Trentside Links High Marnham The end of an era
www.trentsidelinks.org Issue 167
A free community magazine covering the villages of Brampton • Drinsey Nook • Fenton • Gate Burton • Kettlethorpe • Knaith • Laughterton Marton • Newton on Trent • Park Farm • Stow Park • Thorney • Torksey • Torksey Lock
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Contents News 4 it's a blast
The Trentside landscape changes forever as cooling towers demolished
5 musical success
Trentside locals exam achievements
6 poppy appeal
Show you remember on the 11th November
Bygones 10 Wartime memories
An account from Terry & Kenneth Worrall
11 passages of time The tunnels of Thorney Hall
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Trentside Links committee Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VACANCY Secretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Barratt Treasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue Oliver Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Farley Member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Rose
Distributors of the magazine Brampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard Farley Drinsey Nook . . . . . . . . . . . . . VACANCY Fenton (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris East Fenton (2) . . . . . . . . Sue Eyton-Williams Gate Burton . . . . . . . . . . . Pat Hammond Kettlethorpe & Park Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma Barratt Knaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary Burke Laughterton (1) . . . . . . . . Bob Watkinson Laughterton (2) . . . . . . . . . . Carol Penny Laughterton (Home Farm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy Willis Marton & Stow Park . . . . . . . . Helen Gee Newton on Trent (1) . . . . . . . . Gill Kyme Newton on Trent (2) . . .. . Roger Vorbeck Thorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George Collins Torksey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Rose Torksey (The Elms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan & Gill Watson Torksey Lock . . . . . . . . . . Dennese Gore Torksey Lock (Little London Park) . . . . . . Maureen Lyons Acknowledgements
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An update from Rhys Prosser
15 WI update
News from the Kettlethorpe & District WI
Notices 20 community notices Local events, dances & more
22 church notices Your service & clergy details
The destruction of the cooling towers at High Marnham Our cover picture this month shows the demolition of the cooling towers in the Trentside region and was sent in by Trentside Links reader Geoff Lloyd. If you have any pictures of interest why not send them in for publication in the magazine.
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Trentside News Marton Produce and Garden Show
Marton and Gate Burton Parish Council Village Hall Marton 23rd September 2012
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ollowing last year’s resounding success Marton and Knaith Garden Club have organised their 3rd Produce and Garden Show as follows:Scarecrow Festival A chance for residents of Marton, Gate Burton and Knaith to display witty, comical and traditional versions of a village scarecrow, with adult and children’s prizes. Scarecrow entries are free but please let us know where your scarecrow is located by visiting us at the village hall on the day by 1pm. Adult Completion Classes Heaviest Onion, Longest Runner Bean, Largest Pumpkin, Plate of Three Vegetables, Plate of Three Fruits, Largest Sunflower Head, A Button Hole, A Vase of Flowers Grown By You, A Piece of
Handicraft, A Flower Arrangement Going for Gold Theme, A Jar of Chutney or Savoury Preserve, A Jar of Fruit Jam, A Victoria Sponge Cake, Photography Nature's Colours, Scarecrow. Children’s Competition Largest Sunflower Head, Largest Pumpkin, Chocolate Feast - Something edible and choclaty, Art or Craftwork Going for Gold Theme, Scarecrow. Programme Show entries to be submitted between 10.30 and 12.00. Scarecrow judging will take place from 1.00pm. Marton village hall will be opened for viewing from 2.00pm when there will be competitions and refreshments. So start planning your entries. Any queries contact Sara Barry 01427 717714
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he Marton and Gate Burton parish council are pleased to announce that they have received a grant of £8500 from Awards For All, part of the big lottery fund. The monies will be used to replace part of the roof to Marton village hall and work shall commence in September.
EDITORS NOTE In the last Issue of Trentside Links on page 15 we published a picture of the Dickinson family in a window. We would like to correct the legend which should have said "A beautiful photo of the Dickinson family taken at Manor Farm, Brampton".
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Going…Going…Gone!
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n the 15th of July the landscape of the Trentside region was changed forever when the remaining towers at High Marnham Power Station were demolished. High Marnham Power Station was a former coal-fired power station and was the most southerly of three power stations which lined the River Trent, the others being West Burton and Cottam. The station was opened in 1959 and had a generating capacity of 945 megawatts. The station closed in 2003 after nearly 45 years in operation with a loss of 119 jobs, the facility was demolished as follows: The station's chimneys on 15 December 2004, the 150 feet (46m) high boiler house on 5 October 2006, and finally the five cooling towers were demolished on 15 July 2012 at 10:00. Trentside Links was there to capture the action and a video of the demolition can be found on our website www.trentsidelinks.org and our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/trentsidelinksorg. Our thanks also go to Geoff Lloyd from Fenton who captured the action with his camera and has kindly let us use his pictures.
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Enny Hewitt
“The National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain provides young people with a world-class foundation for orchestral performance and musicianship and is ready to ensure that future generations of children will continue to develop personally and musically within the unique environment that this world-class children’s orchestra provides.”
