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March / April 2016

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MAKING A LANDSCAPE GLINTON TO HARLEY STREET ANOTHER TORPEL MYSTERY

MUSTARD SEED PROJECT ST PEGA'S MISSING 'MONASTERY'?

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There can be no doubt of the pressure that the countryside around is under. Whether it is the demand for more homes or the requirements for minerals extraction our area is the focus of a lot of development at the moment – with the prospect of much more to come.

MAKING A LANDSCAPE T he Langdyke Countryside Trust was set up in 1999 with the aim of enhancing our local countryside and helping local people understand the natural world around them. As such we have always taken a proactive approach, rather than waiting for things to happen. Over the last 17 years, the Trust has established a network of five local nature reserves and has – through the hard work of its members – transformed the landfill site at Swaddywell Pit into a major habitat for wild orchids and rare insects; turned Torpel Manor Field from a pony paddock into a nationally acclaimed heritage site and created a completely new nature reserve on the gravel workings at Etton-Maxey Pits. For 2016 we have launched an initiative designed to have a lasting impact on the wider countryside around us and also to link local people yet more closely to the landscape. We have initiated an oak planting scheme, with each tree dedicated to a person or event, as commissioned by local people. Among the most significant and beautiful heritage sights around us are the large, mature oaks that stand in the fields and hedgerows, many dating back at least 500 years. These great giant trees are part

of our history and hopefully of our future. Of our native trees, they are claimed to host the greatest number of other natural species. But there aren’t many young trees growing up to take their place in the centuries to come. So we are working with local landowners to encourage them to consider planting oak trees on their land as part of a project to ensure that the oak remains a local landscape feature. Our aim is to see at least 50 oaks planted across the area over the next 5 years and we are starting by planting some ourselves. In January we planted 3 new oak trees on our Swaddywell Pit reserve. And in a great example of how we can link landscape and people, these trees are all dedicated to individuals as part of a commission from the John Clare Society. One commemorates the retirement of Dr Ronald Blythe, who has been the society's President since inception in 1981. The other two trees are in recognition of Edmund Blunden's pioneering work on John Clare (his plaque is on the John Clare Cottage) and finally a tree for John Clare himself. We have another six trees that we want to plant on our reserves over the next twelve months and would happily dedicate these to local people or families as well.

LCT Oak Tree Planting at Swaddywell

Peter Leverington LCT Secretary Three oak trees have recently been planted at Swaddywell by Langdyke Countryside Trust's working party volunteers. The trees were commissioned by the John Clare Society to commemorate the retirement of Doctor Ronald Blythe, who has been the society's President since inception in 1981. He has always attended the Clare Festival in July and his Presidential addresses will be most definitely missed. The other two trees are in recognition of Edmund Blunden's pioneering work on John Clare (his plaque is on the John Clare Cottage) and finally a tree for John Clare himself. Blunden's daughter Margi Blunden is the key note speaker at this year's John Clare Festival in July. The three trees commissioned by the Clare society are part of the Langdyke Countryside Trust community oak tree planting project.

If you are interested in ‘sponsoring an oak’ or if you are a landowner and would like to be involved in the planting scheme – please get in touch ... E: richard@athene-communications.co.uk 4

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Winter Colour Frank Samet

There are three main considerations to be made: a) Large Structure - Plants/ Trees/Pergola b) Infill Plants - Shrubs/Plants c) No bare soil - Add bulbs.

On 15 January the Glinton Horticultural Society enjoyed an enthusiastic presentation by Geoff Hodge on how to put more colour into winter gardens. He explained several ways in which gardens could be transformed using: Form, Shape and the Structure of the plants and trees that could be planted. Bulbs could always be grown separately in plastic tubs which could be sunken into the soil

and replaced with another tub of flowering bulbs after the first bloom of bulbs had gone. This provides a constant source of colour for that area of garden. If conifers are used to provide structure, then attention must be given to the height they'll eventually grow to ! As well as providing a very entertaining talk, Geoff also gave some extra prizes for that evening's raffle.

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Glinton Friendship Club Spring has sprung even though Winter hasn’t really shown us it’s snowy side... at time of writing! At the GFC we’ve hardly had to get the knitted blankets out for those chilly days. We fully expect to see snow around Easter time.. Always prepared! The new year has begun with a change in transport for our less mobile members and we hope this will prove a successful venture as we strive to keep our members happy and comfortable with as little inconvenience as possible. Our recent Bring and Buy sale, and a regular sale of donated books, is helping our funds which all go towards subsidising the costs of meals and trips for our members. Other money raising ventures we are trying are secret raffles and tin auctions which

are proving popular after some minor teething problems.. and no, we aren’t eating the tins, though donations will always be welcomed for future events. We saw January out with slides and talk (see photo) by Annette Joyce and colleagues from P.C.C. which was informative, and members were able to raise issues of concern. February saw us enjoying tossing pancakes in a mildly competitive way, and delving deeply into our romantic memories for a Valentine’s Day Quiz set by Carole. We also dressed up in hearts and love tokens to create the right atmosphere..... Sigh!!!! We have our AGM in February which heralds our fourteenth year of the club. It is at this time

Pam Kounougakis we need to congratulate the committee and helpers, both past and present, who work so hard behind the scenes to plan, prepare and put into action all the activities that go to making the club run smoothly. A lot of personal time, effort and ingenuity go into making a commitment, which is all voluntary, so worthwhile and successful. Well done everybody. Coming up on our programme soon is an entertaining morning of Fenland tales by Alan Lamb. And with some of that Christmas bulk still hanging around our waistbands an exercise session with Michelle Carter will help to shift it with fun!!! We lead up to our Easter break with a chance to buy beautiful cards made by Sue Duncliffe and making our own festive craft decoration too.

For more information on joining and membership - T: Barbara on 01733 253078 or Judith 01733 252724.

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Deeping Gate News Christmas Carol Singing Sunday 20 December was a resounding success with almost one hundred people joining in; please see photos on our Deeping Gate Facebook page. Our accompanying musicians have offered to join us again on Sunday,18 December, 2016, at 4.00 pm.at the foot of the stone bridge. Again, invitations will be delivered to all Deeping Gate households nearer the time.

Jane Hill

Litter Pick Our most recent on Sunday 7 February was another great success. The photograph shows the result of a couple of hours of true community spirit with Peter Hiller joining in. Sadly, dog fouling continues apace but we are undertaking a "dog stencil and spray paint" exercise in the worst affected areas. Please see Diary Dates on page 16 for future events

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LADIES

Piglet the Pick-up which we used to collect the bags from different points. see also ON THE EDGE on page 18

President, Diane Watts on 01733 253352, or our secretary Jenny Dunk on 01733 254252.

We finished 2015 with a visit from the Salvation Army Band. a wonderful evening had by all, numerous Carols sung and finishing off with a very large Faith Supper. Also in December we had a wine and mince pie evening at the home of our secretary, Jenny, our thanks go to her, and to Sarah for her delicious baking, it was definitely a ‘full house’.

January was our birthday party dinner; a tasty meal held in the Village Hall, which was enjoyed by all. Our March meeting will be a make-up demonstration by Clarins cosmetics, and April will be Floral Treasures of Cambridgeshire with a talk and slides by Mr Ray Edwards. Please come along and meet our very friendly group of ladies, a warm welcome awaits all visitors.

We meet in one another’s homes twice a month; on the 1st Tuesday afternoon from 2-4 pm and the 3rd Monday evening from 7:30- 9:30.

Our NWR group, has been giving some thought to what we get from our meetings and decided that the main attraction was the chance to meet with like-minded people for a relaxed but stimulating couple of hours,

sharing life experiences, in a safe venue. We hold informal discussions from a programme we devise ourselves, we also have the occasional pub lunch or trip out. We are always happy to welcome new members.

We meet on the second Tuesday in the month at Glinton Village Hall, at 7.30pm.

National Women’s Register

Helpston needs your gardens Sunday 12 June 2016

If you are interested in opening your garden or for more info please email me on tammy.tushingham@btinternet.com or call me on 07734544578 by 12 March 2016

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From Glinton ... to Harley Street It only seems like yesterday and yet such a long time ago that I wrote my previous article for The Village Tribune. Back then, my life as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist was just beginning. My practice was in its infancy and the first small steps were being taken on a road that I couldn’t have anticipated. My years working for N&P seem like a very distant past.

t’s taken some time and effort but in the three short years since I qualified as a Cognitive Hypnotherapist, it seems that the word is out. People seem to know that I’m here. For some time now, I’ve specialised in helping clients overcome the debilitating effects of high levels of Stress, Anxiety and Depression and my Glinton practice is full. Other than the odd cancellation, the waiting list is usually 4 – 6 weeks ahead. I find that I’m proud of what I’ve been able to achieve and constantly amazed at the progress clients make. People are far more resilient than it may seem at first sight.

The Quest Institute where I trained has made yet more progress. I was asked to join their evidence-based research team and their pilot study was published in the peer-reviewed journal The Mental Health Review last year. Initial evidence is very encouraging. It’s a first exciting step that takes Cognitive Hypnotherapy out of the realms of Alternative and Complimentary Health and into the mainstream. More work is needed and I’m grateful to all of my clients who agreed to participate. Anyway, what do you do when your initial dream is realised and the small local practice you set up

If you’d like to read more about Tony’s move to Harley Street, take a look at his blog: http://tonyburkinshaw.co.uk/anxiety-in-harley-street

is thriving? I wanted to do more but without having to put aside more hours. I thought long and hard and came to the conclusion that it was time to expand. And my thought was that if I was going to expand I might as well do it properly. So with that in mind, I now run a one day a week clinic in my new rooms at Nº1 Harley Street in London, dealing exclusively with clients suffering Stress, Anxiety or Depression. Clients can still come and work with me in Glinton but this step means I can help a whole new client base. Time will tell. I’ve given myself a year to create a sustainable practice in Harley Street and there is a lot of work to be done. Whilst it is still early days, interest is gathering and if the past is anything to go by, the future is looking bright.

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Book Club The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan

Growing up in a typical English town this novel made a huge impact on me when I first read it. The colourful characters seem such a world apart from what I was familiar with and yet it is a story about all of our lives and a woman’s relationship with her mother. In 1949 four Chinese immigrant women in San Francisco agree to meet up each week to play mah-jong, calling themselves the Joy Luck Club. Here they discuss the lives they left behind in China and the dreams and hopes they have for their daughters as they embark on their new lives in America. Whilst not strictly speaking short stories, each chapter tells a different aspect of their lives. The first half of the book tells of the lives of the women in the Joy Luck Club. We learn of their lives in China. An-Mei Hsu whose mother left her to become a concubine to a rich merchant and Lindo Jeng who was forced to marry someone she didn’t love. We then learn of their daughters and their new lives growing up in America, in a culture that seems alien to the world their mothers are describing. Here lies the clash of cultures which leads to friction between mother and daughter. The older generation feel as if they are losing their daughters

to American culture and the younger generation do not feel as if anything their mothers talk about is relevant to their lives. Sound familiar? You don’t need to be a Chinese immigrant or growing up in America to relate to the universal themes that Tan weaves into her debut novel. It is about learning to understand the people that fill our lives and accepting that they only have our best interests at heart. It is about learning that our parents too are real people, arriving in the present through a series of events that have shaped them.

Emily Feather and the Enchanted Door by Holly Webb

Have you ever felt as if you just don’t fit in? Where even your own family seems different to you? This is how ten-year-old Emily Feather feels. She looks different to her siblings with her dark hair. It is true that everyone looks a bit different (even her older twin sisters aren’t identical) but Emily just can’t shake the feeling that there is something about her that sets her apart from the rest of the family. Her best friend Rachel points out that she is the only one not named after a bird, but surely there is more to it than that?

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Emily lives in an unusual house. Her dad, Ash, is an author, writing fantasy books. The house seems as if it could have come straight out of one of his books. Her room is in the old attic at the top of a rickety flight of stairs, with ornately carved mirrors on the landing. Sometimes it even feels as if the walls have moved: but that would be silly as Emily knows that can’t happen. One day she is passing one of the mirrors and sees a strange reflection in it. A girl with green skin is staring back at her and that is just the start of a series of events that will completely change Emily’s life. It turns out that she was right. She IS different from the rest of her family, but not in any way she could have possibly imagined. Holly Webb is better known for her novels books about animals and has written over 90 books for children. However this book, the first in a new magical series, shows that she is just as adept at writing about fantasy worlds. Aimed at readers aged 8+ this is a lovely introduction to traditional fairy mythology. It does take a while to get going and the titular enchanted door doesn’t appear until the final quarter of the book. This is clearly intended to introduce the reader to Emily’s world which is then explored in future books.

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diary dates A Colourful Quiz

Friday 22 April 7.30 pm Northborough Village Hall Quizmaster Peter Kemp. Teams of 4 please! £5 per person to include light supper, but bring your own drinks. Proceeds to St. Andrew's Church. Call Polly to book a table - 01778 380849

A Musical Miscellany

Saturday 12 March 7.30pm The Stamford Concert Singers. At St. Andrew’s Northborough Tickets £7:50 to include glass of wine and refreshments. Proceeds to St. A’s Church Polly 01778 380849

BBQ at The Green Man, Stamford

Saturday 5 March All day and from 7.30pm Paul Lake, Etton music hero and guitar and vocals supremo, is flying solo, playing classic and contemporary covers on the evening of the annual Harrier gathering. Since Britain’s Harrier aircraft were sold to the US, associates and colleagues of the Harrier squadrons that were based in Wittering make a journey from around the world and make The Green Man their base for the day (from midday) as they raise a few glasses to their incredible contribution to Britain’s defence.

