Stamford Living July 2011

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Eating Al FrescoThe best outdoor spaces

PathwaysThe history of paths

MotoringNew registration models

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2/3 St Johns Street Stamford PE9 2DA

Sales: 01780 750000 Lettings: 01780 750001Email: [email protected] www.goodwinpropertyservices.co.uk

The Old Black Bull, Deeping St James £495,000

A fascinating 4 bedroom detached stone property which can only be appreciated by a full inspection. Once a public house, the property has been modernised and extended and yet retains a multitude of original features including inglenook fireplaces, quarry tiled floors, sash windows as well as a small bar area.

Northfields Court, Stamford £445,000

This 5 Bedroom property is situated in one of Stamford’s most elegant town centre locations on a small development within easy walking distance of the town centre. Offering beautifully appointed accommodation over three levels, the property benefits from 3 receptions rooms, gardens to the front and back and a double garage.

Back Lane, Collyweston £975 pcm

A Grade II Listed character townhouse located within this prestigious conservation area. At just a short walk from the town centre the property briefly comprises: Entrance Lobby, Kitchen/Breakfast Room, triple aspect Living Room, Two Double Bedrooms and a Bathroom. Added benefit of a Courtyard Garden and an Integral Garage.

Delightful three bedroom property with beautiful gardens to rear. Briefly comprising: Breakfast Kitchen with Utility and Pantry, Dining Room and Sitting Room. Ground floor Double Bedroom and Shower Room. First floor with superb views over the Welland Valley. Double Bedroom and good sized Single Bedroom. Bathroom. Double Garage and Parking.

Austin Street, Stamford £850 pcm

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Raspberries or strawberries?Now there are really only two camps when it comes to Twitter. I am at one extreme; “The most exciting thing to happen to publishing since the Heidelberg Press” and a good friend of mine is at the opposite extreme: “A pastime for idle-mongers and face-to-face avoiders.”

I thought I would put it to the test by twittering a simple, non–life or death or super-injunction inducing question:

LocalLivingUK LocalLivingUK If you had to choose between raspberries and strawberries for the rest of your life, which would it be, and why?

And these were a few of the answers I got:

@BigBlueSkyLive Big Blue Sky Live Strawberries definitely, preferably picked in your own garden in the sunshine and eaten straightaway. Never in the fridge

Itch_Gallery Catherine Pilling @LocalLivingUK raspberries for the pure entertainment factor of using them as finger puppets :-)

NNorfolkLiving North Norfolk Living @LocalLivingUK @BigBlueSkyLive I agree - s/berries every time! Have to be local, in season and smell like strawberries! *sniffs* punnet!

mrcraiglyons Craig Lyons @LocalLivingUK Raspberries for me, lovely with white chocolate, in cheesecakes, even as a savoury sauce with cooked meats. But a close call

EatPeterborough Eat Peterborough @LocalLivingUK Raspberries every day. You never get a bad raspberry but tasteless strawberries are common

lovewhatslocal StamfordArtisanGuild @locallivinguk Strawberries! Raspberries remind me of cough mixture I had to have as child & I don’t want that flavour anywhere near me! :-)

In the end strawberies won by 57% of the vote vs. 43% for raspberries.

So now you feel either further enlightened by Twitter, or still more amazed that people should choose to waste their time in this idle way.

Nicholas Rudd-JonesEditor

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UPFRONT, SHOPPING4 Priest’s House exhibition; Broad St Open Day; Wildcats Theatre School6 Spoton Natural Cleaning, Stuart Porter Antiques, Porter Landscaping and Garden Light Design, J&L Ball, 16 Competitions: Sandi Lindley makeover competition result: Cook Dinner for 8 competition

FASHION, HEALTH & BEAUTY8 Wardrobe makeover: Abi Golightly; Riverside Beads12 Natural skincare

HOME, GARDEN & MOTORING28 Through the Keyhole: A new home in Rippingale37 Motoring: New registrations

FOOD & DRINK10 Smoking fish24 Village SOS Campaign: Tideswell39 Sean’s Kitchen Confidential: Chicken40 Great summer eating spots45 Eating Out News: Mai Thai opens; new head chef at Crown; William Cecil soon to open its doors

ACTIVITIES, LEARNING & BUSINESS19 Local sport: Burghley Cricket Week; Push Penny Championships21 Arts page: Burghley Sculpture Garden exhibition; Rutland Music; New local books27 Countryfile: Growing Delphiniums35 Local business: Garrington’s Property Search; Urban Armour competition47 What’s On

PERSPECTIVES32 Perspectives: Pathways – a new book on the history of paths51 Ask Leo: Q & A on local history54 Stamford People: Chris Porter, Wothorpe Plant Nurseries

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The Woodturners of King’s CliffeExhibition At The Priest’s House, Easton On The Hill

For centuries King’s Cliffe was renowned for wood-turning and spoon making, at one time being known as “The Wooden Spoon Village”. Towards the end of the 19th century the trade in domestic wood ware, or “treen”, was in decline. To counter this a training scheme was set up in the village to teach people to carve. This resulted in some very high quality work, which was shipped all over Britain. An order was even received from the Royal Household for a butter mould engraved with Queen Victoria’s coat of arms.

The trade fi nally ended with the death in 1941 of the last of the King’s Cliffe woodturners, William Bailey, whose family had provided an unbroken line of turners since before 1600.

King’s Cliffe Heritage holds an extensive collection of items produced by the wood turners of King’s Cliffe which, together with photographs and explanatory panels, will be on display in the 15th century Priest’s House at Easton on the Hill – a National Trust building - every Sunday afternoon this summer in July and August from 2.00 to 4.30 pm. All are welcome - entry is free.

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Broad St Practice Open DayThe Broad St Practice is celebrating its 15th anniversary this month with an Open Evening on Monday July 18th between 6 – 9pm so that you can meet all the practitioners and discuss with them their specialities and approach.

Perry Westbrook, who founded the Practice with partner Anthea, commented: “We have dealt with over 9,000 patients in our 15 years, and each month we carry out 500-600 treatments. The really gratifying thing is that nearly all our business comes from word of mouth, within members of the family, friends and the workplace.

The specialist practices are:

Osteopathy: Perry Westbrook Bsc Hons Ost Med; Anthea Bentley Bsc Hons Ost Med; Dr Hasnain Chandoo Md Bsc Hons Ost Med; Michael Oldfi eld Bsc Hons Ost ; Melda Bell Bsc Hons Ost Acupuncture: Louise Lipman Mbacc Msc Dipac, Jai Franklin Mbacc Ba(Hons)Hypnotherapy: Shirley Balfe; Peter BalfeCranial Osteopathy: Dr Hasnain Chandoo Md Bsc Hons Ost MedSports & remedial massage & therapy: Rachel Masterson, MSMA, Diploma Sports Massage TherapyNutritional Therapy: Sophie Driver BSc, DipION

There will be a Prize Draw on the night of the Open evening

First prize – £100 towards treatment of their choice2 x Second prizes – Vouchers for £40 1 hr massage with Rachel4 x Third Prizes – 4oz tube of Biofreeze gel (worth £9.50 each)

People can call into the practice to collect an invite/entry form, anytime.

• Broad St Practice, 20/21 Broad Street, Stamford, PE9 1PGTel: 01780 480889 http://www.thebroadstreetpractice.co.uk/

Wildcats Theatre SchoolAward-winning Wildcats Theatre School are again offering their popular summer school programme, in partnership with Stamford Arts Centre, The Cresset Peterborough and Brooke Priory School, Oakham. Some of the weeks culminate in a performance of a show and are a great way for children to build confi dence and self-esteem, develop skills in musical theatre and have lots of fun! The other weeks are a mix of one day workshops delivered in partnership with Pineapple Performing Arts School (PPAS). Each day of summer school is 9.00am – 4.30pm and suitable for ages 5-16 years.

This summer there is everything from Aladdin to Jungle Book, Mamma Mia to Camp Rock and much more. Along with a Wicked Masterclass, Sharpay’s Fabulous Adventure and Alice in Wonderland there is loads to do throughout July and August.• For more information and to book call 07725 915333 or go to http://www.wildcatstheatreschool.co.uk/

Wandering MinstrelsThe ever popular Wandering Minstrels will be appearing at Stamford Methodist Church at 7.30pm on Saturday July 23rd. They will be presenting a colourful selection of songs and scenes from Gilbert & Sullivan’s famous Savoy Operas.

The concert will be supporting projects in Haiti where so many communities are still struggling to cope with the effects of the devastating earthquake. Some funds will also go towards SHYP (Stamford Housing for Young People) and the church’s Youth Outreach Worker Project.• Tickets (£9) are on sale at the church or Stamford Music Shop. For further details call 01780 765354

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Designers Guild now at J&L BallNew at J & L Ball are six wallpaper collections from Designers Guild, Linnaeus, Oxbridge, Refl ections, Fusion, and Euphoria. In addition there is a delicious range of striped fabrics, in a range of vibrant colours, complemented by subtler, washed effect Porcelain. Vibrant shades and bold prints feel fresh and energising and will bring your rooms bang up to date.

Arriving soon is the Sofi enburg collection. This season’s designs capture the cool, modern elegance and aesthetic moderation of Gustav’s Scandinavia with a sense of pared down elegance and classical simplicity. The collection comprises prints, wallpapers and weaves that are inspired by the Scandinavian castles and landscapes, and feature elegant panelling and crisp fl oral patterns as well as contemporary geometrics and stripes.• For more ideas look out for the ever changing and dramatic window displays at the J&L shop or pop in and have a chat with Lorraine and her friendly team; who are always willing to help. J&L Ball, 16 North Street, Stamford, Lincs, PE9 1EH Tel: 01780 481416 http://www.jandlball.co.uk/

Invest in a classicGeorgian furniture has never fallen out of style for a good reason: it is elegant, beautifully designed and, quite simply, it stands the test of time. Stuart Porter specialises in pieces from this era (as well as bottles and stoneware), and he sells through St Martin’s Antiques Centre, Stamford and Uppingham Antiques Centre, with items ranging in price from £150 to £4,500. “I started dealing as a hobby and I did so well that I turned it into a business,” says Stuart. He offers free valuations, furniture restoration and has now started a bespoke picture framing service as well. • Stuart Porter Antiques Tel: 07917 458569

Light up your gardenThere’s nothing nicer than sitting out in the garden with friends on a summer’s evening, but what happens when the sun goes down and your plants disappear? Local entrepreneur Stuart Porter’s business Porter Landscaping and Garden Light Design can help. “We can supply a backwash of light to emphasise particular plants, pathways, steps or water features,” he explains. Stuart trained as a theatre lighting designer and worked on a number of West End shows, such as Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, before starting his current business. He prides himself on creating subtle, creative lighting in outdoor areas. “It enhances security and safety, without the harsh lights,” he says. Stuart uses LED lights, which keep running costs down and are environmentally friendly. Such is the demand for his services, Stuart has now employed another lighting designer, Anthony McDonald. “We offer free quotes, and we’ll listen to everything that customers want, before coming up with a design,” says Stuart. Installation is part of the package, and the company also offers a complete garden design service, with hard and soft landscaping, decking, and features. Work is carried out by one of four experienced teams.• Contact Porter Landscaping and Garden Light Design on 01778 348865 or 07917 458569

Spoton Natural CleaningSpoton Natural Cleaning, a locally-based fi rm, offers the very best in domestic and commercial cleaning but with rock solid Eco principles, underpinned by the belief in doing a good job at a good price.