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The National Lottery comes to Laughterton
She has been attending the National Children’s Orchestra Northerlies’ section of the orchestra in Leeds once a month for rehearsals and played at the end of season concert playing full orchestral pieces. She will be attending the National Children’s Orchestra residential in August in Dorset. This involves an intense week of playing and rehearsing, culminating in the end-of-week concert for friends and family. She will have to re-audition in October for a place in the under 12 orchestra.
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nny is 10-years-old and lives in Laughterton. She is a talented flautist who has been playing the flute for only 2 years and has already risen to grade 5 standards in playing and grade 3 in theory. She has achieved the accolade of being selected for the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain’s under 11 orchestra and she is the only child in the orchestra from Lincolnshire.
She regularly plays in Lincoln cathedral with her school and is also a member of the senior school jazz band and senior school symphonic wind band. Enny has also been awarded a music scholarship at Lincoln Minster School. She achieved two firsts and a second at the Lincoln Music Festival in March of this year and was asked to play at the gala performance at the end of the festival. Enny has also been asked to perform in Lincoln cathedral in the LIVES charity concert on October 20th alongside other professional singers and musicians.
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fter five years of trying to get the National Lottery to Laughterton Shop, I am pleased to announce it will be available from Tuesday 11th September. Not only can you try your hand with a lucky dip, scratch cards will also be available. Why not pick up a bottle of wine, locally produced Lincolnshire plum bread or locally grown vegetables, when buying your lottery ticket? As I am sure you can appreciate the lottery terminal will take us a few days to master, so please be patient if you have to wait a little longer than usual to be served. I look forward to welcoming you all to the shop and wish you the best of luck if you have a punt at the lottery! Thank you for your continued custom, Jennie
Young Musician Gains Distinction
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ongratulations to George Collins of Thorney who achieved 88% in his recent Grade 2 Trinity College, London, drum exam, a distinction mark! An excellent result and I am sure his family & friends are very proud, well done George!
George at the Tabby Road Studio.
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September 2012 In Afghanistan British forces have been operating now for eleven years where during that time 425 of our troops have paid the ultimate sacrifice, with many more injured, some so badly that they will require care and support for the rest of their lives.
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he Royal British Legion sponsors the annual POPPY APPEAL and collections will be made between: 27th October and 11th November Remembrance Sunday is 11th November Founded in 1921, the Royal British Legion work is as vital as ever. This year, as always, British troops have been posted to the forefront of some of the world’s most dangerous trouble spots and they may need our help in the future.
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The Royal British Legion spends nearly £1.4 million a week delivering health and welfare support to service people young and old and their families. They have committed £50 million over 10 years to fund both personnel recovery centres and also our new Battle Back Centre to assist our injured service personnel return to active life. Last year the Poppy Appeal raised over £38.5 million which was well in excess of the previous total and a record amount for the ninth consecutive year. We need to make it ten consecutive years so please give generously at this November’s Poppy Appeal. You will recall that after nine years of being Poppy Appeal Organiser I had decided to retire and was looking for a successor. Well, I am pleased to announce that Mrs Kirsty Hamilton has taken on
the role of Organiser for the Saxilby area. This effectively means that the former area will be split into two and I will continue to look after the Trentside villages for another year until a successor is found. We will work together to ensure that there is a seamless transition and that poppies are available as always in our area. Thank you in anticipation of your support. Shoulder to shoulder with all who serve Richard Farley Local Poppy Appeal Organiser Tel: 01427 717030 e-mail: richardafarley@btinternet.com
St Peter’s Church Torksey Coffee afternoons in church on Saturday 15th September and Saturday 20th October 2-4pm Tea, coffee, cakes and raffle Proceeds for church funds
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Sturton by Stow History Society Forthcoming events Wednesday 19th September Dennis Greaves will talk about the Gainsborough Theatre Group and The Old Nick Theatre. Wednesday 17th October With the centenary of the Titanic disaster Rodney Fanthorpe will talk about the liner and the two Lincolnshire people aboard. Wednesday 21st November Sandy Powell, Chairman of the Lincoln Branch of the Submariner's Association will talk about the X-craft midget submarines built at Marshalls, Gainsborough. SSHS Open Day – July 2012 Thank you to all of you who joined us at this year's open day and another huge thank you to those who helped out, either by fetching and carrying before
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and after; manning stalls; baking and keeping the refreshments flowing, and just by being on hand to make the day go so well.
and generally enjoy themselves, realising that there is still that continuity of history and community spirit about which we all wish to safeguard.
The committee is thrilled that the event was such a great success, a good followon from last year. The only problem being is that when you have a successful event you are then pushed even harder to make the next time even better, so I shall be ‘bothering’ people even earlier than before to prepare for our 2013 event entitled, ‘Trades and Trades People of the Area’ so please begin to think ahead and look out any relevant artefacts and photographs you may wish to loan to us once again.
So...here's looking forward to a wonderful 2013 event.
