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The village magazine of Nettleham: Lincolnshire Summer 2012

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From the EditorNigel Kingston1 High StreetNettlehamLincolnLN2 2PL

Telephone/fax: 01522 753000Email: [email protected]

The views and opinions expressed in Nettleham News magazine are not necessarily those of the Editor.Where photographs and/or names of children are published in this magazine, it is assumed that prior permission has been gained from parents/school.

Nettleham News is designed, edited, originated and published by Nigel Kingston, 1 High Street, Nettleham, Lincoln LN2 2PL. Design copyright © Nigel Kingston.All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under design copyright above, no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system,

or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise), without the prior permission of the publisher.Printed by F W Cupit Printers Limited, Horncastle.

DEADLINESNettleham News magazine is a quarterly publication and the

deadlines for receiving contributions for each of the editions are:

1st FEBRUARY for the spring edition1st MAY for the summer edition1st AUGUST for the autumn edition1st NOVEMBER for the winter edition

All contributions should be sent to the Editor

Read Nettleham News online at: www.nettleham.info

Welcome to Nettleham NewsWelcome to the summer 2012 edition ofyour village magazine - I hope you find itinteresting, informative and sometimesamusing.

Book ReviewOn page 57 a number of different booksare reviewed by Phyllis Maiden, who haskindly offered to write this as a regularfeature in future editions of the magazine.

If you wish to contact Phyllis to commenton her reviews, or perhaps suggestadditional books for her to review, pleaseuse the Nettleham News contact detailsabove.

Crime in NettlehamWe are fortunate that the crime rate in thevillage continues at a very low level.

However, it is reported that the city ofLincoln has seen a huge increase in thenumber of stolen bicycles recently and thistrend could all too easily spread here.So do make sure that your bicycle is securitymarked and whenever you leave it, ensurethat you use a good quality bicycle lock -so that it is still there when you return!(see also Police News on page 27)

Unfortunately email scams, which originateabroad, continue to be reported. There is avery simple rule to be followed here: noreputable organisation (eg banks, buildingsocieties, charities, etc) will ever ask foryour bank account details via email.If a request for this information appears inan email which you receive, delete itimmediately (or alternatively forward it tothe relevant authority for investigation).

Scammers are known to frequently usewell-known brand logos to give their emailsa very realistic and authentic appearance,but under no circumstances shouldyou ever divulge your bank accountdetails to anyone via email, no matterhow credible the request appears to be.

Nettleham Nature NotesOn page 53 appears the first of a series ofarticles by Phyllis Maiden (also our bookreviewer) on different aspects of wildlife inand around the village through the seasonsof the year.

I know many readers enjoy hearing aboutthe experiences of others in observing thewildlife which both resides in, and visits,Nettleham, so this should be of interest toall our ‘nature lovers’ out there.

The Bishops’Palace SiteNew developments at this importanthistorical site in our village continue tomake progress (see pages 27 and 36/37)and anyone who feels they would like tobecome involved in any way in this mostinteresting project would be mostwelcome.

This is a unique opportunity to be part of asignificant milestone in Nettleham’s historyand heritage, creating an amenity whichwill benefit future generations of villageresidents and attract visitors from far andwide to come and see our beautifulLincolnshire village .

Nettleham Handbook and DirectoryIt is anticipated that an updated version ofthis useful pull-out supplement will againbe included in the centre of the autumnedition of Nettleham News magazine.

It provides comprehensive details aboutall kinds of clubs, societies, special interestgroups and other organisations in andaround the village, together with usefulinformation about local amenities andfacilities.

Is your special interest group representedwithin its pages? Is the information relatingto your group, which appeared in theautumn 2011 edition, still correct?

A number of people have contected meover the course of the past year, thechanges noted and the entries will be dulyupdated in the next edition.

Do please check your details and let meknow of any changes before the deadlinedate (1 August 2012). Thank you.

Nettleham Summer EventsBy the time this edition of the magazine isdelivered to your door, the NettlehamDiamond Jubilee Street Party on Monday4 June will probably have already takenplace on The Green.

I do hope the weather for this and also theNettleham Carnival on 14 July is better thanthe weather we have experienced in whathas turned out to be the wettest April onrecord!

I hope to be there at both events with mycamera and reports should be included inthe autumn edition of Nettleham News.

Gardeners too have been dismayed at therecent cold and wet conditions which haveprevailed throughout April. This is one ofthe busiest months in the gardening yearand I do hope it doesn’t result in fewerentries in the popular annual NettlehamGardeners’ Association Show in the villagehall on Saturday 1 September.

If you have never entered anything in thisshow, why not have a go this year - younever know, you could be walking awaywith one of the magnificent trophies whichare presented in a wide range of differentclasses.

You don’t have to be a member of theGardeners’ Association to enter and thereare all sorts of different classes in whichyou can enter (see pages 49-51 for furtherinformation).

NEXT EDITION ➜

Text articles for Nettleham NewsWhen you send text for publication in themagazine, please remember to send it as asimple Word document (ending in .doc)If it ends in .docx unfortunately I amunable to open and use it.


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Directory of Advertisers

ACCOMMODATIONThe Old Vicarage 06Hayman’s Ghyll 16

ACCOUNTANCY SERVICESASAP Andrew Seymour 08S C Warren & Co 10

ANTIQUESHemswell Antique Centres IFC

ARCHITECTURAL SERVICESChris Butler 22

BATHROOMSElixir Bathrooms 14

BUILDING DESIGNGary Milnes 26

BUILDING DEVELOPMENTSBeal Homes 68

BUILDING SERVICESM J Spencer & Sons 04Fairclear Construction 08L&J Construction & Maintenance 24WEH Property Services 26Leesing Construction Ltd 28RF Building Services Limited 40S J Wood Building Services 48

BUILDING SUPPLIES & TIMBERListers 40

CAKE CREATIONFiona Milnes: Cakes by Design 10

CARPET SERVICESKendall Carpets IFC

CHILDREN’S SERVICESJo Jingles 08Loobyloos 18

CHIROPODIST SERVICESMandy Spring 16

CHIMNEY SWEEPING SERVICESTL Chimney Sweep Services 28

CLEANING SERVICESAllan Cotterill 22

COMPLEMENTARY HEALTHCARELincoln Chiropractic 10

COMPUTER SERVICESBob’s Computers 12The PC Stop (John White) 46

CONSULTANCY/TRAINING SERVICESESH Consultancy & Training Ltd 08

DANCING CLASSESSusan Gaisford 24Danielle Rawlinson 48

DOMESTIC SERVICESPepperpots Domestic Services 08

DOMESTIC APPLIANCE SERVICESNeil Bark 12Larry Jackson 30

EATING OUTJayDees IFC

ELECTRICAL SERVICESNock Electrical 12Neil Caldwell 22Mike Pollard 42

ESTATE AGENTSMundys IFCHarrison 16

EYECARE SERVICESClearview Opticians 40David Burghardt BC

FINANCIAL SERVICESThompson & Richardson 18

FLORISTSFlowers by Design 10

FOOD DELIVERY SERVICESWiltshire Farm Foods IFC

FOOTCARE SERVICESAmble Down 10

FUNCTION VENUESThe Old School 06Nettleham Village Hall 30

FUNERAL SERVICESJonathan Whiting 42Lincolnshire Co-operative 46

FURNITURE & SOFT FURNISHINGSEdward W Crowther Ltd 20Robert Truelove & Sons 22Thorpe Soft Furnishings 28

GARAGE DOOR SERVICESCastle Garage Doors 24

GARDEN SERVICESLincs Landscape Co 06P Westman Landscapes 08

GARDEN CENTRES & NURSERIESRudies Roots 10Scothern Nurseries 42

GIFTWARETroika 06ScandiGifts 08

GOLF CENTRESWelton Manor Golf Centre BC

HAIR STYLISTSSalon Rouge 20Margaret’s 22

HANDYMAN/HOME MAINTENANCEHelping Hands 22Nettleham Handyman 28Andy Gregory 56

HEALTH & BEAUTYThe Beauty Rooms 26Aspects of Beauty 38

HEARING AID SERVICESClaire Armitage 14

HOLIDAY RENTALPollensa, North Mallorca 56

HOME SECURITYSecure Homes Limited 10

HOME HELP SERVICESSarah Parker 56

INTERIORSNu Door 24

IRONING SERVICESThe Iron Lady 28

JOINERY SERVICESColin Pyrah 24

KITCHENSJackson Building Centres 58

LAWNCARELawnmaster 07

LAWNMOWER SERVICESPaul Dales 22

LEGAL SERVICESPage Nelson 06Dale & Co 18JGQC Solicitors 38Andrew & Co 40Wilkin Chapman 42Sills & Betteridge 46

LOFT INSULATIONParr Energy Solutions 56

MATHS TUITIONLynn Williams 26

MOBILE HAIRSTYLISTMaxine 24

MOTORING SERVICESRoy Wilson Auto Services 10Lincoln MOT Centre 30

MULTIMEDIA SERVICESBlow by Blow Productions 12

MUSIC TUITIONBrian Handley 24Kirk Stephenson Guitar Tuition 46

NAILCARE SERVICES1st Class Nails 42

NEWSAGENTSBeckside Newsagents 04

OVEN CLEANING SERVICESOven-U Valeting Service 28

PAINTING & DECORATINGS J Skepper 08Graham Hill 10T Lawson 18Holmes & Fields 22Tom Day 28

PET SERVICES & SUPPLIESTaylors of Welton 10Scothern Kennels & Cattery 24Cats Prefer Home 26

PHARMACY SERVICESLincolnshire Co-operative 18

PLASTERINGNettleham Plastering 26

This magazine is funded solely by the revenue from advertisements and readers are urged to support these businesses whenever possible. Please mention Nettleham News when responding to advertisements.Acceptance of advertisements does not imply any endorsement by Nettleham News and those responding to the advertisements are responsible for confirming the quality and suitability of the products and services offered.

It is the advertisers’ responsibility to ensure that their material does not contravene advertising standards or any Act of Parliament.

IFC: inside front cover; IBC: inside back cover; BC: back cover

Please rememberto mention Nettleham News when

responding to advertisements

PLUMBING & HEATING SERVICESD White 08Gas Wise 18Glyn Rudd Plumbing 22Paul Strong Limited 24Apex Plumbing 30Simply Heating (Lincoln) Limited 38Trevor Lawrence 48

PRE-SCHOOLSBeckside Pre-School 08Stepping Stones Pre-School 12

PRINTING SERVICESCupit Print BC

PROPERTY LETTING SERVICESFuture Lettings 08Your Home 56

PUBLIC HOUSESThe Plough Inn IFCThe White Hart 60

RESIDENTIAL CARE HOMESSt Luke’s Nursing Home 12Willan House 26

ROOFING SERVICESSimon J Humphreys 08Philip Linder 22N B Reid 42

SIGNMAKERSVenture Signs BC

SKIP HIRE SERVICESHandy Tip 16Thompson Waste Management 24

SPECIALITY FOODSThe Cheese Society 14

SPORTS CLUBSNettleham Tennis Club 06

SUPERMARKET & POST OFFICELincolnshire Co-operative IBC

TAXI SERVICESYour Cars Private Hire 22

THEATRICAL GROUPSNew Youth Theatre 56

TRAVEL AGENTSImp Travel 24

TREE & HEDGE SERVICESTip Top Tree Service 22Mark Cropper 24Sara Bright 07

TV/VIDEO SERVICESHorizon Aerials 10

WINDOWS & CONSERVATORIESCRB Installations 10Andy Yates 40Starglaze 54


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Nettleham NoticeboardIf your local group or organisation is staging an event, use these free spaces to let everyone know

Come along andenjoy some cake and biscuits

and a chat

Every Sunday afternoon3.00 - 4.00pm

‘CUPPA TIME’ALL SAINTS CHURCH ANNUAL SHOW

Saturday 1 September 2012Nettleham Village Hall

Doors open to the public at 2.30pmFlowers, fruit, vegetables, wine-making,

baking, art, crafts, photography andchildren’s classes

Auction of produce at 5.00pmTombola, raffle and refreshments

All proceeds to theNettleham Gardeners’ Association

Admission 50p (children free)

NETTLEHAMGARDENERS’ ASSOCIATION

2012©

Nettleham CarnivalSaturday 14 July

Put it in your diary now!Nettleham Village Green

from 1.00pmDon’t miss this popular annual

village event

NETTLEHAM ART GROUP

8th ANNUALART EXHIBITION& SALE OF PAINTINGS

in the Old School, Nettleham

Friday 13 July 20122.00 - 4.00pm & 6.30 - 8.00pm

Saturday 14 July 201210.00am - 4.30pm

Sunday 15 July 201211.00am - 3.30pm

Proceeds to SENSE for deafblind peopleof all ages

For further information contact:Ian Straw: 753558

SUMMERVILLAGE WALKSaturday 30 June

A FREEFAMILY EVENING WALK

Start at Monks Wood, Ashing Lane, Dunholmeand walk back to Nettleham through

Scothern on the fieldpaths

Members of Nettleham Woodland Trustwill walk with us and talk about their

fantastic work in this area

Meet at Monks Wood main entranceat 7.00pm

Make the most of the long summer evenings!ORGANISED BY THE FIELDPATHS COMMITTEE OF

NETTLEHAM PARISH COUNCIL

MIXED PALETTEEXHIBITION

Pictures, calligraphy andstained glass

11 - 22 SEPTEMBERLincoln Cathedral Chapter House

Opening:Tuesday 11 September 2.00pm

and daily 10.00am to 4.00pm(closed Thursday 14)

Admission free on entry to Cathedral

Scothern Players

OFF THE RAILSTwo one-act plays by Gillian Plowman

Scothern Village Hall1, 2, 7, 8 & 9 June

Doors open: 7.00pm/Curtain up: 7.30pm

Tickets £7.00(Concessions £6.00)

available from our online box-office at:

www.scothernplayers.org.ukor by telephone:

01522 595191 or01673 862963

BASSINGHAMOPEN GARDENS ANDSCARECROW TRAIL

A number of gardens in Bassinghamwill be open to welcome you on

Sunday 10 June2.00pm until 6.00pm

In aid of Bassingham Village Hall &Playing Field CharityEntrance programmes,

which include a map showing thelocations of the gardens, teas, ice creams,

scarecrows and the plant stall, will be on saleat Bassingham Village Hall car park from

1.30pm on Open Gardens Day

Price: £3.00Accompanied children free

NETTLEHAM VILLAGE HALL

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MARKET RASENBRASS BAND

Featuring music from stage and screen

Saturday 23 June7.30pm

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NettlehamParish Council

The Old SchoolMill Hill

NettlehamLincolnLN2 2PE

Telephone/fax 01522 750011Email: [email protected]

www.nettleham.info

Parish OfficeOpen Monday - Thursday

9.00am - 12.30pm

Parish Council NewsThe damp month of April has now movedinto what we hope are sunnier days ofsummer when the village takes on itsannual green and flowery appearance.

Before starting on specific topics, it’s worthmentioning what many residents willalready know, that this year looks likebeing a significant one for the village in anumber of ways, with several majorproposals being floated which are likely toaffect the area.

The Parish Council is, of course, at theforefront of this, generally being aconsultee and often the catalyst in pullinglocal views together. Wherever possible weendeavour to strike a balance betweenresidents’ views (which sometimes conflict)and District Council and Governmentpolicies, particularly on planning and thelonger term development of the village andits environs. What Councillors recognise,and what is in fact inevitable, is thatnothing stays the same forever anddevelopment of one sort or another isinevitable everywhere, and that theresult is unlikely to please everyone.

Parish Council staff have as a result, beenunder increased pressure since the start ofthe year and it is inevitable that onoccasions responses to emails and lettersmay take a little longer than usual. Inrespect of significant matters which needto be aired or publicised between meetingsthe Council’s website is usually the place tolook, although we do use the Councilnoticeboards too for some matters.

This report concentrates mainly on thecurrent major areas of interest and detailsthe situation at the beginning of May.On some topics things will have moved onprior to the publication of this edition ofour village magazine. For the reasonsoutlined above this report is unavoidablyshorter than usual.

Police Headquarters Proposals

Nettleham Parish Council was first notifiedof this proposal by the Lincolnshire PoliceAuthority at the beginning of March 2012and it was discussed at the Councilmeeting held on the 20 March. It was clearthat a great deal more information andfacts were required from the PoliceAuthority, the police and G4S before wecould comment on the proposals, and thatthe local community would need to beconsulted beforehand.

By the time this edition is published,residents will have had the opportunity toview the proposals at an exhibition in thevillage, and to discuss and comment onthe proposals at an Extraordinary ParishCouncil meeting. Only after that meeting(24 May) will the Parish Council comment

further; and it may be that furtherdiscussions and further public consultationwill be necessary once the Police Authority,the police and G4S submit a planningapplication. The Parish Council willpublicise any further discussions via thevillage noticeboards and the Councilwebsite.

Parking on the Village Green andAll Saints Lane

The parking situation on the village greenhas been a long-standing problem and onewhich does not have a solution which willsatisfy everyone. A couple of years ago theParish Council successfully lobbied forshort stretches of double yellow lines toalleviate problems near the bus stop.However regular complaints continue to bereceived from pedestrians and motoristsabout the difficulties caused around TheGreen with vehicles of all sizes blockingfootways, precluding parking outside theCo-op and generally obstructing traffic.

A number of Councillors met with theNeighbourhood Policing Team and arepresentative from the Highways Dept atLincolnshire County Council, as a result ofwhich recommendations have been madeand consultation is underway with theresidents/commercial premises in the area.Any decision made by the Parish Councilcan only be a recommendation to theHighways Dept at Lincolnshire County

Council, and therefore any firm decisionon this is some months away, and will beopen to public representation viaLincolnshire County Council.

The Council decision will be reported in theMinutes (available on the Council websiteand a hard copy in the library) and anupdate will be included in the nextNettleham News.

On All Saints Lane there have beenfrequent complaints about parking at thestart and end of the school day. Despiteregular attendance by the police,considerable inconvenience is being causedto residents by indiscriminate parking, attimes on private property.

The Parish Council has undertakenconsultation with the police, LincolnshireRoad Safety Partnership, the HighwaysDept at Lincolnshire County Council andthe Infant School regarding this situation,to try to determine a way forward.

Skate Park

The Skate Park Working Group met in Apriland examined possible locations, whichhave previously featured in Council reports.Finance remains a key factor in anydecision on the ultimate feasibility of theproject and the Working Group is talkingto various potential grant organisations.

Willow Trees at Watermill Lane

This item is included as a brief update ofthe facts surrounding what was acontentious topic in March and April. Twowillow trees were planted about 40 yearsago adjacent to the Beck on WatermillLane. Over the past 6 years the larger treehas been shedding an increasing amountof debris of varying sizes. The ParishCouncil has used their tree surgeon onseveral occasions to remove dead materialand split branches from this tree.

The Council’s Honorary Tree Advisor(Cllr J Hill), accompanied by the PC’s treesurgeon, inspected the trees earlier thisyear and found that the larger tree wassuffering from a form of terminal die-backof the higher branches. A second opinionwas sought from the County Council’sprincipal tree surgeon, a man veryexperienced in the management of trees inour county. He confirmed the die-back thatwe had noticed and said that although hehad seen it before, an explanation wasdifficult.

We then consulted WLDC’s officer withresponsibility for the ‘Green Environment’.She considers each individual case andwhen appropriate makes Tree PreservationOrders using a nationally accepted schemeto rate any application. The rating for these

continued on page 7

The Old SchoolOwned by Nettleham Parish Council

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Competitive Hire Charges

Telephone/fax: 01522 750011Email: [email protected]

www.nettleham.info

Nettleham Tennis Club isLTA registered and welcomes

everyone, irrespective of gender,age or ability,

providing tennis for bothsocial players and league players,

seniors and juniors

Junior coaching Thursday evenings(see website for details)

Membership Secretary: Chris Chester

Telephone

01522 824597Email: [email protected]

or visit our website at

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Parish Council Newstrees, after a personal inspection, was 8 forthe smaller willow and 10.5 for the largerone. A score of 15 is required to justify aTree Preservation Order.

An additional factor brought to the PC’sattention was the continued difficulty withdrains and drainage in this area and theclose proximity of individual drains to thesetrees. The main sewer is only 6m away andthe principal drain from the Kingswaydevelopment is 8m away. Tree roots,especially from willows, can be expected toextend underground for a distance of atleast the height of the tree.

As a result of these consultations, Cllr Hilladvised the Property Committee at theirmeeting on 1 February of all the possibleactions that could be taken and theirpotential success, both short-term andlong-term, together with the fiscalimplications. They decided that the bestlong-term management solution was tofell the trees and replace them with moresuitable specimen(s). Accordingly our treesurgeon was instructed to remove them.

Immediately before the planned action daywe advertised the felling locally and as aresult many individuals raised objections

and they subsequently attended theProperty Meeting on 12 March. After thisPC Property Committee, Cllr Hill consultedthe County Council’s Aboricultural Officer,who was in agreement with the actionproposed by the Parish Council. He wasstrongly opposed to pollarding of willowsin this environment and thought that analder would be a better long-term solution.

He did, however, think that these trees andthe associated verge might be part of theHighway and therefore LCC’s responsibilityand this turned out to be the case. Thiswas reported at the Parish council meetingon 26 April, when it was agreed that theParish Council would make representationsto LCC Highways expressing the view thatin the opinion on the Parish Council thetrees should be pollarded per the advice ofthe Nettleham Woodland Trust’s Advisorand that Anglian Water be requested toinvestigate the correlation (if any) betweenthe tree roots and their sewer.

Neighbourhood Plan

The first meeting of the NeighbourhoodPlan Steering Committee has been held.A draft Terms of Reference and Action Planhas been produced. Currently the

PARISH COUNCILMEETINGS

All meetings commence at 7.30pmand all are open to the general public.

