We'd like to encourage you to sign the visitors book, especially if you live out of the Donington area or  overseas. Donington is proud of it's Australian links originating with  Matthew Flinders.
 

2009

January

I have just found you web pages on Donington but can't find  anything about old school pupils. I was a pupil at donington from 1951 to  1956. The headmaster was Mr S.E.T. Taylor my form teachers were mrs Smith - Mr Cavil Mr j D Gray and Mr Jennings and was in Flinders house.

M  Payne



2008

 

April  11, 2008

I  can't believe it's 16 years since I left the village. I still think about Donington often from up here in Newcastle upon Tyne. Good luck with your  efforts - I'm really please to see that the parish looks like owning the market place at long last!!

Andrew Waters

March 18,  2008

So nice to be kept informed of the villages trials and tribulations,thank you for a wonderfull site....keep it up.

Stephen  Burton




2007

Submitted on 13th December 2007

I am the Donington reporter for the  Spalding Guardian and Lincolnshire Free Press.
If anyone has a news story or something they feel is worthy of some newspaper coverage I can be contacted on 01775 765415 or alternatively you can drop me an e-mail at  kate.chapman@jpress.co.uk



Submitted on 16th August 2007

I live in George Town, Tasmania, Australia. We have a  centre called The Bass and Flinders. It houses a Replica of the "Norfolk" and it was built from Huon Pine by Bern Cuthbertson and his friends for  the Re-enactment of the Bass and Flinders trip around Tasmania in 1798.  Bern needed a new home for the Norfolk and it now lives in a converted  picture theatre. I just thought you would like to know about it. There is  a web site: www.bassandflinders.org.au . This is a great site. Jenny  Evans.



Submitted on 13th July 2007 by Roy Shaw

I came across the book 'My Love Must Wait' at sea about  5o years ago. On retiring as Senior Lecturer at Warsash Maritime Academy  (Hampshire) in 2002 I presented to the Academy the Matthew Flinders Navigation Cup to be awarded to the outstanding navigation student each  year. He will gradually get the fame he rightly deserves. Roy Shaw.



Submitted on 20th June 2007 by Peta  Newman

I am a great granddaughter of Thomas Pell who was born at Aslackby in 1849 or 50, son of Joseph Pell & Sarah (nee Johnson).  He attended Thomas Cowley school. He emigrated in 1870, along with his  brother John, on the 'Lady Jocelyn'. Their sister, Sarah Anne, who married  Temple Ball on 30th March 1859 at St James's, Aslackby, was already in  Australia. Unlike the rest of his family, Thomas settled in Tasmania, where he married Elsie Pedder in 1904. She was 29 & he was 55. They  had 3 daughters and one son, named Donington, who was my grandfather.  Thomas died in 1924 in Hobart. Donington died in 1946.
I know that  Elsie corresponded with her husband's relatives in Aslackby for many  years. I would be very grateful if any of this conjures any memories for  Lincs. residents, and would love to hear from anyone who has any information about relatives, then & now. Thank you

Email Peta at this address: donington@iprimus.com.au



Submitted on 20th March 2007 by David  Moore

Old Doningtonian living in Revesby, former home of Sir Joseph Banks who sailed with Captain Cook on the Endeavour. I find Ian  Evans's articles most interesting. (As a village paper boy I delivered  Ian's papers in the early 60's) Well done the IDEA  team.



Submitted on 5th March 2007

Hello,I  am a decendant of Thomas Pell from Aslakeby and would like to have contact  with others there from the family.
Please contact me here in  Tasmania.
Tania
Tania Glanville (Nee 'PELL) tpell@tassie.net.au