Trentside Links issue 167 September 2012

Trentside Linkswww.trentsidelinks.org

Issue 167

A free community magazine covering the villages of

Brampton • Drinsey Nook • Fenton • Gate Burton • Kettlethorpe • Knaith • LaughtertonMarton • Newton on Trent • Park Farm • Stow Park • Thorney • Torksey • Torksey Lock

A free community magazine covering the villages of

Brampton • Drinsey Nook • Fenton • Gate Burton • Kettlethorpe • Knaith • LaughtertonMarton • Newton on Trent • Park Farm • Stow Park • Thorney • Torksey • Torksey Lock

High MarnhamThe end of an era

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Trentside Links ● September 2012

Deadline for next issueYour next issue of Trentside Links is published on the 15th of November. Please send all contributions to the magazine by the 31st of October.

ContributionsWe welcome contributions to your magazine on all matters of interest to the community. Address for correspondence: 7 Lincoln Road, Fenton, Lincs LN1 2EP.

Editorial & advertising

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WebsiteJon Oliver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 01427 718837

Trentside Links committee Chairman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . VACANCYSecretary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma BarrattTreasurer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Sue OliverMember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard FarleyMember . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth Rose

Distributors of the magazineBrampton . . . . . . . . . . . . . Richard FarleyDrinsey Nook . . . . . . . . . . . . . VACANCYFenton (1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chris EastFenton (2) . . . . . . . . Sue Eyton-WilliamsGate Burton . . . . . . . . . . . Pat HammondKettlethorpe & Park Farm . . . . . . . . . . . . . Emma BarrattKnaith . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Rosemary BurkeLaughterton (1) . . . . . . . . Bob WatkinsonLaughterton (2) . . . . . . . . . . Carol PennyLaughterton (Home Farm) . . . . . . . . . . . . . Amy WillisMarton & Stow Park . . . . . . . . Helen GeeNewton on Trent (1) . . . . . . . . Gill KymeNewton on Trent (2) . . .. . Roger VorbeckThorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . George CollinsTorksey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Elizabeth RoseTorksey (The Elms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Alan & Gill WatsonTorksey Lock . . . . . . . . . . Dennese GoreTorksey Lock (Little London Park) . . . . . .

Maureen Lyons

AcknowledgementsTrentside Links is supported solely through advertising and sponsorship support.

Cover pictureCooling Tower Demolitionby Geoff Lloyd

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ContentsNews4 iT's a bLasTThe Trentside landscape changes forever as cooling towers demolished

5 musicaL successTrentside locals exam achievements

6 poppy appeaLShow you remember on the 11th November

Bygones10 WarTime memoriesAn account from Terry & Kenneth Worrall

11 passages of TimeThe tunnels of Thorney Hall

Reports14 The vicar WriTesAn update from Rhys Prosser

15 Wi updaTeNews from the Kettlethorpe& District WI

Notices20 communiTy noTicesLocal events, dances & more

22 church noTicesYour service & clergy details

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Our cover picture this month shows the demolition of the cooling towers in the Trentside region and was sent in by Trentside Links reader Geoff Lloyd.

If you have any pictures of interest why not send them in for publication in the magazine.

The destruction of the cooling towers at high marnham

WanTedPhotos of the Trentside region

for use on our front cover. Please submit via email to

[email protected].

The higher the resolution the better, we can accept file

sizes up to 10mb.

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Village Hall Marton 23rd September 2012

Following last year’s resounding success Marton and Knaith Garden

Club have organised their 3rd Produce and Garden Show as follows:-

Scarecrow Festival

A chance for residents of Marton, Gate Burton and Knaith to display witty, comical and traditional versions of a village scarecrow, with adult and children’s prizes. Scarecrow entries are free but please let us know where your scarecrow is located by visiting us at the village hall on the day by 1pm.

Adult Completion Classes

Heaviest Onion, Longest Runner Bean, Largest Pumpkin, Plate of Three Vegetables, Plate of Three Fruits, Largest Sunflower Head, A Button Hole, A Vase of Flowers Grown By You, A Piece of

Handicraft, A Flower Arrangement - Going for Gold Theme, A Jar of Chutney or Savoury Preserve, A Jar of Fruit Jam, A Victoria Sponge Cake, Photography - Nature's Colours, Scarecrow.

Children’s Competition

Largest Sunflower Head, Largest Pumpkin, Chocolate Feast - Something edible and choclaty, Art or Craftwork - Going for Gold Theme, Scarecrow.

Programme

Show entries to be submitted between 10.30 and 12.00. Scarecrow judging will take place from 1.00pm. Marton village hall will be opened for viewing from 2.00pm when there will be competitions and refreshments.

So start planning your entries. Any queries contact Sara Barry 01427 717714

Trentside news

The Marton and Gate Burton parish council are pleased to announce that

they have received a grant of £8500 from Awards For All, part of the big lottery fund.

The monies will be used to replace part of the roof to Marton village hall and work shall commence in September.

ediTors noTeIn the last Issue of Trentside

Links on page 15 we published a picture of the Dickinson family in a window. We would like to

correct the legend which should have said "A beautiful photo of the Dickinson family taken at

Manor Farm, Brampton".

marton and gate burton parish council

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Going…Going…Gone!On the 15th of July the landscape of the Trentside region

was changed forever when the remaining towers at High Marnham Power Station were demolished. High Marnham Power Station was a former coal-fired power station and was the most southerly of three power stations which lined the River Trent, the others being West Burton and Cottam. The station was opened in 1959 and had a generating capacity of 945 megawatts. The station closed in 2003 after nearly 45 years in operation with a loss of 119 jobs, the facility was demolished as follows: The station's chimneys on 15 December 2004, the 150 feet (46m) high boiler house on 5 October 2006, and finally the five cooling towers were demolished on 15 July 2012 at 10:00. Trentside Links was there to capture the action and a video of the demolition can be found on our websitewww.trentsidelinks.org and our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/user/trentsidelinksorg.