All meetings at The Old Schoolunless otherwise stated.

Thursday 21 June 2012(at Mulsanne Park)

Tuesday 24 July 2012

August(There is no Parish Council meeting

in August)

Tuesday 11 September 2012

Property Committee

Wednesday 4 July 2012

Mulsanne Park Users’ Committee

Tuesday 12 June 2012(at Mulsanne Park)

Dates correct at the time ofgoing to press

continued from page 5

Committee were seeking a meeting withMark Sturgess, Head of the PlanningDepartment at West Lindsey DistrictCouncil (WLDC) regarding how WLDC willbe able to assist the Steering Committee inproducing a Neighbourhood Plan.

Best Kept Village Competition

The Parish Council has entered the villagein this competition again this year. Thereare some slight changes to the judgingprocess, principally that judges will visitthe village in July, August and September(one month later than previously).Hopefully the hosepipe ban will notpreclude the usual wonderful displaysaround the village and we can once moreget back into a prize-winning position.

Village Walks

At a recent meeting of the FieldpathsAdvisory Committee it was agreed thattwo village walks would be organised.The first on Saturday 30 June 2012 startingat 7.00pm commencing at Monks Wood,Dunholme and walking back to Nettlehamvia Scothern and the second on Sunday7 October 2012 at 11.00am commencingon The Green.

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Letters from Readers

I spent so much time, writing paper andsoul-searching in trying to respond to“Becoming Older” (page 43 NettlehamNews spring 2012 edition) that I havedecided not to bother, because I suddenlyrealised that the writer could be male orfemale and indeed only 60 years of age!

As I, on the other hand, am old, I waslooking at this article in a different lightand felt the writer was living in an‘idealistc bubble’!

For me, getting older means painfularthritis, misshapen hands and trying toopen jars, do buttons up, etc, has becomea nightmare.

I miss wearing high heels and trendyclothes and have vowed never to get greyhair! Most of all old age has meant I amnow on my own - no friendly warm hugswhen I’m sad, no ‘cuppa’ made especiallyfor me, and coming home to an emptyhouse makes me weep.

On a different subject - I read the article on‘Dial-a-Ride’ (page 29 Nettleham Newsspring 2012 edition) and as a senior citizenhere in Watford, I would simply hate to bewithout this service.

Being on my own since 2008, I have reliedon this service and found it unbeatable.I am picked up, taken to my destinationand brought home at an arranged time.The drivers are kind, courteous and, asI live in an upstairs maisonette, they bringmy shopping up 14 stairs (it would takeme all day now to do that!).

I would be shattered if this wonderfulservice, at a reasonable price, were to bediscontinued.

Many thanks for your belated birthdaywishes and thank you for publishing myletters - it does boost my morale.

Margaret Waggett

Editor:

It’s always good to hear from youMargaret and do keep writing to us with

your views and observations on life inWatford.

There is a short piece on page 70 ‘The Green Thing’ which you may find

amusing and perhaps may inspire somememories of your own about the

‘good old days’(were they really that good?)

From Margaret inWatford

Via email16 March 2012

I’m writing on behalf of my mum, JeanClarke, who will be remembered by manyolder readers of Nettleham News.

Mum looked at the photograph sent in byDoreen Lane (spring 2012 edition ofNettleham News), and immediately setabout finding her copy. Clearly written onthe back is “Coronation 1953”, soobviously part of the village celebrationswas to have a “Men v Women” footballmatch. How appropriate to publish it inthis Diamond Jubilee year!

She was able to name some of theparticipants as follows:

Standing from the left: Bill Needham,Harvey Oakley, Geoff Clarke, - , - , TomLane, - , Fred Trott, - , John Bows (I think),Maurice Smith.

Seated from the right: Mrs Cottam, - , - ,Renee Webster, and in the middle RoySmith, being given a cigarette by EdithSmith.

The venue is Bill Bailey’s Playing Field,which became Nettleham football pitch forhome matches on Saturdays. No changingrooms or toilets in those days, of course!

Regarding the history of the White Hart -I undertook quite a lot of research on theWhite Hart when we were living there.Yes, it was the village Court House andoccasional gaol - then for the Bishop’sCourt (most of the village in the late 18thcentury was still under the jurisdiction ofthe Bishop of Lincoln). It was built around1790. I can still remember the old publayout from my grandad’s day (known toeveryone as Pop), with the beer barrelsdown the steps in the cellar, which had a‘gate’ across (I believe this was where theoccasional prisoners were kept originally).

If the new owners would like to get intouch with me direct (email address below)I would be more than happy to pass onwhat I know of the early history, and ofthe history during the tenancy of mygrandparents and parents, which spannedover 40 years from the 1930s through tothe 1970s.

With all good wishes for the continuationof Nettleham News - we both look forwardto reading it.

Jennie Dunse (nee Clarke)[email protected]

and Jean Clarke

We would just like to thank all those whosupported our Charity Open Garden eventon 1 April 2012.

We were truly blessed with good weather,wonderful helpers and lots and lots ofvisitors. The end result is £380 for St Chadschurch and £756 for National GardenScheme Charities.

Thank you.

Lesley and Hugh WykesDunholme Lodge

Charity Thank You

I refer to the letter in the 2011 summeredition of Nettleham News about speeding inNettleham.

We live on Washdyke Lane and have just hadthe fourth cat in five years killed outside ourhouse. I would guess that most people speedin the morning and evening, in fact, mostvehicles speed - and well in excess of 30mph.After the last cat was killed a month agoI went to the Nettleham police station andasked about a radar trap from time to time,and the response was that it could be done ifa radar gun was available, and if a chargerwas available to keep it charged.

The letter writer above suggested trafficcalming. This is probably extremely expensive,and my suggestion to the police station wasto drill about one hundred pot holes betweenThe White Hart and the A46.

The police response was this would bedangerous. I said OK, fill the potholes withflowers so they were plainly visible. I was notmaking an impression!

Cats may not be everyone’s favourite pet, butwe have had cats since we came to the villagein 1965, and besides being free spirits theyare affectionate and easy to keep. We cannothave another, as it will, given WashdykeLane’s track record, last about twelvemonths, and something will again be takenfrom our lives.

I would like the police to give serious thoughtto speeding on Washdyke Lane. They used to,and my son and I have vivid memories of amotorist coming over the top of WashdykeLane, by the pit, spotting the high-viz jacketsand trying to brake and put his seat belt onat the same time. Priceless.

School kids gathering in the morning to catchthe bus, and in the afternoon when theyreturn to the village, can be in danger ofspeeding traffic. The letter writer abovealludes to a serious accident waiting tohappen. I hope he’s not right.

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Letters from ReadersAn Alternative View

Dear Nettleham News

May I congratulate you on anotherexcellent edition for spring 2012. One piece,however, intrigued me as I was sure I hadencountered the article before, so I wassurprised it was neither attributed to its originalsource, nor was there an indication of who hadsubmitted the piece to Nettleham News.

The piece in question was entitled “Food forThought” on page 27. Whilst I would notdescribe myself as a Socialist, it seems fair topoint out that the parable regarding theeconomics professor is regularly quoted inright-of-centre American websites as part oftheir anti-Obama propaganda. In a world wherederegulation of banking and utilities industriescould be argued to have been causal factors inthe economic problems we face, it may beworthwhile publishing a counter-piece. I’m surethe piece published in Nettleham News was notintended as political dogma, and I am in no waylumping the contributor with the self-interestedneo-cons who dominate the American right,however I would anticipate that theopen-minded readers of Nettleham News wouldappreciate an alternative parable. A goodexample would be that penned by Ken Watts onThe Daily Mull (see below).

Kind regards

Jonathan Cooper

Once upon a time there was an economicsprofessor. She loved teaching almost as much asshe loved her subject. Like most born teachers,she was much more interested in what herstudents learned than she was in establishingher authority in the classroom, or assigninggrades. She knew that those things arenecessary to the task of teaching, and to thesystem she taught in, but regarded them astools to be used to increase learning.

One year she found herself teaching a class fullof dyed-in-the-wool conservatives. They seemedunable to think beyond their ideology, andcountered any evidence she presented witheconomic dogma, which they didn’t even seemto have thought through.

“Free markets can be trusted to solve allproblems,” they said, “economic or otherwise.”

“Government regulation will predictably lead toeconomic collapse,” they said.

“Any attempt to introduce enforced ‘fairness’into a system,” they said, “will only underminethe market forces which make the systemwork.”

Thank you Jonathan for offering an alternative view to that expressed in the ‘Food for Thought’ piece on page 27 of the spring 2012 editionand in the interests of balance it is published here for consideration by readers.

You are quite correct in assuming that the original piece came from the internet and was one of many I receive from a number of different sources whoregularly send items which they think may be suitable for inclusion in the magazine. It is necessary to be very selective and use only those which may

perhaps be of interest to readers of Nettleham News. Internet-sourced items frequently have no attribution to a specific author.I would emphasize that Nettleham News has always endeavoured to maintain a neutral stance in terms of political opinion

The teacher was saddened at theirclosed-mindedness and narrowness of thought.She considered long and hard how to get themto connect their thinking to the real world,which she knew was much more complex thantheir political theories.

Finally, she came up with a plan.

She walked into class one day, faced thestudents, and asked a question.

“Do you see any similarities between ourcountry as a whole and this classroom?”

The students were silent at first, then one raiseda timid hand. “Well, the country has citizens,and the classroom has students.”

“Very good,” the teacher replied. “So if yourepresent the citizens, who symbolizes thegovernment?”

Another hand went up.

“You do.”

“Exactly. And what would be the equivalent ofcurrency?”

“Grades?”

“Very good. Would you be willing to undertakea little experiment, in order to test whethergovernment regulation is a good thing or a badthing, right here in this classroom?”

The students, being a bit cocky, readily agreed.

“Here’s what I propose,” the professor said.“I will grade the scheduled exams and papersjust as I always have, and assign the grades asusual. However, from this moment forward,I will cease to regulate how you go aboutwriting those papers or taking the tests.”

The students, blinded by their ideology, saw noproblem with this.

The first paper was due the next week. Severalof the top students turned in their usualexcellent work, and were very surprised to getC’s when the grades were returned.

They might never have figured out whathappened, except that one or two of thestudents who received A’s couldn’t resistbragging.

Those students, the others who had receivedA’s, and most of the ones who had received B’s,had simply gone to the library and found anarticle by a professional economist which fittedthe assignment. They had then copied it,changed the name to their own, and turnedit in.

The students who had worked very hard on theirpapers only to get C’s immediately went to theteacher and complained.

“But they cheated!”

“Yes. I know.”

“Aren’t you going to do anything about it?”

“What would you want me to do?”

“Disqualify their papers. Give them F’s. Give usthe A’s.”

“But your papers aren’t as good as theirs. You’reasking for government regulation. We agreed tolet market forces work this out.”

The next grade was on a test. By now the classhad begun to figure out how the new systemwas working, so it was no surprise that only thevery best students took their own test.

The richest students spent their inherited moneyto hire other professors from the economicsdepartment to sit in for them.

Some of these students were deeplydisappointed, since it was mostly the moreconservative professors who would agree thatthe deregulated approach was legitimate, andof course they had the same ideological blinkerson that the students did, so they didn’t do sowell on a fact-based test.

Some students who were less well off hiredother students in the department, with mixedresults

Some of the better students in the classdropped out, in order to take exams forwealthier students.

But that was only one exam.

By the end of the course, the market had gottena lot smarter. Fewer mistakes were made, andconsequently students pretty much got thegrades they had legitimately paid for.

The richest students formed a corporation andpooled their resources to hire a burglar, whostole the answers from the teacher’s office.They got all the A’s.

The poorest students couldn’t compete, so theydropped out, taking F’s.

With a few exceptions, the students in betweenhad grades which generally reflected howwealthy their parents were.

On the last day of class, the teacher asked thestudents what they thought of the experiment.

Oddly enough, the wealthiest students thoughtit had gone fine.

The students in the middle ranges, however,weren’t so sure. In general, the more competentthey were, the less they thought of the system.

And, of course, the poorest students weren’tthere anymore, and so had no voice.


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Landscaping of the lake banks andwalkways at the new Co-operative Woodat Ashing Lane Nature Reserve is nowcomplete and the photographs here showthe heavy clay soil in this part of the site,the main reason for choosing this locationfor a lake and wetland environment.

The above photograph shows a fourteenfoot exploratory hole which was dug todetermine the depth of clay, which extendsall the way down. There was still no sign ofwater even at that depth, confirmationthat ground water levels were at anunusually low point due to the drier thanusual winter this year.

By repeatedly tracking the JCB over thearea, the clay is compacted and once thishas been completed the saved top soil willbe redistributed over the area ready to beseeded in early summer, together withsome additional tree planting. This areawill allow an interesting walking routearound the wood side of the lake to becreated, together with adequate space fora possible future wildlife-watching hide.

Further compaction (puddling) of the claywas carried out on the lake bed and sidesin order to maximise the water retentionproperties of the natural clay.

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Joy Rand-Smith

Mabel Briggs Memorial Luncheon Club 30th Anniversary

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The diners raise their glasses in a toast to the 30th Anniversary of the Luncheon Club

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Kitchen staff and the beautiful bouquet which was presented to Janice Clayton

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On Tuesday 21 February 2012, amidsta carpet of newly-emerged snowdropsand winter aconites, a working partyof local residents, under the watchfuleye of Bill Ball, undertook some earlymaintenance work in Vicars’ Wood.

Small areas of overgrown scrub werecleared and holes dug in readiness forplanting a number of additional treesand shrubs, including wild crab-appleand wild privet, at a later date.

Ivy, much evident in the wood, wasalso thinned and a mulch of woodchippings from previous work in thewood, was applied around the base ofnew tree saplings, to act both as aweed suppressant and to conserveprecious moisture.

The media was already reportingthe relatively dry winters we haveexperienced in recent years and ofcourse this has since been confirmedrecently by the imposition of ahosepipe ban over the eastern andsouthern counties of the country.

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Chairman’s Annual Report1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012

As Chairman of Nettleham Parish Council,I submit to the Parish Meeting forconsideration my Annual Report for theperiod 1 April 2011 - 31 March 2012,being another extremely busy one for theParish Council (yes, yet another one!).I set out below a summary of the Council’smain areas of activity during that period.

1 Bishops Palace Site

A 14-year lease was signed in February2012 between the Church Commissionersand the Parish Council. A small group oflocal enthusiasts and organisations hasbeen established by the Parish Council toproduce a plan, which it is intended toenable the site to be opened up for publicaccess. Initially there is some tidying up ofthe site required.

The Parish Council has been successful inits bid for grant funding from the HeritageLottery and has been awarded £23,700 tocomplete the first phase of the project,which is to be spent over the next 2-3years. The aim is to create a heritagefocused amenity incorporating a discoverytrail and interpretation points explainingthe site’s history and interesting features.We also plan to have other strongeducational and environmental themeswithin the site; the Junior School andNettleham Woodland Trust, as well asNettleham Heritage Association, will haverepresentation on the project steeringgroup.

Future developments and actions for thesite will be reported in the Parish Council’squarterly article in Nettleham News.

2 Village Hall Re-Roofing Contract

The Parish Council secured a loan from thePublic Works Loans Board to partially fundthe replacement of the Village Hall roofs.The remaining funding came from theVillage Hall Committee and Parish CouncilReserves. Following a tendering process,the contractor, Johnson & Smith (Lincoln)Ltd of Branston Booths, was awarded thecontract for the project. Originally workwas due to commence in August 2011;however, due to some required technicalalterations the contract commenced inSeptember 2011 and concluded at the endof November 2011. Subsequent reportsreceived from the users of the Village Hallhave been very favourable and the generalappearance of the Hall has been vastlyimproved.

The Village Hall Committee has alsoundertaken a number of internalimprovements to the hall and its facilities,including the refurbishment of the toiletareas and the installation of a newpartition wall between the main hall andthe lounge area.

The Parish Council and the Village HallCommittee have also agreed the basis forthe setting up of a joint fund to accumulatecapital for agreed areas of future majormaintenance.

I should like to record, on behalf of theCouncil, our appreciation of thetremendous efforts that are made by theVillage Hall Committee in managing thisfacility on behalf of the village.

3 Proposed Skate Park

In the Spring of 2011, a lengthy discussiontook place within the Council on thepossibility of establishing a skate park inNettleham, with Mulsanne Park being thethen most suitable location, should theCouncil decide to proceed. A number ofconcerns were, however, raised aboutpotential noise, the cost to the Council andthe relatively small number of beneficiaries.The Council was generally sympathetic ofthe need to provide youth facilities in thevillage, although it questioned whether askate park was the optimum means ofachieving that objective.

A Skate Park Steering Group was set upcomprising two Councillors (Cllrs JoeSiddall and Mrs Susan Harland), WardCouncillor Ray Sellars and 3 residents.Groundwork Lincolnshire (who have

considerable expertise in this field) hasbeen instructed to lead this project andinvestigate the necessary planningrequirements and funding sources.A number of meetings of the Skate ParkSteering Group have taken place and theGroup is currently looking at the mostsuitable location and potential costings.A site meeting is planned at Mulsanne Parkat the end of April 2012.

A mobile skate park event was held inAugust 2011, sited on the Mulsanne Parkcar park, which was successful and wellsupported. This will be repeated in Juneand August this year.

4 Neighbourhood Plan

Under the Localism Act 2011, Parisheshave the opportunity to produce aNeighbourhood Plan (NP) in conjunctionwith their community. A NP may, forexample, show where new homes or otherbuildings could be built, specify designcriteria for any future development, or seekto protect a valued area of local greenspace. Alternatively, Parishes may decide todraw up a Neighbourhood DevelopmentOrder (NDO) for a particular site, whichgrants automatic planning permission forbuilding on that site, so long as it meetsany specified conditions. However, beforea NP or a NDO can come into force, theywould need to be audited by anindependent examiner to ensure that thedocuments conformed to relevantplanning rules. In addition, the NP andNDO must gain support from a majority oflocal people voting in a Referendum.

At the Parish Council’s Budget Meeting inNovember 2011 it was decided that theCouncil should produce a NeighbourhoodPlan for our village and a sum of £7,000was allocated towards the cost of the workto be undertaken during 2012/13 onproducing the same. Based on currentGovernment estimates, it is anticipatedthat the work on producing a NP for thevillage will take between 2- 3 years and willcost in total some £20,000; the Council isexploring possible funding optionstowards, at least part of, this cost.The Parish Council has formed a SteeringCommittee of local people to produce aNP including from the Parish Council:Cllrs John Evans, Joe Siddall, Allan Bonneyand Malcolm Leaning (with Cllr Mrs JaniceClayton, being ex officio as vice-chair ofthe Council). continued on page 21


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Chairman’s Annual Reportcontinued from page 19

5 Linelands Care Home

As residents will be aware from mediacoverage, Lincolnshire County Council(LCC) has now taken the decision to closeLinelands on the 31 May 2012. Officersfrom LCC, West Lindsey District Council(WLDC) and Community Lincs (CL)attended the 20 February 2012 ParishCouncil meeting and outlined options forthe future use of the site; these includedpossible use for housing for the elderly andaffordable housing by a housing provider.Indeed a need locally for elderly andaffordable accommodation has beenidentified in a Housing Needs Surveycarried out jointly by WLDC and CL.It was pointed out by the Council to therepresentatives of LCC, WLDC and CL thatit was imperative that they providedassurances that any accommodation thatmay be provided on the site would be forlocal people and a mechanism needed tobe built into any planning process toensure this objective was achieved.

6 Lincoln Rugby Club

The Parish Council has continued itspositive dialogue with the Rugby Club toensure that the ‘benefits’ to the village thatwere promised by them at the time of thesubmission of their planning applicationwill be delivered. It is understood that,subject to weather conditions, the RugbyClub are hopeful of having the facilityready for use at the start of the 2012/13season.

7 Planning

At the time of the preparation of thisReport, 39 planning applications had beenreceived during the year (April 2011 -March 2012) relating to all aspects ofdevelopment in the village, but primarilyextensions and improvements. Theproposed development of the formerNettleham Garage site comprising10 dwellings has been granted planningpermission by WLDC.

During that period there were 3 refusals ofplanning permission by WLDC.

8 Meetings of the Council

(i) The Council met on 13 occasions duringthe past year; its Committees, namely theProperty Committee met on 8 occasionsplus 2 Village Inspections and theFieldpaths Advisory Committee met on 2occasions. In addition, 3 Council Membersattended meetings of the Mulsanne ParkUsers Committee (MPUC), which met 5

times. The Planning Committee, whichmeets as and when required, continues tomonitor all planning applications on behalfof the village. Attached at Appendix A is aschedule showing the attendance of ParishCouncillors at all relevant Council andCommittee meetings.

(ii) The Parish Plan Action Committee,which is supported by the Council, metapproximately bi-monthly. The Committeecontinued to follow up and pursue theissues that were highlighted in the ParishPlan that was published in September2007. However, it was decided that thisCommittee had achieved the majority ofthe actions required in the Parish Plan andit was therefore recently disbanded.

9 The Old School

The demand for hire of the Old School hasincreased with several new organisationsnow using it on a regular basis.

The continuing maintenance of thisGrade II Listed building is of considerableimportance to the Parish Council and in thelast 12 months this has included externalre-pointing of the building. The internalredecoration of both the large and smallhalls is imminent.

The Parish Council has agreed that therates for hire of the halls at the Old Schooland the Mulsanne Park Pavilion will beincreased from 1 April 2012. This is thefirst increase in three years. There willcontinue to be reduced prices for definedgroups, such as those who are non-profitmaking and for those booking regularslots.

10 Mulsanne Park

The sports field continues to be extensivelyused by the football, tennis and cricketclubs and is maintained to a high standard.

