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LADIES' & CHILDRENS'

HAIRDRESSER

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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday

MARGARET'S 6 HIGH STREET

NETTLE HAM

&? LINCOLN 750326

THE

BLACK HORSE A John Smith's House

A choice of beers in an attractive pub.

Enjoy a few hours in convivial

company and pleasant surroundings.

Bar lunches a speciality Monday-Saturday.

Evening bar meals on Saturday.

Evening meals, parties, wedding receptions

by arrangement

MIKE AND MARGARET FOX

&? L_ LINCOLN 750702

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SCOTHERN

NURSERIES

Shrubs, conifers, trees, herbaceous and rock plants,

heathers, roses and pot plants. Gift tokens.

Come and have a look round your local nursery

DUNHOLME ROAD

SCOTHERN

WELTON 62297

PLUMBING

HEATING, DESIGN &

INSTALLATION

Registered Corgi Gas Installer

Member of Institute

of Plumbing

A. B. THORPE

25 GREETWELL LANE

NETTLE HAM

&? LINCOLN 750362

Think bigger - and get a

new angle on life

With good interest rates ynu can afford

to think bigger when you save with

the Anglia Building Society

ANGLffo� BUILDING SOCIETY

46 Silver Street, Lincoln LN2 1 EH Manager: J. T. Little Tel.: 36255

FOR OTHER OFFICES SEE YOUR YELLOW PAGES

FOR ALL YOUR MOTORING NEEDS

We do anything -

from fitting a bulb to your car

- to fitting a car to your bulb

Our staff will be pleased to

give you an estimate

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.181. GARAGE

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0 RENAULT SERVICE

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(ffi)Lincoln Co·opcrativc Society Ltd. Effi.l Right in the centre -Your

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&? LINCOLN 752522

ELECTRICAL

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. Rewiring and repairs

Prompt service

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3 NETTLEHAM ROAD

&? LINCOLN 24768 OR 751860

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DRIVING SCHOOL

Tuition in manual or automatic dual-control cars.

Contact Norman Clixby

Approved d riving instructor

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&? LINCOLN 751704

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cream butter, yoghurt, eggs

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'? LINCOLN 751613

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MO NESS

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NETTLE HAM

LINCOLN 24969

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Editorial How quickly time flies but this edition sees the completion of the first year's

life of the Nettleham News. I should like to express my thanks to all who have been involved in its production, too many to mention but especially to those who collate and staple the mag;:,zine and to those who deliver so willingly. A special thank you must however go to l"Jrs Pauline woodforth for her typing effort and \oli thout whinh there would be no booklet.

I would ask secretaries of the many organisations for dates for the Nettleham Diary and for a continuing supply of articles for the magazine itself.

A very Nerry Christmas to all our readers.

. Parish Councll

l"lr. G. F. Clarke :&iitor •

After some delay, three �odium lighting units, ordered by Nettleham Parish Council, arrived and were duly installed, to be switched on at a ceremony in the Churchyard after �vening Service on Sunday 13th November. Each evening from now on, dusk until midnight, they will highlight the details on the 11th century tower and nave, and will be kept on all night for special occasions, such as Christmas.

The Church lighting project was undertaken by Nettleham Parish Council at the suggestion of its chairman, Coun. Alf Frith. The idea received warm encouragement from the Vicar of Nettleham, the Revd. Tony Burton, and members of the Parochial Church Council. A Sub-committee comprising Parish Councillors, received expert assistance and advice from County Council Lighting engineer, }�. David Lloyd. Offers of practical help came in, too: stone kindly donated by Butterley Agf7egates Co., cement and sand from wally Hammond Co.; and the plinth was constructed by ¥Jr. Robert Frith.

rrhe County Council installed and adjusted the lighting units for the Parish Council -which also involved the more agile members of the Church Lighting Sub-Committee in climbing lampposts to help nanglen the lighting.

��e nightly lighting up of the units will cost the Parish Council less than one pound.a week, and installation costs were substantially reduced by a working party of young people from the village Youth Club, who with their leaders, spent a weekend in the churchyard, digging a long trench to accommodate the cable.

1be Church Lighting Sub-committee and the Parish Council send their warmest thanks to all, who by their efforts and enthusiasm, ensured the success of this Community project. The Vicar adds especial praise fox the young members of Nettleham Youth Club who made such a good job of laying the cable - for "they tidied up afterwards, and generally showed care and respect for the churchyard in which they had been working".

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�EST KBPT VI�

Although Nettleham vron its ap1)ropriate group last year in the Best Kept Village Competition, this year vre failed to get past the preliminary round. The competition is judged under nine headings ranging from the absence of litter to marks for community effort. A detailed look at the IIJBrl<s sheet shows'a loss of 5 marks for litter round bus stops, telephone kiosks; two were lost for the state of the village centre/playing fields; hro lost through gardens, window boxes etc; three lost for the state of the churchya.rd/cha!)el surrounds including war memorials; wo more for business nremises including inns etc; tv1o for state of signs, ad·lertisements etc; three odd marks were lost under other heads. All this adds up to 131 out of 150, which vias not good enough to go through to -:he next round, although the judges made the general comment that the overall appearance of the village vras very good.

The team members for this edition are:

G.F. CLAHKE Nigel Kingston 753000 Lyn Morley 751098

54 Brookfield Avenue Sheila Turner 751688 Pauline Woodforth 752801

Nettleham Jill Hardcastle 751614 John il!oulder 751564 Lincoln 752407 Judi th Townend 750469 Nrs. G.F. Clarke Ken Weat.berston 751370

A limited number o£ additional copies are available at 10p each from G.F. Clarke.

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In Your Garden Now

'j'o ensure a good hum in S rring and all Sur."JT!er i_ t is essential to provide a good grovring medium. '�'his c:::n be done by means of top dressing, removing all old debris; i.e. dead grass.

Aeration is also very imoortant to relieve compaction due to constant movTing and weer and te�;r. A narrovr tined fork or spiked roller attached to the mower vTill in most cases ensure good dr: inage on all but the very poorly dra.ined lawns.

A good raking VIith a s�;ring tined r2ke <IiJ.l r':move old dead turf, leaves, and level out worm c2sts.

If moss has been a problem rB.king should not be undert;-:ken until it has been killed, as this only spre�'ds the spores. A dressing of hercurised Lawn Sand will in most cases take care of this problem, follov1ed by a good ra.1::inc; once the moss has been killed, making sure to remove all debris.

1·/hen aeration and raking hes been com:nleted a good top dressing of Peat, Loam and Coarse Sand evenly s�)read then either raked or brushed in v1ill !lrovide a good medium for the grass roots, and ensure good grm.,rth in SurrrrJer, this treatnent also helns to level out any uneveness in the lmm making movi!!2fL�§�!�E in S_�)ring.

Continue clenring up flower beds, remove old foilage from the following, llel :hinium, Lupin, Canterberr:: Bell, F'uchsias etc; 13 covering of peat, corrpost or rotted manure will protect the crowns from frost. 'l'here is s Lill time to TilPJlt 'l'ulip bulbs.

V.bG;/l'ABL3 GARill:'.;f·J

Dec: Lift and store in peat or s;:md - c�:rrots and SFedes. C;-,rry on tidying up "che vegetable �11ot, dig over and add rn2nure or com.,ost to vscant ground. Cover Rhubarb for forcing or �;lant neH crmms blant VTi th buds just above ground level). Check all stored fruit and vec;ctable, remove will affpct othr�s sto�erl). Protect stored_ TJotatoc:s from frost dar!18ge.

any of those rotting or Het (if not, it

Jan: �nth c:ll of your 'ilinter digcing done, now start sorting out 1-1hat to grov1 in 1)84, note and order your seeds. (Hemernber what you did v1rong last year�). Harvest and use:- P�.rsnius, brussel-sprouts, 't�inter cabbar;e; ss.voys, kales And leeks. (All these are not affected by frost 1mless it is verJ severe Hinter). Protect greens

with netting if :9igeons are a oroblem.

Feb: Sow <L"lder heat:- Cauliflowers, ce1ery, le":ks and ol:iions. \·lhen possible cover :prepared ground with cloches ready for sowing:- beetroot, broad beans, sprouts, car'.-ots and onions,as days lenc·chen. Sort out early potatoes and set u:p in trays for chi tting \,but protect from frost). To� dress Ja�anese Onions. Av;id digging [:,Tound \-I hen frozen (should h&.ve done it before novr! ! ) Green crops:·- Ha.l'Vest and use as and VIhen ready.