Our thanks also go to Geoff Lloyd from Fenton who captured the action with his camera and has kindly let us use his pictures.

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After five years of trying to get the National Lottery to Laughterton

Shop, I am pleased to announce it will be available from Tuesday 11th September. Not only can you try your hand with a lucky dip, scratch cards will also be available. Why not pick up a bottle of wine, locally produced Lincolnshire plum bread or locally grown vegetables, when buying your lottery ticket? As I am sure you can appreciate the lottery terminal will take us a few days to master, so please be patient if you have to wait a little longer than usual to be served. I look forward to welcoming you all to the shop and wish you the best of luck if you have a punt at the lottery! Thank you for your continued custom, Jennie

Enny Hewitt

Enny is 10-years-old and lives in Laughterton. She is a talented flautist

who has been playing the flute for only 2 years and has already risen to grade 5 standards in playing and grade 3 in theory. She has achieved the accolade of being selected for the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain’s under 11 orchestra and she is the only child in the orchestra from Lincolnshire.

“The National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain provides young people with a world-class foundation for orchestral performance and musicianship and is ready to ensure that future generations of children will continue to develop personally and musically within the unique environment that this world-class children’s orchestra provides.”

She has been attending the National Children’s Orchestra Northerlies’ section of the orchestra in Leeds once a month for rehearsals and played at the end of season concert playing full orchestral pieces.

She will be attending the National Children’s Orchestra residential in August in Dorset. This involves an intense week of playing and rehearsing, culminating in the end-of-week concert for friends and family. She will have to re-audition in October for a place in the under 12 orchestra.

She regularly plays in Lincoln cathedral with her school and is also a member of the senior school jazz band and senior school symphonic wind band. Enny has also been awarded a music scholarship at Lincoln Minster School.

She achieved two firsts and a second at the Lincoln Music Festival in March of this year and was asked to play at the gala performance at the end of the festival. Enny has also been asked to perform in Lincoln cathedral in the LIVES charity concert on October 20th alongside other professional singers and musicians.

The national Lottery comes to Laughterton

young musician gains distinction

Congratulations to George Collins of Thorney who achieved 88% in his recent Grade 2 Trinity College, London, drum

exam, a distinction mark! An excellent result and I am sure his family & friends are very proud, well done George!

George at the Tabby Road Studio.

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The Royal British Legion sponsors the annual POPPY APPEAL and

collections will be made between:

27th October and 11th November

Remembrance Sunday is 11th November

Founded in 1921, the Royal British Legion work is as vital as ever. This year, as always, British troops have been posted to the forefront of some of the world’s most dangerous trouble spots and they may need our help in the future.

In Afghanistan British forces have been operating now for eleven years where during that time 425 of our troops have paid the ultimate sacrifice, with many more injured, some so badly that they will require care and support for the rest of their lives.

The Royal British Legion spends nearly £1.4 million a week delivering health and welfare support to service people young and old and their families. They have committed £50 million over 10 years to fund both personnel recovery centres and also our new Battle Back Centre to assist our injured service personnel return to active life.

Last year the Poppy Appeal raised over £38.5 million which was well in excess of the previous total and a record amount for the ninth consecutive year. We need to make it ten consecutive years so please give generously at this November’s Poppy Appeal.

You will recall that after nine years of being Poppy Appeal Organiser I had decided to retire and was looking for a successor. Well, I am pleased to announce that Mrs Kirsty Hamilton has taken on

the role of Organiser for the Saxilby area. This effectively means that the former area will be split into two and I will continue to look after the Trentside villages for another year until a successor is found. We will work together to ensure that there is a seamless transition and that poppies are available as always in our area.

Thank you in anticipation of your support.

Shoulder to shoulder with all who serve

Richard FarleyLocal Poppy Appeal Organiser

Tel: 01427 717030e-mail: [email protected]

st peter’s church Torksey

Coffee afternoons in church on Saturday 15th September and Saturday 20th October 2-4pmTea, coffee, cakes and raffle

Proceeds for church funds

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sturton by stowhistory society

Forthcoming events

Wednesday 19th SeptemberDennis Greaves will talk about the Gainsborough Theatre Group and The Old Nick Theatre.

Wednesday 17th OctoberWith the centenary of the Titanic disaster Rodney Fanthorpe will talk about the liner and the two Lincolnshire people aboard.

Wednesday 21st NovemberSandy Powell, Chairman of the Lincoln Branch of the Submariner's Association will talk about the X-craft midget submarines built at Marshalls, Gainsborough.

SSHS Open Day – July 2012

Thank you to all of you who joined us at this year's open day and another huge thank you to those who helped out, either by fetching and carrying before

and after; manning stalls; baking and keeping the refreshments flowing, and just by being on hand to make the day go so well.

The committee is thrilled that the event was such a great success, a good follow-on from last year. The only problem being is that when you have a successful event you are then pushed even harder to make the next time even better, so I shall be ‘bothering’ people even earlier than before to prepare for our 2013 event entitled, ‘Trades and Trades People of the Area’ so please begin to think ahead and look out any relevant artefacts and photographs you may wish to loan to us once again.

The displays in the village hall were colourful and inspiring and created many focal points for people to stop and chat, both with old and new friends. Rather than just showing items from the past, which can become rather flat and repetitive, the group wanted to create an environment for the day where everyone could come in for a chat and search through the old photographs for familiar faces, read up about past events

and generally enjoy themselves, realising that there is still that continuity of history and community spirit about which we all wish to safeguard.

So...here's looking forward to a wonderful 2013 event.

For more information on the society visit our website at http://sshs.btck.co.uk

Sharron BanhamSecretary

new services at Torksey Post Office

The change of seasons also brings a change in the services at Torksey

Post Office. Janet & Richard are delighted to announce that they will be offering a good selection of wines, beers & spirits from early October and will also be offering the National Lottery which will be coming soon, date to be announced!