Northborough Open Gardens 19 June 1-5 pm price of tickets will be £4 each with children under 16 free Tickets/brochures available from Gill Hazlerigg in Northborough (T: 01733 252938) or on the day from St Andrew’s Church

notices The Exeter Arms, Helpston George Sakkalli met with Barry Sheerman, Chairman of The John Clare Trust, in February to advance plans for the pub’s revival and general site development in 2016. east

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6 AUGUST

SAVE THE DATE ... So please put a note in your diary now and come and enjoy the spectacle of racing model aircraft making history with 1000 laps for St Pega’s

1000 Laps

for St Pega's Church, Peakirk Brian Waterland & Brian Lever with Polecat Racing Model Aircraft

Model aircraft enthusiasts prepare to lap the skies to celebrate 1000 years of Parish Church

eakirk Parish Council requested ideas on how to celebrate the 1000 years of Peakirk Parish Church. Long time model aircraft enthusiast Brian Lever had the idea of flying some of his racing models on the village green for 1000 laps! A lap for every year the Church has been standing. The suggestion was put to the special committee set up to authorise and arrange events and to Brian’s delight this was approved and agreed for any date during the month of August 2016. Brian contacted a number of his flying pals in the Peterborough Model Flying Club and has now assembled a team of pilots and pit crew who will attempt to fly the 1000 laps with special racing models attached to thin steel wires

that enable the pilot to control the model via a special handle. The date selected is Saturday, 6 August, Peakirk Village Green, commencing from 10.30am. The models will be powered by special tuned 1.5cc diesel engines which are manufactured in England and are more powerful per litre than Lewis Hamilton’s F1 Mercedes! Brian is hoping to raise £1000 for St Pega’s Church and is asking if you would be kind enough to sponsor some laps at 10p per lap? So 10 laps sponsorship would raise £1, 50 laps £5, 100 laps £10 and so on. As with all events of this kind safety is paramount and the flying area will be roped off and it is most important that spectators heed the safety notices.

Spectators and supporters on the day will be most welcome and for those who may like to be involved in time keeping or lap counting and also wish to become a lap sponsor Brian can be contacted at E: blever@btinternet.com T: 01733 252416. 16

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Peakirk

Trish Roberts

St Pega's Cafe St Pega's Cafe's famous Brunch on Sunday 7 Feb - packed with breakfasters enjoying good food, good company and excellent service! Our most successful yet, and the first event in Peakirk's Millennium year. Don't miss the next one on Sunday 30 October in Peakirk Village Hall, and look out for news of other events through the year, commemorating and celebrating 1000 years of history for the village and church.

Deeping Gate Sat 5 March

Clean for the Queen

Along with other parts of the country, and in addition to the above, we have arranged a further litter pick/clean up. Meeting at the foot of the old stone bridge. Please join us if you can. We have a limited number of pickers and high vis vests and a plentiful supply of black bags. 10.00am. Sun 17 July

Deeping Horse & Pony Show We are delighted to say that this event will make its debut off Peakirk Road, Deeping Gate, on Sunday 17th July. The newly founded Committee will be advertising exact details more extensively in the local press.

Christian Aid Week John Tanner

Sunday 13 March NFU Lambing Day Manor Farm, M orborne Come and see one of the biggest lambing days in the East of England. It is a great family day out to see a working farm where you can see lambs being born, hold new born chicks, ride on a horse and cart and climb on the tractors, family stalls and much more. The Anna’s Hope Fairies will be there too and proceeds will go to charity. Time: 11-am 4pm Pay on the gate. Adults £5 and children under 16 free For more information: E: admin@annashope.co.uk T: 01780 740492

15 -21 MAY

The main feature of Christian Aid Week is a door to door collection involving envelopes.These envelopes are deposited through letter boxes and collected later, hopefully (and usually) containing a donation. This process requires a small army of collectors; in total something like 100,000, throughout the country. At the present time the Benefice is woefully short of collectors, so more volunteers are needed. It’s a pleasant task carried out in Spring

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sunshine. May I appeal to anyone who feels in the their heart that they would like join our team, to take a deep breath and come forward, if only to learn more. It is worth bearing in mind that this is not just a matter of raising woney. The exercise is also a means of mission, bringing to a wider public the Church’s role in contributing to good works throughout the world. In one version of the Holy Communion service we offer ourselves to be a living sacrifice. This is one way to do just that.

If you feel even mildly tempted, please contact our vicar, Rev Dave Maylor, on 01780 740234 or dmaylor@btinternet.com

The Glinton Horticultural Society 18 March

Presentation: 'Hardy exotics and creating microclimates' by Colin Ward from Swines Nursery, in the Glinton Village Hall. 7.30pm

15 April

Presentation: 'Edible landscaping' by Clive Simms, in the Glinton Village Hall 7.30pm

30 April

Plant sale in the Glinton Village Hall Early queuing advised 10.00am

St. Pega's Church 9 March

Lent Lunch 12 noon to 2.00pm

at 3 The Park, Peakirk £5 per person To help with catering, please confirm your attendance. T: Sheila on 01733 252416 E: Sheila.lever@btinternet.com

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March Good Friday Workshop 2.30 - 4pm Craft activities, Easter Garden, All-age Worship and of course hot cross buns! All welcome.

T: 01778 380849 polly.beasley@btinternet.com

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MORE INFO: Tracy 07720 327145 Lorraine (our President) 01733 254865

ith the winter period traditionally being a particularly challenging month for some, we invited Emily Gray, Chief Executive Officer for Peterborough and Fenland Mind as our speaker for our January meeting. Emily facilitated a lively and fascinating debate about mindfulness, wellness and mental health issues. As something that affects so many it was fantastic to have an open discussion, raise awareness and have many questions answered. February saw a change to our programme and had us delving into the murky depths of social media as Matthew Beckett guided us around how to use it, its pros and cons and myths and mysteries. It was an informative and interactive evening and helped us learn how to Facebook and tweet with the best of them. In addition to our regular monthly meetings, we took part in an Indian Cookery class. Pilau rice, chicken curry and cauliflower curry were on the menu as demonstrated by

teacher Veronica. We then all had the opportunity to practice our pastry origami and make some samosas with great success. They were delicious. Our knitting group, Knitty Gritty has completed our initial project to make dressing gowns for the charity Knit for Peace. With many of us being new to knitting and crochet, we made squares which were sewn into four complete dressing gowns and sent off to the charity. We are now keen to start our next endeavor. Our meeting in March will welcome Susan Wilkins who will talk to us about Psych-K which introduces a set of simple, self-empowering techniques to change your beliefs and perceptions that impact your life in a negative way. March will also see the debut of our walking group which will be regularly out and about in the area over the summer months. Emma Sanders from Magpas will be joining us in April and will be talking about the charity and how it provides pre-hospital critical care and retrieval in East Anglia.

We are a friendly, youngish group and happy to welcome any ladies who would like to come and see what we do. The On the Edge WI meet in the Packhorse in Northborough from 7pm on the third Monday of the month.

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Good food, real ales, great entertainment March Sunday 6 March Mother’s Day Treat Our Sunday roast is as good as ever! Gastropub classics also available

Thurs 17 March - (St Patrick’s Day) The Shades of Green The band strike up again for the craic, with Irish classics and other popular tunes. PLUS ...Home-made Irish stew on the house!

25 March (Good Friday) to Sunday 27 March Easter specials & Easter Sunday roast Easter is early! Book now!

28 March Bank Holiday - (Easter Monday) Live music at 3pm. Bar and restaurant open all day!

April & Spring Bank Holiday Saturday 23 April - (St George’s Day) Classic English dishes served and regional real ales abound! Friday 29 April – Mon 2 May Annual Spring Bank Holiday Beerfest Many local and regional real ales, BBQ & live music.

Monday 2 May

BANK HOLIDAY FUN The One Eyed Cats (2.30pm) • BBQ • Discounted real ales • Bouncy castle and more! CAMRA accredited GOOD BEER GUIDE 2016

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TORPEL mystery

At the annual Torpel public meeting on 12 December, Dr Steve Ashby, leader of the team of York University archaeologists who have been investigating evidence on Torpel Manor Field for the past four years, summarised their findings so far.

outh east of the pylon their most recent geophysical survey revealed a circular walled structure with a diameter of about 10 metres. There is no obvious evidence above the ground and it was not apparent on previous surveys. Several possible uses have been considered. Was it the site of a windmill? This is unlikely because the manor was served by the water mill at Lolham and there are no documentary references to a windmill on the Field. Was it a dovecote? Dovecotes were the medieval equivalent to battery hen rearing and were very common, most local dovecotes were square or oblong and usually only half the size of this building. Was it a rabbit warren? We know that there were warrens elsewhere on the manor at Ufford and Upton, and they were not bounded by stone walls. Was it a

threshing floor? Possibly, as it was close to the old stone barn and threshing was done with a flail. This was two sticks held together by a leather strap. One stick was held in the hands and the other was beaten against the ears of corn, knocking out the grain. A breakthrough came when one of the Torpel volunteers was studying an old book about Northamptonshire and came across the following description: "At Torpwell in the parish of Ashton was discovered a circular hollow space, having the sides walled up with stone, which from is shape, ashes and iron slag strewed near, and other circumstances, was probably an iron furnace in the time of the Romans." Source: Topographical and Historical Description of the County of Northamptonshire, John Britton & E W Bailey, written about 1830

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Iron working and smelting were common in the Nene valley close to sources of iron and wood. There were, for example, furnaces at Longthorpe, Sacrewell, Water Newton and Harringworth, also at Barnack and Maxey. But there are no documentary references to iron smelting or wages paid to iron workers or smiths at Torpel . They used iron on the manor but it appears that it was bought in from somewhere Steel and iron for work on 2 ploughs and shoes for forequarters of 4 draft animals 15s 0d Shoeing 2 other draft animals 2s 3 1/2d Shoeing hindquarters of another draft animal 5 1/2d Making 3 new ploughs 7 1/2d Purchase of 1 key to park gate 2d Source: Accounts of Godfrey of Crowland, Abbot of Peterborough in 1300 Sandra Raban It is also unlikely that they would have built an iron furnace so close to the Torpel settlement. Perhaps the furnace predated the Norman manor? Nineteenth century authors were inclined to describe any pre-Tudor remains as "Roman", but Roman smelting furnaces were small from 30cm to 2 metres in diameter. So, the jury is still out! Maybe you have some suggestions? Frieda Gosling

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Agriculture is not the only business being affected by the downturn – I think whatever business you are in it’s not escaping the current situation of low returns, but there may be a few exceptions.

Rosemary’s

Farming Diary

s I write these notes in the first week of February, spring is just round the corner and with the day light hours lengthening each day it’s not quite such a rush to beat the darkness before outside jobs are finished for the day but with the amount of rainfall in December and January it has made any field operations difficult, we have taken advantage of the odd day when ground conditions allowed. The high volume of rainfall and mild weather with very little cold has left cereal crops coming out of winter with considerable problems, what we call in farming terms (“dirty”) and generally in need of fungicide treatment. This also applies to the oil seed rape crop. As we are fast approaching the middle of February the farming industry are hoping to see some respite from the relentless wet weather; it is in the next few weeks farmers like to get started on the spring sowing, as soon as ground conditions allow. Livestock farmers with sheep also like to be able to turn out the new born lambs onto grass. For those of us that have had a lifetime of living in the country this is the most exciting time of 22

year, when plant life is emerging from winter dormancy period springing into life with bulbs, shrubs etc. showing off their full flowering potential. Likewise the arable fields are beginning to move forward with the different crops which are being grown, most of the bare fields in this area will be sown with I expect spring barley, sugar beet and potatoes, maybe one or two other crops that suits the land. All growing crops have had compound fertilizer (Phosphate Potash) applied during the winter and will soon have some nitrogen to boost plant growth which is given at different growth stages, again depending on the temperature. The weather does play a major role in our everyday life on the farm, as does the political arena… enough said on that one. Farming at the present time is rather a labour of love with commodity prices only going one way, it’s a gamble. We are sowing crops from August through to the next spring not knowing what the market will be in July onwards, predicting cash flows for example being very difficult, this has a knock on effect for all associated suppliers to our industry. Agriculture is not the

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only business being affected by the downturn – I think whatever business you are in it’s not escaping the current situation of low returns, but there may be a few exceptions. The mild weather has made life easier to travel and the saving on winter fuel has been very welcome. In the third week of February 1979 the country was brought to a standstill with snowdrifts and vehicles getting stuck, the service bus got stuck at Helpston level crossing (outside The Tavern) for 4-5 days, blocking the road. Supplies in the village shop either ran out or were very low; I remember taking eggs by tractor to Helpston and Maxey shops…. so we are not out of the woods yet if we assume winter has finished? The small birds are busy in the garden and appreciate the extra food to get them though the winter. I haven’t seen our usual larger visitors ie. the pheasants, partridges and we always have some hares come up to the house early morning. I think when I hear the dawn chorus spring will have surely arrived and the countryside will be alive of activity once more.

Peterborough Anglo-French Association Thank you friends and members for coming to this year’s AGM; it has been a brilliant year for the PAFA and we have had tremendous support from members at meetings and other social events.

he social year started off in January with a talk about ‘her region’ of France by Kate Duckworth. That put an idea into our heads and we carried it through to other meetings. February was, as usual the AGM and it was well attended. A new committee was formed and it was business as usual. March was Pot Pourri evening and if I remember correctly there was a talk by me and some Absinthe tasting involved. As this is a French Association we have to have wine tasting occasionally and Tony Elliott did us proud in April with a wine talk and tasting. Alsace Part 1. In May, Sheila gave us an insight in Josephine Baker who was American but had a very special place in her heart for and lived in France. We also listened to some of Jospehine’s music. It was a well attended meeting and was very well presented. June saw us with our annual walk and despite being poorly, Jean Matthews came up trumps and escorted us through Warmington and thereabouts. For our July BBQ we all were dreading trying to eat under a thunderous sky in a downpour. I could hardly see my way on the A1 for the rain and spray but miraculously at 2pm, the due start time, the sun appeared and we all sat outside. Some of us (me) got a damp bum but the cooking by Tony and Ann Elliott was worth every damp patch on the seats. Thank you!

