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JULY 2008
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David and Monica Lilley Monica.lilley2@btopenworld.com |
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Deadline for next
Icene Bulletin
12th JULY 2008
PARISH COUNCIL
Monday 7th
July - Green bin and Green box
Monday 14th
July - Black bin collection
Monday 21st
July - Green bin and Green box
Monday 28th July - Black
bin collection
Bins and boxes must be placed out by 7.00 a.m. on your
designated day of collection.
Parish Council Meeting 18th June The following items were discussed:
Top Soil – field Grassy Lane Robin Driver and Jocelyn Flitton had met on site with the
contractor who explained what he was doing and that Uttlesford District Council
had granted permission. The Chairman
asked the Clerk to contact Uttlesford DC for details of the planning
application (P/A/2/14/253). Copies had
now been received and would be circulated to the Councillors.
Butcher’s Hill Light & Trees
Paul Quigley from SCDC rang (following chase-up e-mail) to say he will
follow up the replacement of the light with Cambridgeshire County Council, as
the replacement light should have been done by now.
No response had been received from the owner of the land
regarding the horse chestnut trees.
SCDC do not have any involvement as they do not own or manage any land
along Butcher’s Hill area. The Parish
Council felt there was not anything else that they could do at this time.
Mill Lane Crossing The Clerk
had telephoned Network Rail’s National Helpline, as no further response had
been received. This issue has now been
logged and numbers on the crossing given to them in the hope they can locate
this crossing and re-check the standards of the crossing.
Footpaths A response
had been sent to CCC re the application to Modify the Definitive Map &
Statement for Pubic Footpath No 8 Duxford, No 4 Hinxton and No 3 Ickleton
(Network Rail). The reply was as
follows: “There is no evidence that
there was ever a footpath on that particular route. There has never been a reference to this proposed footpath by
British Rail in the minutes. Our eldest
resident (92) says there was never a footpath there. We wish to object to this change.”
Post Office Limited is due to announce the details of Post Office closures in
Cambridgeshire on 8th July 2008.
SCDC is holding a briefing session on 16th July between 6.30
p.m. and 8.30 p.m. At this point in
time we are unable to say if we wish to attend this briefing session.
British Telecom is holding a consultation regarding their proposed
removal of the phone box in Frogge Street.
It was agreed that a letter should be written requesting that we wished
to keep the old telephone box (which is now a card only box and not coin) as
despite mobile phones this is next to a public space and old peoples’ homes.
Hanley Grange Many villagers
visited the Village Hall at the weekend to see the developer’s plans. A copy of a letter sent by Imperial War
Museum to Communities & Local Government was felt to be very significant. A
letter on behalf of the Parish Council will be sent to Communities & Local
Government. The Chairman (Robin Driver)
will write a letter to Wellcome Trust (London).
Planning
application(s) received from SCDC:
S/0722/08/CAC – Total demolition of former office, garage
& workshop buildings – Howeys’ Yard Adj 33 Abbey Street – Approve
S/0679/08/LB – Alterations – glazed porch extension – 53
Abbey Street – Keith Mitchell – Information only.
S/0826/08/F – Dwelling following demolition
of existing buildings – Howeys Yard, Abbey Street. Approve
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S/0871/08/F – Extension – Providence House, 6 Frogge Street–
Approve but wished to comment that no plan of whole house had been
received.
S/0933/08/F – Extension – 35 Church Street – Approve
Planning application(s) granted by SCDC:
S/0416/08/F – Erection of bungalow
following demolition of existing bungalow – 29 Church Street – Executor of Mrs
MK Harrison deceased
S/0679/08/LB – Alterations-Glazed Porch Extension – 53 Abbey
Street – Keith Mitchell Building
S/0722/08/CAC – Total demolition of former office, garage
& workshop buildings – Howeys’ Yard, adj. 33 Abbey Street – Cheffins
Cambridge Water Company (in association with the Cambridge
Evening News):
Photographic
Competition: Capturing Water For
amateurs and professionals, children and adults, a competition to capture, in
photographs, images of water in and around East Anglia. The closing date for entries is Friday,
15th August at 5.00 p.m.
