Editors: David and Monica Lilley
monica.lilley2@btopenworld.com
Distribution: Tony Court
Hilary Rule
All
contributions please. Deadline for next Icene Bulletin
12th
July 2005
Refuse
Collections during July
4th July - Black bin collection
11th July - Green bin and green box collection
18th July - Black bin collection
25th July - Green bin and green box collection
If you experience
any problems with your waste/recycling not being collected (say before 2.00
p.m.) from your property, it is best if you, as an individual, telephone SCDC
on ' 08456 500280 preferably on the same day as the
collection should have been made. They
will arrange to collect within 48 hours.
Footpaths Comments have been received regarding greenery that overhangs
paths, causing pedestrians to stray onto the road. Please could we ask residents/owners to trim back any trees,
hedges, shrubs etc. so as to allow pedestrians to keep to the path.
Robin Driver At
the Annual Parish Meeting, the Chairman wished to record a vote of thanks to
Robin Driver, as he had served on both the District and County Council for many
years. He had been an enormous help to
the Parish Council and to individual people in the village during these
years.
South Cambs
Debating Competition for Young People 2005/6 The aim is
to boost young people’s confidence for training in debating skills. Prizes are given. It is open to youth groups, clubs and village colleges across the
district. To enter a team, please
contact Melanie Baker ' 01954 713354 or email:
Melanie.Baker@scambs.gov.uk
Directions
Plus This local charity, which enables and
supports disabled and older people and carers, has changed their address. The advice line, open every weekday from
10.00 a.m. to 12.30p.m. and 1.30p.m. – 4.00p.m. provides free, confidential and
impartial information on all issues relating to disability and access. ' 01223 569603.
e-mail: info@directions-plus.org.uk
or write to 1 Orwell Furlong, Cowley Road, Cambridge, CB4 0WY.
Jocelyn Flitton – Parish Clerk
Can we make a
plea? In the last month or so, the
amount of dog mess on the Recreation Ground has got much worse. The other day, there were even messes inside
the children’s playground which is, as we are sure you know, a serious health
risk.
For as long as we
can remember, the Parish Clerk has been putting reminders in the Icene, and
urging dog owners to clear up after their dogs - to no avail, it would seem.
So now can we ask you once more – please always clean up after you dog,
and use the bins provided.
If this plea
falls on deaf ears, the Parish Council will have to contemplate a total ban on
dogs in the Recreation Ground.
Ickleton Parish Council
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ICKLETON
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ICKLETON
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Trinity 7 |
10.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
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ICKLETON
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12.30 p.m. Holy Communion (Order 1) |
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10.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
ICKLETON
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12.30 p.m. Holy Communion (Order 1) |
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Sunday 24th July |
9.30 a.m.
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ICKLETON
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Sunday 31st July |
10.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
ICKLETON
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It was at the
beginning of June that a Times headline announced: ‘Church admits cash shortage
threatens one third of clergy’. General Synod, the governing body of the Church
of England, meets in July and one item on its agenda is a report proposing the
reduction of clergy by one third. Financially, the church faces the twin
problems of falling attendances and growing costs, including the repair costs
for thousands of Grade 1 listed buildings. The report, from the Church’s
Resourcing Mission group, ‘spells out a deep-seated need for change’ and
challenges the Church to face financial realities and mobilise more effectively
for mission.
The
reduction in numbers of clergy is nothing new. In years past, Hinxton and
Ickleton shared one vicar and Duxford had their own priest. But the last three
incumbents (Richard Birt, Andrew Way and Jane Charman) have all had a
three-parish cure of souls. And the process goes on. Rev. Gordon Smith has
announced his departure, at the end of July, as Minister in charge of the Local
Ecumenical Partnership which includes the Anglican Churches of Whittlesford and
Pampisford and the United Reformed Churches of Duxford and Whittlesford. It
seems likely that both the Church of England and United Reformed Church will
need to review their options for these villages.