Date 20 January 17 February 16 March 20 April 18 May 20 June 17 July (Sunday) 17 August 21 September 19 October 16 November 21 December

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Event Our Region of France AGM Wines of Alsace Pt2 The Huguenot Connection to the Fens Cyrano de Bergerac to name but one! Local walk & meal. Starting at The Ramblewood Inn Bastille BBQ Buckden Price and date TBC Picnic in the Park. Time & venue TBC Napoléon French Chocolate Pre Christmas Quiz and Fish & Chips Supper Christmas Food & Music

The August meeting made way for our visit to Bourges. This was excellent with a visit to Guédelon; the medieval château being constructed in the manner and with the tools and materials that would have been available at the period. More details of the Bourges visits are available if you would like them. Have a chat with me. September saw us having a social evening with a presentation (less sound!) of the Bourges trip. It was lovely to just have a glass of wine and a chat. October took us on a trip in the Rhône Valley on a boat with the two Tonys and spouses. We had a glimpse of life on board (lots of eating and drinking!) and the sights they saw on the trip.

Person responsible Dave & Jane Pennell Committee Tony Elliott Margaret Fletcher Jackie Jean Matthews

Ann & Tony Elliott Committee Ann Hooker Guest speaker TBC Jackie Committee

November’s pre-Christmas quiz and fish and chip supper was a success and we will be doing it again this year. Finally the year ended in December with our Christmas Buffet and live music. Steve Ambler entertained us all evening with French themed music and the donations of food for the buffet table were abundant. Added to all these wonderful events that took place in 2015 were a fundraising coffee morning put on by Sheila which raised £87 and the PARCS social evenings that are for fun and not fundraising events. Again, thank you everyone for your support througout the year, your attendance, raffle prizes and ticket purchases. Happy 2016!

We always try to keep to our programme but sometimes there are changes due to unforeseen circumstances. Please support us with your attendance at the monthly meetings as this is our only method of fundraising for future twinning events. The more funds we can raise now the better our options for our visits. Thank you for your continued support!PARCS events to be sent separately when they are booked

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Some years ago one of the Miche Bora Primary School parents died because she could not afford to visit a clinic for antibiotics. We are pleased to say that should never happen again because we now have a beautiful clinic of our own!

t’s been a long time coming but what a difference it will make. Sonal Lakhani was one of the people who helped to make this happen – you may remember, from the previous VT issue, that she climbed Kilimajaro to raise funds for us after finding out about our project online. She was so happy to be able to meet the Mgongeni community last October and to see first-hand what a difference her efforts will make. We have also received a large donation from a charitable trust, and from Market Deeping Rotary Club, to enable us to

complete phase two of our new school building; including the pillars, the first-floor slab, an office, a staffroom, a septic tank and soak-away. No pictures of the completed rooms are available yet so we can't wait to go out to see it during our next visit. We suffered a disappointment last year when two of our excellent teachers went for jobs in a government school. We could not blame them, as the government pays higher salaries than we could afford, however we were so delighted when they contacted us recently. Leah said, 'I have 109 children in my class and by the end of the day my voice has completely gone. The children at the back of the class do not listen to anything I say. I have spent a huge amount on throat tablets. Please can I come back?'

Mwanajuma (pictured) told a similar story. We know our school is making a difference to the opportunities for these poor children but it is so great to have it confirmed. How can anyone learn in those circumstances? We are so privileged to be able to do this work. The rewards are great. Of course we have anxieties too, like the annual worry we shall soon have that we shall be able to continue to fund the feeding programme upon which these children rely, and whether the next part of the building will be funded in time for the following year’s intake. Then a donation arrives and we are elated. We just want to say a big thank you to everyone who supports us – with whatever you have given. No donation is too small to make a difference.

PS. We must apologise to anyone who was inconvenienced by the late cancellation of the MSP concert planned for 16 January. We were extremely disappointed by the decision but it was not ours, and there was nothing we could do to stop it.

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Crowland Abbey

(R. Farren, 1888)

by Dr Avril Lumley Prior

PEGELAND St Pega’s missing ‘monastery’? ‘Remembrances’ of St Pega In 1016, ‘the ‘New Minster at Pegecyrcan’ received a charter from King Eadmund Ironside, debatably containing our earliest written record of Peakirk [meaning ‘Pega’s church’], a Scandinavian corruption of a pre-existing Old-English placename. Unquestionably founded and funded in 1014/5 by King Æthelræd II’s thegn, Sigeferth of the ‘Seven Boroughs’, the ‘New Minster’ was first consecrated in the honour of the Holy Trinity the Virgin Mary and All Hallows. It appears to have formed part of a college for priests whose duties were to pray for their patron and offer pastoral care to the residents of Peakirk and neighbouring settlements. These were troubled times and, in 1015, Sigeferth was assassinated by a rival Mercian war-lord, Eadric Streona. King Æthelræd promptly seized Sigeferth’s lands to prevent Eadric gaining control of them, whilst his son, Eadmund Ironside, married Sigeferth’s his widow, Ealdgyth. After Æthelræd’s death in 1016, Eadmund endowed the church with estates in Peakirk and Walton [Peterborough], the profits from which would finance ‘chantry’ priests to continue to chant masses for Eadmund’s, Ealdgyth’s and Sigeferth’s souls (Trib. 96). It was not until after the Dissolution of Monasteries by Henry VIII, in 1539, that Peakirk church was 26

rededicated in the honour of St Pega [pronounced ‘Pey-a’], an anchoress (died 719) who reputedly built her cell on the site of the present ‘Peakirk Hermitage’, approximately 300 metres eastnorth-east of the church. In the past, it was understood that Pega’s eighth-century anchorage evolved into the late tenth-century ‘Pegelandæ Cœnobium’ [‘Pega’s Land Monastery’ or ‘Pegeland’]. Yet, ‘remembrances’ of Pega also lingered at Crowland from the eighth-century until the present day. It is there (instead of Peakirk) that I now propose that the socalled ‘Pegeland Monastery’ was located. St Pega’s ‘sacred sites’ Sadly, we know more about the places where Pega lived than we do about her early life. This is because she is eclipsed by her more-illustrious brother, Guthlac (died 714), who according to Felix, his biographer, set up home in a Bronze-Age barrow or RomanoBritish ‘cistern’ on the edge of the Crowland peninsula, overlooking the undrained, mosquito-infested Fens. In fact, Felix deemed Pega worthy of just a cameo role in the closing chapters of his mid eighth-century work. However, from Guthlac’s pedigree, we can deduce that Pega was the daughter of Penwalh, a Mercian aristocrat, and his wife, Tette.

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Whilst Felix describes her as ‘the holy virgin of Christ’, there is no record of her taking formal religious vows, though it is feasible that she studied with Guthlac at the ‘double monastery’ of Repton [Derbyshire]. We are told only that Guthlac had decided ‘to avoid her presence’ during his lifetime and that his disciples ferried her by boat to Crowland so that she could organise his burial in his oratory chapel, heal a blind man with salt blessed by Guthlac and, a year later, exhume his undecayed body for reburial in a marble tomb. St Pega’s graveside vigil would not have been a lonely one. Felix informs us that Crowland was awash with hermits, namely Tatwine (Guthlac’s guide and boatman), Beccel (his servant), Cissa (Felix’s informant, who eventually inherited Guthlac’s cell) and Ecgberht (his confessor). Therefore, it is logical that Pega requisitioned Guthlac’s nowvacant anchorage, which would have stood near his mortuarychapel. After dutifully fulfilling her Crowland obligations Felix makes Pega vanish into the ether, forcing us to turn to post-Conquest sources to plot her career. The fourteenth-century false Crowlandchronicler, pseudo-Ingulph, tells us that she returned to her former hermitage ‘four leagues to the west’ [presumably Peakirk]. There,

PEGELAND St Pega’s missing ‘monastery’? she remained for exactly two years and three months before embarking upon a pilgrimage to Rome, a perilous undertaking for a lone and unworldly woman. Upon her arrival, all the church bells apparently rang out in recognition of her sanctity. Pseudo-Ingulph’s

us where ‘Pegeland Monastery’ was situated. Pseudo-Ingulph is more precise. Once again embellishing Orderic’s story, he claims that once Crowland Abbey was established by Archbishop Dunstan of Canterbury [c.971] and the king’s

Pega is summoned to Crowland and reburies Guthlac in his tomb (Guthlac Roll) (Birch, 1881) source, The Ecclesiastical History of the more-reputable AngloNorman historian, Orderic Vitalis (1075-c.1142), simply states that Pega went to Rome as a penance, died there on 8 January 719 and was buried in a church erected in her memory. The church, if it ever existed, is said to have collapsed through neglect in the seventeenth-century ‘with the loss of all her relics’. ‘Pegeland Monastery’ Orderic was the first historian to introduce the concept of ‘Pegeland Monastery’. Also writing at Crowland at the behest of Abbot Geoffrey (1109-24) and relying upon data supplied by Felix’s text and ‘senior’ monks, Orderic reveals that ‘Pegeland’ was founded in the place where ‘the holy Pega, sister of St. Guthlac, had served God for many years’. It continued to flourish until the death of Abbot Briehtmer of Crowland (1048), after which Abbot Wulfgeat of ‘Pegeland’ successfully petitioned Eadward the Confessor (1042-66) to amalgamate the two communities. Tantalisingly, Orderic does not tell

former chancellor, Turketyl, made abbot, many pious monks and secular priests rushed to enlist. Turketyl immediately welcomed the fully-fledged brethren into the cloister. In contrast, fearing that the secular priests (who had not taken the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience) could be a bad influence, he lodged them ‘on the eastern side of the Abbey in the cell of St Pega’, later called ‘Pegeland’. There, Abbot Turketyl erected a chapel for them, ordered them to wear monks’ habits and observe the Benedictine Rule. Pseudo-Ingulph asserts that they were so devout that, by 975, most had become monks of Crowland, leaving ‘Pegeland’ devoid of priests to perform Masses, so the few remaining clerics petitioned Turketyl to provide one. They also demanded that all new recruits receive religious instruction at ‘Pegeland’ (not Crowland) and for the community to have the right to decide when a probationer was ready to take his vows. Turketyl granted their request for a priest ‘in memory of St Pega’ to lead

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services and pray for the abbey’s founders and benefactors but refused to despatch any novices, fearing that ‘Pegeland’ may one day rival Crowland. Instead, he sent the clerics child-oblates (boys who were training as monks) to be taught only to read and write. Turketyl monitored their progress with daily visits, which indicates ‘Pegeland’s’ proximity to the abbey. But this was hardly a monastery in the strictest sense, merely a preparatory school for youngsters destined for the Church. After this, pseudoIngulph says little about ‘Pegeland’ until its merger with Crowland in 1048. A case of mistaken identity? For centuries, eminent historians and antiquarians, including John Leland (c.1503-52), John Bridges (1666-1724), William Stukeley (1687-1765) and even Maxey’s Reverend Sweeting (1839-1913) misinterpreted Orderic Vitalis’ ‘Pegeland Monastery’ at Crowland as ‘Peakirk [Pegecyrcan] Monastery’, by failing to distinguish between the Old-English suffix ‘land’ and the Scandinavian ‘cyrice’ [‘kirk’ or ‘church’]. Thus, they unwittingly seduced subsequent students (me included) into believing that ‘Pegeland’ was an ancestor of the present ‘Peakirk Hermitage’. Of course, ‘Pegeland’ may have relocated to Peakirk after Turketyl’s death. However, my recent research has led me to suspect that both Pega’s cell and Turketyl’s foundation occupied a site in Anchor-Church Field, 500 metres east-north-east of the Crowland Abbey church and next to the modern B1166 (opposite the garden centre). What, then, is the evidence that ‘Pegelandæ Cœnobium’ was there rather than Peakirk? Firstly, a somewhat-scathing report sent to the abbot of Crowland by Bishop Gray of Lincoln after his >> 27

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The site of ‘Pegelandæ Cœnobium’ at Crowland? >> 1434 Visitation strongly indicates a Crowland setting. The document explicitly refers to the chapels of ‘St Martin and St Pega of Paylond [‘Pegeland’] in your precinct’, ordering Abbot Henry of Casewick to supply priests for them or be fined 40 pence. Bishop Gray’s injunction clearly was ignored, for in 1440 his successor, Bishop Alnwick, complained that ‘the Chantry which is called Peylonde [Pegeland] is left unreserved’ and that Brother John of Wysbeche feared for the spiritual welfare ‘of they who dwell thereabout’. Pseudo-Ingulph’s anonymous, but contemporary, continuer states that it was not until John became abbot of Crowland, in 1470, that he had the opportunity to restore ‘the chapel of Saint Pega, commonly called Saint Pega of Payland’, which ‘had been for many years levelled with the ground’. Hence, we reluctantly must dismiss the former ‘Peakirk Hermitage’ chapel as a candidate for ‘Pegeland’ on the grounds that it was built or rebuilt c.1250 in St Bartholomew’s (not Pega’s) honour, and retains its original thirteenth-century chancel, thereby predating Abbot John’s restored ‘Paylond’ chapel by two centuries. The ‘Chapel of St Pega of Paylond’ obviously fell into disuse again, for it is not mentioned in Henry VIII’s 1535 survey of monasteries and their assets, prior to their dissolution. It also is 28

absent from Edward VI’s inventory of chantry chapels, compiled to facilitate their suppression in 1547. Some time after Crowland Abbey was dissolved, the chapel was converted into a private dwelling, the evocatively-named the ‘Anchor-Church’ or ‘Anchorite House’. It attracted the attention of Reverend William Stukeley, vicar of All Saints’ Stamford, who was convinced that Guthlac/Pega’s cell was embedded within its walls,