�-�� fiO�ES Cl2ar any leaves which may be diseased around all trees and burn. Cut back bushes to avoid Hind rock, re-firm soj_l arou..rJ.d neVIly plant trees, which may have been loosened by high winds or frost. Gheck all tyes, cut off damaged branches. Continue �o -olant roses, deciduous -:;rees a.nd shrubs if the ground is not hard and frosty. If trees and shrubs arrive from the Nursei"J vrhen the gTound is frozen, don't unpack, leave in shed 1·: i th roots we 11 covered tm -'vil Heather imnroves. Tic branches of young conifers together >'li th sacking to prevent snmr breaking them dm-rn. PA'l'IO_�- Dec . Jan. l<'eb. Plant trees and. shrubs in containers, but protect against snmv damage. �'\'l'Ji�T@_ Remove any \-Ieeds v.;hich have allpeared. Lil!,htly trim plants that have finished flowering. �l'op dress arolmd :ylants \vi th l)eat.

�at;l� Spray fruit trees vli th tHr oil -vJinter wash to kill pests, firm 9lants that have been lifted by f�ost. Prune fruit trees and bushes.

�)E£2:1.£:.-!Y.. Start to prune smnrner flm.,rering shrubs. Spray 8{;c?inst a mle canker and leaf curl on peach trees ;,.,ri th lir::_uid Co:;�er Pungi.dde. 'l'his ':ronJd help fight this desca.se if sprayed tv1ice a year. In October vhen leaves are about to fall, and in J<'ebi"_lar-y-. R2.ke RJl ·diseased leaves un nnd burn.

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Letters to the Editor It Has 'Jery t;ood of yo11 to send me the· I'iettleh;;m Neus r.gain P.nd �he g;-: rden show,

you do thin:;-s un : l:rir:;ht, and I \-18.8 most interf:sted in all the f1oHers nnd ve-s-ctables you Here shO'Il ing. L, h?S f�'OllP i". long· '!lay since your Grandad's cJPy ( '.Ji JJ iam I·lP<"dha.rn too!� I can remrcmho-r hO\v 2xr i ;;ed he used ,o be ;:1 t The flm:er s�no·,.,, an(} he r J'iirJ.ys eo t a ;'>riz e. He and Lr. ;·,j_r::i;r,lsrm of the 13rmm :_;oH used to 11e very Pc."�ive. I hr-:ve enjoyed ,Jimmy Sm1yers di:o:.:ry, l Hen-;; ·,o school \·:ith Ginger ..:lc.>•rver, ''nd I heard the story of I'u-s. JavTyers 21 children tHice all those years ago! I used t,c SPll my .JBdS vee:etables on Saturday afternoons, Onions 1 :cenny a bunch, Cabnage 1 ")enr•y, Cr-wli_f1m.,rer 1a.nd ha ':•enily, Ers. Sc:.\(�{er aJvmys bought. the.: big family I gcwss. ·fe used to &;o to 1inc.oln on · .. :u.csda:.r 2.nci. Fri�:ay in t!w c2.r:·:·ie:c 's cr>;··t for 3 �> ence ! I cen remer.1ber tJ.,,_, boys di ·oing ':"y red hair in the inkv1ell in ;;he dr•sk in front and one day I Hrote a rhyme on my Da·ler rmd the hea.drne ster v!as look_i ng over r."y sh0ulder! �

11Lr. iU�ch is a VSY:J �J·ood r;;aJ1 He tries to teach us all he can Headin[.;, .:ri ting, ;:md _;',ri t!mc;:;ic, But he do sn't for;;ct tc zive us the stic.k ':.'hen ho does he m�·kes us dance OuT. of ;_,_-r:�,::;l.snd into ?ranee C•ut of !.·'ranee in. -.:o S�J2.in Over the h:i_lls and b2.ck ae;ain!!

Hettlcharn r:;v_rely has lots of en",;;rtainment and interestinr: thincs tn do 2.nd senior cit izens bken c::<re of. _'he ::;etdeham Iie<·!s is {;-.ceat I ';;hjnk, in Ti'Y dc;x we; :w.d the 1;2.ri.sh J.Jacaz ine vThich He enjoyed. '.:.'he beck \·las a d clicht but tl1e boys used to sit on the bridge and te:::.se the gi.rls ::;ojng· �R.st. ·�,-,.,.,..:.:·iPt ::_;,-,;-:-�, Lrn:Je i�ilJ 2rd the E1son cirls, me R.nd a. fe1-: others used to r�et r2.gged. He used to go u:p to -che }�all in a farF.Jers ',vagon to tea and a Tlrlrty in the Prork in SiJ .. m::er, and B. tee. c:.nd nC".rty at ..;chool 2t Christr.e,s.

I w;t .Jam Gals tan L:'oF.J ;\r:ericn. Hhcm I 'ti8.S at the !1, th i;orthern Hos�)i tal in the ited Cross in 1'-}.17 and 2�ftt:r b_is time in Engla.nd A.nd },r�nce in ·.l.�J.I. I �t-J,me to iLrnerica nc:-trly 64 years PJ�o <'.nd hPvc; been home scvr.?rP·l tines.

I enjoyed 2ll t'-1o nc•vs <·nout ,_:"irdrming but b·:d::1g n(�arly 89 I can't do very r:mch any more. I-Jy Dad used ';o dig- a big -;jlot in the ge.rdan and btU', potatoes, all sorts of vec:�·etables <'IT.d rover Hi.th stra\v end dirt for the vrin�er. I \-TOnder if you do nov:':'

·.fell I hrn,c; T8.Ltbled on ;-,1 .. o�Jt the old da·:s but :,rour iJevJS orings it all back to me "'i th joy.

I ho�)e .'mu get over and thc:;t 1 vlill see you again.

·:..'his letter is i'::--om _;ill and Nancy T-ieedh:::u7tS .h.untie .-:Na in 11.mc.rica.

Dear Sir,

I sym1•ath ise 'tli. th Hr. Haworth "Ver +he' ty::J.f'fi" Problem. 'l'hr- heavy ] orriPs ?.re b<�d enough but th,e unladen ones that bounce uy Hashdyke Hill in the middle of the night are the vJOrst. But how can it be stopned':' }'or any h:w to be effective offenders have to be caught. ·,·.'e already h::1ve a speed limit 't!hich is ignored, especially by motor cyclists, as anyone living on our road knovrs, and it is y'ears since r've seen speed checks carried out. Signed Kate Hichards, 64, ',h::shdyke Lane, Nettleham •

''ill any read er interested in an occasional c-ame of chess nl ease get in touch \•!i th }Jr. A.r.,. ,;otter, 6 Cliff J�ve . �

1-ie;;tleham 'i'el: 750885.

FOR SAD�:

S'"'AE13Il{D AV.r.;LG.;:;R Very good condition box, target 2nd battery. only :L8.00. 'l'e1: 7531/,6

S:9ea..l( ;md S:peJ 1 As new

Boxed - fu tteries etc. £15.00

'L'hom1;son, 46 llee·ndale Lane. 'l'el 7531 fi6

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Nettleham Diary_ jrd .0ec. "Youth CJ.ub l'l"lX18.{;ement :JPJGO - 7. )0 :;,r:. Jl.d School "(oom 5th Garde=mers heetir\o,- - li,loraJ i'.rt - 7. 30 n. p;• Cld urhool Hoom 7th _;0<:1rish Cnun c i l l·.eeting- 7.30 -o.rn. l'J.l.ls:-J-r.ne J'avi1ion

13th ':fhist ;Jrive (;;.>rdeners Associadon - ?.:o D.�. C'Jd �Jchool .3.oom 1 )th ':iomcn 's Jns' i. tute - r�hristmas 1'arty - 7. -:o .,,,:·1. Villa . .o·p �l�'.ll 15th SC'nior ::.o. r;id en ts Carol uervice - f-3.15 [i • • 13.,...oHn Cov1 15th Cric:-:et Cl1Jb Armunl General Ler::t:nc- 7.":!fl :•.7 .• l· nJ s2nne �'avilion

19th Youth Cl,Jb Janarement BI��G-0- 7.)0 .r::. Old .;chool. ltoom 26th !�oxinG :)ay - l'ram ·.ralk.

