Host a Banquet for
BreakthroughBreakthrough Breast Cancer
is asking people across
Lincolnshire to host a Banquet
for Breakthrough this summer
to raise vital funds for the
charity.
A Banquet for Breakthrough
can be held any time between
June and September and in any
location of your choice. If the
weather is nice, you could
enjoy an outdoor gathering, or
if you want to show off your
culinary skills, it is a great
excuse to host a glamorous
dinner party. Raise money for Breakthrough by asking your
guests for a donation, sponsorship or an entrance fee.
Chef and food writer Sophie Conran (pictured), Patron of
Banquet for Breakthrough, says, 8220I am proud to be the Patron
because I know we need to raise funds for this important cause
and, as food is such a huge part of my life, it is a fantastic way to
combine the two.8221 Details on how to take part can be found at
www.breakthrough.org.uk/banquet.Lincolnshire
YesterdayOur regular look at the world of antiques and
collectablesTime for a
changeA grandfather clock by a
Lincoln company made over
its estimate when it went
under the hammer at
Thomas Mawer and Son in
the city.
The nineteenth century
oak and mahogany longcase
clock dated from 1840, and
featured its original maker8217s
label which identified it as
being produced by W Usher
of Maud8217s Terrace.
Lincolnshire clock expert Roy Ellis says, 8220At the time, there
were a number of Ushers working in the city as clock and
cabinet makers. W Usher must have been a relative of the
famous James Usher who left his collection and money to
build the city8217s art gallery, although exactly what his
relationship was in unknown. Maud8217s Terrace no longer exists
but W Usher also traded on Motherby Hill in the 1850s.
8220The clock itself is by Richard Wilson, a clock repairer and
retailer from Lincoln, who traded throughout the nineteenth
century from premises at the Waterside, and then in High
Street and Guildhall Street. Richard died in 1850 but his wife
Lucy continued running the business for several years after
that.8221
After a fierce bidding war, the clock was sold to a buyer from
Newark for 1631100 8211 substantially more than was estimated by
the auctioneers.
In the same sale, Lincoln soldier Thomas Wright was
remembered with the sale of his war medals and death plaque.
Thomas was a solider in the Lincolnshire Regiment who served
on the front line in France during World War I, before being
killed in action in 1917. His ephemera was sold to a local
buyer for 163400.
The most expensive item on sale, though, was a monocular
microscope and stand. The microscope was contained in a
fitted mahogany case with several attachments, lenses and
slides, and was produced by noted manufacturers W&S Jones.
The hammer finally went down at 1631900.6 LINCOLNSHIRE TODAYNewsEducation
Resourcing, the
Lincolnshire education
recruitment agency,
was among the
organisations involved
in a special Chamber
of Commerce Golfing
Tournament at
Cottingham Golf
Club.
The company8217s director Nicky Keller doesn8217t play golf, so
instead made a team up of some of the supply teachers her
company supplies, known as The ER Supply Dreamers 8211 Shirley
Whitehand, Eddie Laycock, Rex Whitehand and Sheila Petchey.
Education Resourcing enjoyed great success, with Nicky Keller
winning the nearest to the whiskey bottle challenge before tee
off, which raised money for the president8217s charity MIND. Eddie
Laycock produced the longest drive on the eighteenth hole 8211 a
whopping 275 yards - and the team came in third place overall
with 83 points.Teachers tee off in
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