Turketyl’s tenth-century seminary, ‘Pegelandæ Cœnobium’, were about to be destroyed. He had the foresight to take notes and make a floor-plan, whilst the Reverend Canon Edward Moore of Spalding published an account of what he regarded as a wanton ‘act of vandalism’. Although Stukeley, Canham and Moore misidentified the archaeological remains, their records are vital for piecing together ‘Pegeland’s’ history. Moreover, aerial photographs taken in 1969 reveal cropmarks in Anchor-Church Field that neatly correspond with Stukeley’s sketch and Canham’s plan. Their presence instigated a geophysical survey and fieldwalking programme, culminating in an excavation by Tom Lane and Paul Cope-Faulkner on behalf of English Heritage, in 2004. Finds included Mesolithic, Neolithic and Bronze-Age worked flint, tesseræ from a mosaic floor and fragments of roof-tiles (possibly from a Romano-British bath-house

Stukeley’s sketch of ‘Anchor-Church House’ and Crowland Abbey, redrawn by Penelope Gresley (1856) inspiring him to produce several sketches, depicting ‘AnchorChurch House’s’ relationship with the other Crowland hermitages and the abbey church. After the building’s demolition in 1720, Stukeley revisited the site to examine what was left of its foundations. The masonry that he uncovered was from neither Guthlac’s nor Pega’s anchorage, as he proclaimed, but the footings of John of Wisbeche’s fifteenthcentury chapel. Conversely, when the site was about to be plundered for stone in 1866, local surveyor, Anthony Canham, perceive that the last vestiges of

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or temple), pottery sherds ranging from the Bronze Age until the post-medieval period, part of an eighth-century bone comb, animal bones and eighteenthcentury clay-pipes. They testify to the site’s intermittent habitation from at least 5000BC until the time of the ‘Anchor-Church House’s’ demise, in 1720. These discoveries, coupled with the identification of two BronzeAge barrows in Anchor-Church Field (one actually beneath the ‘chapel’), suggest that the site could have supported the prehistoric burial chamber and Romano-British ‘cistern’ alluded

PEGELAND St Pega’s missing ‘monastery’? begun to outshine that of Guthlac, necessitating action to be taken to discredit her. This partially may have influenced Sigeferth’s choice of dedication for his ‘New Minster’. (Although the comforting thought having the entire Communion of Saints interceding for his soul’s swift passage through Purgatory inevitably played its part.) Intriguingly, a late eleventhcentury poem commissioned by Abbot Henry de Longchamp of Crowland (1191-1237) and written by William d’Avranches, a Norman monk of Ramsey, maintained Stukeley’s sketch of ‘Pega’s’ Crowland cell, that Pega had lived at Crowland redrawn by P. Gresley (1856) as Guthlac’s ‘maid-of-all-work’ Pega left. They included the Lady for several years until the Devil to in Felix’s biography, then impersonated her and tempted Æthelthryth, who retreated there Guthlac’s/Pega’s cell, Turketyl’s in 794 after her father, King Offa of Guthlac to break his oath not to eat depository for secular priests, ‘St Mercia (757-96), had arranged the before sunset. Although he realised Pega of Paylond’s chapel’ and that he had been duped, Guthlac murder of her suitor, Æthelberht finally ‘Anchor-Church House’. still expelled Pega from Crowland, of the East Angles, and the lessHowever, since no artefacts were lest it should happen again. convincing ancient guardians of found to prove beyond doubt that Guthlac’s shrine, Clarenbald (died Consequently, Crowland’s loss was a religious community was based Peakirk’s gain. aged 168), Swarting (142) and there, it is imperative that we Although William d’Avranche’s Turgar (115), who allegedly had compare Pegeland with ritual sites version of events sounds rather survived the Scandinavian raid elsewhere. fanciful, it proves, that despite the of 870/1 and conveniently lived For example, Philip Rahtz’s 870/1 and 1013/4 Scandinavian long enough to tell their tale to 1967 discovery of a Middleinvasions and the Norman Turketyl, c.971. There was also Saxon male (hermit?) burial Conquest, fascination for Pega had Wulfsige the thwarted hermit within a the small timber-famed not waned and her cult survived. of ‘Pegeland’, who found the chapel on Beckery Hill, on the In fact, her feast day continued oblates’ presence too distracting tip of the Glastonbury peninsula to be celebrated on 8 January and decamped to Evesham in [Somerset Levels] a mile to the 1042. All, pseudo-Ingulph implies, at Crowland - throughout the west of Glastonbury Abbey, period when the ‘New Minster at helped to perpetuate Pega’s mirrors Guthlac’s interment in Pegecyrcan’ was dedicated in the memory at Crowland. his Crowland oratory. Folklore honour of the Holy Trinity, the Virgin dictates that Beckery chapel Mary and All Hallows and Pega The importance of being Pega was created by King Arthur in ostensibly had fallen from favour St Mary Magdalene’s honour, No doubt my Peakirk readers in her ‘home’ settlement - until the but reconsecrated in 488 after a will express dismay and disbelief Dissolution of the Monasteries, in visit by St. Brigid of Kildare, who that this article dispels the time1539. left her purse, necklace, bell and honoured myth that ‘Pegeland But, do I still believe that there weaving tools, which became Monastery’ stood within their was an ‘Old Minster’ at Peakirk, objects of veneration. This leads village. Please, take heart! This consecrated in St Pega’s honour, us to wonder if Pega also left revelation demonstrates what a the forerunner to Sigeferth’s church? behind mementoes at ‘Pegeland’, massive and enduring impact this Yes, absolutely! But that’s another on the tip of the Crowland seemingly-insignificant, female story ... peninsula, perpetuating her saint had upon Guthlac’s malememory for centuries after she had dominated Crowland, despite her The Anchor-Church site may be decamped to Peakirk, in 715. devaluation by his biographer, viewed (with caution) from the Pseudo-Ingulph tells us that Felix. Indeed, it is tempting B1166. ‘Peakirk Hermitage’ is Crowland continued to be to speculate that by 1014/5 (if private property.  inhabited by hermits long after not earlier) Pega’s appeal had

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Four sisters joined forces to stage a coffee morning raising money for Thorpe Hall Hospice in memory of their sister Jenny Cannon who died earlier this year.

Sisters are doing it for Thorpe Hall Hospice

al Sleight, Sue Downs, Trish Canham and Barbara Wilson, helped by friends, neighbours and family, spent days baking cakes, biscuits and sweet treats to sell alongside cups of tea and coffee. Within two hours the tables at Northborough Village Hall, in Northborough, near Market Deeping had been cleared and the ladies, who all live in the village had raised a brilliant £900. Sue said: “Jenny would have loved the coffee morning – she was a big fan of cake with a cup of tea, particularly chocolate cake. She was so chatty and knew

so many people she’d have spent the entire time talking!” Grandma of four Jenny, who ran Scallywags shop in Market Deeping, spent her final week at Thorpe Hall Hospice, after 18 months of treatment for a brain tumour. Trish said: “She received such wonderful care we wanted to do something in her memory to say thank you to Thorpe Hall. We decided a coffee morning was something we could probably organise. “We were right – we had more than 100 people through the doors!”

The ladies included a raffle and second hand book stall during the event. Along with Jenny’s husband Pat, they have now donated the money raised to Thorpe Hall. Senior fundraiser Jo Marriott said: “What a lovely way to pay tribute to a much-loved sister. We’re so grateful to the ladies for supporting us in this way. £900 is a wonderful amount to raise at a coffee morning. That’s the equivalent of paying for a Thorpe Hall nurse for nine days.” For more information: www.sueryder.org

Maxey resident tours BBC Broadcasting House Maxey resident, Robin Homewood, recently joined a behind the scenes tour of BBC's Broadcasting House in London's West End. by Christopher Wales Asked what he thought of the experience Robin said,"I grew up in the 1950's listening to the wireless so was thrilled to visit the studios where my boyhood favourite programmes were recorded. On top of that I was invited to actually record a dummy radio play as part of the tour. Seen here is Robin in the foreground with other tour participants in front of real microphones and sound effects. If you would like to be a radio star like Robin please see: www.bbc.co.uk/tours 30

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New and exciting volunteer roles with Citizens Advice Are you friendly, approachable and empathic, do you have good communication skills and like talking to people and helping them? Are you looking for a volunteer role that will help you back into work? Then this is the role for you. Citizens Advice Peterborough urgently need Volunteer Front of House Worker/Information Assistants. June Campbell, Communications Ofﬁcer

Purpose of the role To ensure that CAP is a professional, welcoming and accessible place for clients to visit and that clients requirements are facilitated where reasonable. • To be the first point of contact in welcoming clients, providing information and ensuring clients are dealt with according to agreed CAP systems and protocols. • To support the key self-help aspect of the service and provide help to those needing assistance to help themselves. • To provide administrative support for the service by answering the phone, booking appointments when necessary, and managing the queue.

Main duties and responsibilities include: • Welcome clients coming into CAP contact area. • Explain waiting times and process to clients. • Provide information about CAP and other advice services to clients from a diverse range of backgrounds and cultures. • Work collaboratively with other colleagues involved in the advice work process. • Provide a service that is based on empathy, sensitivity and respect for clients and colleagues. • Acknowledge children and / or any special needs [protected characteristics] and take appropriate action.

• Maintain confidentiality about clients issues and their contact with the charity. • Consult Senior Advice Workers when necessary and appropriate. • Work within agreed CAP systems, procedures and protocols. • Answer the telephone and refer calls or take messages accurately. • Provide client with information where appropriate, including details of other agencies, and point out leaflets / factsheets from the Citizens Advice public website. • Maintain stocks of stationery, leaflets and posters. • Update public information materials and information. • Use IT for record keeping.

We also have various trustee roles including a new Treasurer. All our vacancies can be found on our website: www.citapeterborough.org.uk All sorts of people volunteer with us and for many different reasons, but one that unites them all is that they find it challenging, rewarding and varied. Its a chance to make an active difference to people's lives in your community.

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Max Gastro’s

Restaurant Review

The Plough at Greetham Main Street, Greetham Nr Oakham LE15 7NJ 01572 813613

The Plough at Greetham Regular readers will know that over the years writing this review I’ve rarely happened upon an eatery which prettymuch fulfils all the criteria most of us have when we eat out. However competent, there’s nearly always an ‘if only they’d….’ or a ‘it’s nice but..’ moment. Well folks, I may just have found one that’s not a great trek to get to, doesn’t warrant a bank loan, amazes with its food, offers good ales, is run by nice people and has a great atmosphere. How about that then?

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A recent Sunday lunch with friends at The Plough in Greetham was a really pleasant experience. A lovely welcome by owner Karen followed by beautifully prepared wellcooked food, expertly served by young and enthusiastic staff. A quite exceptional 3-course Sunday lunch for £15.95. Terrific crayfish and smoked salmon starter, sumptuous roast pork main with all the trimmings and vegetable sides and a crème brûlée the French would be proud of. What’s not to like? Go there, but book first as it’s popular now and, given its 95% score of ‘excellent’ or ‘very good’ on Tripadvisor, may well be more so soon!

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From the Kitchen of Chez Pierre

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Cassoulet de Saucisses aux Lentilles Ah, bonjour mes amis I hope you are well in your nice village land and not suffering to colds and coughs as I have been during January. All better now, I look at more hearty-type dishes to please your families and friends for the still cold weather and dishes that are so easy to create and will please everyone apart from the vegetarian people who you know. To explain the photo here I am showing you a wonderful one-pot gourmet dish from Castelnaudary in the south of France, near Toulouse. French ladies love a well-presented sausage and throughout France housewives can buy the ready-made cassoulet in tins you see here. The food is crafted with the love and expertise of gourmand chefs, to recipes handed down from the generations before. Dear reader this is fast food French-style, but my Chez Pierre dish is the one you must try before you borrow your uncle’s van and tootle off to the Eurotunnel, non? Although the lentils will soak up the savoury flavours the sausages are the main thing here. Naturally I use Toulouse from France but you can buy good in UK. Try your local Grasmere butcher or Italian beauties from The Pasta Shop in Queens Walk, Peterborough. Tell Lucia they are for a sausage cassoulet.

For four diners you will need: 1 tblsp olive oil, 8 Toulouse or butcher’s sausages, 150 g pancetta or smoked streaky bacon, cut into pieces, 2 carrots finely chopped, 1 large onion finely chopped, 2 chopped garlic cloves, 2 celery stalks finely chopped, 2 tblsp tomato purée, 1 tblsp dijon mustard, a large glass of good red wine, 300 g puy lentils, a few thyme sprigs, 500 ml chicken stock, sea salt and ground black pepper 1. Heat the oil in a cassoulet pot over a medium-high heat. 2. Add the sausages and brown them on all sides. Remove the sausages from the pot and set aside, then add the pancetta or bacon with the carrots, onion and celery and fry until the bacon is sizzling. Stir through the tomato purée, Dijon mustard and red wine. Add the lentils, garlic, thyme and stock, season with sea salt and ground black pepper and bring to the boil then turn down to simmer. 3. Cover and cook for 15 minutes then add the sausages to the lentils.

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4. Cook for a further 10 minutes or until the lentils are tender. Add a splash of water to the pan if it begins to look a little dry before the lentils are cooked. 5. Carry the pot straight to the table and serve on warmed plates with either sautéed or mashing potatoes. Voila! The humble sausage can be a sophisticated dish for your next dinner party, but don’t buy cheapy ones. A robust red from the same area, Languedoc, is my recommendation for this. Bon Chance, Pierre x 33

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Become a local councillor It’s local election time. The clerk to Bainton & Ashton Parish Council asks, “When better to decide to represent your local community?”

