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Deeping ISSUE 013 / JUN 2016

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Back Row: (l-r) Mayor of Market Deeping, Wayne Lester, Inspector Mike Burnett, SKDC’s Paul Stokes, Chair DSJ Parish Council, Steve Gilbert, Bourne Town Council and Consort to SKDC Chair, Cllr Bob Russell Middle Row: Liz Waterland FodL, Lisa Goodchild, Nicholas Watts MBE, Cllr Judy Smith Chair SKDC, Cllr Jane Hill, Chair Deeping Gate Parish Council Front: Morgan Underwood

Welcome

When Take That sang ‘all the stars are coming out tonight, they’re lighting up the sky tonight’ they may well have had the Deeping St James Parish Council Annual Parish Meeting and Making a Difference Awards in mind.

This is the occasion in which the Parish Council along with other local dignitaries pay homage to the people within the community who make a difference to their neighbours during the year. This year there was a great selection of local personalities, groups and people who within the course of their work make a real difference to those around them.

This year the citizen to most make a difference was Carol Precey for her many years of charitable work, Lisa Goodchild of the Deepings School was the person to most make a difference at work while the young person selected was eight year old Morgan Underwood who not only had her beautiful hair cut to make wigs for child cancer patients but also raised £2000 for the cause as well. The group category was hotly contested with the Mens Group, Chicks for Charity and the Methodist Church Lunch Box Group but Friends of Deeping Library took the award for the second year in succession. Special awards were made to the late and much respected John Fisher and Bob and Maggie Clack who retired from the Post Office last year.

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Jimmy Deeping

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New life in old pots!

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John Clare

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Five great places to go fishing

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Can we detect a trend starting in the Deepings?

This year the Raft Race goes to the movies and if you would like a slice of the action - to raise funds, increase your profile or just come and join the fun - then you will be very welcome on Sunday August 7th. For a stand, to enter a raft or to help, contact www.deepingsraftrace.co.uk

Round Tabler Chris Ray has completed the Paris and London marathons within 3 weeks of each other. He describes the noise from the crowds as being both incredible and inspirational, urging him to keep going and push through to the end. London was completed in 4 hours 12 mins and 2 seconds, taking 29 minutes off his Paris time and 29 seconds off his previous attempt in 2013. To date he has raised well over £2500 for Macmillan Cancer Support and #team George. If you wish to donate please visit www.virginmoneygiving.com

Two Lincolnshire butchers shops owned and run by Stuart Stables have now joined an elite group of butchers.

Grasmere Farm Traditional Butchers’ shops in Market Deeping and Stamford have been awarded membership of the national Butchers Q Guild.

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Mark Alderson of Frognall has spent nearly every Sunday this year running races including two Marathons, Manchester and London within a fortnight. He is in preparation for the toughest footrace in the world, The Marathon des Sables in the Sahara Desert in 2017. He has also got his sights on completing the tough PTI course, which given his age will make him one of the oldest to do so. This is all for the Royal Marsden Cancer Charity - to donate www. justgiving.com/markaldersonrunningforcancer 7

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Local Scouting Achievements Celebrated at Special St George’s Day Ceremony inside Windsor Castle with Queen Scouts parade.

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From the local district Tony Everitt (front right) received the highest accolade in Scouting, the Silver Wolf. Cindy Lee (front left) received the Bar to the Silver Acorn. Steve Canham (back left) and Chris Mayhew (back right) both received the Silver Acorn.

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Jess Symak (10) pictured on her return from a night fishing trip with her Dad at Northey Park Fisheries in Peterborough having caught a personal best; 21 lb CatFish!! Cast, caught and landed all by herself.

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The Phantoms Junior Academy, LIVES Deeping & Bourne, Carers Sitters Service and the Peterborough Premature Baby Unit were all beneficiaries of the pretty little chicks knitted this Easter by Chicks for Charity.The event was held at the Walnut Tree.

In the April issue of the magazine Farmer Jones of Oakwood Property Services laid down the challenge for someone to find images of his animals on their properties to let boards, in this magazine and on their website.

The lucky winners of a M&S voucher and a cuddly toy were the Morgan family of Market Deeping.

There was a hive of activity at Braeburn Lodge when members of the Forget me Not Club and the Welcome Club joined residents for an afternoon of games and quizzes.

Peterborough Big Band at the Deepings School raised the rafters and fed the soul!

The old values of care and propriety which were once expected of banks are embodied in the Credit Union and that is why MP John Hayes was more than happy to endorse the Deeping branch when he conducted a surgery here recently. “When I first went to a bank for a loan of £500 to buy a car the manager had a long chat with me over a glass of sherry and it was his conclusions as to how honourable I would be in paying that loan back that led to him giving me a loan. That element of personal care seems to have been lost in recent times but the Credit Union do care, do help and are responsible loan providers. They are also an ethical way to save.” Call 07518 776950. deepingscu@gmail.com or 01522873550.

Residents of Braeburn Lodge were out in force to cheer on runners in the Rotary Club of the Deepings 3k Fun Run and 10k run. The event was also sponsored by Braeburn Lodge and Piper Physiotherapy.

Fiona Perry of Well Laid Table was blown away by the kindness of two witnesses to her car being badly damaged in Rainbow Car Park and who gave her evidence of the culprit, who did not himself come forward. Bikers visiting the Iron Horse made sure that the vehicle was fit to drive and sent Fiona on her way safely. Bouquets all round!

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St James Deeping Station opened to the public on 1 August 1949, the railway having been used for a year to take ballast from the local pits to Peterborough. In the following year Great Northern changed the name to Crowland and St James Deeping. This created a furore throughout the community; in January the name reverted to St James Deeping and the name Jimmy Deeping stuck. The first station master recorded in Whites Directory of 1856 was Charles Coleman who was also a coal dealer.

