early discovery of an extant but empty Shipham’s shrimp-paste jar and half-full vinegar bottle.

Sadly, about 20 to 30cm down we exhumed some pet burials, two cats and a rabbit carefully wrapped in plastic or cloth, all of which were reinterred when we back-filled the test pit. The next contexts yielded the ubiquitous late-Victorian/early twentieth-

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Miscellaneous finds century willow-patterned ware, enough for an entire tea-set, it seemed.

Deeper and deeper we delved, finding more nineteenthcentury pottery and glass, pieces of clay-pipe and lumps of brick and slate until we were roughly a metre down, where the earth was damp and sticky.

Now, a ladder was needed, so that Greg and Harry could reach the bottom. At last, the earlier archaeology began to appear - sheep and pig bones (brown-stained with age), several sherds of Stamford-ware (made between c.850 and c.1150) and ten pieces of late thirteenth-/ early fourteenth-century pottery.

It was as if this slice of Chestnut Close was divided into two halves, namely pre-c.1350 and post-1819 with 500-year interval between. Lo and behold! The familiar Peakirk pattern was beginning to re-emerge!

seasonally waterlogged. In fact, about 60cm down, we found changes to the colour and texture of the soil that hinted of a ditch running in an east-west direction to a depth of approximately 135cm, where the post MaxeyCut water-table was reached.

Was this a medieval attempt to solve a problem that had been exacerbated when the Car Dyke was either allowed to silt up or was it deliberately infilled during the late Anglo-Saxon period? If so, whatever was afoot in Peakirk then?

Boom and bust First, we must examine what was happening in the country at large around this time. We know that the population of England had been steadily rising from the twelfth century onwards, reaching an estimated 5.7million, by c.1310, when resources were stretched to the limit. As a result, marginal and reclaimed lands were being put to the plough and houses sprang up on village greens and within flood-plains.

‘The Quick’ at Peakirk

Line of ditch What’s more, all the medieval pottery was unabraded (had sharp edges), indicating that the area to the north of the green had not been ploughed since at least the medieval period, perhaps because, it was

Then, disaster struck. Manorial records inform us that between 1314 and 1317 and 1321/2, the winters were severe and the summers exceptionally wet, resulting in poor harvests and rocketing grain prices.

Peat supplies for fuel also were affected as was the production of salt for preserving meat, butter and cheese. Worse still, there was pestilence in cattle and sheep.

‘The Dead’ at Longthorpe Tower Consequently, a great famine gripped the realm and much of Europe too. Those living along the fen-edge were saved from starvation thanks to the plentiful supply of eels, fish and fowl. Nevertheless, reclamation projects were abandoned, watermanagement was minimal and thousands of acres of arable land were inundated.

Meanwhile, St Pega’s Church [then All Saints] was enjoying a make-over with ‘morality’ themes becoming the order of the day.

The c.1320 wall-painting above the north door of the ‘Warning to Gossips’ (two wimpled women exchanging tittle-tattle encouraged by an eavesdropping demon) is relatively tame compared with the tableau that was added to the north aisle roughly three decades later. It depicts three kings of various ages encountering two (once three) gleeful skeletons [‘The Quick and the Dead’]. There is a similar mural in Longthorpe Tower, where the trio of semishrouded cadavers are in various stages of decomposition and is definitely not for the squeamish!

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Beast from the East’ Indeed, by the spring of 1348, England was helplessly bracing herself for yet another calamity. Merchants and pilgrims travelling from the Continent told of a terrible disease that had been spreading from Central Asia at a rate of 5 miles [8 kilometres] a day, since 1347. It carried off Queen Eleanor of Aragon, a year after her marriage, King Alfonzo XI of Castile and Edward III of England’s ’s daughter, Joan, as she travelled south to marry Alfonzo’s son, Peter.

The bubonic plague [aka The Black Death] was transmitted by fleas from the black rat [Rattus rattus]. It was rumoured to have arrived, in August 1348, on ships docking at Southampton or Plymouth or Bristol or Weymouth or, most-likely, all four ports simultaneously.

As the rats died, their fleas hopped onto human hosts and so the deadly cycle continued.

By 1349, the pandemic had reached the Midlands and, by 1350, the far North of Scotland was suffering. The symptoms were horrendous, beginning with small insect bites which developed into large excruciating buboes, accompanied by headaches, sweating, vomiting, diarrhoea, discolouration of skin, foul breath and foaming urine.

Recovery was rare and death usually occurred within three days. Come winter, the disease transmuted into two even moreaggressive strains, scepticaemic (infecting the bloodstream) and pneumonic (which attacked the lungs and was spread by coughing).

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themselves by hiding behind voluminous cloaks and bizarre, beaked masks when administering to the sick. (No doubt some patients died of fright!)

