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Hilary Rule
All
contributions please. Deadline for next Icene Bulletin
12th November 2006
Refuse
Collections during November
Monday 6th November
- Black bin collection
Monday 13th November - Green bin and green box collection
Monday 20th November - Black bin collection
Monday 27th November - Green bin and green box collection
Parish
Council Meeting 18th October.
Items discussed at the meeting were: village
maintenance, Land Registry, football pitch, dog fouling, cemetery, Remembrance
Sunday and a meeting with Wellcome Trust.
Planning applications:
S/1749/06/O – Construction of a carbon fibre
precursor plant – off Ickleton Road, Duxford – Hexcel Composites Ltd – Approved
but subject to comments submitted on access by road, access by rail, trees,
lighting, Imperial War Museum and recycling.
S/1809/06/LB – Alteration, enlargement &
reconstruction of outbuildings with extension for annexe – 26 Abbey Street –- No recommendation
S/1810/06/F
– Extension to outbuildings to form annexe – 26 Abbey Street –– No
recommendation
Planning application granted:
S/1333/06/F – Dwelling – land adj 20 Brookhampton
Street –
Planning application refused:
S/1555/06/F – Conservatory – 30 Abbey Street – Mrs
Jane Hurst
Planning proposal: 31/33 Abbey
Street – No comment at this stage
North West Cambridge Area Action Plan – Public consultation document. This will not be responded to as it does not
directly affect us.
South Cambs
Local Development Framework – Gypsy and Traveller Development Plan Document.
The documents will be available for public consultation between 13th
October and 24th November 2006. Further information can be found
on: www.scambs.gov.uk/Environment/Planning/DistrictPlanning/LocalDevelopmentFramework/GypsyandTravellerDPD.htm
Dog Fouling. A resident reported that there was dog fouling
along the footpath leading from Abbey Street to Birds Close.
Neighbourhood Watch Stanley Peck
wishes to retire at the end of the year from being the village
representative. The Parish Council
would like to thank him, on behalf of the residents, for all his efforts. We are therefore now looking for another
volunteer to take on this task in the village for 2007. Please give me a call if you are interested
in taking on this role.
Ickleton Medical Car Scheme
This service is available to take residents to the doctors’ surgeries in
Sawston, Gt Chesterford and Saffron Walden.
It is not available to take anyone to
Addenbrooke’s Hospital. Please contact Don Gamble if you wish to use this service.
December Parish Council Meeting Please note the Parish Council meeting
has been moved forward a week. It will
take place on Wednesday 13th December instead of Wednesday 20th
December.
Carol Singing Please
contact John Williams, who will be organising this event around the village on
19th December, if you would like to support this evening.
Jocelyn Flitton – Parish Clerk
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With Church nothing is quite as it seems and in the
Church’s calendar, it is November not December that is the last month of the
year. The theme of many of the services in November is the remembrance of loved
ones. The best known, of course, is Remembrance Sunday, when we honour those
who have given their lives in war. There are services in all the villages on
November 12th, with wreath-laying at the three war memorials.
Another November service of remembrance, perhaps less
well known, is traditionally held on All Souls Day. At the service, we
commemorate family and friends who we love, but see no longer. Their names are
read out, and members of the congregation are invited to light candles as a
symbol of our prayers for loved ones. You are very welcome to join us for this
simple and personal commemorative service. This year it is on the first Sunday
(November 5th) at Hinxton at 6.30 p.m.
The theme of remembering is taken up again in a
service especially designed with families and children in mind. It’s on 12th
November at Duxford at 4.00 p.m. and is called ‘I miss you …’ We hope it will
offer children an opportunity to explore, in a sensitive way, what it means to
lose someone - when a friend or family member moves away or a pet dies.
At church we end the year by focussing on all the
saints and sinners who we love but see no longer. The very last Sunday of the
year is called ‘Christ the King’ (26th November) and we think about
what sort of Kingdom might hold us all together – and what sort of King!
