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