The displays in the village hall were colourful and inspiring and created many focal points for people to stop and chat, both with old and new friends. Rather than just showing items from the past, which can become rather flat and repetitive, the group wanted to create an environment for the day where everyone could come in for a chat and search through the old photographs for familiar faces, read up about past events
For more information on the society visit our website at http://sshs.btck.co.uk Sharron Banham Secretary
New Services at Torksey Post Office
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he change of seasons also brings a change in the services at Torksey Post Office. Janet & Richard are delighted to announce that they will be offering a good selection of wines, beers & spirits from early October and will also be offering the National Lottery which will be coming soon, date to be announced! Keep an eye open for further announcements from Janet in the coming weeks.
Kettlethorpe Village Hall
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e have again been successful in receiving a grant from Councillor Stuart Kinch's Initiative Fund which has enabled us to purchase a vacuum cleaner, paint and tools for refurbishing the hall. Also a complete set of cutlery, much needed, as we have only had odds and ends. Our thanks to Stuart for his help with this. Ann Close
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Frederick George Dixon 3rd March 1924 - 12 August 2012
his life which had been interesting, varied and sometimes challenging. A few years ago the Trentside Links interviewed Fred where he spoke fondly of his life. Here is this interview in the words of Fred Dixon, goodbye Fred you will be sadly missed but not forgotten.
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t is with great sadness that Fenton has lost one of its great characters, Frederick George Dixon. Fred passed away on the 12th August 2012 having lived in Fenton for 70 years. His funeral was conducted on the 29th August at the Lincoln Crematorium and afterwards at the Carpenters Arms in Fenton. His friends and family celebrated
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Always known as Fred, he was born on 3 March 1924 at Stallingborough near Grimsby, the son of Frederick Carter Dixon, a farm worker. His father rented a 60 acre farm at Nettleton, near Caistor, when Fred was a year old and moved to another 84 acre farm after six years. Many of the locals worked in the nearby ironstone mine and were yellow from the dust. Fred left school at 14 as he was needed to work on the farm. At the age of 16 they moved to Fillingham where his father took another farm (Chapel Farm) but they only stayed there a couple of years as his father would not sign a long lease. Fred was not called up, as most young men were, as farming was a reserved occupation along with coal mining. However, he played his part by joining the Home Guard and carrying out Fire Watch duties.
So it was in 1942 that the family moved to Fenton, father working for Ellis Lidgett, grandfather of Sue EytonWilliams, and Fred working for Ernie Robinson, both farms being in Fenton. His father bought a house in Fenton that is now part of the house that Fred lives in. Ernie had land in various places locally, including the Laughterton marshes where there was a bombing range during the war. When bombing practice was in progress they had to leave their work and return later. One time a sheep had an ear removed by a falling practice bomb, a really close shave! He well remembers the aircraft crash in the marshes that is commemorated on the memorial in Laughterton, as he had to help remove debris and remains from among the corn. Fred worked for Mr Robinson for 4 years. Long after the war he remembers the occasion when there were nine ricks on fire in Robinson’s stack yard. During the war Fred rang the bells at Kettlethorpe church along with Len East who rang the middle bell and Harry Watson who rang the large bell. All three bells were rung until 5 minutes before the service and then just the large one tolled until the start of the service. They were
Trentside Links rung for services, weddings, funerals and of course to celebrate the end of the war. He remembers they had to dig out heaps of sticks carried in by rooks that stopped the bells ringing (the wire netting was defective) and that a blue tit had a nest in the back of the clock. A Mr Scarborough played the organ, which had to be hand pumped in those days. Judge Langman resided at the hall, and Joan Baker (now Schipke) and Betty Good were maids. Fred met Phylis May Sensicall at the chapel in Fenton (where her parents worshipped and paid pew money!) and they were married by Rev Holmes in 1947. The reception was in the village hall and they set up home at Rose Cottage opposite the Friendship Inn in Laughterton. He also changed employer, moving to the Lidgett farm as a tractor
Fred and one of his prize winning tomatoes
driver. After 2 years he moved back into the newly extended house in Fenton where he still lives today. In the atrocious weather of 1947 he was clearing snow for the council on Burton top road and can still picture Maltkiln Road being flooded at the Brickyard Cottages end. Fred also remembers Harry Heath who worked at the pumping station at Torksey, working day and night to keep the water levels right. It was in 1947 following a hard winter with lots of water on the ground, when one day the banks burst at Spalford and the water levels rose and came up from the drains at Laughterton. Geoff Lidgett and his men, together with 7 German prisoners of war, all went to Spalford to block the hole in the bank with sandbags and fill the bags of sand too. They all set off in Geoff ’s Bedford lorry but when they arrived at Spalford the front of the lorry fell into the drain and filled with water, luckily a RAF lorry towed it out. Geoff then had the job of walking all the way back to Fenton to get oil for his van. In 1949 he and Phylis had Kenneth John, who was born mentally handicapped. He spent time in St John’s and Harmston but now resides in Middlefield House in Gainsborough, where Fred visits him and takes him out every week. After 10 years both Fred and his father moved work to Gainsborough, into engineering, for another 10 years before Fred moved to Bradshaw’s of Sturton by Stow as a lorry driver until he retired at the age of 63. Never one to be idle he became a radio ham and used to contact Mir, the space station, regularly. His wife unfortunately died in 1998
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and his sister, who lived in the same building, died in 2002. Always a keen gardener, Fred once had his picture in the Echo for growing a tomato that weighed a pound and three quarters — that’s 791 grams in new money! He is also a keen naturalist and bird watcher and goes out most days despite having broken his hip a year ago and having limited mobility. Fred has never flown in a big plane but has flown in a microlite, a helicopter and twice in a glider. So what has changed in Fenton while Fred has lived here? The butcher (Len Addison) is gone, along with the post office within it. So is the blacksmith (Mr Lambert situated in the old forge on Maltkiln Road), the chapel, the carpenter shop (in Scotch Row on the site of the flats run by Mr Albert Jones) and Wilkinson’s shop. There were also visits by Gelder’s van, Jubb’s van and the Curtis van. The bakery was closed when Fred arrived in Fenton, as was the saddlers and the cycle shop (11 Lincoln Rd). The Poor Hill Cottages were knocked down and replaced by what is now known as Chestnut House. The water for the cottages came from a communal pump next to where the memorial stands and it was referred to as the town pump. The house next to the Chapel was once the Police house and a Mr Jincks was the first policeman to be remembered living there and after he retired he was replaced by Mr Wilkinson. The same house was also a grocer’s shop run by Ross Addison. Back in those days the bus shelter at what was always known as Four Lane Ends was wooden and had been built by the scouts, evidently before health and safety regulations came into effect.
