Editors: David and Monica Lilley
Distribution: Tony Court
All
contributions please. Deadline for next Icene Bulletin
12th June 2004
Tuesday 1st June
– Green wheeled bin and green box
Monday 7th June –
Black wheeled bin
Monday 14th June –
Green wheeled bin and green box
Monday 21st June –
Black wheeled bin
Monday 28th June –
Green wheeled bin and green box
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Broadband
Going Live on 2nd June More information on registering and advice
on the equipment you will need to buy can be found via the village website.
Antisocial
Behaviour Minor acts of vandalism and
damage on the Recreation field have been reported. If you witness any bad
behaviour, please telephone the Cambridge Police immediately on 01223 358966 so
that these problems can be dealt with swiftly.
At
the Annual General Meeting on 13th May James Macdonald was re-elected Chairman for the forthcoming year, with
Peter Wombwell acting as Vice Chairman.
At the May Parish Council meeting, which followed immediately, it was reported that work is about to start on un-blocking a surface water drain in Abbey Street, which should help considerably with the flooding we get after sudden heavy rain. It was agreed to make a donation to Duxford School for new library books and a donation to the East Anglian Air Ambulance.
Parish
Meeting Our new approach to the annual
Parish Meeting led to a very successful evening. It was attended by thirty something parishioners, including
members of the Parish Council. Short
reports from various village organisations, the District and County Councils
and local schools were given, followed by a presentation on Broadband. Our Community Beat Officer, Iain Perry, gave
an informative talk about his work and encouraged members of the public to
report minor incidents to the Cambridge Police (number above) so that action
can be taken; unreported problems will not get solved. He has been carrying out random speed checks
in the village, with 36 speeding tickets being issued so far this year. Be warned!
Finally, an open forum was held and parishioners were able to express
concerns and ideas, including the need for more litter bins, the use of the
skate park, proposed widening of the M11 and future development along the M11
corridor. Jackie Casement – Parish Clerk
Don’t forget to
vote at the European and Local Elections on 10th June 7.00 a.m. –
10.00 p.m. in the Village Hall.
Ickleton United Charities are looking for a volunteer
to undertake a survey of their properties.
Please contact Richard Herbert, Chairman of the
Trustees.
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Thursday 3rd June |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 6th June |
9.30
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DUXFORD |
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Trinity Sunday |
11.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m.
Sung Evensong (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 10th June |
12.30 p.m.
Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 13th June |
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion |
ICKLETON |
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Trinity 1 |
10.00 a.m. Joint Family Eurcharist |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m.
Sung Evensong (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 17th June |
12.30 p.m.
Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 20th June |
9.30 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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Trinity 2 |
11.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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Sung Evensong (BCP) |
HINXTON |
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Thursday 24th June |
12.30 p.m.
Holy Communion (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 27th June |
10.00 a.m. Joint
Family Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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John the Baptist |
No
Evensong |
‘St. Johns’ |
Welcome to our Churches
At the end of this month and in early July we will be
celebrating the Patronal Festivals of the two Duxford churches. St. Mary Magdalene, Ickleton celebrates its
festival later on in July.
Duxford has two churches, the larger, but no longer
used St. John’s, near the centre of the village and the regularly used St.
Peter’s by the war memorial. Indeed
there is a third within the parish, on the Whittlesford side of the A505.
The service for the Patronal Festival of St. John on
June 27th gives us a rare opportunity to worship in this beautiful
church. It is probably one of only two
or three occasions a year when we are able to meet in this ancient
building. People never fail to be
struck by the beauty and feeling of this splendid building, the most recent
occasion being that of our Candlelight carol singing.
Like most churches the building has been added to
extensively over the centuries, with the earliest parts dating back to Norman
times. It is of course a mixture of
styles, and of building types. The
inside bears evidence of the centuries of congregations and of the many
thousands of people who must have met there over time. Perhaps not surprisingly even some of the
graffiti are old, even in Latin! It is
reputed that the lead covered spike at the top of the tower became twisted when
a flagpole attached to it for Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee was caught by
the force of a gale.
St John’s amalgamated with St. Peter’s in 1874. This also dates back to early Norman times
with the original tower and part of the chancel surviving from those
times. The six bells in St. Peter’s
were moved from St. John’s in 1949.