The coming of the railway opened up a new world to the locals who could now easily go to towns like Spalding and Boston, and a trip to the seaside was now also possible. The only problem was in the early days accidents were common and so the timetable wasn’t always adhered to. Ring any bells?

In the early 1850s businessmen from London travelled to Deeping to attend auctions for property and other matters, and to respond to this demand the Railway Hotel was built.

According to Kellys Directory of 1855-56, George Bolton was the landlord and in 1892, according to the Directory, the hotel was thriving with Wright Mackman at the helm. It boasted a prominent yellow-and-blue sign so alighting passengers could see it clearly.

Imagine the excitement locally when on 20 July 1858 the Great Northern Railway Co. organised a trip to Nottingham races or, if you alighted at Bottesford, you could visit Belvoir Castle. Leaving the station at 8.10 a.m. it arrived in Nottingham at 10.15 a.m. The first class fare was 3/6d, or the covered carriage 2/3d.

By the 1870s the station was a busy place with goods as well as passengers. At this time the goods yard was extended to cope with coal, building materials and livestock as well as orders from local shops. By the 1880s coal merchants and potato farmers were conducting their business from the station: Thomas Buck advertised ‘Potatoes (Early Prolific) from 20-30 tons near to James Deeping Station to be sold in lots to suit purchasers. Cheap. Good sample and change. Put on rail if required.’ Everything that used to come by river now came on the train.

In 1866 the timber bridge that crossed the Welland was reconstructed in brick or masonry with wrought-iron girders. There were regular excursions to Skegness, Lincoln, Nottingham, Doncaster Races and the Derby at Epsom and the fare to London was 17/6 first class return, second class in covered carriages 8/6d return.

For the first time ever, Market Deeping decided to observe the August Bank Holiday and all the shops closed, allowing 110 people to take a trip to Skegness organised by the GNR. Unfortunately the return journey did not run smoothly and took four hours instead of the advertised one and three-quarter hours.

In 1883 a tour company began to put posters up all over London recommending that people come to Deeping for a country holiday with accommodation at The Bell, Deeping St James, continued >

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FEATURE the New Inn and the White Horse at Market Deeping. The fare was 7/return, slightly more each for second and again for first class. The posters advertised fresh air, fishing, boating and good food and there is evidence that these holidays were very popular with Londoners for a number of years.

Life on the station in Deeping did not always run smoothly. In February 1892, Mrs Haines intended to go to Spalding leaving on the 11 o’clock train, but got onto one going to Peterborough by mistake. After the train had started she attempted to alight, falling between two carriages and badly crushing her legs while the baby that she had in her arms was thrown on the platform, fortunately without injury. In trying to save her, a young lady in the same carriage was forced out onto the platform but was only slightly injured and able to resume her journey while Mrs Haines was taken back to the village.

On 10 June 1893 at Bourne Court, a William Butress was fined 5/- for causing major excursion delays on 31 May (Whit Monday) for allowing three heifers and one cow to stray onto the line. They were caught running down the track towards Spalding!

One of the more notable Station Masters was John Durrant Olle, an Australian who served on the GNR for a total of 25 years, retiring from the station in 1901 and describing his time at the station as being busy but happy.

During the First World War the station was again very busy, taking men off to war and goods to the front line. From Deeping this was mainly potatoes as Lincolnshire was the nation’s biggest producers of the vegetable. The four railway companies which were then using the lines and station were all put under government control.

In 1925 the station was out of action due to flooding; the level crossing was under a foot of water so no trains could run.

But the weather did not stop St James Deeping from winning the prettiest station in the whole of Lincolnshire competition a year later due to the efforts of the Station Master, Francis Clarke.

On 11 July 1931, the station was decorated with garlands and festoons to celebrate the wedding of Albert Scuffham, clerk at the station, to Miss Sarah Bridges of Cranmore Lodge Farm. They were married at Deeping St James and were given a rousing send off by guests and station staff when they left by train for their honeymoon.

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At the start of the Second World War the government once again took control of the railway and it became part of British Rail in 1947. Disaster struck again in 1945 when two airmen were killed in an accident that happened near the Stowgate Crossing by the Grimsby to King’s Cross Express.

By the 1950s more people had their own cars and railway travel decreased rapidly just as more goods were transported by road. In 1959 it was decided to close the station and the line. Protests and petitions meant that the line was saved but all the smaller stations from Peterborough to Lincoln were closed. St James Deeping Station closed to passengers on 11 September 1961 and to goods on 15 June 1964. With the station’s closure the fate of the Railway Hotel was sealed: it closed for lack of business in 1966 and is now a private house and pet and wild bird food business.

Deeping people, like the nation, never lost their love of steam railways and they echoed the excitement of the nation when the Flying Scotsman went on tour and came through St James Deeping in 1968 (pictured previous page). Crowds lined the route and Station Road was abuzz with people taking time off work to see it in all its glory.

The legendary train is due to come through the Deepings again on June 18th. We also live near to three preserved railways, the Nene Valley Railway at Wansford, Bessingham Steam Railway and the Grand Central Railway at Loughborough.

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Doctor Dolittle comes to Deeping When Pam and her husband went to a Peterborough pet shop to buy food for their tropical fish, little did they realise that this would lead to a lifestyle change of the kind that has inspired film, literature and music!