For further information call: ( 01223 846955.
Summer Academy 2008 is open to young people aged 8 -16 and those taking
part must attend for the full five days.
The cost for the week is £112 (£75 for additional members of the same
family). These will be taking place at
Linton Village College (4 - 8th August), Melbourn Village College
(11 -15th August) and also at Swavesey and Impington. For more information contact Lesley Morgan (01223
712825 or by e-mail: lmorgan@sawstonvc.org
COPE (Cambridge
Older People’s Enterprise) newsletter is available free on line by visiting: www.cambridgecope50.org Jocelyn
Flittton - Parish Clerk
NOTES FROM
HINKLEDUX RECTORY
Stress free holidays?
There are people – ordinary, sensible people – who won’t
take an annual holiday. And as I look at what’s involved in getting ready for a
fortnight away, I can understand why. It takes hours – no, days – of preparation
before everything is organised enough for you to leave home and desk. And then
there’s the packing. Well, I don’t actually do the packing myself, just
helpfully put out everything I think I’ll need. But the process of identifying
a wardrobe suitable for two weeks’ holiday, with all its possible variations,
is unaccountably stressful.
Eventually you arrive at the place that is going to be
‘home’ for the next 14 days. Everything you packed so carefully is decanted and
in the process you discover what you’ve left behind. You’ve sacrificed well
ordered familiarity for an environment that just doesn’t function as you
expect. Your carefully organised life disintegrates and two weeks of
uncertainty stretch out before you .….. perhaps it’s just the expectations that
are wrong. You hope for sun and it rains, you look for peace and quiet and end
up arguing with everyone. You’ve got time for relaxation, and don’t know what
to do with it. Did I miss anything? Well, there are, of course, the other
members of the family, each with their own particular requirements …..
And finally, there’s the homecoming …. a pile of post,
frustrated answerphone messages, a full Inbox. And the unexpected traps – the
problems you didn’t quite get sorted before you went away return to haunt you,
the forgotten bills, the speeding fine, an irate client who wants to know where
on earth you’ve been for the last two weeks. None of this would be a problem if
only you’d stayed at home!
Perhaps there’s another way of thinking about holidays. The
word 'holiday' was originally two words - Holy Day. Holidays were holy days set
apart for the worship of God. They were days in which men and women stopped
doing everyday things for themselves and instead concentrated on what God had
done for them.
In Judaism (and later, of course, in Christianity), one day
out of every seven had to be set aside for God. It was called the Sabbath and
was the seventh day of the week. The pattern of six days of work and one day of
rest can be traced back to the book of Genesis which describes how God created
everything in six days and 'rested' on the seventh. The Sabbath belonged to God
and people used the day to worship Him and remember all that He had done.
Holy days, then, were primarily times of thanksgiving to
God. For the Christian Church these were days (and there were lots of them)
when people were encouraged to stop work and to celebrate the life of a saint
or other holy event. Perhaps it would help with the big holidays, if we could
think of every day as a sort of holy day.
I may sound a bit like a grumpy old man, but I need holidays
too. I love places of quiet and stillness and surprise which are only to be
found in the wild, and only on holiday! When work threatened to overwhelm his
disciples, Jesus told them, "Come away to a deserted place all by
yourselves and rest a while." Maybe it’s good advice after all.
Andrew Schofield
The Rectory, 13 St John’s Street,
Duxford CB22 4RA
( 01223 832137 * atschofield@msn.com
Editorial PS
The above was written before he went on holiday, but when
the vicar returned he found the rectory computer had gone into a irrecoverable
crash!
