GREEN LIGHT FOR AERIAL

Scunthorpe Telegraph Saturday 16th September 2006

An Amateur radio enthusiast has been given the green light to build a telescopic aerial in his back garden.

David Ogg was given permission to erect the antenna at Cliff Road, Winteringham, by members of North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee on Wednesday. Concerns had been raised over the height of the mast and possible interference to televisions and telephones.

PYJAMA PARADE

Scunthorpe Telegraph Friday 15th September 2006

Families will be donning their pyjamas for a grand parade on Sunday.

The parade in Winteringham is part of 'Yummy Mummy' week which starts tomorrow. It is hoped the week-long event will raise more than £400,000 nationwide for leading children's cancer charity CLIC Sargent.

The parade will start from the village green at 10.30am and the pyjama-clad fundraisers will walk 1km around the village, ending at the village hall at 11.30am.

PRAISE FOR 'GALLANT' TAXI DRIVER

Scunthorpe Telegraph Thursday 14th September 2006

A Gallant taxi driver has been praised after helping a stranded pensioner.

Father-of-five Fred Holt came to the rescue after he was called to the Scunthorpe Tesco store to take a woman home to Winteringham. The woman - who has not been identified but is said to be in her 80s - paid £36 for the round taxi trip to do her weekly shopping at the superstore and took along her wheelchair.

When Fred (65), a taxi driver for 15 years, arrived at the store, two female members of staff wheeled out his passenger with her shopping.

"I helped the lady into my cab and then put her shopping in the boot," he said. "I asked if the wheelchair belonged to the lady and was told it did not, so the women wheeled it back into the store.

"It was only when we got to Winteringham and she asked me where her wheelchair was I realised what had happened.

"She told me she had a second wheelchair inside the house and I offered to fetch it.

"The wheelchair was dropping to pieces and had flat tyres but I finally managed to get her in the house. Then I decided to go back for her other wheelchair at Tesco during my own time."

Fred, of Tofts Road, Barton-Upon-Humber, was in for a further surprise when he went back to the store to reclaim the wheelchair.

"I explained the mix-up to various members of staff.

"One of the managers insisted the woman should telephone the store and they would make arrangements to return the wheelchair, but I decided she was in immediate need of her chair and drove back with it.

"This whole episode has tarnished Tesco's reputation for me. The company showed a very uncaring attitude to a loyal customer who must a spend a fortune every week in getting taxis and shopping at its store."

A Tesco spokeswoman said: "As our member of staff at the Gunness store said, we would have gladly arranged for the wheelchair to be dropped at our customer's home if we had been made aware of it at the time."

A neighbour of the Winteringham pensioner said: "Fred is a true knight in shining armour for coming to the aid of a damsel in distress."

'ILLUMINATING' SEARCH FOR LONG LOST RELATIVE

Scunthorpe Telegraph Tuesday 12th September 2006

I UNDERSTAND the Scunthorpe Telegraph is currently featuring correspondence on family history and I count myself among those who take an interest in discovering, where possible, my family origins.

Awe have looked into your queries and it was what you refer to as the 'Mormon research', which led us to a family in Winteringham in the mid 1700s. FOR some, tracing family roots can take them down some unexpected pathways, and these often reveal a few little-known facts about our ancestors. There are, however, a number of tried and tested avenues along which to search including a growing number of websites, reference books and, of course, newspapers. The Scunthorpe Telegraph's Family Roots series has attracted a reader from as far away as Aylesbury in Buckinghamshire, who has traced his ancestors to the northern Lincolnshire village of Whitton. This is his letter.

Happily, I have a cousin who is a county archivist who, together with help from her husband, has produced a splendid document taking me back to my great great great grandfather, John Laming, who lived in the village of Whitton, in northern Lincolnshire, where he was the local coal-merchant

He died on November 15, 1833 aged 74, which implies he was born in 1759 or 1760, but the question remains where, and exactly when?

Some years ago I spent two very fruitful days at the Lincoln Record Office. The staff were splendidly helpful. They turned up his will and I obtained a copy. I studied what I would call the parish council minutes of meetings on which he served during the 1820s and 1830s, and most helpfully the staff introduced me to what I refer to as the 'Mormon research' into family records where I found an entry of his marriage to Elizabeth Brown in the church of Roxby-cum-Risby on May 18, 1785.

I then managed to look through the records of baptisms for several churches for the period around 1760 in the hope of coming across his village of birth, but without any success.

If I never establish any earlier family history, I have found 220 years this far back very illuminating. It is also very gratifying to find in the Whitton churchyard the tombstone of this forebear and his wife, together with those of others of his family, still standing and mostly readable.

In so many places the tombstones are gone or line the churchyard wall to make grass cutting easier, as has happened already to the far more recent graves and headstones of my maternal grandparents in Sheffield. But well done Whitton in avoiding, so far, such action.

