The village hall thronged when 100 people attended the annual dinner
where the Guest of Honour was
Julian Fellowes, Lord of the Manor
of Tattershall.
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An excellent sit down meal was prepared starting with soup, followed
by a choice of meats and salads, a variety of sweets to chose from,
coffee and mints.
Fortunately the heavy thunder and lightening did not cause any
problems with the hall lighting! |
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After the meal Coun Gill Shaw was really pleased to present Chairman
Servais Coulber the Manning Trophy. This is presented each year to a
person or group who have, in the eyes of the council, done the most
for the village.
The trophy was donated by Coun Sid Manning in 1968 and Coun Coulber
is the 37th recipient.
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“I am quite honoured to be presented with this cup” he said “I did
have second thoughts about accepting it thinking how can our own cup
be presented to our own chairman. But I decided it could and I am
very pleased.”
There was mutterings of “well deserved” .
“Coun Coulber has really made a difference to Thorpe where he has
spent a great deal of time planting flowers, painting and a whole
heap of other things” said Coun Shaw.
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Coun Coulber then presented the clerk, Tracy Wall, with a huge
bouquet of flowers to express thanks from the council for the 7
years she has been not just a good clerk, but outstanding.
“She has always had a smile on her face” said Coun Coulber “even
when there have been times she would have liked to ring our necks.
We wish you well and thank you for all you have done for us”.
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Coun Bert Barrack then introduced the guest speaker Julian Fellowes,
Lord of the Manor of Tattershall.
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Julian said that he had many connections to Tattershall and
proceeded to tell of
family history and how the Fellowes family
became involved in Tattershall. He was the fourth son and had
inherited it from his father, Peregrine, who had been very proud of
Tattershall and the Castle taking it very seriously. “I was thrilled
to inherit” said Julian.
He then went back in history to when the Kitcheners had been the
arch enemy of his descendants but quickly reaching present day
history, to say of his wife, Emma, she is in fact the last of the
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Julian talked a little of his Oscar for the film Gosford Park, of
his book “Snobs” and his TV connections including Monarch of the
Glen. He was most amusing and everyone found him most interesting .
He asked the audience to throw questions at him one of the first
being did he want to write another book? Time is his difficulty and
at the moment the Americans want film scripts and they must have
priority while he is in the mood, but he would like to write another
novel.
He was asked which word he would like removed but basically said
that as long as children were given to right equipment in the early
years it didn’t matter because they would only resort to slang for a
time. “but I wish we could have slang of our own” he said “most of
it comes from America!”.
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Many other questions were asked which resulted in knowing that he
enjoys watching ‘Corrie’(on the whole), that he has very happy
memories of Tattershall when he came on a visit with his father in
1984, he was completely taken unawares to be chosen by Michael Aspel
for “This is your Life”, he is not really keen on Reality TV and
that he has a love of books, reading being the gateway to
everything, and of old people saying that we do not use their wisdom
and a great deal of compassion for anyone who is blind.
He is President of the Talking Books for the Blind and backs Cancer
Research.
He finished by thanking the Parish Council for their invitation and
for laughing at his jokes, Coun Coulber thanked him very much for
coming, presented Emma with a lovely basket of flowers, and said
that it had been a most enjoyable evening.
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Raffle winners were called out including raffling the beautiful
floral table arrangements made by Zeta Farrant. Everyone agreed that
it had been a most successful evening. |