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Services
for July
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Thursday 3rd |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 6th |
8.00 a.m. BCP Communion |
DUXFORD |
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Trinity 7 |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist (All Age
Service) |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m. Evensong |
HINXTON
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Thursday 10th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 13th |
8.00 a.m. BCP Communion |
HINXTON |
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Trinity 8 |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m. Evensong |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 17th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 20th |
8.00 a.m. BCP Communion |
ICKLETON |
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Trinity 9 |
10.00 a.m. Family Communion |
HINXTON
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6.30 p.m. Evensong with Laying on of
Hands |
DUXFORD |
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Thursday 24th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 27th |
8.00 a.m. BCP Communion |
HINXTON
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Trinity 10 |
10.00 a.m. Family Service |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m. Songs of Praise |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 31st |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Variations
First Sunday (6th) –
at Ickleton an All Age service at
10.00 a.m. to round off the Church Fete weekend - with a shortened form of Holy
Communion at the end, for those who would like to stay.
Third Sunday (20th) - at Hinxton there is Family Communion at 10.00 a.m. In this service we use a simpler
responsive form of worship suitable for all ages. At Duxford the evening
service includes the laying on of hands
and prayers for the sick and those in need.
Fourth Sunday (27th) - at Duxford the 10.00 a.m. is a short Family Service. At Ickleton at 6.30 p.m.
the service is a Songs of Praise to celebrate the Church’s Patron Saint.
All services start
at 3.00 p.m.
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Sunday 6th |
Mrs. Julie Finbow |
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Sunday 13th |
Revd. Stuart Veitch |
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Sunday 20th |
Revd. Trevor Sands |
Holy
Communion |
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Sunday 27th |
Mr. Nigel Courtman |
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Revd. Trevor Sands
THANKS
The
family of the late Ruby Lilley would like to thank everyone for their cards,
prayers and kind words, and for their attendance at the Church. We are grateful
for donations of £685 for Ickleton
Church in her memory.
Thanks
also to Rosemary McKillen and her helpers for providing refreshments in the
Village Hall.
OVER SIXTIES
The
members of the Over 60s send their condolences to Mrs. Betty Willmott and her
family following the death of Sonny.
Sonny enjoyed playing whist and dominoes, and was a very canny player
who loved to tease us.
He
will be very much missed. Cynthia Rule
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HENRY (SONNY)
WILLMOTT 1920-2008
Grandad was born in Haslingfield on 6th April
1920 and was one of nine siblings – 6 sisters and 2 brothers. So many women in
the house must have been a great preparation for continuously being out-numbered
by women, from sisters to daughters!
Grandad went to the local school, and upon leaving his first
job was a milk round carried out on a bicycle with a sidecar. A far more
pleasant occupation, I am sure, than the second – when he was called up to join
the RAF at a very young age, stationed in Buxton in Derbyshire before being
posted to Egypt, a time he very rarely talked about.
After the war Grandad went to work for Premier Travel,
initially as a conductor and then as a long distance driver, regularly on the
Birmingham to Clacton run - but it was much nearer to home on the Cambridge
bus, where he met Grandma – Betty – on her way to work at Robert Sayles.
Kenzie’s Coaches was Grandad’s next move in 1953, where
everything went smoothly until Great Chesterford Bridge caused a few more
problems than normal one morning. Not one to do anything by halves, the large
coach, according to the crossing keeper “had gone right under”! The only harm
done, a few laughs at Grandad’s expense and the first and only attempt at
Ickleton’s own open top tour bus!
Grandad and Grandma married in 1954 and moved into Abbey
Street, Ickleton and three years later their first daughter – Clare - was born,
followed by Mum (Sarah) three years later.
The Priory became their home a few years after their
daughters were born, and went on to be a very special family home for thirty-five
years, until Grandma and Grandad’s move to Shepherd’s Cottage in 2000. At the
Priory there are many very happy memories of huge family Christmases, and the
enjoyment of farm life. Grandad would regularly help Clare with the horse, and
be dragged to watch horse shows with Clare and friends.
Grandad joined the family business at the butcher’s shop in
the late 60s and quickly became a more than valued member of the team, which
showed when he took over management after Great Grandad (Gatty) died in 1973. He
ran the shop until it was closed six years later.
