The Team

Jane Easom

Committee member

I met my husband at The Black Horse so it has a lot to answer for! 

I moved into Hillside Farm in 1985.  Richard & I farmed in the village for 58 years & 33 years respectively until we retired from our tenanted farm in 2018. We had to leave our farmhouse but  could not bear to leave Grimston.  Luckily we were able to stay in this very special & friendly village. 

I retired from work as a bookkeeper but have lots of interests: gardening, cooking, reading, painting, DIY, eating out, friends, walking & HIIT classes.  

Becky Vickers

Committee Member

I moved to Grimston from Great Dalby with my parents in 1984. My Mother still lives in the same cottage. When I returned to the village in 2002 my husband and I undertook restoring a derelict farm building next to my mother’s cottage and this is where we still live.

My work involves specialist investigation of building subsidence and the negotiation for the Insurers with all parties to achieve repairs, including tree management where needed. This follows from being Co Sec of a specialist insurance broker handling medical insurance for travellers and the negotiations with overseas hospitals and transport facilities.

A few years ago I started riding again and I now have my own horse stabled locally with all the associated responsibilities that entails. We also have had large dogs we rehomed from the military and rescued from the streets. Along with my husband we have an interest in classic cars and my other main interest is music as I have been playing the piano since I was aged 6. More recently I studied through the Open University to gain my BA Hons

Mike Petty

Committee Member

We moved to Grimston in 2016 from Loughborough, where we had lived since 1992.  We wanted to have a larger garden and more space for our bees as bees and close neighbours in a town setting are not a good combination!  My wife, Rosie, is a retired teacher.  Two of our four children are boomerangs and returned home for the duration.

I have been in business for 25-years.  Prior to that, I was a University lecturer.  I am currently a director of three private limited companies, have been a trustee of a charity with a £35M-turnover and am currently a trustee of the Leicestershire & Rutland Beekeepers Association.  Until recently, I taught business skills at Loughborough University.

Martin Stainton

Chair

Marie and I moved to the village just over 7 years now and still can’t believe our luck in finding such a wonderful place.
I retired after a career in business supporting UK and Ireland Manufacturing and Utilities with their engineering and maintenance needs. I now work with the Princes Trust helping young people to develop their plans to establish their own businesses. I am also a  member of the Village Hall Committee.
I love long hikes in the Peak District but you’ll also find us taking not so taxing walks around the village.

Graham Page

Committee member

Having spent 70 years “down South” as a Corporate Banker, Consultant and Bursar at a Special Needs school, my wife Sandra and I decided (during Covid) we needed to be closer to our son and his family of 3 grandsons. Luckily for us we found Grimston, its shut-down pub and some lovely people.
Previously having started a SEND charity “Swings & Smiles”, in Newbury, as a founder-Trustee I needed another interest in the Community here and joined the successful team of Black Horse Trustees in 2025.
Retirement seems busy with interests in golf, our narrowboat “Inglewood”, important lunches with our friends from Surrey & Hampshire leaving just sufficient space for a walk to the pub!