The Sports Pavilion is used regularly by aChildren’s After School Group who meetsevery weekday; it is also let for Art Classesduring the week.

Regular visitors to Mulsanne Park may havenoticed that the football stand had to befenced off last summer for a period of timedue to safety concerns. This followed aHealth & Safety (H&S) inspection which,together with a structural survey, identifieda number of areas that needed attention.It was ascertained that removal of anydamaged or dangerous seating, togetherwith the replacement of one steelsupporting strut and some minor workswould address the H&S concerns. The

Football Club undertook this work and thestand was re-opened in November 2011.

The multi-purpose tennis courts have beencleaned and repainted. These two ‘public’tennis courts are available to members ofthe public at a cost of £5.00 for a morning,afternoon or evening session; payment canbe made to a Tennis Club representative orat the Parish Office. There has beenincreased usage and income, since thework was undertaken.

In an attempt to reduce the incidents ofnuisance and vandalism at Mulsanne Park,the Parish Council has introduced securitypatrols comprising a security officer anddog. These patrols are usually carried outduring the hours covered by the dusk todawn curfew and have proved veryeffective in reducing the problems.

11 Parish Precept 2012/13

At the Parish Council’s Budget Meeting(1 November 2011), the Clerk submitted aproposed budget for 2012/13 with a zeroincrease on the Parish Precept (£111,886).However, during the course of the meetingthe allocation identified for the productionof a Neighbourhood Plan (see item 4above) was considered to be insufficientfor the successful completion of thisproject. It was therefore decided that theNeighbourhood Plan allocation beincreased by £3,000, which resulted in anincrease in the Parish Precept to £114,886.This equates in real terms to an increase ofless than £2 per household per year or4 pence per week based on 1,570households in the Parish.

12 Village Facilities

(i) Best Kept Village Competition 2011 Regrettably this year, after our threesuccessive wins, the village didn’t getbeyond the first round. The main areaswe were marked down on were theappearance of the Village Hall and itsadjoining noticeboard, the poor state ofthe planters at the entrances to the villageand the lack of car parking at Bill Bailey’sField! Hopefully those (with the obviousexception of the last) will have beenaddressed in time for the 2012(50th Anniversary) competition, which runsthis year from July to September.

(ii) Memorial Benches Over the last year the Council has had onenew bench donated, which replaced thebench installed in the cemetery. Offers ofmemorial bench donations are alwayswelcomed. continued on page 23


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Chairman’s Annual Reportcontinued from page 21

(iii) Tree Maintenance

The Parish Council’s annual treemaintenance programme has includedsome clearance work at Riverdale, wheresignificant growth of ivy and trees werebeginning to cause concerns as to theeventual stability of those trees andconsequential blocking of the Beck.This will ensure that the planting of hazel,thorn, wild rose and guilder roses willmake better growth and ultimately resultin a more attractive environment.Unfortunately, some vandalised hazel,planted last year in Green Lane, has had tobe replaced. The Council has sought toenhance the environmental planting in theamenity areas on the north side ofWashdyke Lane and at the Old Quarry.

The two willow trees by the Beck inWatermill Lane were found to be showingsigns of distress and are dying from thetop downwards. It was decided in February2012 by the Council’s Property Committeethat the trees should be felled. Followingrepresentations received from localresidents, the felling was, however,postponed. Simultaneously ownership ofthe trees was found to be vested in LCCHighways. The County Arborculturistagreed that the Parish Council’s assessmentof the trees was correct and that the longterm solution was the felling of the treesand their replacement with a more suitablespecimen, eg alder. However at the time ofwriting this Report, it is understood thatLCC, as an interim measure, is currentlylooking to remove the deadwood from thelarge willow tree only, pending furtherconsideration of the matter.

(iv) Larch Avenue Play Area

Following the partial failure of some ofthe play surface tiles at Larch Avenue theProperty Committee decided that theexisting rubber tiles be overlaid withartificial grass-type matting, therebymaintaining its long-term viability. Someof the play equipment there has also beenpainted this year.

Following the destruction in high winds ofpart of the fencing surrounding the LarchAvenue Play Area, a new metal fence waserected. This was funded from part of themoney endowed to the Council by theoriginal developers of the estate.

(v) Bill Baileys Memorial Playing Field

It is likely that this spring the Council willbe installing replacement matting underthe play equipment in order to overcomethe problems caused by the rubber tilesdeveloping cracks, similar to the work

undertaken at Larch Avenue Play Area.The replacement of the timber edging tothe play equipment has already beenundertaken as the first stage of this work.

(vi) The Beck Wall behind the Old School

Regular users of this footpath would havenoticed that part of the wall developed atilt towards the Beck. The Council agreedto undertaken the necessary rebuilding ofthe affected section of the footpath andwall which was carried out in October2011 and represents a great improvementto this particular footpath.

13 Nettleham Cemetery

At the Parish Council’s Budget meeting itwas decided that the burial ground fees beincreased from 1 April 2012. These feeshave not been increased since 1 April2009. A full list of the fees can be foundon the Parish Council’s website or hardcopies are available from the Parish Office.

14. Donations

The Council agreed to set up a GrantApplication Scheme for the award offunding from the Council’s Section 137monies. Grants have been given to variouscharitable and local organisations. Thoseinclude Nettleham LIVES (£175), SteppingStones Playgroup (£100) to help with theconstruction of a vegetable garden,Nettleham Cricket Club (£300) towards anew digital scoring system and theQueen’s Diamond Jubilee Street Party(£100) towards the purchase of medals forthe children attending the street party.

Applications for the 2012/13 Grant Schemewill be accepted between 1 April 2012 and31 July 2012 and application forms areavailable from the Parish Office.

The Council also administrates the JohnMoss Charity and allocated £100 each tothe Age Concern Coffee Morning andLinelands for their Christmas party.

15 Maintenance of Highways andTraffic Matters

(i) Roads and Paths

The Council is very conscious of the poorstate of many of the roads and pavementsin the village. Some patching has takenplace over the summer and short lengthsof pavement have been resurfaced.

The Council continues to press LCCHighways on these matters and regularreports are made at Parish Councilmeetings by our County Councillor, RaySellars. These updates on planned work aredetailed in the Council Minutes, which can

be inspected at the library, on the Council’swebsite, or at the Parish Office.

(ii) Traffic Issues on The Green area

Discussions are currently taking place withLCC Highways and the NettlehamNeighbourhood Policing Team to seek asolution to the problems being experiencedby residents regarding vehicles parking inthe vicinity of the Village Green andVicarage Lane. Further details on thismatter will be reported at future ParishCouncil meetings and in Nettleham News.

16 Nettleham News andNettleham Handbook & Directory

The Parish Council would like to continueto commend the excellent quarterlypublication of Nettleham News and inparticular it’s Editor, Mr Nigel Kingston.A Parish Council News article providing abrief résumé of Parish business appears ineach edition.

The Council agreed to continue to fund thepublication of the Nettleham Handbook &Directory, the successor to Nettleham Now.The booklet provides information on localbusinesses, suppliers and organisationsand is distributed free of charge to allhouseholds as a centre-page pull-outsupplement in the autumn edition ofNettleham News.

17 Fieldpaths Advisory Committee

The Fieldpaths Committee (Chair: Ms SaraBright), which is an advisory committee ofthe Parish Council, organised successfulspring/summer and autumn village walksand continues to monitor all aspects of thefieldpaths around the village.

18 Police Custody Suite

In early March 2012 the Parish Councilwere notified by the Lincolnshire PoliceAuthority of their intention (subject to thegrant of planning permission) to build abrand new ‘Custody Suite’ at the Police HQsite on Deepdale Lane. At the ParishCouncil meeting on the 20 March 2012it was decided that the police should berequested to hold an exhibition in thevillage in order to explain their proposalsto residents and that this would befollowed by a Public Meeting on thematter.

19 Parish Council Staff

(i) The Clerk, Julia Finn, continues to do anexcellent job as our Clerk; she is very hardworking, committed and professional. Ithas been another exceptionally busy yearfor the office continued on page 25


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Chairman’s Annual Reportparticularly in view of the village hallre-roofing project, which Julia personallymanaged with distinction.

(ii) Ian Gerrard, Facilities Manager, likewisecontinues to do a first-class job on behalfof the Council. He has been instrumental inthe maintenance and improvement worksbeing undertaken at Mulsanne Park andthe Old School; he also co-ordinates theCouncil’s Property Committee and theMulsanne Park Users’ Committee.

(iii) The Council wishes to formally thankMr Peter Malone (Facilities Assistant),Mr Ralph Barker (Village Handyman, nowretired), Mr John Hardcastle (new VillageHandyman), Mrs Carol Espin, Mrs JackieHalston (now retired) and Ms MargaretCurley (cleaners at Mulsanne Park and theOld School) and Mrs Louise Bromfield(Accounts Clerk) for their continuing workon the Council’s behalf.

20 Acknowledgements

(i) I should like to record the Council’sappreciation for the valuable advice that itreceived during the year from Mr RogerButtery, our Hon Finance Advisor andMr Tim Walker, our Hon Legal Advisor,who very sadly and suddenly died in June2011. I should also like to record theCouncil’s appreciation to Mrs FrancesBuckle for her role as one of our FloodWardens and Mr Bill Ball and his team ofvolunteers for all their hard work incarrying out maintenance work andimprovements in Vicars’ Wood.

(ii) As Chairman of the Parish Council,I should like to thank my fellow Councillorsfor their varying contributions to thebusiness of the Council, especially to thosewho work so hard between our monthlymeetings (see Appendix A). In particular,the under-mentioned in the roles specified:

APPENDIX AATTENDANCE OF COUNCILLORS AT PARISH COUNCIL COMMITTEES FOR PERIOD 1 APRIL 2011 TO 31 MARCH 2012

Councillor Full Property Mulsanne Park Fieldpaths Parish Plan TotalCouncil Committee Users’ Committee Committee Action Committee

T Williams (Chairman) 12/13 8/10 1 4/5 4 N/A N/A 24

Mrs J Clayton (Vice Chair) 5 12/13 10/10 1 N/A 2/2 5/5 29

J Hill 2 11/13 10/10 N/A N/A N/A 21

J Downs 2 9/13 10/10 4/5 N/A N/A 23

G McNeill 2/5/6 12/13 7/10 5/5 N/A N/A 24

M Spencer 2 12/13 8/10 N/A N/A N/A 20

M Leaning 7/13 N/A N/A N/A N/A 7

J Evans 2 12/13 N/A N/A N/A 5/5 17

J Siddall 5 11/12 N/A N/A N/A N/A 11

A Bonney 3 13/13 9/10 3 3/5 3 N/A N/A 25

Mrs Susan Harland 7 13/13 N/A 3/5 2/2 N/A 18

A Frith 10/12 8/8 N/A N/A N/A 18

1 Cllr T Williams as Chairman and Cllr Mrs J Clayton as Vice Chairman of the Council are ex officio to the Property Committee2 Members of the Planning Committee which meets on an ad hoc basis

3 Cllr A Bonney is a deputy member of the Mulsanne Park Users’ Committee (MPUC), Property Committee and Planning Committee 4 Cllr T Williams is ex officio to the MPUC5 Cllrs Mrs J Clayton, J Siddall and G McNeill are Parish Council representatives on the Village Hall Committee 6 Cllr McNeill is a Parish Council representative on Nettleham Infant School’s Board of Governors7 Cllr Mrs S Harland is a Parish Council representative on the Nettleham Twinning Association Committee

continued from page 23

Cllr Mrs Janice ClaytonVice Chair/Flood Warden/Snow Warden

Cllr Allan BonneySnow Warden

Cllr John DownsChair: Property Committee

Cllr John EvansChair: Parish Plan Action Committee &

Bishops Palace Steering GroupCllr John Hill

Chair: Planning Committee & Hon Tree Advisor to the CouncilCllr Giles McNeill

Chair: Mulsanne Park Users’ CommitteeCllr Joe Siddall

Chair: Skate Park Steering GroupCllr Mike Spencer

Hon Buildings Advisor to the Council

(iii) Finally, I should like to again recordmy thanks to my wife Kathleen for all herassistance to me in relation to the everincreasing paperwork that is associatedwith being Chairman.

Cllr Terry WilliamsChairman: Nettleham Parish Council

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Although the site looks unchanged(apart from the initial grass cutting) alarge amount of work has been goingon in the background.

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Planned works on site

We plan to remove the old barbedwire and erect a fence along thenorthern boundary adjacent to HighStreet and behind the MethodistChapel, as well as following along theback of the gardens backing onto thesite along the western boundary. Thiswill be traditional three-bar post andrail Lincolnshire fencing. We also planto put a similar fence between theSAM site and the adjacent pastoralarea with a gateway to provide accessbetween the two zones.

A discovery trail, formed initially byclosely-mown grass, will wind its wayround the site and small signs will beplaced at key interest points along theroute describing the significance ofeach individual location.

The access ramp in front of theMethodist Chapel has been redesignedwith a less severe slope and a shortramp into the site, to enable easieraccess for disabled persons. As this willentail some disturbance of the SAMsite it was particularly important thatwe got the ‘OK’ from English Heritagefor the design. We are in a position tostart work on these activities as soonas we secure the necessary consent.

Bishops Palace Site Progress ReportApril 2012

We also have interest from a voluntaryorganization to rebuild the dry stonewall at the southern boundary of thesite. This is about 220m long, so willtake some time to totally reconstruct.We think it’s probably best to make astart on the 60m section which is atthe southern edge of the pastoralarea, which will not require specialpermission from English Heritage.

Additional funding

We have also applied for additionalfunding from WREN to cover variousenhancements to the scheme includingdistinctive entrance gateways. Weshould hear whether we have beensuccessful in July.

Tree Planting

We plan to establish a small wood,or copse, of heritage trees, includingapples, in the pastoral area andadditional small woodland grants arebeing sought to help with this.Nettleham Woodland Trust is closelyinvolved in all planting activities,including hedge planting at variouspoints around the site boundary.Planting will start early 2013.

Heritage

Research is under way into the historyof the site and this will lead to a leafletwhich will take visitors along thediscovery trail, indicating points ofinterest and explaining their individualsignificance. Graphics will need to beproduced for both the leaflet and thesite information display boards andsigns, but this is a longer term aspect.

Publicity

Following the publication in the lastNettleham News the article on thisproject was followed by a feature inthe Lincolnshire Echo on 15 March intheir ‘Nostalgia’ section. Finally therewas a 5-minute piece on BBC RadioLincolnshire at 8.50am on the 16 Aprilabout the site and what we are doing.So the word is getting out there.

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Kathleen’s grandfather Alfred Mansfordmarried Charlotte Richardson ofHumberstone in 1872.

Her father Herbert Alfred Mansfordmarried Edith Ellen Harrison in 1909.The Harrison family came from Haven Banknear Boston. Their children were:1. Alfred Herbert Mansford b 19112. Kathleen Emily Mansford b 19133. Margaret Edith Mansford b 19144. Harrison Charles Mansford b 1920

About 1900, Kathleen’s grandfatherinstalled the firstlamp post in thevillage on The Green,approximately wherethe village sign islocated today. Shethought it was a gaslight, in which case itcould have been fedfrom the gas lightingsystem in Red House(still on The Green).She remembershelping Rands thegardener to wind upthe weights on thegas-making plant.

It seems that theMansford familyoriginated from Norwell Woodhouse, justover the Lincolnshire county boundary inNottinghamshire. They then farmed atboth Marlborough Farm at Aubourn andScotland Farm at Eagle for several

Kathleen Emily Hesketh (nee Mansford)from notes specially written for Nettleham News by David Hammond, nephew of Kathleen Hesketh

Rands the gardener atRed House for many

years

Kathleen’s family in 1924in the schoolroom of Lincoln Wesley Chapel on the Harrison Golden Wedding Anniversary

Back row: Mother, Grandmother Harrison, Grandfather Harrison, Aunty EmilyMiddle row: Father, Kathleen, Alfed (her brother), Margaret (her younger sister)

Front row: Charles, Alan, Edward

Red House, the Mansford home, on The Green in 1932

generations, before moving to Nettlehamin the mid-1860s.

The post office was established in theMansford shop in 1904. They employed afull-time telegraph delivery boy at the postoffice and the area he covered by bikewent right over to Short Ferry, about sevenmiles from Nettleham.

She kept a diary when at Hunmanby Hallschool in Filey (using the 1930 edition ofthe Girl Guide diary - she was in Swallowpatrol). The diary gives an insight into the

lifestyle of her and her sister whilst atboarding school, covering lessons, sports(particularly tennis and cricket), free timeand walks in the surrounding countryside.She showed an early interest in the schoolgardens and her fondness and enthusiasmfor plants continued throughout her life.

She recalled being in London for theVE day celebrations and missing the lasttrain to Lincoln. She travelled up toPeterborough with a group of servicemenand spent the night at the station. Whenall the others had left, the station-masterlit the fire in the waiting room for her untilthe first train for Lincoln arrived. Sheadded that her father was not impressed,as he thought she should have stayed inLondon and travelled up later.

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Kathleen wrote several notes relating toher childhood of which she had a goodrecall, even when well into her 90s.

“Our nanny Annie Cargill came fromTumby Woodside near Coningsby. About1918-19 we went to stay with my father’scousins, the Drewry family, and father’suncle Henry Richardson at Humberstonefor two weeks summer holiday and spentour days on the beach. We did not realisehow lucky we were as children that wealways had two weeks holiday everysummer, no doubt helped by the fact thatboth my father and grandfather Harrisonhad cars. I think father had his first cararound 1900, but I’m not certain whatmake it was.

Soon after Charles was born, Alfred,Margaret and I got measles and Charleswent to stay with a nurse in the village fora month until we had all recovered.When we moved from the shop house toRed House Martha Dawson was the maid.Alfred and Charles went to the villageschool to start with, but Margaret andI had a governess. I remember the localwalks she took us on in the afternoons,if the weather was good.

After this we went to school in Lincoln.We were usually taken there by car, butone day I remember we had to meet themilk cart from Welton at the top ofWashdyke Lane to get a lift into the city.Grandpa Mansford gave us all bicycles andwhen Margaret and I started going to aprivate school, Chestnut House in Lincoln,we cycled there. The school was in SpringHill and we always had to leave ourbicycles in the yard of a public house inEastgate. We stayed at Chestnut Houseuntil we hoth went to Hunmanby Hallboarding school in Filey when it opened in1928.”

Margaret, Alfred and Kath on The Green ready to cycle into Lincoln to school

Kath (on right) with her younger sister Margaretand Gyp the dog.

The photograph was taken in 1929when Kath was 15 and just before

she had her hair cut short

Kathleen had a number of treasured items:

● a Methodist hymn book, dated 1767,which belonged to her great uncleThomas Richardson

● a leather writing case, given to her in1931 just before she started her trainingat the Babies Hotel in London by hergreat aunt Sarah, wife of Sir ArthurNewsholme: former Chief Medical Officerof England

● a valentine’s card, dated 1784, from theRichardson side of the family

● a letter written by Peter Mansford tohis brother (Kathleen’s grandfather) in1862, just before he left to start a newlife in Australia.

She also liked to recall the times she spentwith her grandmother Emily Harrison(nee Lepper), who was the daughter of amaster butcher in Maidstone. She marriedSeth Harrison in 1874. He had a house inNettleham built to his own design in 1913and called it Kenlin (after Kent where hiswife came from and Lincolnshire where hecame from). In later years GrandmaHarrison was nearly blind, but she was stillable to cook if someone gave her theingredients which she weighed by feel.There were always home-made boiledsweets kept in an old butter dish withwhich the girls were rewarded if they reador recited a poem.

During a trip to London in the 1990s,she recalled previous trips she made in the1920s with the family. They would traveldown in the car from Lincoln to Barnetvia the Great North Road (A1) and stayovernight at a local hotel. In the morningher mother and the children wentshopping and sight-seeing whilst herfather would go on business, includingexchanging the car for a newer model.Apparently he only bought newishsecond-hand cars, including Standards andArmstrong Siddeleys which had beenchauffeur-driven, as he felt these vehicleswould have been well-maintained.

In 1931 she went to train as a children’snurse at the Babies Hotel and NurseryTraining School in London. After this sheworked as a nanny with various families.During the war she was a relief matron inthe Yorkshire area moving round coveringstaff absences in homes for evacuatedchildren, particularly from London.

When she returned to Nettleham to lookafter her parents she became involved inthe life of the village, following in thefootsteps of her father as a member of theParish Council and Welton Rural DistrictCouncil. She was also a great supporter ofthe Methodist chapel as her father andgrandfather had been and succeeded hermother and grandmother as local secretaryof the Methodist Missionary Society.This post was held by members of theMansford family for over 100 years.

She opened a nursery school at Beck Housein 1954 for 12 children aged three to fiveyears and later moved to Gardene, wherethe nursery continued until her retirementin the 1970s.

She greatly enjoyed travelling and oftenspoke about a trip to Belgium with hersister in the 1930s. After the death of herparents and before her marriage, shetravelled alone to Norway, Italy, Spain andSwitzerland. After being widowed, sheregularly visited family in Canada, the mostrecent occasion being in 2008 at the ageof 95!


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Personal Memories by KathleenMy grandfather, Alfred Herbert Mansford,was born in 1846 at Eagle, where hisfather was a schoolmaster. When he was14 he was apprenticed to Mr Bates ofIngham, a grocer and draper. When he hadtime off he walked home to Eagle.

In 1871 he bought Walnut Close atNettleham and built a shop and a house(where the Co-op supermarket now stands).In 1872 he married Charlotte Richardson ofHumberston and they opened the shop thesame year. By 1892 grandfather advertisedhimself as a draper, boot and shoe dealer,clothier, grocer, and corn and flour store.By 1906 he had extended the shop toinclude the Post Office. He delivered toother villages by horse and cart and dray.

