Editors: David and Monica Lilley
Distribution: Tony Court
All
contributions please to. Deadline for next Icene Bulletin
12th September 2003
The new system of Monday collections is now in place
and the new black and green wheeled bins delivered to each house. These should
not be used until Monday 8th
September. If you have any
problems, call the Hotline 0845 650 0280.
Grass cuttings, hedge and shrub trimmings, untreated
wood and bark, weeds and flowers, cardboard, yellow pages, junk mail.
Aluminium and steel cans (ie. pet food cans, drinks
cans, food tins), newspapers and magazines, textiles, glass bottles and jars.
All remaining normal household rubbish. It is best to secure the contents in plastic
bags to prevent mess and smells.
Monday 1st September – refuse sack collection
Monday 8th September – new green wheeled bin and green
box collection.
Monday 15th September – new black wheeled bin collection.
Monday 22nd September – new green wheeled
bin and green box collection
Monday 29th September – new black wheeled bin collection
Dog Waste Bins Please use
these properly and do not put bags in litter bins or the village hall dustbin.
Tim Pavelin is grateful to all those who sponsored
him for the London to Cambridge cycle ride; he raised £164.00 for the
fund. More good news is that South
Cambridgeshire District Council has promised a grant of £7000.00. The shortfall in funds left to raise now
seems achievable and the Working Party is hopeful that the project could be
under way in the near future.
The Department for Transport has announced plans to widen the M11 to three lanes. The first phase, junctions 8 to 9 (Bishop’s Stortford to Stump Cross) is scheduled for 2009 to 2011. The second phase, junctions 9 to 14 (Stump Cross to the A14) is scheduled for 2012 to 2014. This work is too far ahead for any detailed plans to be available for comment as yet, but we shall keep a close watch on the situation.
Next Parish Council Meeting
will be Wednesday 10th
September – a week earlier than usual.
Jackie Casement – Parish Clerk
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Thursday 4th September |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion
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HINXTON |
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Sunday 7th
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9.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist (Order 1) |
DUXFORD |
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(Trinity 12) |
11.00 a.m. Parish
Eucharist (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m. Sung Evensong (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 11th
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12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 14th
September |
8.00
a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) |
ICKLETON
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(HolyCross Day) |
10.00 a.m.
Joint Family Eucharist |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m. Sung Evensong (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 18 th
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12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 21st September |
9.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist (order 1) |
DUXFORD |
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(St Matthew) |
11.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m. Sung Evensong (BCP) |
HINXTON |
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Thursday 25th
September |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Friday 26th
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8.00 p.m. Harvest Festival and Supper |
ICKLETON |
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Sunday 28th
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9.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist (Order 1) |
DUXFORD
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(Trinity 15) |
11.00 a.m. Joint Family Service with Godly
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HINXTON
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ICKLETON
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From the Vicar
In July the Duxford Village
Newsletter ‘Chatterbox’ published a most interesting and informative summary of
the results of a recent village-wide questionnaire. The questionnaire was
trying to find out, on behalf of the Parish Council, what Duxford people need
and want as a community? No doubt questions of this kind are continually in the
minds of other Parish Councils too.
It was only later that it
struck me that one village institution had not been mentioned at all in the
survey – the Church. I’ve been wondering why that is and have come up with two
possible theories. Which do you think is the right one?
The church is usually the
oldest building in any village. We think of it as part of the landscape. Most
people don’t feel the need to think about it or plan for it. We simply assume it will always be there for
us if and when we need it. From time to time I try to explain to people that
village churches like ours will not survive much longer unless they are
supported by the community as a whole instead of by the generous but
increasingly hard pressed few. I often think that I’m not being heard.
Another explanation may be
to do with the shifting of religion from the public to the private sphere. For
most of our history religion has been a public concern. It was recognised that
what people believed governed how they behaved which in turn affected the whole
of society. Nowadays we are much more likely to think that people should keep
their religious views to themselves and not bring them into the public sphere.
We never talk about spiritual things and how they affect us, except perhaps
privately with our friends.
What would our villages be
like without their churches? What if there were no longer an active Christian
community here in Ickleton, so that we no longer celebrated Christmas and
Easter, baptised babies, married young couples, conducted funerals and visited
the sick and housebound? What sort of difference would that make to our life
together in this place? I believe that it would make a vast difference, much
bigger than whether or not we have cycle paths or wheelie bins or even a large
new housing development on our back doorstep.
But through what channels
might it be possible for us to have such a discussion?