Undoubtedly, to the medieval mind, the end of the World was nigh. People believed that God was punishing them for their wickedness and founded chantry chapels with priests praying for their souls or sponsored wallpaintings like the portrait of St Christopher at Peakirk. Hence, the flurry of ‘morality’ and Doomsday scenes, depicting Christ on Judgement Day dispatching evil-doers (including kings, monks and mitred bishops) to the fires of Hell.

Masked doctor The Black Death had a devastating effect upon both town and country and only those closeted in isolated, selfcontained hamlets stood a chance of escaping its relentless march.

Two archbishops of Canterbury died within days of each other along with 40% of clergymen.

Shops and markets closed down, mills were silent, animals and sluices were left to their own devices, harvests weren’t brought home, empty houses decayed and the value of land plummeted.

There are various formulæ for calculating the number of Tribland fatalities. They are based on data provided by the

All Saints’ Church, York: Plague victims 1301 Northamptonshire Survey and the 1377 Poll Tax Returns.

I have used Christopher Dyer’s theory for the Survey because it is the most plausible; and John Ravendale’s for the Poll Tax, as his studies were based on fenland settlements in Cambridgeshire.

Still, my figures can only be regarded as estimates. The results vary tremendously below and above Dyer’s proposed national average of 50%.

It appears that the fen-edge communities of Peakirk and Deeping Gate along with Walcot [near Barnack] topped the league with a deficit in residents of 55%.

Ufford and Maxey with Nunton and Lolham lost 39% and 36% respectively; both Glinton and Castor and its dependencies of Ailsworth, Sutton, Upton, and Milton, around 32%. Bainton faired better with a decline of only 9%, which could be due to ‘natural wastage’. In contrast, Longthorpe (home to the gruesome skeletons) experienced an increase of 13%; Helpston 23%, Barnack 38%, Peterborough 64%, Ashton (near Bainton) 70% and Pilsgate a whopping 200%!

How can we explain these discrepancies? Well, we cannot entirely blame the plunge in the population upon the 1348/9 visitation of the plague or its less-severe outbreaks of 1361/2, 1369 and 1375. There are various factors to be considered for Death came in many different guises.

Undoubtedly, the lean years of failed crops and loss of livestock took their toll, with children, the elderly and infirm dying from malnutrition and associated

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ailments and the 1320s were hardly a good time to marry and start a family. Accidents also happened and malaria, typhus and smallpox were rife. England had been embroiled in the 100 Years’ War (1337-1453) and soldiers on campaign were not counted. Yet, I am inclined to agree with Professor Dyer in that some tenants eking out a living on marginal lands may have migrated to the well-drained uplands, adopting holdings left vacant by plague casualties, or sought employment and apprenticeships in towns or larger villages. This may well have been the case at Torpel, which had 21 tenants in 1329, but seems to have been abandoned shortly afterwards, with the inhabitants maybe shifting to Ashton, half a mile to the north.

For Pegekirkians, neighbouring Glinton (in same parish until 1865), perhaps, was an easy option. Peasants’ charters from the late-thirteen and fourteenth centuries describe free movement among the abbot of Peterborough’s tenants, a number of whom leased land in both settlements – and elsewhere. Savvy smallholders seized the opportunity to acquire their deceased neighbours’ property and so the yeoman farmer class was engendered.

With a shortage of skilled labour, artisans, such as millers, blacksmiths, carpenters and stone masons could expect better working conditions and higher wages. Even the poorest of peasants were freed from serfdom and were able to demand lower rents and be paid for their services.

In response, some lordsof-the-manor, realising that ‘fortunes could be made on the backs of sheep’, converted their arable fields into grazing, hiring only a single shepherd and his family instead of legions

of agricultural workers. This certainly was the case at Milton (near Castor), which boasted a market and fair in 1304, but whose manor-house was in ruins by 1366. The estate was bought, in 1502, by William Fitzwilliam, who emparked it for his 500 sheep. Ufford and Walcot shared the same fate, whilst Pilsgate, one of Peterborough’s abbey’s most profitable possessions, was farmed by several wealthy tenants and their households, boosting the population.

Once upon a time in Peakirk...

Boundary stone

But how does No 11 Chestnut Close’s fen-edge back garden fit into the scheme of things? Well, our sherd of abraded (ploughworn), Nene-Valley grey-ware suggests that it was cultivated during the third and fourth centuries, when surplus water was channelled into the Car Dyke and its ancillary watercourses. The land use changed during the lateSaxon or Medieval periods, due to either the lack of maintenance of the Roman drainage systems or because dwellings had been built on the site.

Similar to all the test pits that PAST has excavated in Peakirk (including those on the planned Norman settlement on the western side of the present St Pega’s Road), there was a pronounced increase in pottery use during the thirteenth century.