“It’s all about making your home a cleaner and greener place to live without sacrifi cing your time,” says founding partner Ben Caffrey.

“We make it possible to have a beautiful fresh home without the need for harsh chemicals that can have an impact on your health and the environment. We also know cleaning can be a chore …so value your time and leave your cleaning to professionals.”

Using only the latest products and equipment, Spoton Natural Cleaning are completely self-suffi cient, making cleaning one less thing to organise.

“We offer weekly, fortnightly and monthly visits for our clients and the service is completely tailored to your needs” • For further information visit the website, or simply contact Ben direct to discuss your requirements and to arrange a free visit. www.spotonnaturalcleaning.com Tel: 07833 685643

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FASHION INSIDER


Wardrobe Work-Out

Sally Stillingfleet asked Genevieve Potter

(www.ihaventgotathingtowear) to give Kim Yeatman’s wardrobe a

work-out combined with a make-up Masterclass by Katrina from

Emma Cannings

Kim recently became the proud owner of a walk-in wardrobe and this prompted her to realise that her clothes could be working harder for her.

Wardrobe Diagnosis Kim found lots of items that really suited her petite size 10/12 figure; but equally she realised that there was quite a bit of “dead wood” and wanted to find ways to look more elegant and co-ordinated. She has a commendably frugal attitude towards fashion and often swaps clothes with friends or looks for bargains in local dress agencies. Kim mainly works from home but also has regular, smarter days at an office in London; she also has a good social life so needs a few dressier outfits.

Kim’s Fashion RulesGeneral• Gen’s mantra for Kim is now “hug the curves” – never wear anything too blousy/boxy/frilly which will just swamp her.• Invest in the basics; i.e. shoes, bags, accessories (see shopping list)• Don’t feel everything has to be too “matching” – it’s always good to throw some colour in• Accessorise, accessorise, accessorise!

TopsLower cut scoop necks suit Kim best and start to layer vests/camisoles and jersey tops to add interestTailoringJackets should be tightly fitting and finish on or just below the waist. For A/W, a classic 3/4 length wrap wool coat would be a good option for Kim.Skirts and dressesA-line, on or just above the knee or long (ankle) length bias cut are Kim’s best skirt shapes. Wearing a skirt that is flat on the tummy but flips out (a good option for A/W with some coloured opaque tights and boots.) TrousersConsider investing in a good pair of full length straight jeans which can be dressed up for smarter days, otherwise, flat fronted, slightly mannish shapes are a good option for work. Start to introduce ‘jeggings’ into your wardrobe, when teamed with a longer length top and jacket or little dress and knitwear, they can look surprisingly smart.

ShoesThis is an area to develop. Invest in at least one good pair per season. Small heels, nice pumps.DressesShapes that emphasise your bust are the best shape, e.g. a classic wrap dresses (but look for funky patterns and colours or ramp up with good use of accessories)AccessoriesScarves in Kim’s colours are really worth investing in, chunky chandelier earrings, cocktail rings for evening, cuff bracelets, chunky necklaces.Appropriate handbags (e.g. large, expensive and colourful for day, pretty clutch bags for evening, satchel cross-body for casual)ColoursKim’s best colours are navy, slate blue, charcoal and red. Black is fairly draining so Gen suggested navy ‘becomes her black’ and always try and combine it with some neutrals (not contrasting brights)

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FASHION AND JEWELLERY NEWS

Abi Golightly celebrates first anniversarySome recent feedback on this delightful women’s fashion store, hidden away up a staircase just next to Beans coffee shop:“Abi Golightly is a bright airy shop with some lovely pieces. Hand-picked and off the beaten track. I always find something which I feel good in and that not everyone else will be wearing. Abi or one of the girls will always suggest accessories to try with outfits making it a fun shopping experience.”

The shop celebrates its first anniversary shortly, go see for yourself!!Abi Golightly, 4, Silver Lane, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 2BT Tel: 01780 238002

Make your own jewelleryRiverside Beads are a beads and jewellery making shop based in The Craft Centre in Market Deeping. They are enthusiastic beaders with a passion for creating handmade jewellery, and source new beads weekly and always aim to offer great choice and value.

It has grown into the area’s largest bead suppliers, offering a great range of jewellery making courses from introduction to jewellery making (only £15) to advanced beading, bead weaving, silver art clay, tiara making & more.The Antique & Craft Centre, 50/56 High St, Market Deeping, Peterborough, PE6 8EBwww.dalexkrafts.com Tel: 01778 344550 Open 7 days a week

KiM’S SHOPPinG LiST

✓ Some good basic scoop neck t-shirts in your colours plus white (Attic or

try Sly 2)

✓ A couple more A-line skirts for work (Energy, White Stuff)

✓ Some fine scoop neck knitwear to wear with skirts (Arch Label Agency,

Abi Golightly)

✓ Dark indigo jeans / ‘jeggings’ (Attic, Arch Label Agency, Energy)

✓ Shoes / boots – Ballet pumps, small heals, espadrille style wedges

(Marcia May)

✓ Accessories – scarves, earrings, cuffs, etc (Ruby Loves, Abi Golightly)

✓ Daytime large handbag and cross body satchel for casual in leather

(Arch Label Agency for pre-owned and new designer bags)

✓ Classic Coat for A/W 2011 (Arch Label Agency)

Bare Esentuals make-up can give gorgeous coverage and new confidence to a make-up novice like Kim, cleverly applied step by step by Katrina from Emma Cannings.

Mineral make-up is perfect for the time poor who crave a flawless finish. Katrina talked Kim through every stage of the make-up routine with smudgy eyes and perfect brows. The Bare Esentauls ‘ Get started kit ‘ contains everything you need – 2 x SPF 15 Mineral Foundations (in skin colour matching shades), Mineral Veil, Warmth, Multi-tasking concealer and three goat hair brushes for £48Emma Cannings - Stamford Garden CentreGt Casterton, Stamford, Lincolnshire PE9 4BB Tel: 01780 766583

DirectoryGenevieve Potter – www.ihaventgotathingtowearArch Label Agency – 10a Maiden Lane, Stamford. Tel. 01780 764746www.archlabelagency.comSly2 - 4 St. Mary’s Passage, Stamford. Tel. 01780 482870 Label Loop - 25 Broad Street. Tel. 01780 762183Marcia May Shoes – 41 St. Mary’s St. Stamford. Tel. 01780 766608Attic Weekend - 43 St. Paul’s Street, Stamford. Tel. 01780 766675Energy – Ironmonger Street, Stamford. Tel. 01780 765633Abi Golightly – 4, Silver Lane, Stamford. Tel. 01780 238002Ruby Loves – 3&4 Stamford Walk, Stamford. Tel. 01780 764626

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Caught & smokedSarah Lyon was invited to Rob Waddington’s idyllic Lakeside Fishing Lodge situated on the edge of

Rutland Water North Side to taste the delights of home smoked trout and to learn more about this inspired, indefatigable fi sherman and his fl y fi shing adventures and courses.

Caught“I’m hooked,” says Rob Waddington. Rob was brought up fi shing on ponds in the North of England before discovering the exhilarating pleasure of fl y fi shing as a teenager. “It’s active, it’s fun, it’s boats. It’s not a power and strength thing. Casting is a fl uid rhythmic movement where the line is perfectly horizontal and then with a fl ick the line licks the surface of the water.”

Rob runs his courses from his Lakeside Lodge. A Canadian inspired fi shing cabin is the fi sherman’s lair. A photograph of Rob with a giant Sturgeon caught on the Fraser River, Canada takes pride of place alongside other photographed moments of trips to exotic fi shing locations. The atmosphere is warm and rustic; a large window opens up the view looking out across Rutland Water where participants can begin to anticipate the catch. A desk, a power point screen and a demonstration rod suggest that this is where the fl y fi shing experience begins.

From Lake to PlateRobs says, “The best start to preparing your own fi sh or indeed smoking fi sh is to fi nd and catch your own. The taste is in knowing that you have caught it yourself.” This is Rob’s eighth year of coaching fi shing adventures for all abilities. Rob adds, “Fishing is a confi dence booster for young teens, ladies and for blokes. Even for experienced fi shermen Rutland Water can be a daunting task. To fi sh in Rutland Water is to aspire to one of the best fi shing reservoirs in the world. The waters are stocked with immaculate healthy fi sh from all over England.”

Cold Oak-Smoked Rutland Water TroutCatch your own on one of Rob’s fi shing courses, www.rutlandwaterfl yfi shing.co.uk and ask Rob’s advice about the best way to prepare and smoke your own. Rob has a rather ‘Heath Robinson’ type smoker that stands adjacent to the fi shing cabin. Rob smokes his own trout a couple of times a year and whilst he doesn’t sell it you can

book into his Lakeside B&B for an overnight stay and sample his full fl avoured Oak Smoked Rutland Trout as part of the Barnsdale Breakfast. Contact Rob for an award-winning outdoor experience at rob@fl yfi shingadventures.co.uk, Lakeside accommodation www.thelodgebarnsdale.co.uk, Tel: 01572 722422

Smoked in Rutlandwww.mattgregory.freeblogit.comMatt is a keen fi sherman and somewhat of an expert when it comes to preparing and smoking the catch. Matt says, “Food has been prepared in this way since potentially man fi rst discovered fi re; although there is a good bit of science behind it (Matt covers this as he teaches, or read his Blog), the process itself is very simple.”

