The Farmers Mart Dec/Jan 2015 - Issue 37 | Page 51

BENTHAM AUCTION MART QUALITY BUTCHERS 01524 792 680 07725 900 262 Our shop is open in Betham Auction Mart on Wednesdays “We are proud to be associated with Bentham Auction Mart and wish them a prosperous New Year” Cut and kill service available Lakes and Dales Ltd, The Abattoir, Station Road, Preston Old Hall Farm, Church Lane, Esholt, Shipley, West Yorkshire BD17 7RA We are pleased to be associated with Bentham Auction Mart and wish them continued success for the future Telephone: 01274 581420 Fax: 01274 530450 Email: [email protected] had his own auctioneering business, Kendrew & Dennis in Kirkbymoorside, but he sadly passed away in the 1960s and Stephen’s mum passed away just last year. Stephen’s elder brother, Paul, is also involved with Richard Turner & Sons, who manage both Bentham and Gisburn auction marts. Stephen studied rural estate management at Cirencester but it seems was always destined for life with the gavel. “Auctioneering was what I wanted to do, but I felt it was important that I had a professional qualification too. From August to November the work here is 90 percent auction mart related and then it changes to around 60 percent for the rest of the year. I am particularly proud of how the mart has grown and that has been down to the team we have. The core of the team here at Bentham at the moment consists of myself, Greg MacDougall, my assistant auctioneer - who comes from Selkirk and was previously at St Boswell’s auction mart; Yvonn