By chance on that occasion, a hapless husband was trying to return a Burmese Python to the shop having discovered, too late, that his wife would not live with it. The pet shop owner was adamant that the snake could not be returned and there was an exchange in which the purchaser threatened to throw it in the river. Pam and husband Mel watched horrified and scrambled together £10, finding themselves the somewhat reluctant owners of the snake. He lived for 25 years, moving with them from their Peterborough home to their house in Etton and then to their four-acre base in Station Road, Deeping St James, 20 years ago.

cupboard and now a baby spider monkey has taken up residence with Pam in her front room, liking nothing better than to watch CBeebies on the television. There was Diago (Diggi) the llama who shared his home with Pam for ten years, thinking that he was a Rhodesian Ridgeback, the same as those with whom he shared a home; the lynx, Inca, whose millionaire owner decided he wanted to get rid of her when she shredded his curtains, and there have been a colourful array of fruit bats which have lived in the house, along with enormous tortoises, tarantulas and parrots.

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The pair, a favourite with Pam’s son Darren, have now died of old age but a steady stream of calls will ensure that the place in their enclosure is soon filled.

There are 25 monkeys, including Casey, who was taught to smile by her female owner, who also dressed her up like a child.

Showing your teeth to a monkey is a sign of aggression so this simple act has resulted in little Casey’s solitary existence. It is hoped, however, that the monkey, Adam, in the neighbouring cage, who is also a Capuchin Monkey, will be introduced to the same cage later this season.

Cinders the monkey, who came to the Refuge as a TV personality and stayed for 22 years, was famous for her role in the film 51st State with Samuel L. Jackson and Meat Loaf, and for promoting biscuits in a TV ad, and passed away last autumn.

A baby deer, rescued when its mother was killed on the A1 and arriving unable Funding comes from the popular to walk, was hand reared open days in the season, but there in Pam’s front room for eight months. There are Pam Mansfield (pictured centre) of the Exotic Pet Refuge recieved an Award from is a room for group visits and parties ducklings in the kitchen, the International Fund for Animal Welfare for the best animal refuge in the UK and some companies choose to have their conferences and training in squirrels in the airing presented by Queen’s Brian May. 16

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this interesting but rural setting. Deeping people and charities are a great support to Pam, and food donated by the Co-op is very helpful.

Pam has lost two of the stalwarts in her life: husband Mel and recently Sandy Fox, who for years took the Refuge’s owls to events in the locality. He retired from the Refuge last Christmas and sadly had died by Valentine’s Day. Surrounded by a selection of the world’s most unusual and exotic animals, Pam wanted only to have a horse as a tiny child and Ayla became her dream come true. Now aged 22, the horse is ailing with asthma and has gone to a quiet stable with a friend to live out the last days of her life.

Open Days are more popular than ever. Jane Syrova has come back to the Refuge as Manager, having undertaken veterinary training, and has spent two years at a zoo. There are valuable volunteers to help with cleaning, gardening and catering and Pam’s son Darren lives on site and is a Director of the Refuge.

Pam is waiting for the arrival of the 200-300 wild birds that the Refuge receives at this time of year. She recommends that if a young, seemingly abandoned, bird is spotted, to watch and wait for a few hours as the mother may well return. The Refuge has a 70% survival rate with those birds that are brought to them. Pam fondly mentions the five blue tits that fly to her as she walks through the Refuge; they had been brought in abandoned and introduced to a nest box in the apple tree next to the house, where they intermingled with the baby blue tits already there and survived!

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John Clare Recognised in Poets Corner, Westminster Abbey, Mavis Leverington charts the life of our ‘peasant poet’.

It was the summer of 1817. Market Deeping fair was in full swing, with people flocking in from the surrounding villages, and among them was John Clare, a young labourer from Helpston. Mr. Henson, the bookseller, was surprised when this scruffy, undersized and rather tipsy labourer came into his shop with an unusual request.

He wanted to purchase a booklet of blank paper, in which to write his poetry.

He explained that, with barely enough money to pay for food and rent, paper had been an unattainable luxury and he had just written on whatever scraps he could forage, but after a few months’ paid employment in the lime pits at Bridge Casterton he was determined to present his poems properly with a view to getting them published. Henson agreed to make up the booklet of paper for the sum of eight shillings and, having seen the poems, he decided to publish a prospectus inviting subscribers to John’s volume of verse. This was not a success, but by chance Mr. Edward Drury of Stamford saw the prospectus and was so impressed that he passed it on to London publishers, Taylor and Hessey, who agreed to publish John Clare’s first volume, Poems Descriptive of Rural Life and Scenery. It was received with great acclaim.

John was taken to London where he was introduced to fellow writers such as Coleridge and Wordsworth and to influential patrons Lord Radstock and Eliza Emmerson. He was presented as an uneducated peasant poet, which was far from the truth; his illiterate parents had always encouraged his efforts to educate himself. After attending a Dame school in Helpston he then walked over to the school in St Benedict’s Church in Glinton, where the schoolmasters, impressed by his eagerness to learn and to read, lent him books.

His friends, the Turnills in Helpston and Tom Porter in Ashton, also gave him generous access to their books. As soon as he had money to spare John built up his own library, much of which has survived. Sadly, the fashionable interest in poetry was short-lived. John’s next books did not sell well, and he descended into severe poverty once more.

He had a reputation as a solitary young man who didn’t join in with the usual hurly-burly of youthful pursuits, preferring to walk alone in the surrounding fields and on the heath-land, just dropping down and resting on the top of his hat to scribble out the poems he claimed just came to him. An acute observer of all the local flora and fauna he described them in loving detail in poetry and continued >

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prose. He was inspired to write his own verse after a friend lent him Thompson’s Seasons; he was so enthralled by it that he walked to Stamford to buy his own copy.