Matt adds, “Getting it right can be more of an art than scientifi c principle might lead one to believe. The science is hard but measurable and calculable but don’t let this daunt you as it is the art of smoking which requires the tinkering and fi ddling that is so enjoyable. You can’t walk away from the hot smoking process; it defi nitely needs to be managed.”

Matt’s courses provide basic skills and an understanding of how to cure and smoke a range of foods at home with freely available and mostly non-specialist equipment. “We can hot smoke within the hour from start to fi nish,” says Matt. “Cold smoking is a longer process and cannot be done in a day. It is more of a three day process. On the course we will talk about cold smoking as a counterpoint to hot smoking.”

“We’ll be up to our elbows in salt and wood smoke and raw fi sh but it’s all really easy and great fun. We discuss knife skills and participants will learn how to fi nd confi dence in fi lleting fi sh before preparing the brine. We will talk about different salts for brining before learning about the best sawdusts for fl avour. There is an alchemy going on between the salt and smoke and without both the process would be pointless.”• Smoked in Rutland one day course at Stamford Cookery School, Saturday July 23. Contact Stamford Cookery School, Tel: 01780 752171, www.stamfordcookeryschool.co.uk

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HealtH and Beauty


Natural BeautyGenevieve Potter looks at ways of improving your skin, naturally

lisa armitageEven closer to home, Barnack-based Lisa Armitage has just launched her skincare website It is www.lisaarmitage.com, to satisfy her expanding customer base.

Lisa’s skincare range is competitively priced (from around £20) and yet contains many of the same, high performing, natural ingredients that you’d find in brands that cost many times more. Everything is suitable for even the most sensitive skin and Lisa believes it’s no coincidence that our complexion becomes more youthful, radiant and glowing with the use of powerful, natural antioxidants like carrot oil, green tea, red raspberry, co-enzyme Q10 and Vitamin E.

I’m a big fan of the Green Mandarin and Papaya Cleansing Cream. It smells divine and used with a muslin cloth it contains natural AHAs to get skin visibly clean and glowing. • www.lisa.armitage.com

BotanicalsBotanicals is a range of “organically enlightened” skincare, produced near Melton Mowbray. The hand-blended products are designed to work holistically, following the belief that beauty comes not only from the nourishment of the skin, but also from the emotional benefits of plant essences. Botanicals’ facial cleansing melt and organic foot balm have recently won top international honours at the Natural and Organic Awards.• www.botanicals.co.uk

neal’s yard Remedies at Sly 2Neal’s Yard Remedies are researched, developed and manufactured in Dorset, where many of the ingredients (including damask roses and herbs) are grown locally. Everything comes beautifully packaged in distinctive, 100% recyclable blue jars.

Belinda at Sly is extending her savvy retail offering with the NYR range, including the award winning Frankincense Hydrating Cream (£23.50 for 50g); which contains rejuvenating frankincense and myrrh, plus revitalising organic plant oils rich in vitamins A and E.• Sly 2, 4 St Mary’s Passage, Stamford Pe9 2HG tel: 01780 482870

aromatherapy aromatherapy associates at ChameleonAn adequate amount of sleep is key to a healthy complexion. Chameleon of Stamford now stock “Aromatherapy Associates”; their Deep Relax oil (£37 for 55ml), combines a powerful blend of sandalwood, vetivert and camomile to calm a whirring mind and encourage peaceful sleep (perfect if you are feeling overtired - owner Giselle swears by it!).

lime Green therapyAngela Cardew of Lime Green Therapy is an experienced Holistic Aromatherapist offering treatments in the comfort of your home.

Seated acupressure massage focuses only on the upper body, targeting over 60 acupressure points whilst the client is fully clothed and seated on a special massage chair. It can also be combined with Reiki, a gentle natural healing process which is deeply relaxing and works by channelling energy through the hands.• tel: 0790 6127940 www.limegreentherapy.co.uk

annie Hall Homeopathy Stamford-based Annie Hall, who lectures on homeopathy all over Europe, has vast experience in treating problems relating to the skin. Annie is a bit like a detective; she’d want to know if your eczema was worse when you ate certain foods and how you responded to stress. She’d also be asking about your diet; the vast majority of those who come to see Annie are de-hydrated (the average adult should drink three litres of liquids a day and no fizzy drinks at all if there are skin problems). Annie has a wide number of homeopathic remedies she can use when helping clients with their skin problems; for instance, Silica works well for children who have molloscum contagiosum and Belladonna and Arsenicum Album can often help itchy eczema.

Homeopathic remedies are made from naturally occurring substances in a specially prepared form, which you usually suck. You can mix homeopathy safely with conventional medicine, although many people use homeopathy to help them come off their medication.• www.annie-hall.co.uk tel: 01780 767667

ReflexologyReflexology is a pressure technique which works on precise reflex points on the hands or feet, inducing a state of deep relaxation and stimulating the body to heal itself. It can be helpful for a wide range of even acute and chronic conditions and is particularly effective in treating digestive disorders, which in turn can noticeably improve the skin. Recommended practitioners:• Jo lloyd the Foot Garden (Wymondham based)www.thefootgarden.com tel 07971 477220• Vicki Ball (Ryhall based)tel: 01780 482244/07803020571 email [email protected]

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LOCAL SPORT


The week consists of all day games on each day of the week starting at 10.30 am and in

the evening, the ever popular Burghley Park six a side competition takes place.

It was in 1959 that the Committee of that year looked at ways to supplement cricket week and the innovation of six a side was devised and the ‘Burghley Sixes’, as it has become popularly known, was born. 16 local village teams are invited to take part with three games being played each evening starting at 6.00 pm. The semi-finals and final take place on the Friday evening.

In the last few years another highlight has been the introduction of a real ale festival in the marquee. Up to 15 real ales are available each day and evening during the week and so it is worth visiting the Park during the week in order to sample the delights of some wonderful real ales from near and far while at the same time watching some exhilarating six hitting during the ‘sixes’ games.

References in the archives to the early years of six a side cricket speak of crowds of 2 and 3 deep around the boundary totalling in excess of 1000 people. Last year, with the superb weather, saw a return to the highs of old with crowds in excess of 700 on finals night.

So, what could be better on a balmy summer evening? Go on pay a visit and make the crowds even bigger this year! • To find out more visit www.burghleypark.com

Burghley Park Cricket Week And Beer FestivalOne of the highlights of the Burghley Park cricket season is the traditional cricket week which is held

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Push Penny A recent convert to a unique local game explores its history and current state

Shortly after moving to Stamford I went into the Jolly Butcher in a quest to find a regular watering hole. With my hand around a pint of real ale I sidled up to a group of guys huddled over a board to see what the attraction was. “Ah, shove halfpenny” I said. Simultaneously they looked at me with the kind of disdain reserved for aliens. With a wry grin one of the players told me they were playing Push Penny, not shove halfpenny! So went my first acquaintance with a game that has graced the pubs in Stamford for over a hundred years.

The basic rules of the game are simple; push old, pre-decimal, pennies up a highly polished board and try to get them to stop within one of the 9 beds. The board is about 20 inches by 15 inches – no centimetres or millimetres here! During a ‘go’ a player pushes 3 pennies up the board one at a time. At the end of a ‘go’ only those pennies that end up in a bed without infringing any lines score. The ‘marker’ is the sole judge of which pennies score and which do not. For each player, the scoring pennies earn a mark against the bed. The first player to get 3 marks against all 9 beds wins the game. The pennies have the tails side ground off and then polished. This is done in such a way that the pennies end up as light, medium and heavy. The light penny is sometimes called the come-back-

penny; this is because if it bumps into a heavier penny it bounces back down the board. After 2 pennies have been played it is not unusual for both of them to straddle a line and so not scoring. The really skilled players will use the third penny to bounce off the other pennies to get all 3 on the move.

So what is the history of the game? I met Derek Robinson the League Chairman and David Needham the League Treasurer in St Mary’s Vaults to give them a bit of a grilling. They believe that Push Penny started in Stamford during the late 1800s. There are several players over eighty who still have the occasional game but David Needham believes he is the oldest player regularly turning out for a league team and Derek thinks he is amongst those who have played the game the longest. The youngest regular player is in her early twenties, Hailey Bell; she plays for the Hit and Miss.

Derek and David explained that in its heyday there were twenty plus teams divided into two leagues. Not all pubs took part in formally organised games but they estimated that there were over 70 pubs in the Stamford area with active Push Penny boards, thus allowing the locals to play any day of the week. Many people

were very keen to win; Derek recounted a tale about when, having won a game, his opponent bursts into tears.

It is thought that the game has now died out everywhere else so this leaves the Stamford League in a position to organise the Push Penny world championships. Last year’s world champion, Phil Bell, will shortly be playing in defence of his title. This year the league has been fortunate to secure sponsorship from Donalds Garage.

If you would like to see the skill of the finalists, or are just curious, come along to the see the final of the Donalds Mazda Push Penny World Championship in the Jolly Brewer on Friday 8th July starting at about 8 pm.

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Triumph & TragedyIn 1934 Captain John Black became Managing Director of the Standard Motor Company. After the War Raymond Mays, having created BRM in Bourne, received sponsorship from 124 companies including Standard Motors which completely designed and built their Test House, a building that still stands today.

One of BRM’s test drivers was Ken Richardson who Black fi rst met at Folkingham airfi eld where all the V 16 grand prix cars were put through their paces. Richardson later joined Standards and ended up developing the famous TR2 sports car, clocking up a remarkable 124 m.p.h. on the Jabbeke Highway in Belgium. Their crash together in 1953 though, while testing the prototype Swallow Doretti down Banner Lane in Coventry, was a great tragedy putting them both in hospital.