Kathleen’s father Alfred Mansford

My father, Herbert Alfred Mansford, wasborn in 1876. He went to a Methodistschool in Yorkshire and afterwards wasapprenticed to a firm in Doncaster.When time allowed, he cycled home toNettleham. He later worked for a firm inNewark before joining his father. In 1909he married Edith Harrison of Lincoln andmy grandparents moved to Red House, onThe Green. Like my brothers Alfred andCharles and my sister Margaret, I was bornat the shop house.

In 1920 we moved to Red House and myfather sold the shop. I believe my fatherbought the Stable Yard in the earlytwenties. Red House had a large scullery,which he made into two rooms. Later,when the house was sold to a doctor,these became the waiting room andsurgery. We were one of the few housesin the village with a bathroom, butI remember it was much more fun to bathin front of the kitchen range. The coachhouse was our playroom, with coconutmatting that my father took off the wallsof the harness room of the Stable Yard.(The Tea Cosy café now sits on the site ofthe harness room).

I have been told that horses were stabledin the Yard between 1914 and 1918. SirJulius Cohen, who I believe was Master ofthe Burton Hunt, rented the Yard for ashort time in the 1920s and installedelectricity in all the buildings. The Yardcontained three cottages and a barn thatwas let to Mr Trott to garage his bus (nowflats for the elderly). The Yard alsocontained a large garage, let to Mr Lusbyfor his lorry, a blacksmith and joinery shop,about 30 stables, the Ride and itslooseboxes (stables), and paddocks.The Ride was about a quarter of a mile incircumference, with a wooden roof and apeat-moss floor on which to exercise thehorses, and with allotments in the opencentre. The Ride collapsed in the winter of1947, due to the weight of snow and iceon the roof. Between 1941 and 1950, sixstables were let to the District Council foruse by the Home Guard No.13 Platoon, asa salvage depot for sorting paper and as amortuary. By 1952, about 20 stables hadbeen made into lock-up garages and therest pulled down.

As village children we made our ownenjoyment. Each winter, we in theMethodist Sunday School enjoyedpreparing for a concert. The first Sunday inJune was the Sunday School Anniversaryand we all gave a recitation on the Sundayafternoon. Then on Monday we met at theChapel at 8.30am to go off singing roundthe farms. Small children travelled in awaggonette and older children, choir andorgan (!) in carts. We returned to TheGreen by 12 o’clock to go home for lunch.At 2.00pm we went round the villagesinging. On our return to The Green,mother gave us a halfpenny chocolate bar.We then walked to the Chapel, for tea,

Taken around 1890, the photograph shows Mansford’s shop on The Green(where the Co-operative supermarket now stands) with the grandfather (Alfred) and

the father (Herbert) of Kathleen Hesketh

Kath, aged 18, in nurse’s uniform (1931)

service, and games on the field. My fatherwas Sunday School Superintendent for 40years.

In 1928, my sister and I went away toHunmanby Hall boarding school for girls.Then I went away to college in London totrain for my work with children. During thewar years, I worked on the Mobile Staff, inhomes looking after children evacuatedfrom London. I returned to Nettleham in1950, by which time my parents had soldRed House to a doctor and moved intoBeck House. My grandfather had taken the


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thatch off Beck House, the oldest house inthe village, in 1906.

In 1954, I started my nursery school, whichhad 12 places for 3 to 5 year olds.

Later, in 1965, I married Bert Hesketh, whohad been a grocer in Codnor, Derbyshire.

We sold Beck House and built a bungalowbehind it. I ran the nursery school thereuntil it closed in 1977. When Bert died in1990, he had been a Methodist LocalPreacher for over 60 years.

My elder brother Alfred was aschoolteacher. He taught in Lincoln beforemoving to Northern in North Devon withhis wife Doreen and children Ian andKirsteen.

Kath in 1936 aged 33

On leaving school, my sister Margaret wentto agricultural college and in the 1930s,after working at a poultry farm, started herown poultry farm in Nettleham. She usedthe yard, paddocks, the field over the Beckand the field behind the council houses(now Highfields).

Herbert Hesketh and Kathleen Mansford’s wedding 1965

Kathleen Hesketh 1914 - 2011

One of her incubators was for 1,000chicks, which was considered large at thetime. In 1943, Margaret married the RevHarold Hammond, a Methodist Minister,and moved away from Nettleham. Theyhad three children, David, Elizabeth andStephen.

My younger brother Charles became anaccountant and lives at Silkerston Commonnear Barnsley.

I followed my grandfather and father as atrustee of Nettleham Methodist Churchand as a member of the Parish and DistrictCouncils. My father had been a Justice ofthe Peace for 33 years. In the 1920s, mymother started a Women’s Meeting at theMethodist Chapel and I am now Presidentof that Meeting.

Looking back at village life years ago,I remember that most homes kept a pig forfood. The last one we had was killed in the1950s. This was a busy time in the kitchen,with pork pies, sausages, brawn and hasletto be made, and fat to be melted andturned into lard. Also hams, flitches andchines to be salted. A plate of fry was sentto friends and neighbours and the emptyplate was traditionally returned unwashed,in order that the ‘good luck’ wasn’tinadvertently washed away!

Kathleen HeskethMay 1999

Kath’s ration book(rationing continued well into the 1950s after

World War II had ended in 1945)

Footnote:Kathy was for many years the guardian ofa magnificent Neolithic axehead, believedto be up to 6,000 years old, discovered onher property in in The Rookery. It is hopedthat this important historical artefact mayeventually be returned to the village aspart of its long and illustrious heritage.


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“I Can Do It!”

We have been celebrating achievements atBeckside pre-school. The children havebeen showing us how independent theycan be when putting on their own coats,shoes or wellies, organising themselves atlunch or at snack time, managingdevelopmentally appropriate tasks andenjoying self-chosen activities.

We have created an area whereachievement is valued and children’s selfesteem is boosted. The children hang theirachievement on our ‘achievement tree’ orit is acknowledged on an “I can do it”certificate, which is then put on the wallfor them to see and take pride in whatthey can do. The children have also beenshowing us how they can ‘care and share’with their peers. We have seen some lovelyexamples of this when they help eachother to put their coat or apron on, fetch atissue for someone, share a toy, or showconcern if a friend has hurt themselves.

Beetles, Bugs and Butterflies

This term we will be continuing our‘Growing’ theme by planting vegetables inour tractor tyres and herbs in our ‘smellywellies’. We would like to take thisopportunity to thank the NettlehamGardeners’ Association for the compostthat they kindly donated to us and for theirhelp and expert advice with our vegetableplanting and revamping our sensorygarden.

We will be making use of our outdoor areaas much as possible to give opportunitiesfor investigations of the natural world.The children have been spotting ladybirdsand other mini-beasts in the garden, usingmagnifiers and bug viewers to look atthem more closely. To build on this interestin living things, we will be looking at thelifecycle of butterflies and frogs usingpictures, reading stories and singing actionsongs and rhymes to help the childrenunderstand and sequence these processesand to learn about living things in ourenvironment.

As well as planning for children’s particularinterests, our focus will also be on thetransition to school. This is an importantand exciting time for our pre-school leaversand we will be supporting them to helpmake the transition an easy and confidentone over the next few weeks.

Beckside Pre-schoolStaff News

Claire Evans will be embarking on theFoundation Degree in Applied Studies(Early Childhood) which she will begin inSeptember this year. Claire was recentlynominated as a finalist in the Lincolnshireand Rutland Skills Award after completingher Level 3 Diploma in Children’s andYoung People’s Workforce. We were veryproud of Claire when she came in the top3 of her category. Claire was nominatedfor bringing discipline and commitmentthat gained her significant A level successto her chosen Apprenticeship.

Helen Hancock, who is also studying forthe Foundation Degree, will be enteringher 3rd year in September. We wish Claireand Helen all the best in their studies.All our staff continue to attend regularcourses during the year to enhance theircontinuous professional development andto keep up to date with good practice.

Future Events

We have lots planned over the comingweeks including our annual Teddy Bears’Picnic, our own Mini-Olympics Day, takingpart in the Nettleham Carnival and ofcourse our special Pre-school Leavers’Get Together.

Find out more

We are an inclusive pre-school andwelcome all families in the community andsurrounding areas where places areavailable for children aged 21/2 to startingschool.

We are open from Monday to Friday(term time only) and offer full-day andhalf-day sessions. Our opening times are9.00am -3.00pm.

You can contact us on 07940 873505 toarrange a pre-visit and we would be veryhappy to show you around our pre-school.

Alternatively you can visit our website at:

www.becksidepreschool.co.uk

to view our prospectus, policies andcurrent newsletters, or email us at:[email protected]

We look forward to seeing or hearing fromyou very soon!

Jayne EllisDeputy Manager

Our ‘achievements tree’

Constructing with a purpose in mind

Using tractor tyres to practise balancing

Having fun with ribbon and weaving


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Young Nettleham photographerWilliam Lee, 15, has been takingphotographs for the last five years.Last year he entered ‘LandscapePhotographer of the Year’ and wontwo sections of the youth class withphotographs taken in and aroundNettleham.

This follows on from the previous yearwhen he succeeded in the samecompetition. His work was then exhibitedat the National Theatre in London andincluded in the Collection Albumspublished in 2010 and 2011.

Most of his work is taken with a digitalcamera, but William has taken somephotographs recently using differentformats including 35mm, infrared andlarge format film. These are developed athome in his own darkroom, where he hasexperimented with techniques he hasresearched on the internet, including adeveloping fluid made with instant coffee!These, together with others, can be seenon his website at:www.williamleephotography.blogspot.com

From 13 to 19 August 2012, he isexhibiting at the Gallery at St Martin’s,Hungate with some of his work, includinglandscapes and natural history.

Young Nettleham Photographer

‘The Jetty’

‘Frosty Trees’


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Proposed Development of the Bishops’

The first mowing of the pastoral section of the site in early April 2012

Identified by residents as an importantvillage amenity in the public consultationfor the Community Profile and Action Planin 2007, a recent successful bid for fundingfrom the Heritage Lottery Fund has nowenabled the project to commence.

The focus is to develop better awarenessand understanding of this ScheduledAncient Monument site located in the heartof our community and also to create avaluable heritage amenity for the future.

It will also produce an attractive andinformative venue for all ages to enjoy,including walkers, historical andarchaeological students, schoolchildren,wildlife enthusiasts, etc.

A series of mown footpaths are to becreated in the longer grass, to avoid thepossibility of damage to any importantarchaeological features which may belocated below ground level. A number ofsmall interpretation boards at strategiclocations around the site will enhance theexperience of visitors.

The Bishops’ Palace site is also seen as animportant educational facility, enabling awide range of different outdoor activitiesby different age groups and children’sorganisations. In addition, the site willprovide opportunities for participation intraditional crafts including dry stonewalling, hedge laying, etc, and will alsoencourage a greater diversity of wildlifespecies in the village.

Please note that the mown grassfootpaths and planting diagramshown on the plan on the facingpage are only conceptual and maybe subject to later revision accordingto specific site limitations and theestablished locations of the majorarchaeological features of the site.


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Possible location for a‘threshold’ gateway

(Bishops’ Gate?) similar to theentrance at Monks Wood,

Ashing Lane Nature Reserve,Dunholme (minus the seats)

Traditional Lincolnshirepost and rail fencing tosegregate the Scheduled

Ancient Monument and protectthe archaeological features

identified on the Everson Survey

Existing traditionalfieldgate would be retained

(Prince of Wales Gate?)in order to maintain access tothe site throughout the yearfor grass-cutting machinery

Entrance to the site(Chapel Gate?) will be from

High Street via alow-gradient pedestrianramp to enable disabled

visitors easier access to visitthe Bishops’ Palace site

Approximately 0.5 hectareof pasture land on which

it is proposed to havemown footpaths, together

with period fruit trees,shrubs and other native

British species

Central long-termfeature tree, perhaps a

specially procured English oak(Jubilee Oak/Bishops’ Oak?)

with the possibility of acircular bench seat located

around the tree base

Footpaths of mown grassapproximately 3m (10 feet)

wide to avoid damagingany of the important

archaeological featureswhich may be located

below ground level

Partially collapsed dry stone wallrunning along the entire southboundary of the site which it ishoped may be reinstated usingexisting on-site limestone, mostof which is in good condition

Palace Site with Heritage Lottery Funding

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I nominated my daughter to be atorchbearer through the London 2012Organising Committee ‘Moment toShine’ campaign last June, as I feltthat she was giving so much of hertime to help others, whilst jugglingher own commitments.

At the young age of just 18 she hascompleted her D of E Bronze, Silver andGold Award and her A Level studies.

In addition to this, her great love of netballled her to become a Level C Netball Umpireand Level 1 Netball Coach. She gives hertime freely to umpiring matchesacross Lincolnshire and to coach youngerchildren in netball skills, as well as playingat regional standard herself.

Natalie has also been involved in a numberof projects abroad. She helped to renovatea school in Nepal, carried out volunteerwork in India at a school for deaf childrenand last August spent two weeks coachingnetball to adults in Zimbabwe.

Tens of thousands of exceptionalnominations were received between Mayand June 2011. Those short-listed were putforward to selection panels across the UK,which judged each story anonymously.With the standard so high, there weredifficult decisions to be made as to whowould be one of the 8,000 people carryingthe flame. Nominees had around a 1 in 11chance of being a torchbearer!

Natalie found out just before Christmasthat she was one of the lucky ones andduring March 2012 she was confirmed asan Official Torch Bearer. She will be‘Carrying the Flame’ through Grimsby on26 June 2012, with her proud familycheering her on!

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Carrying the FlameDr Thomas McEwanA Man of Words

The sudden death of Tom on 17 February2012 has left a void in my life and indeedin the lives of our two daughters Lucy andSusan and granddaughter Rose.

Many readers will have met us on ourwalks in and around the village - Tom onhis scooter (he suffered a stroke ten yearsago which left him unable to walk).

Luckily for Tom, his keen intellect andmemory was not wholly destroyed andcertainly his cheerful disposition, alwaysready for a joke, was still intact.

Tom was born in Liverpoolin 1938, but spent the waryears at ‘Freshfield’convent with the sisters,where his ashes will bescattered. After the war,he and his brothers andsister returned to an alienLiverpool and a father hedid not know, as he servedin the Royal Navy.

After his school days,being taught by theJesuits at St Francis Saviour’s School(now Hope University) he left at 15 yearsof age and went to work at Dunlop andlater Bird’s Eye, studying chemistry atnight-school.

He came to Grimsby and worked for Findusin the labs and met me there. We marriedand Tom later secured a job with UnionInternational in George, South Africa,where we spent over five happy yearstogether - our two daughters being bornthere.

Whilst there, Tom studied for a BA withthe Open University of South Africa, hissubjects being English Literature and GreekCulture & Philosophy - his lifelong love.

After returning home in 1973, Tom wentback to the frozen food industry andworked in Milton Kynes for Bejam,becoming the factory manager. But thiswas not enough for him, so he went toCranfield and achieved an MBA in 1980and afterwards secured a lectureship atPortsmouth Polytechnic where his learningand business acumen were just what theyneeded in the Business School.

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the years at Portsmouthwere the happiest of hisworking life.

He retired from Portsmouthin 1996 and took aprofessorship atPietermaritzburg for threeyears, where he developedthe Business School. It wasalways too hot for me there,so, me being a country girlborn and bred in rural OldWaltham, we came back toLincolnshire and settled in

Nettleham, where we have spent 14 goodyears together. Tom wrote his bookManaging Values and Beliefs inOrganisations (still in print with Pitmans)when he returned home.

I cannot finish my tribute to Tom withoutoffering my grateful thanks to all the carersincluding Phyl, Sally, Janet and others atLinelands for lightening my load over theyears, for the doctors and nurses at theNettleham Medical Centre and also thedaily carers from the Sue Ryder Foundationfor all their efforts.

My grateful thanks and appreciation to allof you (Tom always had a penchant for theladies who looked after him!).

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Nettleham Medical Practiceand Cherry Willingham Branch Surgery

New Clinical Computer System

The move to the new clinical computersystem was completed on 23 May 2012.Due to the volume of data that needstransferring and to ensure that everythingwas fully functioning, the practice closedat 1.00pm on 23 May.

A number of the practice’s services mayexperience some unavoidable interruptionswhilst we are in the transitional period:

Online booking of appointments andonline ordering of prescriptions will beunavailable from 7 May until 11 June.Appointments and prescriptions can still beobtained in person or by telephone.

The results line will not be available from16 May until 22 May.

Where possible please allow longer forrepeat prescriptions which are orderedbetween 23 May - 8 June.

Whilst we shall try and make the migrationas smooth as possible, there will inevitablybe some disruption whilst staff and GPsbecome fully trained in the new system.Please be patient with all departments andstaff during the first few weeks as theybecome familiarised with the new system.

Green Issues

The practice has been enthusiasticallylooking at ways to increase recycling andtherefore reduce its carbon footprint.We already have in place a company thatsecurely shreds all of our waste paper andthen recycles it. However, from April 2012,we are now also recycling as much of ourother waste as we can.

You may have seen our sun tubes in use inthe waiting room at Nettleham and, tocomplement these, we have also installedsolar panels which produce electricitywhich is used by the practice during theweek and any residual electricity is sent tothe National Grid.

Patient Participation Group and

Voluntary Driver Scheme

Sadly we have recently said goodbye toone of our long-standing members of thePPG: Fred Thompson. On behalf ofeveryone at the practice we would like tosay a huge thank you to Fred for all hishard work whilst he has been a PPGmember.

Our first Local Participation Report is nowavailable to read on our website. Theresults of the survey and the report haveled to us changing our appointmentsystem. A summary of the new system isbelow:

The way we book routine appointments tosee a doctor has changed from Wednesday9 May 2012.

Currently, most appointments are offeredon the same day, regardless of urgency.Following our recent survey of over 300patients, we have agreed to make thefollowing changes:

We will be offering more appointments afew days ahead of when you telephone.This should make it easier to see a doctorof your choice for routine matters.However, it will inevitably lead to fewerappointments being offered several weeksahead (the survey indicated only 3% ofpatients require this facility).

You will no longer need to ring at 8.30amon the day to be seen for routine mattersand there will be a greater choice ofappointments online.

Hopefully these changes will assist us touse the existing appointments moreefficiently in the future.

Meg RawdenPPG Chairperson

Alan PriceVDS Co-ordinator

Monthly Early Closures for Training

In order to enable our doctors and staff to be kept up to date,Nettleham surgery will be closed for training at 1.00pm on the following afternoon:

Tuesday 19 June 2012

Contact DetailsNettleham

Telephone 01522 751717 (When the surgery is closed, emergency help is still available by calling freephone 111)

Websitewww.nettlehammedical.co.uk

Practice ManagerHelen Lunn

DroughtInformation

Council helps save water duringthe hosepipe ban

West Lindsey District Council is takingaction to combat the effects of thedrought. Anglian Water implementeda domestic hosepipe ban for all itscustomers, which came into force on5 April and will remain in place for anindefinite period.

This was a direct response to theserious drought situation across theeast of England. Everyone is beingasked to take action to help safeguardwater supplies for this year, 2013and beyond.

Residents are urged to put theirhosepipes away to help save millionsof litres of water. They are beingencouraged to use collected rain waterto water garden plants and instead ofwashing the car, simply wipe downthe lights and number plates (forsafety reasons).

The council has agreed to support theban and has agreed to only wash itsfleet vehicles once a month, except forhygiene and safety reasons

Chairman of the ProsperousCommunities Committee, Cllr MalcolmParish said: “Residents have beengiven a hosepipe ban. Although thecouncil is classed as a business, wemust also act responsibly to reduceour own water consumption. We havevoluntarily agreed to reduce thefrequency of washing our fleet vehiclesto just once a month, depending onhealth and safety reasons. We wouldurge everyone in the area to thinkcarefully about the volume of waterthey use.”

West Lindsey District Council alongwith all the Lincolnshire districtcouncils and Lincolnshire CountyCouncil are currently working withAnglian Water on a Water Strategyaimed at reducing the council’s waterconsumption

For more information about thehosepipe ban, or what you can do tohelp, visit:www.anglianwater.co.uk


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After ten happy years living inthis lovely village, it is now timefor us to move on to pasturesnew - and they certainly willbe new!

Carolyn and I have felt a call fromGod for several years to serve overseas.It has been a fairly long process, whichstarted a couple of years ago. Throughthe Methodist Church OverseasDivision we have been assigned thetask of serving the Lord in Guyana inSouth America.

It’s quite a challenging assignmentand won’t be very much likeNettleham at all! Guyana is in thetropics and the average temperature is27°C virtually all the year round withhumidity at around 90%! We shall beliving about 30 miles east of thecapital (Georgetown) in a village calledMahaica. I shall be overseeing eightchurches, hoping to set up StreetPastors, and involved with prisonministry. Carolyn will be involved with

Farewell Nettleham - Hello South America!

working in local schools, chaplaincyand other educational trainingventures. It looks like we’ll be quitebusy! We’re moving out of the manseat the end of July and hope to embarkon some cultural training in Trinidadsometime in September.

We expect to be abroad for up toabout three years and then, if the Lordis willing, we hope to return to the UKand continue ministry elsewhere inEngland.

It is with sadness that we say ‘Goodbye’ toMark and Carolyn. They arrived ten yearsago with their daughters Jo and Emilyand made a home in The Chestnuts.We watched the girls mature into twobeautiful young women, and weredelighted by their successes at school anduniversity. We wish them every blessingin the years ahead.

Mark and Carolyn brought with them funand laughter. They owned a vibrant andtransparent faith and complemented oneanother in their ministries. The primaryschool children will know them well fromtheir visits, along with Nettie the puppet,to their school assemblies. Carolyn was ateacher for five years at Nettleham InfantsSchool, and, subsequently, at ScothernPrimary. At both schools she introduced asuccessful after-school club: ‘KingdomKids’.