5th Jan. he th odist :!ives - Coffee and Chat 10th 1ilorr:er 's Inst-;_�n+e - '1'�1k 1\•:-r-. \·J,:·' • .. :---·-}1 - r·oaltr "P··or'ls - 7.)0 Tl.r:J. Vi1la{"E' EBll 19th Ecthodist '.Jives - R.ev. R. Bell - Ccnt:�e for the Oeaf

•t Youth Cl.11b l'.iartagement BIJ·.jGO- 7.30 !).1:.. Olcl �Jchool Room \.Date to be advertised ) 5th 9th

25th

2nd 6th

i)th 1 3th 1 .1.th

29th 16th

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1 st 5th 6th

13th

15th ':'

28th 5th 7th

10th 14th 25th

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har.

Apr.

?arish Council l',eetinr:;- 7.YJ �1.11. Hulsr>nr;.e ,-,avilion

Gardenr:rr; i•w-··tin.o,· - 7. 30 �.m. Old SC'hool ::oom

12dLs Club- Andre1tT l:llov:, Yo::::-ks!,i.re '.i'.V., •;mother Calendar Day' 7.30 ::•.s. V il1 3 gR Tia 1l •

1-,r;t::od i_s t ·!i vcs - .. Jinner Gardeners Lee tine - 7. 30 p.r.1. Old :�r;hnol r�oorn ;.)arish Council I-Iecting - 7. 30 p. '··· h<.Jls::.nne L)e:.ri lj_on 'Jhist J)rive - G;;rdeners Asso·�ia.tion - 7. 30 p. ::�. Old ..;c·h·"ol ,toom :·.'omen's :::nsd_tute - 'l'alk :n2.omi Fic:ld. A I'rel·d.storic Eivc'rsjde S e t -:;l ement at

Yiskerton - 7. )0 n. r . • Village Hnll

L1dic:s .. ;lub - hrs. Dixcn - hicrm-r:we Demons-cn'ltion - 7. )0 ·0.r:. Village lL<Jll Methodist 'dives - Interior Docorations Youth Cbb 1'-ian8..ger.1.ent HNGO- 7.)0 ;J.!':. Ol_d School Room ( mte to be advertised) Le chod ist ./iv s - Coffee 2nd Chat Ck>.rdeners Leeting - 7. 30 ·1.m. Old School �1oom P�1rish Cou.'1cil I,;, eting - 7. 30 p.r:�. Mulsanne }-'avilion \-/omen's lnsti tute - 'i'alk. ha.urice Jc,l'-tnson. �I71aJ 1 EarJ:Jals in Lincolns}lire.

7.5n T>,r.t. VillRge P.all

J.!cthodist .lives - Lr. J. ;)rnith - Antioues Youth Club h::.nagement .i:SU-:GO - 7. )0 '1.!<;. Old 3 chool li.oom ( Date to be advertised) ladies Club - hr. J. l:'lat-';;s, j··J.S.P.C.C. - 7.)0 :J.::· .• Villac;e Hall hethodist '.iivf's - Rev. K • .::iaunders - "Life of a Village Vicar" Ladic:·; GJ.ub -- '1:.aster Fayre' at Vi, laDe :ro.ll ·,!omen's Insti-;;u-;;e - imnu<1.l heetine- '7.ji':J :.9.m. Village EP�ll Senior .. :csidcmts 2_)r�rty - Junior ::ichool

La,dics ';L1.b - l·.:.rs • . tivr-rs, 'J'Ja tural Gosr:Jetics' - 7. 30 o.c. Vi1la .. n.:e :Tall

food for Thought Christr.a.s rrreo�re tions shnuld oy nm'.r 'be in full s·v•ing - Crlkes pnd 'QUddinr;s should

be r·a.de ;>mJ. r..n.turing for the s-·,er;i_>" l dc>y. :rmt • • • • • • •

for those of von ,,,-ho h<;ve not 'ret r�:-,de thP.ir cP}:e, drm 1 t rush dovrn to --our favouri. te

supermc.rket •..

l'•;;;.y I sug est tb; t you m8..ke your ceke _t]2-_i�s_ \Jeekend. As soon HS it is cold,

double vrr2.n it in tin foil r..nd -rJla.ce in the freezer. After onJy 48 hours the cake rnay be

thaweri And ..

used 8.S usuA.J. I 'm sure you uiJ l be SUJ"'9rised at the 1 i n�3t:-mt ' Ii1P.turi ng that this gives the ,..::-d-ce.

And nm·T for >;he ,:=-ood neHs • • • • • turkeys c:.re r.hea�)er this year. I-'lc:,ny of us \·:ill buy,

or IT12Y ".lrPady heve bou�ht, froz en birds 2nd ver'.r ,c_·ood value thev are. But nlease defrost

them ca.refully - r'·member that a 1:->:-r-ge bird need� to be thavTed slowly aml th-�roughly, and

may take th-ree or even four days for this essenti3l thawing to ta.ke pl ace .

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I Hould be the J ast persrm to sugr-�est we stray from the tr0di tional Christmas fare, but perha�s some of you \.Jould like to try this stuffing as an ad;.i.i.. tion to your normal mertl. �anut _dt�Jin_e: 1 onion 6 oz . fresh breadcrumbs � tsp. mixed herbs

Black peper and salt for 10 mins. 1mt:i.l tender. nuts, and .Qerbs. Bind \·d th

2 oz. butter 3 oz. salted peanuts Fry the chooped. onions in the butter

heat and add breadcrumbs, rouchly chopped season to ta.ste . Use as req_uired.

1 . egg-, to bind

Hemove from the beaten ecg e<nd

After ::::,11 the fostivi ties a 11iece of boilc;d bacon is a complete che.nge. This sauce is delicious wi -::;h any form of bacon o-r ham. 3 oz. butter 1 level tbs:':"l• tomato puree 2 oz. deT:lC'..rare, sue,·ar 12 oz. choyned onion 4 tbS1). cider vjnegar 2 J.evP.:!. tsy. oade musta-rd

1 tbsl). 'JorcestPr sauce �)inch of salt. I·lel t the butter a.nd gently fry the onions until -:-.;olden bro'..m. Add c:tll the other

ingTedients ;md f··:y for 10 minutes.

Handicapped 1:Jel ton :Branch. L.S.P.H�.

'l'he Lincolnshire S.ociety for the Physically Handicapped is a volu.ntary org:misation for the l�ysically Handicapped which covers the whole of Lincolnshire.

'l'he cou.nty is divided up into area 1 s covered by local Branches of •,rhich ':/el ton is one.

'l"he name is rather misleading as "'e do in fact operate from the Old School in Nettleham, and cover 14 villages from Bardney to Falding...rorth, and Nettleham.

We usually meet on the third Thursday in each month for a Social or an outing, although on occA-sions 1;his may be changed depending on the event arranged.

\{e try to cater for all ty:pes of iliysically Hcmdicapi)ed and although most of the transport is provided by CoDfuittee members in their own cars, we are very kindly loaned the use of a 'l'ail Lift Ambulance by Social ;;.ervices to transport those v1ho need to travel in \·Jheelchairs.

For the Socials He try to arrange some kind of enterk,ir:ment, this could be any thing from a ta,lk on House Plants to a demonstratioTI on e'}_ui:;:mJP.nt and talk by the Police u.nder water u.ni t.

Slide shows and Competitions are ver.J popule.r, and we also have a number of games such as Cards and .Dominoes which are plc:.yed 1.,rhen \ve need a change. The afternoon is rou.nded off vli th a nice tea provided by Lady Amcotts and a number of the Comrni ttee who all contribute tmmrds this.

Outings are always enjoyed, and \.Je usually start the year off vri th a visit to the 'I'heatre Royal, Lincoln in Pebruary to see the .&'11ateur .Dramatic production, which is always a favourite.

Later in the year '.Then the weather is better \•le arrange outings for either a full or half day, when we provide a cooked .Dinner or tea for every one. The year comes to an end >-�i th the Christmas Dinner at Nettleham . 'i'his is very kindly cooked for us by Hrs. Norris, IV'J.rs. Stone, Hrs. Allison, and Nrs. J3roddle, and is an excellent full Christmas Dinner with all -;;he trirmnings, and involves a great deal of hard \'fOrk by these ladies v1ho so kindly give up so much of their time to do this for us.