By the early decades of the fourteenth, climate change was making its presence felt and there is evidence that the ChestnutClose occupants may have dug a trench in an – er – last-ditch attempt to divert the flood waters.

The dearth of pottery after the mid-fourteenth century implies that they may have decamped to higher ground or succumbed to The Black Death and their timber-framed, wattle-anddaub hovels were allowed to collapse into oblivion. We found no evidence of the site’s re-occupation before the early decades of nineteenth century when a farm complex, described on the 1819 ‘Inclosure Map’, was established. But remember that we are looking through merely a metre-square window into Peakirk’s past!

And what of the enigmatic, lichen-covered lump of Barnackrag in the corner? Was it really an ‘ancient’ boundary-stone? We think not. Further investigations disclosed that it was ‘rooted’ in just 10cm of earth. So, did it represent a memorial to a much-loved pet? Or was it simply a garden feature placed there by the previous owners, who unwittingly left their mark on this enigmatic, ever-changing landscape? Who knows? 

Acknowledgements PAST would like to thank Matt and Rebecca for inviting us into their garden and Harry for his enthusiasm and help throughout the excavation.

The beautifully-illustrated Pitkin Guide, The Black Death, is a delightful introduction to this dreadful disease, while Chris Dyer’s excellent Making a Living in the Middle Ages (2003) helps to put flesh on the bones.

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Members of Bourne U3A inspect the finds

St Pega’s Package

by Dr Avril Lumley Prior

In May, Bourne U3A Church Visiting Group was the first organisation to sample our ‘St Pega’s Package’, part of our campaign to raise funds for our desperately-needed new roof

David unearths a piece of the past

‘The Archaeology Boys’: David Hankins, Greg Prior & David Dearman

The morning’s activities began with a short talk about St Pega and the history of her church, its architecture, curiosities and nationally-acclaimed wallpaintings. A break was taken for refreshments and once again, the ladies of the parish did us proud.

Afterwards, our guests took a gentle, wheel-chair friendly stroll through the heart of the village stopping at various landmarks and at a ‘Dig’ on the village green, conducted

by Peakirk Archaeological Survey Team [PAST]. Moreover, the test pit yielded some interesting pottery sherds

dating back to the RomanoBritish period. We all enjoyed the event tremendously and £100 was donated towards our new roof.

Weather permitting, ‘The Archaeology Boys’ will be active on the Green again on Thursday 13 June, Wednesday 7 August and Thursday 19 September to coincide with visits from Deeping and West Deeping Heritage Groups and Oundle U3A. Visitors and villagers alike are invited to drop in and meet ‘The Team’, handle finds and discover more about Peakirk’s hidden heritage.

Special thanks must go to Sheila Lever, Pauline Cooke, Christine Dearman and Jane Harris for providing such a mouth- watering spread (including gluten-free and diabetic fare) and Greg Prior, David Hankins and David Dearman for their archaeological feats.

We are now taking ‘St Pega’s Package’ bookings for next year.

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Presenting the cheque: Left to right: Worshipful Master Christopher Hayes, Rev Mark-Aaron Tisdale, Pauline Cooke, Sheila Lever and Avril Lumley Prior

From St Pega to St Pega:

The Kindness of Deeping Freemasons

by Dr Avril Lumley Prior

As you probably know, last November St Pega’s Church, Peakirk, had 70% of the lead stolen from her roof. Since then, we have been relentlessly raising funds (approximately £80,000) to replace it with terne-coated steel, which apparently is less attractive to thieves We have organised numerous events, including concerts by Glebe Singers and Peterborough Opera and visits from heritage groups and are gradually beginning to see a faint light at the end of the tunnel. We have been touched by the support that we have received from wellwishers from the wider community, including The Glebe Singers, Peterborough Opera, Sissons Farm and private individuals from within the parish and beyond.

Our finances – and morale - were given a temendous fillip when, completely out of the blue, St Pega Masonic Lodge (Deeping St James) offered us the proceeds of two raffles. On Tuesday 28 May, we welcomed about 30 Brethren and their partners to St Pega’s Church. After Trish Roberts and I had explained the history of the building, its architecture and its famous wall-paintings, Worshipful Master Christopher Hayes presented us with a cheque for £500.

I felt especially privileged to be invited back to St Pega Lodge to deliver a PowerPoint presentation on the ‘Life of Pega’, our shared patron saint, followed by a splendid meal. To my delight and astonishment, the takings from the evening’s raffle (£180) again were donated to our cause. Thank you for your generosity and hospitality, St Pega Lodge. You have been a true friend in need.

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CHURCH DIARY

CHURCH NEWS

church Diary Sat 6 July (and every 1st Saturday of the month) Benefice Prayer Breakfast Benefice Prayer Breakfast in Botolph’s Barn every 1st Saturday of the month.