I’ve been asked if I could explain the annoying title
I use as a heading - ‘Notes from Hinkledux Rectory.’ Two reasons spring to
mind. (1) It has a history. I first heard it from Andrew Way (vicar before
last) when he moved from Duxford ten or more years ago. He attributed it to
Stephen Sykes (Bishop of Ely 1990 to 1999). The group was also known by that
name by David Walser (Archdeacon before last). (2) It reminds people that I’m a
shared vicar. If I was a resident of Ickleton or Hinxton I might be less
inclined to read ‘Notes from Duxford Rectory’; and people in Duxford need to
know I have responsibilities in three directions, and that I take them
seriously. I’m not sure, however, that the explanation makes the title any less
annoying!
Thank you to people in all three villages who
supported our Harvest celebrations in September. Duxford’s Harvest Praise!
(with participation from Duxford School choir) was well received; Ickleton
enjoyed Choral Evensong with guest preacher and buffet supper; and Hinxton had
a traditional service, followed by sit-down meal in the village hall. They were
all very different, but all very enjoyable events. At Harvest in church we also
focus on the needs of others. Harvest produce was taken to the housebound and
collections given to Christian Aid and ‘Children of Chernobyl’. Thank you again
to all who contributed.
As our churches continue to face financial problems
(clergy pensions now!), I realise how much we depend on the support of the
people of the villages. In town churches there is an expectation that running
costs will be met from the pockets of the congregation. That doesn’t work in
villages. The simple fact is that without the backing and generosity of the
wider community, village churches just wouldn’t survive. So thank you for your
support for the churches of Duxford, Hinxton and Ickleton throughout the year. Andrew
Schofield
The Rectory, St John’s Street, Duxford CB2
4RA
Andrew.schofield@ely.anglican.org
As has been reported, Tuesday coffee mornings in the
Church have been a great success and hugely enjoyed by those of us who so
happily partook of Rosemary’s delicious coffee, cakes and shortbread.
Not good for the waistline, but perfect for the
spirit! Thank you, Rosemary, for your
unfailing cheerfulness and hard work in looking after us all so well. Judy and John Marshall
The next Parish Church coffee morning will be held on
7th November.
Please feel free to drop in for your complimentary
coffee and goodies and have a chat with your fellow villagers. Rosemary McKillen
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Holy Communion |
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8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
DUXFORD |
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All Saints |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
ICKLETON
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6.30 p.m.
All Souls Service |
HINXTON |
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Thursday 9th |
12.30 p.m.
Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 12th |
8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
DUXFORD |
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10.55 a.m.
Remembrance Service |
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ICKLETON
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4.00 p.m.
Family Service |
DUXFORD |
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12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 19th |
8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
ICKLETON
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2nd
before Advent |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong Healing Service |
DUXFORD |
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Thursday 23rd |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 26th |
8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
HINXTON |
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Christ
the King |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong & BCP Holy Communion |
ICKLETON
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Thursday 30th |
12.30 p.m.
Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Services during the weekMorning
Prayer (8.45 a.m.) and Evening Prayer (4.45 p.m.) are said in church:
Monday Duxford, Tuesday Ickleton, Wednesday Hinxton, Thursday Ickleton, Friday
Duxford.
Evensong Variations
At
Hinxton on 5th November we commemorate the departed at an All Souls
Service.
At
Duxford on 19th November the evening service includes the laying on
of hands and prayers for those in need (popularly known as a Healing Service).
As many of you know, we are
staging a Passion Play next Good Friday evening.
We have had a good response
for volunteers so far, but are short of disciples. No previous acting experience is necessary and anyone interested
should give me a ring.
Rosemary McKillen
Many thanks to all those who decorated the Church so
beautifully for Harvest Festival. We
took the produce to Jimmy’s Night Shelter in Cambridge. They were very grateful
to receive it.
Judy
Marshall
Thanks to Claire Wilson who has been delivering the
Bulletin in Abbey Street.