If the
reduction in clergy is a reality we have to face, I find one of the suggestions
in the report - that we should stop using our churches and retreat to the
living room for worship – defeatist and lacking in understanding of the importance
of village churches. Not that I’ve anything against worship at home – as any
home communicant will tell you, informal worship can be very moving. But Sunday
worship in church has a significance far beyond itself.
Two
programmes on BBC2 recently illustrated the impact religion can have on our
lives. ‘The Monastery’ followed five ordinary men who spent 40 days and nights
living with monks at Worth Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in West Sussex. The
series showed how the experience changed lives. The final programme of ‘How Art
made the World’ investigated the fixation with death buried deep within our
unconscious. The film explored its expression in our homes and of course in
churchyards and churches.
Our
churches are, then, not only ancient stones to be valued for their history;
they are also powerful symbols which speak of the meaning of life and
community. As such, they are places for the whole community at christenings,
weddings and funerals. As a focus for the village they still have an important
place, bringing people together and helping integrate young and old, village
folk and newcomers. And that shows in the way everyone rallies round to support
their village church at fetes, feasts and festivals.
We are
very lucky at Duxford, Hinxton and Ickleton to have churches that are so well
supported and cared for. You don’t have to travel far to discover churches
which are losing the battle, where congregations are dispirited and failing.
Certainly, we shouldn’t underestimate the call to face economic reality in
church life, but the loss of a church is much more than the loss of a monument
to the past. Our village churches thrive because they continue to be a place
for spiritual refreshment and give meaning to us individually and in family and
community.
Andrew
Schofield
The Rectory, St John’s Street, Duxford CB2 4RA
Andrew.schofield@ely.anglican.org
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CHAPEL NOTICES
I was once at a public function at which I had been
asked to say grace. Pre-dinner drinks were served and by the time we came to
eat, there was a problem. I said grace, as was my role on that occasion, and
was then informed by the host that the wine had run out. We discussed the
calamity and a couple of men were dispatched to the local wine store.
A few days later in our Chapel in Chrishall, we were
celebrating the Chapel Anniversary. The Chapel was full to the gunnels. When it
came to the Communion towards the end of the service, I uncovered the bread and
the wine. The minister who was sharing the service with me said ”There won't be
enough wine.” I was distributing the
bread and you can always make it go a bit further, but the small glasses are for
individual consumption and more people had come to the service than we had
imagined.
After the first two rows of people had come forward
to receive the elements of bread and wine, the small glasses were hastily
removed, washed, refilled, brought back, blessed and given out.
I reflected on both these events afterwards. To run
out of wine is biblical. Jesus' first miracle took place at a wedding in Cana
of Galilee where he turned water into wine to give glory to God and also to
save the embarrassment of the host.
Jesus is always there for us, to rescue us from the
situations in which we find ourselves, just as he saved the host at the wedding
in Cana. But it is so much more meaningful for Jesus to be part of our everyday
lives and not for us to just go to him only when we need him.
Many people look all over the place except to God, to
find excitement and meaning in life. Often we think that God will be dull and
boring. But, just as the water that Jesus turned into wine was the best they
had, so too, life with Jesus is so much better and more enjoyable than life
without him.
Try it some time...you might enjoy it! Rev.
Hilary Cheng
The AGM of the Ickleton Society took place on May 25th.
After the formal part of the meeting and a break for refreshments; the large
audience, including several new members, listened with interest to Dr. Phillipa
Towlson the Co-ordinator of the Wellcome Trust’s Southfield Project. Phillipa gave us an overview of the new
buildings, including the sedum seeded roof and the magnificent sculpture,
executed by Richard Bray, using part of the only four trees which had to be
felled during the build. The sculpture
depicts the progression and relationship of people down the ages, thereby
alluding to the DNA research being done on the site. Phillipa moved on to the development of the Wetlands, where the
area has already attracted successfully nesting birds this year. There are also newly built otter holts on
the river and a converted World War II pill box making a roost for bats. The new Permissive Footpath creates a good
circular walk for Ickleton, but if you take your dog please keep it on a lead
for the sake of the birds.