Both Mark and Carolyn were excellentcommunicators and teachers and wehonour Mark for accepting the challengeto teach on the topic of ‘The End Times’for one of his Circuit Teaching Courses -a subject avoided by many, but ablypresented over five weeks to packedhouses!

Mark’s love of the Bible, and his desireto walk by its teachings, has beeninspirational. He has led us by example,and his obedience to the directing of theHoly Spirit has taken him into challengingand fruitful areas. For a number of years hewas Chaplain at Lincoln Prison, a rolewhich he loved, and his caring ministrymade a big impression.

He also initiated, and joined the teamwhich manned a Christian stall at the‘Mind, Body and Spirit’ events at theLincolnshire showground.

He greatly enjoyed taking the ‘God Pod’bus to William Farr and Cherry Willinghamschools, where the pupils would gather atlunch-times for debate and discussion.Mark had the heart of an evangelist andloved to share his faith with others.

He and Carolyn led numerous AlphaCourses, together with Parenting andMarriage courses. They longed to seefamily life strengthened and enriched.

During the summer school holidays,Carolyn, with the assistance of a giftedteam, ran a series of children’s ‘HolidayClubs’ at the Methodist Chapel, whichwere always packed out.

Mark also held a place on the ManagementBoard of the Lincoln Street Pastors,providing care for the vulnerable on thecity streets at night.

During his last two years, Mark took therole of Superintendent of the Lincoln NorthCircuit, which meant oversight of sixteenchurches, so the amount of time he wasable to spend in Nettleham was limited.However, he still managed to bringcomfort and support to the bereaved andvisited the sick, frequently praying for theirhealing and anointing them with oil. Manyrecipients spoke of release, or of a speedyrecovery.

Mark and Carolyn, may we take thisopportunity to warmly thank you, publicly,for your contribution to the life of ourvillage over the last ten years, specifically,for your input in Nettleham MethodistChurch. As you move on now to take upvery different challenges in Guyana, wewish you God’s richest blessing. The‘Farewell Service’ in Nettleham will be at10.00am on Sunday 29 July in Chapel.

We look forward to welcoming, inSeptember, our new Minister: Rev AlanSwann and his wife Julie.

A Fond Farewell from the Local Ministry Team

Mark & Carolyn LawrencePS If any of you want to follow what we’re up to in the future go to: http://mahaica.blogspot.co.uk/

Why are we doing this?The answer is simple: we want to bechannels of God’s love where we aremost needed. We want to be able toshare the good news that Jesuschanges lives, forgives people whoturn to him and give them a new start.We have seen him do amazing thingshere in Lincolnshire and are trustinghim to continue the same wherever weare sent. We are conscious of hispromise to us which is recorded at theend of Matthew’s gospel which says:“And surely I am with you always, tothe very end of the age.” May we take this opportunity tothank those in the village, especially atNettleham Methodist Church, forsupporting us, praying for us andtravelling along with us over these tenyears. We believe Nettleham is a veryblessed place and pray that manymore of the residents will come into aliving relationship with Jesus.

God bless.


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We’ve had another busy few weeksat Stepping Stones Pre-school.

Our garden is looking beautiful and thechildren have been busy planting,amongst other things, potatoes, carrots,onions, sweetpeas and herbs. The plumtree is covered in blossom, so we arehoping for another bumper crop thisyear to harvest and eat at snack time.The children have also helped Julia plantsome colourful flowers in the RainbowGarden. Part of the garden has been leftuncultivated so that the children havean area where they are free to dig fortreasure, or make mud pies, which stillseems to be a very popular pastime forthe children in this technological age!

Dinosaurs is something else childrennever seem to tire of. Our dinosaurthemed week became two weeks as thechildren just couldn’t get enough ofthem! We matched them, counted them,drew them, played with them in theobligatory mud, learnt some dinosaurnames and imagined how they wouldhave walked if they had come topre-school and the noises they wouldhave made - it was agreed by all thechildren that dinosaurs ROAR VERYLOUDLY! So much learning was gainedfrom all of this fun and the childrendidn’t even realise.

In the run-up to the summer holidays,we’ll be preparing for the NettlehamCarnival in July, having our very ownOlympic Sports Day and by the time youread this we’ll have probably alreadycelebrated the Queen’s Diamond Jubileewith a street party after making somebeautiful bunting and crowns to wear.

During the summer term, the childrenwho are going to move on to ‘big’school will benefit from visits from thereception class teachers from theirprospective schools. This is a lovely wayfor the teachers and children to get toknow each other before September,paving the way for a smooth transition.All of our children are encouraged to beas independent as they can be.

This again all makes their move ontoschool a little easier for everyone,parents and carers, teachers and, mostimportantly, the child.

Finally, we are very excited to announcethat this August we are launching theStepping Stones Holiday Club. TheHoliday Club is open for children agedbetween 2 years and 7 years of age, butthere are limited places, so to registeryour interest, or book a place, telephone07521 858450 and ask to speak to Vickior Suzanne. We will open at 7.30am andfinish at 6.00pm and there are full- andhalf-days available.

We are open from Monday to Friday8.30am to 3.30pm and take childrenfrom 2 years old to school age. If youwould like to come and have a lookaround, or to put your child’s name onthe waiting list, please get in touch usingone of the methods detailed alongside.

Telephone:07599 546426


Visit:Village Hall, Brookfield Avenue,

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Website:www.steppingstonesnettleham.co.uk


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The Nettleham Club is part of anationwide organisation with thesimple aim of promoting Friendshipand Fellowship among members.

We meet on the first Wednesday ofevery month at Scothern GardenCentre for a coffee morning, wherewives and partners are welcome, andfor lunch at Hemswell Court everythird Wednesday.

In July and December we also invitewives and partners to attend theLunch. In addition, we occasionallyorganise outings to places of interestto members.

Police News

Nettleham Police StationScothern Road

NettlehamLincoln LN2 2TU

Non-emergency number: 101

Telephone: 01522 882222 (Ext:5796)Voicemail: 01522 558798 (0440)Fax: 01522 805797Email: [email protected]

PC 277 Donnah ThompsonMobile: 07939 312757


PC 440 Dave MorganMobile: 07825 523426


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The club has been in existence over25 years and a small, happy group of ladiesmeet to play every Friday at 2.00 untilaround 4.00pm (excluding school holidays)in the village hall.

Currently numbers are now down to theabsolute minimum and more ladies areurgently required.

Skill level is not important and the gamesare always doubles, so partners are mixedand matched.

If you wish to get some exercise and meetsome lively, interesting people, do pleasecall into any weekly meeting. You will bemade very welcome.

NettlehamLadies Badminton ClubNETTLEHAM & DISTRICT PROBUS CLUB

The Club is open to professional andbusiness men who have retired, ornearly retired, and who live in theNettleham District.

A small committee operates the clubin line with a constitution agreed bythe members and we currently have42 members.

If you might be interested in joiningus and would like more information,do please contact our secretary:Ralph Sherwin.


Telehone: 01673 862501

Mobile: 07977 401028

Crime Prevention

Now that the warmer weather is hereand people are starting to tend totheir gardens, please make sure thatyour front door is locked. Previouslywe have had incidents where peoplehave been in their rear gardens andthey have been burgled. Please don’tbecome a victim!

Bicycle Marking

The Nettleham Policing Team has beenholding a series of bicycle markingevents across the patch. If you wouldlike your bicycle to be security-marked,please contact one of the team.

Lincolnshire Police Priorities

Bicycle thefts are still a police priorityin Lincoln and the outlying villages.Whenever possible, we recommendleaving your bicycle in a busy area andin view of CCTV cameras.

Metal thefts countywide are still onthe increase. We encourage membersof the public to telephone us to reportany suspicious activity and vehicles.The police check for Waste Carrier’sLicense, vehicle condition, vehicleinsurance and driving documents andany stolen metals.

Local Crime

In early April there were twoburglaries. Out-buildings were enteredbut no items were taken.

We are pleased to inform readers thatthere have been no reported incidentsof theft or criminality in the village ofNettleham from the 1 April - 27 April.

Parking

We still continue to monitor parkingat both schools in the village and takeenforcement action where necessary.

We recently had a meeting withHighways to discuss parking aroundthe Co-op foodstore and Mill Hill. Aplan is being drawn up by Highways.

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Here to help you get the informationyou want, the way you want it. This isa two-way communication systemdesigned to put you in touch withLincolnshire Police and NeighbourhoodWatch. It is totally free, really simple todo and we need your input!

NEWnon-emergency numberLincolnshire Police has a NEW localnon-emergency telephone number:

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Always dial 999 in an emergency


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Piper Lifeline Telephone

These special emergency telephonesare accompanied by a pendant to wearwhich, if pressed, summons aid in anemergency. These are now supplied byACIS who can be contacted at0800 027 2057. The cost is £3.30 perweek, but the charge may be subsidisedby Social Services and it is free of chargefor ACIS tenants.

Backdoor Bin Collection

Anyone who has difficulty, due todisability or age, in taking out their binscan request a ‘backdoor collection’ fromWLDC. A smaller black bin is available onrequest if this helps.

What other services doesWLDC provide?

Did you know that West Lindsey DistrictCouncil is responsible for:● street naming and supplying and

maintaining the street name-plates?Please let us know of any that aredamaged

● collecting all the Council Tax for theCounty Council, Police Authority andParish Councils - as well as for itself

● compiling the register of electors forall elections

● accessing and inspecting all our foodoutlets for Health & Safety

WLDC top at recycling inLincolnshire and in the UK Top 20!

At 56%, West Lindsey is the best districtin Lincolnshire for recycling and in thetop 20 authorities in the UK.

It is good to know that we are recyclingmore at home than ever before and, formost residents in the district, recycling isnow a way of life.

The council is reminding us all to recycleour plastic bottles, plastic meal trays,

West Lindsey District & Lincolnshire County Councillor: Ray Sellars and West Lindsey District Councillor: Malcolm Leaning

CONTACT DETAILSDistrict & County Cllr Ray Sellars24 Deepdale Lane, Nettleham,Lincoln LN2 2LT Telephone: 01522 750286Email:[email protected]

District Cllr Malcolm Leaning11 Highfields, Nettleham,Lincoln LN2 2STTelephone: 01522 873175Email:[email protected]

metal cans, aerosols, glass bottles andjars, cardboard and drinks cartons.

Residents are reminded that if they havetoo much to fit in their recycling bin,West Lindsey District Council will takeaway the recycling overflow if it’s placedin an open carrier bag or cardboard boxand left next to the blue bin (or clearplastic sack in some areas).

Recycling Team Leader, Steve Leary,gives his top tips:● A whole range of jars can be recycled:

just give them a rinse in your leftoverwashing-up water and recycle themwith your other glass. Don’t worryabout removing labels; they will comeoff in the recycling process.

● Leftover party foods, such as quichesand sausage rolls can be frozen andused for tasty packed lunches

● If you have clear-outs of old furniturewhy not visit:www.west-lindsey.gov.uk/furniturereuseto find out how your unwantedfurniture and household goods couldbe used again, or perhaps try:http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gainsboroughfreecycleorhttp://groups.freecycle.org/CaistorFreecycleUKfor any unwanted gifts or clearanceitems.

Funding for the Local Community

There are still great opportunities forlocal organizations to qualify forfunding to support their projects.Several different sources are availablefrom both West Lindsey and the CountyCouncil. Applications must come fromregistered groups and not fromindividual residents. For furtherinformation please contact eitherMalcolm Leaning or Ray Sellars.

Bulk Oil Buying Scheme

Although Nettleham has mains gas tomost of its properties, some may still beusing oil for heating and there is now acounty-wide bulk buying scheme whichcould save people money. For detailsplease telephone: 01529 302466.

County News

County News will now be issued insix editions to save money and hascombined with West Lindsey to producea joint 32-page edition for that area,

resulting in a saving on Council Taxmoney for residents.

In another effort to make economies, areview of all buildings, either owned orleased by the County Council, is beingimplemented. Those which areunder-used will be closed and better usemade of the others.

Hunt for Hidden Heroes

There is a chance to nominate those whogive up their own time and effort forfree to help others in their community.

The awards come in three categories:‘Citizen of the Year’, ‘Young Citizen ofthe Year’ (aged sixteen or below) and‘Community Group of the Year’.

If you would like to make a nomination,please do so at:www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/goodcitizenor telephone Nicola Orriss on:01522 554241.

Household Waste Centres

Although many of the sites throughoutLincolnshire have had their openinghours reduced, Great Northern Terrace isstill open 9.00am to 4.00pm Monday toSunday.

Whisby is open Thursday, Friday andMonday 9.00am to 4.00pm and 9.00amto 12.00pm on Sunday.

Green Bin Collection

A review of the November collection isbeing carried out. It is highly unlikelythat the entire winter collection will bereinstated, but if residents would prefera November collection instead of one inMarch, or both, please contact:[email protected]

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Nettleham Gardeners’ AssociationAnnual Show 2012

For further informationabout the show and a complete

Show Schedule please contact theShow Secretary: Sally Bradley on

754145

Exhibiting HintsGood presentation is essential with anyexhibit and the Judges will mark down anyitem that is marked or soiled. Plant potsshould be clean, free from cracks, etc.

Any dead or wilting leaves should beremoved and attention paid to presentingthe exhibit in the best possible manner.

Accessories may be used in all classes inGroup 3, except Class 23.

Home Produce, ie cakes and sponges,should be displayed on doilies, with yourentry number stuck under the front leftcorner.

Flower exhibits should have the entrynumber stuck on the rear of the vase.All exhibit numbers must be placed on rearof, or underneath, the exhibit or underfront left corner of the plate or bag.

Wine bottles should be clean and shinywith sparkling clear wine that is in thecorrect class. (See special rules for Group12 on page 51).

PLEASE NOTE

All flowers, vegetables, fruit, produce andwine left on the tables will be auctioned

for Association funds.

Please support the raffles and tombola inaid of Association funds.

Top Vase 2012Sponsored by Nettleham News

COMPETITION RULES

1 The Nettleham News Top Vase class is for a vase ofmixed flowering stems containing a total of betweenfive and ten stems, taken from a minimum of twodifferent kinds of plants. (Please note that it is twodifferent KINDS of plants. Two varieties of the sameplant are NOT two kinds).

2 The display will be judged out of a total of 35 points,split into: 25 points for the colour, form, condition,quality and freshness of the flowers on display, and10 marks for the overall presentation and effect of theflowers in the vase. The vase will be viewed from alldirections. Judging of the flowers should be to thenormal rules used for other classes.

3 Stems used in the display must be showing flowersonly - no seed-heads or berries will be allowed.

4 The vase can be any shape, size and material, butmust be in proportion to the display. No marks areawarded for the vase itself.

5 No accessories whatsoever, such as bows andadditional foliage, will be allowed. Foliage which isgrowing naturally from the flowering stem, and stillattached to that stem, is allowed. Packing material -including Oasis - to keep the stems in place, is allowed.

6 The winner of the Nettleham News Top Vase classwill receive the Top Vase Gold Award (+£5).The runner-up will receive the Silver Award (+£3) andthe third place will receive the Bronze Award (+£2).

NOTES FOR EXHIBITORS AND JUDGES

Flowering stems can be taken from ANY floweringplant.

The different kinds of plants need to be taken fromdifferent genera. For instance, pinks, carnations andsweet william (which are all dianthus) would not beclassed as different kinds.

Only fresh, home-grown flowers can be used in thevase. No dried or silk flowers are allowed.

A vase, by definition, is any vessel that can be used tohold cut flowers and which is taller than it is wide at itswidest point.

The Nettleham News Top Vase class is open for anyoneto enter and is not intended purely for growers whoregularly display single species classes at shows.

Judges should use their discretion when judging theTop Vase class, bearing in mind that the entries maycome from inexperienced exhibitors.

Judges and exhibitors should note that the display hasto be viewed all round.

The points awarded should be clearly marked by thejudges on the exhibitors’ cards.

Any queries that may arise, regarding anything otherthan the above rules, should be referred to, anddecided by, the show officials.

Failure to abide by any of these rules willlead to disqualification

Top Tray 2012Sponsored by Nettleham News

COMPETITION RULES

1 The Nettleham News Top Tray class is for a collection

of three types of vegetables taken from the following

list of eight (the quantity of each vegetable required for

the collection is given in brackets): Carrots (3),

Cauliflowers (2), Onions (3), Parsnips (3), Peas (6 pods),

Potatoes (3), Runner Beans (6 pods), Tomatoes (6).

Each type of vegetable will be judged out of a total of

20 points. This is split into three sections as follows:

7 points for size, shape and colour; 7 points for

condition; 6 points for uniformity. The overall mark will

therefore be out of a total of 60.

2 All vegetables are to be displayed for effect. The

vegetables must be displayed within an area measuring

45cm by 60cm (18” x 24”), without bending any part

of them. No part of any exhibit may exceed the size of

the tray. A tray or board measuring 45cm by 60cm

(18” x 24”) can be used to display the vegetables, or

the area can simply be marked on the staging. Where a

tray has a lip or edge, it is the internal measurements

that must not exceed 45cm by 60cm (18” x 24”).

3 A black cloth is permitted and the tray may be

painted if desired. Parsley is allowed for garnishing,

but no other foliage or accessories, such as plates,

sand, rings, etc, will be allowed. Onion tops may be

tied, or whipped using raffia or string.

4 The winner of the Nettleham News Top Tray class will

receive the Gold Award (+£5). The runner-up will

receive the Silver Award (+£3)and the third place will

receive the Bronze Award (+£2).

NOTES FOR EXHIBITORS AND JUDGES

Carrots and parsnips must have foliage trimmed back

to 7.5cm (3”).

Peas and beans must be displayed with some stalk

attached.

Tomatoes must be displayed with calyces still attached

(the green flower-bud case).

Judges may handle exhibits, open pods, etc, to check

for quality.

The tray, board or staging must not be cut or mutilated

in any way at all - such as cutting holes for standing

onions in.

Judges should use their discretion when judging the

Top Tray class, remembering that entries may come

from inexperienced exhibitors.

The points awarded should be clearly marked by the

judges on the exhibitors’ cards.

Any queries that may arise, regarding anything other

than the above rules, should be referred to, and

decided by, the show officials.

Failure to abide by any of these rules will

lead to disqualification


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Nettleham Gardeners’ Asso

GROUP 1CHRYSANTHEMUM CLASSESNETTLEHAM CUP

1 3 Incurve Chrysanthemums2 5 Mixed Chrysanthemums3 3 Spray Chrysanthemums4 1 Specimen Chrysanthemum Bloom

For Groups 1 to 4 the exhibit numbers to be placedon the rear of the exhibit.

GROUP 2FLOWER CLASSESASSOCIATION ROSE BOWL

5 1 Specimen Gladiolus6 5 Asters7 3 Dahlias (decorative)8 3 Dahlias (cactus)9 5 Dahlias (poms)10 3 Rose Blooms*

11 1 Specimen Rose*

12 1 Specimen Rose (judged on scent)*

13 1 Stem of Floribunda type Rose*

14 Vase of Annuals (mixed)**

15 Vase of Perennials (mixed)**

16 Cut Flowers (one variety only)

17 Nettleham News Top Vase(Please refer to separate Rules for this class)

18 1 Flower and 1 Fruit19 1 Flower and 1 Vegetable20 3 different herbs (one sample of each in vase)

* Please state variety of rose entered, if known** For which no special class is provided

GROUP 3FLORAL ARTASSOCIATION JUBILEE CUP21 ‘Diamond Jubilee’

(not to exceed 14 inches [40cm] square)

22 ‘The Olympics’(not to exceed 14 inches [40cm] square)

23 ‘Foliage, Fruit & Fabric’ (no flowers)(not to exceed 14 inches [40cm] square)

24 ‘Time to Economise’(not to exceed 12 inches [30cm] square)

25 ‘Colour Harmony’ (any container)(not to exceed 12 inches [30cm] square)

26 ‘An Arrangement in an Egg Cup’(not to exceed 3 inches [8cm] square)

All arrangements are allowed accessories andthere are no height restrictions

GROUP 4POT PLANT CLASSESDALBY CUP

27 Begonia28 Pot Plant with Flowers29 Pot Plant with Foliage30 Specimen Cactus/Succulent31 Pot Geranium32 Pot Fuschia (maximum 9 inch pot)

33 Orchid (in ownership for at least 6 months)

34 Exotic Plant

GROUP 5VEGETABLE CLASSESCORONATION CUP (for overall points)A E POTTER CUP (Most points in classes 41/42/43)

35 5 Small Fruited/Cherry Tomatoes(exhibited with stalks)

36 3 Beef Tomatoes (exhibited with stalks)

37 5 Tomatoes (exhibited with stalks)

38 5 Runner Beans

39 1 Runner Bean (judged for length)

40 1 Cucumber

41 3 Onions (globe)

42 3 Onions (flat)

43 1 Onion (judged on weight)

44 1 Cabbage

45 3 Courgettes (maximum 7” including stalk)

46 Pair of Marrows

47 1 Marrow (judged on weight)

48 1 Marrow (judged for quality: maximum 9“)

49 9 Shallots (1 inch maximum: pickling)

50 9 Shallots (exhibition)

51 1 Freak Vegetable

52 Nettleham News Top Tray(Please refer to separate Rules for this class)

NOTE: Base plinths will be provided for classes 41/42/43

GROUP 6VEGETABLES - ROOT CLASSES 85 CUP

53 3 Beetroots(3 inch tops)

54 4 Potatoes

55 1 Potato(judged on weight)

56 3 Carrots(3 inch tops)

57 2 Parsnips(3 inch tops)

58 2 Leeks (pot)(7 inches blanch to button)

59 2 Leeks(blanched)

60 Any other vegetable(Groups 5 & 6 inclusive)

GROUP 7FRUIT CLASSESASSOCIATION FRUIT SHIELD

61 3 Eating Apples

62 3 Cooking Apples (including Bramleys)

63 3 Pears

64 6 Plums

65 20 Blackberries

66 Any other fruit

All fruit to be exhibited with stalks and not polished

GROUP 8HOME-MADE PRODUCE CLASSESASSOCIATION FRUIT BOWL

67 6 Cup Cakes for a special occasion(judged on decoration only)

68 6 Pastries(Tarts: any sweet filling, short crust pastry)

69 Victoria Sandwich Cake(Raspberry jam filling, topped with caster sugar,

max 6oz/150gm mixture)

70 Chocolate Sandwich Cake(Chocolate filling, topped with caster sugar,

max 6oz/150gm mixture)

71 1 Fruit Loaf

72 Yorkshire Parkin (6 squares 2”/6cm)

(Suggested recipe on back cover of schedule)

73 6 Fruit Scones (max 2.5” [6cm] diameter)

74 6 Cheese Scones (max 2.5” [6cm] diameter)

75 1 Fruit Tart(max 10” [25cm] diameter, pastry top and bottom)

76 6 Biscuits

77 Bakewell tart(max 10” [25cm] diameter, no top icing or glaze)

78 Jar of Jelly (any variety)*

79 Jar of Home-made Lemon Curd*

80 Jar of Home-made Jam*

81 Jar of Home-made Marmalade*

82 Jar of Home-made Chutney**NOTE:

*Classes 78-82: jars must have wax covering withscrew top or cellophane.