Keep an eye open for further announcements from Janet in the coming weeks.

Kettlethorpe village hall

We have again been successful in receiving a grant from Councillor

Stuart Kinch's Initiative Fund which has enabled us to purchase a vacuum cleaner, paint and tools for refurbishing the hall. Also a complete set of cutlery, much needed, as we have only had odds and ends.

Our thanks to Stuart for his help with this. Ann Close

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It is with great sadness that Fenton has lost one of its great characters,

Frederick George Dixon.

Fred passed away on the 12th August 2012 having lived in Fenton for 70 years.

His funeral was conducted on the 29th August at the Lincoln Crematorium and afterwards at the Carpenters Arms in Fenton. His friends and family celebrated

his life which had been interesting, varied and sometimes challenging.

A few years ago the Trentside Links interviewed Fred where he spoke fondly of his life. Here is this interview in the words of Fred Dixon, goodbye Fred you will be sadly missed but not forgotten.

Always known as Fred, he was born on 3 March 1924 at Stallingborough near Grimsby, the son of Frederick Carter Dixon, a farm worker. His father rented a 60 acre farm at Nettleton, near Caistor, when Fred was a year old and moved to another 84 acre farm after six years. Many of the locals worked in the nearby ironstone mine and were yellow from the dust. Fred left school at 14 as he was needed to work on the farm. At the age of 16 they moved to Fillingham where his father took another farm (Chapel Farm) but they only stayed there a couple of years as his father would not sign a long lease. Fred was not called up, as most young men were, as farming was a reserved occupation along with coal mining. However, he played his part by joining the Home Guard and carrying out Fire Watch duties.

So it was in 1942 that the family moved to Fenton, father working for Ellis Lidgett, grandfather of Sue Eyton-Williams, and Fred working for Ernie Robinson, both farms being in Fenton. His father bought a house in Fenton that is now part of the house that Fred lives in. Ernie had land in various places locally, including the Laughterton marshes where there was a bombing range during the war. When bombing practice was in progress they had to leave their work and return later. One time a sheep had an ear removed by a falling practice bomb, a really close shave! He well remembers the aircraft crash in the marshes that is commemorated on the memorial in Laughterton, as he had to help remove debris and remains from among the corn. Fred worked for Mr Robinson for 4 years. Long after the war he remembers the occasion when there were nine ricks on fire in Robinson’s stack yard.

During the war Fred rang the bells at Kettlethorpe church along with Len East who rang the middle bell and Harry Watson who rang the large bell. All three bells were rung until 5 minutes before the service and then just the large one tolled until the start of the service. They were

frederick george dixon3rd march 1924 - 12 august 2012

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rung for services, weddings, funerals and of course to celebrate the end of the war. He remembers they had to dig out heaps of sticks carried in by rooks that stopped the bells ringing (the wire netting was defective) and that a blue tit had a nest in the back of the clock. A Mr Scarborough played the organ, which had to be hand pumped in those days. Judge Langman resided at the hall, and Joan Baker (now Schipke) and Betty Good were maids.

Fred met Phylis May Sensicall at the chapel in Fenton (where her parents worshipped and paid pew money!) and they were married by Rev Holmes in 1947. The reception was in the village hall and they set up home at Rose Cottage opposite the Friendship Inn in Laughterton. He also changed employer, moving to the Lidgett farm as a tractor

driver. After 2 years he moved back into the newly extended house in Fenton where he still lives today. In the atrocious weather of 1947 he was clearing snow for the council on Burton top road and can still picture Maltkiln Road being flooded at the Brickyard Cottages end. Fred also remembers Harry Heath who worked at the pumping station at Torksey, working day and night to keep the water levels right. It was in 1947 following a hard winter with lots of water on the ground, when one day the banks burst at Spalford and the water levels rose and came up from the drains at Laughterton. Geoff Lidgett and his men, together with 7 German prisoners of war, all went to Spalford to block the hole in the bank with sandbags and fill the bags of sand too. They all set off in Geoff ’s Bedford lorry but when they arrived at Spalford

the front of the lorry fell into the drain and filled with water, luckily a RAF lorry towed it out. Geoff then had the job of walking all the way back to Fenton to get oil for his van. In 1949 he and Phylis had Kenneth John, who was born mentally handicapped. He spent time in St John’s and Harmston but now resides in Middlefield House in Gainsborough, where Fred visits him and takes him out every week.

After 10 years both Fred and his father moved work to Gainsborough, into engineering, for another 10 years before Fred moved to Bradshaw’s of Sturton by Stow as a lorry driver until he retired at the age of 63. Never one to be idle he became a radio ham and used to contact Mir, the space station, regularly. His wife unfortunately died in 1998

and his sister, who lived in the same building, died in 2002. Always a keen gardener, Fred once had his picture in the Echo for growing a tomato that weighed a pound and three quarters — that’s 791 grams in new money! He is also a keen naturalist and bird watcher and goes out most days despite having broken his hip a year ago and having limited mobility. Fred has never flown in a big plane but has flown in a microlite, a helicopter and twice in a glider.

So what has changed in Fenton while Fred has lived here? The butcher (Len Addison) is gone, along with the post office within it. So is the blacksmith (Mr Lambert situated in the old forge on Maltkiln Road), the chapel, the carpenter shop (in Scotch Row on the site of the flats run by Mr Albert Jones) and Wilkinson’s shop. There were also visits by Gelder’s van, Jubb’s van and the Curtis van. The bakery was closed when Fred arrived in Fenton, as was the saddlers and the cycle shop (11 Lincoln Rd). The Poor Hill Cottages were knocked down and replaced by what is now known as Chestnut House. The water for the cottages came from a communal pump next to where the memorial stands and it was referred to as the town pump. The house next to the Chapel was once the Police house and a Mr Jincks was the first policeman to be remembered living there and after he retired he was replaced by Mr Wilkinson. The same house was also a grocer’s shop run by Ross Addison.

