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Great Wildlife Species found in The Deepings
Welcome Helping the community is a long held characteristic of those who live in the Deepings and Jaden McCallum and Daniel Alburey are certainly continuing the tradition! This summer with litter pickers in hand they have visited parks and open spaces and picked up litter wherever they could. In fact litter picking has become quite a pasttime in the Deepings with many taking the opportunity to do so while out walking and in so doing making the Deepings a more attractive place to live! So a big thank you to Jaden and Daniel and to everyone who works towards creating a better environment for us all! Judy Stevens
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The Market Deeping Cricket Club ladies team played its very first game against Bourne ladies on August 11 at home. The Market Deeping ladies have only been playing together since the end of May, so although they lost (183 runs to Bourne’s 225) the team is showing some real strength and depth. The team welcomes players of all ages and abilities and you don’t need any previous cricket experience. Interested? Come down to training on Wednesdays at 6.15 at the Cricket Club on Outgang Road.
Unwanted produce? Then drop it off at the collection point in the Deepings Community Centre Garden on 18th/19th S e p t e m b e r between 10.00am and 4.00pm. The Deeping Lions will then weigh and pack the produce and distribute to participating care homes with any surplus product going to the soup kitchen in Peterborough.
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Deepings Swimming Club enjoyed a weekend Sadie Hunter (left) and Holly of success in the butterfly at the Swim England Roffe dominated the girls 13yrs East Midlands Summer Festival, with eight butterfly events. top three finishes across three age groups. Six Deepings swimmers took their place on the starting blocks after meeting the qualifying times. Sadie Hunter (12) and Holly Roffe (13) set the pool ablaze, Sadie claimed first place in 2:47.04, just fifteen-hundredths of a second ahead of Holly, who took second in the 200m. It was an even closer finish in the 100m butterfly as Holly jumped out to an early lead in the first 50 metres. This time it was Sadie’s turn to do the chasing and a perfectly timed finish saw her take second place in a time of 1:17.15, eight-hundreds of a second quicker than Holly, who finished third. Olivia Hunter, Sadie’s older sister, continued Deepings’ fine run of form in the butterfly by coming first in the both the 17yrs 100m and 200m events, while Sophie Baskeyfield took second place in the 18/over 200m butterfly. The Deepings Lions Club are working with the Deepings Community Centre and Sense to develop a sensory garden to help children and adults living with complex disabilities, including those who are deaf-blind. The garden will be open to people with disabilities and those who are able-bodied providing a focal point to enhance social understanding, integration and help to avoid isolation. Project coordinator Lion Mike Drinkall said: “With financial contributions from the Deepings Community Trust, Market Deeping Town Council, DSJParish Council, SKDC, DSJ United Charities, Rotary, members of the public and our club we have been able to make good progress. The skip donated by Mick George has proven to be invaluable. Towngate Tyres supplied used tyres and inner tubes to enable cartoon creatures to be built. Volunteers are helping us with the work including Round Table who are building raised beds and an arbor and Rotary in developing an activity area”. l-r Esther Graham, Fred Sandall, Mary Martin, Vince Sterland, Dave Coomes, Amrit Mistry, Mike White and Mike Drinkall.
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Before The Deepings Library became a community Library just 30 children completed the Summer Reading Challenge for ages 4-11. This steadily grew until 2019 (when it was last run) and 180 children completed the challenge. This This years theme is Wild World Heroes year the Library is on target for even more children to complete the Challenge with 289 now signed up - in 2019 262 initially signed up. The children come from 14 different primary schools with one home educated child. The Deepings Library also offers its own Teenage Challenge encouraging teens to read 4 books from suggested categories. The scheme is funded by the Community Library itself (core libraries are funded by Lincolnshire County Council) and costs approx. £300 which is funded by activities such as the Library’s own book sale (next one September 4th).
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A Festival of Friendship is being staged by the Nene and Welland Oddfellows as they offer a series of in person events to encourage new connections after 18 months of social restrictions. Karen Earth, Branch Secretary, said: “We’ve spent much of the past 18 months ensuring our members have been supported emotionally and physically, but it’s now the time to help even more people to make new friends, reconnect with old ones, and build up any social confidence that may have been lost during these really difficult times” To register an interest in attending an Oddfellows Friendship Month taster event, or to receive a free local events pack in the post, contact Andrew Spencer on 07729519122, or email andrew. spencer@oddfellows.co.uk. www.friendshipmonth.com
Since opening as a Community Library in 2016 the Deepings Library is fortunate to have had 25 Duke of Edinburgh Award volunteers. One was Jake Ellis who after his DofE (2018-2019) continued with a regular Saturday shift. In pursuing his dream of becoming a vet he is now about to start his final year at Bourne Grammar School and will be undertaking work experience at Animates in Thurlby. Says Louisa Crowson, Library Coordinator, “Jake’s customer service manner and ability to pick up new systems and ways of working is second to none, add to this that he is always smiling, Animates are very lucky to have him!” l-r Louisa Crowson, Jake Ellis, Cliare Naylor.