Cakes and pastries will be covered in cellophaneduring the show

THENETTLEHAM NEWS

TROPHYwill be awarded to the best

exhibit in the show

THEBROOK CUP

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ociation Annual Show 2012GROUP 9CHILDREN’S CLASSESPRINCESS DIANA CUP (best exhibit in the group)THE HIPGRAVE SHIELD (most points in the group)

Ages up to 7 years

83 5 ‘Olympic’ biscuits(judged on decoration only)

84 Painted hard boiled egg(displayed in an egg cup)

85 Make a crown86 A miniature garden

(in a plant saucer: max 10”/25cm diameter)

Age 8 to 12 years

87 Hand-made Christmas card (any medium)

88 A shield-shaped drawing or painting (depicting village life)

89 A photograph of a garden(taken by you)

90 6 decorated cakes(Olympic theme: judged on decoration only)

Young people are welcome to enterin the adult classes

GROUP 10ART CLASSESTHE GEOFF CLARKE MEMORIAL CUP91 Photograph of ‘a four-legged friend’

(max 7” [18cm] x 5” [12cm] unmounted)

92 A painting(any subject, any medium, no size restrictions)

93 A drawing(any subject, any medium, no size restrictions)

GROUP 11HANDICRAFTS CLASSESTHE PALMER CUP94 A hand-made wooden article95 A hand-knitted or crocheted article96 A soft toy97 Cross stitch or tapestry98 Hand- or machine-sown item99 Hand-made card

(suitable for a Diamond Anniversary)

100 Any other hand-made article(including jewellery)

GROUP 12HOME MADE WINE CLASSESASSOCIATION WINE SHIELD101 Dry White Table Wine102 Dry Red Table Wine103 Social White Wine104 Social Red Wine105 Medium Rosé106 Fruit or Grain Wine (non-kit wine: white)

107 Fruit or Grain Wine (non-kit wine: red)

108 Liqueur (sloe gin, etc)

Rules for Wine Classes(a) Colourless wine bottles of Sauterne type(b) Flange stoppers (white plastic-topped corks may be used)(c) Plain label 1” x 1.5” to bear the class number(d) Entry number to be affixed to base of bottle(e) Class 103: please indicate whether sweet, medium or dry(f) Bottles to be filled leaving 1/4 - 3/4 inch air space

Failure to abide by these rules will lead todisqualification

All classes are open tomembers and non-members of

Nettleham Gardeners’ Association

RULES1 Exhibitors are allowed up to 2 entriesper class.

2 All entries must have been grown orproduced by the exhibitor, with theexception of Classes 21 to 26 inclusive.The Committee reserves the right toinspect entrants’ gardens.

3 An entrance fee of 25p per exhibitwill be charged. Children’s classes free.A fee of £2 permits entry in as manyclasses as desired.

4 All entries to be accepted onFriday from 5.30pm - 6.30pm and theSaturday morning of the Show, withfees. Exhibits must be staged between9.00am and 11.00am. Judging tocommence at 11.30am.

5 Points will be awarded in each Classas follows:

1st Prize: 3 points2nd Prize: 2 points3rd Prize: 1 point

6 Awards will be made to the 1st, 2ndand 3rd in each Class at the Judges’discretion. Highly Commended Cards willbe awarded at the Judges’ discretion.

7 No cash prizes will be awarded except:Top Vase: (Class 17):1st: £5; 2nd: £3; 3rd £2Top Tray: (Class 51):1st: £5; 2nd: £3; 3rd: £2

8 A trophy will be awarded by theCommittee to the exhibitor gaining themost points in each Group, subject tothat exhibitor having gained a firstprize in that Group, or a total of atleast four points.

9 All trophies to be returned to theNGA Show Secretary not later than31 August.

10 No exhibits may be removed fromthe show before 4.00pm.

All exhibits remainingon the show tables after 5.00pm will be

auctioned to the general public, theproceeds going to Nettleham Gardeners’

Association funds.

ENTRY FORM 2012Name:

Address:

Telephone:

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I agree to abide by the rules andthe judges’ decisions. I enclose the

appropriate entry fee.

Total number of entries:

Amount enclosed £:

Please state thenumber of entries you are making ineach class (either 1 or 2) and insert

the number in the relevant box

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HELP LIVES SAVE LIVES

Nettleham LIVES celebrated asignificant milestone - 4 March 2012this being the 10th anniversary of theFirst Responders team being calledout to medical emergencies aroundthe village.

The First Responders group formed in late2000 and became fully operational on4 March 2002, once volunteers had beenrecruited, trained and sufficient fundsraised to buy the necessary equipment.

Today, we have 12 First Responders,1 Intermediate Responder and 7 fundraisers and helpers, with several morepeople just about to complete their initialResponder training.

Over the course of the last ten years we’vehad a total of twenty-five Responders inthe Nettleham group.

All live in the village and give their timefreely to provide cover, 24 hours a day,7 days a week.

Although we haven’t got exact figures forthe early years, we average around 100call-outs per year. During 2009 we had119, in 2010 there were 106 and in 2011there were 89 call-outs. So I suspect thatwe have already responded to over athousand emergencies around the village.

Pictured below are most of the teamat one of our monthly meetings. We areplanning a social evening, ten pin bowing,in March to celebrate our anniversary.

We’re a great bunch of people, who wantto give something back to the communityin which we live. Although we work hardtogether, we also enjoy the fun andcamaraderie.

1 Maurice Nauta, 2 Angela White, 3 Alex Morrison, 4 Sue Wells,5 Chris Hill, 6 Brian Wallis, 7 David Wright, 8 Alan Henderson, 9 Marcus Jones,

10 Dave Herbert, 11 Diane Evans, 12 Ed Rouse, 13 Dominique Holownia,14 June Wass

The Nettleham LIVES Team

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Relay for Life21/22 July 2012

Welton William Farr SchoolRelay for Life - it’s not just for girls, youdon’t have to wear pink and you don’thave to run! Any age, any ability can takepart, it’s a non-athletic event and everyoneis very welcome!

We are well under way with our plansfor this year’s Relay for Life Lincolnshire.So far, we have 32 teams registered forthis year’s event. We will have music, foodand refreshments, activities, displays, stallsand a wide variety of entertainment overthe whole 24 hours, which starts at12 noon on Saturday 21 July.

Many thanks to all those from Nettlehamwho have already become involved withRelay in some way, whether by entering ateam, running an activity, having a stall,etc, on the day - it’s great to have to haveyou on board!

Alternatively you could come along overthe 2 days and enjoy the wide range ofactivities and music, and the great familyand community atmosphere that’s Relay.

Coming to this year’s Relay for Life Lincoln:The Soul Solution. This is a great chance tocome along with family and friends andenjoy Lincolnshire’s fantastic soul band.Why not bring a picnic, or enjoy therefreshments available at the event, jointhe activities and experience Relay foryourself! To enjoy The Soul Solution playon the Saturday evening, follow the linkbelow to get more information and yourticket: http://www.justgiving.com/SoulSolutionatRelayforLifeLincolnIf there is anyone that would like tobecome involved with Relay - don’t worryit’s not too late - please contact us on thenumbers below! We are also keen to hearfrom anyone able to support our work inany way either through sponsorship,resources, or their advice and expertise.

You can find out more information aboutRelay for Life by looking at our website:www.relayforlifelincoln.org.uk or getin touch with Caroline Swindin 01673866133 or Katie Parkin 07905 336839.

Relay for Life Table-top SaleSaturday 16 June

1.00 - 3.00pm Welton Village HallTables £5.00

To book a table please call Caroline:01673 866133. Refreshments will also be

available. All proceeds to Relay for LifeLincoln and Cancer Research UK.

A great chance to have a clear out in time forsummer, or pick up a bargain!

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Around Easter, on a day preceded by aheavy downpour after many dry weeks,I decided to take a bike ride around thevillage to have a look at the wildlife andflowers. It was a bright day and everythinglooked washed and colourful. After a mildwinter, everything was much earlier andmore prolific than usual.

I set off past the school and the church.The rooks, flying backwards and forwardswere calling and busy setting up their nestsfor the new season. As the leaves on theirtrees were scarce, they could be seen onthe nests while their mates hovered andflew around. What would the village belike without these raucous callers? Muchmaligned, they are extremely intelligentand the subject of a great deal of study.The magnificent chestnut tree, surely oneof the major landmarks of the village,was bursting into leaf.

Around the White Hart, I saw the jackdawswhich seem to be growing in numbersevery year. I love their grey ‘balaclavas’ andbeady eyes. They seem to be looking at youdirectly as you go by. They are messy nestbuilders and cottagers have to be carefulthese cheeky birds don’t build their nestsin a chimney!

All around me blackbirds were dartingaround and the males were singing as theymarked their territories ready for thebreeding soon to come. Some spar witheach other for their ‘patch’. They often flylow in front of cars as they dart across theroads - the reason why they are frequentlyseen dead at the roadside.

I cycled up Greetwell Lane. To my left andright I could hear skylarks singing. Theseare evocative birds and can be heard allyear round. They nest on the ground andtheir numbers have dropped alarminglyowing to loss of habitat. Farmers wholeave borders around their fields are to bepraised as they have helped these bravelittle birds to make a small comeback.Their song always makes me think of warmmeadows and blue skies, even if I hearthem in winter!

Over Danby Hill from where the Cathedralcan be seen, a great deal of white deadnettle is flowering. This is the non-stingingvariety and will flower for many months.I was surprised to learn recently thatnettles are part of the mint family. I haveyet to try nettle soup, but can understandancient peoples, after a hard winter,needing and wanting something green andfresh to eat. Wood pigeons seemed to beeverywhere - they are tough birds and willsurvive even the hardest winters.

Nettleham Nature NotesAt the other end of the track, I turned righton to the old A46. Gorse is blooming veryearly around old telegraph posts and therewere carpets of ground ivy with itspurplish-blue flowers. Only two weekspreviously I had stopped and watched aweasel down here darting in and out of asmall hole, its black beady eyes spying meevery time he surfaced and keeping himalert. They are beautiful little creatures,but despite their small size they can kill arabbit with one sharp bite to its throat.

Past the Brown Cow and then down to the‘Police Park’. All of the cherry trees werestarting to blossom very early with theirbeautiful flowers.

On the right, as I entered the park, therewas a blanket of dog violets under thetrees which looked like a carpet. As Iapproached to take a photograph I noticedseveral bees buzzing around the flowers.

By the pool in the park, I watched as a lonecoot walked across the grass and ploppedgently into the water. There were two lastyear, but one had a damaged leg. I fear itmay have been taken by a fox.

A heron has been seen by this pool andon one occasion two or three years ago, acormorant. On the far side of the pool aresome moorhens. The coots have a whiteblaze down their faces and the moorhenhas long red legs and enormous feet!

At the end of the pool the real treat of myride appeared. On a piece of land slightlyset back from the path an abundance offlowers were blooming. I was overcome bytheir sheer beauty. There were cowslips,the tallest I had seen for years, snowywhite wood anenomes, purple and whitesnakeshead fritillaries, daffodils and manymore violets. The fritillaries are uniquebecause no other flower exists with itschequer-board pattern on the petals.

On the other side were forget-me-notsand alkanet. The latter belong to theforget-me-not family, but are darker incolour and bigger. There was also somelungwort with its large spotted leaves.

I met a lady walking who told me thatsome of the flowers had been planted bychildren from the school. Their effort ispaying off and much appreciated.

Under a chorus of bird song, I walkedslowly through the wood. I can think ofnothing lovelier than the chorus ofbirdsong early in spring. Blue tits,blackbirds, robins and pigeons sang totheir hearts’ content as the breeze blewthrough the trees. Sheer magic as MotherNature takes a deep breath and serenadesus with her beauty after the dark days ofthe winter.

The path through the wood is now wellshaded with leaves, particularly hawthorn.The early shoots of this native plant can beeaten raw and I can never resist tryingsome when it is so young and fresh.We used to call it ‘bread and cheese’ whenwe were children.

I love the wildlife in the village and everyweek brings new delights. We have ahedgehog in a box in the garden and awren sings lustily on the fence eachmorning before he goes through the potsof pansies looking for insects. These tinybirds are fragile and hard winters oftenwipe out large numbers of them. The mildwinter seems to have helped them asI have heard many more this spring. Wehave collared doves visiting the bird table,along with various tits and goldfinchesfeasting on the Niger seed.

Phyllis Maiden

Wood AnemoneAnemone nemorosa

FritillaryFritillaria meleagris

CowslipPrimula veris


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The design of the sign is based on ideassubmitted to a committee in 1979 byClaire Hill (then aged 11), Fiona Hill(then aged 7) and John Horner. Thecommittee was formed by Kay Hornerwho, as President of NettlehamWomen’s Institute in 1979, firstsuggested the idea of a sign to theParish Council on behalf of the WImembers. Constructed of English oak,the sign was carved and painted byGraham Stringer from Radcliffe onTrent, near Nottingham.

The main picture panel depicts a 13thcentury Bishop in his garments of thetime, followed closely by a Bishop ofthe 14th century with a mitre which isnarrower and taller. In the centrebackground is Nettleham ParishChurch of All Saints as it might havebeen in the 16th century.

To the left of the panel, on a hillamongst the trees, is the spiredLincoln Cathedral dating from the 14thcentury. It was the Bishops of Lincolnwho established the Manor House, orBishops’ Palace, in Nettleham as theirhome from about 1209 up until 1590,after which it fell into disuse beforebeing demolished in 1630. It isbelieved that some of the stone fromthe former Palace was used to build

Nettleham Village Sign

houses in the High Street, andprobably the watermill in Mill Lane.

Below the Cathedral is an emblemindicating other historical associationsof the village. It is set against abackground of blue and silver wavylines symbolising water, as a reminderthat the Romans piped their water toLincoln from the Great Beck, or‘Roaring Meg’ as it is known, whichruns through Nettleham. The emblemitself shows a martlet (or dove) and across from the reputed arms ofEdward the Confessor, whose widow,Editha, gave the church to an abbey inNormandy. Then it came into theownership of William the Conquerorand his successors, indicated by twoRoyal Lions. In 1101, Henry I and hiswife, Maud, gave the village to theBishops of Lincoln, indicated by theBishop’s mitre. Finally there are thePrinces of Wales’ feathers.

The carvings on the spandrels belowthe name show, on the left, the crestof Bishop Hugh of Wells who in 1209was consecrated Bishop of Lincoln.It was he who built the Manor Housein Nettleham, the site of which is nowa Scheduled Ancient Monument.Bishop Hugh of Wells was named inthe Magna Carta (1215), and it was he

Readers who are perhaps new to the village may be interested to know the rationale behind the imageswhich appear on our familiar village sign on The Green

(from an article believed to have appeared in Lincolnshire Life magazine - date unknown)

who rebuilt the Parish Church about1219. His sculptured portrait can beseen at the top of one of the navepillars in the church.

The right hand spandrel depicts thecrest of Bishop John Dalderby whobecame Bishop of Lincoln in 1300, andwho in 1301 gave hospitality toEdward I at the Manor House whilstthe King attended the Parliament heldin the Chapter House of LincolnCathedral.

The King stayed at Nettleham from20th January to 12th February, and itwas during this visit, on 7th February1301, that he made his son, Edward ofCaernarvon, then aged 16 years, thefirst English Prince of Wales.

On the other side of the main panelis an early morning rural scene setaround the old watermill at the ford inMill Lane, with the miller loading sacksof grain onto his cart.

The spandrels on the second sidedepict, on the left, Lincolnshire CountyCouncil represented in Nettleham byLincolnshire Police whose newheadquarters were opened in 1980,and on the right the crest of theWomens’ Institute, the initial sponsorsof this village sign.


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I have always loved libraries. They arewelcoming and friendly. If you can’tfind a book, it can usually be reservedand today you can even receive anemail when it’s available!

As a young person I was a foster-childand I used to escape to a wonderfulVictorian-built library in North Birminghamwhere I could sit in the peace and quietand read to my heart’s content. Even nowI can still hear the squeaking polishedwooden floor! I think libraries should becherished and used.

I have written book reviews of four booksobtained from the library in Nettleham andhope to encourage children and adults tocall in, have a browse and maybe evenreserve my recommendations, if they arenot on the shelf.

Horrid Henry’s UnderpantsHorrid Henry’s Nits

by Francesca Simon

Francesca Simon has written many HorridHenry books. Henry surely is the little boywe do not want living next-door to us!

These books, suitable for children betweenthe ages of five and ten (and adults!) arevery, very funny and portray Henry, the boywho always seems to be in trouble.

Each of these books contains four storiescovering such topics as Henry’s nits, hisgreat idea for making money writing hisfriends’ thank-you letters and the tale ofthe ghastly underpants he received for hisbirthday. The tales are not long and aresuitable for bedtime.

They are just as good if they are read outloud first. I doubt that there would bemany children who would not want toread them again and again.

Even as an adult I found these bookslaugh-out-loud funny. Henry is a reminderof Just William and Roald Dahl stories foryounger children. They are wonderfullyillustrated by Tony Ross.

Nearly twenty have been written, so thereare many to choose from in the library.

War Horseby Michael Morpurgo

Michael Morpurgo,considered by manyto be the children’schampion, has againwritten a wonderfulbook based on a truestory and the subjectof a Steven Spielbergfilm.

During the First World War nearly sixmillion horses were killed. They were takenfrom all over the country and sent to thefront to pull artillery, help with hospitalvehicles and carry cavalry soldiers.

This story, suitable for teenagers andadults alike, is based on the true story ofJoey, a horse taken by the army to thefront. It is written through the eyes of Joeyhimself and I think this works. Albert, hisowner, stricken with grief when Joey hasgone, signs up as an under-age soldier tosearch for his beloved animal.

I do not want to give away the ending.This story will stay with you for a very longtime, highlighting as it does the futilityof war, the bond between humans andanimals and the need to be kind to eachother, particularly in times of adversity.A German, caring for Joey and anotherhorse, said to them: “You two are the onlyrational creatures I’ve met in this stupidwar”.

I don’t think you will be dry-eyed whenyou have finished this book, but, despitethe horror of the lives of the horses, it is anuplifting and courageous story.

The Olive Treeby Carol Drinkwater

This book wassuggested to me by alady I met in the library.I confess I had avoidedCarol Drinkwater’sbooks, expecting themto be lightweight.I had remembered herfrom her actress daysin All Creatures Great

and Small. From page one I was drawninto this travelogue.

It is apparent that she is totally besottedwith olive trees. She owns an olive farm inSouthern France and is genuinely concernedabout the fate of this amazing old tree, herlove for it shining through on every page.

She leaves her home and travels alonefor months around the WesternMediterranean searching for ancient olivetrees. Her research is meticulous and herknowledge of the history of the variouscountries is fascinating. She travels toSpain, Morocco, Algiers, Sicily and Italy.Algiers is particularly dangerous and shecan only cross it with the aid of thecountry’s beekeepers.

Along the way she learns of the crazybureaucracy of the EU, the irrigation ofolives in Spain which is depleting the watertable and the heavy-handed use of

pesticides, leading her to despair of thefuture of this noble tree.

She brilliantly describes the people shemeets, their kindnesses to her, sharingtheir meagre resources and giving herovernight accommodation. She alsowitnesses abject poverty of people living atsubsistence levels.

She is a skilled wordsmith and I am pleasedthat I took up the lady’s suggestion andread this book.

A Fine Balanceby Rohinton Mistry

I have to say that thisis the finest fictionbook I have read formany years. I wasintroduced to thisnovel when I gave outbooks on World BookNight last year.It remained on myshelf until the autumn

and one day I picked it up. That was it -I could not put it down.

The author, Rohinton Mistry, was born inBombay in 1952. In 1975, at the height ofthe troubles in India, he moved to Canada.He had a degree in mathematics and thengained a second degree in philosophy andEnglish.

He wrote much before this book and haswon many literary prizes. He wrote thisbook in 1996 and yet it seems that onlyrecently people are taking notice of it.

It is a sweeping story of India, set betweenthe years of 1975 and 1984, covering thelives of four main characters in the politicalupheavals. We are taken through theirfight for survival and attempts to riseabove the caste system.