Back in those days the bus shelter at what was always known as Four Lane Ends was wooden and had been built by the scouts, evidently before health and safety regulations came into effect.

Fred and one of his prize winning tomatoes

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Trentside bygones

Wartime memories of Torksey and Torksey Lock as remembered by Terry Worrall and his brother Kenneth.

My brother and I spent much of our childhood in our caravan at Rydal

Mount (now Torksey Caravan Park) because of the bombing where we lived in South Yorkshire. The following are a few of my memories. I have always been interested in airfields and aircraft hence my recollections.

On one occasion I was with my parents who were talking to Mr Maurice Ward, the owner of the caravan site, when a Hampden bomber came over the caravans flying at about 20 feet high. The bomber hit the powerlines that are near the first clapper gate on the Trent Arm. There is still a pole and also high tension wires on the same spot as in June 1940 when it hit the wires. It carried on flying and landed back at Scampton

and was declared a write-off! For anyone interested it was P4337 from 61 squadron.

The Army had soldiers living in tents on the Trent Arm where horses now graze but it was busy in 1940-41. I used to go in the boats they had at times.On one occasion the soldiers were drilling holes about 4 inches in diameter on the bridge by the lock. I asked one soldier what they were for and he said they filled them with tar. If the Germans came they could get the tar out quickly and put dynamite in the holes and blow the bridge up to slow the enemy down.

From 1940 there used to be convoys of Army lorries, Bren Gun Carriers and despatch riders on their motorcycles. They usually stopped by the White Swan at Torksey Lock because at that time it was like a large layby. I usually went to talk to the soldiers as from the caravan site I could see the convoys approaching from Fenton.

My brother, Kenneth, went to Torksey School (he is 3 years older than I am). In your Trentside Links issue 166 there was a photograph of a group of children at the school 1938-39 and a pupil named Charles Spendlow is on the picture, he was a friend of my brother.

Again during the early days of the war, an aircraft used to come and fly very low over a bungalow on the Newark Road just past the firm which does repairs on lorries now. The bungalow was called Kaga Wong. The bungalow has been demolished within the last 2 to 3 years and now has a new home on it. The

aircraft that flew very low over Kaga Wong was doing this because the pilot’s mother was staying at the bungalow at the time. The plane was an Airspeed Oxford twin-engined one. Unfortunately after a period of time it went missing.

From the start of Newark Road the RAF stored bombs on the grass verges about four or five feet high. They were stored in this manner as far as Laughterton. This was in the latter days of the war.

In 1970 I got my pilots’ licence and bought my own light aircraft. I spent many happy hours flying up the River Trent just to experience the same picture in my mind as the Hampden pilots saw. This was very different for me from flying my model aeroplanes at Rydal Mount caravan site!

I am enclosing an old photograph of myself (with broken arm) and brother Kenneth taken in 1941 on the caravan site.

I still have my links with Torksey as my wife and myself used to visit to collect blackberries and mushrooms during our courtship and since our marriage in 1958. We now have a caravan on the same site as my parents did back in my childhood. We bought this in 1998/99 and we still travel 320 miles from our home in Cornwall to the caravan for short breaks!

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A bricked-lined tunnel discovered during building work at Thorney

Hall caused quite a stir.

Below is an excerpt from the Newark Advertiser 16/12/1988

By Dr John SamuelsPASSAGES OF TIME

Nearly every town and village has its stories of secret tunnels. Underground passages connecting church and manor house, church and monastery or even monastery and nunnery.

Sometimes these were said to have been used as an escape route by Roman Catholic priests, or for smugglers or other nefarious activities. Indeed Nottinghamshire can claim one of the most bizarre underground monuments - the Duke of Portland’s underground ballroom and connecting railway at Welbeck Abbey. Was he really mad, shy, or just ingenious?

A few weeks ago I had an urgent telephone call that a brick-lined tunnel had been discovered during building work at Thorney Hall. I rushed out there immediately. In the bottom of the old basement to the earlier hall that had been demolished some years ago, was an opening of a tunnel about 3½ft wide. Several people had already crawled along it and reckoned that it was about 40 yards long.

Would I like to go down it myself? No. I have never forgotten being lowered 30ft down an old well which had been

discovered in North Lincolnshire. At the bottom I looked up to see the sky as a small circle and the awful thought occurred as to how long it would take to dig me out if the walls collapsed.My opinion was that the tunnel at

Thorney Hall was probably for drainage, perhaps to take away excess rainwater that was often stored in old houses for soft water. Then again, it may have been a secret passage to Doddington Hall!

Passages of timeSecret tunnels discovered under a long lost building

Thorney Hall in its glory days, now reduced to all but memories.

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famiLy fun daysaturday the 22nd

of september

at

The friendship inn, Laughterton

4 live bandsbouncy castle

bbQface painting

The fun starts at 12and all are welcome

There will be a charity auction, raising money for

people with cancer and all proceeds will go to The

Lincoln oncology unit

West Lindsey Run Series Open For Entries

The West Lindsey Run Series returns this autumn with three races taking

place throughout the district.

The Series starts with the Saxilby 5k on Sunday 30th September and is followed by the Everyone Active Gainsborough 5k on Sunday 21st October and the Market Rasen 10k on Sunday 25th November.

The event is open to both club and fun runners and people can enter one, two, or all three races.

Marc Rhodes, Events Officer at Lincolnshire Sports Partnership, said: “We are delighted to be organising the West Lindsey Run Series on behalf of West Lindsey District Council this year. We hope that people

who entered the events last year will be looking forward to taking part again and that new runners will be inspired to give the races a go”.

Runners can enter online at www.westlindseyrunseries.co.uk at a cost of £12 per race (£10 for UKA affiliated

runners) and a discount is available for entering all three races.

For more information about the Run Series, call Marc Rhodes on01522 585580.