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The Queens Head The imposing house which sits right at the top of Eastgate where it joins Church Street, opposite the Cross does not give up its secrets of its former life easily. But Billy Crowson would let his neighbour’s son, Christopher Abel, dig in the garden for treasure and he unearthed these stone balls (pictured) which it was thought were used in games when the pub, known as the Queen’s Head occupied the spot. Billy Crowson had been the builder tasked to demolish the old building which had fallen into disrepair and stood empty in 1931. And he was the one who built the handsome new house in its place. The building had been a long, low cottage with a deep thatch and dormer windows with a door that opened directly onto the pavement. The location next to the Boat House meant that the lighter and river-boat men would not have far to come and to slake their thirst. A good fire would roar in the inglenook and the light from the flames and an oil lamp would be the only illumination. There would be a large scrubbed table and a settle or two, an armchair by the fire and wooden benches to sit on. No floor covering but sawdust spread fresh on the stone slabs daily.
any trade or mercantile business. The furniture and stock in trade to be taken at valuation.’ The inventory was about £100. In 1826, William Tansley had taken over as the landlord. He came from a family of rope makers and the premises by the river were the perfect spot to carry out his trade. Hemp and flax were grown locally and he would lay this out on the long garden leading down to the river, sometimes paying a small fee to use his neighbours’ gardens as well. Eventually, for more space, he moved farther down Eastgate to the George & Dragon. The Queen’s Head was then let again, this time to John Stockman. Following John was George Harris and his wife Mary. At the time of the 1841 census the couple with their six children and three boarders, agricultural labourers, are all residing at the property. George was 40 at this time; he had served in the Kesteven Militia Billy Crowson and married Mary (née Ward) at the Priory Church in 1829. After George’s death in 1845, Mary carried on at the pub. In 1851 just three of her children were still at home but they had left by 1861 and her death is recorded in 1870 – she is buried in the churchyard in Deeping St James.
In 1788 there are records of Herbert Day of Swadeston, Norfolk, selling the property described as a cottage to William Crowson of Deeping St James. In 1811 it was then sold to George Boordman and Robert Brown, victuallers both from Deeping St James. They in turn sold the property to Thomas Henry Sharpe, the Market Deeping Brewer who in 1856 sold it to John Taylor Marston, along with the brewery. In 1899 it was then sold to Soames & Co of Spalding, who were the pub’s final owners. In 1812 the licensee was Thomas Wiles. Early in January 1824, Charles Durham, the then occupier, advertised the premises in the Stamford Mercury ‘A well accustomed Inn with stabling for eight horses and other outbuildings, yard, garden and orchard, the premises adjoin the turnpike road leading from Peterborough to Spalding abut on the river Welland and are well adapted for continued >
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FEATURE The next licensee, John Baker, was a fish and rabbit dealer with a stall on Spalding Market. he ran the pub with his wife, Elizabeth. In April 1877 he was fined £3 for allowing James and Edward Fowler and George Plowright to get drunk at the inn. His licence was endorsed and the three defendants were fined ten shillings each at Bourne Petty Sessions. Local man Dean Swift was the next behind the bar. He was born in 1835, the eldest son of butcher Daniel Swift and his wife Mary. Initially he had followed his father’s trade but by 1881 he had taken over as landlord with his wife Betsy (née Stimpson) whom he had married in 1875. They had a son, also called Dean. The pub had been extended on the west side of the building where Pig Club meetings were held. At this time the beer was just tuppence a pint. He was the great-uncle of local centenarian Nancy Titman, and she recalls that her aunts, just little girls at the time, would run a long way to meet Dean and Betsy as they strolled down Back Lane in the evenings as he always carried sugar lumps in his pocket. He appeared an old man to the girls but was only 54 when he died in 1890. Dean Jnr became a pupil teacher, but continued to help Betsy run the pub until in 1896 she retired, living in Eastgate. She died in 1914 in Stamford. Robert Humphreys and his wife Alice Elizabeth (née Reynolds) moved to the pub from their home in Lincoln with their two sons, one of whom, Robert, was a blacksmith. In 1913 successful farmer Charles Morton became the licensee; he owned a house and land in Eastgate. He and his wife Eliza Annie (née Abbott) had four children. In March 1921 the Rural Council would not renew their licence unless sanitary conditions were improved; a fortnight later this was done and the license was renewed. In January 1915 John Scotney was summoned at Bourne for being drunk on licensed premises. Charles gave evidence on the defendant’s behalf, saying that he did not consider him sufficiently under the influence of drink not to be served. Nevertheless a fine of two shillings and six pence was imposed and John Scotney protested that this was not justice! There was a furore in the industry in 1917 when David Lloyd George wanted to tax beer to pay for the war effort. It was proposed that beer 18