Jane Pattie and Tina Gordon are now kindly taking
this over (Jane was previously ‘first reserve’).
We would like to thank everyone for their help and
kind messages of support following our mother's death. We would also like to
thank you for the £269.50 donated to Save the Children Fund in her memory. She
would have been so pleased with that.
Bob and Jennifer Strickland
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BUFFET
SUPPER, CONCERT (By The Walmisley Singers of Cambridge) AND WORKSHOP IN
ICKLETON CHURCH, SUNDAY DECEMBER 3rd
An update on the supper, concert and workshop in
Ickleton Church on the evening of Sunday December 3rd.
6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m Free workshop (for ticket
holders who would like to sing some pieces with the choir).
8.00 p.m. Supper (with wine) followed by the concert.
The music to be performed in the concert will include
a medley of Christmas pieces as well as Parry’s ‘I was Glad’, Woods’ ‘O Thou
the Central Orb’, some organ solos and three well know carols to be sung by
everyone.
The concert will last one hour and there will be no
interval.
All inclusive tickets are now on sale - £10 full
price / £8 concessions – from me or from any other member of the Parochial
Church Council.
Although tickets will be on sale on the night, it
would be really helpful if you would buy in advance, to give us an idea of the
numbers for catering.
Please put the date in your diary now. It should be a lovely evening and, even if
it is cold outside, the church is very well heated!
Look forward to seeing you then. Rosemary Hayes
CHAPEL NOTICES
All Services commence Sunday 3.00 p.m. and are in the
Methodist Chapel.
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November 5th |
Mr. Douglas Coulton |
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November 12th |
Revd. Trevor Sands |
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November 19th |
Revd. Keith Page |
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November 26th |
Dr. Michael Render |
Hello, from Trevor and Judith Sands, and thank you
for your welcome to Ickleton. We have been called to the pastoral care of
Ickleton Methodist Chapel from the beginning of September this year. We have
enjoyed meeting quite a few folk already at the services in the Chapel and also
at the popular art class there, and look forward to getting to know more of you
in the months ahead. We are also involved in the life of the Methodist Churches
in Saffron Walden and Chrishall and with the combined churches in Clavering.
We have three children, aged between 30 and 20, all
more or less independent now. How quickly life changes as our families grow up
and fly the nest. How time flies.
Can so much of 2006 have passed already? It will soon
be Christmas!
How wonderful that we can remember, through the
Christmas message of Jesus coming into our world, that God's love for us never
changes. As the years go by, His promises remain secure. How ever many ups and
downs we have known, He is still as ready to listen to us as when we said our
prayers as little children. In all we experience, may the peace of God's
presence be very real as we travel forward together.
For some years now, the Parish Council has been
discussing the possibility of trying to build two tennis courts for the
village. A dynamic committee of
volunteers, covering a wide age range, has now been formed to explore the
possibilities of obtaining grants, plan fund raising, consider potential sites
and research how best to organise this new facility. Our Chairman is Dan
Murton. The committee will work
independently, but be under the authority of the Parish Council. If anyone has views on this project or
would like to join the committee, please let us know; extra help will be most
welcome. Jackie Casement - Secretary
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There is an ongoing problem with litter being thrown out
of car windows onto the car park by youths, mostly from other villages, who
drive in and consume MacDonalds’ takeaways and cans of beer. In order to minimise this nuisance and the
disturbance caused to neighbouring households, the gates will be locked on
Saturday and Sunday evenings if there are no functions on.
The gates will be locked at 6.00 p.m. both days and
re-opened at 9.00 a.m. on Sunday mornings and 8.00 a.m. on Mondays. We do apologise to anyone wishing to access
the recycling bins during these times, but the bins will still be accessible on
foot.