With God’s blessing. Jane Charman
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AUCTION OF
PROMISES SATURDAY NOVEMBER 8th,ABBEY FARM 8.00 P.M.
Please put this important date in your diaries!
Everyone in the village will receive an invitation to
the auction, so come along and bring your children, friends and neighbours to
enjoy the FREE wine and food and put in a bid for some of the wonderful things
we have been promised.
And, when you get your invitation, don’t forget to
fill in the form at the back, saying what YOU
can offer and what YOU would like.
Every penny raised from this event will go towards
the upkeep of our beautiful Parish Church, so please support it. For any more
information please contact me or Jenny Pell, Sebastian Payne, Jenny Duke, Helen
Royce, Richard Herbert. Rosemary Hayes
We were very pleased with the level of interest shown
in the photographic and archive exhibition at the Church Fete in July. There were a number of visitors to the
village that afternoon who had been at school in Ickleton in the 1940s and
1950s, for whom this was a great talking point. If anyone has any old photographs that we could borrow to copy
for our collection, we would be very grateful.
Also the recently completed Ickleton Chronicle, which features items
from the Cambridge Chronicle and Gazette from 1777 to 1899, makes great reading
and can be yours for £11.00 – contact Jos Flitton.
Presentation to the Over 60s
We are presenting an exhibition to the Over 60s on Wednesday 8th October at which we may gain further help in
identifying people in old photographs.
Wine, cheese and archive evening We
plan to fix a date for this in early 2004.
The very hot weather last month was very tempting for
leaving doors and windows open regardless of whether you were at home or not
but I have received no reports of any incidents resulting from easy
access. However, plenty of activity
continues in the area with many vehicles being broken into and tools
stolen. The police report a number of
incidents around Cambridgeshire where a dark Ford Mondeo has been seen at the
location. If you see anything
suspicious and can get a registration number phone the police immediately. Also, there have been a number of
distraction burglaries so be careful not to give information to unknown
telephone callers and be careful whom you let into your property. Unless there is a need to know do not tell
any callers when you will or will not be at home.
All residents of Ickleton are assumed to be members of
the Neighbourhood Watch scheme unless they tell me otherwise, it costs nothing
and could save you a lot. For new
residents to the village I have handbooks and window stickers available but for
the most part it is common sense but do get to know your neighbours and combine
to keep Ickleton at the bottom of the crime league. Although I get reports from the police I would still like to hear
of any incidents, I will not publish names or addresses of any incidents unless
you wish me to. Tony Court
Flower
Show – 6th September
Reminder! – The Garden Society’s Flower Show takes
place at the School Hall in Great Chesterford at 2.00 p.m. on Saturday, 6th
September.
Make a note in your diaries to come along and have an
enjoyable afternoon. Even better, bring
some entries for one of the many classes.
You don’t have to be a top horticulturalist to enter – all entries are
welcome, and you never know, you might win a prize! So if you can grow an onion
or a bean, a sunflower or a rose; or if you can bake a cake or make a pot of
jam; or if you can arrange a vase of flowers, there’s a class for you.
We look forward to seeing you there! James Macdonald
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From 1st September Whippet Coaches should
have taken over our Cambridge-Saffron Walden service 32. This is the final timetable, the one we
printed last month (from the first draft) was five minutes out on the
Cambridge to Saffron Walden leg. All
buses serve Sawston Link Road (for Health Centre) and Addenbrooke’s Hospital
Bus Station.
Cambridge Drummer Street 7.45
- 8.45 18.45
Addenbrooke’s Hospital 7.56
- 8.56 Then the 18.56
Sawston Link Road 8.15 -
9.15 same mintues 19.15
Ickleton 8.26
- 9.26 past each hour 19.26
Saffron Walden High Street 8.43 -
9.43 until 19.43
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Saffron Walden High Street 7.07 -
8.47 17.47
Ickleton 7.25 -
9.05 Then the
18.05
Sawston Link Road 7.35
- 9.15 same mintues 18.15
Addenbrooke’s Hospital 8.10
- 9.34 past each hour 18.34
Cambridge Drummer Street 8.32
- 9.45 until 18.45
David Lilley
An inaugural meeting of the Ickleton Theatre Group
was held in the village hall on 29th June to discuss the possibility
of bringing professional live theatre to Ickleton under a scheme sponsored by
South Cambs District Council. Several
shows were on offer and from a shortlist of three we are delighted to announce
that we have been allocated a rip roaring comedy, ‘Raising the Roof’, which
will be performed in the village hall by Forest Forge Theatre on Wednesday 22nd October at 8.00 p.m.
