By Avril Lumley Prior Our knowledge of the Fenland Saints – Guthlac of Crowland and his sister, Pega of Peakirk, is extracted mainly from an eighth-century Life of Guthlac, compiled by a monk named Felix, probably at Repton Abbey in Derbyshire.
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Gerry Kirt & Bob Randall They shall not grow old, As those that are left grow old. Age shall not weary them… …but Glinton’s war memorial to our fallen is showing the passage of time. The eleven-foot high cross, made of Weldon stone, was unveiled and dedicated by the Bishop of Leicester in October 1920.
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If you have taken a walk recently near the latest Tarmac site at Maxey, you will have noticed a huge new planting of trees and shrubs surrounding the area.
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By Bob Randall It’s easy to overlook Peakirk’s modest War Memorial on the wall inside St Pega’s Church. Dedicated to the memory of the nine men from the village who died in the Great War, it’s just one of 70,000 war memorials to be found in Britain. The memorial is unusually detailed with not only [...]
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When Ron Cook came down to Maxey, seven years ago – following the death of Ron’s brother Adrian, who was landlord of the Blue Bell at the time, he was thinking about how he might leave the Sheffield area, where he was in the butchery trade and how he might persuade his hairdresser wife, Kathleen, [...]
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The Tribune welcomes Mike Sandeman as the new Head of AMVC. The college commands a great deal of affection and respect within the Benefice and Heads of College last a long time at Arthur Mellows, so there is always a great deal of interest when we see a change of leadership. Senior students, Daniel, Sarah, [...]
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By Sarah Humble It’s 1941 in the middle of the Second World War and the German Luftwaffe will soon be bombing major UK cities including London. Evelyn and Alan Rudge (aged 11 and 4) live in Islington, North London. Eve attends Hanover School. It is thought too dangerous for children to remain in London and [...]
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When Lucy Young was made redundant from Ketton (now Castle), Cement, in 1989, she did not despair, but decided to use the opportunity for a fresh start and embark on running her own catering business. Now what began in a cottage in Stamford with ‘two or three jobs in the diary’, has grown into a [...]
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