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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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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By Sue Young When Steven Bean was asked to get into the swimming pool at John Clare Primary School when he was just five years-old, he said: ‘No!’ But all the encouraging, cajoling and perseverance paid off because although Steven (now 36), hated the water at that time, he has recently completed a Channel swim [...]
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By Sue Young Well-known former local businessman, Joe Conder is currently taking life a little more easily than in the past. Joe is probably best known for the time he ran his garage in Lincoln Road, but he has been Commodore of Peterborough Yacht Club, has served in the Royal Navy, holding the Burma Star [...]
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In our “Where are they now” series we come across young people of the Benefice doing an extraordinary range of jobs. You also come upon some magical things as you cycle around the neighbouring villages. The photo below shows a little herd, or is it a flock? of chain saw carvings for sale outside a sparkling [...]
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By Deputy Editor Andrew J Warn He must be famous – if you go onto Google, there are 749,000 hits for various Ken Doughtys. Our very own Ken is 11th in that list.This is a good time to write about our Mr Doughty, who seems to have run local Scout movements forever, for this is [...]
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By Sue Young: The venue was Tarmac’s latest quarry excavation at Maxey and anyone who walks the banks of the Maxey Cut cannot fail to be curious about what is going on there. The passionate man was archaeologist Ian Meadows. And his enthusiasm for his subject brought alive this piece of seemingly barren earth, conjuring [...]
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