‘Raising the Roof’ is a comedy set in a typical
village, perhaps Ickleton before the new village hall was built. New health and safety regulations mean that
the old village hall requires serious upgrading, and, of course, the roof is
falling in. Something needs to be done
– and quick. The answer is a gala fund
raising evening of theatre and song. All the village hall clubs want to be
involved and they all need to rehearse in the hall.
Pandemonium takes over as the big night
approaches. Will the scout leader bury
the hatchet with the karate instructor?
Are the belly dancers really doing the Sound of Music? Why not come
along for a fun evening and find out what really happens? The show runs for 1½ hours and there
will be an interval of 15 minutes.
Tickets will cost £5.00 for adults and £4.00 for concessions
and can be purchased either from Dilip Odedra at CostCutter Express or from
Jean Whitaker
Martin Woodhead
Under 4’s are in for a real treat as TIDDLYWINKS
comes to Ickleton
Tiddlywinks was set up a year ago in response to the
problems carers with young children have finding something to do in rural
areas.
From 24th September Tiddlywinks will be
starting a new session in Ickleton Village Hall on Wednesdays 10.00 a.m. – 12.00 noon.
The fantastic play equipment is new and clean and
includes a special area for babies, a ball pool, soft play shapes, rockers,
ride-ons, a railway, trampoline, pop-ups and inflatables.
The cost is £3 per child (special rates for siblings)
which includes a free tea or coffee.
For further details phone.
CONGRATULATIONS
TO……….Barbara Lilley, 80
on 12th September.
The sun shone bright and time flew backwards on the
warm summer breeze. The school and playground was still there and was that Mrs.
Bolton and Mrs. Burling keeping an eye on us swinging around the maypole or was
it just memories of a very happy childhood in Ickleton?
I arrived at the village hall early wondering whether
anyone would turn up and if they did would they recognise me. Of course they
would I thought even given the few extra pounds in weight and the few extra
years I had gained. "Are you the man with the fire engine?” said Monica.
That did it! I must have changed
I scanned the faces gathering at the fete hoping to
see someone I recognised and who might recognise me. "You’re here first
then,”said a girl vaguely familiar. "Oh yes - I'm not with the fire engine
though," I said. Then after a kiss on the cheek I knew it was Molly
Clements. "Look who's here" she said. "It can't be can it"?
-"No-I don’t believe it- he looks just the same" "Well who is
that then"? "No-is it"
So the conversations went on as the gathering grew. Nicknames like
Nicky, Plumby, Goofy, Rolly, Dyke rolled off the tongue as if time had stood
still since the 40s and 50s.
People have often asked why we used nicknames.
Simple- when many of us arrived in those dark days of the war Ickleton must
have thought the expected invasion had begun! After a little while in the village
we all thought we had the same name, because that’s what people were calling
us. It was such a long and complicated name that we were forced to use
abbreviations. It sounded something like
"Hifyooyungboggersdothetagin"
Molly Clements, Godfrey Elms, Jack Bristow, Mary and
Jeff Dayus, Mick Bristow, Derek Plumb, Tony Caswell and Connie Hook and their
partners and families had come together again. There were others there not
quite so obvious, but there just the same, like Dyke and Mousey, Piglet and Smiler
who had gone before us to find petrol tanks on that big river in the sky.
What made the
day though was not that we ‘youngsters’ had got together but we had got
together with the village and those people who we knew and loved.
It was good to be back in Ickleton. We were fortunate
to have grown up in the village with such great ‘kids’ and equally great
‘grown-ups’ and Ickleton has always been our home wherever we have been and
wherever we live now.
Thank you to the Historical Society for the memories,
to Monica and David for all your help, to the village fete for having us join
you and special thanks to all who welcomed us back.
Mick Bristow
PS If I tell you we hope to be back in
greater force next year will you please keep it to yourself or those in the
village who know us will emigrate!
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CHESTERFORDS, ICKLETON AND HINXTON W.I.
‘Ely Cathedral Unseen’ was the title of Mr. Ken
Hitch’s lecture on Wednesday August 20th.
After a brief but interesting talk on the chequered
life of the Cathedral, we enjoyed wonderful slides of the exterior and interior
of the building in all its various stages of construction up to the present day
when a new covered walkway has just been completed. We were privileged to view parts not normally shown to visitors
which proved fascinating in their uniqueness.