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Trentside Bygones Wartime memories of Torksey and Torksey Lock as remembered by Terry Worrall and his brother Kenneth.
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y brother and I spent much of our childhood in our caravan at Rydal Mount (now Torksey Caravan Park) because of the bombing where we lived in South Yorkshire. The following are a few of my memories. I have always been interested in airfields and aircraft hence my recollections. On one occasion I was with my parents who were talking to Mr Maurice Ward, the owner of the caravan site, when a Hampden bomber came over the caravans flying at about 20 feet high. The bomber hit the powerlines that are near the first clapper gate on the Trent Arm. There is still a pole and also high tension wires on the same spot as in June 1940 when it hit the wires. It carried on flying and landed back at Scampton
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and was declared a write-off! For anyone interested it was P4337 from 61 squadron. The Army had soldiers living in tents on the Trent Arm where horses now graze but it was busy in 1940-41. I used to go in the boats they had at times. On one occasion the soldiers were drilling holes about 4 inches in diameter on the bridge by the lock. I asked one soldier what they were for and he said they filled them with tar. If the Germans came they could get the tar out quickly and put dynamite in the holes and blow the bridge up to slow the enemy down. From 1940 there used to be convoys of Army lorries, Bren Gun Carriers and despatch riders on their motorcycles. They usually stopped by the White Swan at Torksey Lock because at that time it was like a large layby. I usually went to talk to the soldiers as from the caravan site I could see the convoys approaching from Fenton. My brother, Kenneth, went to Torksey School (he is 3 years older than I am). In your Trentside Links issue 166 there was a photograph of a group of children at the school 1938-39 and a pupil named Charles Spendlow is on the picture, he was a friend of my brother. Again during the early days of the war, an aircraft used to come and fly very low over a bungalow on the Newark Road just past the firm which does repairs on lorries now. The bungalow was called Kaga Wong. The bungalow has been demolished within the last 2 to 3 years and now has a new home on it. The
aircraft that flew very low over Kaga Wong was doing this because the pilot’s mother was staying at the bungalow at the time. The plane was an Airspeed Oxford twin-engined one. Unfortunately after a period of time it went missing. From the start of Newark Road the RAF stored bombs on the grass verges about four or five feet high. They were stored in this manner as far as Laughterton. This was in the latter days of the war. In 1970 I got my pilots’ licence and bought my own light aircraft. I spent many happy hours flying up the River Trent just to experience the same picture in my mind as the Hampden pilots saw. This was very different for me from flying my model aeroplanes at Rydal Mount caravan site! I am enclosing an old photograph of myself (with broken arm) and brother Kenneth taken in 1941 on the caravan site. I still have my links with Torksey as my wife and myself used to visit to collect blackberries and mushrooms during our courtship and since our marriage in 1958. We now have a caravan on the same site as my parents did back in my childhood. We bought this in 1998/99 and we still travel 320 miles from our home in Cornwall to the caravan for short breaks!
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Passages of time Secret tunnels discovered under a long lost building
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bricked-lined tunnel discovered during building work at Thorney Hall caused quite a stir. Below is an excerpt from the Newark Advertiser 16/12/1988 By Dr John Samuels PASSAGES OF TIME Nearly every town and village has its stories of secret tunnels. Underground passages connecting church and manor house, church and monastery or even monastery and nunnery. Sometimes these were said to have been used as an escape route by Roman Catholic priests, or for smugglers or other nefarious activities. Indeed Nottinghamshire can claim one of the most bizarre underground monuments - the Duke of Portland’s underground ballroom and connecting railway at Welbeck Abbey. Was he really mad, shy, or just ingenious?