Originally the church had a much larger spire, but this was removed at
the end of the 17th Century because of its considerable weight. St. Peter’s celebrates its Patronal Festival
the following Sunday 4th July.
It is a great shame to see these remarkable buildings unused or under-used after many centuries of church service. We need the church to be there for us at various occasions in our lives, and often at times of personal hardship. Therefore the church needs us, because without a congregation it is just a building. So, with these patronal festivals coming up, welcome to our churches!
David Merrifield - Churchwarden, St. Peters, Duxford
As time is
getting near for the Fete, we would be grateful for any help, and for any
contributions to the following stalls:-
Bric-a-Brac - Peggy Richardson ,
Cake Stall - Margaret
Harrison
Book Stall - Judy Holt
Adults and Children’s Tombola - Cynthia Rule
Nearly New - Dorothy
Churchman
Bottle Stall - Margaret and David Garrett
Toy Stall - Sarah Mila
Drop off points
are Cynthia Rule, , Monica Lilley , or Lucy Quill,. We would be very pleased to
see you.
The Village Hall
will be open from 10.15 a.m. on the morning of the fete if you wish to bring
anything then especially plants.
We would like
more help. Please do not hesitate to contact one of the above.
Your bottles are needed please for the Church Fete
Bottle Stall on 3rd July. Please can you donate a bottle or two,
anything from tomato sauce to something stronger, gratefully received by David
and Margaret Garrett We will willingly collect.
THE CHESTERFORDS,
ICKLETON AND HINXTON W.I.
The April meeting was well attended when members
turned out to hear Mike Skelding talk on security and smuggling goods into and
out of Stansted Airport. It’s amazing what people will do to try to beat the
system. Sniffer dogs are used for drugs
and other unauthorised items. The quantity of goods confiscated each year
is enormous; sadly, most of it has to be destroyed!
On May 17th we hosted the Group Meeting
when approx 74 members from our group attended. The speaker was Richard De Horsey who spoke about the history of
champagne. Each member was given a taster in a champagne flute and needless to
say it turned into a very bubbly evening.
Our meeting on May 19th
was the resolution meeting when the W.I. gets serious. This was followed by a beetle drive
organised by Julie Baillie. The next
meeting will be on June 16th The subject ‘Through the Jungle of
Death; A boy’s escape from Burma’, by Mr. Steven Brooks.
Cynthia Rule
All tickets for the ‘Day at Ascot Races’ and the
Status Quo concert are now sold.
Next Quiz Night is June 12th Ickleton
Social Club Committee
On Sunday 6th June there will be a car
boot sale in aid of the Pilgrim Close Community Project Group. This will be
held on the Great Chesterford Recreation Ground from 9.00 a.m. - 12 noon. £6.00 per pitch (on the
day). Refreshments available. Maureen Addison
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The Ickleton Society will again be organising the
teas for the Church Fete on July 3rd, in addition to having an
archive display.
We should be grateful for cakes and offers of help
with the teas. If you are prepared
to volunteer please telephone me.
Sheila Birch
Speeding You may well have seen PC Perry in the village,
recently, on speed checks. This has proved to be very successful in Ickleton
and the surrounding villages where some 100 tickets were issued. Due to the
high number of complaints concerning speeding, speed cameras will be out in
many villages at some point. Seasonal
Crime As we get into the gardening season, may I remind you to be extra
careful when working out of doors. Last year opportunist thieves made the most
of rear/side doors which had been left open whilst owners were out of sight down
their
gardens. Lock your door and take the key with you.
Also, when it rains and work has to be abandoned tools get left out, you run
indoors and later find a spade or fork left nicely placed for an opportunist to
use to break into a neighbouring house. Ladders are in use as outside painting
needs doing - again, put them safely away. Sheds/garages - put locks on them
and use the lock! They may not stop determined thieves but don't give the
opportunist thief easy access. Cold Calling This is
still a problem in the area. Police are warning residents to show cold callers
the door. Never agree for work to be done immediately by anyone calling door
to door. Get at least two or more
quotes from companies that have been recommended to you by a friend or relation. They will be able to advise you if
the work needs to be carried out and how much it should cost.
These cold callers are opportunist criminals; by
being vigilant you can take that opportunity away. Bogus Callers Reports
are coming through of possible bogus callers. The first is of two males calling
at a house asking to see a T.V. licence and the other of two males calling and
offering to do work on the roof. The police are checking on these incidents.