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Trentside reports

The vicar WriTes

Last month the Church of England was in the news. The General Synod

was debating the ordination of women as Bishops. And quite a stir it caused too, with the Synod unable to make a decision and postponing the vote until later in the year.

Locally we might find all this fuss surprising. As far as I can tell the ordination of women isn't controversial in our neck of the woods. In 17 years as vicar of Saxilby I can remember just two examples of people objecting to the ministry of women priests. Of the six clergy we regularly call on to lead worship in our eight churches, four are women and nobody objects to this. Without women's priestly ministry we would not be able to maintain the pattern of services across the group. At the moment we offer something like 35 services a month across our churches. Without the ladies we would do well to provide a third of that number. We would also be stretched to cover all the christenings, weddings and funerals that come our way.

So the ordination of women as priests has been essential for the maintenance of the ministry and life of our churches. Already more than a third of clergy in

England are female and the proportion is growing. So why does the issue of their becoming Bishops cause such a stir? Well, despite the undoubted success of women's ordination that has enabled the church to sustain its work, and brought new insights into its ministry, some have never really been reconciled to it. Some of these base their objection on the Bible, where it says men should always be in positions of leadership. Others base it on the traditions of the church. Jesus' apostles were all men, for most of the 2000 year history of the church clergy have been male, so what right have we got to change things now?

Well, it seems to me that by ordaining women to the highest office in the church now we could be righting 2000 years of wrong. The attitude of Jesus towards women was remarkably open for a man of his time, as stories in the Bible such as the woman with the haemorrhage, the woman taken in adultery, the woman at the well and his attitude towards Mary Magdalene demonstrate. Women were the first witnesses of the risen Jesus on Easter Day and references to women in New Testament letters indicate they probably held positions of influence in the early church. It is likely that as the church grew in influence and power women got written out of the script. We have the opportunity today to redress the balance, open up the church's ministry

to a different point of view and new insights, and appoint people of ability to positions of influence in the church. So, come November I hope the Synod makes the decision to ordain women as Bishops on the same conditions as men. If they do it will be to the benefit of the whole church, and demonstrate the truth the apostle Paul identified 2000 years ago, that men and women are equal before God, 'for we are neither male nor female, but are all one in Jesus Christ'.

Rhys ProsserTel: 01522 702427

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reports from the Kettlethorpe & District Women's Institute

July 2012

The Autumn meeting for our group is on October 22nd at Marton

village hall. There will be a competition called simply 'Autumn on a Plate' - a display to test the imagination! Then in November a fashion show will be held in Kettlethorpe village hall, the charge is £2 at the door.

Barbara Clay put on a good invitation at her house in Saxilby for viewers of the Olympic torch procession. She made lots of coffee and raised £155 for Lincoln Hospice. Any member who has not yet done so, please advise the secretary whether they will be attending the annual dinner on October 9th. The cost will be £15 this year, but as so often before, the Committee may return any amount over actual cost.

The speaker for July was Mr R Hewins, who talked about the Newton Friendship Club. This was formed 5 years ago by newcomers to the village who wanted to mix and befriend all. After a small start of about 12 the club has grown & developed, taking on all kinds of activities and visits including theatre trips to Newark and river cruises (local of course!). They meet about twice a month on Fridays and some Wednesdays. Lunches have been arranged for delivery to the church, where meetings are held.

Mr Hewins, who was a head teacher, is now the organiser. What a lucky village - to have the opportunity of making friends so easily!

The raffles for July were taken home by Ann Close, Barbara Clay and Janet Willcox.

August 2012

Members who had attended the Cathedral Flower Festival spoke of the beautiful display, making the rest of us regret we had not been with them.Correspondence received on behalf of our farmers, so many of whom are going out of business, encouraged all to consistently 'buy British' and not only for dairy products. A letter also received promoted the need for midwives. Even counting those now in training, so many more are urgently needed.Dates to remember ahead include a concert by the Lincoln Hospitals Band, who will play in Kettlethorpe church on September 21 at 7.30pm. Tickets are £6.Members are asked to bring their usual shoe box gifts by the November meeting this year. Gifts suitable for all ages are desired this time. Also in November, the 27th, there is to be a fashion show in the village hall here.

Ann Close told the meeting that there is to be a talk by the Wildlife Countryside in Kettlethorpe village hall for the benefit of gardeners eager to learn more about the possibilities and pleasures of creating wild flower meadows. This will be on September 20 at 7pm. Jackie Gee told members about her recent 14 mile

charity walk for cancer in the Yorkshire Dales. This was the event sponsored and walked by the late Jane Tomlinson while a sufferer herself.

The speaker for the evening was Mr Robin Dennett, third generation ice cream maker, whose premises in Bailgate are well known to many. Mr Dennett and his wife told how extraordinarily busy the business keeps them, and not only in hot weather. The preparation of good ice cream involves many procedures and they have to be ready for sudden orders from restaurants or fetes etc, at all times at short notice. Members were treated to tastes of ice cream, yoghurt and sorbet in different flavours; they do 28 in all. Best of the ice cream spoons and servers in the month’s competition was Nancy Price, followed by Pat Green and Mary Vinten. Raffles were taken home by Kay Payne, Janet Willcocks, Nancy Price, Wendy Barnard and Pauline Hawker.

Elise Hawker

newton on Trentoil club

Now up and running atwww.oil-club.co.uk

with this link direct to our sitehttp://tinyurl.com/6wvywjr.

We currently have 20+ members and are looking for more villages to join

us.

Current prices are 2p per litre below best

standard price.

