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02/03/1897

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At the Peterborough County Court sitting of this day, a number of orders were made that give us a glimpse of the time. Charles Jenks, a labourer from Water Newton, had debts totalling £21 4s that had accrued due to his loss of work caused by illness. He offered to meet his debts to 8s 6d in the pound at the rate of 3s per month. An order was made allowing this situation. Daniel Monk, a labourer from Eye, was in deeper trouble with debts of £40 10s 4d. He was offering 9s in the pound on the debts - an offer accepted by the court and requiring him to pay at a rate of 6s per month. If my sums are right, that's five years of payments. Among the undefended cases we find that Charles Tebbs, butcher of Midgate, was seeking payment of £26 15s 6d from one W. Chapman of Robin Hood Chase in Nottingham. The claim was upheld and Chapman was required to pay the debt at 10s a month. Tebbs has to wait over four years for settlement of the debt - if he's lucky. (Peterborough Citizen)

Taken from The Peterborough Book of Days by Brian Jones, The History Press, 2014.

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Peterborough Dog Breeder Wins Crufts

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1955

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Miss Annie Norah Hartley of Fletton Tower was the sister of celebrated author L P Hartley. She was very well-known for her dog breeding skills, specifically of Deerhounds, which were able to run about the extensive gardens of Fletton Towers.

Born in 1902, she moved to Peterborough in 1908. She was educated in Cheltenham and completed a degree in literature at Oxford University. Stating that there were not many options for a woman at that time if they didn’t marry, she decided to pursue dog breeding as a hobby. Her chosen breed was the Scottish Deerhound, a large friendly breed of dog often likened to greyhounds with thick wiry coats. She kept the dogs in the old stable block of the property. Her hobby became a prize-winning career that saw her win Crufts many times with both bitches and dogs.

In the Crufts competition of February 1955 she received ‘three first prizes, two second prizes and the bitch challenge certificate’ for her bitch ‘Vanessa of Rotherwood’ and two second places for her dog ‘Friar of Rotherwood’. Her most famous bitch was Betsinda, who won Crufts in 1982, although she had over 30 English champions.

She was also the first female board member of the Kennel Club, which was founded in 1873.

Norah, as she was known, died on 27th September 1994 at Fletton Towers leaving an estate worth over £3,000,000. She left money to Peterborough Cathedral and the London Road Methodist Church, as well as gifts to the Kennel Club and Deerhound Club.

References

Pedigree Chum Breeder News 1993

‘First at Crufts’, Peterborough Advertiser, 8 February 1955, p. 1.

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