It proved a truly memorable evening! Especially for me when to my
surprise the President presented me with a lovely mug and a certificate of
thanks for being one of the Yorkshire Tea ladies of the year, I was quite
overwehlemed, my thanks to Monica and the W. I. Committee for nominating me.
The next meeting will be on September 17th
at 7.45 p.m. in Great Chesterford Community Hall when the speaker will be
Marion Langley who will talk on the origin of English sayings and
superstitions. Should be interesting! Visitors welcome. Cynthia Rule
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This is the National Annual Tea Party in aid of SSAFA
(Soldiers, Sailors and Airmens’ Family Association). This year the local event will take place in Ickleton Village
Hall on September 25th where tea, coffee, cake and biscuits will be available from 2.30 p.m. to
5.00 p.m. and there will be the opportunity to purchase raffle tickets for the
annual 3 car draw.
Do come and support this cause which aids serving and
former service men and their dependents. Sheila Birch
I seem to have come full circle. Having been born in North London at the
beginning of the war I was evacuated to Ickleton at a very early age. My grandmother’s maiden name was Bessie
Andrews (married name Gipp) and she had numerous members of her family living
in Ickleton and Hinxton. My mother’s
name was Bessie Johnson, and she had a sister Elsie.
I have such happy memories of that time, when life
was full of games and fun, and I can hardly remember it ever raining. The air-raids in London seemed a planet
away. I stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Lilla (I
could never say Lilley) in Brookhampton Street, and can remember “Uncle
Lilla’s” orchard and chickens who thrived opposite their number 8 house.
I returned to London after the war and remained there
until 1976 where, by a strange coincidence, my husband John and I decided to
get out of the rat-race of running a pub, and move to Cambridge city itself.
I have returned to Ickleton on the odd occasion, the
last one being 8th August 2003, when our youngest daughter (35)
decided to take me out to lunch at a place of my choosing. I chose the Red Lion at Hinxton, but before
we ate we meandered along the streets of Ickleton, and I told her as much as I
could remember about my time spent there.
We were standing at the small driveway to Ruby Lilley’s house, when a
red car hooted, as we were blocking the entrance. It turned out the driver was Monica Lilley. I didn’t know her, but we introduced
ourselves and asked whether her mother-in-law Ruby was alive and well. Even at the age of 84 Ruby, who opened the
door, looked remarkably sprightly. We had a long chat and then continued on our
way. I showed my daughter the house
that used to be the Duke of Wellington, Mrs. Stubbings’ house, the stream where
I fished for sticklebacks, Mabel’s old sweet shop, and even the field where my
young cousin fed my arm to a grazing horse.
So many changes have taken place, and whilst some new buildings had been
erected, quite a few of the old ones were quite derelict, but the whole village
was a blaze of colour with window boxes, hanging baskets and gardens. We stopped at the church, were Leslie Lilley
was the organist for many years and welcomed the cool interior out of the humid
heat. I remember Leslie and Ruby
getting married, and that I presented the bride with a silver coloured
horseshoe to hang on her arm for good luck.
I remember too, the long walks across the fields to
Duxford Airfield (now the Imperial War Museum) to watch the American
soldiers/airmen loading and unloading the planes in the large hangers. I have heard that the famous film stars
Errol Flynn and Clarke Gable were once there,
but of course I wouldn’t have recognised them even if they told me. An American gave me a coconut, the first one
I had ever seen, and I didn’t know whether to play with it or take it for a
walk. I mustn’t miss out the usual
phrase I frequently used “Got any gum chum?”
The news I heard from the Lilleys was the village
fete in July was attended by some of the children who grew up in Ickleton in
the 40’s and 50’s. Sadly I didn’t
remember any of the names they mentioned but as I understand this is an annual
event, we hope we will be able to attend next year, and meet you. Barbara
Gelhaar
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Final preparations are well underway for The Imperial
War Museum Duxford’s Centenary of Flight Air Show to be held on Saturday 6th
and Sunday 7th September.
This event brings together an unparalleled array of magnificent aircraft
– from the earliest machines to the high performance combat jets of today. Civil and military aircraft, both vintage
and modern will be taking to the skies to celebrate one of man’s greatest achievements
– flight.
