By Dr Avril Lumley Prior My fascination with St Pega, sister of the reclusive Guthlac of Crowland (died 716), began almost twenty years ago, when I discovered that this Mercian noblewoman and miracle-worker had founded a cell on the site of Peakirk Hermitage, which from 1980 to 2001 was occupied by members of an enclosed [...]
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Excitement follows Helpston girl, Ellie Davies wherever she goes at the moment as she is part of a music group that is in fighting mood to win the TV show ‘Britain’s Got Talent’. A former pupil of John Clare School, King’s School and a musician with Helpston Church Band, Ellie has been playing the cello [...]
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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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When John Conder was lucky enough to drive an Austin 7 around Westwood airfield at the age of 10 it was the start of a passion that would continue to the present day, involve many hours work, but many more hours of fun. John’s father, Joe, who for many years owned Conder’s Garage, Lincoln Road, [...]
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We are now into the fourth year of this project and we are seeing enormous differences in the families taking part. Many families who were struggling to feed and clothe their children and to cope emotionally, show huge signs of improved health and self-esteem, FOCC is there to help, suddenly there are enough clothes to [...]
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If you have been looking for a fascinating day out that’s just over an hour away, consider enveloping yourself in the intrigue of Station X, now more commonly known as Bletchley Park, home to the WW2 code breakers. Set in expansive grounds just outside Milton Keynes, at its heart is an Edwardian stately home that [...]
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We are excited to announce that plans are underway for a brand new eco-friendly building for the Helpston Playhouse & under 5’s pre-school, a Reception classroom and added facilities for the Out-of-School Club. This state-of-the-art building will be ready this September in time for the new school year and will be attached to the John [...]
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Bridget Stables of Maxey is ‘a lady of a certain age’, or, of her own admission she has ‘passed the half-way mark of the biblical three score years and ten and her dotage’ (80). Nevertheless, between 1st and 6th of June she will take part in a tandem parachute jump from Sibson Airfield to raise [...]
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