Tony Court
Doll Pearce was born in Norwich where her father had
a greengrocer’s shop. Unfortunately her mother died when she was only six years
old. Her first job when she left school was working in a cardboard box factory
in Norwich.
During the war, when there was much bombing of
Norwich, Doll moved to Letchworth where she trained to be a welder. After
training she came to live at Hinxton, lodging with the Saitch family, and
working at Aero Research at Duxford repairing aircraft that had been damaged in
combat. Here she met Alf Pearce, from Ickleton, and they were married in
Ickleton Church in 1943. The couple moved into one of the (now demolished)
cottages in Church Street between the Church and Old Tiles, living next to Alf’s
sister Nell Jarrold. Here their daughter Yvonne was born.
In 1947 they moved into one of the first new houses
in Bird’s Close, No. 3, where Doll was to live for the rest of her life, and
where Kenneth and Sandra were born. A little later Alf’s sister Nell moved in a
few doors along. Having left welding behind, Doll did some housework for Mrs.
Harvey in Frogge Street, and later Mrs. Lean in Abbey Street and Mrs. Shaw at
Duxford. She did not miss welding, but she did once remark on seeing something
broken, ‘’Get me a set of gas bottles, I’ll soon mend that!’’
Although not a churchgoer, Doll was very keen on what
today would be called ‘Keep Sunday Special’. Her children were encouraged to go
to Sunday School and were not sent out to play on Sunday. She said it was
unlucky to sew on Sunday.
Doll was justifiably proud of her family, having
eight grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.
Sadly, Alf died in 1982. Doll enjoyed being outside,
cycling and walking many miles. She was an early riser and continued her long
walks until over 80, stopping to chat to people as she went. She would go on bus and coach trips,
sometimes with her sister-in-law Nell. She did not like crowds and had often
been to Cambridge and back on the bus by mid morning.
Doll had been ill for some time and died on 27th
April, the day which would have been her husband Alf’s 90th
birthday. David Lilley
A couple of months to go for the re-union at the
village fete and already I can hear the elder being cut from the hedges to make
the hollow tipped arrow heads for our bows and one or two of the more
adventurous are determined to recover that petrol tank hidden down Grassy Lane
all those years ago.
Daphne (Bass) will join us this year and wants to
know if we will be swimming in the river near Hinxton. (We are sure this was
the inspiration for the film title ‘Where the River Bends’ starring Gary
Cooper!) Len Satchel is taking time off this year to look again at his old home
next to the New Inn (or at least where the New Inn used to be) ‘Tonker’ is also
coming. Who is ‘Tonker’? Shame on you. Carol has mentioned Noreen Carter and
Judy Holt. Molly has been in touch with Thelma and Sadie and Connie Gravett
sends her best wishes.
The same gang as last year will be there and will be
bringing a few more with them, If you went to the village school or grew up in
the village about the time the ammunition dump exploded at Chesterford or when
Mrs Bowen went round the village distributing goodies, or when we borrowed
Colonel Bristowe’s trailer to collect rubbish for the bonfire on the rec. or
collected rose hips or starling’s wings then you should feel at home again.
Perhaps you had a camp behind the tin sheets in Tin
Alley, or were bold enough to declare you had found the tunnel that ran between
the Church and Abbey Farm. You may even remember your dad coming home with his
equipment and clothing for the Volunteer Fire Brigade, or watching Bugler
Baines sound the muster for the Legion up ‘Top Town’ for the march to the
Green. Even if you do not remember these incidents, or worse, deny any
knowledge in case your past sins catch up with you, you will be doubly welcome
so we may all learn from you how to keep our heads down.
Adverts have appeared in the Evacuee newsletter of
the Evacuee Society and it is hoped that it will reach the ears of some of our
school friends (some of whom decided it was safer to return to the blitz in
London rather than try to escape the wrath of the village policeman for scrumping
or outrun Mr Vincent the shepherd after moving his hurdles!)
There is no formal programme for the day. We will
meet at the recreation ground at 11.00am, sign in at our marquee (Actually it’s
a garden gazebo but marquee sounded better!) so everyone knows who is about.