Always a hard worker, Grandad continued to work at Playle’s
Butchers in Bassingbourn until he was 70.
Retirement meant more time helping Mum out on the farm. He
was always there when needed, from helping to load a lorry to changing plough
points.
Plenty of time was also spent with his grandchildren, me and
Martin. Many school runs and time spent working on the vegetable garden, of
which my brother and I have very fond memories - from Grandad tapping the gear
stick along to a song on the radio, to lessons on how to dig a veg garden,
unfortunately an art that has not recently been put to use! Grandad loved
walking the dogs, trips to the Social Club for bowls and whist drives, and as
many of you will remember, at times a cigarette and a gin and bitter lemon.
Cards have always been a big part of family life, with Grandad certainly
winning the lion’s share of the regularly played after dinner games of sevens!
He loved village life and I think his choice of bedroom with
the best view of the high street meant a little of Grandma’s ‘interest’ in
goings on had rubbed off over the years!
Such a family man, he never really liked a night away, and
certainly preferred his own bed.
Grandad continued to enjoy bowls on a Thursday afternoon at
the Social Club and then Village Hall until very recently, with only a little
encouragement sometimes needed from his dear friend Beryl.
Bowls continued out in the meadow at Mum and Michael’s until
the evening before he went into hospital, where Grandad was easily winning a
game against Martin, 3-1, something I am sure he is smiling about!
Grandad’s relationship with his grandson was obvious to
everyone, and when Grandma went abroad (something that Grandad only did once
after coming home from Egypt) Martin often stayed with Grandad to keep him
company - it was always difficult to see who enjoyed evenings of watching sport
and eating cornflakes before bed the most!
Talking as I have of Grandad’s gifts I have to conclude with
his amazing ability to be continuously kind, honest and patient. A devoted
husband, father and grandfather, a special friend to many, and a great man. I
would like to say how special it has been and how much it has meant to all of
the family to hear how much Grandad meant to everyone.
Grandad you are the best, I feel honoured and proud to be
able to call myself your Granddaughter – you will be greatly missed. Samantha
Smith
THANK YOU
On
behalf of all the family I would like to express our sincere thanks and
gratitude to everyone who sent kind letters, cards, messages of sympathy and to
all who attended the service.
It
was very kind and very much appreciated at this sad and difficult time.
We
are extremely sorry that we are not able to thank you all personally, due to
the unbelievable numbers we received.
Once
again, please accept our sincere and grateful thanks. Betty
Willmott
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ICKLETON CHURCH
FETE 2008
The Church Fete will be held on July 5th from
2.00 p.m. until 5.00 p.m. in the Village Hall and on the recreation ground.
Many thanks to everybody who offered to help so far. Now we
need contributions please, so if you are having a spring clean, do remember us.
The following would be very grateful for contributions to
the stalls :-
Bric-a-Brac - Ivy Court
(really good items please) (willing to collect)
Bottle Stall - Neil McKillen
The Grand Raffle -
Rosemary and Neil McKillen
Cakes and Produce - The Cocks family
Catherine asks if anybody
could
make
her cakes for the cake stall
CDs and DVDs (no
videos please as - Jo-Anne Rutter
they do not sell) e.mail address is jorutter@gmail.com
Toy Stall (no soft
toys please) -
Sarah Mila
Plant Stall -
Cali Holberry
Plants can be left in Cali’s
garden - 3 Bird’s Close
or brought on the morning
of the Church Fete
Silent Auction -
Colin and Rosemary Hayes
Adults and Children’s
Tombola -
Cynthia Rule
Articles beforehand please
Books -
Judy Holt
Nearly New (no jumble
or electrical -
Monica Lilley
items please)
Children’s Lucky Dip -
Christina Taylor
Cakes for tea please -
by The Ickleton Society
Sheila Birch
The Village Hall will be open from 10.15 a.m. on the morning
of the Church Fete for setting up. There will be coffee served for the helpers
in the meeting room and any help will be most welcome.