His output was immense. ‘Clock-a-Clay’ and ‘Little Trotty Wagtail’, or perhaps the immensely moving and despairing ‘I am’, are the poems most people associate with John Clare. He wrote sonnets to rival Shakespeare’s and is now once again restored and regarded as one of our greatest poets of the natural world. He gives us vivid pictures of his fellow villagers and their lives; of fields bustling with workers, with shepherds, cowherds, milkmaids, boys weeding; the seasonal festivals; fairs at Stamford and Deeping and of course the ale houses he visited there and of the Bluebell in Helpston, where he would often be with his father, a great singer of folk songs, after a thirsty day threshing grain.

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He loved the lasses and many of his poems describe his favourite of the time but it was Martha Turner, known as Patty, his ‘Patty of the Glen’, whom he first met when working at the lime kilns in Pickworth and whom he married at Great Casterton on 16 March 1820. Patty bore him nine children, seven of whom survived infancy. She supported him through all his troubled years of mental problems that saw him first admitted to the asylum in Epping Forest in 1841. From there he completed a long walk home to the family’s

new cottage in Northborough and then, after a few short months at home, he was committed to the asylum in Northampton, where he stayed for the last 23 years of his life, continuing to write great poetry. Patty had to endure living with John’s delusion that he had two wives. His first, he thought, was his lasting love Mary Joyce, whom he had first met at school in Glinton, where he declared her, ‘the sweetest natured girl in all the school, with her little playful fairy form and witching smile’. She was, however, the daughter of a wealthy farmer and John’s peasant boy’s overtures were firmly discouraged. Her memory haunted him and in many poems he wrote tenderly and despairingly of his love for her.

The building of the railway and the Enclosure Act, with its changes to footpaths and roads, have altered the landscape between Helpston and Market Deeping where Clare would walk to collect his mail from the London coach and to meet with friends. In 1825 he spent three nights there at the New Inn hotel with his friend and promoter Eliza Emmerson and her husband.

In the centre of Helpston we can still see much of the village that he loved , including his cottage home, his ‘trusty hut’ that was bought and is run by the John Clare Trust and is now open three days a week.

The John Clare Society was formed in 1981 to promote the wider knowledge of this remarkable poet. We hold an annual Festival in mid-July, close to his birthday, starting on the Friday afternoon, with a procession of the children coming down from the village school to John Clare’s grave, carrying their midsummer cushions decorated with flowers in the traditional way. This is followed over the weekend with a full programme of music and poetry and talks.

There is no charge for admission and everyone is welcome; it is always a lovely, friendly occasion.

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Art Stars A new children’s art school is set to launch over the summer, run by illustrator Ellie Sandall from her studio at The Cross School on Eastgate, Deeping St. James. Alongside writing and illustrating children’s books, Ellie has taught art at a primary school in Peterborough for seven years, and is now planning to offer quality art tuition in the Deepings to complement the Early Years and Primary art curriculum. Covering a wide variety of arts activities including drawing, painting, collage, sculpture, printmaking and textiles, Art Stars aims to encourage and inspire creativity and confidence in Deeping’s young artists. Initial classes will be for the 4-11 age range, with further classes for older and younger artists planned for the future. Ellie is also qualified to deliver Arts Award at Discover, Explore, Bronze and Silver levels, and will be offering young artists the opportunity to work towards this qualification.

Pete Hayward Find Pete Hayward working in his studio working with a variety of materials including; acrylics, watercolour and mixed media.

Commissions are accepted and the studio is also open by appointment. Refreshments available.

Plants for sale in aid of the Sue Ryder Hospice.

Barn Studio 17 Woodgate Helpston PE6 7ED Tel : 07737446623 Email: pete.haywardsbarn@hotmail.com 11am - 5pm Sat & Sun 25/26 June Sat & Sun 2/3 July Sat & Sun 9/10 July

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Open Day The Cross School, The Cross, Deeping St James 10- 4.00pm Saturday 9th July

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Emma Burt Design and Consultancy Inspired by a love for coastal environments from underwater plants to rock surfaces, Emma’s work is an interplay of soft and vibrant shades, composition and tactility.

This collection explores colour, subtle textures and pattern; showing my natural progression from photography to mixed media pieces to hand-woven silk textiles.

4, West Barn, Clare Court, Helpston, Peterborough.

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Craig Patrick & Ellie Sandall Craig and Ellie both completed an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art, and have been developing their art work ever since.

Though they both enjoy portraying animals, their work is very different. Craig works from his home studio near Grafham Water, and specialises in creating images using intricate and detailed plasticine sculptures of characters he has designed.

He photographs his models, which are often life size (or bigger!), against skilfully created backdrops to give a real sense of depth to his illustrations. A typical model of a robin, one of Craig’s favourite subjects, takes around 50-60 hours to complete. Each figure starts out as a basic armature shaped from dense polystyrene, onto which the plasticine is added a layer at a time. Craig manages to portray real character in his models through his mastery of creating humorous and endearing facial expressions.

Ellie works predominantly in watercolour, pastel pencil and collage, and has been writing and illustrating picture books alongside teaching art at primary level since graduating in 2007. Her first book, Birdsong, was nominated for several awards, including the prestigious Kate Greenaway Award, and won the UK Literacy Association’s Children’s Picture Book Award. It also appears regularly on CBeebies Lunchtime Stories! Birdsong was followed by Daisy Plays Hide-and-Seek, Copycat

Bear and Follow Me. Ellie’s next book will be published by Hodder in December, and is entitled Everybunny Dance! She is currently working on a sequel to this from her new studio at The Cross School, where she also runs children’s art classes.