Then the morning is yours to talk over old times or wander round the village.
You may wish to book lunch in the Red Lion or bring a picnic. (Helping yourself
from other people’s allotments is still outlawed and there are no apples yet on
Mrs Fawcett’s tree.) Remember you are not as swift on your feet as you were and
you may not get away from PC Gant this time!
Don’t forget Dyke, Kinner, Mousey, Piglet, and all
those who gone before us to build the base camp for our next adventures.
At 2.00 p.m. we will join the village fete and meet
up with all those who remember us and all those who are much younger than us
and are glad they don’t. We shall all
once more be under the watchful eyes of Mr Henry Burton and Mr Cyril Webb.
There will not be a cricket match so you will not upset Mrs Clements at the
pavilion by asking for your squash before the cricketers get theirs! If you are
delayed until evening the ‘Midnight baker’ has promised to give you the rolls
and bread he has left over before he returns with his horse and cart to
Chesterford.
This year if there is sufficient interest we can
begin planning for next year for a special celebration of the end of WW I I and
arrange a full programme of activities.
See you on the 3rd, bring some photos to prove who you are. The
years have changed us all somewhat.
Last year we were all talking to someone about our schooldays for hours
before we realised he had simply got lost from a sponsored walk! Mick Bristow
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The arrival of a new Supervisor is always an exciting moment of change and renewal, this term we would like to extend a warm welcome to Janet Speed who has joined us after nine years’ managerial experience at the Bell School Nursery. Highly motivated and full of fresh ideas, we feel she is just the person to take the Pre-school forward.
Pre-school is based at the Chesterfords Community
Centre and provides the ideal preparation for school where children from the
age of two and a half can join in a range of stimulating play activities and
learn to interact with each other in a warm and caring environment. We are open daily from 9.15 a.m. to 12.15
p.m. If you would like more information, or a prospectus, or if you would like
to arrange a visit please contact Janet (pre-school hours only). Alternatively, visit us on our web site:
www. chesterfordspreschool.org.uk or e.mail us directly on info@chesterfordspreschool.org.uk We look forward to seeing you here! Miranda Stone-Wigg
Sunday 27th June 2.00 p.m. until 5.00 p.m.
This year’s fete will have a pirate theme and there
will be a fancy dress parade around the school field at the start of the
afternoon. There will be lots of attractions including many stalls and games,
BBQ bouncy castle, face painting, tombola, strawberry teas plus much more….
It is a really fun day for all the family so please
give us your support. Kate
Stafford
At the meeting held on Wednesday May 5th
the Chairman, James Macdonald welcomed members and introduced the new committee
members. The guest speaker Dr. John Twibell gave a very enlighting talk on the
various species of Artemisias which delighted the botanists present.
The Garden Walkabout in Great Chesterford will be on
Wednesday June 30th starting at 6.30 p.m. On June 26th
2.30 p.m. we will be holding a plant stall in the gardens of ‘The Dells’ in
Great Chesterford. The next meeting will be on June 2nd when the
subject will be ‘Wild Flowers of Switzerland’ by Mr. Alan Outen.
Visitors welcome. Cynthia Rule
We are sorry to
record the death on 8th May of Cynthia Williams aged 54 of Abbey
Street.
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June 2nd |
Chesterford
& District Gardening Society Meeting 8.00 p.m. |
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Chapel, Carmel
Street, Great Chesterford |
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6th |
Car Boot Sale 9.00 a.m. – 12 noon Gt. Chesterford Recreation
Ground |
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7th |
Mobile
Library |
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12th |
Hinxton
Fete 2.00 p.m. |
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12th |
Social Club
Quiz Night |
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16th |
Parish
Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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16th |
The
Chesterfords, Ickleton & Hinxton W.I. Meeting 7.45 p.m. |
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Community Centre,
Gt. Chesterford |
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21st |
Mobile
Library |
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26th |
Bellringers
Training Day – Ringing from 2.30 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. |
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and 7.30
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26th |
IPS Visit to
Hemingford Grey Manor |
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27th |
Duxford
School Fete 2.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. |
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30th |
Chesterford
& District Gardening Society Garden Walkabout in |
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Gt.
Chesterford |
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July 3rd |
Church Fete
2.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Village Hall and Recreation Ground |
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BY ICKLETON PARISH COUNCIL