would be a shilling a pint. Due to the uproar beer was still selling at sixpence a pint in 1920. At the pub, Walter Brewin had left his bicycle in the yard while he went in for a drink, and returning half an hour later found that his lamp had been stolen. He had a long walk home on a dark night! A couple of years later in 1923 the pub was the scene of a much happier event when the eldest daughter of Charles and Eliza, Clarice Morton married Sidney Henfrey. The couple had both been involved with the work of the church and that is where the ceremony was held with the Revd Pain officiating and Mr Tomlin playing the organ. The bride was attended by her sister Norah and Margaret Henfrey, niece of the groom, who later became a midwife (I’d rather be in Deeping magazine issue 046) Norah carried a bouquet of chrysanthemums and Margaret wore a white dress and held her aunt’s hand as she went to the reception which, of course , was held at the Queens’ Head. In 1925, at just 55 years of age, Eliza died following a seizure while going about her household duties. Heartbroken, Charles let his licence lapse and went back to his farm. There followed three licensees in quick succession: Mr Huddlestone, Mr Wyebrow and George Lambert, originally from Thurlby. The new owners of the pub, Messrs Soames & Co were unsuccessful in having the licence renewed as the Queen’s Head was considered to be too close to the Rose & Crown (adjacent to The Cross) which was in better repair with a slate roof; the Queen’s Head had a thatched roof with zinc over the thatch on some parts. And this is when Billy Crowson bought the property. He also took over the plot next door which had been tended by market gardener Henry Horton. Billy divided the land into allotments, one of the occupants of which grew standard roses and won first prizes at the Rose & Sweet Pea Show for many years.
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It’s a growing thing… Entrepreneurship is a quality that courses through the veins of the Rogers family. For them it is a natural character trait and it bubbles over into healthy exuberance carrying others along in its wake! Bert and Dorothy moved to Peterborough with Combex, the toy firm, after starting their married life in leafy Selsdon in Surrey. Leaving Cherry Tree Green they set up home in a newly built bungalow in what was North Dorothy and Bert Rogers Rd, Northborough, Northamptonshire. Really? Not for long! Bert bought his influence to bear and in tribute to 1971, Bert attended the Lyall & Co sale at The Three Northborough Castle the road was renamed Castle Tuns and snapped it up! Initially the whole plot was Drive and that it has remained. In honour of his new let to R. M. Addy to cultivate. but in December 1975 home Bert, now Sales Manager for the company, the first block of glass went up and Keith activated the would answer the phone ‘Lord Northborough!’ and later horticultural skills he had learnt at Parigo. Their first when he moved to Deeping he became ‘Baron of Back house on the site was built in 1976. With brother Tony Lane’! who initially continued to work at Perkins, the family had a 4.00am start three mornings a week. Dorothy Max Reich, owner of the company but without a left to finish while the boys returned to their day family of his own, had intended to leave the company jobs, leaving her with the trailer to make deliveries. to Bert and two other colleagues. Indeed, he may Flowers grown outside were harvested in September/ have been visiting the Rogers’ to discuss this future; October while those under glass were cropped year Dorothy had bought a Doulton dinner service in round. As business grew, the family supplied markets anticipation! But before any documents were signed, and shops throughout the country with their he sadly passed away and his brother briefly took over chrysanths – they were also sold locally at The before selling to Richard Beacham. With ambitions to Goat by Ken and Norah Dyer. At the height of become ‘Mr Toy‘, Beacham grew the business group their business the company had two lorries and to become Dunbee Combex Marx and then, against delivery drivers and set up an import business Bert’s advice, purchased Louis Marx America. But the bringing in flowers from the four corners of the cost of raw materials was escalating and in 1980 the world. On one occasion they featured on the company filed for bankruptcy. BBC news when a consignment of carnations from Columbia was impounded at the airport, But with his mortgage paid and a son in the growing cocaine stored in the wooden bar which held trade, when one of Les Taylor’s fields in Back Lane, the stems in place. On another occasion roses Deeping St James, came up for sale In November destined for the Valentine’s Day market missed 20
a vital rendezvous with a delivery truck at the airport and a local friend undertook a 1,000-mile round trip to Glasgow and all stops in between! The roses got through – romance hadn’t died! At the height of their business in the 1990s another house was built on the site, the land was divided and the property gained extra space. Caravanning had been popular in the family; Alison’s parents had been members of the Caravan Club since 1963 and Alison and Keith themselves members since 1983. So in 1994 they started to develop the area behind the bungalow and created five pitches around an oval in the centre - each pitch looking outwards and fully serviced with an electric hook up at a time when this was yet to be the norm. But by 2008 Border Nurseries were finding that their customer base was shrinking, and florists’ shops were under pressure from the supermarkets and so the decision was made to develop the caravan storage side of the business. This was developed to a very high standard with a state of the art security system, devised initially for Border and now being rolled out in sites across the country. It was awarded a CaSSOA gold site from the outset and this year became the first CaSSOA compound in the country to be awarded the new exemplar Platinum grading.