I am hoping to arrange a visit for a close-up view of
the new buildings and the sculpture, in August - watch this space.
Sheila Birch
As Mrs. Connie Jarvis celebrated her 90th
birthday on 17th June, she kindly provided us with sandwiches,
sausages rolls and cakes for our meeting on the 15th June. We thank
her very much.
We were sorry to hear of the death of another member,
Mrs. Nell Jarrold.
We offer our condolences to her family. Mrs. R. Lilley
THE
CHESTERFORDS, ICKLETON & HINXTON W.I.
Our guest speaker Keith Goodwin, who is the Chef at
Wimpole Hall, caused much amusement with his range of curious kitchen utensils.
Much right and wrong guessing took part regarding their various uses, all of
which resulted in a very entertaining evening.
There will be no meeting in the hall in July, instead
an outing to Little Easton Manor Gardens has been arranged. Cynthia Rule
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Ellen Jarrold was actually born in Southwark,
London. Her father was killed in the First World War before she was
born. She came to Ickleton as a very
young child, with her mother and older brother Alf Pearce. She went to school in the village where she
first met her husband to be Jim.
When she left school, she went into service with Mrs.
Custerson in Saffron Walden until she married.
She and Jim cycled many hundreds of miles during their courtship, not
only the intervening miles, but even the occasional trip to the seaside.
When they married they moved
to Ipswich, where Jim worked as a railwayman for a number of years and Ivan was
born. During the war they moved back to
Ickleton where Roger and Diane were born.
For some time Ellen worked on
the land for Mr. Duke until she was hijacked by Mrs. Duke to work in the house
and help look after their son Lewis.
She seemed to spend all her life looking after someone, including for
many years her mother, who had become blind.
Everyone who knew her knows how kind hearted she was and in return she
was loved by all who knew her, especially she loved her children, grandchildren
and great-grandchildren and in return they loved and adored her.
Always a good neighbour herself, during her long
final illness she received great
friendship and support from her neighbours Josie Barker, Eileen Fairweather and
Beryl Bonham, also her niece Yvonne who visited regularly. Her little dog Tilley was her constant
companion.
On behalf of my brother Roger, my sister Diane, and our
families, I would like to thank all friends and relatives in and around
Ickleton who cared for, and called on our mother, both at home and in hospital
until shortly before her recent death: in particular Eileen Fairweather and
Josie Barker who saw her every day, shopped for her and helped in ways too
numerous to mention, also her granddaughter Stephanie who visited and cared for
her devotedly every week.
Despite our sadness, all the family feel that her
funeral was a lovely celebration of a long and full life. We so appreciated the attendance of her many
friends at the Methodist Chapel and thank the Rev. Hilary Cheng for the most
moving service which we thought said everything about our mother, our gran and
our Nell. A wonderful farewell to a
lovely lady.
We would also like to thank Mr. David Skeates who
helped us through a most difficult time with his care and efficiency.
The Ickleton Social Club members were extremely
helpful with the preparation of the hall, and again on the day of mother’s
funeral, and this was very much appreciated by all of us.
Once again our thanks to you all.
Finally, Liz and I are really looking forward to
seeing the ‘Goldie Oldies’ when they visit Dunoon next year. Ivan Jarrold,
Woodlands, Sandbank, Dunoon
We are getting together on Wednesdays over the Summer
holidays from 1.00p.m. onwards. Bring a picnic lunch and an adult. A great
opportunity to meet other local children.
In the event of bad weather, please contact the person
responsible for that date.
27th
July - Ickleton Playground (Miranda Stone-Wigg)
3rd August - Bridge End Gardens (Miranda
Stone-Wigg)
10th
August - Duxford Air Museum (Kate Stafford)
17th
August - Chrishall Playground (Rachel Rugg-Gunn)
24th
August - Audley End Garden (Katherine Denman-Johnson)
31st
August - Ickleton Playground (Rachel Rugg-Gunn)
and also introducing....
Come along to the playground after school (4.00p.m.)
on Fridays. If it's nice weather, bring a picnic supper for the kids (and maybe
some wine for the grown-ups!). Babies are welcome to all the above events, so
to all you new mums out there, just turn up. We love to see new faces!
