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by Tony Henthorn on December 1, 2009

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New Wetland Nature Reserve for villages

by Tony Henthorn on May 11, 2009

  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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Thousands of plants will make Maxey a wildlife haven

by Tony Henthorn on March 8, 2009

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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Seven year itch? Not for Ron

by Tony Henthorn on March 8, 2009

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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New Governor appointed for Northborough School

by Tony Henthorn on March 1, 2009

Maxey village resident Debbie Hiller has been appointed as the Local Education Authority’s (LEA) governor at Northborough Primary School. She replaces Jo Newbold, who resigned after moving abroad. Debbie’s application was approved in December by Cllr Stephen Goldspink the city council’s cabinet member for education and children’s services.

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Shaw’s of Maxey

by Tony Henthorn on March 1, 2009

The Maxey coaching firm was founded in 1922 by Edwin ‘Teddy’ Shaw, the grandfather of the present family partners Richard, Christopher and Jane. Edwin came originally from the Leeds area and had a background in engineering, as in his younger days – in the late 1890s and early 1900s, he serviced and repaired washing machines, [...]

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