The Rogers Family: Alison, Keith and Helen
By 2009 the limited capacity of just five pitches for touring caravans was not sufficient for demand and planning permission was obtained for a further eleven pitches around an open grassed area with cars parked to one side. Access is via a controlled gate with CCTV giving their visitors peace of mind when out exploring the area. The adjacent storage facility gives the option to store and stay! In 2017 the decision was taken to apply for permission to dismantle the glasshouses and in the same footprint to build self-storage units. The units now offer the same respect for the environment as is apparent elsewhere on the site, low level, green and well maintained. Visitors to the caravan park are encouraged to enter the village
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from the outskirts to avoid adding to traffic in the centre. On what was to be his last trip out for a ploughman’s lunch in Empingham in 2017, Bert was sitting with Keith and Alison when his granddaughter Helen, now a partner in the business and her partner Mike arrived in a chance meeting and in that moment Bert was able to see that the business he had started was in capable hands to go forward into the future. Granddaughter Emma also works part-time in the business. But Bert’s legacy is not just in the business he helped to establish but in the Rotary Club of the Deepings of which he was a founder member and received a Paul Harris award. Meanwhile Dorothy was a former member and past president of Inner Wheel. Keith and
Alison participated in Rotaract with gusto, constructing a carnival float in the glasshouse among other daredevil adventures. Bert was keen to support Young Enterprise at school, conducting mock interviews with young people at Arthur Mellows and The Deepings School. Bert and Dorothy were both keen members of the Deepings Bowls Club. Bert was also in the Deepings and Stamford Bridge Clubs. And so the Baron of Back Lane and Border Nurseries now Border Caravan Storage, Border Store It and Keal Lodge Caravan Park has carved a place in the history books as 50 golden years of trading are celebrated in 2021. 21
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Habits have changed during lockdown – who doesn’t enjoy a movie night cuddled up on the sofa with a bag of popcorn? Some of us have gone a bit farther and added a new pooch to the family! Most of us have taken to walking a lot more than before – after all it was (almost) the only thing we were permitted to do for a while! And we have been out and about exploring places locally that we knew were there but have never been to before! All of these things have an impact – the popcorn on our waistline; the dogs, walking and exploring, though, have had an impact on our environment. Not all detrimental – we all know that a canine buddy is a stress buster and a welcome addition to any family, but walking them off the lead in the countryside has resulted in an increase in sheep worrying (it is an offence if a dog is not on a fixed lead within two metres or less near livestock and a farmer may legally shoot a dog which is attacking or chasing farm animals). Local farmer Judith Jacobs came upon a respectable couple out walking on her land with their dog off lead, posing a threat to ground nesting birds, badger setts and beetle banks. Sadly not all dog owners have a worming plan or carry a poo bag and undermine farm bio security, leaving poo both in and out of a bag in a cow field with potentially devastating results. Grass is not just grass to livestock farmers; it is a complete diet for their cattle and sheep. Dog poo is unpleasant and now in abundance on Corporation Bank where the Moor Farm cattle try to graze – the message most definitely is scoop your poop! Stay on the path, read the signage and close gates if you go through them.
At the Deeping Lakes there were examples of wild swimming, which is not permitted in a nature reserve keen to preserve nesting sites. Similarly volunteers working for the Lincolnshire Wildlife Trust have carefully tended the site since quarrying ended nearly 20 years ago. Their management of the site, i.e. grazing, cutting and raking up of the grassland areas in late summer, after most flowers have finished, has allowed the spread of increasing varieties of orchid. This has been a labour of love over a period of many years – imagine the dismay when a carefully picked posy of the orchids (which should be left in situ – digging them up being illegal) was left carelessly at the gate. Fly tipping has become the scourge of the countryside, not only an eyesore but potentially dangerous where toxic waste is dumped. This unsavoury practice escalated during lockdown as people ‘cleared up’ at home but tips were closed, and rubbish was dumped in the open country. On a more positive note there has also been an increase in people litter picking themselves while out on walks. Local stockist of litter pickers, the Insideout Store, have reported increased sales and a Deeping-wide litter pick in the spring generated at least 150 bags of rubbish and many items of bulky rubbish including tyres, road signs and furniture. The countryside is beautiful and free to enjoy, but please respect the wild inhabitants, cattle and sheep who live there 365 days a year and please follow the countryside code.