Craig Pattrick t07752 057927 craig_pattrick@hotmail.com www.facebook.com/craigpattrickillustration Ellie Sandall 07763 614479 ellie_sandall@yahoo.com www.facebook.com/Ellie-Sandall-Illustration

Jerome Hunt

John McGowan

Jerome Hunt’s paintings are a series of observations that reflect the everyday.

His subject matter tends to be those momentary glimpses of light, colour and shadow that can be found within the commonplace. Jerome’s paintings are about the enjoyment of colour and the challenges posed by the traditional craft of oil painting. Jerome is a fine art graduate of Wimbledon School of Art and has taught locally for 40 years.

He is now a full-time artist.

John has made prints for 50 years and taught printmaking for nearly 40 of them. Retired from teaching, he is now working full time on his screenprints, at his studio in Northborough.

Recent projects have included decommissioned local Signal Boxes, Northborough Buildings, Venetian Scenes, Northampton Canals and The Rotherhithe Suite, which has been acquired by The Museum of London and won the Portland Print Prize at the Kettering Open 16.

07977 990430 info@jeromehunt.com www.jeromehunt.com

Stamford Arts Centre 27 St Marys Street, Stamford PE9 2DL

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Artists at venue on PAOS days

Black Cab Studio 5 Church St. Deeping St James 10.00 am - 4.00 pm Sat & Sun 25th & 26th June Sat 2nd July Sat 9th July

Stamford Arts Centre 27 St Marys Street, Stamford PE9 2DL

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CHILDREN

Baby and toddler groups in Deeping There’s plenty to do with the little ones in Deeping.

Michelle Board has compiled a selection of groups and activities for you to try. independent confidence and social skills.

For children aged 0 - 18 months. Dropin session.

2:00 - 3:00 First Steps, Market Deeping Children’s Centre This group is for newcomers to the Children’s Centre. It’s a warm and welcoming group that will put your mind at ease and introduce parents to the activities at the Children’s Centre.

Drop-in session.

Monday 09:45 - 11:00 Baby Yoga, Market Deeping Children’s Centre Providing babies with physical and mental stimulation through a variety of gentle exercises and movements.

Please contact the Children’s Centre for more details. For babies from 4 months to walking. Booking required. Please contact Julie: Julie@babynomad.net or 07894468224 10:00 - 11:00 Movers and Shakers, Deeping St James School This is a physical programme which promotes co-ordination and communication through singing and dancing sessions where parents and children can express themselves with the aid of musical instruments, movement and songs. Run by the Children’s Centre. Drop-in session.

11:15 - 12:30 Baby Massage, Market Deeping Children’s Centre Baby massage classes promote enjoyment and confidence in the handling of babies and in ways of relating to our children.

Please contact the Children’s Centre for more details. For babies from 4 months to walking. Booking required. Please contact Julie: Julie@babynomad.net Or 07894468224.

1:30 - 2:30 Family Fun Time, Market Deeping Children’s Centre A parent-led group for families with children aged 0 - 5 years old with activities for you to enjoy with your child in a stimulating environment, including; 24

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stories, painting, drawing, play dough and simple crafts often linked to a theme.

Drop-in session.

Tuesday 9:00 - 11:00 Little Linchfield Parent and Toddler Group, School Hall, Linchfield Primary School A new group at Linchfield School with activity stations, snacks and songs at the end. Tea and coffee for adults.

9:30 - 10:30 Little Explorers, Market Deeping Children’s Centre Encourages children to use their creative thoughts in an active learning environment with parental support.

The main emphasis is developing handeye co-ordination through sensory and tactile experiences as well as supporting language and vocabulary development.

0 – 5 years. Drop-in session.

10:00 - 11.30, Parent and Toddler Group, Open Door Church Toys, crafts and songs for the little ones and a cup of tea or coffee for the adults. £1 per family.

1:00 – 3:00 Music Bugs, The Green School When you come to Music Bugs you can expect fantastic songs, knee bouncers, finger play rhymes, puppets, bubbles, sensory play, parachutes, percussion instruments, hobby horses, body percussion and much much more.

Two classes for different ages. Booking required. Call Sarah on 0844 578 1015 or email sarah@musicbugs.co.uk.

1:30 - 2:30 Come and Play, Market Deeping Children’s Centre An opportunity for children to play together and discover a range of different play activities which promote

10:00 - 11:00 Storybox, Market Deeping Children’s Centre A chance for you and your child to play together and discover a range of different play activities which promote independence, confidence and social skills. 18 months – 5 years. Drop-in session.

1:30 - 2:30 Musical Minis, Market Deeping Children’s Centre A fun time music group for babies and toddlers. Structured sessions encourage cognitive, physical and emotional development through the use of music, instruments and stories.

Booking required. Please contact Hazel on hazel@musicalminis.co.uk or 07752 270700.

2:00 – 2:45 Story Time, Deepings Library Come along to the library for a story and some activities. Also look out for special events at the library during school holidays.

Caterpillar Parties 5M BELL TENT FOR HIRE Perfect for a sleepover & parties

£75 FOR THE WEEKEND

Comes complete with carpet, cushions, bunting & lamp (Needs room for pegging out).

www.caterpillarparties.co.uk lisa@caterpillarparties.co.uk • Happy child friendly studio • No time constraints on shoot • Many many satisfied customers • Relaxed stress free environment • Family shots just £40 (all photos supplied on a disc, prints available for small extra charge)

• Children Party Shoots just £50 (bring birthday cakes, party poppers, balloons, props and any ideas

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Make it Yours

Local embroidery and printing services, completed in-house.

• Music and video projector available

THE PHOTO STUDIO 07827 225812 01778 219138 tomclare@live.co.uk www.tom-clare.co.uk Godsey Lane, Market Deeping

Come and visit us at Unit 13 Peacock Square, Blenheim Way, Market Deeping PE6 8LW, email enquiries@makeityoursuk.co.uk or telephone us on 01778 349494.