“Triumph & Tragedy” is a glimpse behind the scenes at Sir John Black’s home life at Mallory Court in Warwickshire. It also explains the drive behind a man who was as well known for his sporting exploits on the ski slopes and his love of the sea. • The book can be purchased for £15 +PP at htpp://www.standardmotorclub.org/johnblack/ or through Nick Black (the author) at: 24, Cambridge Road, Stamford, Lincs. PE9 1BN Tel: 01780 753028

Rutland MusicDavid Rudd-Jones booked Rutland Music to provide entertainment for his fourteenth birthday party. He refl ects on ‘a night to remember’

Rutland Music is a new, local company that offers live music and discos for any

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The service that Rutland Music provided was brilliant. Company owner Damian Mellor

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Before the event, I was invited to create a list of music I liked, using the popular music website ‘Spotify’. DJ’s Matt and Ross were excellent and used this to fi nd similar music, which kept us dancing all night.

A surround sound speaker system was placed around the house and garden, which immersed us in music. Lighting and lasers were projected onto the side of the house, which gave a brilliant effect and the garden was illuminated with lots of bright colours and patterns. It was like an outdoor nightclub!

Overall Rutland Music provided an excellent, personal service and made it a night to remember. I highly recommend them.• Visit their website at www.rutlandmusic.co.uk or call Damian Mellor on 01572 822 085 or 07845 100 350

Book launchesForgotten People: the story of Careby, Holywell and AunbyForgotten People, a docu-dramatisation of one thousand years of history is an absorbing glimpse into the past. Brought to life in evocative style, the text is interspersed with dramatisations of actual events and people who once lived in these villages. The lives of lords who oppressed the peasantry, followed by the dynasties of the Hatchers and the Reynardsons dramatically unfold throughout the seventeenth to nineteenth centuries.

Surprising documentary evidence has been uncovered showing the infl uence of the Normans, clergy, vengeful medieval kings, along with politicians, soldiers and the gentlemen landowners who helped shape the landscape.

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Sculptural Systems at BurghleyMichael Shaw, The Curator of Burghley Sculpture Garden, discusses this year’s exhibitionThis year the exhibition at Burghley Sculpture Garden features the dynamic sculptures of Julian Wild, who transforms industrial materials into organic delights of dizzying heights and scale. Highlights in his solo exhibition Incomplete Systems include a large permanent commission in stainless steel, alongside six giant spheres constructed from red hoola hoops that fl oat around Burghley’s lake. Exploded System is based on an explosion of highly polished stainless steel discs that will refl ect the gardens and viewers from multiple angles. • Wild’s Incomplete Systems is open daily at Burghley Sculpture Garden and the Garden of Surprises from 11-5pm, until the 30th of October.

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The Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Village SOS’ campaign

Mark Swindells went up to Derbyshire to find out more about a national campaign supported by the lottery to breathe life back into our villages

“I’m moving to Tideswell,” said village friend Tim Nicol, which surprised me as I had

not seen a ‘For Sale’ board outside the family home. Before I could ask why he added,”just for a year”. Probing further, I discovered that he had been chosen as Tideswell’s village champion to help them bid for the Big Lottery Fund’s ‘Village SOS’ campaign, targeting community projects in villages of fewer than 3,000 people. One stipulation was that all village champions had to live in their selected village for the period of the grant. The other was that the BBC would film progress, or lack thereof.

Tideswell got their funding and just over a year later ‘Taste Tideswell’ was launched. Five other villages were also funded and our region has further local interest courtesy of Caistor, near Peterborough, which is one of the other successful proposals, for a project to convert their former Methodist chapel into a centre for art and heritage, together with the now obligatory café. We can see how they all got on later this year by tuning in to BBC 1. Fronted by Sarah Beeny, this promises to be a fly on the wall combination of Grand Designs meets The Archers. The series starts on Sunday July 24th, 9pm BBC1

Taste TideswellAnyway, I’m more interested in food, so as Taste Tideswell was putting the finishing touches to their project, I went for a look around with some friends.

Tideswell was known in the Middle Ages as ‘the King’s larder’ so their project aims to capitalise on this, producing quality local food to attract more visitors to the area. Nice idea. You can tell Tim is a marketeer (we have him to thank for launching Dolmio pasta sauce on an unsuspecting public), so it is no surprise that the Tideswell project has four snappy elements - ‘Grow it, Cook it, Make it and Sell it’. What this really means is that in addition to a cookery school, which has courses open to everyone, aspiring local food producers can rent a separate commercial kitchen on a per day basis, access an operational allotment with all the necessary equipment and advice to get started, and importantly, for produce that makes the grade, use of the Taste Tideswell brand to market their produce.

So, on a snowy Friday, we participated in the Tideswell dress-rehearsal cookery course. I knew we were the first because my frying pan still had the price tag on it. But Steve Vardis is head of the cookery school and an experienced

teacher so we were in safe hands. Approachable and modest, it turns out he has trained many chefs in his time, some of whom have reached the heights of Michelin stardom.

With his help, we made a delicious light lunch of bouillabaise with lobster and super-quick bread-rolls, followed by a (very) early dinner of venison followed by frangipane tart with poached pears. Certainly there was no holding back on the quality ingredients and it was wonderful to have somebody knowledgeable to ask any question.

It was a great day out. Though Tideswell is not just around the corner from Stamford it is an easy two-hour journey. Alternatively, it would be easy to make a weekend away staying in the Peak District. Chatsworth is nearby or you could carry on to Manchester.

Course prices are not cheap, but you do get a whole day completely organised for you. I was impressed by the whole enterprise and my only regret was that we had not put in a bid from our own village.

• To see what courses are available visit: www.tideswellschooloffood.co.uk. To find out more about the upcoming BBC series see: www.bbc.co.uk/villagesos/

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Growing DelphiniumsIf you buy delphiniums locally, the chances are that they were grown by K W Naylor & Son of

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K W Naylor & SonNev Naylor, the ‘son’ is now the father and the boss and it would be hard to find anyone more at ease with his lot in life! He is helped in the family business by his own son, Matthew, and his nephew.

Nev’s grandfather was a journalist by profession and the first Naylor to farm in the area. He had a smallholding at Moulton Common, and a handsome collection of awards for his potatoes hangs in their office today. Nev’s father, Ken, moved onto a larger farming enterprise and built the company up growing potatoes, tulips and daffodils. The latter are still Naylor’s main crop; however, about ten years ago, they branched out into growing delphiniums.

Matthew, now the ‘son’, also has an impressive string of awards hanging on the wall including Young Farmer of the Year 2000. He is following in the footsteps of his great-grandfather as he combines farming with journalism, writing a regular column for ‘Farmers’ Weekly’ magazine. This year he will be one of the judges for their Young Farm Worker of the Year award.

New plants arrive in June and will normally produce marketable flowers by May or June the following year. In the right conditions a second flush will follow during that year and the plants will continue to provide good stems for another couple of years. The crop is heavily reliant on the weather of course because the plants are all grown outdoors. Wind, rain, hail and drought can make a tremendous difference to the yield but surprisingly they do not seem to have been adversely affected by the bad weather last winter.The best flowers are straight and long. These are cut daily, by hand, and brought to the packing shed where the lower parts of the stems

are stripped of leaves. They are bunched, wrapped and stacked in boxes – only one colour in a bunch – then stored in cool conditions to await collection. This is a business that remains very labour-intensive: machinery simply could not do the job.

Virtually all of Naylors’ delphiniums will go to the upper end of the supermarket trade. This provides a reliable market for quality

flowers but they are not dependent on one retailer.

LEAF MarqueK W Naylor & Son are pleased to have

a Leaf Marque. LEAF – Linking Environment and Farming – is a charity

that sees farmers as the stewards of the countryside producing good produce to high environmental standards. It aims to bring benefits to wildlife and reduce pollution by setting these standards. The LEAF Marque displayed on products is becoming increasingly recognised. Naylors are very committed to the concept and Matthew is now on the board of LEAF.

The FutureNaylors are proud to be regarded as

a major grower of delphiniums with trial beds of their own trying out new

varieties. They are also experimenting with other flowers that can be grown indoors and/

or which suit their conditions. It’s very obvious that this is a family business that values its past but is

looking ahead to the future.

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T H R O U G H T H E K E Y H O L E

Old meets newInteriors editor Harjit Gammon takes a stroll along Stamford’s Friday market to chat to fabric stall holder Lyn Venables about her new build

Lyn and husband Dave, a P.E. teacher at Spalding Grammar School, faced a similar

dilemma to many parents of growing families; they were rapidly outgrowing their home. Should they simply look for a house with more space, or take the plunge and build one to their own specifi cation?

Initially the Venables embarked upon a search through local estate agents, for the perfect new home for their growing brood; two strapping boys and a girl. Several months on, frustrated and downheartened they happened upon, rather than planned, the perfect solution. It came in the form of what Lyn describes as, “a secret garden” with a variety of mature trees and a small outbuilding with garage.

The plot in question stands in the village of Rippingale, with houses to either side and in front.

Having always lived in and loved old properties however, the next dilemma was how to resolve the issue of adjusting to a modern house. Fortunately this is where the outbuildings came into their own. By orienteering the house to face the old barn, the eye is tricked into focusing on it, and thus deceiving the mind. In the new house, the open plan kitchen, garden room and dining area faces these buildings, which themselves are now a games room for the teenagers and a workshop for Lyn. “It’s somewhere where teenagers can be teenagers,” says Lyn. Housing large sofas, a television and a wood burner; the insulated building is a popular den for her sons. Recently the eldest, in the throes of his GCSEs when I visited, had a properly grown up sleepover there with his friends.

In addition to the furniture used to anchor character in the house, Lyn has used a subtle and timeless colour palate, Farrow & Ball Shaded White, throughout the house. The key exception being her daughter Evie’s room, which is emphatically pink.

A tight budget and therefore simple shapes presented an additional challenge in the creation of a traditional family house. This was overcome, Lyn recounts by opting for what she calls, “a storybook house; with two windows either side of a front door and all the rooms leading off a central hall, although not before discovering ‘minor’ details such as the house didn’t fi t on the plot! Her advice to other would be builders are to choose your architect carefully and to “plan, plan, plan. Make as many decisions as possible about how the fi nal thing should look before you start, because time costs.”

Internally the challenge to getting character into a new house continued. Lyn’s solution

has been to focus rooms around old pieces of furniture which they brought with them from their former home or have acquired from relatives and sale rooms. In the kitchen, an old dresser stands proudly at it head, laden with artfully arranged bric a brac, and a highly apposite little sign bearing the legend; “The most important things in life...aren’t things”. Elsewhere there are old chests of drawers, tables and mismatched chairs to add an individual touch, in this most ordered of homes, with a place for everything and everything in its place. An upside of a new build, of course, is the ability to incorporate custom designed storage. Lyn has cleverly fi tted out the boot room with pigeon holes to hold bags and the like and the utility area with designated housing for all the laundry essentials, thereby imposing order on a family who are, according to her, not naturally tidy.