27 July Coffee Morning St Botolph's - 10am–12pm Helpston Church invites everyone to the regular monthly Coffee Mornings 24 August Coffee Morning St Botolph's - 10am–12pm Helpston Church invites everyone to the regular monthly Coffee Mornings July / August Annual Quiz

Announcements FUNERALS Brian Goodwin (22/05/2019) Barnack Church Judith Browne (24/05/2019) Barnack Church WEDDINGS Thomas Plant & Emma Rutherford (24/05/2019) Bainton Church

Do you know the fens, rivers & wetlands around Peterborough?

St. Benedict’s Church have issued their annual Quiz where the answers to the 75 clues are all included in the above. Quiz sheets cost £1.50 each and can be obtained from: Bob Quinn on 01733 252 161.

Prizes – 1st: £25, 2nd: Voucher for the Blue Bell in Glinton, 3rd: Wine and chocolates donated by the village shop in Glinton.

Jack Ford & Harriet Smith (15/06/2019) Barnack Church

The closing date for entries is now the end of August and collection boxes will be placed around the village (People who have bought quizzes already please note the later date).

Matthew Harris & Kate Redden (28/06/2019) Barnack Church

All proceeds of the quiz go towards installing an accessible toilet and servery in the church.

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CHURCH NEWS SERVICES

JULY

Sun 7

Sun 14

Sun 21

Sun 28

St John the Baptist Barnack

9.30am Parish Communion with Children’s Church

9.30am Parish Communion with Children’s Church 4.00pm Messy Church

9.30am Parish Communion 6.00pm Informal Service

10.30am All Age Praise

St Mary’s Bainton

5.00pm Bainton & Ashton Family Day Service

9.00am Parish Communion

6.00pm BCP Evensong

9.00am Parish Communion

St Botolph’s Helpston

10.45am All Age Praise

10.45am John Clare Weekend Service

10.45am All Age Communion

10.45am Family Communion

All Saints Wittering

10.30am Parish Communion

10.30am Morning Praise

10.30am Parish Communion

10.30am Morning Praise

St Stephen Etton

10.00am Parish Praise Mark Hotchkin

NO SERVICE

8.00am Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

NO SERVICE

St Peter Maxey

9.00am Morning Prayer Derek Harris

9.00am All Age Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

10.00am Family Service Village Hall Mark Hotchkin

9.00am Holy Communion BCP Rev'd Mark-Aaron

St Benedict Glinton

10.30am Holy Communion Rev'd Jenny Oppermann

10.30am Parish Praise Mark Hotchkin 6.00pm Patronal festival Evensong Rev'd Mark-Aaron

10.30am Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

11.00am Combined Parish Worship with St. Pega's Peakirk illage Green

St Andrew Northborough

9.00am Holy Communion Rev'd Jenny Oppermann

10.30am All Age Praise Freda Skillman

9.00am Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron 6.00pm Evensong Derek Harris

10.30am Family Communion Praise Rev'd Mark-Aaron and Freda Skillman

St Pega Peakirk

6.00pm Evensong Rev'd Jenny Oppermann

10.30am Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

11.00am Morning Prayer Derek Harris

11.00am Combined Parish Worship with St. Benedict's Peakirk Village Green Derek Harris

CHURCH ADDRESSES: St John the Baptist Church, Main Street, Barnack PE9 3DN St Mary’s Church, Church Lane, Bainton PE9 3AF St Botolph’s Church, Church Street, Helpston PE6 7DT All Saints Church, Church Road, Wittering PE8 6AF St Andrew’s Church, Main Street, Ufford PE9 3BH St Stephen, Main Rd., Etton PE6 7DA St Peter, Main St. Maxey PE6 9HF St Pega, Chestnut Close, Peakirk PE6 7NH | Glinton St Benedict, High St., Glinton PE6 7JN St Andrew Church St., Northborough PE6 9BN 54