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OAKWOOD
Oakwood celebrates Silver Hard work, determination and public service were the character traits that denoted Stewart Jones. Just when the world comes crashing down after you have worked for 25 years for one company – in this case Pearl Assurance – you dust yourself off and start all over again! The firm had been bought out and the computer centre was axed, and many employees, including Stewart, were made redundant. He was made redundant again two years later from Aegon. Enough was enough! Stewart decided to take his future into his own hands and set up in business in his own right. Oakwood Financial Services was started originally from home but when it was felt that Stewart Jones business and home should be separate then he rented a couple of rooms from Tony Martin who ran an insurance business at 11 High Street. Expansion came by having a number of financial advisers working under his umbrella organisation. Working with insurance broker Yvonne Cox in Stamford, who referred any financial clients to him, Stewart eventually bought the brokerage when she retired. To this was added another Stamford brokerage and they operated out of an office on the corner of Conduit Road. When the shop next door to his offices in High Street became available, Stewart bought them, initially using the upstairs offices as the two shop units were on leases; one to Scallywags dressmakers and the other as a photographic shop and art gallery. When one of the units became vacant in 2008 the brokerage was transferred to Market Deeping. In 2004 son Martin joined the business and saw the opportunity to make the office paperless introducing a cloud-based system for information storage. More than a dozen four-drawer filing systems had to find new homes! Stewart’s daughter-inlaw Agnieszka (Agi) joined the business in 2008, managing 28
insurance accounts as well as general insurance quotes for car, house, travel etc. Martin has grown the commercial side of the business and now has several large corporate clients. When the opportunity came to take over the premises of the second shop, Stewart opened Oakwood Property Services, and son Matthew and wife Jean joined the company, both having obtained their ARLA property mark qualifications. The family enjoyed a relatively brief time of working together before the untimely death of Stewart in 2016. His sons, showing all the determination of their father, took up the challenge and managed Oakwood between them with Mathew Agbame to cover the clients in financial services. Mathew complements the team perfectly with a wealth of financial knowledge of pensions, investments, family protection, equity release and mortgages accumulated over the last 20 years. Keen to ensure that the brand was as prominent as possible there was an office upgrade in 2018 and as well as extensive indoor alterations, the windows and doors were upgraded to double-glazed units to retain warmth over winter. During the pandemic there were times when the offices had to be closed and the team worked from home but in spite of challenges the qualities of hard work and determination are still in tact! As to public service, Stewart had worked with both the Lions Club of the Deepings and was a member of Rotary too. As President of the Lions he organised a Gala Fun Day and a concert at Peterborough’s Key Theatre with TV’s Hi de Hi star Ruth Madoc. His strong sense of social responsibility has remained a linchpin of the company who continue to sponsor the Carnival, the Dog Show, Deeping United football teams and the Deepings Literary Festival, as well as stepping in when help is needed in local emergencies. In short, Oakwood are with you in sickness and in health serving the community in good and bad times and now celebrating 25 years in business!
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The Tiercal & The Falcon High Up in the Spires by William Bowell
Soaring high above the historic town of Stamford, a steely-grey shape glides round and round, seemingly effortlessly. Surveying its kingdom? Checking for intruders? No; suddenly target is acquired and the air changes. The fast flap, flap glide wing beats get this bird to where it needs to be within seconds and then suddenly a stoop so fast you almost miss it. But the Peregrine doesn’t miss. This is the fastest animal on the planet. And the puff of feathers coming from mid air mean’s that yet another Feral Pigeon has been taken out. This success leads to much shouting from the young birds which are eager to see what’s for dinner. The Peregrines first moved into Stamford last summer; previous to this pairs have nested locally for the past 20 years at various sites, and our local breeding population is actually quite healthy. In the winter, numbers swell as birds move around the country and continental birds arrive. Their natural nest sites are cliff faces but in our flat fenlands, these are somewhat lacking. However, this species is remarkably the most widespread bird of prey in the world. New Zealand is the only icefree land mass where they are absent. They are true explorers and pioneers so they find solutions to little issues like no cliffs to nest on. Around our area nest sites include power stations, national grid towers, the dishes on radio masts and factory buildings. They offer the protection they need and vantage point for hunting – who needs a cliff? Last year a pair of Peregrines started hanging around the many church spires of Stamford (a tad more attractive than the aforementioned nest 36
sites!) but sadly failed to nest. This year, however, they have nested successfully on All Saints Church and two young fledged. Peregrines are monogamous, which clearly the church would advocate, and they are very loyal to their nest sites, usually only using one or two. It is hoped that next year the church will be able to put up a camera so fans can watch these beautiful birds from the comfort of their own homes. This year the two young were colour ringed as chicks with red rings VJN and VJP. These rings appear to be of no consequence to the birds but, with a decent view, we can track these birds and where they end up. As you stare up the spire of All Saints, the pair of adults is often sitting near the top. Like all birds of prey, the male (Tiercal, as drake Peregrines are known) is much smaller than the female (Falcon) and this is noticeable even with the naked eye. Evolution is an amazing thing and this size difference isn’t just an accident. The Falcon will look after the young whilst they are very young and therefore her size is excellent for keeping them brooded and protecting them from any unwelcome guests. Meanwhile the smaller Tiercal is able to catch smaller prey, ideal for small young. Once the young no longer need brooding the Falcon can go and catch bigger prey to cater for these bigger mouths that need feeding! Their hunting technique is to take medium-sized birds on the wing but they can take birds up to the size of a goose.