Thorney Hall in its glory days, now reduced to all but memories.
discovered in North Lincolnshire. At the bottom I looked up to see the sky as a small circle and the awful thought occurred as to how long it would take to dig me out if the walls collapsed. My opinion was that the tunnel at
Thorney Hall was probably for drainage, perhaps to take away excess rainwater that was often stored in old houses for soft water. Then again, it may have been a secret passage to Doddington Hall!
A few weeks ago I had an urgent telephone call that a brick-lined tunnel had been discovered during building work at Thorney Hall. I rushed out there immediately. In the bottom of the old basement to the earlier hall that had been demolished some years ago, was an opening of a tunnel about 3½ft wide. Several people had already crawled along it and reckoned that it was about 40 yards long. Would I like to go down it myself? No. I have never forgotten being lowered 30ft down an old well which had been
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West Lindsey Run Series Open For Entries
family fun day Saturday the 22nd of September at The Friendship Inn, Laughterton 4 live bands Bouncy castle BBQ Face painting The fun starts at 12 and all are welcome There will be a charity auction, raising money for people with cancer and all proceeds will go to The Lincoln Oncology Unit
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he West Lindsey Run Series returns this autumn with three races taking place throughout the district. The Series starts with the Saxilby 5k on Sunday 30th September and is followed by the Everyone Active Gainsborough 5k on Sunday 21st October and the Market Rasen 10k on Sunday 25th November. The event is open to both club and fun runners and people can enter one, two, or all three races. Marc Rhodes, Events Officer at Lincolnshire Sports Partnership, said: “We are delighted to be organising the West Lindsey Run Series on behalf of West Lindsey District Council this year. We hope that people
who entered the events last year will be looking forward to taking part again and that new runners will be inspired to give the races a go”. Runners can enter online at www. westlindseyrunseries.co.uk at a cost of £12 per race (£10 for UKA affiliated runners) and a discount is available for entering all three races. For more information about the Run Series, call Marc Rhodes on 01522 585580. Follow us on facebook like Trentside Links
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Trentside Reports THE VICAR WRITES
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ast month the Church of England was in the news. The General Synod was debating the ordination of women as Bishops. And quite a stir it caused too, with the Synod unable to make a decision and postponing the vote until later in the year. Locally we might find all this fuss surprising. As far as I can tell the ordination of women isn't controversial in our neck of the woods. In 17 years as vicar of Saxilby I can remember just two examples of people objecting to the ministry of women priests. Of the six clergy we regularly call on to lead worship in our eight churches, four are women and nobody objects to this. Without women's priestly ministry we would not be able to maintain the pattern of services across the group. At the moment we offer something like 35 services a month across our churches. Without the ladies we would do well to provide a third of that number. We would also be stretched to cover all the christenings, weddings and funerals that come our way. So the ordination of women as priests has been essential for the maintenance of the ministry and life of our churches. Already more than a third of clergy in
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England are female and the proportion is growing. So why does the issue of their becoming Bishops cause such a stir? Well, despite the undoubted success of women's ordination that has enabled the church to sustain its work, and brought new insights into its ministry, some have never really been reconciled to it. Some of these base their objection on the Bible, where it says men should always be in positions of leadership. Others base it on the traditions of the church. Jesus' apostles were all men, for most of the 2000 year history of the church clergy have been male, so what right have we got to change things now? Well, it seems to me that by ordaining women to the highest office in the church now we could be righting 2000 years of wrong. The attitude of Jesus towards women was remarkably open for a man of his time, as stories in the Bible such as the woman with the haemorrhage, the woman taken in adultery, the woman at the well and his attitude towards Mary Magdalene demonstrate. Women were the first witnesses of the risen Jesus on Easter Day and references to women in New Testament letters indicate they probably held positions of influence in the early church. It is likely that as the church grew in influence and power women got written out of the script. We have the opportunity today to redress the balance, open up the church's ministry
to a different point of view and new insights, and appoint people of ability to positions of influence in the church. So, come November I hope the Synod makes the decision to ordain women as Bishops on the same conditions as men. If they do it will be to the benefit of the whole church, and demonstrate the truth the apostle Paul identified 2000 years ago, that men and women are equal before God, 'for we are neither male nor female, but are all one in Jesus Christ'. Rhys Prosser Tel: 01522 702427
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Reports from the Kettlethorpe & District Women's Institute July 2012
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he Autumn meeting for our group is on October 22nd at Marton village hall. There will be a competition called simply 'Autumn on a Plate' - a display to test the imagination! Then in November a fashion show will be held in Kettlethorpe village hall, the charge is £2 at the door. Barbara Clay put on a good invitation at her house in Saxilby for viewers of the Olympic torch procession. She made lots of coffee and raised £155 for Lincoln Hospice. Any member who has not yet done so, please advise the secretary whether they will be attending the annual dinner on October 9th. The cost will be £15 this year, but as so often before, the Committee may return any amount over actual cost. The speaker for July was Mr R Hewins, who talked about the Newton Friendship Club. This was formed 5 years ago by newcomers to the village who wanted to mix and befriend all. After a small start of about 12 the club has grown & developed, taking on all kinds of activities and visits including theatre trips to Newark and river cruises (local of course!). They meet about twice a month on Fridays and some Wednesdays. Lunches have been arranged for delivery to the church, where meetings are held.