Deeping Fudge Come and choose from a selection of flavours including; malteser, coffee, maple & walnut, caramel, vanilla, chocolate, raspberry ripple, lavender, apple & cinnamon,chocolate chilli, chocolate orange, chocolate mint, coconut ice, ginger, lemon meringue, dairy free vanilla and chocolate and the popular strawberry & cream.

We also stock a range of homemade preserves, pickle, vinegars and sauces.

Join us for a slice of cake and a cup of tea!

Top of Linchfield Rd at Swines Meadow Farm Nursery Call 07973368611 or info@deepingfudge.co.uk

Take your next step Great for Parties or events Spoil that special little one in your life whether it’s a birthday surprise or just a day in the garden with some friends perfect for kids. Party bags now available Call for details and availability Find us on Facebook.com/maltysbouncycastle 07907 666946 / 01778 344967

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Thursday 9:30 - 11:30 Baby Bumpkin, Market Deeping Children’s Centre Yoga-inspired classes for you and your baby, based around unique stories and music. Learn techniques to relax, stretch and aid development. Two classes for different ages. Booking required.

Please contact Sam on rutland@ tattybumpkin.com or 0845 680 3519.

10:00 - 11:30 Seedlings, Deeping Baptist Church A chance for the kids to play together and catch up with friends. £1 per family.

Tea and coffee for parents and drink and biscuits for children.

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10:15 – 2:00, Tumble Tots, Coronation Hall The weekly classes are designed to develop children’s physical skills of agility, balance, co-ordination and climbing, through the use of brightly coloured Tumble Tots equipment. There are four classes on Thursday for ages 6 months to school age.

Booking required. Contact Lauren Young for more information 01778 440611, mobile 0793 2051814 or visit tumbletots.com.

12:30 - 2:30 BreastStart, Market Deeping Children’s Centre An informal group for breastfeeding mums. Whether you are finding breastfeeding a breeze or having some problems, this group is for you. A health visitor will be on hand if you would like professional advice and support. Dropin session.

9:30 - 11:30 Childminders Group, Market Deeping Children’s Centre First Thursday of the month. A monthly group for child-minders and the children they look after. Drop-in session.

Friday 9:15 – 11:00 Music Bugs, Coronation Hall When you come to Music Bugs you can expect, fantastic songs, knee bouncers, finger play rhymes, puppets, bubbles, sensory play, parachutes, percussion instruments, hobby horses, body percussion and much much more.

There are two classes on this morning.

Booking required. Call Sarah on 0844 578 1015 or email sarah@musicbugs. co.uk.

9:30 - 11:00 Pre-School Learning Together, Market Deeping Children’s Centre The main focus is on communication, language and literacy. This is a structured group where parents are positively encouraged to interact with their children while promoting learning through play. Booking required, through Children’s Centre.

10:00 – 11:30 Tots at 10, Deeping Methodist Church Lots of toys for the kids to play with. Attended by mums, dads and grandparents. Everyone takes a turn to bring cake/biscuits each week. Tea and coffee served for adults and squash for children. £1.50 per family.

1:30 - 2:30 Babies Learning Together, Market Deeping Children’s Centre The main focus is on communication, language and literacy. It is a structured group where parents are positively encouraged to interact with their children whilst promoting learning through play. Booking required, through Children’s Centre.

Please note: Some groups are not on over school holidays, please check with the organiser before turning up during school holidays.

For more information on Children’s Centre groups, please contact: Market Deeping Children’s Centre, 01778 382574. Please park in the parent car park, access via Tesco.

To find out more about what’s going on in and around Deeping for babies and toddlers, join the ‘Deepings Baby and Toddler Network’ on Facebook.

This is an active Facebook group with lots more suggestions on groups and activities around Deepings and further afield.

The Deepings Carpet Centre

We are an established family run business supplying and fitting carpets and floor coverings for over thirty years in Market Deeping and the surrounding villages and towns.

We supply carpets from all the leading manufacturers, including Cormar, Abingdon, Brockway and Whitestone Weavers. Karndean and Polyflor are two of our hard vinyl tile manufacturers along with sheet vinyl from manufacturers such as Leolan, Tarkett and Forbo.

Two of our wood ranges are from V4 and Chéne and our laminate is from Kaindl. We also sell many types of window blinds.

We have a fully stocked showroom or we can visit you in the comfort of your home at a time to suit you.

Showroom: Unit K, Bentley Business Park, Blenheim Way, Northfields Ind. Est., (opposite Inside outside store) Open Mon-Fri 9.00 - 4.30 Sat 9.00 - 2.00 Tel: 01778 346918 www.homechoose-carpets.co.uk

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DAYS OUT

Burghley House Visiting stately homes, then, is a preoccupation that far predates the establishment of the National Trust in 1895. It is said that it is in fact the visiting that distinguishes the stately home from the country house. In the Lincs Free Press of May 1968 readers were encouraged to do just that: ‘If you live on the old village streets or the new estates and find the car the best way of getting away from both, be glad to turn off the highways and share for an hour or two the spaciousness of a Park, the slumbering quiet of a lake, the expansive atmosphere of grand rooms, the thrill of long views through tall windows, the

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ordered peace of wide gardens and reminders of more luxurious and romantic days.’

‘She was tired of great houses; after going over so many, she really had no pleasure in fine carpets or satin curtains.’ Elizabeth Bennett in Pride and Prejudice wasn’t really jaded from visiting stately homes, she just wanted to avoid the prospect of bumping into Darcy at Pemberley. Her aunt, Mrs Gardiner, abused her stupidity: ‘If it were merely a fine house richly furnished,’ said she, ‘I should not care about it myself but the grounds are delightful. They have some of the finest woods in the country.’