"I'm a little surprised you got planning permission."

is both a district and a county (ie a unitary) authority. As a councillor you become the holder of a public office and participate in the collective decision-making of your council. You are expected to attend every council meeting as this is where most decisions are made and most parishes hold them monthly on a weekday evening. The council’s decisions will mostly be to do with the spending or raising of money (including the precept of local part of the council tax), contributing to consultations (including planning applications) and projects the parish wants to develop on behalf of the community. You are supported by a Parish Clerk who So, what’s involved? is responsible for the finances, Firstly, a local council is the same as minutes of meetings and all the the parish council. The word ‘local’ administration. The normal term is increasingly used to emphasise of office is four years. that, since 1894 civil parish councils have not been connected with the Eligibility church. Your local council is a part To be a local councillor you need, on election day, to be: over 18, a of government and has statutory qualifying EU or Commonwealth powers to do certain things on behalf of you and your community. citizen, and for at least 12 months have owned or tenanted land Some local councils take on more or worked in the council’s area powers than others, depending or lived within three miles of it. on the size of community and the You also need to be and remain work it wishes to take on. A key a registered elector for the role it will play is in representing community you wish to represent. local residents in the next tier You do not need to represent a of government, in this case political party. Peterborough City Council, which As a registered elector in a community with a parish council (this applies to most of the Village Tribune area), you are asked every four years to elect the people to represent you in this important first tier of government. And with elections in May, there really is no better time to grasp the nettle and stand for council yourself. This might be something you’ve been considering for a while but managed to put to the back of your mind. Have a quick read and see whether I can persuade you to consider again. Nominations this year need to be in by 4pm on Thursday 7 April, with the election being held on 5 May.

Interested? What to do… You can obtain nomination papers from the local Returning Officer - email electoralservices@ peterborough.gov.uk, phone 01733 452249 or write to the Electoral Returns Officer, Peterborough City Council, Town Hall, Bridge Street, Peterborough PE1 1GF. You will need a proposer and a seconder and to sign a form consenting to the nomination. If elected you also need to sign an acceptance of office and be willing to disclose certain information about your financial and business interests. You will usually need to become a signatory for the council’s financial and other affairs. If you’re tempted but still not sure, why not have a word with an existing member of your local council, or in confidence with your Parish Clerk. You can find contact details on parish noticeboards or on your local council website.

You can obtain nomination papers from the local Returning Officer email electoralservices@peterborough.gov.uk The Electoral Commission website gives more information: www.electoralcommission.org.uk villagetribune.org.uk

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tight lines Mark Williams

'A worm at one end and a fool at the other' was the way bad-tempered linguist Samuel Johnson described angling, and rather aptly perhaps, as we lurch towards April Fool's Day.

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ools we may be, but on April 1st, we're kidding ourselves we can catch fish; the brown trout fishing opens. If you're a river angler, it's that first chance to unfurl fly lines from reels since October, and 'fling the fluff' at any trout feeling peckish in the frigid spring water. It's tough fishing, and the real fools will be on the river in May, when mayfly make

Elinor is much more approachable than the reservoirs. It's a gravel pit which has been run as a trout fishery by England International Ed Foster for many years. If you're a novice, it's by far the better bet for your first trout. In truth, all three lakes will already be in full swing on April 1st, escaping the usual closed season rule by being stocked with

Early season, with a chill in the air, the bank anglers tend to outfish people who've paid extra for a boat. Elinor's not too deep, so you can use a floating line all day. That said, early season (especially in a wind) and intermediate line and a couple of wet flies or black lures can be deadly. Talk to the manager when you arrive for some great tips, and if you haven't got

the trout seem suicidal as they hurl themselves at the first spring feast, and even dimwits catch trout. Aside from a lucky few fishing the Upper Welland and perhaps the Gwash, we have little in the way of trout fishing in Tribland. But not so very far away we have freshwater giants Rutland and Grafham Reservoirs, and just past Oundle, Elinor Trout Fishery.

rainbow trout â&#x20AC;&#x201C; a North American species which has long been the put-and-take trout of choice, growing fast in the stewponds where they are raised, and inured to the cold. Elinor stocks fish which are mostly 2lb or so, but has plenty of natural food in its larder, so they grow on to much, much bigger; a ten-pounder is more than possible.

the right fly, the chances are you can buy one from him. Indeed, if you have no fishing tackle at all, you can still fish at Elinor. The fishery retains two superb tutors who will provide the rods and reels, show you how to use them and, more often than not, ensure you gone home with the freshest trout you could possibly get.

The Elinor website gives you information about this, and a lot more besides. www.elinortf.co.uk

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eter said: “Reacting to our City’s successful house-building and growth programme, the Boundary Commission last year determined Peterborough’s ward structure needed refreshing to accommodate the increased population this expansion will precipitate. Glinton Cllr John Holdich and I were particularly apprehensive about the protection of our rural parishes’ identities so, as members of the council’s cross-party steering group, we lobbied hard for our North West Cambs’ villages to remain in rural wards and not sucked into the City area as had been originally proposed for rural Marholm with urban Bretton. We

From the local elections in May this year new wards will be created across the City and rural areas. In Tribland we’ll apparently see a couple of major changes to our rural ward’s boundaries and to find out more we asked long-standing Northborough ward Councillor and regular contributor to the Tribune Peter Hiller to explain ... were successful in our efforts and the Commission’s final submission agreed with most of our original suggestions. John and I are proud to have been chosen to stand as the Conservative candidates for our new enlarged two councillor ward of Glinton and Castor, and with residents’ support at this May’s elections we hope to be allowed to continue to represent (at Peterborough City Council) the nine villages it will embrace, including the welcome addition of Peakirk from the current Newborough ward. We have both lived in what will be our new ward for many years and are passionate protectors of both ours and our fellow ward residents’ values and

with nearly fifty years of local government experience between us we think we know how to secure the best possible future for us all. The North West Cambs constituency new rural wards will be Glinton and Castor – to include Ailsworth, Castor, Deeping Gate, Etton, Glinton, Marholm, Maxey, Northborough and Peakirk, Cllr David Over’s Barnack ward will remain largely unchanged and Cllr Diane Lamb is our candidate for the new Wittering ward, which will include the villages of Wittering, Wansford (north of the river), Sutton, Thornhaugh and Upton.”

For further information or to answer any queries Cllr Peter Hiller and Cllr John Holdich OBE may be contacted at glintoncastorward@mail.com or 07769 453439

The Search for Happiness Happiness is something we create in our mind, Not something we search for and so seldom find. It’s just waking up and beginning the day ... By counting our blessings and wanting to pray. It’s giving up thoughts that breed discontent And accepting what comes as a gift heaven-sent. It’s giving up wishing for things we have not And making the best of whatever we’ve got. 38

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Valya The wooden house

Luda and Mum

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n December, just before Christmas, we travelled over to Belarus to visit the Chernobyl families as well as meeting new children to visit us next summer. We took with us 150kg of aid all donated by local people: clothing, medical and first aid items, food stuffs, toiletries and toys. As usual the visit was a roller coast ride of emotions from the highs to the lows, from the comedic to the tragic and I arrived home on the Sunday before Christmas absolutely exhausted! To cut a very long story short, I am going to tell you a little about some of our new children and their families, who will benefit this summer from the wonderful generosity of our community. We visited Luda, her mum and granny, living in a bare wooden home with no running water, two beds and an upright chair. Luda is an intelligent sunny little girl who was thrilled with the clothing and toys that we brought for her. Her mum lay on a shelf where the Russian oven provided warmth, she is pregnant and unwell. I asked her why they had recently moved to this spartan home, together with her husband and brother. She replied that here they have a fridge, a TV and 2 chairs, the summit of her hopes, so sad. There was no food in the house other than a few carrots. Thankfully we had large food parcels in the car and were able to leave them

Friends of Chernobyl’s Children by Cecilia Hammond with a few weeks worth of food. Later we delivered a comfortable chair for this sick lady to sit on. I can only imagine the relief for her to know that her daughter will receive respite from the radiation, that for the next few weeks she doesn’t have to worry about having sufficient food and to know that the family will now have some care and support from Friends of Chernobyl’s Children. Anton is another little boy from the same highly contaminated region. He has a lovely smile, he does well at school and likes arts and crafts. He is very excited at the thought of a visit to Helpston. His single mum has lots of difficulties and a worrying relationship with alcohol. This little boy will receive all the love and care and kindness. Valya lives in an area with huge amounts of radiation; she has a cyst in her brain, which has resulted in poor sight. She is a sweet little girl who lives with her single mum, who works on a dairy farm. They live in an old state house, where everything is worn and falling apart. Valya’s mum is worried sick about her daughter and has no one to help or support her. She is worried about allowing Valya to come to England and we spoke about the excellent care that she will receive here and the chance to have 4 weeks eating food and breathing air free from radiation. We will put support into the family whether Valya comes to England this

summer or not, but I do hope that she does – we have a lovely host family lined up for her who will give so much support to her mum. It was fantastic to visit Eigori, who has just finished his visits with the charity. Eigori’s mum died from cancer when he was a baby and his father is in a new relationship. When we first knew Eigori, he and his brother and sister were living with their grandparents and the whole family was very unstable. We have been able to put lots of support in and the whole home feels different, they have made some essential repairs to the wooden house, they have built an underground vegetable store where many vegetables grown from English seed are stored, the children have benefitted from all of the clothing and the grandparents feel strong and capable. It is a happy home. This summer we have 31 children visiting our community, your kindness and generosity changes their lives, it supports their families with essentials, it allows us to send food parcels in the winter, vegetable seeds to grow into food, toothpaste and toothbrushes to look after their teeth, there are few dentists available there and of course, it gives them the opportunity to breath clean air and eat clean food but just as importantly it gives these most deserving and delightful children the most wonderful time.

Donations to assist us are always very, very welcome. Thank you! E: focc_helpston@msn.com T: 07779 264591. www.justgiving.com Helpstonchernobyl2016

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Lolham Crossing Alastair Peat - Police on the case at Lollum crossing.... Blue flashing lights at 9am this morning caught a Bentley Convertible waiting to cross.... The boys in blue are enforcing it would appear.... Let people know and the illegal use of the road should reduce..... Maria Webster - About time Peter Hiller - Yes, I agree, it is about time and, once the rozzers appreciate the fertile pickings, they'll make more appearances. Bentleys are blameless by the way - it's their drivers who are the miscreants....

Alastair Peat - I agree but she didn't have a badge on to recognise her with..... ;) Fiona Spires - I passed one getting pulled over at 5.30. Hoorah!! Lets hope they keep it up. Tracy Thomas - Police there all day yesterday and lots of blue flashing lights, we estimated about 17 stopped. Jo Leonard - Finally an issue has been raised regarding a rural railway crossing calledLolham Railway Crossing near Helpston. The road signs have recently been changed (Nov 2015) making the B1443 a No Entry onto the Crossing towards West Deeping. The reason for this was due to traffic stacking up at the crossings because of narrow bridges and congestion as traffic tried to negotiate bridges and 2 railway crossings, 40

leaving traffic stopped on the crossings due to queues causing danger. Jo Leonard - E-cops email

Kevin Watts - Excellent, the road is still being used on a regular basis from the one way side at night. Peter Hiller - I agree, excellent news and about time! I hope this is done on a regular rather than one-off basis. Don't forget also this was a temporary traffic order and will be subject to permanent instatement (or not) later this year. David Over - At last. The police have finally decided to enforce the new road lay out. I wonder why it took six months, three meetings and the Police and Crime panel meeting for action to be considered. Steve Zealand - Happy to hear that it is a temporary order. Sarah Walker - Can confirm the police stopped someone today (with a little cheer from me!) David James - About time.

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maxey road crossing. Steve Zealand - A wrong and unilateral opinion. It makes all the difference to the individual. The world does not revolve around Helpston. The road should be open both ways allowing individuals to make their own decisions on the route they take. Adrian Crowson - Not sure why you think that life only revolves around Helpston... you must have your reasons, but surely the traffic that backs up towards that main Glinton road in the evening would be better queing past the fields in the morning on the other side of the crossing at maxey road! Margaret Baker - I agree, the traffic flow should be reversed. It must be grim for the houses Helpston side of the Maxey Road crossing. David Over - Back to Lolham Crossing. It almost looks like motorists have chosen just to ignore the signs. I have contacted PCC and the police countless times. Surrounding parish councils have voiced their concern. What happened?PCC removed the orange fence. The new police superintendent denied any knowledge and cctv footage has not been used to prosecute anybody. I continue to press for a resolution but I just can't understand people ignoring a No Entry sign. It is totally illegal. There is no excuse about the size of signs

or types. It is very clear. There is also the issue that their car insurance is invalid. Mark Williams - I'll camp out up there and post a few pics of the guilty parties.... Fiona Spires - Might help if they got rid of the white lines and put correct sign posts in ie on both sides of the road facing the traffic and none facing the other way. That might make it look more official. Don't understand why the job hasn't been done properly from the outset. What is more upsetting is the abuse you get if you say anything! Steve Zealand - A return to two traffic is still the best solution and it is possible that this is a silent protest. People may well be voting with their feet (wheels). I for one don't blame them but will continue to abide by this ridiculous restriction. Helen Wheatley - I just don't think the signage is adequate. The 'road closed ahead' signs look temporary and we all know how those signs get left lying around, and we all know that 'ahead' can mean a huge number of things. Broadwell Road in Helpston has them at the moment, at the entrance, but I still turn in there because I live in Temples Court. I have no idea where the closure starts because it must be past where I want to turn off. Also, at Lolham, coming from the Tallington side, the signs are those that say you have priority over oncoming traffic. Well, if it's one way there shouldn't be any oncoming traffic, so those signs are wrong, and if someone had come that way in the past I think they could

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be forgiven for thinking the 'no entry' the other end was not in force. And the entrance to the road from the Helpston end needs remodelling to make it less convenient for people to turn in there. I am amazed that the Highways Team are allowing this mess to continue. I'm not convinced it's lawful.