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Mr Hewins, who was a head teacher, is now the organiser. What a lucky village - to have the opportunity of making friends so easily!
charity walk for cancer in the Yorkshire Dales. This was the event sponsored and walked by the late Jane Tomlinson while a sufferer herself.
The raffles for July were taken home by Ann Close, Barbara Clay and Janet Willcox.
The speaker for the evening was Mr Robin Dennett, third generation ice cream maker, whose premises in Bailgate are well known to many. Mr Dennett and his wife told how extraordinarily busy the business keeps them, and not only in hot weather. The preparation of good ice cream involves many procedures and they have to be ready for sudden orders from restaurants or fetes etc, at all times at short notice. Members were treated to tastes of ice cream, yoghurt and sorbet in different flavours; they do 28 in all. Best of the ice cream spoons and servers in the month’s competition was Nancy Price, followed by Pat Green and Mary Vinten. Raffles were taken home by Kay Payne, Janet Willcocks, Nancy Price, Wendy Barnard and Pauline Hawker.
August 2012 Members who had attended the Cathedral Flower Festival spoke of the beautiful display, making the rest of us regret we had not been with them. Correspondence received on behalf of our farmers, so many of whom are going out of business, encouraged all to consistently 'buy British' and not only for dairy products. A letter also received promoted the need for midwives. Even counting those now in training, so many more are urgently needed. Dates to remember ahead include a concert by the Lincoln Hospitals Band, who will play in Kettlethorpe church on September 21 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £6. Members are asked to bring their usual shoe box gifts by the November meeting this year. Gifts suitable for all ages are desired this time. Also in November, the 27th, there is to be a fashion show in the village hall here. Ann Close told the meeting that there is to be a talk by the Wildlife Countryside in Kettlethorpe village hall for the benefit of gardeners eager to learn more about the possibilities and pleasures of creating wild flower meadows. This will be on September 20 at 7pm. Jackie Gee told members about her recent 14 mile
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Newton on Trent Oil Club Now up and running at www.oil-club.co.uk with this link direct to our site http://tinyurl.com/6wvywjr. We currently have 20+ members and are looking for more villages to join us. Current prices are 2p per litre below best standard price.
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A Sonnet on Harvest The harvest rules late summer, drenches all with golden rapture and the song of life I dare not think beyond the end of fall of loneliness, the cut of winter's knife As waves the corn before threshing begins my restless soul dreads autumn's final bow when golden fields and trees no longer sing for pleasure in the sun -'tis colder now While harvest holds its reign of fruitful praise I must enjoy, store memories, recall in winter's rule, how lovely were those days that bathed the rosy earth for one and all 'Tis easier in the sun to feel alive than when, all harvest gone I must survive. Elise Hawker Lea
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Macmillan support team proudly supporting ‘The World’s Biggest Coffee Morning’ on Friday 28th September 2012 Look forward to seeing you at: Marton Village Hall, Trent Port Road, Marton from 10.30am Admission £1.50 which includes coffee or tea and delicious homemade cake Qualified healer, card reader, raffle, tombola and a good variety of stalls with lots of luscious homemade cakes and scones as well and ‘Bring and Buy’ If you are able to donate cakes, gifts etc. or can help in any way, please contact Angela on 01427 717796 or 07807 296467 (I can collect) Thank you for all you past support and we look forward to seeing you on the day - Angela & the team Macmillan Motto: We exist to help improve the lives of people with cancer and their families
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Do you have reusable items of furniture to donate? Gainsborough Furniture Resource Centre is a local organisation that collects good quality furniture from the general public within a 12 mile radius of Gainsborough. We then redistribute these items to local families in need of affordable furniture. To donate furniture please contact us to arrange a suitable collection time Call - 01427 238948 Email - mpicksleygfrc@gmail.com Or visit - www.gfrc.org.uk
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Fenton Baby & Toddler Group This is a very friendly group for babies and under 5s to play, socialise and take part in craft activities. It is also a chance to get together with other parents and carers in the local area. If you would like any more information please ring Lauren Flinders on 01427 717419 or Tracy Flinders on 01427 717009. Every Thursday in the back room at The Carpenters Arms at 10am-11.30am ÂŁ1.50 per family (refreshments provided)
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Trentside Community Notices
Gainsborough Organ Society The Weston Rooms, Hickman Street, Gainsborough DN21 2DZ Thursday 25 October 7.30pm - Brian Hazelby Sunday 18 November 2.30pm - Dirkjan Ranzijn (Ticket only) Refreshments including licensed bar available at all events, free car parking opposite the rooms. Contact Mr Peter Naulls on 01427 615265
LAUGHTERTON BOWLS CLUB NAYLOR’S HILLS FARM NEWARK ROAD LAUGHTERTON
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES at Village Hall, Marton Monday Art Class (in committee room) Indoor Bowls Line Dancing
WEEKLY 2.00 – 4.00pm 2.00 – 4.00pm 7.45 – 10.00pm
Wednesday Art Class (in committee room)
2.00 – 4.00pm
Thursday Over 60s Club (in committee room) Mother & toddlers
2.15 – 4.00pm 9.00 - 11.00am
MONTHLY 1st Monday each month Village Hall Committee Meeting
7.30pm
1st Tuesday each month Parish Council Meeting
7.00pm
3rd Wednesday each month Women’s Institute
7.30pm
1st Thursday each month Sequence Dancing (main hall)
2.00 - 4.00pm
NEW MEMBERS NEEDED WE ARE A SMALL CLUB, PLAY 3 TIMES A WEEK AND HAVE CLUB COMPETITIONS AND BBQs. WE ALSO PLAY FRIENDLY MATCHES AGAINST OTHER LOCAL CLUBS - YOU WILL NOT BE OBLIGED TO PLAY IN A TEAM IF YOU PREFER NOT TO. WE HAVE SPARE SETS OF WOODS SO ALL YOU NEED ARE SOME FLAT SHOES. PLEASE COME ALONG ANY TUESDAY EVENING FROM 6.30PM AND HAVE A GO, YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MAY HAVE FUN! IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT JACKY TEL: 01427 717471 OR JOHN 01427 718333
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CHRISTMAS 2012 Got an event to publicise?