A fi nal and not insignifi cant feature in imbuing the house with character are Lyn’s sewing skills and interest in fabrics. At the windows hang thick, puddling curtains and tailored blinds to create the cosy atmosphere evocative of a traditional family home. While in the garden room a comfortable armchair covered in fabric from her stall quietly beckons one to sit and linger.

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PathwaysNicholas Rudd-Jones and David Stewart have just published a new book, Pathways, about journeys along Britain’s historic byways, from pilgrimage routes to smugglers’ trails to pedestrian zones

Walking is the nation’s favourite recreation activity, with over

ten million people regularly going for a walk and four million people describing themselves as ‘committed walkers’.

Whenever I take a group of friends for a walk they tend to ask the same sort of questions about the route: “Who first created this path?” “What would its purpose have been then?” “Why does it go the way that is does?” “Have landowner and walker always been so accommodating of each other?” “Who is responsible for its upkeep today?” “Why do we enjoy walking on paths so much, and why somehow does it mean so much more to us than just taking exercise?”

Pathways is an attempt to answer these questions and also to provide a history of the

development of Britain’s footpaths.

In 20 chapters the book explores paths used for commerce and trade, such as drovers’ roads and packhorse routes; dykes, ditches and roads used for the exercise of military power; religious routes from prehistoric avenues to

medieval pilgrimages; and pathways built specifically for

leisure, whether stalking tracks in Scotland, in municipal parks or on

seaside promenades.For each chapter of the book , as well

as giving some wider historical background, we focus on an individual path. We delve a little more into its history and, most importantly, we experience it first hand, travelling the same way as our forebears. We invite you to do the same, whether by following the same path as us or by finding your own example nearer to home.

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Signing at Walkers bookshopNicholas Rudd-Jones will be signing copies of Pathways at Walkers Bookshop in High Street, Stamford between 10-12 on Sat July 2nd

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‘In this beautifully illustrated book… you will find a plethora of historical information that will encourage you to pull on your walking boots and try the routes for yourself.’Countryside Magazine – June Issue

You can get started by trying out the path that we feature in Chapter 12: Village Walks, around Helpston, just a few miles east of Stamford.

The Helpston walkHelpston was the birthplace of the poet John Clare and a tract of country that was much altered by the Enclosure Act of 1835,, much to Clare’s dismay. This walk explores the impact of enclosures on the landscape and the various village paths.

The walkOur 5-mile walk begins at John Clare’s birthplace, in the centre of Helpston. It is a quaint old village cottage which has been transformed by the John Clare Trust into an environmental and educational centre designed to ‘raise awareness and understanding of John Clare’ and ‘to explore and look after the world in which we live today’. The centre is open 10.30am-3pm each day. Telephone to check opening times on 01733 253330 or visit www.clarecottage.org

Leaving the village, we immediately sensed the change that must have occurred to path directions at the onset of enclosure. The path hugs a field edge and then, without warning, plunges diagonally across a field to College Cottage. This is not logical to cut across a field, and we can only assume that the path existed before the current field, at which time it would have fallen on the ‘balk’ or uncultivated area between crops of a shared, larger field.

South of College Cottage the path soon reaches Maxham’s Green Lane. Before the fields were enclosed, this was the most direct route from Helpston to Peterborough. The field to the north of Oxey Wood was the site of a Roman villa. In the 1820s John Clare helped with an archaeological dig here, during which Roman pottery and a mosaic floor were unearthed.

Coming out onto the road here, the road takes an S bend. This is a classic example of a ‘joining up’ of the old village road to the north and the new enclosure road to the south. The field layouts were typically planned first, then the roads to provide access to them, and then finally, almost as an afterthought, the village and its existing main street had to be fitted in; hence you often come across a sharp bend to join the new with the old.

Walking along this road we note classic enclosure road features – a wide 40 foot carriageway between robust hawthorn hedges, well-dug ditches and a straight trajectory.

We leave the road and head towards

Swaddywell Pit, which is now a nature reserve after a recent history of light industrial use. This was a great haunt for John Clare as a boy, and he called it Swordy Well. In his poem the ‘Lament of Swordy Well’ he bemoans the loss of this wild space to enclosure and to the plough. Swaddywell is steadily being returned to the state of natural glory that he would have known. More can be found out about the site at www.botolphsbarn.org.uk

Emerging from the bridleway that runs from east to west above the pit, we soon reach King Street, formerly a Roman Road linking Water Newton with Bourne and Lincoln. Slightly raised as it is, you can easily visualise a Roman legion

marching along it.On the other side of the road is Hilly Wood,

another favourite haunt of John Clare. On one of his visits he records in his diary that he found five types of fern in this wood. On another, he was accosted by one of Sir John Trollope’s ‘meddlesome and concieted’ gamekeepers and accused of being a poacher. He was indignant because he had ‘never shot so much as a sparrow in his life’.

Coming back through Rice Wood, it is worth recalling that it used to be called Royce Wood after a family who lived in the nearby village of Alwalton, one of whose descendants was the Royce in Rolls Royce. And that is a reminder of what a throughway this part of the country has always been. The East Coast rail line passing just to the north east of Helpston and visible for much of the walk, the Roman Road almost touching the village, and a few miles west the Great North Road (now the A1) carrying coaches from London to York.

In the last 50 years village footpaths have become almost exclusively used for leisure purposes, especially dog walking. In this period local paths have been increasingly well protected and looked after by walking groups and residents. Indeed a leaflet of the walk we have taken today is available in Clare Cottage and is called ‘John Clare Country – The poet’s favourite places’. I wonder what he would have made of that?

This was originally the main route from Helpston to Peterborough

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MOTORING


New September modelsThe twice-a-year registration plate change was introduced in 1999 and since then September has been the

second largest sales month for new cars. Ashley Martin takes a look at some of the new models on offer

This September will see the arrival of 61 plate models - following the launch of the 11

registration plate in March this year – and there is a galaxy of new models and facelifts set to appear in showrooms in the region.

Space does not permit the highlighting of all new variants, but suffice to say that there are models available to suit virtually every budget and lifestyle requirement.

One of the most keenly-awaited new cars to launch in September is a revised Jaguar XF, which heralds the introduction of a new 2.2-litre diesel engine.

Arrival of the new XF marks the launch of the 190 PS entry-level four cylinder powertrain making the 2.2 diesel the most fuel-efficient model Jaguar has produced with combined cycle fuel economy of 52.3 mpg. CO2 emissions – important for tax purposes – are 149 g/km.

The new model costs £30,950 on-the-road and underpins a range that continues to include a pair of 3.0-litre V6 diesel models and a pair of 5.0-litre V8 petrol variants.

Also on sale in September is a refreshed Jaguar XK, which takes on a new look front and rear and has a revised interior. The new range is headed by a supercharged 550 bhp 5.0-litre V8 XKR-S coupe – the most powerful and fastest production sports car Jag has ever built – costing £97,000 on-the-road.

Arguably, the most eagerly-awaited new model of 2011 is the Land Rover Evoque, which breaks new ground for the manufacturer.

Launched under the Range Rover brand, the model is the first from the 4x4 specialist to also be available in two-wheel drive although that variant will not go on sale until early 2012.

Costing from £27,955 to £44,320 on-the-road, the model is the cheapest to carry the Range Rover name and comes with a choice of three engines and five-door and coupé bodystyles.

In place of the conventional equipment grade hierarchy, three design themes have been developed for the Evoque: Pure, with a contemporary feel; Prestige, which majors on luxury and Dynamic, which embraces a bold and sporting character.

With buyers effectively able to design their own model, the Range Rover Evoque echoes the stance taken by the BMW Group when it relaunched the Mini brand.

And Mini will be expanding its ‘cool’ model range in September with the launch of a coupé version set to rival the Audi TT. The first coupé in the Mini line-up, a wide choice of petrol and diesel engines are available, but prices have yet to be released. A soft-top version of the coupé will go on sale in spring next year.

One of the most endearingly popular models across the UK and Europe is the Volkswagen Golf. The sixth generation of the model is on sale, but September sees the return of the Golf Cabriolet.

An open-top version of the iconic Golf has not been seen since the fourth generation of the model, but this new version comes with an electrically-powered soft-top. Available with a choice of six engines and three trim options, prices have yet to be published.

BMW has earned a reputation for producing low carbon dioxide emission models thanks to the use of its so-called EfficientDynamics technology featuring extensive use of intelligent

energy management systems, including Auto Start-Stop.

The marque launches its all-new 1 Series range on September 17 with prices starting from £19,375 on the road.

Although not available at launch, the range will eventually include a 116d model that will produce average fuel consumption of 74.3 mpg and have expected emissions of 99 g/km making it the first BMW production car to break the 100 g/km mark, which means in 2011-12 it will be zero-rated for Vehicle Excise Duty.

Although not on sale in September – it is in fact October – it would be wrong for this column to overlook the UK arrival of the Peugeot 3008 Hybrid, which further extends the French marque’s cross-over range.

The world’s first diesel hybrid – petrol-engine hybrids are on sale from the likes of Honda, Lexus and Toyota – combines Peugeot’s 2.0 litre HDi 163 bhp diesel engine with a 37 bhp electric motor to deliver average fuel consumption of 74.4 mpg, and CO2 emissions of 99g/km.

Costing from £26,600 the diesel hybrid’s electric motor powers the car at low speeds and when starting up, which means zero fuel consumption and zero emissions.

Other new models debuting in September include Chrysler Ypsilon, which is based on the Fiat 500 – the Italian manufacturer now effectively owns the US auto giant – and the Hyundai i40 Tourer.

Finally, if it is performance car exotica that you are after how about the £201,900 691 bhp Lamborghini Aventador LP 700-4 or the £168,500 592 bhp McLaren MP4-12C?