The Village Hall
Committee
On Saturday 2nd December we welcome back the Sawston
Players to the village hall for the latest of their celebrated plays. The doors
and the bar will open at 6.45 p.m. and a bowl of hot soup will be served, by
our team of attractive ladies, shortly after you are seated, up till 7.30 p.m.
As in previous years, a delicious main course will be served during the
interval following the first act. During the second interval, an equally
delicious sweet will be served and at
this stage you will have the opportunity to question the Producer in order to
establish clues and to hand in your entry in the 'who dunnit’ competition. This
is followed by a short third act, when all is revealed, the awarding of prizes
to winners and wooden spoonists, and a draw for raffle prizes. This is a great
fun evening for all villagers and friends to enjoy. We are often asked how we
manage to include a lovely meal in the price - the answer is a small team of
community minded volunteers, plus the fact that any surplus goes towards
providing more shows for your enjoyment. It would be nice if our chefs could
sit down and enjoy proceedings from time to time, and Pam Fearn will be pleased
to hear from anyone who would take a
turn with the preparation of the food at this or perhaps a future event. Please
contact Pam
If you are
new to the village, please do come along, enjoy the fun and make new friends.
Tickets will be available at Costcutter Express from 1st November,
so as you read this they will be selling like hot cakes . Do get in early to
avoid disappointment. They can also be reserved by phone. The cost, including
the meal, is £8.00 and £7.00 for
concessions.
The Theatre Group
Duxford School will be holding a fundraising
Christmas Art Fair in the school hall on November 16th -17th
between 6.00 p.m. and 9.00 p.m.
Each pupil from the school will have a piece of
artwork on display. Whittlesford Gallery will also exhibit works from a number
of local artists with art for sale.
There will be some space available for local artists who would like the
opportunity to display and/or sell their work.
The PTA will ask for a small commission on sales from local artists.
Thursday evening will be exclusively open to
parents/carers/relatives of the Duxford School children. Friday evening will be open to the public,
with refreshments provided on both evenings.
If you would like to exhibit, please contact Sheridan
Tongue ' 01223 524181.
We were pleased to welcome two new Ickleton members,
Mr. and Mrs. Bishops, to our October meeting.
Our guest speaker was Roger Harvey, who runs his own
nursery, specializing in hellebores. Roger exhibits at all the major flower
shows. However, instead of hellebores, he spoke about perennials grown for
Autumn colour, and showed some excellent slides of several new plant varieties,
some of which he brought with him for sale.
Catherine Cocks won the best bloom competition.
The next meeting will be on November 1st,
when Gordon Reid will speak about ‘Flowers of the Cape Province.’ Cynthia Rule
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Again this year we will be having two events to raise
cash for the Children in Need Appeal.
Both evenings will include a free buffet and the competitions will be lighthearted and entertaining, so please come along to take part or give your support.
Friday 17th November
Knockout Darts Competition
Saturday 18th November Quiz Night
See notices in the Social Club for more details.
All monies raised will go to the appeal. Ickleton
Social Club Committee
In my role as the local Neighbourhood Watch
representative, together with my 42 years’ experience as a police officer,
including 14 years at the Home Office as one of her Majesty’s Inspectors of
Constabulary, I have been invited by the Parish Council to write a few words on
the concern of parishioners at the lack of constables ‘on the beat’ these days.
It is not for me, as a retired police officer, to
interfere or criticise present police procedures, but perhaps I may be able to
explain some of the reasons for the shortage of beat constables.
The exigencies of the service nowadays are based on
the need for constables to man specialist departments at police stations, such
as community policing, race relations, domestic disturbances and drugs. This is also compounded by the bureaucratic
requirement of police constables involved in arrests and major incidents, tying
them down with report writing and preventing them from returning to the beat.
All in all, we
must be resigned to forgetting the good old days of ‘Dixon of Dock Green’
- the more the pity. Stanley Peck - Neighbourhood
Watch Representative
From time to time, the Parish Council gets complaints from parishioners to the effect “We never see a policeman around the village these days.” Moreover, we get criticisms that police response times are too slow.