Nrs. Hardvrick makes a number of Table Decorations vJhich are auctioned off to members aftervrards, she also provides a Stall of Craft goods vrhich she has made throughout the year, which the members like -eo buy as Christmas presents, all the proceeds from these go to Branch li'u.nds. E:ntertainment after Dinner is provided by local groups who kindly give their time. '.!.'he vThole day is rounded up with tea and mince pies with Christmas Cake, and a trip to Lincoln to the late night shopping for those who wish to go.

The Branch is responsible for raising its own funds for all t!.is, a.nd we also are able to help our members in a number of other ways, including pra�tical , and financial help where req_uired.

'l'hrouz,hout the yea.r we receive information from a number of sources, our mm Eead Office in Lincoln and other-Organisations, includine Social �ervices . �his ranges from Toilet facilities in most areas for the Physically Ha��icapped, to Holidays all over the Country.

'l'he Branch tries to v!Ork as closely A-S possible with Social Services and all Local Government DepArtments for the benefit of our members, and we do invite a member of Social Services Staff to all our Committee meetings for this nurpose.

\·le are able novr to take on a few nevr members, if :myone in the 'Tillage Hould like to join us. Although most of our members are over 60 , any one Physically Handicc:t:pl)ed over

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An Essay Mrs Alice Stepney of 52 Brookfield Avenue won first prize in Age Concern Lincolnshire

1979 Essay Competition. This year she has been highly commanded for the following essay on . . . . . . . . . . . . . ••

PEOPLE I HAVE }'J:ETII IN MY LIFE

Of the millions of people one meets in the course of one's life, most are hardly noticed at the time, let alone remembered. Perhaps a brief glimpse of an outlandish, vividly coloured hairstyle, or a beautiful face, may catch one's eye for a moment. Then it is gone.

Similarly, even one-time friends and acquaintances fade irrevocably into the misty past, unless some striking quality of appearance or character makes an indelible impact on us.

Of these, the oldest survivor of the ravages of time on my decaying mind, is Martha, my Indian ayah, and constant companion for the first six years of my life. Beautiful she was, with fine features, dark skin and greying hair, parted in the middle and caught into a crescent of white scented flowers at the back. A faded cotton sari draped over one shoulder, half covered a brief, short-sleeved blouse, exposing a slender brown waist. Her feet were bare, but on her arms jangled many brightly coloured glass bangles, and in her nose, she wore a gold ring. I loved to cuddle up against her as we sat on the verandah steps, playing with armfuls of flowers. Imitating the itinerant jugglers, }�rtha would make the flowers vanish miraculously. Although she had little money to spare, she bought me minature earthenware cooking pots. We gathered twigs, and lit a fire under the trees, and Martha showed me how to cook curry and rice. We ate it off banana leaves, sitting cross-legged on the verandah. I wDre a little sari she had made for me, and rows of glass bangles she had purchased in the bazaar.

vfuen the heat of the day was over, we travelled by rickshaw to the beach. There, Martha would tie a thick rope round my waist, and hold tightly on to it, while I bathed in a sea that vras always warm and very rough. Afterwards we played on the beached cata­marans, until sunset, and time to go home.

She bathed me in a deep green wooden bath, then tucked in my mosquito net, and lay down on a mat by my bed, singing me to sleep with old-fashioned hymns, 'Safe in the arms of Jesus 1, 'Day is dying in the West', and 'Omrard Christian Soldiers'.

Remorsefully I can recall hitting l'Jartha vrhen I failed to get my own way, but she was always kindly, patient and long suffering. No wonder I loved her.

The last time I saw her, she was lined up with the other servants on the front verandah, as we.were leaving for England. MY }�ther told me to say goodbye to her, because it would be a long time before I would see her again. I ran to her, and she gave me a big hug.

She used to pay a letter-writer to write letters to her 'little Missie'. I still treasure those letters, and the glass bangles she sent when my Mother came on leave.

Separated from her, lonely and unhappy at boarding school, and frightened at night I would think of Martha, and sing myself to sleep with 'Safe in the arms of Jesus'.

When I was seventeen, my parents came on leave, and I was looking forward to returning to India vri th them, to visit Martha, when we had news of her dE;:ath. It was very sad that none of us were with her when she died. She had been much more than a servant. My.Grandmother, who was in charge of the orphanage where Martha lived, after her l�ther died in a famine, had. taken Martha into her own home, when she was twelve, to help look after her seven childr�n. \Vhen they grew up, Martha looked after us, and then stayed on to help my Mother with the sewing and other light duties. The servants all respected her, and she became like one of the family.

A complete contrast to Martha, was my headmistress, at boarding school, the 'Ram';

a large, flabby, pale faced lady, in her forties, wfth brown eyes qnd hair, the briefest of noses, and pursed-up lips. From a wealthy Scottish family, she was highly intelligent, well educated, 'and I am sure, well-meaning, though old-fashioned, even for those days, and a strict disciplinarian. She suffered from St. Vitus Dance, and the extraordinary contortions 'of her face as she worked herself into a rage, would have been comical, if we hadn't been so terrified of her. Even a visitor described her as a dragon, but she had no need to breathe fire. We never dared to do anything wrong intentionally - rather, we

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lived in continual fear of offending her unwittingly. One day, I placed a large vase of beautiful prunus blossom on our table in the

dining hall. Teachers and pupils alike admired it greatly, and I was feeling very pleased with myself, when there was a deafening sound of the 'Ram' banging her fists on the top table. There followed a deathly hush, as everyone looked up in alarm. The 'Ram 1 s' face contorted with uncontrollable fury, but eventually the words spluttered

forth, "Will the flower monitress from table 5 come and see me in my study�" Perhaps I had been guilty of a foolish horticultural error, but I might just as well have murdered somebody, so dastardly did she make my villainy appear.

On another occasion, an unfortunate prefect was all but expelled, for daring to have her hair shingled. What would the 'Ram' have done to some of today's pupils�

There was a gentler side to her nature. \fhen I was eight, after spending a last weekend at my school, my parents were returning to India for five years. In despair I walked to the gate with them, and after an anguished hug and kiss, they tore themselves away, and I watched them walk slowly towards the station, unable to stem back the tears any longer. Suddenly I was conscious of the 'Ram' beside me. She reached out for my hand and squeezed it tightly, as she led me gently, but firmly back to the school. I could sense her compassion, and it gave me strength to bear my misery.

The most famous person I was fortunate enough to meet was George Bernard Shaw. He taught and produced his own plays at R.A.D.A., where I was an aspiring student, though I wasn't lucky enough to be in his class.

He did not resemble the pictures I had seen of him at all. He seemed much younger, with reddish hair, a boyish face, and a tall, lean, upright figure.

He had a reputation for being conceited, but I think it was just his wry humour. He had a marble bust of himself removed from the front of the classroom to the back, so that it should not distract the pupils�

I loved his plays above all others, and his slightly antagonistic manner was a disappointment to me.

Quite the most surprising person I ever met was I1iss 'X'. Slightly overdressed, plucked eyebrows, peroxided hair and a rather too generous application of make-up, one ha4 the impression she could have been an ex-chorus girl. She had a slight and agile

.figure, was an excellent dancer, and became the life and soul of the parties on the ship in which we travelled.

A few months after reaching our remote destination - a small city in the heart of the bush, we were attending our son's and daughter's schools, \>lhere both were receiving prizes on the same day.

At the end of the proceedings at our son's school, the gently and kindly headmaster invited the boys to file out quietly, row by row. \fhereupon everyone rushed to the doors at once, shouting excitedly, and stumbling over each other in the ensuing chaos.

'vie escaped to our daughter's school, and took our. seats in the large hall, the girls sitting on the floor in front of us. There was a hush.as the new headmistress entered the platform. We were flabbergasted� It was Miss 'X'. She raised her hand, and every girl stood silently. She lowered it, and they all sat down again. She had complete control of the school, and they all liked her. I learnt not to make hasty judgements, and that appearances can be deceptive.

MY son had several girl friends, and I approved his taste, but Jenny was the most gifted person I have ever met. Slender, and beautiful, with large brown eyes in a sensitive face, her soft wavy brown hair fell below her waist.

Her father was a scientist, and she had inherited his intelligence, with an I.Q. of 157. If we had any p�oblems, she was always able to solve them, but modestly and unobtrusively. She was also a gifted guitarist. She was very feminine and maternal, and loved to nurse my �aughter1s babyo

Perhaps because she wasn't happy in her own home, she became like one of my daughters, and I was very sad when she and my son parted.

Soon afterwards she was elected 'Queen of Mensa', and became an advertising model. I last saw her holding a baby on a tin of baby-food!