The MGC meet on the 1st Friday of every month from 12.30 to 2.00pm.
If you would like it included in the next edition please get in touch by the 31st of October.
There is a raffle, friendly atmosphere and good food.
The Christmas edition of Trentside Links will be distributed on the 15th of November - just in time for the Christmas festivities!
To pre-book call Chris on 01427 718558
Marton Village Hall FOR HIRE Holds up to 200 Cost: £10/hour or £7/hour for villagers Contact the Caretaker: Sandra Moody on 01427 718792
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SOCIAL ACTIVITIES AT TORKSEY TORKSEY BOOK CLUB
TEA DANCING
Meetings will be held 3rd Tuesday of the month at the tea room at Torksey Lock at 11am. Please contact Terri Fletcher on 01427 718189
Come and join us on the first Thursday of the month 2pm–4pm at Marton village hall, music by Helen and John Nicolson. Cost £3.50 which includes tea and biscuits.
TORKSEY CRAFT GROUP Meetings will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2pm at the tea room at Torksey Lock. Please contact Sue Child on 01427 717834 TORKSEY HISTORY GROUP Are you interested in or have knowledge of local history? Meetings will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2pm at the tea room at Torksey Lock. For more information contact Ray Watling on 01427 717435 HISTORY GROUP FUTURE VISITS Gainsborough Old Hall, Lincoln Castle & Guild Hall, Ferryman's House, Stow Church, "Closed" Churches of Lincolnshire, North Levington Windmill, Marton Dig. AIR GUN OWNERS Interested in target shooting? We are a group of enthusiasts who share transport and techno-chat to pursue our enthusiasm for this great sport. For more information please contact Joe Laurenson on 01427 717846 TORKSEY AND DISTRICT CROQUET CLUB The 2012 season has started! New members welcome. Come and join us on the village green, Tuesday and Saturday afternoons from 2pm. It’s a fun sociable game, come and give it a try, all the equipment is provided. For more information please contact Joe Laurenson membership secretary on 01427 717846
WALKING GROUP The next walk will be on the 13th September. Meet at the Elms top car park to arrange car sharing, we will leave the Elms promptly at 10.30am (the walk will commence promptly at 11am). All welcome, no need to book, just turn up. Dates of the walks for the following months are as follows: 11th October, 8th November For more information please contact Anne Bradshaw 01427 717492 or Anne Laurenson 01427 717846 COMPUTER CLUB The computer club meets alternate weeks 2nd Friday of the month and the 4th Thursday of the month For more information please contact Christina Moore on 01427 718539 or Terry Bartlam on 01427 858487 TORKSEY GARDENERS Our newly formed group meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 11.15 for 11.30am at the tea room at Torksey Lock. Dates for remainder of 2012: 29th August (note this is September meeting one week early due to Zan's holiday), 3rd October, 7th November, 5th December. We welcome all who have an interest in gardens and gardening. For more information please contact Christina Moore on 01427 718539 EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO ALL THE ACTIVITIES
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PARISH COUNCIL CONTACTS Brampton Mrs M Whiting, Secretary The Plot, Brampton, LN1 2EG Tel: 01427 717024 Fenton & Torksey Lock Mrs Shirley Shaw, Clerk Daplaunli House, Lincoln Rd, Fenton, LN1 2EP Tel: 01427 718457 Kettlethorpe & Laughterton Mr R Gee, Clerk 2 Swynford Close, Laughterton Lincs, LN1 2LG Tel: 01427 717868 Knaith Jackie Hunt, Clerk 1 White Cottages Willingham Road Knaith Park Lincs DN21 5EU Tel: 01427 610864 Marton and Gate Burton Mrs Gillian Martin, Clerk 6 Mount Pleasant Close, Marton, Gainsborough, Lincs, DN21 5AE Tel: 01427 718377 Newton on Trent Mr R Pilgrim, Clerk 2 Cedar Close, The Elms, Torksey, Lincs, LN1 2NH Tel: 01427 718388 Thorney Mrs Anna Dennison, Clerk Arden , Main Street, Thorney, Newark, Notts NG23 7BS Tel: 01522 702748 Torksey Mr R Pilgrim, Clerk 2 Cedar Close, The Elms, Torksey, Lincs, LN1 2NH Tel: 01427 718388
Kettlethorpe Village Hall FOR HIRE
Available for all social gatherings Cooking facilities, crockery & cutlery Seating for 80 Stage available on request Eco-lighting • Radiator heating Contact the booking secretary: Sharon Wilcox Beech House, Brampton, Torksey, Lincoln LN1 2EG. Tel: 01427 718637 Mob: 07813 564319 sharon.wilcox@yahoo.co.uk
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Trentside Church Notices Church services