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SERVICES

AUGUST

CHURCH NEWS

Sun 4

Sun 11

Sun 18

Sun 25

Sun 1 Sep

St John the Baptist Barnack

9.30am Family Communion

9.30am Family Communion

9.30am Family Communion 6.00pm Informal Service

10.30am All Age Praise

9.30am Family Communion

St Mary’s Bainton

6.00pm Taize Service

9.00am Parish Communion

6.00pm BCP Evensong

9.00am Parish Communion

6.00pm Taize Service

St Botolph’s Helpston

10.45am All Age Praise

10.45am Family Communion

10.45am All Age Communion

10.45am Family Communion

10.45am All Age Praise

All Saints Wittering

10.30am Parish Communion

10.30am Morning Praise

10.30am Parish Communion

10.30am Morning Praise

10.30am Parish Communion

St Stephen Etton

10.00am Parish Praise Mark Hotchkin

NO SERVICE

8.00am Holy Communion Rev'd MarkAaron

NO SERVICE

10.00am Parish Praise Mark Hotchkin

St Peter Maxey

9.00am Morning Prayer Derek Harris

9.00am All Age Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

10.00am Family Service Village Hall Mark Hotchkin and Freda Skillman

9.00am Holy Communion BCP Rev'd MarkAaron

9.00am Holy Communion Canon McCormack

St Benedict Glinton

10.30am Holy Communion Rev'd MarkAaron

10.30am Parish Praise Mark Hotchkin

10.30am Holy Communion Rev'd MarkAaron

9.30am Parish Worship Derek Harris

10.30am Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

St Andrew Northborough

9.00am Holy Communion Rev'd MarkAaron

10.30am All Age Praise Freda Skillman

9.00am Holy Communion Rev'd MarkAaron 6.00pm Evensong Derek Harris

10.30am Family Communion Praise Rev'd MarkAaron and Freda Skillman

9.00am Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

St Pega Peakirk

6.00pm Evensong Rev'd MarkAaron

10.30am Holy Communion Rev'd Mark-Aaron

11.00am Morning Prayer Derek Harris

11.00am Parish Worship Derek Harris

6.00pm Evensong Rev'd Mark-Aaron

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WRITE AWAY

Geoffrey Nichol House clearance in the usual place along Heath Road! Bins and all, with the house number on the Black bin, 50 Whitsed. There is a street of that name near Eastfield road Peterborough.

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Cecilia Hammond Have you been fascinated by the recent Sky TV Chernobyl series? Would your organisation be interested in a speaker? If you like to hear more about the work of Friends of Chernobyl's Children and the work we do with the children and families who live with this terrible disaster everyday of their lives, please do get in touch. I have travelled to Belarus, the country most devastated by the Chernobyl accident, many times and would be delighted to share this experience with you. Thanks Cecilia Hammond.

David Hankins Another fabulous evening of musical entertainment in Peakirk church last night as an enthusiastic audience welcomed the exquisite Peterborough Opera. The event raised over £600 for the Roof Appeal and we are most grateful to Peterborough Opera who made no charge. Their next production is the Magic Flute to be performed at the Key on 27th October. Put it in your diary.

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Avril Lumley Prior Despite the dreadful weather, 20 people from Deeping Heritage Group took advantage of our St Pega's Package - a talk on the our lovely church, a tour of the village and a mouthwatering tea provided by Sheila, Pauline, Penny, Connie and Jane. It was too wet to include any archaeological excavations on the village green. Instead, Greg

displayed some of our PAST Peakirk finds, reports and tools-of-the-trade in the porch. £142.70 was raised towards our roof fund.

Peter Kemp A fitting, dignified final farewell to Bert Allebone yesterday, reflecting his RAF service and teaching career as well as being a much loved family man.

Bert was Head of Northborough School from 1966 to his retirement in 1982. I know from many comments received whilst I was in post just how highly respected he was. There are many in the community with fond memories of a 'bit of a legend'!

Fitting, also, given his love of, and promotion of sport, that he had such a long and distinguished 'innings'.

Rita Fowler My first post on the Tribune Facebook but I'm so excited to share it. Jude Bellingham, below, is going places and his support could make an enormous difference to Mustard Seed Project.

Also a chance to thank those of you who have been supporting us over the years. A big thank you. Rita

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Cathy Hannan What an array of colours tonight in our skies.

Cecilia Hammond Sweet photos of the Chernobyl Children at Springfields today.

New homes in Helpston Developers are trying for a second time to receive planning permission for 45 new homes in Helpston - despite the first application being labelled as “predatory”.

Huntley Wood Investments Ltd has submitted new plans to develop land south of West Street with up to 30 per cent (18) of the new properties classed as affordable homes.

Two years ago plans for the same number of homes were thrown out by the council’s

planning committee, with planning cabinet member Cllr Peter Hiller describing them as “predatory”.

An offer to reduce the number of homes to 12 was also rejected.

Now, though, new proposals have been submitted. These state that the council should accept the scheme due to the fact the authority lost an appeal in May 2017 over an application for 80 homes in Barnack.

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PLANNING

APPLICATIONS

 BAINTON

Sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) Tree- fell at Swallows Rest Ufford Road: Awaiting decision Replacement of all existing painted timber windows with new painted timber flush casements at The Old Bakery Barnack Road: Awaiting decision Black Poplar - fell, Cherry - fell at Thatch Cottage Tallington Road: Awaiting decision

 BARNACK

TPO 01/1958, T1 Beech - Fell at 25 Bishops Walk: Permitted 1 x Cherry Tree- Fell, 1 x Crack Willow Tree- Fell at 29 School Road: Permitted Conversion of existing garage block to form two number studio apartments for holiday letting / tourist accommodation at Walcot Hall Walcot Road: Permitted 1no Externally illuminated fascia sign; 1no Double sided panel and header illuminated by linolites; 1no. Directional sign; 2no Directional sign with trough light illumination; 1no.