At a Church social organised by the Boys' Brigade, I met the most important person in my life. \Ve were playing that rather naughty game of 'musical chairs '• When the music stopped, the men grabbed a chair, and the ladies, a knee.

During the course of the game, I landed on the knee of a dark, good-looking stranger, and when the lights went out, he had the cheek to kiss me. I never forgot that kiss, and when we got to know each other better, he married me.

Life is so much more interesting because of the rich contrasts in appearance and character of the people we meet. Some influence us for good, some for bad, but thank goodness we are not '

all made from the same pattern. How very dull life would be! ·

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Progress and Departure Promotion in his job means that a vlell-_(novm He-;;tlehan man e.nd his family vrill be

leavin.; the v:L llo.ce very soon. Colin 'fric;h� is to t<L(e up a neH �1ost in CanmbeJto'm, off the .lest �oast of :..icotland,

vrhere I suspect tiH:n·· are wrore shec:p -';han �eo�;le. It \·Ja.s 197� <rhcn Colin, w ife ::-:�t and chj_ldren Carol, j)avid :nd hic . .,::lel dc � ended u:,on Eid':rn:v C1os0 tn cor:-,�1lete the cosrm:::olitan

populat ion of tho close. After R fe\·1 Her:ks of :�et-.li_ng dmm i� bec:.--me ve-:-y c1er>r that .A11 ...l2.ints C:(l.urch hr:.d

r:;aincd some s ·�rong suo-port e.nd -che f2mily qt:ickly -h<::c::>.J;le i.r:'.T:1ersed in " '·Ti�" varjp':r ---f e"�-1 r,sic:s-;-.j C"', r>r·"::.ivi tiPs. vJhich ha.ve con�inued to tl1is dr1y. fln inter st in Church music

led Colin to eventually becoming Choir-i'lftstcr and Org::mist and h(:: hc:.s '�ince pla.;red a major role in ti'J e dL:velopment of the choir and ind iviC U'-' l choristers bot:, you.'1g 2.nd old.

As v1e' 1 as tr;.i:\ing- I)ractice each .l<'ridc.y 2.nd :-Jlaying 2.t the seTVi� es, Colin was also instrurJen-;;::J.l in the o_cg--r-misa tion of severr.� 1 tri�1s to va.rious pn:� �;s of the county where the ch oir toox :9<1.rt in Lusic l''estivals. ne also examined and awa:c-ded g:radings r-.rr:ongst members and played a vital part in the dcv<::lo:pr.1ent of younrser choristers over thP yea.rs.

Ha�··:y �·nd sad oc�P.sions alike usually found him sep_";;ed at "vhe orga.n dispensinr; a

harwonious and a �, _oropria te blend of music for the occasion. In t!1is a.spect of his Hork he will be gTee.tly missed. Aside from fcu-:lily acti.vi ties Colin ;:md Pa.-t devoted a "c-.re at deal of -cime to -che Church. '.l'hey were not simply ch'ta'ch goers but :people �or'n.o worked and s-;;rove for a general developr:Jent of Christian activ.i ties in T�ettJ 2ha�r:1. both have

addi t ionally ·,.rorked cxt-renely hc.rd for "cr:e Church Council, and Pat esp ecially is one of those unsu.'1g heroine 's \·ii c;hotlt uhose help organisations cease to exist or at best stagnate.

Colin , dr1uc;htur Carol, ';rho cr::rlier departed to Hniversi ty in J.r .. md ee and young-er son hichael are all pr:rvcrt Lincoln 0i '�,;r SU:l !Orters (He p_ll have our •;;ee.knesses) and no doubt the thrills and atmos�)herc· of :.:linc il Bcmk ·.-:ill be missed.

Arw football however ;:;hat exists in Cam::Jbel tovm \viJ.J. f7!in stout S1l=).:ort :md indeed a potentia l ·r:J.a;,r'7r ;:�s l'iichael is nr> nean :or>rforrw�r on th�� field. '.c'he nuiet member of the family , eld0st r>on lJavid is busily en;::�:ged in cor:rputer studies and ho1)efully he to Hill t:cead the r.�ort;;. l s of Univc:rsity in the course of time.

Colin 2.nd _Jat ':rill undoubtedly be missed by the Churr�h fraternity of l�ettleharn, but also by a lar�·e nurnu;r of other �JCO-:Jle vl}1o know them. '!'heir contribution to and infl uence_ on t..;!1urch �·rork wi.ll P 1\-!a:rs ce I;A.r'-'.mount.

Lost of aJ.l hmTP.ver 'the:v -.·rill be renET1Y Ted for thf'jr friendly a-::rproach eo people and a rcr:dir..ess oO �nel:p Hhcre j)OSSibJ.e, a fle;.-ibility that S'!-.8.f.1l1S -.:;hem as 8 fa.mily of very niC'e 71eo.\J.e. ;!e vi sh t1-:P.T'1 ··rR11.

Greetwell Pottery It ·o1as �, ·.-:inos•.Je·;)t P..nd somev1hot daop fYOu:p of 11\dvcs" i'IDO teetered dO'Iln to the

' :Pot "cinc shed'-;'�; ·eh�: bottom of Lr. Green ' s :_;·a.rden one evening early in Se;:ltember, visions of a r·::l8tivcly brief, bu"� sa"cisf:-r:Lng tri.p CJ.rou:rd tlv2 locr-:1 'lottery srwvirooJ'ls

fPdin{" ra:-,id ly t:!o_c furt.he.r v1e stw�:bled. However, 2. r:-·;o:.l tree. t of an evening a.',raj_ ted us. From the moment 101.<r .1ot:;er' ;;erched us in a..11.y con-;c:ivably nossi.ble n i che in his

uork area cmd began hir3 denonsc;ration, to the moment he bid us a \vo.rm farev1ell, 1:1e rern::'tined enthralled.

Here 1:1a.s ;:;. )r8.c-cical .)otter a·,; \'lOrk: no frills and fan!: i es, but someone \·Jho \·.;orked equally for the �)Ure l ovr, of the clay r;nd the satisfact ion of 'l)roducine; pieces :Pleasing enough to be bou,:.;ht -oy others.

In the s:�'<W'· of t',·!o hou.rs vJe '.-le:re 'diJ ling conscri�)ts to a ·�.;ot-;;ed' history of :oot t ery: from cla:r t·r_:Je n.nd pre�)aration, through s.ha�)ing, drying , glazing and firing: from coil pot to the intricnte li �;tle knob on a tea1)0t lid : rmd ,,,e left full of

·a.dniratinn for his sheer gu.ts and lngic ns vrell o.s hj s talent, and the \.Jilling owners of an

· a�3sortmeT'.t of :-::ugs, om1ls, 2.nd pots ready to s:;:>read t:r.e vrord of our 'find'.

If this \·HJ.S .indeed i\r. Greens first e.ttem;Jt at 'derLo and talk' on his mm premises l-;; sh()ul.d not be lone· before nur::erous others take the O[ >lortuni ty to be irnTJressed by his

abili t�..- and. ec1ual J y temnted by his inimi te.ble sense cf humour into actually buying f1.is !)O'tS.

Our '1ncr'l 11otc;er 1 ::mci his long-sillf·�rj_nc nnd su �, ·,ortive vJife deserve our :pr,-ctical

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Path. Lab. Wives visit to Pathological laboratory at County Hospital was most interesting and

our thanks must go to the three gentlemen who gave up their evening to explain things. 'l'he vTorking conditions arc similar to a subm�.rine vli thout air conditioning, the

draught could blow away the subjec1; for exa.11ina tion '.-Thich in ma.ny ce.ses are minute. \:le saw an amazing microscope vThich enlarges up to 200 times - this parti.cular piece of equipment is very speci<:�.l e.nd for use in connection Hi th research projects.

'l'he preparation of samples for examj_n2.tion is mostly mechanised and takes a. 24 hour cycle. Samples are set in paraffin wax for easier handling. Nevertheless, nimble fingers \Wuld seem to be necessary for the slides are li t.tle larger than pin heads.

l''mch of the technic<=t1 iTJ.f,.,rrr,,.,.�ion ':';:!S 'tia.y above my r.omorehension but I am grateful that such procedures exist for dia.cnosis.

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Youth Club Youth Club Na.nacement Cor.1ffii ttec are looking for a Secretary to take notes at

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Cri cl< et 'l'he Cricket Club held their annual .Jinner and

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In Conversation lvith Nurse Heath.

