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News

Urgent Grazing for a Pony


We have received this from Ruth Deane. If anyone can help please call her onย Ruth Deane
07980 733241 ย send an email to Editor@wingrutland.uk

I am living in Lyndon and desperately seeking some alternative grazing for my pony for 6 months of the year (winter). I wondered if there was anyone locally you might know of who could help please? I don’t know many people in the area and feel a bit cut off from everything.
My landlord Edward Conant has no available land for me in case you might consider this to be an option. So ideally Wing or Pilton would be really helpful.

Thank you so much.

Ruth Deane
07980 733241

News

Volunteer WordPress.com expertise needed


We are looking for experienced WordPress administrators to help with the running of this site. The two existing volunteers are aged and decrepit and as many schools in the area have WordPress based sites this would be a good opportunity to get some experience of a large community site but it is possible to administer it from anywhere in the world.

We have nearly 10,000 visitors from around the world and 20 – 30 regular visitors a day. There are 150 pages and 162 posts.

It is hosted on the free WordPress.com site and consequently is a subset of the full WordPress platform so volunteers with full WordPress experence will find “easy to maintain/boring as heck” depending your background.

The posts are mirrored on Wing Community Facebook page and @wingrutland Twitter account.

Please email editor@wingrutland.uk if you or anyone you know is interested.

News, Police

Do you want to join our Rural Watch scheme?
This is a message sent via Neighbourhood Watch. This information has been sent on behalf of Leicestershire Police
Message sent by
Natalie Proffitt (Police, Corporate Comms, Leicestershire)


Rural Watch is a free scheme set up to support communities in the fight against rural crime.

If you live, work or visit rural communities you are our eyes and ears. Join our police officers and a network of people who share information about crimes in rural areas, and help to reduce opportunities for crime to take place.

Together we can actively take steps to prevent crime, report suspicious incidents and provide education and reassurance on the issues that matter the most to rural communities.

Contact editor@wingrutland.uk
News, People

The Way We Were ….


 

These photos are of Sheila Casey ex-postmistress of Wing, aged 4 in 1938, with her mother Connie Hunt ( nee Bailey) haymaking on their farm Westleigh at Foxton ( or maybe Connie’s father’s farm at Burton Overy).

The second photo, taken in 1906, is of Connie aged 2 with her siblings at Flathouse Farm, Cotesbach. In the photo are (L to R) Doris, Connie and Archie on the horse, Elsie and Bertha.