We recently had a meeting with Inspector Ormerod of
Cambridgeshire Constabulary, to try and improve our communication with the
local police and to pass on the comments that we have had. It was a useful meeting, and he was frank
with us about the problems that police forces are currently facing. We will continue to have meetings with him
in future so as to maintain that dialogue.
You will be aware that the officer responsible for
Ickleton is PC Iain Perry (mobile 07740 734976;
ecops.duxford@cambs.pnn.police.uk). He is based at Sawston and will already be
known to many of you (I hope for the right reason!). He has been quite successful
recently in identifying and preventing incidents of petty crime. However, his
time and resources are limited: he has three villages to cover, including
Sawston, and he does not always have access to a vehicle.
For our part, we can help the police by reporting
every incident, however small. There
won’t necessarily be a police response to small incidents, but it is
nevertheless important that they are all reported so that a pattern of criminal
behaviour can be established. All house
burglaries, however, should get a police visit and a visit from an incident
officer.
Our Neighbourhood officer, Stanley Peck, will be
handing over his duties shortly. Meanwhile you can be reassured that Ickleton’s
crime record is better than many in the county.
James
Macdonald - Chairman
Ickleton and Hinxton Conservative Association Branch is holding a supper party on Friday
24th November at 7.30 p.m. at Mowbrays, Church Street, by kind
invitation of Mr. and Mrs. Robin Driver. Andrew Lansley, our MP is coming, so
do please come to meet him. Everyone is
welcome. Tickets £6.00. Joan Frankau
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BIGGEST
COFFEE MORNING
The Macmillan Biggest Coffee Morning - held on 29th September.
I only decided a week and a half before the appointed
date, that I would try to organize a coffee morning for Macmillan Nurses. I used to do one every year at work. I mentioned this plan at the ‘Over Sixties’
and Cecil Vincent agreed that I could use The Chapel, for a nominal sum. Sarah made me some posters, which we rushed
to put up. Several kind and supportive people passed the word around, and gave
me items to sell and cakes to offer. During the morning and afternoon sessions,
we had a steady stream of generous visitors. The total of £144.23 was reached on
the date and my donations to the Chapel was returned due to this being such a
good cause. I was delighted to deliver £155.40 to the Arthur Rank Hospice for
their Macmillan Nurses. I am sure we
all know of someone who has benefited from their care, so this is an excellent
way for us to support them in their work.
I am blessed with wonderful daughters and thank Anne Marie and Sarah
especially for their support and very necessary help. Next year I’ll give
everyone better warning so we can raise lots more for The Nurses. Many thanks to everyone for making this such
a success. Ruth Driver
Duxford what…….?! A Race Night is an entertaining
evening out. A professional organiser
will show films of eight horse races on a big screen. Before each race you can either buy a horse and try to scoop the
owner’s winnings, or place a bet of 50p (or several!). Watch the race, and if
your horse is first past the post, collect your winnings. This will be held at Huntsman Restaurant, Hinxton
Road, Duxford 7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. on Saturday 18th November,
tickets £12.
There will be supper half way through the evening,
and a bar running throughout. Bring some friends to help cheer on the
horses. Tables seat from six people
upwards, so make up a table or join a bigger party. This is going to be a fun
evening for everyone to enjoy, and a lighthearted way to raise funds for St.
Peter’s Church to help prevent it closing. Tina Jonas
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CHESTERFORDS, ICKLETON AND HINXTON W.I.
Members Night, always held in October, was held in Hinxton Village Hall, which proved a welcome change of venue, and was a full house.
Sue Culpin and her helpers organised a craft evening,
with members displaying their various skills, on stalls around the hall. There were patchwork quilts, pewter work,
covered boxes, silk scarves, paintings, jewellery, paper roses, and every type
of stitch work on display.
The evening concluded with a ploughman’s supper and
buck’s fizz which was much enjoyed.
The next
meeting will be on November 15th when guest speaker Dr.