There is a widow trying to make it on herown, a student furthering his educationand two members of the caste ofuntouchables breaking away. Their livesbecome intertwined and reflect the effectsof the caste system, the poverty andsurvival against all the odds in this epicnovel. A government, corrupt and at timescruel, seems to treat the lower orders withutter contempt.

I would love to hear comments frompeople who read any books I haverecommended here and you are welcometo contact me at:

[email protected] maybe suggest other books whichI can review next quarter.

Phyllis Maiden

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Nettleham Cricket ClubAfter the unseasonal warm weather of March,mid-April welcomed in the start of the cricketseason, together with heavy showers and thehosepipe ban; this must be the wettestdrought in history! So to no one’s greatsurprise, the two opening weekends of thecricket season were cancelled, due towater-logged pitches.

Winter nets have now finished at MinsterSchool with an excellent turnout from bothjunior and senior members, and training hasnow moved up to the club at Mulsanne Park.

Senior sessions take place on Tuesday andThursday evenings from 6.30pm, and juniorson Friday evening, with registration at6.15pm for training between 6.30pm -8.00pm. Anyone is welcome to join oursessions, as we pride ourselves as a clubwhich can offer cricket to all abilities.

During the winter the committee have beenbusy preparing for the forthcoming playingseason.

The Club continues to improve its facilitiesand we have recently replaced our oldelectronic scoring system which had been inuse for at least the last 25 years. The newdigital system (see photograph below) isclearer, smarter and will enable the Clubto develop a new online scoring service.It’s anticipated that the senior leagues in thecounty will require all clubs to move to thissystem over the next few years. A substantialamount of fund-raising during the last fiveyears has taken place to enable the system tobe purchased. Chris Brown, our previousChairman, organised a number of events,notably Summer Balls, which contributedsubstantially to the project fund. Thanks to allthose who have helped in this venture and inparticular the Parish Council for providing asmall grant last year.

In addition we have been able the replace thepractice nets, providing a safer environmentfor the juniors and seniors to hone their skills.We have also been able to replace the heavyold sightscreen with new much moremovable ones, which our groundsmen JohnDingley and Dave Ranshaw are very pleasedabout. Finally the canvas on the three covershas been replaced after several years ofservice (see photograph above).

Our thanks go to West Lindsey DistrictCouncil, Councillor Ray Sellars, who kindlyallocated some monies from his ‘LocalCouncillor funds’ and the ECB for a smallgrant towards the replacement of the aboveequipment. The costs of running a largecricket club like Nettleham are substantial

with turnover in excess of £30,000 per year,so all help and assistance is very muchappreciated.

Fund-raising is an integral part of running theclub, and the committee have organised thefollowing events for your diary:

Friday 29 June: Summer Ball

Friday 3 August: Open Junior Tournament

Sunday 12 August: Geoff Clarke Day

Thursday 15 November: AGM

Friday 13 April saw the Junior Open Eveningat Mulsanne. This was a chance for all juniormembers to meet their managers for theforthcoming season, purchase club kit andfor parents to find out more about how thejunior section of the club is run. Joint juniorcricket co-ordinator Dave Lea explained thatjunior cricket is the lifeblood of the club andit is fiercely proud of its reputation forproviding both coaching and competition foryoung people in the area.

All coaching is delivered by fully qualifiedcoaches who are in receipt of their EnglishCricket Board Coaching Awards which includefirst aid training and full screening of theirsuitability for working with young people.Nettleham Cricket Club is an ECB Focus Club,which is awarded to cricket clubs by theEngland & Wales Cricket Board when thecricket club is able to demonstrate that itmeets the ECB Clubmark criteria in duty ofcare and safeguarding children; the cricketprogramme the club offers; Sports Equity,Ethics and Club management. The club’sChild Welfare Officer is Trudy Connor whowelcomes any enquiries from parents orchildren.

Youth Section Officials are as follows:

Joint Junior Co-ordinatorsDave Lea and Russ Binnington

U17 TeamManager: Rachel SimpsonCoach: Dave Hutchinson

U13 TeamManager: James Marshall

U11 TeamManager: Craig Cosgrove

U10 TeamManager: Phil Brown

U9 TeamManager: Martin Strawson

All U9 & U10 games are held on Sundaymornings, U11, U13, U17 matches are heldon weekday evenings.

This season the club will run 5 senior sides,2 on Saturday, 2 on Sunday and one duringthe week.

The Saturday 1st Team playing in theLincolnshire Premier League will be captainedby Russ Binnington. This is his second time atcaptaincy and will be overseeing a rebuildingof this team, giving players that haveprogressed through the club’s youth teamsand gained experience last year their chanceto prove themselves. He is taking over fromDave Manby who has stepped down thisseason as he is getting married to MichelleHall, and everyone at the club sends theirwarmest wishes.

The club’s overseas player for this season is27-year old Juan Grobbelaar from Cape Townin South Africa who plays for NorthernsGoodwood in his home country. He is anopening bowler who also has the ability tobat, as well as being a Level 1 Coach.

The club is also boosted by the arrival ofseveral players from Carholme Cricket Club,which unfortunately closed at the end of lastseason, and they will play in the club’s seniorteams this year.

The Saturday 2nd Team captain for thisseason is Ben Pearse and his team will beplaying in the Lincolnshire League Division 2and will consist of a team of youth andexperienced players aiming for promotion toDivision 1.

The Sunday 1st XI have a new captain inDanny McCardle and will be playing in thehighly competitive Lincoln Sunday PremiereLeague.

The Sunday 2nd XI is again captained by ChrisDobbs and shows a more recreational style ofcricket in Division 3 of the Lincoln SundayLeague. This gives the ideal opportunity forjuniors to experience their first taste of seniorcricket.

If you would like additional informationabout Nettleham Cricket Club, the club canbe reached by email at:

[email protected] by telephoning the secretaryDavid Wheatley: 01522 857933.Information about the club can also be foundon the website at:

www.nettlehamcc.co.uk

Juan Grobbelaar (left) and 1st X1 CaptainRuss Binnington


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The ambition of all visitors to Canadais to see the Niagara Falls. This tripholds a surprise for those whose homehappens to be in Lincolnshire - forabout thirty miles from Niagara ahighway sign leaps out to announcethat one is entering Lincoln County!

A few yards further on is a lay-bywhere one can study a huge bill-boarddisplaying a map of the County ofLincoln. Such places as Grimsby,Louth, Caistor and Grantham are but afew miles away and one immediatelyfeels at home.

It was in 1792 that Lord Simcoe, theFirst Governor General of UpperCanada, called the area west of theNiagara River “Lincoln and WellandCounty.” Sixty-four years later,Welland County separated off and thenorth-western part of the area is themodern Lincoln County. No doubt thesharp cliff of the Niagara Escarpment,interrupting the naturally fertile plains,reminded Lord Simcoe of the LincolnEdge traversing the flat farmlands ofLincolnshire in the old country.

LOGICAL BASIS

It followed as a matter of course, thatthe settIements being formed werenamed after Lincolnshire towns. Hereagain the choice of name apparentlyhad a logical basis. For example,Grimsby had a waterfront on LakeOntario; Wainfleet had a swamp,long since drained; Caistor was wellwooded; Gainsborough even had itsown eagre - from time to time,south-westerly winds would causewater from Lake Erie to back up theWelland River and reverse tides of oneto two feet were recorded.

The first permanent settlers of Lincolnand Welland County were UnitedEmpire Loyalists who fled from theUnited States in the latter half of theeighteenth century. Some of themwere given lands by the CanadianGovernment, some of them bought‘wild land’ for as little as 1/3d an acre.

All of them had left secure farmsteadsso as to remain loyal to Britain, and allfaced severe hardships because of thisdecision. For them, banishment to theUnited States was a punishment

The Other Lincolnshireby Frances J Frank (of Toronto)

from an article which appeared in Lincolnshire Life in October 1966

second only to hanging, and dreadedeven more than death!

After they had obtained land, theirfirst task was the erection of a house -this took about two days. Neighbourscame and held a ‘raising bee’ cuttingdown trees and trimming logs. Theresult was a shelter of sorts - a verydraughty one-room home which couldlater on be made more comfortable byfilling the crevices with clay and barkand placing logs on the ground toform a floor.

URGENT TASKS

But first there were more urgent tasks.The rest of the land had to be clearedof trees and bushes; wheat, barleyand oats had to be sown; potatoesand other vegetables had to beplanted. The whole family wasinvolved in this work. Later on, flaxand hemp were added to the list ofcrops and were used to make cloth.Meanwhile the women learned fromthe Indians how to treat the skins ofwild animals so as to make clothesand shoes.

Natural disasters, such as the droughtof 1787 and the hurricane of 1796,were foIlowed by the War of 1812 inwhich the County became a sort of‘No Man’s Land.’ The unswervingloyalty of the settlers to the Crownresulted in their decisive victories atStoney Creek and Lewiston. The‘LincoIns’ played a gallant part inboth these battles. Peace was signedin 1814 and at last the settlers couldfeel secure.

They continued to develop their farms,adding the raising of cattle to thegrowing of crops. The land respondedto their care and it was not longbefore crops were larger than theneeds of the local community. Theybegan to trade with the rest of UpperCanada and the United States, withwhom they were now on friendlyterms.

Increasing prosperity allowed themto concern themselves with culturalmatters and one-room schoolhouseswere built. School was held only inthe winter months; during thesummer the children helped on thefarm. Some families had to walk milesto attend school and in many casesthe only pay of the teacher was tohave free lodging for the winter.

However, a history book, writtenninety years ago, states proudly that:“Citizens of Lincoln and Welland havea school system which is second tonone in the Dominion and willcompare favorably with all.”

Today, Lincoln County is still primarilyan agricultuial region - the garden ofOntario. In the springtime visitorstravel for miles to see the orchards inblossom; in June there is an influx ofpickers for the cherry crop; in July forthe strawberries; in August for thepeaches; in September for the apple,plum and tobacco crops.

Subsidiary industries for the packing,canning and freezing of fruits andvegetables exist, but in the main thepeople are farmers, as proud of theirheritage as any farmer in Lincolnshire.

Lovely Lincolnshire

O Lincolnshire! Dear County of my birthHad I a thousand tongues to sing thy worth,Still would I fail to voice the wondrous charmsOf winding lanes and rich alluvial farms;Where country-folk rejoice in honest toil,And deep devotion lives to serve the soil.For me, the loveliest joys I’ve ever known or seenAre precious gems within thy Lincoln Green.

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From the Parish RegistersWe welcome into the

Family of God’s Church throughHoly Baptism:

4 March Amber HollandBenjamin Cloney

We share in the joy of thosebeing married in God’s Church

21 April Robin Carter andEmma Cavanagh

We share in the sadness of thosewho mourn the death of a loved one,

remembering those whose funeralhas taken place, or cremated remains

have been laid to rest:

1 February Dorothy White3 February Joan Owen8 February Maurice Asher15 March Norman Scott

25 April Alan Kirton

All Saints Parish Church, NettlehamAn Exciting Summer Ahead

Harvest FestivalCome and celebrate here at

All Saints Church

Sunday 23 September9.30am

A service for all ages

Everyone welcome!

Pet ServiceCome and give thanks

for your furry or feathered friends

Sunday 24 June3.00pm

Everyone welcome as long as theydon’t bite the Vicar!

Fathers’DaySpecial Child Loss Service

Sunday 17 June6.00pm

Music, words and prayer for thosewho have experienced the pain oflosing a child - whether as a baby,

in childhood, or as an adult.

There will be an opportunity to lighta candle and remember

Services and Forthcoming Eventsat All Saints Church unless otherwise stated (all other services as normal)

Sunday 3 JuneTrinity Sunday

Monday 4 JuneCommunity Lottery Drawwill take place during Nettleham Street Party onThe Green between 1.00pm - 4.00pm

Thursday 7 JuneCorpus Christi7.30pm Eucharist for Corpus Christifollowed by a party!

Saturday 16 June 2.00pm - 4.00pm Teddy Bear’s Picnic at theOld School - look out for posters for thisever-popular event!

Sunday 17 JuneFathers’ Day6.00pm Child Loss ServiceA special service for those who have sadlylost a child at whatever age and in whatevercircumstances.

Sunday 24 JunePet service3.00pm Come and give thanks for your furry orfeathered friend. Anyone who doesn’t bite theVicar is welcome!

Saturday 14 JulyChurch open for refreshments, etc, duringNettleham Carnival

Community Lottery Draw on The Green

Sunday 8 July9.30am Eucharist for All Ages includingSunday School Prizegiving.August Community Lottery Draw

Sunday 23 September 9.30am Harvest Festival and Back to ChurchSunday

Saturday 6 October Harvest Thanksgathering2.00pm - 4.00pm at the Old School -activities for children. All welcome!

We’re looking forward to an excitingsummer - in June we celebrate with QueenElizabeth II 60 years on the throne and inJuly we throw ourselves into the Olympics(or maybe for most of us, we throwourselves onto the sofa in front of the TVfor two weeks of vicarious activity) then acouple of weeks to recover before we areoff again with the Paralympics.

The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee sets us upfor a summer of celebration. Here inNettleham, and in each of the villagesI serve, we are holding special events - a‘street’ party on the village green, lightinga beacon, special Jubilee lunches, teas andparties - jubilee food, and everything redwhite and blue!

So what is a Jubilee, and why do wecelebrate it? The idea of Jubilee is found inthe book of Leviticus. It is an exceptionaltime, which comes round for the people ofIsrael every 50 years, celebrated to allowinequalities and imbalances within thecommunity to be addressed. It stems fromthe idea that all we have, all that we enjoy,comes as a blessing from God. So in aJubilee year, debts would be released,slaves set free, property returned. A year ofliberation, of rebalancing the community,of rediscovering God-given relationshipsthrough generosity and care, particularlyfor those who were vulnerable, in need orhad fallen on hard times. Those who hadgained much from God’s generosity tothem over the years were asked to begenerous towards those who hadn’tenjoyed the same success.

In Israel, the Jubilee year was proclaimedwith the blowing of a ram’s horn trumpet -the word Jubilee derives from the Hebrewword for trumpet. Whilst I don’t expect tohear many ram’s horns sounding acrossthe villages, I do hope that we will all takethe time to shout about the manyblessings that God gives us here in theselovely villages, pause in the celebrations tothank him for his generosity, and allow theJubilee to be a time for each of ourcommunities to come together in acelebration which everyone can share,perhaps finding an opportunity to addressinequalities and injustices, and begenerous to each other just as God ourheavenly Father is generous to us.

The Church of England has provided arather lovely grace for use at street parties,lunches, teas, etc, as we celebrate theDiamond Jubilee. You may like to considerusing this grace:

O God, the author of peace and lover ofconcord, we give you thanks for theDiamond Jubilee of Her Majesty QueenElizabeth; for her steadfast faith and forher royal service to this nation and all thepeoples of the Commonwealth.

Bless the food before us and the peoplebeside us; may the sharing of this mealstrengthen our communities, and nurturethe bonds between us of friendship, hopeand trust.

We ask this in the name of Jesus Christwho reigns as servant of all. Amen.

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Summer is now well under way - let’shope the rain that fell continuouslyin April has well and truly gone!

This year Lincoln District Scouts arecelebrating 100 years in Lincoln. A special‘100 year birthday’ St George’s Day paradewas celebrated this year with balloons andbanners decorating the cathedral and aspecial centenary cake given to each of thegroups in the District.

Carrying on with celebrations we shall betaking part in several events surroundingthe Queen’s Diamond Jubilee - our special‘Royal Gala’ Scout and Guide Fete; theNettleham Street Party and a fabulousJubilee Campfire at Sudbrooke Campsitewith the Guiding sections. Great fun!

1st Nettleham Scout GroupThe most recent Nettleham CommunityMarket was held in March and again was alovely morning sharing coffee, cakes andcrafts. It was unseasonably warm weatherfor the time of year - the sun shone andwe even had some tables outside!

The next Community Market will be onSaturday 23 June from 10.00am to 12.00noon. Why not pop along and enjoy alovely cup of Stokes’ Coffee.

There will be the usual home-made cakes,biscuits, chutneys and jams, together withseveral craft stalls and our popular localhoney stall.

For all enquiries contact Trudy Connor01522 754344

Community LotteryHelping to maintain

the beautiful Grade I listed buildingwhich is All Saints Church and enablingthe church to fund local projects for the

benefit of people in our community.

We have now held four draws for theNettleham Community Lottery and givebelow details of winners to date:

Winners for January

1st Prize £50 Number 0252nd Prize £25 Number 0613rd Prize £15 Number 029

Winners for February


Winners for March ‘BONUS’ draw


Winners for April


Spread The News!

Please pass on to your friends andneighbours - you don’t have to come tochurch to join in.

Funds are available for Community Projectsplease contact:

[email protected]

or telephone: Russ Coulter: 01522 850708Neil Duff: 07789 543422

Dates and locations of future draws:

4 June 2012Nettleham Street Party1.00 - 4.00pm on the Village Green

14 July 2012Nettleham Carnival1.00 - 5.00pm on the Village Green

August 2012To be announced

Licensed (under the Gambling Act 2005)with West Lindsey District Council

Registered Number: L01124

Promoter: Community Lottery Schemes Ltd

Registered Office1 Beeches RoadHeybridgeMaldonEssexCM9 4SL

(Community Lottery Scheme, All Saints Church,

Nettleham)


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Nettleham

The two photographs on this page were kindly sent in by Doreen Lane

The one above, probably a school group, is undated - perhaps you recognise yourself (or someone you knew)?

The photograph below is also undated, but is believed to be a darts team from the Black Horse public house,with Tom Lane (Doreen’s late husband) third from the left in the back row


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Old Photographs

The photograph above with Sally Lane, dated 5 September 1971, was sent in by Mrs Doreen Lane and showstheshops opposite the telephone box on The Green, where The Tea Cosy is today

The undated photograph below was kindly sent in by Wendy Brown and shows Watermill House onWatermill Lane under reconstruction, with the roof partially removed and the timbers stacked alongside

on the grass verge


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MULSANNE 2012

This year was our turn to visit. After a longbut comfortable day in our coach we gotto Mulsanne on Easter Saturday evening toa warm welcome from our hosts who hadplanned a busy five days for us.

The following morning twinners, Englishand French, attended Easter Day Mass inthe parish church where a special welcomewas extended to the English visitors andtwo English hymns included in the order ofservice, ably led by a small choir ofNettleham Methodist Church members.

At the end of the Mass, at his family’srequest, Terry Herrick’s last message to hisfriends, which had been read out by hisson at Terry’s recent funeral in Nettleham,was read for his French friends, of whichhe had many. A poignant moment.

Nettleham Twinning Association

Our major outing was an all-day trip toSt Nazaire to visit the shipyard where theybuild giant cruise liners (Queen Mary 2amongst them) and also the AirbusIndustries assembly plant.

Both plants are located around the WW2Nazi U-boat pens, which remain, virtuallyundamaged by British bombing, within ahuge reinforced concrete blockhousewhose demolition is unaffordable. It willcontinue to remain as an ugly reminder ofless happy days.

Both the ship and aircraft productionfacilities were hugely impressive. The sheersize of every module or building block of

one of these ships before it is welded to itsneighbour is daunting, as is the task ofmanipulating it accurately into place toensure perfect welds.

The Airbus Industries plant was no lessimpressive. Indoors, in virtually clinicallyclean conditions, working with far lighterand thinner materials, there wasnevertheless a similarity, as the aircraft isbuilt up from modular sections which haveto match up with other modules to greataccuracy in final assembly. This is done atToulouse where the St Nazaire modulesmeet different modules from other EUplants (all the wings come from the UK).

Our final day visit for the whole Nettlehamteam was to the terminus, workshops andcontrol centre of the Le Mans Tramway,which are on the outskirts of Mulsanne -another fascinating visit which showedwhat lies behind Le Mans’ elegant newtramway system; elegant especially forits neatly trimmed grass between andalongside the rails, making it an attractivefeature of the town.

I haven’t mentioned the many ‘aperitifs’,other outings, lunches and dinners whichfilled our programme. Our hosts were, asusual, generous to a fault. The visit passedvery quickly and it seemed no time at allbefore we were back in the care ofPC Coaches en route to Nettleham.

My lasting memory is of the contrastbetween the brutal, lowering architectureof the St Nazaire Blockhouse with itsU-boat pens, still dominating the town,and the elegant shapes of the ships andplanes being built at St Nazaire. Not quiteswords to ploughshares, but close.

STOP PRESS NEWS

On 16 June, the Association will once againbe presenting the Scothern Players, thistime in their Festival production of twoone-act plays by Scothern playwrightGillian Plowman. The plays will be put onat the Village Hall at 7.30pm and lightrefreshments will be included in the ticketprice (see Nettleham Noticeboard onpage 3).

MEMBERSHIP

We understand there are still someMulsanne families who would like to twinwith Nettleham families and we are alwayson the lookout for new members.

Anybody interested please telephoneAnne Culling Chairman: 01522 524969orGill Jones (Secretary): 01522 754863

Come and join the Entente Cordiale!

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RB Camera ClubSaturday 2 June should seeNettleham village awash withcameras as families take to thestreets to party as part of theQueen’s Diamond Jubileecelebrations.

In addition, on the Sunday, threegroups of Holiday Fellowship walkerswill be finishing at The Old SchoolHouse and participating in an ‘IndoorStreet Party’ - at least they won’t haveto be taking the weather intoconsideration!

And, whilst on the subject of cameras,the judge of the recent ‘People’Competition, Ray Brightman, in theprocess of judging nearly 100 images(black and white, coloured and digital)made the following observations aspart of his judging commentary:

a) “The eyes have it” - a rear viewmight be all that’s available at thetime, but it’s the eyes of the subjectthat reveal the character and theemotion;

b) Bend down (get down on yourknees if necessary) and find the lowerview point;

c) If attempting a more formal pictureof say a party-goer, take care wheretheir hands are placed - sometimesthey can look completely divorcedfrom their owner!