They use their speed, stooping from height to hit their prey with an incredible accuracy. Peregrines have been recorded to reach speeds over 200mph when on these high speed stoops, making them amongst the most remarkable species on the planet. Pigeons are among their favourite prey and although this has made them very popular with Stamford residents it doesn’t make them popular with everyone. Some people who keep pigeons for racing are not keen on Peregrines taking their prized pigeons and illegal killing still occurs. Peregrines are also still targets of illegal egg collecting, either for collections or for Falconry. Happily, these events are rare these days and Peregrines nesting in towns and cities tend to get lots of positive attention for their good work keeping the Feral Pigeon population in check. Though I’m sure they are not always popular when wings and things fall into the church grounds during weddings and funerals!
BIRDS Despite their obvious Pigeon kills; gruesome studies of remains under nests in inland towns have discovered that Peregrines also hunt migrating birds flying over at night! The Derby Cathedral pair’s victims include Corncrake (which would have been migrating over at night, heading to the northern isles), Little Owl, Turnstone (a coastal species!) and Quail (again probably caught at night) – they are incredible hunters! Our young fledged from All Saints in late July and boy, did they cause a stir! Like all teenagers, they were noisy and always looking for attention! Dinosaurs are always illustrated in films as chasing their prey, whilst roaring at them. This is, of course, unlikely as they would never catch anything, but one rainy evening, I watched one of the juveniles chasing a Pigeon around Red Lion Square, calling frantically in a film dinosaur style, in sheer frustration of not being able to catch up! It must have been utterly terrifying for the Pigeon but it was all part of this youngster’s training. Its intended quarry escaped.
dropped into the river or landed in an awkward place, unreachable. They have even been seen trying to catch fish, such must the sensory overload of leaving the nest and ‘getting your wings’ (so to speak). Anything that moves must be an attractive prey item to these youngsters!
A few short weeks and the youngster’s hunting technique has been transformed. I visited this morning (mid August) and they are now largely silent, hunting by stealth and keeping largely away from their parents. When they did make a kill they got over excited and became the loud teenagers I know they still are at heart. Although they appear to have mastered knocking Pigeons out of the sky, they haven’t yet got the art of catching them as well. Several prey items have
So what’s next for these young Peregrines? They will eventually leave Mum and Dad and make it alone, possibly wandering around the local fens during the winter or even a coastal marsh, where prey is plentiful. And what of the Tiercal and the Falcon? Well, let’s hope they stay and we can all enjoy this incredible pair all over again next year! Will works at Grasmere Farm in Deeping St James (with a butcher’s and deli in Market Gate, Market Deeping) but in his spare time enjoys wildlife watching locally and across the country. He is also a keen photographer. Many of his images can be found at http://justwildimages.blogspot.co.uk/ and photo cards can be found for sale at Market Gate Deli in Market Deeping.
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MENTAL HEALTH
Back to Earth with Ray Pawlett
Summer is ending. How does that statement make you feel? Does your heart sink at the thought of the dark nights to come or do you feel relief from the knowledge that the hot nights are going and at least you will be able to sleep? As the year changes, the challenges and rewards of the season change. So do we! It’s obvious really. On a simple level we feel different in the middle of winter to how we feel in the middle of summer. This wisdom was certainly not missed by our ancestors – no matter which part of the planet you come from. It can be missed by modern people though. We wake up in our centrally heated houses, walk over concrete and tarmac to our air-conditioned cars and then sit staring into a computer or working in a place where we cannot even see out of the window all day. Then we come home – perhaps go to the gym or watch TV and go to bed. The natural world does not get the chance to interact with our bodies.
This has a big effect! Our bodies react to the seasonal changes in many ways. Our body chemistry is altered by such things as light levels, what we eat, what we do and just about anything really! Cutting ourselves off from the natural world can make us feel ‘ungrounded’ or stressed. This can lead to all sorts of physical, mental and spiritual complaints. Harvest time was said to be the time of ‘Earth Energy’. This makes it an ideal time to ground ourselves and come back to the world that we live in. It is a time when we prepare for the cold winter ahead by bringing in the crops that have grown in the year. This is both a metaphor and a fact. The farmers will have just about finished their harvests by now – what seeds have you sown and what are you reaping? Such awareness enhances our feeling of connectedness with the planet and the rest of our lives.