It was on the sands
at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina on 17th December 1903 at 10.35
a.m. that Wilbur and Orville Wright accomplished their amazing feat – becoming
the first to achieve manned, controlled and powered flight. To mark 100 years of aviation since that
ground breaking day, Duxford’s Centenary of Flight Air Show pays homage to the
evolution of flight. An exciting
display is promised with special appearances by the Red Arrows display team,
the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Dakota, a replica of the Wright Flyer
that started it all and a South African Airways Boeing 747-400! Also taking
part will be classic American and European fighting aircraft such as the
Spitfire, Hurricane and B-17 Flying Fortress as well as current fast jets including the RAF Tornado F3. Family favourites the ‘Utterly Butterly
Barnstormers’ will also be present with their awe-inspiring wing walking
display.
The 85 acre museum complex will be open throughout
the day giving visitors the chance to take a look at Duxford’s latest
exhibition which opened in April and forms part of the celebrations for the
Centenary of Flight. The 100 Years of
Flight exhibition pays tribute to the wonderful legacy of the Wright brothers
and illustrates the effect of war on aviation and particularly how the First
and Second World Wars accelerated technical development.
Gates open at 8.00 a.m. and the main flying programme
commences at 2.00 p.m. on both days with the Red Arrows displaying at 5.00 p.m.
on Saturday and 12 noon on Sunday. Tickets
– Adults £22.50 Senior Citizens £14, Concessions £7, Children £7. Discounted and VIP tickets are available in
advance. For more information about
tickets or the flying programme call the Air Show Hotline on 01223 499301 or
visit www.iwm.org.uk to purchase tickets
on line.
For further information, please contact Duxford’s
Marketing & PR Manager, Tracey Woods ' 01223 499320 or Public Relations
Assistant, Sam Kemp ' 01223 499375.
CONGRATULATIONS….To Michael and Heidi Hauser, on the
birth of their son, Ethan Dylan.
WELCOME TO…… To Harry Faulkner and Abbie Mason
We have formed a small amateur band to play Latin American music. We meet most Thursdays in the Saffron Walden Town Hall.
We are having difficulty as the following adult
musicians appear to be becoming an endangered species:-
(a) A Clarinettist
(b) A Flautist
(c) A
Bass Player (string or guitar)
(d)
Percussionists – (timbales or bongos)
If you
would like to play with the band please call Fred Payne.
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DUXFORD
IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM
Blenheim Incident 18th August 2003 –
Statement for Local Residents
As local residents may be aware, there was an
emergency landing by the Blenheim aircraft at Duxford Airfield at 8.20 p.m. on
18th August. The pilot and
crew member were unhurt but the aircraft is badly damaged. It appears that the aircraft suffered an engine
problem on approach to the motorway end of the airfield, clipped the bank
between the motorway and the end of the runway and crash landed on the
airfield.
The incident has been reported to the Civil Aviation
Authority and the Air Accident Investigation Branch.
The Museum fully appreciates that yet another
potentially serious incident will cause considerable concern locally, as it
does for the airfield authorities. As
an immediate measure, all flying from the airfield outside the normal airfield
operating hours (10.00 – 18.00) has been suspended pending a full report on the
incident.
You will wish to know that the review following the
Firefly accident in July has made progress and some immediate conclusions about
display flying and aerobatics at the airfield are currently the subject of
consultation with the Civil Aviation Authority and will be published very
shortly. We also plan to adjust circuit
procedures to take warbird aircraft on approach away from Duxford village to the north side of the airfield.
Any further lessons to be learnt from the L-39 and
Blenheim incidents will be taken on board with the next phase of the review.
Finally, we plan an open evening at the airfield for
local residents, on a date to be fixed in the first part of October, which
will, we hope, provide an opportunity for questions to be put and reassurances
to be given about operations here.
Ted Inman, Director IWM, Duxford – 19th
August 2003
The collection of prescription orders for refills on
Tuesdays and Fridays is now sometimes as early as 9.00 a.m., so please allow
for this.
David and Monica Lilley
September 1st Mobile Library
6th Great Chesterford and
District Gardening Society
- Flower Show 2.00 p.m. Great
Chesterford School Hall
6th Visiting Bellringers
2.00 – 2.45 p.m
10th Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village
Hall
15th
Mobile Library
17th The Chesterfords, Ickleton and Hinxton
W.I. Meeting 7.45 p.m.
The Community Centre, Great
Chesterford
25th The Big Brew Up for SSAFA 2.30 p.m. Village Hall
27th Visiting Bellringers 2.45 p.m. – 6.00 p.m. approx
29th Mobile Library
October 22nd Theatre Group ‘Raising the Roof’ 8.00 p.m.
Village Hall
November 8th Auction of Promises, Abbey Farm
PUBLISHED
BY ICKLETON PARISH COUNCIL