Kettlethorpe, Newton & Torksey 16 September 09.00 Matins Kettlethorpe 09.00 Eucharist Newton 11.00 Eucharist Torksey 23 September 09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe 11.00 Harvest Festival Torksey NO SERVICE AT NEWTON 30 September Ordination Service St Botoplh's Saxilby NO SERVICE AT TORKSEY, NEWTON OR KETTLETHORPE 7 October 09.00 Matins Newton 09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe 10.00 Eucharist (Group Service) Torksey 14 October 09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe 11.00 Eucharist Torksey NO SERVICE AT NEWTON 21 October 09.00 Morning Prayer Kettlethorpe 09.00 Eucharist Newton 11.00 Eucharist Torksey 28 October 09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe 11.00 Eucharist Torksey NO SERVICE AT NEWTON
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SUNDAY OCTOBER 7th 6pm Harvest Songs of Praise Come along and sing all your old favourites. Donations of non-perishable goods such as household items (dusters, tea towels, washing up liquid etc) Toiletries (toothpaste, toilet rolls, shaving foam, comb/brush, soap etc) or groceries (tins fruit/veg, pickles, sugar, tea, coffee, pasta etc) would be most welcome and will be donated to FRAMEWORK a local charity working with vulnerable people. SUNDAY 14TH OCTOBER 9am Holy Communion SUNDAY 11TH NOVEMBER 10am Service of Remembrance
Church in the Community SATURDAY 10TH NOVEMBER Christmas Crafts at St Helen's 10.30 – 2.30pm Stalls to include: Jewellery, cakes, stained glass, knitting and crochet, cane and seagrass work, tombola, bric–a–brac, cards, paintings, wood-turning, candles Refreshments available. Proceeds to Village Facilities fund.
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Parish Clergy Rev Canon Rhys Prosser Tel: 01522 702427 rs.prosser@virgin.net Rev Stephanie Prosser Tel: 01522 702427 mumsteph66@yahoo.co.uk Rev Pam Rose Tel: 01427 787578 Rev Phillip Wain Tel: 01427 613188 To arrange for christenings & weddings please contact the appropriate vicar from the above list.
WE CAN HELP Kettlethorpe United Charities has funds to help people in need who live in Fenton, Kettlethorpe or Laughterton. Apply in confidence to see if you are eligible by contacting one of the Trustees: Mrs Rosalie Fowler 01427 718619 Mrs Anne Wingham 01427 717545 Revd Rhys Prosser 01522 702427 We can help if we know your need.
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For additional journeys between Gainsborough and Lincoln please see separate InterConnect 100 timetable
FREE BUS TO TESCO, GAINSBOROUGH - EVERY THURSDAY Marton Church. . . . . . . . . . . 10.40 Marton (Tillbridge Lane) . . . . 10.42 Sturton (Cross Roads) . . . . . . 10.50 Sturton School. . . . . . . . . . . 10.51 Stow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.53 Willingham. . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.56 Kexby Corner. . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59 Upton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.01 Heapham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.04 Springthorpe. . . . . . . . . . . . 11.07 Corringham (Becket Arms). . . 11.12 Arrives TESCO Gainsborough. . . . . . . . . . . 11.22
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FREE BUS TO TESCO, LINCOLN TO TESCO, CANWICK ROAD, LINCOLN EVERY WEDNESDAY - SERVICE T15 Departs from: The Elms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Torksey Caravan Site. . . . . . . Fenton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Laughterton . . . . . . . . . . . . Newton on Trent . . . . . . . . . Arrives TESCO Lincoln. . . . .
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Departs TESCO Lincoln. . . . . 11.55
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Lincoln Golf Club
Membership and Coaching
OPEN DAY
Sunday 7th October 2012 OPEN TO ALL • Special offer 3 Month introductory membership available on the day
Winter Package • 18 Holes of Golf – playing, to the most part onto summer greens • One course meal
FOR THE GOLFER • Complimentary introductory round of golf hosted by one of our members
FOR THE BEGINNER • Bookable coaching session with one of our professionals
• £25 per person • Available Monday, Wednesday and Friday 09.00 – 10.30 and after 13.00
Lincoln Golf Club, Torksey, Lincoln, LN1 2EG Tel: 01427 718721 option 4 or email manager@lincolngc.co.uk Visit our website www.lincolngc.co.uk
BUILDING • DESIGNING • PLANNING 01427 718243 • www.johnkinchbuilds.co.uk stuart@thejohnkinchgroup.co.uk
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