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Sean’s seasonal must-buys for JulyWhat Sean will be cooking with at the Olive Branch and Red LionVEG - Sweet corn • ChardFISH - Plaice • BreamMEAT - Chicken • LambFRUIT - Red/blackcurrants • Raspberries

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S E A N ’ S K I T C H E N C O N F I D E N T I A L

A blank canvasDull? Chicken? Not a bit of it. Your bird just needs a bit of love

Chicken has a reputation for being a little bland, but I am more of a believer that it

is like a blank canvas to a painter. Chicken has great scope to go well with so many interesting ingredients, harmonising with all sorts of fl avours including salty, sweet, nutty, fruity, spicy… even fi shy.It’s important to use an outdoor-raised, slow-grown, free-range chicken, which will taste better and be far more succulent than a cheap supermarket bird. At the Olive Branch we use a fantastic local poultry producer called Fosse Meadows Farm based near Lutterworth in Leicestershire (try Googling them). Fosse Meadows’ philosophy is that happy birds taste better, and all their chickens – traditional breeds called Cotswold Whites and Cotswold Golds – are well fed and allowed to roam. Excellent chickens can also be sourced from Northfi eld Farm in Cold Overton.

My quickfi re recipe this month is simple to prepare and great for entertaining through the summer months as it can be prepared the day before.

• With almond • With anise • With avocado • With basil • With sweet pepper • With blue cheese• With cabbage • With celery • With chilli

• With coconut • With coriander • With lemon • With lime • With mushroom • With onion • With parsnip • With watercress• With rose

Sean’s kitchen essentialsYour favourite can of beer! Yes, you did read that correctly. This month I’m recommending a tinny as your must-have bit of cooking kit. Why? Because you can use it to cook a mean bird. If you haven’t tried this yet then give it a go this summer.

All you need to do is drink half your beer and then take the half-full can, put in some herbs and spices, and sit the chicken upright on top of the can (basically you are putting the can up its bottom). Then roast in an oven at around 165C for approximately 1 1/2 hours.

Sean’s quickfi re recipeSeared marinated chicken strips, olive & lemon caponata, watercress Serves 6 Marinated chicken • 4 chicken breasts (approx 500g) cut into strips • 1 small pot of natural yoghurt• 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar• 2 tablespoons rapeseed oil • 1/2 teaspoon fresh grated ginger• 1/2 stick lemon grass (fi nely chopped)• 2 tablespoons clear honey• 2 tablespoons grain mustard

1. Place all ingredients into a mixing bowl and combine. 2. Add the chicken strips to the marinade and leave for at least an hour. 3. To cook the chicken strips, remove from the marinade and pan sear in a hot frying pan in a little rapeseed oil for two minutes either side. 4. Allow to rest out of the pan for a few minutes before serving with some watercress and the caponata

Olive and lemon caponataServes 8• 1 tablespoon clear honey• 1 tablespoon smooth Dijon mustard • 2 tablespoons rapeseed oil • 2 tablespoons fresh chopped parsley• 2 tablespoons green pitted olives • 1 large shallot – peeled / fi nely chopped • 1 tablespoon miniature capers • 1 tablespoon chopped gherkins • 1 preserved lemon – quartered, fl esh removed, zest fi nely chopped

1. Place all ingredients into a large mixing bowl and combine 2. Store in a sealed kilner jar and keep refrigerated until required NB. The caponata will keep well for several weeks if sealed in a jar in the fridge.

Here are some fl avour combinations to try with chicken at home. Try experimenting and you can start to build entire dishes around these core fl avours.

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RESTAURANTS

Assiette8-9 St Paul’s St, Stamford, PE9 2BE Tel: 01780 489071 www.assietterestaurant.co.uk A serious new food establishment, transforming in one feel swoop the Stamford eating out scene. Head chef and owner Dameon Clarke cooks with panache and inventiveness. The outside area is now looking very smart and would be a lovely space in which to while away the time on a balmy evening with some fine wine.

The Barn RestaurantOld Barn Passage, St Mary’s Street, Stamford PE9 2HGTel: 01780 489169Classic cooking, has gathered a loyal following for the quality of food and service.

The outdoor space at the front is a charming spot right in the centre of Stamford.

Jim’s Yard, Stamford International cuisine3 Ironmonger St, Stamford, PE9 1PLTel: 01780 756080www.jimsyard.biz Service is abundant but informal, the food is simple and exquisite, the very good value set lunch in the courtyard on a sunny day is perfection.

HOTELS

Barnsdale LodgeThe Avenue, Rutland Water, LE15 8AHTel: 01572 724678www.barnsdalelodge.co.uk Barnsdale Lodge really does feel like home from home, with friendly and attentive staff and a relaxed feel. The cooking is to a high standard and is good value for money.

The courtyard eating area always seems to capture the sun and the warmth and give a feeling of well-being to the world.

Garden House Hotel, Stamford High St, St Martin’s, Stamford, PE9 2LPTel: 01780 763359 www.gardenhousehotel.com Our favourite secret garden in Stamford bar none. Looking over the roofscape of St Martin’s with a Pimms clutched in one hand is one of Stamford life’s great pleasures.

The George Hotel, Stamford71 High St, St Martin’s, Stamford, PE9 2LBTel: 01780 750750www.georgehotelofstamford.com “Eating in the Courtyard on a summer’s day with good companions is just about the closest you can get to heaven on earth”

The Crown Hotel, StamfordAll Saints’ Place, Stamford, PE9 2AGTel: 01780 763136www.thecrownhotelstamford.co.uk The view from the Crown courtyard is amongst the best in Stamford, looking towards All Saints’ church and the brick chimney of the old brewery. Combined with the excellent grub and wide choice of wine, this is a great place for a business lunch or after work.

There is a 50s Citroen van parked up outside…it looks truly amazing and, the minute the weather looks ok it opens up as a bar.

EATING & DRINKING

Great summer eating spots in and around Stamford

It’s a lovely day, you want to eat outside, Nicholas Rudd-Jones discovers some lovely outdoor places to be

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Enjoy seasonal produce, featur ing fresh seafood and quality meats sourced

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The Toft House HotelToft, Bourne, Lincs, PE10 0JT Tel: 01778 590614 www.tofthotelgolf.co.uk This hotel has been transformed under the Reid ownership, and they have created a really exquisite outdoor area with oodles of space and a great feeling of being in the countryside.

PUBS

Bull & SwanHigh Street St Martins, Stamford PE9 2LJTel: 01780 766412 www.thebullandswan.co.uk The Bull & Swan has quickly established itself as a popular watering hole and they have created a very impressive outdoor area out the back of the pub, designed by Hunters Interiors, which will work really well as the shrubs and trees mature.

Exeter Arms, Easton-on-the Hill21 Stamford Road, Easton-on-the Hill, PE9 3NSTel: 01780 756321 www.theexeterarms.net The Terrace has Lloyd Loom furniture so that diners can spill out from the Orangery. For informal drinks and casual dining pub benches are available in both the patio to the rear of the pub and in the garden to the front.

Jackson Stops Inn, Stretton Rookery Lane, Stretton, LE15 7RNTel: 01780 410237 www.thejacksonstops.com A delightful spot to eat outside in the front garden, matched by David Gravelings’s excellent cooking. One of our finds of the year.

Marquess of Exeter, Lyddington 52 Main St, LyddingtonTel: 01572 822477Such a charming pub, set in a delightful village with exquisite food. What more could you want? Perhaps the chance to sit out the front of the pub on a warm evening and watch the world go gently by.

The Olive Branch, ClipshamMain St, Clipsham, LE15 7SHTel: 01780 410355www.theolivebranchpub.com The Olive Branch continues to set the gold standard in the region’s pubs for the quality of food and ambience. The outside terrace is simple and delightful; bookings are not taken for the outside area, so arrive early or late or be prepared to squash up. Rugs are thoughtfully provided for those challenged by goose pimples.

The Punchbowl21 Scotgate, Stamford, PE9 2YQ Tel: 01780 767981A charming pub with an intimate and friendly atmosphere. John Groves, the friendly owner, has created a spot out the back for those hotter days we all long for.

The perfect setting on a glorious summer’s day. Our 1950’s Citroën Courtyard Bar returns to The Crown. A light bites menu is available in The Courtyard, however our restaurantlunch and dinner menu is also available if requested. Members of our team are based outside during the summer months offering table service for drinks and dining. The Courtyard will continue to screen a selection of sporting events during the summer along with easy listening music for your enjoyment.All Saint's Place, Stamford, PE9 2AG t. 01780 763136 [email protected] www.thecrownhotelstamford.co.uk

The Exeter Arms has three outside areas where the sunshine can be enjoyed.

The Terrace has Lloyd Loom furniture so that diners can spill out from The Orangery. For informal drinks and casual dining pub benches are available in both the patio to the rear of the pub and in the garden to the front, both of which is a must for the sun lovers.

21 Stamford Road, Easton on the Hill, PE9 3NSt. 01780 756321 [email protected] www.theexeterarms.net

The patio at The White Hart is a sunny haven for Al frescodining with a grassed area for snacks and drinks.

Benches are also available to the side of the pub so that you can enjoythe idyllic view of the village church. Nowhere better to enjoy a pintthan the home of Ufford Ales. Swings and a slide are also available tokeep our younger guests entertained.Main Street, Ufford, Stamford, PE9 3BH t. 01780 740 250 [email protected] www.whitehartufford.co.uk

All Saint’s Hotels Ltd. All Saint's Place, Stamford, PE9 2AG t. 01780 763136

Al fresco SummerTobie Norris, Stamford12 St. Paul’s Street, Stamford, PE9 2BETel: 01780 753800www.tobienorris.com The Tobie Norris has a charming outside area that is lovingly looked after, and the best place to really appreciate the medieval qualities of the building (that’s if you’re not more interested in the beer and delicious food). Lunchtimes, especially weekends, it’s one of the buzziest places to be.

GASTRO CAFES

Fine Food Café & Restaurant37 St Mary’s Street, Stamford, PE9 2DF Tel: 01780 754222www.thefinefoodstore.com The ‘secret garden’ is in its fourth year now, and is well established. Order at the counter and head down to the garden, where you feel totally secluded from the hustle and bustle of St Mary’s.

You can head down there any time during the day, and if it is fine in the evening the tables will also be laid up for dinner (booking advised).

The Garden KitchenStamford Garden Centre, Casterton RoadTel: 01780 765656 www.stamfordgardencentre.co.uk Seasonal British produce is the focus of this gastro café, with an excellent menu that covers breakfast, lunches and evening meals.