There are some things that you can do to help your ‘Earth Energy’. Here are a few suggestions:• Get outside and feel the air around you, smell the autumn, enjoy the sights of autumn, put your favourite jumper on if it’s cold, listen to the change in birdsong as the summer migrants leave and the winter migrants come in. Make friends with nature! • Eat with the season. Food that has been grown locally has the local energy and is connected with the local environment. Get some local food and think about this as you are preparing and eating it. • Cut out refined foods and sugars as they ruin your Earth Energy. • Take a Shiatsu treatment to help your body adjust. • Find something to share. Don’t expect a swap – just share for the joy of doing it. • Use your muscles – get a feeling of your body. Tai Chi and Qigong are excellent for this, as is gardening! • Consider what YOU need to nourish your body and soul. If you would like to learn more about healing, Shiatsu, Taoism, Tai Chi, meditation or any forms of stress reduction, please contact me via email ray@ki-ways.co.uk or give me a ring on 07413 620344 39
Three Great Wildlife Species found in The Roe Deer Roe Deer are one of six species of deer in the UK, the others being Red, Sika, Fallow, Muntjac and Chinese Water Deer. Roe Deer have become more prevalent around The Deepings over the last 5-10 yrs. There is no apparent reason for this but the increase in tree plantations, shelter belts and large blocks of game cover and Miscanthus plantations throughout the Fens has undoubtedly allowed their range to increase from elsewhere. These areas provide the deer with somewhere quiet and undisturbed in which to browse, give birth and generally shelter, as do large oil-seed rape fields. Roe Deer tend to be quite solitary; normally you will see a doe with her fawn/s or a buck and a doe together. In the autumn/winter, if you are lucky, you might see 6-10 animals together as bucks vie for the does’ attentions. This congregation of animals is aided further by the harvest which pushes the animals into smaller pockets of cover. As a rule they are also tend to stay in one area which can cover several square miles when animals are seeking out a mate or extending their range in late summer, but when a mother has given birth or a couple have paired up this range can reduce to several hundred metres and it isn’t uncommon to see them in a similar location day after day. Roe does, although mated, can delay the passage of the fertilised egg to the womb to ensure that their offspring are born at the optimum time of the year.
Owls There are several species of owls locally in and around The Deepings. The three most common are Tawny, Barn and Little Owl, but there are also Long Eared and the migratory Short Eared Owl. All are quite distinct species. Barn Owls prefer old buildings to shelter and nest in; unfortunately many of these have been demolished or converted as Deeping has grown. Deeping residents are lucky, though, as there are still several such buildings across the neighbouring Fens. In place of barns, these owls will also use purpose-built/located boxes or hollow trees to shelter/nest in (another rarity due to health and safety!) Barn Owls like an open aspect to their nest site and hunting area. 40
In contrast to this Tawny Owls prefer more heavily wooded areas and are found within the Deepings in the larger gardens/parks and churchyard areas as these tend to offer the most suitable habitat. Again, these owls will use purpose-made boxes or hollows within trees to nest in. Tawny Owls tend to be far more secretive than Barn Owls and they are more camouflaged, thus you often hear them before you see them. Little Owls as their name suggests are smaller than the previous two species. Unlike other Owl species, Little Owls have a diet of beetles, worms etc, rather than mice or voles. Little Owls like to nest in very secluded locations so a hole within an old tree or a small space within an old barn is ideal. Personally I think the Long Eared Owl is the best looking of the owl species with a distinctive white outer band to its face mask, but they are far more unusual. They will take prey items up to the size of a rabbit and will nest in old nests of other birds. Long Eared Owls and Short Eared Owls can be differentiated by their eye colour, yellow = Short Eared, orange = Long Eared. Short Eared Owls are grassland birds, choosing to nest in rough tussocky grassland. They tend to be resident only in the north of the UK but the population can be boosted during the winter months with migratory birds from the continent. If food is scarce or if weather conditions are bad a great many birds will make the migration and it is then you can see several of these birds along the Welland bank between Deeping and Spalding. As local inhabitants we are very fortunate to have all these different species on our doorstep (but we need to keep or create more long tussocky grass areas!).
Otters Otters are one of our most iconic UK species.. After their reintroduction I am pleased to say their numbers have increased dramatically; however, they often still remain very elusive creatures due to their incredible senses of smell, sound and sight. Otters are classed as a European protected species and wilfully to disturb them or their holt is a punishable offence. Deeping residents are very lucky to have had, this last year, a mother otter and two cubs that were very tolerant of human interaction. A great many people got to see them on their daily excursions along the river. I only wish one or two more areas were left quiet, wild and relatively undisturbed along the river otherwise these animals have very little shelter and maybe the situation will change.