\men di.d �.'OU come to Nettleham': As far as I can remem-ber 46 years ago, the ninth of January. Did you come as District Nurse'r Of course I did ··· hm1 else? I've been nursing since the age of 18 - I came back from India to Histon ( Cambridge) Hhere I worked before - I came home because I was ill - I \vas off \-JOrk more than a year. I h8d to get a job and I came here. I arrived on the ;;iaturday afternoon -· some dear friends from Histon brought me and some bits of furniture- some of Hhich had been given me by Hrs. Jor..n Chivers - the Chivers are at Histon - a.nd it hap8ened to be a very mild vTinter and the first thing I asked for from somebody Has a root of celery, because I'd nothing to eat and the next day was Sunday and I think they thought I Has barmy - this vroman had arrived and all she vTanted 1vas a root of celery and there was novrhere open. How-· ever the other girl whose job I took had been sacked because she had married on the sly and the ->:.ueens Alexandria would not em})loy a married vlOliic-'Ul, so she was out and I got the job. I lived on the Green in the half house of �·Irs. J"lillington. 'l'hat was the Saturday and I wasnt on duty until the lionday, but later on S1mdrq this girl who was leaving-she was having a few days vri th me and then leaving - she came and said "J.:irs So and �)o is in labour and as ;:ou have go�� to look after her you might as vrell go and deliver the baby- I can't remembE:r the name but I met him jn Li.nroln a f'e\·T y.:ce?rs ago and he carried m.Y luggage to the bus - but there a child \vas born vThilst the church bells were ringing -that viaS my entrance. Do you remember \vhere they lived'r Yes Sudbrooke Lane e.omewhere - something like Coleman. 1tli thin a few days - I did 'nt like the village at all ·· I vTas'nt ha�my but Yrr Cotten Smith came with an old pillovT slip and in it vras a few bits of na1)pies and a baby's govm, a mother's gown and a bit of P. tm-rel such as now you vTOuld put the polish on the floor \vi th. "'.:.;his is the maternity bag and your job - the important thing is to kee�·; \·Tell. 'i.'ha.t Has my entrance to Nettleham. Is t1·:at what the Church called "the swaddling clothes"': I don't knmv vlhat the Church called them - the people Here so poor - des:9erately poor - these vl8re to tide the 1voman over vrhilst she 1..ras in bed. I don't knov1 what she had to do after - I suppose the baby had to go naked because these things had to be washed and returned for the next poor beggar. I only used that bag about twice- they were fit for putting polish on the floor. I was'nt very hap�y but everybody '...ras so poor- all the babies \vere born at home - eveT'Jbody died at home -almost there \vas none of this into and out of hospital if your big toe aches. Hho vias the doctor then':' It vras Dupreez uho had recently come into the Hed House it \vas called -he was a very good doctor and very bad tempered - nobody had a doctor if they could avoid it, because they could 'nt afford it. It vias 'nt they did 'nt want the doctor, they did 'nt want to pay him. 'l'he doctor in those days charged a pi tmnce - I think it was about 10/- old money. If I Han-ced a doctor, which I did sometimes, I would send for him and he \·:ould come and then the people h2Ji a form this long to fill up as to every penny that came in and every penny that went out .and then they had to pay t'-·is pittance to the Council Hho 1·Iould be paying the Doctor. If they could afford to pay it, I use to say to the people to put on the form "able and vTilling to pay", then you need 'nt fill up all the form. I ha.d Nettleham, Riseholme, Burton Lane end - to nearly Saxilby, South Carl ton, North Garl ton and eventually Scampton Aerodrome, Grange de Lings, Bunkers Hill. I had to cover all tha>t Hi th one house in the middle of a fiAld and Hickson Hho hgd a ba.d heart a.nd vias often off - so then I ha.d Ree-pha.m, Cherry i!ilJ.inghaJn, Fiskerton, Greetwell and the other side of :Gunkers Hill. '.fhe peo:0le wert-: poor but clean and :::>roud. 'J.'here vras never a cleaner villL!.g-e an;y' . ..rhere and \•Then they VTere hr:.ving a be"by it \·JaS like a nursing home, spo-'cless \·li ;;h a �ug of sterile '1-Tater and there was nonr> of this going to hothercare with two or three hundred pounds, they made the nacpie.s out of the tails of their husband's shirts - now they tell r:1e husbar-,d 's have 'nt got any tails on their shirts - they could 'nt afford to buy this tovTelling, they made the cot sheet out of an old sheet and sometimes the cot Has 2. drawer ;md sometimes it 'tTas an oranr:e box - made beautiful cots did the orange boXf!S, •11i th a bit of stuff dra}Jed over. 'l'hey had to sta.y in bed ten days and it was a holiday- women used :o say �o me that they looked forward to having a baby as it was the only time they g·ot for a holiday .::md the husband - if they viere lucky ·· brought them a few chocolates or oranges or flovTers, they vJere made a fuss of, and a. vrom<->n came in and ran the house whilst she vias in bed for ten days. 'Je used to let them waddle their legs on the side of the bed and there v1as one \<Ioman - still in the village who shall remain nameless - I lifted her out and put her in the baby cot whilst I made the bed properly- and the baby cot broke- we still laugh about it now.

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You see now they make them get up - we've gone to the other extreme from where the mother had ten bec.utiful days of ha:npiness and IJeace 9.nd made a fuss of a freedom from the house i..rork. Now they have to get up and go - and they have no rest, no peace we've gone to that other extreme, and I sometimes think its cruel - because the idea i·laS alright. Get�,ing up is alriGht, but the poor devil gets up and -�hat is the end of the peace - but it is to prevent clotting 't!hich is a very good idea. 'rhere i</2.8 the Nursing Association - I've always said i: I wrote a book I should title it 11A penny for my soul11• '.I'hey poses sed my soul, they ex_:)ected all this that v1as literally slavery which I loved and \vas extremely hA;�py after <''bout a yer:..r - before I settled in. 'l'hey had this Nursing Association where they pnid a penny a week and a small Cor:1mi ttee lJsed t.o f!O rcmnil Pnd collect these pennies and I Has supposed not to go t o anybody i·rho was not paying their pennies. I used to <;O 2.nd say "of course you belong to the Hursin;; Association" - "\/ell I don't really- I used to but then we '\orere'nt going to have anymore babies so I did'nt pay it anymore I used to tell t:'lem what to do Pay it b2ck one year - 52 peru"lies - and then you are in full benefit - that '\olas how I did it - I never said "Show me your card" - ·

which I was su�mosed to do. '1'he Association got grants from the Council to pay the pittance the N:J:U3se got, they augmented ivi th Jumble Sales and Fetes and such like. I''i:rs. ltC:J.nsford was the Jecretary and went across one day and her daughter who 'tlas then young, bargaret, and they v1ere making I think lavender bags or something and would I

buy one- after all it is all going to you. I did not buy a lavender bag. I had no money, I was as poor as a church mouse, I only got a pittance and I was on duty 24 hours there was not one hour vrhen I v1as off duty, I could 'nt go to Lincoln, I could 'nt - not that I wanted to - go to the pictures. If I Hent out to someone for a cup of -:;ea and that was very rare I had to give a telephone number if I could, Yes I v1as on the tele-phone. I had three vTeeks holiday in the summer but otherwise there vias 'nt ten minutes when I was off duty. I used to g·o round lr;.te at night giving morphia to the people dying of cancer ·-­

it was the only drug Lhen He had, nov1 they have better drugs and this v1ent on, laying out the dead etc.

All the baths -- noi<! they have a bath attendant, I had to cut their toe nails. Ny Superin7.endent said to me "I can't unders"cand why you do all t:C.is work on a Sunday" - "if I did'nt I'd never do it", because that Has the only time I could give anybody a bRth. 'rhere iv8.S somebody on the Green - better remain nameless - wonderful couple - the pension Has a pi -ctc:mce and she \vas in bed for years - all -che money i·Tas laid out - and He used to let -chem have an air-riq; or bedpan for a �)enny a v1eek - the pennies used to be all laid out. I ·.-�ould probabJy be ot:t c;ll night delivering a baby - and then I had to go in the morning 1;o see -che. t that mother and baby 1<1ere alright - but did 'nt I get some telling offs V� hen I carne b?.ck - Vie live next door to you - I should have gone there first! and there's someone on the Green now - they shall rewain nameless Hho are rathGr good at telling me off - the fact I'd been out <Jll night and I'd had to go and see that -poor mother did 'nt count - thPy lived next door.