David Over - Out today taking photos for my election. I thought I would stand at Lolham Crossing. I was nearly run over with cars going north. Three months ago it was one car every 5 minutes. Today it was five cars every one minute! Jo Leonard - Finally an issue has been raised regarding a rural railway crossing calledLolham Railway Crossing near Helpston. The road signs have recently been changed (Nov 2015) making the B1443 a No Entry onto the Crossing towards West Deeping. The reason for this was due to traffic stacking up at the crossings because of narrow bridges and congestion as traffic tried to negotiate bridges and 2 railway crossings, leaving traffic stopped on the crossings due to queues causing danger. Jo Leonard - E-cops email Kevin Watts - Excellent, the road is still being used on a regular basis from the one way side at night. Peter Hiller - I agree, excellent news and about time! I hope this is done on a regular rather than one-off basis. Don't forget also this was a temporary traffic order and will be subject to permanent instatement (or not) later this year. David Over - At last. The police have finally decided to

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enforce the new road lay out. I wonder why it took six months, three meetings and the Police and Crime panel meeting for action to be considered. Steve Zealand - Happy to hear that it is a temporary order. Sarah Walker - Can confirm the police stopped someone today (with a little cheer from me!) David James - About time.

Neil Watson - If there had been a Police presence just now they could have caught three people at once..... Adrian Crowson - The one way system needs to run the other way !! This would then ease the traffic that now backs up in the evenings along the Maxey Road. At the end of the day it makes no differance to those coming from north of the crossing, if they sit at Lolham or maxey road crossing. Steve Zealand - A wrong and unilateral opinion. It makes all the difference to the individual. The world does not revolve around Helpston. The road should be open both ways allowing individuals to make their own decisions on the route they take. Adrian Crowson - Not sure why you think that life only revolves around Helpston... you must have your reasons, but surely the traffic that backs up towards that main Glinton road in the evening would be better queing past the fields in the morning on the other side of the crossing at maxey road!! Margaret Baker - I agree, the traffic flow should be reversed. It must be grim for the houses Helpston side of the Maxey Road crossing. 41

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In memoriam Joan Otley Sadly, Joan Otley, Etton’s oldest resident, died on Friday 8th January aged 98. Joan had a fall at Lavender House on 1st January; she developed a chest infection that did not respond to antibiotics. Her breathing deteriorated late on the Friday afternoon and she died peacefully a few hours later. Joan Mary Otley, nee Simpson was born at Corner Cottage, 10 Main Road, Etton on 22nd September 1917 during World War One. Her mother Mary Simpson nee Bean was also born at Corner cottage in October 1873, a twin with Robert. Mary lived until age 106 and her twin to age 100, making them the oldest twins in Britain recorded in the Guinness Book of Records. Joan’s father, John Simpson, died of TB in December 1917 when Joan was only three month’s old. Joan was educated at Glinton and proved to be an able and intelligent student with an excellent facility for language. She was well read and could still recite

poetry from memory until the end. Joan was sharp and could be sharp but she was a delight to know and a wonderful character. Joan spent time in service at the Rectory in Etton, and a house in Werrington and also worked at the Naffi at RAF Wittering during the Second World War. She rode a motorbike during this time and was quite an independent woman. She met and married Bill Otley at Etton church in December 1952. She was the first cook at Arthur Mellows Village College and worked there until she was expecting her daughter Carole in 1956. Joan contributed to Etton village performing Churchwarden

duties and cleaning the church. She delivered the free paper once a week and could be seen on her pushbike around the village well into her 80’s. Joan loved dogs and owned a King Charles spaniel. She also loved her garden and often could be seen pottering late at night until a fall in September 2013. Joan lived in the cottage caring for herself until aged 97 when she fell and broke her hip. She was moved to Maxey house and was close to being able to return home when she fell and broke her other hip. She was then moved to Lavender House. Despite our initial worries, Joan settled into institutional life far better than we expected and enjoyed talking to other residents and, when she was well enough, joining in the activities. This would have surprised her only daughter Carole who sadly died of cancer on 8th October 2013 aged 57. Her granddaughter Kathy, niece Janet and three great granddaughters survive Joan. Did you witness this breakin?

In memoriam Ada Smith During January, another Etton resident sadly passed away. Ada Smith, aged 89, who had lived in Etton for 10 years, died after a short illness. Ada was born in Peckham, London the youngest of 10 children. Ada’s mother died when she was 6 week’s old and she was raised by her grandparents. During the Second World War five of

Ada’s family were killed in the Blitz. Ada worked in London in an office and also in a hospital. Ada’s partner was from Belgium and worked on the underground. Ada was widowed two years ago when Michael died suddenly. Ada struggled to come to terms with her loss and gradually deteriorated. She died in hospital from pneumonia. Our thoughts are with the families involved.

Did anyone see or hear anything suspicious around the Coach House, between Tuesday 26 and Friday 29 January? A silver Audi estate was broken into whilst parked on our drive. A burnt orange handbag containing office keys and some cash was stolen from the boot of the car. Please contact me if you have any information that you think might be useful.

Volunteers wanted for Queen's 90th Birthday celebrations Etton are planning to celebrate the Queen’s 90th Birthday on Saturday 4 June. The event is probably going to be a street party combined with a commemoration event for the three villagers who lost their lives during WW1. Further details will be circulated around the village but I am looking for volunteers to help organize the event. 42

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Fly Tipping

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What is happening to stop this fly tipping? Feels like things are getting worse. This was Heath road this morning. Janice Caress Kirby

Hi Geoffrey - most, if not all Amey cleared tippings are checked quite thoroughly for evidence of origin. You might appreciate however acting upon that gathered evidence is sometimes difficult due to it not necessarily being the 'owner' of the rubbish who dumps it. Often this is perpetrated by contractors, jobbing builders and house-clearance folk. I think Margaret's above post is insightful.

It's disgusting, we are getting fed up ringing the council! Annabel Tighe I know. I have reported it plus another outside Marholm. They were helpful but it's not stopping. It's getting worse.

Annabel Tighe I really appreciate the comments and insight. I We are in Northborough and phone have recently seen successful at least every fortnight. Disgraceful! prosecutions in Fenland. If anyone ever sees fly tipping happening Margaret Baker we should report it with details I imagine it's virtually impossible and licence plates. Community to prevent. I was told the council statements can be very powerful. monitor the more notorious spots David Over with concealed CCTV now so Janice Caress Kirby

perhaps that's why our rurals are being 'preferred? They have an impossible task really but they do clear it quite quickly I've found. Geoffrey Nichol

Does the rubbish ever get checked for finger prints, other clues or for evidence of the source? Janice Caress Kirby I think they look for envelopes with addresses on!

And the pile on Heath Rd gets bigger. I have re-reported it Janice Caress Kirby

More rubbish down Mile Drove to add the the garden waste already there! It is infuriating! Linda Joyce Smith See the fly tippers about again. Load of polystyrene dumped on verge between Northborough and Glinton.

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Janice Caress Kirby Yes, we saw it this morning and reported it. I don't understand why they didn't just put it in the bin, its obvious they have had a new tv! Also a bath has been dumped down Mile Drove! Emma Watts I saw it when I was walking the dogs and rang it in too Jan. I had boxes that wouldn't fit in the bin today ...the bin men took them, just don't understand the need to dump it,.. When we have a good bin service!! xx Janice Caress Kirby I know Emma, it is infuriating and so unnecessary! What a mess it looks! X Sue Garford Also a wardrobe and mattress dumped at the top of Walderham Hall (on Peakirk Road). Janice Caress Kirby It's disgusting Sue, has that been reported? Sue Garford I haven't but Andy is going to photograph it and report Johanna Potter I think you will find it is on the verge as the Police had to moveit off the main road as it was causing a hazard.....so maybe it fell off a truck or trailer? Or maybe not! Margaret Baker I reported this too.

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In My Tribland Garden Greetings to all the garden enthusiasts in Tribland. We have had a very mild and wet winter, so far this year. This has led to the early flowering of the spring flowers and blossom on some of the early spring flowering trees and shrubs. As I write this column the weather has started to get a little colder with some frost in early February, let us hope that this will not damage those early flowers. In my garden I have some very early rhubarb along with daffodils, crocus and grape hyacinths. This should be a very busy time in the garden but the weather has limited the outside work that needs to be done, digging of vegetable plots, the weeding and preparation of flower beds, mowing the lawns etc. Hopefully the weather in February will be a little drier and we will be able to get on with all the work required.

In the glasshouse the sowing of seeds for sweet peas and early summer flowers and vegetables is now well on its way. The sweet peas, sown in mid â&#x20AC;&#x201C; January are now ready to be pricked out into 75 mm pots and the tomatoes will soon be ready for their final pots. The glasshouse and all the pots, boxes and general equipment used in the glasshouse were all sterilised in early January, prior to any seed sowing taking place. So the glasshouse work is well in hand. The indoor bulbs, hyacinths and amaryllis have all flowered well and the hyacinths have been placed in the garden shed ready to be planted out, when the weather settles down. Seed catalogues have all been studied and a few late flowing plants have been ordered. The garden centres are now stocking up with seed

Gardens to visit at this time of the year include; Barnsdale gardens; Anglesey Abbey; or for a longer day out visit the RHS garden at Wisley, Surrey.

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potatoes, onion sets and various spring and summer plants, be careful to buy only plants that will not be damaged by frost or those that can be kept in a glasshouse. Work to be done this month; when the weather is suitable finish off all your deep digging; mow the lawns and rake over them to remove all the dead grass and weeds; prepare your flower beds, removing weeds and give a light dusting of good general purpose fertiliser; clean the glass on the outside of the glasshouse; prepare the vegetable plots ready for planting out your early vegetables; prune your rose trees and other flowering shrubs. The RHS website will give you more information on work to do at this time of the year. Let us hope fo r some better gardening wea ther during the next couple of mon ths, that will all ow us to complete all the jobs we w ould have normally finished at this time of the year, an d get our gard ens ready for the co ming summer.

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Northborough Knit & Natter Group enjoyed learning a new craft skill on Monday, thanks to Carole for showing the ladies how to make a beautiful bead star. This Group have now met for 3 years every Monday at 7pm in The Packhorse to enjoy a chat, a drink, and all things yarn related. Skills, patterns and needles are shared, and tricky parts of patterns are always sorted out. Anyone welcome to join us, especially if they bring cake!

Dog walkers of Glinton HELP! This afternoon whilst walking Lilly I managed to loose a Bellabeat Leaf clip. My route took me north out of the village, turning right onto the first feild, along the path to North Fen Road and back. That is until Lilly took off and I ended up doing a diagonal route across the 3 fields behind the old village and out through the rough piece of land near the skip, over the 5 bar gate and back to Lincoln Road near the care home. Should you find it please let me know. I haven't had it a week and it was a present...oops. BIG THANK YOU for reading

Does anyone know who is responsible for the hedgerow going out of Northborough towards Glinton? It is becoming rather overgrown and encroaching on the path! When the foliage starts to grow it will be even worse for pedestrians and cyclists! Thank you!

Justice and peace Two years ago a benefice Lent course examined the subject of persecution of the Christian church in our own time. It took as its theme the well known observation that more Christians were martyred for their faith in the 20th century than in all the preceding 19 centuries put to-gether, with the further observation that the situation is not improving in our own. At that time the likes of Boko Haram, Al Shabab and even ISIS were scarcely known so in an effort to raise awareness this

Peter Hiller I'll check with PCC Janice but it's probably a privately owned hedge. Obstruction of a footpath is enforceable though. Janice Caress Kirby The main problem is as you get round the corner past the Castle and towards the Water sub station Peter! Thanks!

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column has featured a series of articles on the topic. Horrors have since grown to such an extent that the subject is daily in the news and awareness is arising rapidly to the extent that it is felt there is no longer the same need to take up space in this busy magazine. Especially recommended at this time is a book entitled City of Thorns by Ben Rawlence, published by Macmillan and available on Amazon. It is an account of life in a refugee camp, "the size of Bristol", on

the Kenya - Somalia border. The inmates, evidently sustained by a sense of humour, have given it the nickname "Bosnia". The work was recently read on BBC Radio 4 as their book of the week.

Anyone wishing to read specialist literature on the subject and reflect on the issues and events will find a pack in Bainton church. The pack can be found on the shelf beside the North door and contains a simple form of service. Or you could obtain further literature from the following specialist charities: Christian Solidarity Worldwide, PO BOX 99, New Malden, Surrey, KT13 3YF. T: 0845 456 5464 www.csw.org.uk Open Doors, PO BOX 6, Witney, OX 29 6 WG. T: 01993 460015 www.opendoorsuk.org. Barnabas Fund, 9 Priory Row, Coventry, CV1 5EX T: 024 7623 1923 www.barnabasfund.org

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Trish Flint Thank you for keeping us updated Peter Margaret Baker Well done Peter for being there but a great shame it's been delayed. I hope next month will be better we know you and John want this sorted. Janice Caress Kirby

Nine Bridges Peter Hiller

For the Nine Bridges prosecution, I attended Peterborough Magistrates Court this morning and was informed the case in respect of the prosecution of Patrick O’Connor for breach of enforcement notice has been adjourned to 10am on 16th March. I shall be there again to report. The defendant's agent apparently contacted the court to request an adjournment due to the unforeseen personal circumstances of the defendant – a member of his immediate family being hospitalised. Obviously very frustrating but any request for an adjournment is made to the legal advisor to the court and it is a matter for the court whether to grant such a request, which they did in this case - nothing PCC could do I'm afraid.