Internally illuminated menu case sign; 1no.

Transom Panel; 2no. Signwritten letters to wooden doors; 1no. Signwritten letters to rear entrance; 1no. Replacement double sided panel to existing posts; 6no. Brass lanterns at The Millstone Inn Millstone Lane: Awiating decision

 CASTOR

Beech (T1)- removal of 2 small low limbs growing towards the house and the clearance of remaining limbs to a distance of 1.5m from the house at The Grove 19 Church Hill: Permitted Syacmore tree- fell at 2 High Street: Withdrawn Holme Oak next to front of house lift canopy by 3m and thin Holme Oak in the middle of the drive lift canopy by 3m and thin at The Old Rectory 10 Stocks Hill: Awaiting decision Beech (T1)- removal of 2 small low limbs growing towards the house and the clearance of remaining limbs to a distance of 1.5m from the house at The Grove 19 Church Hill: Awaiting decision Installation of 1 X 9m Hollow Pole (7.3m above ground) at Land Adjacent Village Hall: Awaiting decision

 DEEPING

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T1 Cherry Tree 25% Crown reduction at Land Adjacent 33 Riverside: Permitted 60

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Proposed rear single storey extension, front porch, pitched roof garage front garden and re-roof existing garage to the side elevation at 17 Peakirk Road: Permitted Proposed rear single storey extension, front porch, pitched roof garage front garden and re-roof existing garage to the side elevation at 17 Peakirk Road: Permitted T1 Cherry Tree 25% Crown reduction at Land Adjacent 33 Riverside: Awaiting decision

 ETTON

Pear Tree - Reduce upper crown by 2-3m at 22 Main Road: Withdrawn Yew (Taxus baccata) - Fell at 1 Main Road: Permitted TPO 04/1973: Group G2, T1 Chestnut - Reduce low lateral branch to suitable secondary growing point to clear street light by 2m at Street Record Rectory Lane: Permitted Single storey rear extension at 8 Main Road: Awaiting decision

 GLINTON

Erection of a one and a half storey dwelling with detached garage at Plot 2 Land At 16 Rectory Lane: Permitted Single storey side extension at 35 Oak Road: Permitted T1 Birch - Fell at Street Record Peakirk Road: Permitted Lime tree: Reduce to previous points which is 2-3m off upper crown and 1-2m off outer crown at 10 Lincoln Road: Permitted Sycamore tree: Raise crown by 2-3m that is overhanging 10 Lincoln Road at 14 Lincoln Road: Permitted

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 HELPSTON

Internal and External works to former public-house to create a dwelling and internal and external works, and erection of extension to barn to create a dwelling at 3 Church Lane: Permitted Pollard willow tree down to 5 metres approx and remove maple tree in rear courtyard garden at Helpston House 8 West Street: Permitted Proposed single storey rear extension at 32 Maxey Road: Permitted Two storey rear extension, erection of porch to the front and removal of existing garage at 40 Glinton Road: Permitted

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Erection of 45 residential dwellings together with road infrastructure and open space with all matters reserved at Land To The West Of 85 West Street: Awaiting decision

 MAXEY

Replacement windows and doors to front and side, refurbishment of porch canopies to front and side, increase height of rear boundary wall and installation of air source heat pump at Wisteria Farm 31 West End Road: Awaiting decision

 NORTHBOROUGH

Use of workshop to rear of garage as craft microdistillery at 10 Granville Avenue: Permitted Single storey rear extension, removal of existing garage, removal of conservatory and erection of pitched roof garage at 36 Castle Drive: Permitted Variation of condition C2 (alterations to garden room) of planning permission 18/00935/HHFUL at 49 Church View: Awaiting decision First floor side extension over existing garage/utility accommodation at 13 Claypole Drive: Awaiting decision Use of workshop to rear of garage as craft microdistillery at 10 Granville Avenue: Awaiting decision

 UFFORD

Heighten an existing stone wall on the front boundary of property by 1.5m in local limestone which would match the existing wall at Old Rectory Main Street: Refused Render existing front elevation externally and alter dormer window. Proposed single storey extension to rear at Thorne Newport Way: Awaiting decision

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TRIBUNE

DIRECTORY

 Bainton Church

Richard Hardy, Churchwarden ............................. 01780 740505 John Wreford, Churchwarden............................... 01780 740362 Mary Gowers, Lay Pastoral Minister .................... 01780 740097 Dave Maylor, Priest in Charge ............................. 01780 740234 Elizabeth Snowball, Organist .............................. 07821 460505