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Macmillan support team proudly supporting ‘The World’s Biggest Coffee

Morning’ on Friday 28th September 2012

Look forward to seeing you at:

Marton Village Hall, Trent Port Road, Martonfrom 10.30am

Admission £1.50 which includes coffee or tea and delicious homemade cake

Qualified healer, card reader, raffle, tombola and a good variety of stalls with lots of luscious homemade cakes

and scones as well and ‘Bring and Buy’

If you are able to donate cakes, gifts etc. or can help in any way, please contact Angela on 01427 717796 or

07807 296467 (I can collect)

Thank you for all you past support and we look forward to seeing you on the day - Angela & the team

Macmillan Motto: We exist to help improve the lives of people with cancer and their families

The harvest rules late summer, drenches allwith golden rapture and the song of lifei dare not think beyond the end of fallof loneliness, the cut of winter's knife

as waves the corn before threshing beginsmy restless soul dreads autumn's final bowwhen golden fields and trees no longer sing

for pleasure in the sun -'tis colder now

While harvest holds its reign of fruitful praise

i must enjoy, store memories, recallin winter's rule, how lovely were those daysthat bathed the rosy earth for one and all

'Tis easier in the sun to feel alivethan when, all harvest gone i must survive.

elise hawkerLea

A Sonnet on Harvest

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Do you have reusable items of furniture to donate?

Gainsborough Furniture Resource Centre is a local organisation that

collects good quality furniture from the general public within a 12 mile radius of Gainsborough.

We then redistribute these items to local families in need of affordable

furniture.

To donate furniture please contact us to arrange a suitable collection time

Call - 01427 238948Email - [email protected]

Or visit - www.gfrc.org.uk

Find us on twitterfollow @trentsidelinks

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fenton baby &Toddler group

This is a very friendly group for babies and under 5s to play, socialise and take part in craft activities. it is also a chance to get

together with other parents and carers in the local area. if you would like any more information please ring Lauren flinders on 01427 717419 or Tracy flinders on 01427

717009.

every Thursday in the back room at The carpenters arms at 10am-11.30am

£1.50 per family(refreshments provided)

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marton village hall for hire

Holds up to 200 Cost: £10/hour or £7/hour for villagersContact the Caretaker: sandra moody on 01427 718792

sociaL acTiviTies at Village Hall, Marton

WEEKLYmonday Art Class (in committee room) 2.00 – 4.00pmIndoor Bowls 2.00 – 4.00pmLine Dancing 7.45 – 10.00pm

Wednesday Art Class (in committee room) 2.00 – 4.00pm

Thursday Over 60s Club (in committee room) 2.15 – 4.00pmMother & toddlers 9.00 - 11.00am

MONTHLY1st Monday each monthVillage Hall Committee Meeting 7.30pm

1st Tuesday each monthParish Council Meeting 7.00pm

3rd Wednesday each monthWomen’s Institute 7.30pm

1st Thursday each monthSequence Dancing (main hall) 2.00 - 4.00pm

gainsborough organ societyThe Weston rooms, hickman

street, gainsborough dn21 2dZ

Thursday 25 october7.30pm - Brian Hazelby

sunday 18 november2.30pm - Dirkjan Ranzijn

(Ticket only)

Refreshments including licensed bar available at all events, free car parking opposite the rooms.

Contact Mr Peter Naulls on01427 615265

LaughTerTonboWLs cLub

NAYLOR’S HILLS FARMNEWARK ROADLAUGHTERTON

NEW MEMBERS NEEDED

WE ARE A SMALL CLUB, PLAY 3 TIMES A WEEK AND HAVE CLUB

COMPETITIONS AND BBQs. WE ALSO PLAY FRIENDLY MATCHES AGAINST OTHER LOCAL CLUBS - YOU WILL

NOT BE OBLIGED TO PLAY IN A TEAM IF YOU PREFER NOT TO.

WE HAVE SPARE SETS OF WOODS SO ALL YOU NEED ARE SOME FLAT

SHOES.

PLEASE COME ALONG ANY TUESDAY EVENING FROM 6.30PM AND HAVE A GO, YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MAY

HAVE FUN!

IF YOU REQUIRE ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT

JACKY TEL: 01427 717471OR JOHN 01427 718333

Trentside community notices

mgcmarTon grub cLub

The mgc meet on the 1st friday of every month from

12.30 to 2.00pm.

There is a raffle, friendly atmosphere and good food.

To pre-book call chris

on 01427 718558

chrisTmas 2012

got an event to publicise?

if you would like it included in the next edition please get in touch by the 31st of october.

The christmas edition of Trentside Links will be

distributed on the 15th of november - just in time for the

christmas festivities!

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parish counciL conTacTs bramptonMrs M Whiting, SecretaryThe Plot, Brampton, LN1 2EGTel: 01427 717024

fenton & Torksey LockMrs Shirley Shaw, ClerkDaplaunli House, Lincoln Rd,Fenton, LN1 2EPTel: 01427 718457

Kettlethorpe & LaughtertonMr R Gee, Clerk2 Swynford Close, LaughtertonLincs, LN1 2LGTel: 01427 717868

KnaithJackie Hunt, Clerk1 White CottagesWillingham RoadKnaith ParkLincs DN21 5EUTel: 01427 610864

marton and gate burtonMrs Gillian Martin, Clerk6 Mount Pleasant Close, Marton, Gainsborough, Lincs, DN21 5AE Tel: 01427 718377

newton on TrentMr R Pilgrim, Clerk2 Cedar Close, The Elms, Torksey,Lincs, LN1 2NHTel: 01427 718388

ThorneyMrs Anna Dennison, ClerkArden , Main Street, Thorney, Newark, Notts NG23 7BSTel: 01522 702748

TorkseyMr R Pilgrim, Clerk2 Cedar Close, The Elms, Torksey,Lincs, LN1 2NHTel: 01427 718388

sociaL acTiviTies aT TorKsey

TorKsey booK cLub

Meetings will be held 3rd Tuesday of the month at the tea room at

Torksey Lock at 11am.Please contact Terri Fletcher

on 01427 718189

TorKsey crafT group

Meetings will be held on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 2pm at the tea room at Torksey Lock.