Thanks for keeping us up to date with it Peter! What a shame that it drags on! Hopefully it will have a better outcome next month. Steve Zealand

Peter Hiller Out early in Maxey High Street this morning (Friday) with the Speedwatch Team, led by Parish Councillor and Neighbourhood Watch co-ordinator Dick Wilkins and village resident Mike Baumber. A very worthwhile session, not only reminding folk it's a 30mph limit through the village but also 'clocking' a number of speeders who'll be contacted by the police in due course. Another session is planned for next week.

Thanks for the update. Is there a limit on how many times they can request adjournment? Janice Caress Kirby That's a good point Steve! Peter Hiller Don't know the answer to that Steve I'll check with PCC legal team but the reason for adjournment I imagine would have to be demonstrably genuine? Further to your question Steve, I'm told by the legal team that a first adjournment is nearly always allowed by the Courts. Following that the Magistrates will be much more reluctant to permit any further adjournments, and both John Holdich and I will definitely be arguing against any attempted further delay. Hopefully something positive in a few weeks.

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Janice Caress Kirby Can they do it in Northborough please? Andy Anderson Can they do it in Helpston too please? David Over No problem in Helpston. We have the kit but really not enough volunteers. Many have drifted away because of threats from locals Donna Das

A 60 year-old lady, who was an excitable type, went to an A & E unit because she had severe hiccups. After an examination by a doctor known for his unpredictable behaviour, she was told she was pregnant. She burst out of his office and demanded to see a more senior doctor. Together, they went back for a discussion with the first doctor. The senior doctor asked for an explanation for his earlier rather outrageous comment. The reply was, “It seems to have cured her hiccups.” 50

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And Peakirk please! Peter Hiller I'll have a word with the Parish Council Janice. The kit is shared between PC's I know. Brenda Ellis And Glinton High Street please Helen Minchinton-Stewart Helpston Road! Outside amvc as people dont know what 20 means!

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Rural Speedwatch: It’s about education Cllr Peter Hiller – Northborough Ward

Trish Flint Lincoln Road,Glinton needs this! Janice Caress Kirby Looks like the speed merchants are everywhere! Johanna Potter Please can we have this as a permenant fixture in Glinton Helpston Road, Lincoln Road & High Street. Margaret Sleet Northborough parish council are going to set it up, but need volunteers to help, please contact a parish councillor if you are interested Peter Hiller Margaret makes a good point. If a Parish Council wants to organise regular Speedwatch activities it requires people to be trained to operate the equipment (three minimum at a session) and be aware of the 'rules' of what you can and can't do, how to report etc. It's not difficult but does require a bit of committment. Cllr John Holdich has asked me to supply Glinton PC with contacts, which I will do of course. If any PC wants details email me.

reaking the speed limit and identification for the police ‘moments’ range from to be able to use it. That said, the occasional driver it’s a relatively straightforward concentration lapse to a common - sense routine and the persistent and complete calibrated equipment (seen here disregard. A well-disciplined with me and Maxey SW member Hiller – Northborough local SW team doesn’t go out Cllr Peter Jane Wilkins) is quite easyWard to to penalise and persecute folk set-up and use. I might mention driving at 33mph in a 30mph there is a very limited pool limit. of police-owned equipment, We try to provide a timely but it can be purchased and reminder to drivers speeding the cost can (and should) be at 36mph or above along that shared amongst various groups/ road and, from experience, parishes/areas for practicality some having braked from and long term effectiveness over 50mph (because they’ve seen a wider area. Where and when us) a few seconds before! Our you decide to monitor traffic is own local team is coordinated up to the team, and sessions and managed by Maxey parish are carried out at risk-assessed councillor and Neighbourhood locations where speeding Watch stalwart Dick Wilkins and is of specific concern to the we share our Cambridgeshire community. Police owned equipment with To be quite clear – this Southorpe, to reduce cost. The isn’t a permanent fixed ‘speed teams can be created either camera’ type operation, rather through parish councils or from an occasional but very effective conscientious residents and way of making a point to have brief statutory training to speeding motorists that they are conduct the sessions properly. being recorded and reported to An operational SW team is a the police. The police do take minimum of three people at actions with drivers thereafter, any one time and a prescriptive the severity being dependent procedure has to be followed upon the number of occasions regarding the data capture of that the vehicle has been a speeding vehicle’s speed brought to their attention.

Useful contacts for further information:

Dick Wilkins (Maxey parish councillor and Speedwatch coordinator) Dick is happy to give advice on group set-up and training. E: raww52@outlook.com Brian Robins (Cambs Police Speedwatch coordinator – training/equipt etc) Brian can advise and conduct training on data capture, group activity and equipment use. E:brian.robins@cambs.pnn.police.uk Cllr Peter Hiller – Northborough Ward E: peter.hiller@peterborough.gov.uk

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Dear Editor Plagiarists Beware!

Dear editor, WARNING Please can you bring to the attention of your readers the fact that Meadow Road, Peakirk is a prohibited road for through traffic. Meadow Road is the road to the right along Thorney Road, just opposite Sissons Farm. There are several families living down this road who are subject to vehicles constantly illegally cutting through to join Werrington Bridge Road, especially at peak travel times. There have recently been several near misses involving children walking in the road. Peakirk Parish Council are working with the police enforcement officers to catch motorists who try and take this short cut. Thank you. Cllr Sally Jackson

On a wing (mirror) and a prayer

It has been brought to my attention that one or two Tribland residents (who ought to know better) have been lifting chunks from other authors’ articles for publication elsewhere, without the courtesy of a reference or acknowledgement, and claiming ‘ownership’ of research and ideas shared in good faith. This is undiluted plagiarism. It may well stem from ignorance, inexperience, naivety or sheer laziness but it is still down-right dishonest - and dangerous. Plagiarists are inevitably exposed, named and shamed and loose their integrity and that of the organisation they represent. So, please, don’t do it. Instead, conduct your own research, develop and publish your own ideas, then bask in your own glory - not other people’s.

This is the approach to the bridge over the Maxey Cut heading towards Deeping from Peakirk. It is subject to a 50mph speed limit. On a daily basis I witness cars from both directions crossing the bridge at excessive speeds which in my opinion is anything over 30mph considering that from both directions drivers cannot see what is approaching until they are on the bridge. To make it even more dangerous the road is narrowed as it crosses the bridge. The combination of speed and the road constriction has caused the clash of wing mirrors evidenced in the photo. Wing mirrors are replaceable but life not so. In my memory there have been two deaths at this bridge. The ripped off wing mirrors should be warning enough that the 50mph speed limit is too high. Make it 30mph and save our prayers.

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Dear Editor, We were reassured to read in issue 95 that Cllr. Holdich is taking the situation at Nine Bridges in hand. However it is sad to hear that the Planning Inspectorate's decision is being appealed, considering how dangerous the sites are for residents and the impact the unlawful use of the sites has had on the countryside. It is over a year since the Planning Inspector made her decision on this matter, and we know many of us put in a great deal of time and effort to write to her or speak at the hearings to express our concerns about these sites It is disappointing that, now the matter has become a further legal issue, local residents have very little opportunity to be involved. We still have caravans, refuse, noise and a blot on the landscape at our favourite local beauty spot. As a consequence many of us share Cllr. Holdich's frustration and wish him luck in his endeavours to safeguard this important site and ensure this family have been offered a suitable alternative pitch. We only hope that an oversight from someone within the council does not undermine his efforts as nearly happened last year with this case. We look forward to his update after the conclusion of the latest appeal. Local city council elections are coming up in May and we should all remember that this is our opportunity to ask our prospective City Councillors what they propose to do about the illegal encampments. Yours faithfully Mrs S Hodgkinson & Mrs S Lowe-Lauri

Glinton Preschool Dear Editor,

Dear Editor,

Following the disappointing news at the Planning & Environment committee meeting to refuse our application despite the support to grant approval by the City’s Planning Officer & Conservation officer, the school have been relentless in finding a solution to this much needed facility. The school are pleased to report that we have been actively engaging and are continuing to work closely with the support of Cllr Holdich, The Parish Council, Head of Planning ,the Head of Schools infrastructure and the Diocese to find a suitable solution that addresses all the complexities and issues surrounding this project. All parties are committed to getting this important project for the school and community to a satisfactory resolution. Steve Gerrard, Governor, Peakirkcum-Glinton Primary School You’re crossing the road at a zebra; I’ve stopped to allow you to pass. You’re only three feet from my windscreen I wait and I watch through the glass. You look straight ahead as you’re crossing; You don’t seem to notice I’m there. A smile or a nod would be pleasant But you’re not even turning to stare. It’s not a big thing that I’m doing, I don’t grudge the time that it takes, I didn’t feel cross or resentful When I saw you and put on my brakes. But how nice if you’d just mouth a “thank you”, Or wave as you go on your way. I’m a person - I’m real, not a bundle of steel! And politeness would brighten my day.

All parties involved accept the need for a pre school ,it is important to the schools future and its viability also to the village and its young people ,but we need to make the building more acceptable to its surroundings in a conservation area . I have put at the schools disposal my city councils project manager who with me has built or modernised over 40 schools in the city to see if we can rescue the situation . The school and its architects have to understand that it will have to be built in more traditional materials ,moved further from the boundary and the roof treatment and height have to be addressed or it will continue to be difficult to get planning permission . All parties involved accept the need for a pre school ,it is important to the schools future and its viability also to the village and its young people ,but we need to make the building more acceptable to its surroundings in a conservation area . I have put at the schools disposal my city councils project manager who with me has built or modernised over 40 schools in the city to see if we can rescue the situation . The school and its architects have to understand that it will have to be built in more traditional materials ,moved further from the boundary and the roof treatment and height have to be addressed or it will continue to be difficult to get planning permission .

Janice Booth

Regards Cllr John Holdich OBE

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6 March - Mothering Sunday

Collect: God of compassion, whose Son Jesus Christ, the child of Mary, shared the life of a home in Nazareth, and on the cross drew the whole human family to himself: strengthen us in our daily living that in joy and in sorrow we may know the power of your presence to bind together and to heal; through

Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

1st Reading: Exodus 2: 1-10 Psalm: 34; 11-20 2nd Reading: Colossians 3; 12-17 Gospel: John 19; 25-27

Prayer after Communion Loving God, as a mother feeds her children at the breast you feed us in this sacrament with the food and drink of eternal life: help us who have tasted your goodness to grow in grace within the household of faith; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

13 March - The Fifth Sunday of Lent (Passion Sunday)

Collect: Most merciful God, who by the death and resurrection of your Son Jesus Christ delivered and saved the world: grant that by faith in him who suffered on the cross we may triumph in the power of his victory; through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you,

in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one that what we do for the least of our brothers and sisters we do God, now and for ever. Amen. also for you: give us the will to be 1st Reading: Isaiah 43; 16-21 the servant of others as you were Psalm: 126 2nd Reading: Philippians 3; 4-14 the servant of all, and gave up your life and died for us, but are Gospel: John 12; 1-8 alive and reign, now and for ever. Prayer after Communion Lord Amen. Jesus Christ, you have taught us

20 March - Palm Sunday Collect: Almighty and everlasting God, who in your tender love towards the human race sent your Son our Saviour Jesus Christ to take upon him our flesh and to suffer death upon the cross: grant that we may follow the example of his patience and humility, and also be made partakers of his resurrection; through Jesus

Christ your Son our Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Liturgy of the Palms: Luke 19: 28-40 Psalm: 118: 1-2, 19-end Liturgy of the Passion: Isaiah 50: 4-9; Psalm 31: 9-16. Philippians 2: 5-11. Luke 22: 14-23

24 March - Maundy Thursday Collect: God our Father, you have invited us to share in the supper which your Son gave to his Church to proclaim his death until he comes: may he nourish us by his presence, and unite us in his love; who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

Prayer after Communion Lord Jesus Christ, you humbled yourself in taking the form of a servant, and in obedience died on the cross for our salvation: give us the mind to follow you and to proclaim you as Lord and King, to the glory of God the Father. Amen.

1st Reading: Exodus 12; 1-4, 11-14 Psalm: 116; 1 & 10-end 2nd Reading: 1 Corinthians; 11 & 23-26 Gospel: John 13; 1-17 & 31-35

have given us the memorial of your passion: grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries

Prayer after Communion Lord Jesus Christ, we thank you that in this wonderful sacrament you

of your body and blood that we may know within ourselves and show forth in our lives the fruit of your redemption, for you are alive and reign, now and for ever.Amen.

of sinners and to suffer death upon the cross; who is alive and glorified with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

1st Reading: Isaiah 52; 13-53 Psalm: 22; 1-11 2nd Reading: Hebrews 10; 16-25 Gospel: John 18; 1-19

25 March - Good Friday

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27 March - Easter Sunday

Collect: Lord of all life and power, who through the mighty resurrection of your Son overcame the old order of sin and death to make all things new in him: grant that we, being dead to sin and alive to you in Jesus Christ, may reign with him in glory; to whom with you and the Holy Spirit be

praise and honour, glory and might, now and in all eternity. Amen.

1st Reading: Isaiah 65; 17-end Psalm: 118; 14-24 2nd Reading: Acts 10; 34-43 Gospel: John 20; 1-18

Prayer after Communion God of Life, who for our redemption

3 April - The Second Sunday of Easter

Collect: Almighty Father, you have given your only Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our justification: grant us so to put away the leaven of malice and wickedness that we may always serve you in pureness of living and truth; through the merits of your Son Jesus Christ our Lord, who is alive

and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 1st Reading: Acts 5; 27-32 Psalm: 150 2nd Reading: Revelation 1; 4-8 Gospel: John 20; 19-end Prayer after Communion Lord God our Father, through our

10 April - The Third Sunday of Easter

Collect: Almighty Father, who in your great mercy gladdened the disciples with the sight of the risen Lord: give us such knowledge of his presence with us, that we may be strengthened and sustained by his risen life and serve you continually in righteousness and truth;

through Jesus Christ your Son our Lord,who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.