Those V� ere the days. I 'lJ tell you all the saints aren't in the church 'YTindow, I went from house to house and I usPd to sit and listen to their family his7.ory and the sheer goodness of the people. I used to come out sometimes humbled and if you want to go and see a few saints in the village I'll give you their address. 'i'here's �lsie Barman for one, she has given her life. \-/hen my trouble s-;;arted I didn't know what to do <:md Elsie came and saved my reason. I was \·TOndering wh;;o t on earth can I do and re.ng Blsie P.nd she came here ago.in and again for hours and I can tell you another family not so far away who said to me ll1:!.ny years e,go, one of the ;-:sirls eot a s-pot of trouble and I said "v1hat are we going to do Joan "Oh you don't uant to bother about her, rrry .::--;ranny saw to me and v1e shall look aft:;er her" and I thought that is Christianity, the real thing- not the sugary soJ:t. I'll tell you there's another v10man in lJettlehcun I'd like you to eo and see and I'd like this new vicar to go and see and tha,t's Hrs. Ladley. She was in Cha:9el Lane, and the girls were a little bit wilful, and I can remember sitting there waiting for one of the babies I can't remember \vhose and she started telling me rbout Old Hettleham. I

never sav1 that VToman vlhen she w2.s 'nt laughing and I said to her once 'r::lhy don't you come to Church·:" Church, I dare' t go to Church - I should laugh - I said you want to come and laugh - it v10uld do us good and only a fe\v months ago I Hent to see her and she vms still· laughing. She has e;ot a beautiful happy face - I wish you would go and take a photo, and put it in the magazine. 'rha t v10man h2"d trCJ.gedy after tragedy, her husband was killed before I came, I 'm not sure - he \vc.s knocked off his bike and killed. She was left with these children s.ll girls - and J never se.v1 that \.JOrn:'.n but that she had a happy laughing face. - One of the saints of Nettleham.

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\'lho were the big families':- Oh the Savryers - Granny i:::>a'\oTyer I knc'\oT very v:ell -when she \vas in a b?d temner she l"'y on thP :rn8d - novr srH' \·'Ould be snoshed flat but the traffic Has 'nt as bad then. Hhere about was that': Opposite what use6 to be a Slofeet shop - Nrs • .RadforJ 's. (near the \·ihi te rlc.rt �vhat is now the bank) . She Jived round the corner R,r.d had tHenty t\vo children. 'l'he husband died before I came. She married again in her old age but there was s onething \·Trong and she got rid of him and m<-rried again with a e-reat big hat vTi th roses on. She vms a laH unto herself and never divorced! Nrs. TiTLl<er, her daughter, lived in those cotta,ges vthere are now �;alaces opposite the Church and so did Ers. Pranklin. Nobody has any idea of the 0overty of the peo�lle, but they were clt>an respectable, God fearing. I met a Chapel man, he Has lame, and he said "I can't bear to think ,,,hat will happen wi1en we go and I said \·Tell love they mamged before we came so I guess they'll Iill'tna.ge vlhen we've gone - he Has wringing his hands - I don't know v1hat he would do today. He lived down Cha0el Lane.

Old hr. Spencer who had.�· stroke :md I had to go t'\o1ice a day for seven solid years

and I v12.s tied up 'ili th new born babies, but if I '\oias late I got some black looks. You went about on a bike'! No never, before I came the girl \vho got the sack, was given a car just one seat a_9art from the driver. l·uss. \lilson at Hiseholme gave the car and it cost �90. It sounded like a tractor and after a \vhile they changed it. Before my time if a Eurse had to c;o down Burton Lane :C,'nd they had -eo hire a J.;axi. 'I'he Association had'nt been going lone before I came - only a year or two. Before I came I understand the Associa ;;ion sometir::es did 'nt h:tve the money to pay the Nurse's pittance, but that never happened after I cFJme. 'i.'hey got grrmts fron the Council.

Did you kn'1w .Dr. Campbell the County hedica.l Uffic:er of Health': Ho, I don't think so, they dealt ivith the Associa-;;ion. '1'he ·!;tJ.een's on·ice 't!as in 'l'entercroft Street, but the I-Jidvlifery and Gener8.l were more or less separate. A viOman car:1e :>eriodically from the Association to see what you \vere doing and thc:n the other \·wmr:n came from the Council on the I·Jidwifery side, and I ha d books galore to keep, every patients name every visit was booked, all the l·id•.-lifery - I've still got the latest of my hidvlifery boe>ks. I worked full tir·>o till I HO s 70 c;.nd thP t me:mt t;oing out in fog snm.,r and anytime of dey or night. You listened to the tele?hone. NmJ I look back and sey "hoH on eG.rth did I do it".

I had the most t 2rrifying ex;yeriences. I remember one night .:;ettin,:; into the back lane and I could not see anything so I �mt the car on a verge and locked it up and c;orried all the e'luipment to a field at :Surton. I did 'nt ,cnmr \·Ihere I v!as, b';t I got to the gates at the Coach Hoad • .. :here a kee::->er �.;le:rjt :t.nd I knocked him up and he went with me. It was a girl - I c8n1t remember if she \'/PS married or not - she'd hardly started labour - so in the morninr-; I sent for Lees. b'Vans to send 2, man to get me home ;md get the car out of the Lane, then I vrent to see Du:1reez :=md he went • . .,ri th me and S8.id �rou don't think you r1-re cominG here 'tO nlay 'lli �h this baby do :rou'r he l:w.d a shock when he saw \<Jhere the house \·Jas th2.t Homan h2,d t�ui te a fev1 babies - but he (.0upreez j sent her to Gainsboro, there \·Jas nowhere here for a· ;"irl to ,c;o. 'l'he odd ct"S8l'iF.n went to the County but really there vias 'nt ;mything for 1·,idHifery. imo-:;her c:ime the same field but a different '.oTolll?.n. I went uown on i,he i'ridDy P . .fternoon, and I did 'nt come b<Jck un<;il .Sunday afternoon. It was thick s nm: and 1 h2.d .. o shove �he c?...r in \vhere all the �)osh houses are nm1 and \valk thro tHo fields. PJlothcr night I '.·ras in the middle of these fields and I did 'nt !�now Hhere I was a man came Hi th a torch, he oust h;:;,.ve seen me and rescued me and that \vent on.

In the bad wim;er of 1947 \o!hen we l1a.d one way streets round Burton and I Vias out a lot of nigh-;;s - they hsd the l'.O • .J's, Army and Hha.t have ;;-ou, and they dug the roads out every day - then the floods came in kJril. I had no end of babies and I used to leave the c2.r on t>e old aerodrorr,e. One ni;_,tn I covered the encine vli :;h an old coat - and \o!hen I got back in the r�orning I forgot the coat \·Jas on the engine, so I had a good mix·�ure of fan oel t.I came u:p on a tractor sor:etim s during that winter, when I could 'nt feel my feet Hhen I got off the ·;:;r2.ctor. One night there Has 2. girl in a field on Burton Cliff -there were all these odd houses - most of 1.-1hich nov1 have been got rid of. I • . .,rent up there, shoved the cP...r in a hedt,e, C'CJrried all my stuff, lost the heel off my shoe, and I arrived at the: house 8.nd I alvrays used to say rr.tT e 11 God there's just you and me, there's nobod�y else, so its u::) to you to hel::1 me11 ;ond eve:Y1t11,"llly the b<>hy 'tl?.� born. Dur�ng the night I kept �hiTL'<:ing ;rDid I :urn the lights off i, the car) 11 a.nd vihen I got back in the morning I had 'nt! hr. ,.�ettle ( �he bP.ker) came and rescued me, because the '::J8tte:ry Has flat.