 Bainton & Ashton Parish Council

Catherine Franks, Clerk......................................... 01780 765984 Graham Fletcher, Chairman.................................. 01780 740034 Richard Harris, Vice Chairman.............................. 01780 740886 Susie Lucas............................................................. 01780 740159 Cliff Stanton............................................................ 01780 749123

 Barnack Bowls Club

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

 Barnack Church

Dave Maylor, Priest in Charge ............................. 01780 740234 John Ward, Churchwarden .................................. 01780 740016 David Laycock, Churchwarden ............................ 01780 740267 Elizabeth Snowball, Organist .............................. 07821 460505

 Barnack Coffee Stop

Carol Pickering ...................................................... 01780 740438

 Barnack Community Association

Roy Chowings ....................................................... 01780 740755

 Barnack Cricket Club

William Armitage, Chairman................................. 01780 740749

 Barnack Home from Home Club

Diane Wright, Manager......................................... 07847 956602

 Barnack Men’s Breakfast

Mike Mills................................................................ 01780 740285 David Laycock ....................................................... 01780 740267

 Barnack Messy Church

Rev Dave Maylor ................................................... 01780 740234 Julie Stanton ........................................................ 01780 749123

 Barnack Parish Council

Barnack Parish Council e-mail..............clerk@barnack-pc.gov.uk Chairman, Harry Brassey ...................................... 01780 740115 Vice Chair, Margaret Palmer ................................ 01780 740988 Phil Broughton ...................................................... 01780 740379 Ivor Crowson ......................................................... 01780 740430 David Laycock ....................................................... 01780 740267 Martin Bloom ........................................................ 01780 740966 Clerk, Susie Caney ................................................ 07595 377236

 Benefice Administrators/ Lay Readers

Rachel Wright ........................................................ 07425 144998 Dick Talbot ............................................................. 01778 342581 Licensed Readers, Derek Harris............................ 01733 574311 Freda Skillman ....................................................... 01778 380903 Mark Hotchkin........................................................ 01778 347847 Mike Mills................................................................ 01780 740285

 Botolph’s Barn

Kate Hinchliff ......................................................... 07745 116621

 British Legion

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

 Bus & Train Services

Delaine Bus Services ............................................ 01778 422866 Stagecoach ............................................................ 01733 207860 Train Services ......................................................... 0845 7484950 62

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 Choirs

Benefice, Simon Richards Singers (Glinton) Choirmaster .............................. 01778 341686

 Cubs, Brownies, Scouts & Rainbows

Helpston Explorer Scouts, Nick Drewett...................................... ....................................................01778 348107 / 07900 585072 Helpston Scouts, Mark Crookes........................... 07808 633018 Helpston Cub Scouts, Paula Metharam............... 07896 163598 Helpston Rainbow Guides, Julia Mason.............. 07780 688542 Helpston Brownie Guides, Morag Sweeney....... 07801 357701 Helpston Guides, Nicola Kerr............................... 07739 098113 Helpston Beaver Scouts, Alison Cook.................. 07437 909735 Glinton Brownies.................................................... 01778 346668 1st Glinton Rainbow Leader, Sally Nash.............. 01733 254174 Northborough Guides, Jane Knott, ................... 01778 345101 Barnack Little Lambs Group, Julie Stanton.......... 01780 749123

 Deeping Gate Parish Council

Jane Hill, (Chair) .................................................... 01778 343066 Phil Thompson, Vice Chairman............................ 01778 346619 Geoff Purllant......................................................... 01778 344288 Janet Lill.................................................................. 01778 342647 Nicola Kerr.............................................................. 07739 098113 Sandra Hudspeth................................................... 01778 343735 Lynn George, Clerk................................................ 01778 346402

 Doctors and hospitals

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

 Etton Church (St Stephen’s)

Rector: Mark-Aaron Tisdale................................... 01733 252359 Anne Curwen, Churchwarden .............................. 01733 253357

 Etton Parish Council

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

 Friendship / Welcome Clubs

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

 Friends of Chernobyl Children (FOCC)

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

 Glinton Church (St Benedict’s)

Rector, Rev Mark-Aaron B. Tisdale ...................... 01733 252359 Churchwarden, Veronica Smith, ......................... 01733 252019 PCC Secretary, Shirley Hodgkinson, ................... 01733 252351 PCC Treasurer, Simon Richards, .......................... 01778 341686 Bell Ringers, Mike Goodall.................................... 01733 253469

 Citizens Advice

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

 Glinton Parish Council

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

 Helpston Church (St Botolph’s)

Priest in Charge, Dave Maylor, ........................... 01780 740234 Church Warden, Clive Pearce, ............................ 01733 253494

 Helpston Helcats

E: Helpstoncommunityactivityteam@gmail.com Facebook: @Helpstoncommunity Phil Roberts............................................................ 07925 720195 Emma Long............................................................ 07827 297053