There will be the usual delights - a grand raffle, pet show,
vintage vehicles, fancy dress parade, photography competition, ye olde fruit
machine, the Saffron Walden Town Band, village archives, Home comers and
Village Reunion, Sawston Fire Engine
(after 3.30 p.m.) and much, much more…….
Photography Competition
Drop off your entries with your entry fee of £1.00 per print
to 54 Abbey Street (pop them in an envelope and post through the letterbox).
For categories see village shop notice board. Anne Godfrey and
Jane Hurst
Fancy
Dress Parade
The Fancy Dress Parade this year will be Flower Power 60s
and 70s theme. This will be for adults and children. Judging will take place
3.00 p.m. on the recreation ground. Sarah Mila
Raffle for Church Fete
Tickets for
the annual raffle will be distributed to our sellers in the week commencing
26th May. By law I now have to account for all sales and returns so, if
you are allocated tickets to sell, the counterfoils and any unsold tickets need
to be returned to me so that I can keep the Revenue happy.
By popular demand our first prize again is a De Luxe Marriott two night
break. Other attractive prizes are on the list as usual.
The Raffle is the biggest single earner for the Church, so please sell as many
as you can and/or buy as many as you can.
I'm also looking for bottles for the bottle stall - anything from sauce to
whisky is perfect. They can be dropped off at 5 Priory Close any time
between now and the fete. Neil McKillen
STOP PRESS!
We still
need good quality items for the silent auction at the Church Fete on 5th
July. Please contact Colin or Rosemary Hayes.
The Church Fete is a social event for the village and a
fundraiser for Ickleton Church. The
Vicar, PCC and Churchwardens would like to thank everybody who supports this
event.
Monica Lilley - Fete Organiser
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STOP HANLEY GRANGE CAMPAIGN
On
behalf of the Stop Hanley Grange Campaign, can I thank everyone who has
supported the campaign, signed the petitions, written to the Government to
express views, helped with leaflets and donated funds to the campaign. The response from Ickleton has been truly
overwhelming. At the time of writing
(mid June), the Parish Council and individuals have donated over £1400 which
has gone towards the costs of printing posters and leaflets. The Joint Action Group is very grateful to
you.
The
campaign doesn’t stop here, however.
The Government will be considering the possible sites for these new
towns (so called ‘eco-towns’) until October, and has indicated that it will
continue to provide more information about them and consult on it until at
least the end of September. We will be
keeping up the pressure until then and will let you know how you can help. If you would like to receive updates by
e-mail, please e-mail me at rachel@fern-cott.freeserve.co.uk. Rachel
Radford
GREAT CHESTERFORD &
DISTRICT GARDENING SOCIETY
On
June 4th we had a capacity audience, including some new members. We
welcomed John Taylor from the Ickleton Allotment Association, who expressed a
wish to liaise with us where possible.
The
talk on ‘Herbs and their Uses’ was rather disappointing, not up to our usual
standard!
The
best bloom competition, a Hybrid Tea Rose was won by Barbara Rule, from a rose
bush which is approximately 30 years old.
Approximately
25 members will be visiting Wolfson College Gardens on August 6th.
Maps will be available at the next meeting, which will be on July 2nd,
and is a fun evening with a Mini Flower Show with refreshments, including
strawberries and cream. Entries for the
show must be in by 7.30 p.m. please.
Hope to see you there.
Cynthia Rule
NOTES FROM SAWSTON MEDICAL PRACTICE
It is now just over a year since Dr James Morrow joined the
practice following the retirement of Dr Alan Gelson. Dr Fiona Clark became a
partner following the retirement of Dr Peter McKenna. In general, patients who were registered with Dr Gelson were
transferred to Dr Morrow, whereas those registered with Dr McKenna were shared
between Dr Sharon Woods and Dr Fiona Clark.
However, patients attending the practice can make an appointment with
the doctor of their choice.
Did you know that you can make appointments with a doctor,
our nurse practitioner and our minor illness specialist nurses via the
internet? You can also request your
repeat prescription on line and submit a change of address form. If you are interested in these services
there are further details on our web site www.sawstonmedicalpractice.co.uk
. Forms to register are available from reception.