We will be open throughout the Summer (except for Bank
holidays) Mondays 10.00a.m. –12.00p.m. in the Village Hall. Katherine
Denman-Johnson
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The Village Hall will be open from 9.30 a.m. on the 9th
July.
We hope you will all come to the fete this year. The fete is a family event.
The P.C.C., Churchwardens Sebastian Payne and Jenny Pell are very grateful for the villages
support.
The Ickleton P.C.C. are very kindly going to deliver
a programme to each house in the village to show whats happening and with times etc.
Thank you everybody who has offered to help so far.
If you would like to help please contact the fete organiser you will be made
most welcome.
As time is getting on now we thought you would like the
practicalities of the Fete.
If it should rain people on the recreation ground
will have to fend for themselves except the Saffron Walden Town Band and they
will perform from 3.30 p.m. in the Village Hall.
Please park your car in Robin Driver’s Meadow in the centre of the village if you possibly
can.
The following would be grateful for any
contributions, either on the morning of the fete or before hand (please telephone first):-
Tombola - Cynthia Rule
Cakes, Bread etc. - Jilly
Maynard and Catherine Cocks
Bottle Stall -
Rosemary and Neil McKillen
Toy Stall -
Sarah Mila
Plants -
Carli Holberry,
Bric-a-Brac -
Peggy Richardson
Books - Monica Lilley
Cakes for Tea -
Sheila Birch
Nearly New -
Dorothy Churchman /Cynthia Rule
We cannot accept any electrical items and no jumble
please.
Coffee will be served in the meeting room for the
helpers, and the Village School Reunion, from 10.00 a.m.
This year we are celebrating the end of World War
II. Please dress up, Adults and
Children in anything that is relevant i.e. uniforms, evacuee Children’s outfits
(remember the gas mask), Land Army, 1950’s clothing – anything you like bring -
plenty of Union Jacks.
There will be fantastic prize for the best adult
outfit and third, second and first prizes for children. So come on Ickleton, lets make a real effort
and make this years’ fancy dress the biggest and best yet. Please contact Sarah
Mila if you have any queries.
Neil McKillen has
kindly agreed to hold a mini auction. The time of the auction will be put on
the village hall notice board.
We have been
given 8 nearly new tennis racquets. Any
offers to me please in the first instance.
For any more
information about the Church Fete please contact me: Monica Lilley
Do you have any memories of VE-day celebrations in the
village or locally or of Ickleton life in wartime and afterwards?
With the 50th anniversary of VE day
occurring this year, we are very much hoping to put together a display of 1940s
and 1950s photos (and any other
available memorabilia) at the Church Fete on July 9th. This coincides with the annual visit of the
Old Ickletonians who will no doubt have their own. If you have any ideas, photos (or memorabilia) we would love
to hear from you!
Please contact us as soon as possible. Andrew Shepperd
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The visits for the morning and afternoon of the 9th
July have been arranged privately by kind invitation of the owners to the ‘Come
Homers’ and numbers are strictly
limited – Those invited to attend will be notified by the organizers of ‘Come
Home 2005’.
We do however hope that everyone will join us at the
fete at some time during the day.
This year we commemorate the 60th Anniversary of the
end of World War II. Some of us were
just 5 years old and the war was a memory mix of rations, American servicemen, blackouts, and promises for a better future. Although times were grim for us who were young then, we now look back at the ‘Good times’ when days seemed like weeks and the school holidays seemed like a lifetime! Have you noticed that the older you get, the more time you spend looking back? Well I suppose there is some reticence in looking forward, for the future seems shorter than it used to! But take heart join us on the recreation field at the village fete and we will feel young again and talk of the days when the village fetes were held in the Manor and we rolled down the lawn!