The outside area has just been equipped with new chairs and tables that make outdoor dining a pleasure. The area is a sun trap and well shielded from the wind.

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Rookery Lane, Stretton, Rutland, LE15 7RA01780 410 237

www.thejacksonstops.com

The Jackson StopsRobert Reid @

Robert Reid, along with Dave and Laura, welcome you to the Jackson Stops Country Inn.

Our experienced team welcome old and new friends to enjoy our fine food with a warm and

friendly atmosphere.

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ACKSON STOPS

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GARDEN HOUSE HOTEL

One of Stamford's most romantic hotelsBeautifully renovated dining room, offering A la Carte, Table d’Hote and

Lunch Menus. Conservatory dining also available.

Reasonably priced and we use only the freshest local ingredients available.

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The perfect setting on a glorious summer’s day. Our 1950’s Citroën Courtyard Bar returns to The Crown. A light bites menu is available in The Courtyard, however our restaurantlunch and dinner menu is also available if requested. Members of our team are based outside during the summer months offering table service for drinks and dining. The Courtyard will continue to screen a selection of sporting events during the summer along with easy listening music for your enjoyment.All Saint's Place, Stamford, PE9 2AG t. 01780 763136 [email protected] www.thecrownhotelstamford.co.uk

The Exeter Arms has three outside areas where the sunshine can be enjoyed.

The Terrace has Lloyd Loom furniture so that diners can spill out from The Orangery. For informal drinks and casual dining pub benches are available in both the patio to the rear of the pub and in the garden to the front, both of which is a must for the sun lovers.

21 Stamford Road, Easton on the Hill, PE9 3NSt. 01780 756321 [email protected] www.theexeterarms.net

The patio at The White Hart is a sunny haven for Al frescodining with a grassed area for snacks and drinks.

Benches are also available to the side of the pub so that you can enjoythe idyllic view of the village church. Nowhere better to enjoy a pintthan the home of Ufford Ales. Swings and a slide are also available tokeep our younger guests entertained.Main Street, Ufford, Stamford, PE9 3BH t. 01780 740 250 [email protected] www.whitehartufford.co.uk

All Saint’s Hotels Ltd. All Saint's Place, Stamford, PE9 2AG t. 01780 763136

Al fresco Summer

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EATING OUT


Mai ThaiAnyone remember Panama Joes? Or the

roomful of fridges known as Rained Off Café? Well Mai Thai is the latest restaurant to fill the gap between Mr Pangs and the Hole in the Wall. Well I say latest but it actually did exist many years ago and was run by Tukata Bird of Tuk Tuk Foods. She’s involved in this latest incarnation, but not as owner and sadly not even as chef on the night we were there, although her lovely daughters Sally and Marianne were. Anyone who has met the delightful Tuk and her friendly daughters will want Mai Thai to be a hit. Tuk’s passion for food, for people, for life is what makes her Saturday Red Lion Square stall such a draw. What Mai Thai most definitely needs is a Tuk front of house. We went on a busy Friday night with every table full and the waiters pleasant but somewhat overwhelmed.

As for the food, our starters were good. Thai Fish cakes came with a tasty sauce. The red pork salabow with Tuk’s barbeque dipping sauce was the hit of the evening. I could have eaten it all night. The mains were a little disappointing. My husband ordered Pad Thai and said my home-cooked version was better. We’ve been married far too long for such flattery and my cooking definitely ain’t all that. I chose the King Prawn Pad Khing, which was described as a stir-fry with onion, mushroom, carrot, ginger and cashew. It was tasty but the cashews had been replaced with peanuts. I pointed this out to the waitress who shrugged. She later explained they’d run out of cashews. Dessert was delightful – a warm, moist chocolate brownie with a dash of vanilla ice cream and a smattering of strawberries and mint. Perfect.

Our bill was reasonable – three courses and a bottle of wine at under £50 for two. And the whole thing was over in an hour. It might not be fine dining, but if you are after an inoffensive, reasonably priced meal as part of your night out, Mai Thai may well fit the bill.

Amanda Wheeler checks out the return of Mai Thai restaurant

New chef at the Crown HotelNicholas Rudd-Jones tried out the new menu at The CrownThe Crown Hotel has recently appointed a highly experienced chef, Ray Smikle, formerly of The Falcon in Fotheringhay and The George at Buckden, to run the kitchen. Ray has devised a main menu that will change monthly with the seasons.

We went on a Friday evening and were offered the choice of the quieter back restaurant or the front bay area. We chose the latter as my friend was a visitor to Stamford and wanted to enjoy the prospect across to All Saints.

For starters, we opted for seafood, with the tempura of squid and Cromer crab with guacamole, both pleasant and accurately cooked.

For mains, Oliver opted for the Whole Roasted Plaice, which turned out to be a massive and beautifully presented dish; and I went for the sheer enjoyability of ‘Classic Coq au Vin with mashed potatoes..

The buzz and versatility of the Crown sets it apart, you always feel you have come to ‘where things are happening.’

The name of the game at the Crown is tastiness and flexibility. As well as the main a la carte menu described above, there are several other offerings: “A lighter choice” (e.g. asparagus risotto), “More than a sandwich” (e.g. Open warm Cajun chicken sandwich), “Summer salads” (e.g. Crayfish tail, avocado and vine tomato) and “Platters to share” (e.g. Anti pasti). • The Crown Hotel, All Saints’ Place, Stamford, PE9 2AG. Tel: 01780 763136. www.thecrownhotelstamford.co.uk

William Cecil in St Martin’sThe William Cecil, formerly the Lady Anne’s Hotel, is nearing completion and is expected to re-open on Friday July 22.

And it has been transformed in a most stylish and successful way. Key to this has been re-orienting the downstairs space towards the garden area, with two restaurants now on the back of the house; and a reduction in the overall number of bedrooms (there will be 27) so that the quality is maintained throughout.

Each room is individually styled. There are good conference facilities and meeting spaces, and it would be a great venue for a wedding (four have already booked for this year). And the hotel aims to attract non-residents, with a door straight onto the street. • William Cecil, St Martin’s, Stamford .Tel: 01780 750070 http://www.thewilliamcecil.co.uk/

MAI THAI fACTfIlEIn a nutshell: decent food at a very decent pricefood served: evenings only at the moment, but lunches and breakfast planned Prices: Starters from £4. Mains from £7.50. Wine from £12.50 to £17.95.• Mai Thai Bistro, Mai Thai, 2 Cheyne lane Stamford PE9 2AX. Open 7 days a week, lunch and dinner, last orders at 9am. Tel: 01780 480048Website: http://www.maithaibistro.co.uk/

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Diary datesAmander Meade

selects some of the best entertainment in the region this

month

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Saturday 2 July, 8pm MUSIC: Stamford Chamber Orchestra Summer Concert Conducted by Ben Palmer, the orchestra will play favourite pieces by Mozart, Beethoven and Haydn.• Stamford Arts Centre Tickets £10/£8/£5 Tel: 01780 763203 or at www.stamfordartscentre.com

Friday 15 July, 7pm Stamford Brass Summer Concert Stamford’s local Brass Band will play a selection of classical and popular numbers in a variety of styles with something to suit all tastes – an entertaining evening for all. • Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre Tickets £9/£8 Tel: 01780 766455

Saturday 16 July EVENT: Oundle Annual Food Festival Celebrate the best of English food with a fantastic mix of local and regional producers and suppliers of fi ne foods and organic produce, as well as cookery demonstrations to inspire food lovers and growers.• Market Place, Oundle

Saturday 16 July EVENT: Killer Queen at the Picnic in the Park Killer Queen return to Oundle supported by former keyboard player for The Animals, Alan Price. Dance the night away then enjoy a stunning fi reworks display by King’s Cliffe’s 1605 Fireworks. Bring your own picnic and drinks or choose from a hog roast, crepes, paella, real ales and Pimms plus circus entertainers for the children. Easy access to free car parks adjacent to the site. • Heron Rogers Field, Oundle Tickets £20, under 5 years free at www.oundlefestival.org.uk or Tel: 01832 274734.

Saturday 9 July, from 4.30pmEVENT: Battle Proms Concert A superb evening of entertainment with a traditional fairground, Napoleonic re-enactors, a jazz band, mounted cavalry and the gunners of the English Field Artillery Company. The New English Concert Orchestra and much loved soprano Denise Leigh perform a wealth of soul-stirring favourites as the historic sound of the Spitfi re engine rumbles overhead in a meticulously choreographed aerial display. The evening culminates in a dazzling fi rework spectacular. • Burghley House, Stamford For ticket prices, booking and full details visit www.burghley.co.uk

Friday 8 July, 7pm and Saturday 9 July, 2pm and 7pm PANTOMIME: Peter Pan Join Peter Pan, leader of the lost boys, as he whisks Wendy, Michael and John away in a summer pantomime version of J M Barrie’s classic tale. Cheer along with Tinkerbell, boo the villainous Captain Hook and laugh along with Smee as you are taken on a magical journey through Stamford Pantomime Players’ most ambitious summer show. Featuring a great range of music, spectacular UV Puppetry, a fast and funny script and of course a good sprinkling of fairy dust. • Stamford Corn Exchange Theatre Tickets £8/£6/Family Ticket (4) £24 Tel: 01780 766455

Saturday 30 July, 7.30pm MUSIC & COMEDY: Nigel Boy Syer and Country Company Nigel ‘Boy’ Syer and special guest singer Lisa Marie will have you aching with laughter and singing all the way home. Multitalented Nigel is a comedian, a piano accordionist, singer, songwriter, and teller of a good yarn. • South Holland Centre, Spalding Tickets £12 Tel: 01775 764777 www.southhollandcentre.co.uk

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Looking Ahead...