Grimsthorpe Castle

Here we are spoilt for choice!

Neighbours to Burghley House, which doubled as a little piece of Rome in the film The Da Vinci Code, is this year celebrating the 300th birthday of Capability Brown, landscaper of the gardens; he also contributed architectural details to the house. There is an exhibition dedicated to his life and work and a free leaflet with information for a self-guided walk, showing key parts of the park, Brown’s Vistas and the famous Lion Bridge. For more details on other events visit www.burghley. co.uk/capability2016/ .

In the 1995 TV version of Jane Austen’s Pride and Prejudice it was the good fortune of Jennifer Ehle’s

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Belton House

Lizzie to dine in the splendour of Belton House which stood in for Lady Catherine de Burgh’s residence, Rosings. It is a little more than 45 minutes up the A1 from here and also a National Trust property. But for 300 years it was the home of the Brownlow and then the Cust families, influential Lincolnshire families who intermarried with the Dukes of Ancaster at Grimsthorpe and the Cecils of Burghley House. For more details visit www. nationaltrust.org.uk/belton-house Stamford was the set for much of the famous TV

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Doddington Hall

screening of Middlemarch but it was the Vanburgh mansion, Grimsthorpe Castle just up the road near Bourne that provided the setting of the Lydgate family’s home at Quallingham, Northumberland. While the link to Katharine of Aragon and Peterborough Cathedral is well known, it is less widely known that her Spanish lady-in-waiting, Maria de Salinas was betrothed to the 11th Baron Willoughby de Eresby

by Henry VIII in 1516, along with the title to the property. It is still in the ownership of the family, the present owner being the 28th Baroness Willoughby de Eresby, Jane Heathcote-Drummond-Willoughby. See www.hha.org.uk/Property/239/Grimsthorpe-Castle Belvoir Castle

Rockingham Castle Filming has been as diverse as an episode of the Hairy Bikers’ Mums Know Best and the 1980 TV miniseries of Pride and Prejudice, showing Collins proposing to Charlotte in the garden. But perhaps Doddington Hall, five miles west of Lincoln on the B1190, is most famous as an Elizabethan house, completed in 1600, which has been in the same family for an unbroken 400 years. Offering a fascinating insight into the running of a country house estate with a walled kitchen garden, a variety of walks and events including the bauble Barn at Christmas time, there is a definite sense that nothing stands still at Doddington. www. doddingtonhall.com/ Capability Brown has also been heralded by the Duchess of Rutland of Belvoir Castle who recently hosted a glittering evening of celebrations when Alan Titchmarsh

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MBE unveiled an obelisk crowned with a peacock over the new memorial lakes on the estate. Alan also presented a preview of the Channel 4 documentary which coincided with the release of the Duchess’s book, Capability Brown at Belvoir. The Dukes of Rutland have lived at Belvoir in an unbroken line for almost a thousand years, ‘crowning a hill in Leicestershire, its turrets and towers rise over the Vale of Belvoir like an illustration in a romantic fairytale’. www.belvoircastle.com/ In the BBC TV English Civil War period drama By the Sword Divided, Rockingham Castle was Arnescote Castle, occupied by the Royalist Lacey family. It was also a popular haunt of Charles Dickens who was a great friend of Richard and Lavinia Watson, ancestors of the current family, and is thought to be the inspiration for Chesney Wold in one of Dickens’ greatest works, Bleak House. Having acquired the lease of the Castle from Henry VIII, the founder of the Watson family dynasty, Sir Edward Watson, replaced parts of the Castle with a Tudor house with gardens.

His grandson, Lewis Watson, acquired the freehold of the Castle and lands, with clear views of the Welland Valley, from the Crown and it remains in the family’s hands to this day. www.rockinghamcastle.com

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Ruffles Hair Design 3 Halfleet, Market Deeping PE6 8DB 01778 344677 At Ruffles we have a highly skilled team of creative stylists, in a very welcoming environment.

Contact us on 01778 344677 to book in for your Ruffles experience.

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RAILWORLD

A Green Oasis (with Trains) in Our City!

Ever wondered what the little brown puffer train on some of the road signs when you are travelling through Peterborough is leading to? The answer is to the creation of a dream of one man, Rev Richard Paten (whose family were wine merchants and hoteliers). Having seen a steam locomotive mounted on a plinth in Tucson, Arizona, he wanted to preserve a relic from the age of steam for the people of his home town to enjoy. So he bought one for £3,000 from British Railways in 1968, had it named ‘City of Peterborough’ and donated it to his city!

Built at Derby in 1954, the loco numbered 73050 was in excellent condition: Peterborough was starting to expand, with the Development Corporation (PDC) and Nene Park, and quite by chance Doctor Beeching shut the railway line from Oundle through Wansford to Peterborough. The chance was taken for volunteers helped by the PDC to create the Nene Valley Railway!

In the late 1960s the Government was looking to site a National Railway Museum. Thinking that Peterborough would be an ideal site for the NRM, Rev. Paten bought the old power station coal yard in River Lane. But sadly we lost out

and the NRM was eventually created in York.

Richard and his industrious volunteers still yearned to create something special – The Rio Earth Conference and the Wildlife Havens that Perkins Engines had created on their Eastfield site where Brian Pearce had worked all his life were to be instrumental in the big challenge! Richard, with lifelong friend Brian and fellow volunteers, embarked on a mission, primarily to create habitat for our native species, but also an intriguing exciting place for our children to explore and lean about our amazing world. A chance donation from BR of a large aqueduct built by the Great Northern Railway in the 1840s near Abbots Ripton gave volunteers another opportunity to create something special for Peterborough. The historic aqueducts, restored when the volunteers won an ICI/ 33

RAILWORLD Dulux UK Award, would now form an integral part of the habitat area, allowing hills and hollows, waterfalls and ponds and interesting vistas, perfect venues for a family picnic.

