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LOCAL INTEREST
AS WE WERE
Snippets from local newspapers about our villages
100 years ago
In the 1930s there was a severe agricultural depression.
Many farmers failed; many tenant farmers in this region
only survived by selling rabbits for meat in local markets,
while owner-occupiers sold their timber. Farms were
difcult to let and many were abandoned.
Grantham Journal August 23rd 1930
Holywell Estate near Stamford
The following farms will be 'To Let' at Lady next, April 6th
1931:1. Aunby Farm in the parish of Aunby and Careby,
consisting of 421 acres – approx 300 acres of arable
and 121 acres of pasture land. Modern well-built
house, excellent buildings, 4 cottages. Water Mill
on farm. Within easy reach of Little Bytham and
Castle Bytham stations.
2. Pettywood Farm in the parish of Holywell,
consisting of 127 acres – approx 73 acres of arable
and 54 acres of pasture land. Good farmhouse and
buildings, piggeries etc, and near the Stamford
road.
3. Lodge Farm in the parish of Holywell, consisting of
182 acres – approx 45 acres arable and 137 acres of
pasture. Land well-watered. Well-built farmhouse,
2 cottages. 1 ½ miles from Little Bytham station.
For further particulars, and to view, apply to Hon
Mountjoy Fane, Estate Ofce, Holywell, Stamford.
Grantham Journal October 25th 1930
Obituary. Mr Louis Holt passed away in Stamford
Inrmary at the age of 72 following a short illness. He had
been resident in Castle Bytham for 22 years, farming
Rectory Farm and Counthorpe Lodge, which he purchased
a year before he came to the village, and comprising nearly
500 acres. When quite a young man Mr Holt went to the
United States and worked on farms there, becoming
manager of a grain depot at Minneapolis and buying corn
as it came in from the farmers. After returning to England,
Mr Holt assisted his brother who was engaged in shipping,
but nding that ofce life did not suit him, he bought the
farms at Castle Bytham and came here to reside.
Mr Holt was an excellent farmer and had one of the
best herds of cattle in the district… He was for 6 years
overseer of the parish, which ofce he relinquished when
the Rating and Valuation Act came into force. On taking
that ofce, one of his rst duties was to make an entire new
valuation of the parish, which he did in a highly
satisfactory manner.
The funeral was at Boughton, near Brigg. Mr W
Medwell of Counthorpe, who has been supervising for Mr
Holt during his illness, attended, also some of the
farmworkers.
RB
June means Festival!
Hopefully, by now you will know
that this year’s Midsummer
Festival is on Saturday 20th June
and Sunday 21st June
Call for Volunteers!
It takes around 120 volunteers to run a
successful Festival - that’s a lot!
But they’re not all working 24/7.
Some just do an hour or two over the weekend.
Some help in the days before with set-up - we
particularly welcome fit, young-ish people for
some of the jobs involving marquee erection,
sign posting and straw bale arranging - and some
prefer to help on the day after with litter picking
and general clear-up.
On the Saturday and Sunday there are loads of
little jobs that would suit anyone of any level of
fitness and ability.
Can you pour a cup of tea and slice a piece of
cake? Are you an early riser who could help the
stallholders get themselves into the correct
position? Could you sell ducks and help visitors
with information? Could you don wellies and
splodge about ushering ducks down the stream?
Could you sell tombola straws and find the
prizes that match the winning tickets?
No experience necessary for any of these full training given.
The heart of the Midsummer Festival is our
amazing community of volunteers.
They are what make the Festival special.
And your reward for giving up just a little of
your time is the smiles you’ll get from Festival
goers, the laugh you’ll have with fellow
volunteers and the thank you party in the autumn
where you get to be the first to find out how
much your hard work has raised for local causes.
How can you resist!
Drop us a line at
admin@midsummerfestival.co.uk
and join our happy band of helpers.
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