Please contact Sue Child on01427 717834

TorKsey hisTory group

Are you interested in or have knowledge of local history?

Meetings will be held on the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 2pm at the tea room at Torksey Lock.

For more information contactRay Watling on 01427 717435

hisTory groupfuTure visiTs

Gainsborough Old Hall, LincolnCastle & Guild Hall, Ferryman'sHouse, Stow Church, "Closed"

Churches of Lincolnshire, North Levington Windmill, Marton Dig.

air gun oWners

Interested in target shooting? We are a group of enthusiasts who

share transport and techno-chat to pursue our enthusiasm for this great sport. For more information please contact Joe Laurenson on

01427 717846

TorKsey and disTricTcroQueT cLub

The 2012 season has started!New members welcome. Come

and join us on the village green, Tuesday and Saturday afternoons

from 2pm. It’s a fun sociable game, come and give it a try, all

the equipment is provided. For more information please

contact Joe Laurenson membership secretary on

01427 717846

Tea dancing

Come and join us on the first Thursday of the month 2pm–4pm at Marton village hall, music by Helen and John Nicolson. Cost

£3.50 which includestea and biscuits.

WaLKing group

The next walk will be on the 13th September. Meet at the Elms top car park to arrange car sharing, we will leave the Elms promptly

at 10.30am (the walk will commence promptly at 11am).

All welcome, no need to book, just turn up.

Dates of the walks for the following months are as follows:

11th October, 8th NovemberFor more information please contact Anne Bradshaw 01427

717492 or Anne Laurenson01427 717846

compuTer cLub

The computer club meets alternate weeks

2nd Friday of the month and the 4th Thursday of the month

For more information please contact Christina Moore on 01427

718539 or Terry Bartlamon 01427 858487

TorKsey gardeners

Our newly formed group meets on the first Wednesday of the month at 11.15 for 11.30am at the tea room at Torksey Lock.

Dates for remainder of 2012: 29th August (note this is September meeting one week early due to Zan's holiday), 3rd October, 7th November, 5th December. We

welcome all who have an interest in gardens and gardening.

For more information please contact Christina Moore on

01427 718539

everyone is WeLcome ToaLL The acTiviTies

Kettlethorpevillage hall

for hire

available for allsocial gatheringscooking facilities,crockery & cutlery

Seating for 80Stage available on request

Eco-lighting • Radiator heating

contact the booking secretary:

sharon Wilcox beech house, brampton, Torksey, Lincoln Ln1 2eg.

Tel: 01427 718637mob: 07813 564319

[email protected]

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CHURCH SERVICESKettlethorpe, Newton & Torksey

16 september09.00 Matins Kettlethorpe09.00 Eucharist Newton11.00 Eucharist Torksey

23 september09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe

11.00 Harvest Festival TorkseyNO SERVICE AT NEWTON

30 septemberOrdination Service St Botoplh's Saxilby

NO SERVICE AT TORKSEY, NEWTONOR KETTLETHORPE

7 october09.00 Matins Newton

09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe10.00 Eucharist (Group Service) Torksey

14 october09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe

11.00 Eucharist TorkseyNO SERVICE AT NEWTON

21 october09.00 Morning Prayer Kettlethorpe

09.00 Eucharist Newton11.00 Eucharist Torksey

28 october09.00 Eucharist Kettlethorpe

11.00 Eucharist TorkseyNO SERVICE AT NEWTON

parish cLergy rev canon rhys prosser

Tel: 01522 [email protected]

rev stephanie prosser Tel: 01522 702427

[email protected]

rev pam rose Tel: 01427 787578

rev phillip WainTel: 01427 613188

To arrange for christenings & weddings please contact the appropriate vicar from the above list.

Trentside church notices

CHURCH SERVICESThorney

sunday ocTober 7th6pm Harvest Songs of Praise

Come along and sing all your old favourites.Donations of non-perishable goods such as household items (dusters, tea towels, washing up liquid etc) Toiletries (toothpaste, toilet rolls, shaving foam, comb/brush, soap etc) or groceries (tins fruit/veg, pickles, sugar, tea, coffee, pasta etc) would be most welcome and will be donated to FRAMEWORK a local charity

working with vulnerable people.

sunday 14Th ocTober9am Holy Communion

sunday 11Th november10am Service of Remembrance

church in the community

saTurday 10Th novemberChristmas Crafts at St Helen's

10.30 – 2.30pm

Stalls to include:Jewellery, cakes, stained glass,

knitting and crochet, cane and seagrass work, tombola, bric–a–brac, cards, paintings,

wood-turning, candlesRefreshments available.

Proceeds to Village Facilities fund.

WE CAN HELPKettlethorpe United Charities has funds to help people in need who live in Fenton, Kettlethorpe or Laughterton. Apply in confidence to see if you

are eligible by contacting one of the Trustees:

Mrs Rosalie Fowler 01427 718619Mrs Anne Wingham 01427 717545Revd Rhys Prosser 01522 702427We can help if we know your need.Follow us on

facebooklike Trentside Links

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FREE BUS TO TESCO, LINCOLNTO TESCO, CANWICK ROAD, LINCOLN

EVERY WEDNESDAY - SERVICE T15

Departs from:

The Elms . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09.20Torksey Caravan Site . . . . . . 09.30Fenton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 09.35Laughterton . . . . . . . . . . . 09.38Newton on Trent . . . . . . . . 09.42arrives Tesco Lincoln . . . . 10.15

departs Tesco Lincoln . . . . 11.55

FREE BUS TO TESCO, GAINSBOROUGH - EVERY THURSDAY

Marton Church . . . . . . . . . . . 10.40Marton (Tillbridge Lane) . . . . 10.42Sturton (Cross Roads) . . . . . . 10.50Sturton School . . . . . . . . . . . 10.51Stow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.53Willingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.56Kexby Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . 10.59Upton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.01Heapham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.04Springthorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . 11.07Corringham (Becket Arms) . . . 11.12arrives Tescogainsborough . . . . . . . . . . . 11.22

departs Tesco . . . . . . . . . . 13.00gainsboroughCorringham (Becket Arms) . . . 13.10Springthorpe . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.15Heapham . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.18Upton . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.21Kexby Corner . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.23Willingham . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.26Stow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13.29Sturton (School) . . . . . . . . . . 14.01Sturton (Crossroads) . . . . . . . 14.02Marton (Tillbridge Lane) . . . . 14.10Marton Church . . . . . . . . . . . 14.12