Railworld has over 20 volunteers, with an average age of 70! Many travel from the Deepings, but from as far away as Grantham and Harlow in Essex! Maybe they

are driven by the enthusiasm of one man, Brian Pearce? He said without Perkins Engines this would not have happened, and without Caterpillar Inc and Peterborough Crane Hire it would not have progressed!

The environmental project now is supported by many companies in the area including BGL Group, Skanska, RSA, Kennedy Wild Bird Food and Glendale Junction from the Deepings. Railworld also incorporates a Garden Railway and several model railway layouts but also allows children a hands-on experience with their own model railway too!

The energetic volunteers raised their own funds and also built a 6,000 sq ft Environmental Education Centre with classrooms and a solar powered ‘World’. They have created hands on activities for kids, all delivered in a low-key, friendly atmosphere

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refreshingly without the commercialism apparent in other venues - this is one that will deliver again and again for children of all ages.

Open weekends April 2- Oct 30th 11 am - 4.00 pm (Spring & August Bank Holidays, Tues, Weds and Thurs during school holidays - check www.railworld. org.uk ) Family ticket 2+3 just £10!

Images: www.tom-clare.co.uk

PLANT AREA

NEWLY EXTENDED!

Blenheim way, Northfields industrial estate, Market Deeping , Peterborough PE6 8LD

OPEN 7 DAYS A WEEK: MONDAY-SATURDAY 9-6. SUNDAY 10-4

Tel: 01778 347500

From flowers to pet beds, light bulbs to bird food, wheelbarrows to picture frames - and now a stylish coffee shop serving delicious cakes, light lunches, a great place for a catch up!

POTS

New life in old pots!

Bring cracked or old terracotta pots back to life with this simple but decorative idea from Swines Meadow Farm Nursery, Karan Ward shows the way.

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Line the bottom of your chosen pot with broken crocks or gravel to provide drainage.

Fill the pot with John Innes 2/3 this is a good loam based compost which has gravel in it and is good for drainage and water retention as well.

3. Place the bottom of a broken pot on top to give height and fill with the compost as well.

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Place two terracotta pots on their side to allow plants to cascade down, fill with compost.

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Choose a mix of alpine and sedums - dianthus (pinks) add summer colour and have pretty foliage.

6. Tease the roots off bigger plants and place in the compost, they will soon take root and grow.

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Tinted with purple brown, the leaves of the Cotula Potentillina are an interestng addition and one plant can be cut into several segments to plant through your arrangement.

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The Delosperma is best at the front of the pot, it has low spreading stems, succulent foliage, is drought tolerant and has shimmering blooms.

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Plant sedums and sempervivums through the arrangement. Sempervivums or houseleeks are hardy succulent alpine plants that grow wild

between the rocks in mountainous regions.

They are easy to keep and have spirals of succulent rosettes. Beautiful!

10. London Pride or Saxifraga Urbium is planted at the back of the arrangement to give height and has delicate pink blooms in the late spring.

11. To complete place interesting stones that you have collected to give form and sprinkle grit, coming in stone or pink colours for water retention and to give a great look to this sculptural, interesting arrangement!

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FROGNALL The village sign in Frognall was unveiled in July 1991 by villager Mary Hare who was celebrating her 80th birthday. Mary lived in what is now called Half Moon Cottage with her husband Ted. Ted worked for farmer, Les Ward of Frognall House.

Phil Savage, Chairman of the Frognall Residents’ Association, was reported as saying that the village did not have a sign before but that three years earlier, Janet Mitchell, a resident, had suggested one should be erected.

A competition to design the sign was organised for the village children. The winner was Leslie Howells whose entry was chosen.

The sign shows various aspects of the village. The first, a frog represents the name Frognall. Before the fens were drained, Frognall was an island known for its large number of frogs. It sits on a shield showing a rose remembering the Rose Inn which had been a pub since the 17th century. Also shown on the sign are Frognall

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Abbey which existed in the 5th or 6th century and a pollarded willow to represent the osier beds which had been farmed in the village.

The name is then below the imagery.

Mr Savage said the sign was a village effort, with former resident Patrick Smith producing the sign and other members of the community producing the steel work, base and other items. Now the sign stands proudly near the telephone box, where it can be seen by people turning into the village from the Spalding Road.

After unveiling the sign Mrs Hare was presented with a basket of flowers by Ted Fisk whose family still reside in the village.

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Gerards Carp Lake Gerards Carp Lake is ideally situated in the village of Maxey. The well stocked 12 acre lake is set in 18 acres of peaceful countryside and has a varied selection of swims depending on what position you like to set up in. Wanting the lake to be accessible to all, there are day tickets (24 hour fishing is available if booked in advance) as well as a syndicate option. Keen for young anglers to enjoy the lake(with an adult) most of the swims are accessible by car making them suitable for anglers with a disability. Over recent weeks the anglers have enjoyed many excellent catches, so if you’d like to come over and join them, contact Rosemary Morton on 07718971900, visit website - www.gerardscarplake.moonfruit or find Gerards Carplake on Facebook.

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Deeping Lakes Nature Reserve Open Day Guided walks will take you to parts of the reserve not usually open to the public, and if you want to see some of the thousands of orchids that will be in flower this is your best opportunity. Refreshments, sales tent, a plant stall, pond dipping and other activities for children will also be there.

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