Claire Walsh will talk about 18th Century London and we will be back
at our usual venue, Great Chesterford Community Centre, starting at 7.45 p.m. Cynthia Rule
When visiting my daughter, who lives in Ickleton, I
attended the Air Show, but I’m afraid gave my entrance money (£5) to Duxford
School. There were at least 100 cars
parked, which must have been most beneficial for the school funds – so I didn’t
feel so bad. Watching from a field adjacent to the M11, I often got the
impression that the pilots were playing to our field – why else should they
treat us to a slow roll or a bit of up-side-down flying after crossing the M11?
Even the great lumbering Chinook gave us some spectacular views of itself,
flying nearly directly overhead. Two displays stick in my mind, one was the F16
Fighting Falcon, with its after-burners threatening to burst your lungs! Then,
all of a sudden, it was joined by a solitary Spitfire - seeing the two in
formation was a great thrill. It was very sensitively done - the ‘Spit’ was
always in front, the F16 never tried to
bully it or show off. Finally the
‘Spit’ broke off to do its own thing for the crowd, while the F16 quietly
disappeared – no final display of its power and superior speed, a real tribute
to its 1940’s equivalent, I thought.
The final display, by eight Spitfires, rounded off
the show splendidly. First in formation, then in pairs, they seemed to
constantly ‘fill the sky’ over the airfield - it was like a ground level dog
fight, they were everywhere, until one after the other they came round and
landed, the show was over!
Congratulations to the planners and organisers of the flying, and of
course the pilots. Alan Featherstone
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Elderly, infirm or disabled people wishing to be
considered for help with their winter heating costs, should apply to the Hon.
Clerk in writing before Monday 13th November. Only new applicants
need apply. Jocelyn Flitton – Hon.Clerk, 1 Abbey
Street
WELCOME
TO………….
Steven Davidson and Lucy Gowlett. Lucy is the granddaughter of Lucy Quill, the
previous owner, who many people will have known.
AND
David and Jacky Porter, Zach and Mil
AND
Chris and Lisa Parish, Jessica, age 12 and Jodie age
9.
Congratulations to Claire and Neil King on
the birth of their baby boy Lucas on 23rd September. Brother for Tommy and Samuel, third
grandchild for Adrian and Sue Paterson.
DEATH
We are sorry to record the death of Margaret Harrison
aged 87 on 13th October.
There was a service of Thanksgiving at Church
(preceded by committal at Cambridge Crematorium) on Monday 23rd
October.
ICKLETON DIARY
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November 1st |
Chesterford & District Gardening Society
Meeting 8.00 p.m. |
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Chapel,
Carmel Street, Gt. Chesterford |
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6th |
Mobile Library |
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7th |
Church Coffee Morning 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 noon |
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11th |
Visiting Bellringers 6.15 p.m. - 7.00 p.m. |
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15th |
Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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15th |
W.I. Meeting 7.45 p.m. Gt. Chesterford Community
Centre |
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16th & 17th |
Duxford School Christmas Art Fair 6.00 p.m. - 9.00
p.m. |
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17th |
Social Club Knockout Darts Competition 8.00 p.m.
Social Club |
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18th |
Social Club Quiz Night 9.00 p.m. Social Club |
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18th |
Christmas Fair 10.30 a.m. - 3.30 p.m. Duxford Church |
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18th
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Duxford Race Night 7.00
p.m. for 7.30 p.m. |
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Huntsman
Restaurant, Duxford |
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20th |
Mobile Library |
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24th |
Conservative Branch Supper Party 7.30 p.m. Mowbrays |
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25th |
Silent Auction 8.00 p.m. Hinxton Village Hall |
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December 2nd |
Murder Mystery Evening 6.45 p.m. Village Hall |
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3rd |
Workshop 6.30 p.m. - 7.30 p.m. |
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Followed by Supper 8.00 p.m. and Concert, Church |
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13th |
Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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