I have been much moved to stand by the resting place of a long-passed forebear and feel an intriguing sense of continuity over the decades.

Gordon Laming

Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire.

However, the name Laming varies to include Lamming or Lammin. These entries were found on the International Genealogy Index, which was compiled by the Church of the Latter Day Saints and clearly demonstrates how names can be phonetically spelt.

There were seven entries between 1747 and 1761 but there was no trace of a John Laming. We could not even find a baptism before John's marriage in 1785 in Roxby.

However, we did find three baptism entries and two burials at Winteringham. One of these was for a George Lamming, the son of John and Elizabeth Lamming who was baptised on January 28, 1738 and buried March 19, 1740.

Next was Elizabeth, daughter of John and Elizabeth, and she was baptised on March 23, 1740 and then came Jane Lamming and she was buried on April 4, 1743, the day after she was baptised.

We also studied the family announcement columns of the weekly Lincoln Rutland and Stamford Mercury for 1833 and could find no mention of John's death up to and including December 6 of that year.

So, John remains a mystery. He could have been a member of that family but, for some reason, was never baptised.

However, we did find him mentioned in an extract from the History of Whitton website - www.diplomate.freeserve.co.uk - which would indicate he was a person of some importance in the village. On the same website there is a seating plan of 1799 for the new Whitton Church and although he is not featured in the plan it seems, according to the documents, he was a witness to those who were.

In the meantime, there are other avenues of research you may wish to consider and these include the Lincoln Central Library, which holds newspapers from 1714 to the present time. They can be contacted at Free School Lane, Lincoln, on 01522 510800 or by e-mail on LINCLIB@lincolnshire.gov.uk

You might also contact the British Library which among others holds copies of the Lincolnshire Chronicle from 1833 until 1977. They can be contacted on www.bl.uk/collections/news papers.html or by post at British Library Newspapers, Colindale Avenue, London, NW9 5HE or by telephone on 020 7412 7353.

We wish you luck.

 

DECISION ON RADIO MAST

Scunthorpe Telegraph Thursday 7th September 2006

Plans to erect a controversial amateur radio mast will be heard next week.

The application for the 19-metre mast, in Cliff Road, Winteringham, has raised fears by residents of the village. They believe if the mast is built, there is a possibility it could interfere with televisions and telephones.

Concerns have also been raised over the height of the mast.

Letters about the application have also raised concerns over possible health problems.

As previously reported in the Scunthorpe Telegraph, applicant David Ogg (38) already has two masts, one of which is 24ft high.

Officials at North Lincolnshire Council said the main issue to be addressed would be whether the mast would have an adverse effect on the amenity of nearby homes or result in a visual intrusion on the surrounding area.

Mr Ogg previously explained why he believed the mast should go ahead.

As a member of the Radio Society of Great Britain, he is previously reported to have said: "This is a fascinating and interesting hobby and can be very educational to the young.

"There are licensed amateur radio operators on board the international space station, and students in UK colleges and schools have the opportunity to speak live with astronauts and ask them questions about space exploration."

North Lincolnshire Council's planning committee will discuss the application at its meeting on Wednesday at Pittwood House, Scunthorpe.

RADIO MAST PLAN PICKS UP STATIC FROM OBJECTORS

Scunthorpe Telegraph Monday 4th September 2006

Residents in one North Lincolnshire village are not on the same wavelength over a plan by a neighbour to erect a 60ft-plus radio mast in his back garden.

Engineer David Ogg is seeking the go-ahead from the authority to erect the telescopic mast with antenna at his Winteringham home. Mr Ogg (38), who has been a serious radio ham for six years, said the mast was necessary to extend his transmissions further afield to Australia and Japan.

As a member of the Radio Society of Great Britain, he told the council: "This is a fascinating and interesting hobby and can be very educational to the young.

"There are licensed amateur radio operators on board the international space station, and students in UK colleges and schools have the opportunity to speak live with astronauts and ask them questions about space exploration."

Mr Ogg has also pointed out, as a licensed radio amateur, he was ready to help out with communications during any emergency crisis.

"These masts, which cost around £3,000, are not uncommon in North Lincolnshire," he said.

"The council has been very helpful in putting forward my application, but I would like to allay the concerns of my neighbours. My mast will not interfere with television and telephone reception in the area.

"I already have two masts, one of which is 24-feet high, and they are both well hidden from view.

"If this mast is given the go-ahead, 90 per cent of the time it will be 10 feet lower than my roof top."

But in their protests to the council his neighbours do not appear to share his confidence. One wrote: "The size of the mast is enormous and would stand a long way above the roof line of the building and be an eyesore.

Another said: "We feel this will be an unsightly structure and not something you would expect to see in a pleasant rural village."

A third villager protested: "I'm sure Mr Ogg would be the first to object if his neighbours were a practising rock band."

North Lincolnshire Council planning committee is due to hear the application on September 13.