As well as our dispensary there is an in-house pharmacy,
which enables us, on request, to dispense medication to all our patients and
visitors to the medical centre. We also
have a selection of over the counter medications for sale. We have three
pharmacists available to advise on the safe and appropriate use of all forms of
medication. Jenny Parker - Assistant Practice
Manager
Sawston Medical Centre
FROM ICKLETON TO
GLASTONBURY AND THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL
On
Saturday night the sound and sights of Southern Africa came to the Village
Hall. Umdumo Wesizwe (meaning sounds of
the nation), a music ensemble formed in the suburbs of Bulawayo in Zimbabwe
received a standing ovation from a full house as they concluded their vibrant
show with a typically energetic finale.
With
no instruments and relying solely on their bass and tenor voices, the 10 young
men fused traditional reggae, dance, evocative harmonies and contemporary
influences to give an exciting performance which delighted the crowd of all
ages. They wowed everyone with their energy and enthusiasm to say nothing of
the astounding quality of their voices and amazing dancing. They are going to be a big hit on their UK
tour and we are lucky to have seen them in Ickleton prior to their performances
at Glastonbury, WOMAD, the Llangollen Eisteddfod and the Edinburgh Festival. They came to Ickleton as part of the ‘Arts
in Cambs on Tour’ programme.
Thank
you to everyone who helped to make the evening a success, and especially Dilip
and Sunita (and Sally) for acting as the Box Office once again. Ickleton Theatre Group
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THE CHESTERFORDS,
ICKLETON & HINXTON W.I.
We
held our June meeting in Hinxton Village Hall again this year. Our guest speaker, David Holmes, spoke with
much enthusiasm about ‘Gardening Antiques’, some dating back to the 17th
century. David showed some excellent slides,
and brought with him some obscure items. Our members proved their knowledge by
guessing correctly. I think he was much
impressed!
The
next meeting will be on August 20th, when the speaker will be Chris
Winter, and the title of the talk ‘Life’s like That’.
Visitors
Welcome. Cynthia Rule
The
Annual General Meeting will take
place on September 11th at the Congregational Chapel Great
Chesterford at 8.00 p.m. Everybody is invited to take part. We hope to hear
about our new programme from our next two speakers. Refreshments will be
served.
For
the
Autumn 2008 Term the course will be:
‘Antiques
and Collectables’ (Tutor Peter Edwards)
Find
out how to date items, how some objects were made, and what their value is.
Also discover what is being collected, and what goes on at antique auctions.
Every
Thursday evening from 18th September, 8.00 p.m. to 9.30 p.m. for ten weeks at the Congregational
Chapel, Carmel Street, Great Chesterford
For
the
Spring 2009 Term the course will be:
‘Sense
and Nonsense in Psychology’ (Tutor John Daines)
Current
and topical issues in all areas, especially discussion of social psychology.
Every
Wednesday morning from 14th January, 10.00 a.m. to 11.30 a.m. for ten weeks at Ickleton
Village Hall Margaret
Beston
‘IT'S A THREESOME’
Third B-17 Flying Fortress ‘Pink Lady’ confirms
appearance at Flying Legends Air Show
The Flying
Legends Air Show at the Imperial War Museum, Duxford on Saturday 12th
and Sunday 13th July will be
bringing together three historic B-17 Flying Fortress aircraft to create an
amazing spectacle not seen for many years, and unlikely to be seen again.
The Flying Fortress was an American bomber of the Second World War and, between
1942 and 1945, many of them were based in the UK as part of America's war
effort. The most famous B-17, ‘Memphis Belle’, was immortalised in the
1991 film of the same name.
The Fighter
Collection is delighted to announce that, due to the generosity, spirit, and determination
of several individuals, three B-17s will appear together at The Flying Legends
Air Show. An incredible effort will see one of the B-17s ‘Liberty Belle’
making the epic journey from her base in Georgia, USA to join with B-17 ‘Pink
Lady’ from France and the Duxford based long time resident ‘Sally B’.