WHAT’S ON

Sundays throughout July and August, 2pm to 4.30pm The Woodturners of King’s Cliffe Exhibition For centuries King’s Cliffe was renowned for wood-turning and spoon making, at one time being known as ‘The Wooden Spoon Village’. Towards the end of the nineteenth century the trade in domestic wood ware was in decline so a training scheme was set up in the village to teach people to carve instead. This resulted in some very high quality work, which was shipped all over Britain including an order from Queen Victoria. King’s Cliffe Heritage holds an extensive collection of items produced by the wood turners of King’s Cliffe which will be on display every Sunday afternoon this summer in July and August alongside existing exhibitions on Collyweston slating and mining, the ironstone quarrying industry that flourished in Easton from 1876 to 1919 and information on the dendrochronology survey carried out last year to date the building. All are welcome - entry is free. The Priest’s House, Easton on the Hill

Look out for...Lincolnshire International Chamber Music FestivalTaking place in various venues across the county between Wednesday 17 and Sunday 21 August, the theme of this year’s festival highlights those musicians who practiced more than one musical profession. Franz Liszt was such a man and the festival celebrates his whirlwind visit to Lincolnshire as part of his 1840 tour of Britain. Ashley Wass among other musicians will recreate the excitement at Stamford Arts Centre on Saturday 20 August.• Tickets £16 Tel: 01780 763203 www.stamfordartscentre.co.uk

Maxey Art GroupMaxey Art Group are holding their annual Art Exhibition on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 August 2011. The Exhibition will be open from 10.30am to 5pm and light refreshments will be available to be purchased throughout the day.

The Exhibition will present a unique opportunity to buy high quality work produced by local artists using a wide range of artistic materials, such as oil, pastel, acrylic, watercolour and encaustic wax. There will be something for everyone from modern art to more traditional subjects, with a wide range of prices to suit everyone’s pocket. There will also be a chance to meet and talk to some of the artists themselves.”

The Jaguar E-types celebrates its 50th birthdayThe iconic Jaguar E-Type is 50 years old - it was launched in March 1961 - and the anniversary will be celebrated in style at this year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed (June 30-July 3).

The Jaguar E-type was first shown at the 1961 Geneva Motor Show and when launched its mix of daring design, advanced engineering and the ability to hit 150 mph caused a sensation. The intervening years have seen it become one of the most acclaimed and desirable sports cars of all time.

Billed as Britain’s best-loved sports car, the E-Type’s half-century will be celebrated at the Festival, which annually attracts around 175,000 people, with a dramatic 28 metre-high central feature ‘installation’, designed by award-winning sculptor Gerry Judah. Weighing 150 tonnes it is the equivalent to 122 E-types.

E-types will also be much in evidence elsewhere at the 19th Festival of Speed. A class in the world-renowned Cartier ‘Style et Luxe’ concours d’elegance will be dedicated to variants of

Jaguar’s legendary model, while the Goodwood Hill will see examples of each notable racing E-type in action.

Jaguar E-types will also have a strong presence at this year’s Goodwood Revival (September 16-18). Saturday’s Revival feature race – the Fordwater Trophy – will be a 45-minute two-driver dual for the finest and most authentic racing E-types only. • Further information on the Goodwood events is available at www.goodwood.com/motor sport.

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Green Man Antiques & Restoration Ltd

Period antiques that complement 21st Century technology & style, Specialising in 17th – 20th

Century mahogany, walnut & oak furniture

Georgian and collectable silver. Free estimates given. Friendly helpful advice. Restorations and repairs

74 West Street, Oundle, Peterborough, PE8 4EJ (opposite Oundle Clock Shop) - Tel: 01832 270970

Open: Tuesday, Thursday, Friday & Saturday 10am – 4pm (Or by appointment)

1 hour parking outside and easy access for loading/offloading

The Oundle Clock Shop specialises in local clocks and we offer advice on full restorations and repairs.

Tel: 01832 272099

Now with more than sixty exhibitors, the centre has a variety of antiques unmatched in the surrounding area. Items range from £5 to £5,000 and regular turnover of stock frequently brings customers back for more. Proprietor Peter Light and his experienced team are always on hand, happy to proffer advice or buy your fine quality antiques. An email search enquiry facility is also available.To find out more check out our web site: www.st-martins-antiques.co.uk, email [email protected] or call him on (01780) 481158.23a High Street, St. Martins, Stamford,

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PERSPECTIVES


LEOASKWrite to us at Ask Leo with any

answers or new questions,

1 St Peter’s St, Stamford, PE9 2PQ

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Leo Specialist Tours:

Stamford’s narrow streets

A memory from PKM, “When the A1 passed through Stamford I was living on Casterton Road. As a youngster I spent many an hour watching the traffi c trying to negotiate the turn at the top of St Mary’s Hill. You can still see the grooves in the church wall caused by the RAF lorries carrying aircraft wings and the tank transporters trying to negotiate the turn. I am reliably informed that Scotgate was the narrowest part between London and Edinburgh.” (There is still a difference of opinion about this!)

An unusual Stamford CouncillorEM has sent us this information about Arnold Leese, an unusual Stamford Councillor.‘Arnold Leese (1878 - 1956) after qualifying as a Veterinary surgeon, started a practice in India and became an expert on camels, later being employed as a camel expert in East Africa. He served in World War I in the Royal Veterinary Corps. In 1924 he came to live in Stamford. His early fame was as the author of a book on the care of camels which was the standard reference for fi fty years He had a hatred of Jews due to what he considered was their cruel treatment of animals and joined the Fascists. As a member of the British Fascists he was elected a councillor in Stamford in 1924, along with fellow fascist Henry Simpson. In his autobiography, Leese wrote “We were the fi rst constitutionally elected Fascists in England”. He had a very chequered career as a politician being interned in 1939.

Halliday familyThe unusual pictures are of the workshop in Greetham of Thomas Charity Halliday, still a workshop today. Hallidays were well known builders and stonemasons who restored a number of churches using the discarded stone work to embellish the workshop. They worked for country estates at Apethorpe, Exton and Walcot Hall and had quarries in Clipsham, Casterton and Stamford. The major work in Stamford is Rock Lodge on the corner of Casterton Road and Empingham Road by Thomas’ son, Samuel Fancourt Halliday.

Stamford Infi rmary Fete July 24th and 25th 1912An early example of the ‘Big Society’?This fete was held to provide funds for improvements at the hospital. This is the programme:

• A Croquet Tournament• Grand Pageant illustrating the visit of Queen Elizabeth to Lord Burghley at Stamford• Shooting competitions for ladies gentlemen and all members of the Forces

• Golfstacle • Magic Churn • Football.• Bowling for pigs and ducks • Fish ponds and stepping stones

• Phrenology and Palmiology• The Stamford Military Band and the Stamford Town Military Band will play during the afternoonand evening• Teas provided at one shilling each

We would like to know about other fetes with unusual games and activities.

Questions for our readers

• St Michael’s ChurchG.J an observant reader has noticed the carvings above the windows on St Michael’s church, “I would like to know who the knight and the dog represent, which can be seen peeping out above the windows of Saint Michael’s church in the High Street. Although the church is no longer in use, I often pause to sit there with them for company.”Any suggestions?

• Pottery on the MeadowsPlease can you tell me why I fi nd so many pieces of broken glazed pottery on the Stamford Meadows and some of the fi elds in Uffi ngton? L.N

• Essendine Station HouseCM would like to know if any reader has a photograph of the station house which was built in 1912.

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Tell me about the nursery and your family’s association with it?“It was around 36 years ago, Chris was fourteen,” jumps in his mother, who was pottering nearby as we perched alongside the summer annuals in the greenhouse. “The place was derelict, although it had been a plant nursery for over a hundred years,” she continued. “They grew dahlias and roses. My husband came home one day and said I’ve got a big garden for you. I’ve always loved gardening you see.”

Reputedly once the former garden of the nearby monastery, sadly long gone save for the towers which are an enduring landmark on the skyline, the land the nursery stands on is rented from the Burghley estate. The Porters have erected significant greenhouses to house the plants, and also keep geese and chickens (the eggs are sold at the nursery) on the surrounding land, and birds (budgerigars and the odd parrot) in an aviary inside one of the buildings.

“We’re a traditional, rustic, plant-oriented nursery, Chris tells me, with two full time staff, and one part-time.” His mother is semi-retired, but cannot resist the urge to get the soil between her fingers, and is also their part-time in addition to the other staff. His wife Tricia, who will be familiar to local people from her flower stall outside Stamford Library, is also fully involved in the business, while their three daughters help out at busy times such as Mother’s Day and Christmas, and during their university and college vacations. This is in a very real sense a family, and local, business.

From a local Stamford family, Chris was born and educated locally; at Stamford Boys’ School. His daughters have followed in his footsteps, and have also attended the Stamford Endowed Schools. Self admittedly, not very academic, he left school at 16 to work alongside his father in the potato storage business, and to run a stall on Stamford market; something which he continues to this day, some thirty four years on.

In addition, he has erected and dismantled the nursery flower stall in the High Street, situated outside the Library, three times a week for the past twenty two years. This is not a job for the work shy or feeble. He, his wife and daughters have stoically served customers come wind, shine and even deep snow. Sometimes it has to be said with the help of not one but two Calor gas heaters to keep out the penetrating cold. Not surprisingly, he is doubtful if his daughters will want to continue to run the family business, or indeed if he would want them to. It has, however, he reflects “taught them the value of money, and to look after things, because otherwise in this business you have to throw it away.”

With a potentially high wastage of stock, it is obviously critical to carefully nurture the plants. This involves laborious daily watering by hand, as the plants require differing quantities of water and, keeping a close eye on maintaining a fairly consistent

temperature. Throw in high energy costs and the equation involved in running the business becomes even more arduous. Recently they have ingeniously subdivided the large greenhouse

at the nursery into smaller compartments with drop down poly sheets, in an attempt to cut down on soaring energy bills, Chris told me. Nevertheless, the snow at the end of last

year and the beginning of this has resulted in the unexpected loss of a very substantial number of their bay trees and cordyalines. “They’ve been

fine outside for the past fifteen to twenty years, but the snow just came too quickly to save them,” he says resignedly.

Added to the “awful hours, really hard work, and no certainty that what you buy will sell, and could die,” is the

somewhat static price of many flowers. For example, Chris told me, “Daffs are the same price as thirty years ago - a pound a bunch. That means we’ve got to sell a lot more, which is hard now that the supermarkets have bigger selections than they once did. What we really need is for people to buy local and from independents.” You’ll

get a more personal and knowledgeable service, find unusual things you won’t find in supermarkets,

and a lot more variety generally. In short we should reward hard work and commitment,

and ensure the survival of a local business which is part of the unique colour of

Stamford. After all we’d miss the stall on the Friday market and during the week outside the library if it was no longer there.

Chris Porter; Wothorpe Nursery

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