Perhaps you remember how your legs were torn by the
sheaves as we loaded the harvest carts in short trousers and how the villagers
who worked on the farm seemed to have boundless energy which came from a secret
of cold tea, cheese and bread. The days when the youngsters drove the tractors
because some who had been used to horses wouldn't have anything to do
"With them there sheens" The days of beating to put up the game with
cries of "One over M'Lord", and shouts from the Keeper of "Keep
that b...y line straight", and the older and wiser among us telling us to "Let
it lay boy" when we discovered a shot pheasant. It was awhile until I
realised there appeared to be a quota of game caught- some for the guns and
some for the experienced
beaters!
We will have stories to share when we meet you all at the fete. We invite all those in the village who are young, young at heart or just curious to visit our tent and meet some who were present during what Churchill described as our ‘Finest hour’ and what to us (we realise now) was a wonderful childhood in the village. Bring the children to meet us who are now part of the living history of the village.
The Come Homers and those we grew up with in the
village look forward to meeting you all again. Mick Bristow
During the fete on 9th July, I shall be
taking people round the church, telling them something of its history and
pointing out its special features.
We’ll leave from outside the village hall at 3.00
p.m. so, if you would like to come, please join me there.
Ickleton’s Church is one of the finest in East Anglia
and attracts visitors from all over the world; we are very lucky to have this
lovely building at the heart of the village.
It dates from the 11th century, but some
of the materials used in the building are even older. Over the years there have been several additions and demolitions
and in the 18th century part of the church was even used as a
schoolroom, with a fireplace!
There are some outstanding features in the church -
among them a Norman west door, unique double clerestory windows, a 14th
century rood screen, a 16th century pulpit and the fine oak pews.
There are even some ‘grotesque’ corbels which probably represented ancient
villagers (!) and the beautifully worked hassocks depict the history of the
village from the time of the Domesday Book to the present day.
Ickleton Church has not escaped damage. In 1643, the Puritan, William Dowsing came
and broke crosses and window glass. Then, in more recent times (1979), the
church was devasted by a fire which was started by an arsonist and destroyed
some of the roof, stonework and windows, as well as the lovely painted ceiling
in the tower. However, during the two year restoration period which followed,
some exceptional 12th and 14th century wall paintings were
discovered and these have been expertly preserved.
There have been many benefactors of the church in the
past – including the first Premier of Queensland, Sir Robert Herbert – and this
tradition of generous giving continues today.
Ickleton Church has been witness to great happiness
and great tragedy down the years. If
only its walls could speak! Rosemary Hayes
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A very big thank you to all those people who gave and
made cakes for this years Bazaar with a very a special thank you to all the
helpers who as always came up trumps and without whom this event could not take
place. We were a little concerned when
we discovered it was cup final day and the weather was a little dodgy, but it
all came out well in the end with a total of £2040. I would also like to take this opportunity of thanking Ray Plumb
and Ron Coulson for coming to our aid and clearing the hall. The clothes, handbags, and shoes were not
wasted as they went on the following Wednesday to Africa where they will do
good. THANK YOU ALL AGAIN.
Dorothy Churchman, Mary Woolhouse,
and Cynthia Rule
DUXFORD CHURCH OF ENGLAND COMMUNITY PRIMARY SCHOOL
This Summer, Duxford School will be saying good-bye to
Sue Dorrington, who has been the school’s successful and respected HeadTeacher
for the past five years. Sue is moving
on to be Head of a larger primary school in Cambridge. The Governing Body is very pleased with the
considerable achievements of the school under her leadership. A recent survey
of parental views listed the supportive, friendly and welcoming atmosphere
amongst the school’s main strengths.
We are delighted to announce that we have appointed
Mrs Ann Gardner to be Headteacher of the school from September 2005. Mrs Gardner is Deputy Head at Isleham Cof E
Primary School. She has held this post
for five years and has considerable management responsibility. The Governors
set a very high specification for our Headteacher and Mrs Gardner fulfilled it
admirably. Our LEA Link Adviser was
impressed by the number of high quality applications we received. We were in the enviable position of
selecting for interview from a pool of very appointable candidates.