DIRECTORY

 Helpston Lawn Tennis Club

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

 Helpston Parish Council

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

 Horticultural Societies

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

 Langdyke Countryside Trust

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

 Maxey Church (St Peter’s)

Rector, Rev Mark-Aaron B. Tisdale ...................... 01733 252 359 Mandy Loveder Bell Tower Captain .................... 01778 343100 Michael Loveder Churchwarden .......................... 01778 343100 Tina Lapinskis, Maxey Sunday School ................. 01778 347280

TRIBUNE

 Pre and After School Clubs Julie Stanton, Little Lambs ................................... 01780 749123 Kirsty Wislawski. Manager, Sunflower Seed Pre-School, Church Street, Northborough .............................. 01733 253685

 Rotary Club

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

 Schools and Education

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

 Ufford Church Enquiries

 Maxey Parish Council

Peter and Sally Hudson ........................................ 01780 740475

 Neighbourhood Watch

Keith Lievesley (Chairman) ................................... 01780 740679 ......................................................keith.lievesley@btinternet.com David Chadwick..................................................... 01780 740893 ..............................................................david@chadsonline.co.uk Frieda Gosling........................................................ 01780 740343 ............................................................friedagosling@yahoo.co.uk Paul Wilde.............................................................. 07960 018148 ...................................................................paul@worldofskills.com Margaret Sargent .................................................. 01780 749482 ........................................................................m55arg@gmail.com Susie Caney (Clerk)................................................ 07595 377236 ...................................................................clerk@ufford-pc.gov.uk

Lynne Yarham, Chair ............................................. 01778 343077 Dick Talbot, Clerk .................................................. 01778 342581 Dick Wilkins, Maxey .............................................. 01778 348368

 Northborough Church (St Andrew’s)

Rector: Mark- Aaron Tisdale................................. 01733 252359 Polly Beasley, Churchwarden ............................... 01778 380849 Jane Knott, Churchwarden .................................. 01778 345101 Freda Skillman, Licensed Reader ......................... 01778 380903 Carole Spinks, PCC Treasurer .................. ........... 01778 343585

 Northborough Parish Council

John Dadge, Chair ............................................... 01733 254145 Catherine Franks, Clerk .................clerk@northboroughpc.co.uk ................................................................................ 07748 637555

 Peakirk Church (St Pegas)

Rector: Mark- Aaron Tisdale................................. 01733 252359 Trish Roberts, Churchwarden ............................... 01733 253111 Sheila Lever, Churchwarden ................................. 01733 252416 Christine Dearman, PCC Secretary ..................... 01733 252404 Pauline Cooke, PCC Treasurer & Social Events ..................................................... 01733 253116

 Peakirk Parish Council

Angela Hankins, Clerk .......................................... 01733 253397 Henry Clark, Chair ................................................. 01733 253203

 Peterborough City Council

John Holdich OBE Peterborough ....................... 01733 253078 Peterborough City Council .................................. 01733 747474

 Ufford Parish Council

 Village Halls

Barnack Village Hall, Michelle Goodwin, ............ 01780 749337 Glinton, Bowls, Roy Pettitt.................................... 01733 252049 Glinton Village Hall Bookings, Sue Lane.............. 07923 475966 Glinton, Whist, Joyce Heathcote.......................... 01733 253790 Glinton, Whist, Peter Lake ................................... 01778 346749 Helpston Village Hall, Caryn Thompson ............. 01733 252232 Les Cunnington carpet bowls, Helpston ............ 01733 253832 Maxey Village Hall, Jacqui Barnard, .................... 07710 150587 Northborough Village Hall, Karen Cooper, ........ 01778 347464 Peakirk Village Hall bookings ............................... 07938 386226 Ufford Village Hall bookings, Mr Peter Grist....... 07887 634300

 Village Tribune

Editor, Tony Henthorn .......................................... 07590 750128 Design Team, Dimension 6000............................. 01733 772095

 Ward Councillors

 Police and Emergencies

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

 Pre and After School Clubs

Janel Pike (Helpston WI) President....................... 01733 253834 Conney Varley (Helpston WI Secretary) .............. 01733 260558 Margaret Stafford (Glinton WI).............................. 01733 701268 Jenny Dunk (Glinton WI Secetary) ....................... 01775 630163 Sarah Thurlow (Glinton WI President).................. 01780 740342

Police - emergency calls ....................................... 999 Less urgent crimes ................................................ 101 Power Failure ......................................................... 0800 7838838 Samaritans .....................................................Freephone 116 123 Lucy Garwood, Helpston Playhouse pre-school ........................................... 01733 253243 Roz Sowinski, Helpston Before and After School Club............................... 01733 253243 Jennifer Rice, Peakirk Tots Toddler Group ............................................... 07515 364909

 Women’s Institute (WI)

 Youth Clubs

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

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