Thanks to all those villagers who supported the Etton Church clean up and BBQ. Once again we managed to tidy up the churchyard and ensure the gravestones are stable, clean the brass and silver and Smartwater our valuables, apply woodworm treatment to the tower floor, paint the gates and generally clean up the church. However, [...]
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Joe was the youngest son of Alec and Kathleen Garford and brother to Roger, June and Warren. He was born at Wistaria Farm, Maxey and he spent a happy childhood helping and playing on the farm. When he left school he started an apprenticeship at Baker Perkins. His skills as a craftsman were recognised even in [...]
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As an Etton resident, I was interested in the letter from a Chris Ward, enquiring about his/her ancestor, George Landamore, who had lived at 43, Main Street, Etton, back in the 1890s. There is no Main Street in Etton of course, neither is there a number 43. I live at 30, Main Road and I [...]
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A Peterborough-based nightingale ringed near Bainton has been re-trapped in France on its way to its African wintering home. This is only the tenth ever nightingale ringed anywhere in the UK and recovered abroad in 100 years of bird ringing! Nightingales are one of the best known birds – everyone has heard of them, but [...]
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Local conservation group, the Langdyke Countryside Trust, and Tarmac Limited, have announced that they will be working together to complete the creation and manage a large new wetland nature reserve between Etton and Maxey.
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Local band ‘Men Behaving Sadly’ had the marquee at the Golden Pheasant rocking on Valentine’s night, when over a hundred revellers enjoyed a pleasant mix of sounds, food and quizzes.
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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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