1st Reading: Acts 9; 1-20 Psalm: 30 2nd Reading: Revelation 5; 11-14 Gospel: John 21; 1-19

17 April - The Fourth Sunday of Easter

Collect: Almighty God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life: raise us, who trust in him, from the death of sin to the life of righteousness, that we may seek those things which are above, where he

reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 1st Reading: Acts 9; 36-end Psalm: 23 2nd Reading: Revelation 7; 9-end Gospel: John 10; 22-30

24 April - The Fifth Sunday of Easter

Collect: Almighty God, who through your only-begotten Son Jesus Christ have overcome death and opened to us the gate of everlasting life: grant that, as by your grace going before us you put into our minds good desires, so by your continual help we may bring

them to good effect; through Jesus Christ our risen Lord, who is alive and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen. 1st Reading: Acts 11; 1-18

Psalm: 148; 1-6 2nd Reading: Revelation 21; 1-6 Gospel: John 13; 31-35

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gave your only-begotten Son to the death of the cross, and by his glorious resurrection have delivered us from the power of our enemy: grant us so to die daily to sin, that we may evermore live with him in the joy of his risen life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.

Saviour Jesus Christ you have assured your children of eternal life and in baptism have made us one with him: deliver us from the death of sin and raise us to new life in your love, in the fellowship of the Holy Spirit, by the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ. Amen.

Prayer after Communion Living God, your Son made himself known to his disciples in the breaking of bread: open the eyes of our faith, that we may see him in all his redeeming work; who is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen. Prayer after Communion Merciful Father, you gave your Son Jesus Christ to be the good shepherd, and in his love for us to lay down his life and rise again: keep us always under his protection, and give us grace to follow in his steps; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen. Prayer after Communion Eternal God, whose Son Jesus Christ is the way, the truth, and the life: grant us to walk in his way, to rejoice in his truth, and to share his risen life; who is alive and reigns, now and for ever. Amen.

Services

March Services

6 March Mothering Sunday

13 March

20 March Palm Sunday

St Stephen Etton

Family Service Mark Hotchkin

NO SERVICE

Etton 9.00am Communion BCP Rev Hilary

St Peter Maxey

9.00am Eucharist Alan Fiddyment

9.00am. Eucharist Rev Hilary

9.30am Family Ser Village Hall Mark Hotchkin

St Benedict Glinton

10.30am Eucharist Rev Hilary

10.30am Morning Praise Mark Hotchkin

10.30am Eucharist Rev Hilary

10.30am All Age Praise Freda Skillman

9.00am Eucharist Alan Fiddyment

10.30am Eucharist Rev Hilary

No Service

Donations welcome for Peterborough Food Bank St Andrew Northborough

9.00am Communion CW (said) Rev Hilary 10.30am Special Family Service Freda Skillman

Evensong 6pm Derel Harros

St Pega Peakirk

10.30am Family Service Brian Lever

April / May Services

3 April

10 April

17 Arpirl

Etton

Etton 10.00am Family Service Mark Hotchkin

No service

9.00am Commun Rev Hilary

Maxey

9.00am Eucharist Alan Fiddyment

9.00am. Eucharist Rev Hilary

9.30am Family Se Village Hall

St Benedict Glinton

10.30am Eucharist Rev Hilary

10.30am Morning Praise Mark Hotchkin

10.30am Euchar Rev Hilary

St Andrew Northborough

9.00am Eucharist Rev Hilary

10.30am All Age Praise Freda Skillman

9.00am Eucharist Alan Fiddyment

Peakirk 6.30pm Evensong Rev Hilary

Peakirk 10.30am Eucharist Rev Hilary

No Service

St Pega Peakirk

6.00pm Evenson Derek Harris

CHURCH ADDRESSES: St Stephen, Main Rd., Etton PE6 7DA | St Peter, Main St. Maxey PE6 9HF | St Pega, Chestnut Clos 56

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St. Benedict's Good Fri day Workshop Friday 25 March 10.0012.00 noon Calling all children - Brin g your parents/carers to spend a couple of hou rs having fun making seasonal crafts. (A volunt ary donation of ÂŁ2 per child would be welcome).

24 March Maunday Thursday

25 March Good Friday

27 March Easter Sunday

No Service

rvice

No Service

6.30am Sunrise Eucharist Rev Hilary

7.30pm Washing Eucharist Rev Hilary

10.00am Family Workshop

No Service

2.30pm Family Workshop

10.30am Group Eucharist Rev Hilary

No Service

12 noon Reflections & Hymns Rev Hilary

Peakirk 10.30am Family Service Mark Hotchkin

24 Apr

1-May-16

No Service

Etton 10.00am Family Service Mark Hotchkin

ervice

9.00am. Eucharist Rev Hilary

9.00am. Eucharist Alan Fiddyment

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9.15am Morning Prayer Derek Harris

10.30am Eucharist Rev Hilary

10.30am All Age Praise Freda Skillman

9.00am Eucharist Rev Hilary

10.30am Morning Prayer Derek Harris

Peakirk 6.00pm Evensong Rev Hilary

nion BCP

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Planning applications made for our villages

Glinton

Peakirk

T1 Laburnum - Fell T2 Cherry (Tag 0243) - Crown lift to 2.3m over footpath and over road by 5.2m. T3 Cherry (Tag 7954) - Crown lift to 2.3m over footpath and over road by 5.2m plus street light clearance. T4 Red Horse Chestnut (Tag 7956) and T5 Holm oak Severe ivy. at Peakirk Village Green Chestnut Close Decision: Permitted For Alterations to barn including removal of existing mezzanine floor and internal wall, replacement of roof batons and windows. Removal of garage door and installation of internal staircase at The Corner House 6 St Pegas Road Peakirk Decision: Permitted

Northborough

for 8 x dwellings at 30B Lincoln Road Glinton Decision: Permitted Demolition of existing bungalow and erection of 3x two storey dwellings at 16 Rectory Lane Glinton Decision: Refused

Maxey

For single storey rear extension Distance from original rear wall 7.75m Height 3.9m (2.5m to eaves) at 65B High Street Maxey Decision: Not Required Erection of 2x two storey dwellings with garaging and repositioned access at 37 West End Road Maxey PE6 9EJ

7 x illuminated and non-illuminated signs and 1 x lantern at 4 Lincoln Road Northborough PE6 9BL

Decision: Withdrawn/Finally disposed of

Awaiting decision Proposed replacement signage and installation of one external lantern at The Pack Horse 4 Lincoln Road Awaiting decision

For Plum - Fell at 10 High Street Maxey Peterborough PE6 9EE Decision: Permitted

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Proposed dwelling at Old School House 1 Lincoln Road Northborough

For Stone porch of front of property at 12 Main Road Etton Peterborough PE6 7DA

Awaiting decision Change of use for part of the property to a bed and breakfast at Delamere Farm Pasture Lane Northborough Peterborough Awaiting decision

Decision: Not Required

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Terry Sismore awarded Order National de la Legion d’Honneur Touran Watts, Home Manager

Garden Lodge Residential Care Home in Glinton had the honour of holding a ceremony for one of their residents on Wednesday 10 February 2016 when ninety-one year old Mr Terry Sismore was awarded a medal ‘Order National de la Legion d’Honneur’ for his contribution towards the liberation of France in 1944. The medal was presented to Terry on behalf of the French Government by the Mayor of Peterborough, with his family, friends, staff at Garden Lodge, Mayoress of Peterborough and fellow members of the Fenland and District Royal Military Police Association also in attendance. Terry was just twenty years old when he served with the 59th Divisional Provost Company in a motor cyclist traffic control unit and took part in Operation Overlord, landing on Gold Beach in Normandy on the 8th June 1944. On coming ashore Terry immediately found himself under heavy fire from German guns. Once off the beach it was the role of the Royal Military Police to sustain the all important momentum of many thousands

of troops and vehicles as they advanced into France over narrow country roads and bridges whilst a fierce battle raged on both land and in the air. Terry tells staff that he can still remember the sound of fighter aircraft above and the confusion of not knowing whether they were British or German. Terry remained part of the RMP’s vital role in managing the movement of the traffic of war along the lengthening routes behind the Allies as they continued their advance into Germany. Terry remained with the RMP until early 1945 when he became an instructor at the Military Police School in Paderborn in Germany. At war’s end, General Sir Miles Dempsey who commanded the British Second Army during

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the Battle for Normandy and then made rapid advances the Northern France and Belgium, paid the following tribute: “The Military Policeman became such a well known figure on every road to the battlefield that his presence became taken for granted. Few soldiers as they hurried over a bridge which was a regular target for the enemy, gave much thought to the man whose duty it was to stand there for hours on end, directing the traffic and ensuring its rapid passage”. Terry was very excited for this event especially for the Mayor and Mayoresse of Peterborough to be present at this event and also this was going to be the fifth medal he was going to have.

Northborough Parish Council Neighbourhood plan Northborough Neighbourhood Plan policies have been drafted, and will be reviewed in the light of the Peterborough City Council Local Plan which is under development and in the consultation process. The Parish Council will respond to PCC during the consultation process taking into account the results and replies of the village questionnaire. Cemetery The composting areas are overflowing. It is considered compost could be a valuable resource for village gardens. Plans are to allow villagers to collect compost at certain times. Keep a look out on the notice boards for further details and collection times Toddlers Play Area New pieces of young children’s play equipment are in place. Consideration of an additional layer of bark to the toddlers play area. Dog Fouling There has been improvement to the dog fouling on footpaths and the playing fields, yet it is still occurring. A debate is underway as to whether, in the playing field, dogs should be kept on leads or banned altogether. Please let councillors have your views. If you can help with either the Street Party or supplying old photographs, please contact us on 07516 433264 or northboroughstreetparty@gmail. com. twitter: https/twitter.com/ northboroughst2 or Facebook: Northborough Street Party 2016

Robert Chiva, Chair, NPC

Street Party

The Street party committee updates the previous announcement as follows: ‘As I am sure you are all aware this year HM The Queen celebrate her 90th birthday. As the Street Party for her Diamond Jubilee was such a success and, in order the mark this momentous occasion a committee has been formed, supported by the Parish Council, to organise another street party! The Street party is being held on Sunday 12 June on Church Street starting at 11:30am. This will involve the closure of Church Street for the day and we will endeavour to keep everyone up to date with regards to the closure as we get details. We have lots of exciting things being planned which we will reveal soon, but would ideally like some help with the following: As part of the celebration we are putting on afternoon tea for any residents in the village aged 85 and over. Are you aged 85 or over or do you know anyone that is that would like to attend? Please contact us on the details below, we would love to hear from you! Old Photographs Wanted Do you have an old photographs/ pictures/stories of our lovely village or villagers from years gone by. We are putting together a display of the village

past and present and would love to include your memories and images. We are happy to scan images if the originals are precious. Shrubbery Many of the situations of shrubbery overgrowing footpaths have been remedied. Please let the Parish Council know of any situations still affecting paths. Speed Watch Feedback received from the Neighbourhood plan consultation shows that many villagers are concerned about vehicles speeding within the 30mph speed limit boundaries. The Parish has contacted Speed Watch and will be taking steps to designate Northborough as a Speed Watch Village. Actions will include carrying out speed gun checks to vehicles on village roads when the days get longer. If you are concerned about speeding and would like to be involved please contact the Parish Council. Councillors Vacancies exist for two parish councillors. If anybody would like to become a parish councillor and help your village - please contact the Parish Clerk or any Councillor.

Please contact Councillors or the Clerk if you have any issues that NPC could help with. "Northborough Parish Council" <npc@mandalea.co.uk>

Time for a smile ... An elderly vicar and his wife decided on an overseas holiday, but his wife was nervous as she had never flown before. The day arrived and as they entered the aeroplane, the pilot was standing beside the door welcoming the passengers. The vicar’s wife said to him, “I've never flown, so I hope you will bring us down safely.” The pilot replied, “I shall do what I can madam, but all I can say is that I've never left anyone up there yet!" 60

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Glinton Parish Council Glinton Parish Council held a special meeting on Friday 5th February to discuss the latest position with the gas compressor station with National Grid. Talks went well and they are to return to the next Parish Council meeting after talking to residents on the 12th February, with further plans. The City Council took the travellers at Nine Bridges back to Court on the 10th February, to enforce the planning inspector's decision that they should be off this land. Unfortunately, due to illness, the Court adjourned the case until 16th March. There has been a considerable amount of dumping in Mile Drove,

so much so that Amey, the city council's contractors, have had to commission a JCB to remove it. Please, if you have any of your trees and hedges cut back or down, make sure the company who are doing the job for you is going to dispose with the waste properly, as you could still be liable. I have been working with the local doctors, successfully, to get them on behalf of their Cambridgeshire patients which number about 8,000, a contribution from the Planning pot towards the new facilities at Deeping which we shall all benefit from.

Cllr John F W Holdich OBE Following the meeting I arranged with the school, Cllr Johnson of the Parish Council, the chief planning officer from the City Council and my city council's education building project manager all found this to be very positive, and I believe we may have found a way forward for the building of the pre-school. There is currently a planning application to extend Clare Lodge,which is all right in itself but we must be aware that part of it is outside the village envelope. Please let us have your views on the application, which can be found online.

Volunteers would be appreciated to help out with our next village litter-pick, which will take place on Saturday 5 March at 10 am. The more help we have, the more we can get cleaned up. We will be joined by McDonald's, and the City Council will be providing us with equipment. This one is a special one, as it is part of a national scheme in honour of the Queen's birthday. For more details, please contact Cllr Bysshe on 01733 253164.

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