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l'<iss. Hill used to taJcc all the mess2.gr s, <md as soon as I \-.'8.8 back hiss. lfill sa.id "A \•!Oman on t1unkers :lill11 - so I Hent to Bunkers lii ll �!i �h my mud and the heel off J:JY shoe missing. i·im: �he:y 'd lsO on strilce - now the ·· 've cot the: riloney but th e;:r 've los t the vision - tl1at 's not entirely true, but I '·iR.S so h:npy - tl'wy were m:l children my frunily I \vas then nother �;hey used ·eo come "eo me all hours - they did 'n'� want to c;o to the Jjoctor because they did 'nt vrant to ;m:.,r him. \Pnen the ne'.-! schene c; .. me in I Has about 60 and rny 6uperintendant said "You'll nev er be able to do all "vhis ...:ork11 and I said ''Don't

talk such rubbish - they won't send for me Hhen they cnn gf:t the doctor for free". '.:'his was true they could 'nt afford the doctor. 'l'illy S ·encer - hrs. l"randin - wld ne 'chey had a bill t�_at ·.>as never oaid to .Dr • .Deane - ;:!is biJ ls Hould be a :Ji tt:=mce - but a lot for those days. '.i.'he first

-cha.rge l CPtn remember Has 7/6 ·, Yes, but 'l'illey told me she

used to work at the Collece and took in \·T<:"shing to pey her mother's bills and I remer:1ber her mother who vlas a tartar and poor 'i'ille::· used to �msh her in her bath chair and the story goes she got to the Beck <md then she had her tem-per 2 .. nd got out and walked� Her father was a gentle soul. 'i'illey's daue:;i".ter Hene was born on the beckside - in the cottage vihere hrs. Eoul c;by lives - She vlas afraid of her mother, her mother played merry hell vlhen ltene was born and 'l'illey dare 'nt have another. Hene be::;an to �0\-T u:;; and s2y . why can't I ha.v"' a bP. by - have' nt I saved enough l"loney yet humr··y • and t�:.is ivent on u.11til finally she got a baby :[Joor old 'l'illey \vas <mother S8.int.

'dha t wa.s you.r vTorst experience going round - these 2.rr.ITton tri '[lS'! Yes in those fields at 13urton the houses h. ve tumbled dm.,rn now. 'ii·lo fields doHn Rnd. one house -· she did 'nt have a lot of babies, but several - and she \vas lonr; vlinded! 'l'his meant I i·!as there a

long time. 'l'hen that exo:,erience on the J3urton Cliff- I al'·Ta.ys h::J d it in my mind th;:; t if anything \vent oJrong - then I had a phone - some of the cott�·gos had but very few. By the mercy of almjghty God ive had no t·'aden:ies, for Hhich I i·J2.S gJ2..d. 'l'hey wouldn 't st;md for it now. I used to come back in the warning and go .:::.nd see .Th..;.�1reez or kchler and say F!rs. So c:md So had a son in the night you' 11 g·o r-md see he won't you, uhich they did. In most cases, bt;t not all, the doctor could stay in bed and see the pr•tient the next morning. And tha t is hm·r T liked it. I used to say with truth I v10uld rather do this job for :nothing than not do it because I loved it. Ii::.ve you any idea how many children you delivered: No, but thousands really thousands, and event�ally I had all Cicam.t)ton Aerodrome. Once l:octon ·l'las built they went there.

One of those very bad vT inters - I don ' t knmv which it Has - but I · .. ralk.ed to Sc2JJ1pton, there \vere peo0le ex:Jecting mEO and I felt I rm1st go. Cor-d.ng b�ck a lorry .driver �cicked me up, and he must hc•.ve got in touch \vi th my office - the next thing they said •t�hy did 'nt I ask Jc::unpton for a car - it never entered my head. It wos my ,job to get ther e . In my day,· it was absolute rule, if .:-:ou put h;-�lf a. foot •,-.rrong - you ivere out - that's hmv '.rou were train ,·d. In my tra.ining days, I got ::5 for the first year, but <re had our uniform board a.nd lod:, e ;:;nd v:e \'lcmt up to the Gi ty in our Cloaks Rnd :tionnets e.nd ·,:ere trewendously hP.)�oy. A fe1-1 �o� 1ers on the bus \ve got m) to the .,est b'nd .

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N E T T 1 E H A K S C 0 UT r P. C 'J p " E ' S

Nearly 1200 people "'njoyed this y-ar'f' Fonfir( and Firevrorks Display. Special thanks are d.t:P t0 •Jl', ·�;o0d, vrho �indly ql:,Ked us to use his field , and to :"lssr . '.::'hO[ pson -�!1d I�earns for h a!ld ling �u�· tic rpt sales. Our w.?.ln'!PSt th anl--s 1r,:; a lso rl>.w to "UT many f"i8nds and helpers, >··ho help,;:l to r.�ake t"'i2 spectacle the best ,·'<: 've f'Ver had!

PATF..ER CI-IRIST!1b-S COMING '1'0 NETTLEHJLM

We :1ave 2.gair::. contacted the I ort:. Pol"', '3.11<1 as ·· result o: th is F ath "r C hristnas will h e tourin-s "-he 7lllaf!e or. tis aeccr<?.ted sl•·dce,

on the evenings of 1 ed n ,sd:�.y, '2'st anri T '.ll'sd a v', 22r1rl Dec ·TJ:ber,

fron 6 1-.m. onrrards.

HEI,P RE:JUIRED!

'vs have been fnrtuna te ir- huviYJg a lively 8ul: J.nri Scout Group in

hettleham, thanks to thc: dsdicated lea d'P'S 'lnd helpers, b.r:d P.pproxima tely

80 Cubs and 5? Scou+s l a'Je bee1 m· +ing r Pt,ularly �ach 1-Teek in th"l Scout Hut and +� rir.r J''l�t in occE.sional cu+siaP J.Ctivi ti-s.

Unfortm�atPly, we have recen�ly 1,-,st l e<J.d Pl 1-r.d helpers, m:ing to varlc-us c-easons, ard they have LOt b ee. r pJ.ac.::-d.

Ur.less ue can find people u\o Br8 'Jill'; '_:to help ( previo,ls ,x;Jerhnce not req�ired ) re 1,rill be in the unha ppy position cf luving to close d0wn or.e o� two of our cub packs/scou · tr0ups. Tnis l·iould be a serious loss to the young p8<"pl8 i"' t .e vill·-:· ( t present T·IE· arP f lly suhscrib.-;d al!d there are 0th�r youngst ·rs 1-vai tin to j')in).

TT� are therefore r ':!.king this urgen t appeal to nr-yone { malP or fe�ale ) vrho f"")els th-"'.t he 0r sl e >-TO'--ild ::'E p:->- P hED to su. port �.is v r· 1·:orthwhile c-:.use, by g iving S"lffiP. ·cime. Ple-,se f'Ontact Doug . oxle',, "E'·l. to. 753051 who ·1i ll be pl :aGecl to give furth:J:r infor.na ti'>n.

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6 CHURCH STREET NETTLE HAM

.... LINCOLN 751702

'A WARM WELCOME' AWAITS YOU

AT THE

BROWN COW

Hot and cold lunchtime snacks

Music Saturday nights

Wine q,y the glass

LINCOLN ROAD NETTLE HAM

4l1t LINCOLN 751851

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581800 2blllbqq bb2

ALAN R l'llERS

Come and ask us about

the card that saves you

more. � Leic:ester Building Society

23 GUILDHALL STREET LINCOLN

Assets exceed £1.800000.000

AUSTRALIAN

BOOT COMPANY

LTD.

Family footwear

specialist

30a SINCIL STREET LINCOLN

LINCOLN 27952

M. WHITE

Plumbing, central heating,

gas fitting, guttering, glazing. wall tiling, roof repairs

SARACEN'S HEAD HOUSE 11 HIGH STREET

NETTLE HAM

.... LINCOLN 750871

BRIAN·

SCOTT

Specialist in felt roofing

and mastic asphalting.

Remedial work undertaken.

Fast, efficient sr:Jrvice.

18 THE CRESCENT NETTLE HAM

.... LINCOLN (Oti22) 750214

PRECAST

CONCRETE

0.1. Y. Slabs, posts, garden edgings. etc.

Most shapes made in concrete

Also Calor and Propane gas stockists

PAUL COTTEN & SONS

PRECAST CONCRETE WORKS SUDBROOKE LANE. NETTLEHAM

LINCOLN 750076

P. C. ASHCROFT

Plastering

Plaster repair work

screeding

Floor and wall tiling

Free estimates without obligation

5 FIELD CLOSE NETTLE HAM

fQ LINCOLN 751354

HINDLES

OF LINCOLN

Stockists of Kee Klamp fittings

Wells spiral ducting and flue systems Fans and grills

Valves. tubes and fittings

UNITS 3 AND 4 NEWARK ROAD INDUSTRIAL ESTATE

LINCOLN LN5 8RE

fQ LINCOLN (0522) 683000


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