Lincoln � Saxilby 106with connections to Gainsborough

route number 106 106 106 106 106 106journey codes SSH SDLincoln City Bus Station 0740 0740 0910 1110 1310 1735Saxilby High Street arrive 0753 0753 0924 1124 1324 1748

Saxilby High Street depart 0755 0755 0926 1126 1326 1755Newton on Trent -- -- 0934 1134 1334 1803Laughterton -- -- 0936 1136 1336 1805Fenton -- -- 0939 1139 1339 1808Torksey -- -- 0942 1142 1342 1810Marton Church -- -- 0947 1147 1347 1815Sturton by Stow 0800 0800 0952 1152 1352 1820Stow 0805 0805 0955 1155 1355 1823Willingham 0808 0808 0958 1158 1358 1825Kexby Chapel 0811 0811 1001 1201 1401 1828Upton 0813 0813 1003 1203 1403 1830Heapham 0817 0817 1006 1206 1406 1833Springthorpe 0821 0821 1009 1209 1409 1836Corringham 0825 0825 1013 1213 1413 1840Queen Elizabeth School -- 0840 -- -- -- --Gainsborough Bus Station 0837 0845 1025 1225 1425 1850

MONDAY TO SATURDAY except Bank Holidays

Lincoln � Gainsborough 105 107 MONDAY TO SATURDAY except Bank Holidays

Gainsborough � Saxilby 106 with connections to Lincoln

route number 106 106 106 106 106journey codes SD SSHGainsborough Bus Station 0940 1140 1340 1540 1545Queen Elizabeth High Sch -- -- -- 1545 --Corringham 0950 1150 1350 1555 1555Springthorpe 0953 1153 1353 1559 1559Heapham 0956 1156 1356 1603 1603Upton 0959 1159 1359 1607 1607Kexby Corner 1002 1202 1402 1609 1609Willingham 1005 1205 1405 1612 1612Stow 1008 1208 1408 1615 1615Sturton by Stow 1013 1213 1413 1620 1620Marton Church 1020 1220 1420 1623 1623Torksey 1025 1225 1425 1628 1628Fenton 1027 1227 1427 1630 1630Laughterton 1031 1231 1431 1635 1635Newton on Trent 1035 1235 1435 1642 1642Saxilby High Street arrive 1043 1243 1443 1650 1650

Saxilby High Street depart 1045 1245 1445 1652 1652Lincoln City Bus Station 1100 1300 1500 1707 1707

route number 107 105 107journey codes SDLaughton Lane End -- -- 0717Gainsborough Bus Station 0640 0725 0727Gainsborough Lea Rd Stn 0644 0729 0731Lea Green 0648 0733 0735Knaith 0650 -- 0737Knaith Park -- 0736 --Upton -- 0740 --Kexby Corner -- 0743 --Gate Burton 0651 -- 0738Willingham -- 0746 --Stow -- 0750 --Sturton by Stow -- 0755 --Marton Church 0652 -- 0739Torksey 0658 -- 0745Fenton 0700 -- 0747Saxilby High Street -- 0800 --Lincoln Castle Academy -- 0825 --Lincoln City Bus Station 0720 -- 0810

MONDAY TO SATURDAY except Bank Holidays

Gainsborough � Lincoln 105 107 MONDAY TO SATURDAY except Bank Holidays

For additional journeys between Gainsborough and Lincolnplease see separate InterConnect 100 timetable

journey codes SD Schooldays CD College Days SSH Saturdays and School HolidaysF Fridays MTH Monday to Thursday

route number 105 105 107 107journey codes SD SD SSH CDjourney codes F MTHLincoln City Bus Station -- -- 1530 1730Lincoln Unity Square -- -- -- 1735Lincoln Castle Academy 1440 1520 -- --Saxilby High Street 1454 1534 -- --Fenton -- -- 1550 1755Torksey -- -- 1553 1758Marton Church -- -- 1557 1802Sturton by Stow 1459 1539 -- --Stow 1504 1544 -- --Willingham 1507 1547 -- --Gate Burton -- -- 1600 1805Kexby Chapel 1509 1549 -- --Upton 1512 1552 -- --Knaith Park 1516 1556 -- --Knaith -- -- 1601 1806Lea Green 1520 1600 1603 1808Gainsborough Lea Rd Stn 1524 1604 1607 1812Gainsborough Bus Station 1530 1610 1613 1818Laughton Lane End -- -- -- 1824

To comply with Department of Transport guidance,this service connects at Saxilby. The connection isguaranteed and passengers may stay on the vehicle.

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Membership and Coaching

Sunday 7th October 2012 OPEN TO ALL

• Special offer 3 Month introductory membership available on the day

FOR THE GOLFER • Complimentary introductory round of

golf hosted by one of our members

FOR THE BEGINNER• Bookable coaching session with one

of our professionals

• 18 Holes of Golf – playing, to the most part onto summer greens

• One course meal

• £25 per person

• Available Monday, Wednesday and Friday 09.00 – 10.30 and after 13.00

Lincoln Golf Club, Torksey, Lincoln, LN1 2EG

Tel: 01427 718721 option 4 or email [email protected]

Visit our website www.lincolngc.co.uk

OPEN DAYWinter Package

Lincoln Golf Club

BUILDING •

DESIGNING •

PLANNING

01427 718243 • www.johnkinchbuilds.co.uk [email protected]

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