Deepings
by John Parsonage
Otters don’t have a set breeding season so you can encounter cubs throughout the year but I’ve always found August/September mornings to be a good time to see them. As the vegetation along the river dies back in the winter the adult animals tend to retreat back into the larger, undisturbed lakes and gravel pits for extra shelter. Still-water fishing is also easier than having to deal with raging amounts of winter floodwater. It is in these lakes where the young are born before being brought out onto the river by the mother in the spring and summer. Here they learn their trade and by August/September they are very adept and quite obvious as they become bolder and adventurous. They will tend to use one section of the river for 2-3 months before their bond with their mother dissipates and they venture further afield to establish their own territories and the cycle begins once more.
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Oddfellows September Diary Dates
Robinsons Road Run ‘Tractor Spectacular’
Sunday 12th September 10.00 - 3.00pm Starting at Etton and running through the villages including DSJ, 120 tractors and the WW2 DUKW will take part in a convoy the climax of which will be the ‘Tractor Spectacular’ on John Eve Field between 11.30 am and 12.30 pm (approx). Supporting MIND and RABI (Royal Agricultural Benevolene Institution). More information www.facebook.com/Robinsonroadrun/
Deepings Camera Club new season starts September Langtoft Festival 4th September 12.00 noon - 23.00 Sports Field, Manor Close, Langtoft! Headlined by The Groove Cartel there are ten great bands opening with Pennyless. Free parking, fully licenced bar, food vendors from THE most delicious Indian wraps to sizzling donuts! Craft stalls, children’s rides and entertainment and more! Fenland Youth Radio will be there to entertain between bands. Tickets £6 adults £2.50 for children 5-14 available from Langtoft Convenience Store and online at www.langtoftfestival.co.uk
Wednesday 8th - welcome evening via zoom. A mix of speakers and competitions are lined up for the coming year. Wednesday 15th Summer challenge competition, judged by Dave Stewart. Members have been busy over the summer months preparing images of certain topics, to be scored by the judge. Wednesday 22nd - ‘The Art of Macro’ talk by Tony North. Deepings Camera Club meets weekly on Weds, 7.30 p.m. – 9.30 p.m. at the Deepings Community Centre, Douglas Road, Market Deeping. Visitors are always welcome, £4 at the door. www.deepingscamera.club
Image: Peter Gray
Filthy Contact
St Guthlac’s Garden Fete
Stamford Showstoppers present
an amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group
STAMfORD CORn exChAnGe TheATRe
23, 24, 25, SePT 2021 Tickets: stamfordcornexchange.co.uk Box Office: 01780 766455 Music by AnDReW LLOyD WeBBeR Based on ‘Old Possum’s Book Of Practical Cats’ by T.S. eLiOT
Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber Original production by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. and The Really Useful Group Ltd.
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Saturday 11th September Rectory Lawn at 2pm. An occasion for the whole family and local community to meet while enjoying fun games, stalls and demonstrations, with the Green School providing delicious home baked refreshments.
Wednesday 1st - Friendship Lunch Waggon & Horses Langtoft 12.30pm Book with Andrew 07729519122 Tuesday 7th - Talk on the “Life and Times of Peggy Spencer” 2pm Oddfellows Hall, Church Street, Market Deeping. Book with Andrew 07729519122 Friday 10th - Visit to the Exotic Pet Refuge Deeping St. James. 2pm Book with Andrew 07729519122 Tuesday 14th - Cold Pudding Club 6.30pm Oddfellows Hall, Church Street, Market Deeping. Book with David 01778 347876 Sunday 19th Sunday Lunch 12.30pm Bourne Corn Exchange. Book with Andrew 07729519122 Monday 27th Visit to Burtey Fen Organ Collection and concert Pinchbeck. 1.30pm Book with Andrew 97729519122 Wednesday 29th - Afternoon Tea 2.30pm Waterside Garden Centre Baston. Book with Andrew 07729519122
Prospero’s Cave An exhibition of recent work by Stephen Jon. Drawings, masks, Sculpture. ‘Sprits to enforce, art to enchant’ William Shakespeare Willoughby Memorial Trust, Moreleys Lane, Corby Glen, NG33 4NL. 12-5.00pm Tuesday- Sunday www.willoughbygallery.com
The Deepings Walking Group are back on the move!Their walks last around an hour within the Deepings. Meet 1.30pm every Thursday, in the car park at Deepings Community Centre, Douglas Rd. Market Deeping. More info on facebook: The Deepings Walking Group.
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Sun. 26th Sept, 2021 at 3pm, Priory Church, Deeping St James
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Tickets £8 (children free) incl. light refreshments from J Astle 01778 346879, V Worthington 01778 343860 or at the door. For everyone’s protection, wearing a mask is strongly advised
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