Flying Legends will be the only opportunity to see these magnificent aircraft
together, and will be the only air show where all three B-17 are participating
both on the ground and in the air.
Flying Legends is without doubt one of the finest warbird air shows in the
world, providing an amazing, unrivalled line-up of great classic propeller
driven combat aircraft, many of which are rare and unique. This year's
event promises another exciting line-up with over 65 aircraft now scheduled to
take part in a flying programme lasting over three hours and featuring some of
the best display pilots in the world.
Visitors to the show will have the opportunity to get up closer to the three
Flying Fortresses and the other aircraft on the Flight Line Walk* on the
morning of the show.
There will also be the opportunity to see inside these three
aircraft for a small additional charge.
Gates open at 8.00 a.m. and the flying begins at 2.00 p.m. Tickets -
Adults £29.95, Senior Citizens £24.95, Children £9.95,
Disabled/Concession £9.95. Discounted tickets available up to 4th
July - call ( 01223 499353 to book early and
save!
All flying is subject to weather, serviceability and
operational commitments. For more information about tickets or the flying
programme visit iwm.org.uk/duxford. *There is an additional charge for
the Flight Line Walk.
Tracey
Woods ( 01223 499320
Marketing & PR Manager
Email: TWoods@iwm.org.uk
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THE ICKLETON SUMMER
SIZZLER
Big Village Picnic 30th August
from 2.00 p.m. Recreation Ground and Village Hall.
Come
and join the Ickleton Picnic, a FREE event for all ages. Featuring tea tent
with home made cakes, barbecue, scarecrow competition, races and games for the
children and adults. Bring a picnic blanket, pop-up gazebo if you have one, a
few drinks and join in the fun! This event is aimed at Ickleton residents, but
if you have visitors and wish to bring them along, extra tickets can be
obtained for the small fee of £1 each! We will provide chairs and tables for
those who need a little more comfort! If you need assistance getting to the
recreation ground please call Anne-Marie Hoare to arrange a lift. Pick up a free resident’s ticket by the 15th
August (so that we know how much food
to order) from the following: Village Shop, Froglets or anyone on the
committee.
We
would love to see as many residents there as possible. If you would like to be
involved with organising this event, please contact Katherine Denman-Johnson or Liz
Goddard for details of the next committee meeting. The Ickleton Sizzler Committee
GERTRUDE HOMES
We welcome our four new residents of the Gertrude Homes. Tom and Elsie Cresswell at No. 5 and Roy and Eileen Flitton at
No 9. We hope that they will enjoy their completely renovated homes.
Applications remain open for No 7, the centre cottage. It also has
a completely new kitchen, bedroom with en-suite shower, and an
enlarged lounge with wonderful views over the meadow behind. Please apply
to the Hon. Clerk Jocelyn Flitton.
TRAINS FROM GREAT
CHESTERFORD
The
times published in last month’s Icene were correct at the time, but shortly
afterwards the 7.35 a.m. to Cambridge was retimed to 7.47 a.m. (giving the Cambridge schoolchildren an
extra 12 minutes in bed!).
Other
times are as published last month. David
Lilley
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July 2nd
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Gt. Chesterford & District Gardening
Society Mini Flower Show |
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7.30 p.m. Chapel, Carmel Street, Gt.
Chesterford |
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5th
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Church Fete 2.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. Village
Hall & Recreation Ground |
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6th
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Hinxton Mill ‘Tea by the River’ |
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7th
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Mobile Library |
|
12th
& 13th |
Flying Legends Air Show Duxford Airfield |
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15th
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Visiting Bellringers 3.35 - 4.45 p.m. |
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16th |
Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village
Hall |
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19th
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Flying Proms Duxford Airfield |
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21st
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Mobile Library |
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August 30th |
Summer Sizzler 2.00 p.m. Recreation Ground |
PUBLISHED BY ICKLETON PARISH COUNCIL