Riseholme Hall

The Beck at Beck Cottage

Beck Cottage

These are just a few thoughts onwhich to reflect - but at the end of theday you can’t beat a bit of franticflag-waving, nor the ‘grab-shot’ ofspontaneous delight - enjoy!

Meanwhile, no restraints wereimposed on the continuing search forthe source of Nettleham Beck and itwas with sadness of heart that theexplorers finally had to depart fromthe welcoming historic parish ofNettleham. Fearlessly crossing theparish border, before ultimatelyemerging into neighbouring Riseholmeparish, their conjecture converted tofact on seeing the word Beck Cottage -we were on the right track!

The intention was to proceed withoutfurther delay on to the source - but sobeguiling did our cameraman find themagnificent Riseholme Hall, that hecouldn’t be shifted!

Here’s hoping he’s moved on beforethe next edition of Nettleham News!

Words by Stick HancockImages by Jack Snowden

Hazel BinghamMarketing and Exhibitions Secretary

RB Camera Club

Editor:Photographs of the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee

celebrations in Nettleham would be welcome forfuture editions of Nettleham News


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The Poetry Page

SUMMER FLOWERSScarlet poppies peep throughThe aisles of standing wheat,As the tall stalks swayAnd whisper in the gentle breeze.

The marshlands are golden with kingcups,Whilst a cloth of buttercups is spreadOver the jubilant May pastures.

Foxgloves and willow herbs thrive in the woods,Forget-me-nots nestle by the river’s edge,And the heavy-scented meadow-sweetAdorns the wayside.

D J Fenwick

THE MARIGOLDThe marigold bloomsUnder blazing skies,With petals spread,To embrace the bridegroom sun.

It absorbs the star’s brilliance,To add a flare of brightnessIn our gardens,And to our lives also.

A symbol of the Virgin Mary,It bloomed at all times of the yearIn monastery gardens;So that it constantlySupplied flowers for the Church,To decorate its altars.It also acted as a continual reminder,Of the beneficenceBestowed upon usBy the heavens.

D J Fenwick

THE FOXGLOVEThe tall majestic plant,Which grows on woody slopes,Has long spikes of purple, tubular flowers,Not unlike the fingers of a glove.

But its admirersCompare the blooms,With the spotted wings of butterflies,And scorn any attempt madeTo capture their fluttering beautyOn canvas.

The distinctive plantHas long been regardedAs a fairy flower;For its elegant form contains digitalis,Which can kill or cure.Just like the nature sprites of legend,It has to be treatedWith respect and wariness.

D J Fenwick

WILL OUR LOVE LIVE ON?Oh we have enjoyed the halcyon daysFilled with sun and chilled white wineDipping in fresh strawberriesThen, from your sweet mouth to mine.Me, gifted with the skill to cook,Such wholesome food we ate,Then basking in our garden togetherWith two tightly locked gates.For this is our secret gardenForty years of our lives taken,Sanctuary for all living things -Except cats - God surely must have been mistaken.But we two have plunged the murky depthsHave felt life’s deepest despairBeen denied the things we most desired,But - we have to accept what is there.Oh what will happen to the creatures we love?Those we have cherished for so many years?When we are gone will compassion live on?This is one of our greatest fears.

Elaine King

SOS(Save our swans)

Tell me, who could contemplate killing our swans?Surely one of nature’s most lovely creations.So beautiful, so serene and gracefulSimply to watch them is to feel elation.Paddling along with their cygnets aboardMakes you feel warm and comfortable inside.They have only ever received love and protection,Never felt the need for fear and so to hide.How easy then to feed a swan, it is expecting only succour,Then to club it to death in a depraved and brutal way,This is evil, evil like no other.These ‘people’ have no care at all,They slaughter for food without pity,Simply read the newspapers,Three horrific attacks, in Lincoln, our fair city.So we seem to have deluded these creaturesEncouraged them to feel welcome and safeBut how could we know that others would abuse this?So very easy to butcher, such a human disgrace.What we must do, and do it nowIs to STOP this, as be very certain,The ‘alleged’ humans that are doing thisWill carry on - they are VERMIN.

Elaine King

BEAUTY?So, you look in the mirror.You dislike what you see.So what do you decide to do?A little botox, a little face peel?Or perhaps a minor face-lift or two.Some lipo-suction would be neatBreast reduction or increase,Hair extensions, veneered teeth,False tan, false nails, good grief.However - if you have offspringLittle people - the light of your life,Should they inherit your imperfectionsWould you put them under the knife?Be more accepting of yourself,None of us is as we would like.But the variety is what makes us special.That is the wonder of LIFE.

Elaine King

Really!Have you really noticedA word that’s over-used?An unassuming adverbThat really is abused.

When emphasis is neededPresenters really go to townUsing it ad nauseamIt really gets me down!

There really are alternativesTo this really common wordThe choice is so extensiveIt really is absurd!

Repeated, it is really worse -Sometimes twice and thrice,Really getting on my nervesIt really, really isn’t nice!

And once you’ve really noticedAnd really are awareYou really just start countingIt really isn’t fair!

Eventually there comes a timeTo really take a standAnd really make the effortEre it’s really out of hand.

Really seek some other wordTo represent your voiceThe richness of our languageReally offers such a choice.

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Whilst checking out at the supermarket till,the young cashier suggested to the elderlywoman that she should bring her ownshopping bags, because plastic bagsweren’t good for the environment.

The woman apologised and explained:“We didn’t have this green thing back inmy earlier days.”

The cashier responded: “That’s just theproblem, your generation did not careenough to save our environment for futuregenerations.”

She was right - our generation didn’t havethe green thing in its day.

Back then, we returned milk, pop and beerbottles and they were sent back to theplant to be washed, sterilised and refilled,so the same bottles were used over andover again - they really were recycled.

We refilled writing pens with ink insteadof buying a new pen every time, and wereplaced razor blades when they becamedull instead of throwing away the whole‘disposable’ razor.

But we didn’t have the green thing back inour day.

We walked up stairs, because we didn’thave an escalator or lift in every shop andoffice building. We walked to the groceryshop and didn’t climb into a car every timewe wanted to go a short distance.

But she was right. We didn’t have thegreen thing in our day.

Back then, we washed babies’ nappiesbecause we didn’t have the disposablekind. We dried clothes on a washing line,not in an energy-gobbling machine -wind and solar power really did dry ourclothes. Kids got hand-me-downs fromtheir brothers or sisters, not alwaysbrand-new clothing.

But that young lady is right. We didn’thave the green thing back in our day.

Back then, we had one television or radioin the house, not one in every room. And

The Green Thingthe TV had a small screen the size of ahandkerchief (remember them?).In the kitchen, we blended and stirred byhand, because we didn’t have electricgadgets to do everything for us. Whenwe packaged a fragile item to send in thepost, we scrunched old newspapers tocushion the item, not styrofoam beads orplastic bubble wrap.

Back then, we didn’t burn petrol orelectricity to cut the lawn - we used a pushmower that ran on human power.We exercised by working so we didn’t needto go to a health club to run on treadmillsthat operate on electricity.

But she’s right. We didn’t have the greenthing back then.

We drank water from a drinking fountainor a tap when we were thirsty instead of aplastic bottle flown in from anothercountry. We accepted that a lot of foodwas seasonal and didn’t expect it to beflown thousands of air miles around theworld. We actually cooked food that didn’tcome out of a packet, tin or plastic wrapand we could even grow and wash ourown vegetables and chop our own salad.

But then we didn’t have the green thingback in those days.

Back then, people took the tram or a bus,and kids rode their bikes to school orwalked instead of using their mothers as a24-hour taxi service. We had one electricaloutlet in a room, not a bank of sockets topower a dozen appliances. And we didn’tneed a computerised gadget to receive asignal beamed from satellites miles out inspace to find the nearest takeaway.

But isn’t it sad the current generationlaments how wasteful we old folks werejust because we didn’t have the greenthing back then?

Remember: Don’t make old people mad!We don’t much like being old in the firstplace, so it doesn’t take much to p**s usoff!

Readers may be interested to know thatLincolnshire County Council offer a Hedgeand Small Woodland Grant with a 50%contribution towards the cost of trees andrabbit protection used to plant new hedgesand small areas of woodland.

The grant is available to farmers and smalllandowners, but not for domestic gardens.During the winter of 2011, 12.5km of newhedge and 1 hectare of new woodland wasplanted using this grant.

Hedge and Small Woodland GrantsWe are able to provide a free advisory visitto all applicants to help formulate plantingdesigns and work out the number andvarieties of trees required.

For further information please contact:Matthew DaveyLincolnshire County CouncilEnvironmental ManagementWitham Park House, Waterside South,Lincoln LN5 7JN

Telephone: 01522 552349

To settle down in a comfortable armchairwith a good book, is one of life’s greatpleasures. As you turn the pages and jointhe character on their adventures, an hourcan pass you by without any effort. Muchcan be learned from reading books, not tomention improving your spelling andpunctuation.

Each book has a character of its own, witha colourful cover and short introduction onthe inside, to give you an idea what thestory will be about. They come in all shapesand sizes, my bookcase is crammed withdifferent titles. I have books dating backto my childhood, with battered brownpages, and of great sentimental value.I can remember tucking a book into myschool satchel to read at dinner time.Friends and family often give me booksthat they no longer need, which I put by toread later.

I received a Kindle reader as a present.Lightweight, with a clear screen, this is asuperb piece of technology. The font sizecan be increased, which is a bonus as I amshort-sighted. If you create an accountwith an online book store, and choose atitle, with one click of the mouse, the bookarrives on your Kindle reader, and you cansettle down to enjoy the story.

Recently I was reading a book on myKindle, and the orange light flashedwarning of low battery. I had to switch offand recharge the battery for an hour, andI lost the gist of my story.

I found myself comparing a Kindle readerto a real book. I can tuck a book-markbetween the real pages, and have a largecollection of titles on my bookshelf. A newpaperback book today would cost around£8, whereas you can find the same title ina charity shop for £2 and in goodcondition.

Our local Heart Foundation charity shop,dedicates a large area at the rear of thestore for books, set out in alphabeticalorder of authors, all in good condition.

With our excellent library service and goodsecond-hand books in the charity shops,at least some of us on a low income cancontinue to read a book and not hankerfor expensive new gadgets.

Janet Lazell

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Thank you all so much for your generousresponse to the EGGSTRA SPECIAL COFFEEMORNING, sales of Easter chicks andbunnies, and donations in so many ways inaid of Sight Savers.

The glorious sunshine we had enjoyed earlyin March had deserted us by the time weheld the Eggstra Special Coffee Morningon the 31st. However, before that dateAngela at the ‘The Tea Cosy’ hadgenerously provided a voucher as the prizefor the ‘Guess the Lucky Plate’ competitionwhich is always so popular. Thank you forthat Angie.

Then the ladies of the Threshold Group,who always hold a Coffee Morning onthe last Saturday of the month, kindlysuggested that Sight Savers would benefitfrom their Coffee Morning held on thesame day. That resulted in a fantasticdonation of £60.00. Thank you so muchladies.

The Eggstra Special Coffee Morning wasgreat fun, although there was plenty ofroom for more of you to come. However,knowing that both Coffee Mornings werein aid of Sight Savers, it was a great boostwhen folk made their way between thetwo events. Thank you to all who sentraffle prizes and gifts for the cake stall -we know you have all received our thanks.The knitted chicks and bunnies from DorisColman were so popular and thank youDoris for all your help. By the end of themorning, including the generous donationfrom Threshold, we had raised over£200.00. A special thank you to all ladiesand a very special gent who ran the stalls.

FUNDRAISING FOR SIGHT SAVERSGlynis had kindly agreed that chicks andbunnies could be on sale once again at thesalon and this meant a fantastic £50.86was handed over for Sight Savers. A verybig thank you Glynis to you, your staff andcustomers for such generosity.

Pauline also sold chicks, bunnies andknitted toys at her salon in Lincoln againand the grand sum of £51.50 was raisedfor Sight Savers. Thank you Pauline andplease pass on our thanks to yourcustomers for their support.

Win Rollin then sold more chicks andbunnies in Dunholme and all these raisedmore precious pennies. Thank you for yourhelp Win.

Donations continued to be received -you all know in which way you supportedour efforts. On behalf of all those folk whowill now be protected from river blindness(just 30p per family per year) or those whocan now receive a sight-restoring cataractoperation (cost £17.00), I can only say amost sincere THANK YOU for the £500I have been able to send to Sight Savers.It’s so wonderful to be even a small partof such generosity.

To continue our fundraising we will behaving a stall at Nettleham Cares onSaturday 20 October in the Village Hall.

If you wish to support the stall, but areunable to come, please feel free to leaveyour gifts with me at 14 Sudbrooke Lane.

Thank you all once again.

Joyce E Lewis

Telephone: 856818

Thank you all for your support of the LinkRomania Coffee Morning held at ChurchView on 2 March which raised £261.00.Of course our thanks must go in the firstinstance to the Scheme Manager forallowing us the use of the lounge and toall those kind souls who ‘manned’ thestalls and made us delicious tea and coffee.

It was a grand morning of fun andfellowship and a most sincere thank you toall who brought or sent cakes, gifts, raffleprizes and knitted toys. It was so generousof you all.

Since the Coffee Morning, the ‘Thank You’poster has now been received once againsaying “A big thank you to NettlehamFriends of Link Romania for helping us todeliver Christmas Shoeboxes to some ofthe poorest people in Eastern Europe -41,877 family and elderly shoeboxes”.Isn’t that a wonderful total! ApparentlyLink Romania has now realised that manyfolk live alone these days and appealed in

FUNDRAISING FOR LINK ROMANIAthe Worthing area for shoeboxes for theelderly. It was so successful that this yearthey are issuing two leaflets - one for theusual family shoeboxes and the other forboxes for the elderly. We hope to have aselection of both leaflets to enable you tochoose the kind of box you wish to send.Thank you again for the wonderfulresponse to the 2011 Shoebox Appeal.

We know that many of you are busilyknitting and buying for shoeboxes, indeedwe have already received more than100 hats of all sizes - each one so veryprecious. Knitted squares for blankets,jumpers, etc, are also in the process ofbeing made. Wonderful - thank you.

We hope to launch the 2012 ShoeboxAppeal in September as usual. No detailsto hand at the moment, but please lookout for posters later in the year.

Thank you for your most generous support.

Cora, Mary, Janet and Joyce

It’s a Small World!

On a recent holiday cruise, going all theway around Australia, before each port ofcall, the destination lecturer on board gavea talk on the next port we would visit(eg Sydney, Darwin, Brisbane, Cairns,Perth, Melbourne, Adelaide, etc) includingthe history of the settlement and whatsights we should look out for as weexplored the area.

He said in passing that he was from the‘Lincoln’ area of England and whenI spoke to Commander Frank Feest BSc RN

I discovered that he had lived in Nettlehamfor over 20 years!

He said that this would perhaps explain hisoccasional absence to his neighbours!

Malcolm Leaning

A woman brought a very limp duck into aveterinary surgeon. She laid her pet on the tableand the vet took his stethoscope and listened tothe bird’s chest.

After a moment or two, the vet shook his headand sadly said, “I’m sorry, but your duck,Cuddles, has passed away.”

The distressed woman wailed, “Are you sure?”

“Yes, I’m quite sure. Your duck is dead,” repliedthe vet.

“How can you be sure?” she protested. “I meanyou haven’t done any testing or anything onhim.”

The vet left the room and returned with a blackLabrador Retriever. The dog sniffed the duckfrom top to bottom, then looked up at the vetand shook its head.

The vet then wentout again and returned witha cat. The cat jumped on the table and alsodelicately sniffed the bird from head to foot andshook its head.

The vet looked at the woman and said, “Look,I’m sorry, but as I said, this is most definitely a100% certifiably dead duck.”

The vet then turned to his computer, tappeda few keys and produced a bill, which hepresented to the woman. Still in shock, she tookthe bill. “£100!” she cried, “£100 just to tell memy duck is dead!”

The vet shrugged, “I’m sorry. If you had justtaken my word for it, the bill would have been£30, but with the Lab Report and the Cat Scan,it’s now £100."

Out for a Duck!


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Money raised at celebrations ofLincoln’s Water Centenary lastOctober will enable 1,700 people inMadagascar to get piped drinkingwater for the first time.

£10,000 was raised for the charity WaterAid as Lincoln marked 100 years ofcontinuous safe water supplies from theboreholes at Elkesley, Nottinghamshire.

Now the ‘Lincoln Water 100’ committee,representing organisers The Rotary Club ofLincoln and Anglian Water, are takingsteps to multiply the total by 350%through the international RotaryFoundation. Total funding of around£35,000 will enable Water Aid to installtwo gravity-flow water systems, fed by hillsprings, to supply tap points in two ruralcommunities of Madagascar, one of theworld’s poorest countries.

1,700 people, including 150 students, inthe Analamanga region will get their firstaccess to clean piped water and 900people will benefit from newly-builtlatrines. The tripled Lincoln donation willalso result in the training of six techniciansand hygiene education initiatives forvillagers and schools.

Barry Dean, chairman of the ‘Lincoln Water100’ committee, said: ”Our forefathers inLincoln suffered from unsafe water in thedevastating typhoid epidemic of 1905which led directly to the creation of theElkesley supply.

“This project achieves what we set out todo - celebrate our century of safe water byhelping those who still don’t have it. I haveno doubt that this project will significantlyimprove the health of the villagers andhelp to alleviate their poverty.

“To unlock the funding we must have alocal Rotary Club as a joint partner. A localclub in Madagascar has been approachedand is enthusiastic about the project.We look forward to receiving informationand photographs in due course.”

Water Aid, who have been working inMadagascar since 1999, said: ”Theblend of community engagement andconstruction work has been successful andis contributing to the targets set locally tohelp Madagascar achieve the MillenniumDevelopment goals.”

Julienne Rasoazamakalona, vice presidentof the water committee at Soalafadray,Madagascar, said Water Aid had installed a

‘Lincoln Water 100’ helps Madagascan poor

Listen to me while I tell youOf the famous Lincoln water,Of the water free from tiddlers,Free from worms and fish of all kinds;How they brought it into Lincoln,Not in pots and pans and buckets,Not in cups, nor yet in saucers,In a great big pipe they brought it.First they dug a hole at Elkesley,More than twenty miles from Lincoln.Down the hole they sent a beer can,Tied with many a yard of blind cord,And it came back full of water.And the people shouted “Golly!Here’s a decent soop o’ water.”Then the borough engineer,Mr Neil Mc Kechnie BarronYelled “Eureka I have found it!This is really Laughing Water;Come and have a drink you Johnnies.”

After many years of labour,Through a pipe they brought the waterUnto Lincoln’s gates they brought it,And they made great jubilation.First they went by car to Elkesley,Fifty motors went like billy-ho!And they saw the great big engines,Heard the grunting of the pistons,Heard the sobbing of the slide valves,

Heard the quarrel of th’ eccentrics,Grumbling at the work before them,Doomed to everlasting labour,Ever pumping Lincoln’s water,All along the road to Lincoln.Then the merry people wanderedTo the tent where tea was serving,(And some got some and some didn’t,Those that didn’t went without it).Then the Mayoress took a bottleFull of champagne bright and bubbly,Threw it at the upright stanchion,Busted it right well and truly,And the people said “How wasteful!Ten-and-sixpence gone to blazes!”After that we all went homeward,Waiting anxious for the ‘morrowWhen we were to have a blow-out.(Rather coarse expression, I think,But it seems to fit in nicely.)In the morning to the MinsterMarched in order Lincoln’s townsmen,Mayor, and Clerk, and City magnates,Men and maidens, boys and women,Thanks to give for this great blessing.

Later, in the ArboretumAfter many lengthy speeches,More or less unnecessary,Councillor Newsum, Mayor of Lincoln,

Turned the magic water stop-cock,And the fountain sent a jet upAnd maroons were fired immediately,And the Church bells rang their hardest,And the people cheered their loudest,And the rain came down in torrents.And the Lincoln CorporationMade its very longest speeches,While the people stood and listenedWhile their collars all went sloppy,While my feet got cold as muttonAnd I think I’ve got pneumonia,For I stood for quite two hoursIn the very finest mud poolThat I think I’ve ever stood in.Still they talked, and still the rain rained,For I think the clouds were jealous,Jealous of that mighty fountain,And they did their best to beat it.I went home a sloppy scarecrow,Someone put me through the mangle,And I came out right as ninepence.But my hat was good as ruined(Four and sixpence in the High-street!)

I could write like this for hours,But I will have mercy on you,And if you’re not tired, I am!

F. W. Thomas

The Song of Elkesley WaterAfter Longfellow

gravity-flow scheme and six tap stands inher village three years ago. “The mainthing we’ve noticed is that before manypeople had diarrhoea and stomach disease- there are still small problems, but nothingso bad.”

In a joint ‘thank you’ letter to ‘LincolnWater 100’ sponsors, Paul Valleley,Director of Water Services for AnglianWater, and Paul Brewer, President of theRotary Club of Lincoln, wrote: “There hasbeen universal acclaim for the Centenarycelebrations and we are delighted that theconsiderable efforts of our partnership hasbrought such success.

“Now the second major task of ‘LincolnWater 100’ is under way. We hope you areas pleased as ourselves with thedevelopments we have achieved so far.Our intention is to keep all interestedparties and the public aware of theongoing project with Water Aid.”

More information can be found at:www.lincolnwater100.org

For further information callAndy Blow 01522 754901 or(mobile) 07850 521430

A little contribution from the “Morning Leader” representative, in recognition of a pleasant association with the “Lincoln Leader” staff.

Lincoln Water 100 is a Partnership between Anglian Water and the Rotary C lub of Lincoln (District 1270)


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