We would like to thank all the staff, children and
community members for the effort they put in to make the interview process so
rewarding. We were particularly proud
of all the children, their excellent behaviour, thoughtful questions and
enthusiasm. The candidates were
extremely complimentary about the children and the ethos of the school. The displays throughout the school are
delightful and convey all the many activities taking place. We are grateful to the PTA for hosting our
community tea, and to the cooks for those delicious biscuits.
On the 2nd July,
Cambridgeshire Choral Society Summer Concert will be held in Ickleton
Village Hall at 7.30 p.m. There will be songs by Grieg and Faure and extracts
from the Bavarian Highlands by Elgar.
Wine and strawberries will be served in the interval.
Tickets are priced at £10 and £8 for the under 18s.
Tickets are available from Sawston Books 01223 837456 or Liz Bridgland
Cambridge ' 01223 832954.
There’s lots going on at the Ickleton Riverside Barns
and Garden Centre, and Stuart and Tina would like to know what you think about
all the new shops and facilities that are opening up there. They’d welcome comments from the local
community – so please write to them at the Garden Centre with your
thoughts.
Catherine Kelly
I would like to thank all my relations and friends
for the lovely cards, gifts and flowers, and plants, they gave to me on my 95th
birthday, and my niece Stella Parker for the lovely birthday cake. Also I would
like to thank Owen Maddock and his wife Jo, for the nice spread of eats - as it
was such a lovely day, we were able to have it on the lawn at their home.
With many thanks to all for coming. Mrs.
Doris Page
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You will have noticed by now that we have the Annual
Church Fete coming up on 9th July. All the
best laid plans will come to naught; if our fellow villagers do not give it
their wholehearted support.
Sales of raffle tickets are progressing well, but we
still have more to sell – even if you have sold your quota,, we can let you
have some more. If all the raffle
tickets are sold, we will exceed last year’s total income from the fete so
don’t just leave it for someone else and get selling.
Bottles - please are needed for the bottle stall as
long as there are full ones! Vinegar, sauce, shampoo,wine, spirits, pickles,
gripewater, baby oil or whatever. Next
time you’re shopping pick up a special offer and donate it to the stall.
Volunteers are also needed to man ‘Ye Orygynale
Fruyte Machyne’ so if you can give me fifteen or twenty minutes of your time on
the day I’ll be delighted to hear from you – no qualification necessary - but sense of humour appreciated.
Contacts and bottle drop off point are Neil and Rosemary McKillen.
The June Quiz Night was very well supported, and was
a most enjoyable evening, with plenty of food and fun for everyone.
Thanks again to all the people who donated prizes for
the raffle.
The Club premises have now been completely
redecorated, further improving the excellent facilities.
Next Quiz Night will be 30th July at 9.00
p.m. The entry fee of £1.00 per person
includes a free buffet.
Ickleton Social Club Committee
Songs of Praise is on the fete weekend, at 6.30 p.m.
in Church on 10th July. This
year it coincides with the national commemoration of the 60th
anniversary of the end of the Second World War (the date chosen is midway
between VE and VJ day). We thought it
would be good to reflect that theme, and hope to involve, in the service, some
of the folk who were evacuated to Ickleton as children. If you have special memories of 1945, please
let the priest-in-charge know, as he plans the service. Rev.
Andrew Schofield
Sorry we have no space for any Ickleton memories from
the Come-Homers this month.
We hope to continue next month. Editors
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July 4th |
Mobile Library |
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6th |
Chesterford & District Gardening Society
Meeting ‘A Garden : |
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heaven, haven, hazard or hell’, 8.00 p.m. Chapel,
Carmel Street |
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Gt. Chesterford |
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9th |
Church Fete 2.00 p.m. – 5.00 p.m. Village Hall
& Recreation Ground |
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9th |
Visiting Bellringers 6.00 p.m. – 7.30 p.m. |
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18th |
Mobile Library |
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20th |
Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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20th |
Members Outing to Little Easton |
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30th |
Visiting Bellringers 10.45 a.m. – 11.30 a.m. |
PUBLISHED BY ICKLETON
PARISH COUNCIL