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DECEMBER 2008
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David and
Monica Lilley Monica.lilley2@btopenworld.com |
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Tony
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12th December 2008
PARISH COUNCIL
Monday 1st December - Black bin collection
Monday
8th December - Green bin and green boxes (bottles, tins
& plastic)
Monday 15th December - Black bin collection
Monday 22nd December - Green
bin and green boxes (bottles, tins & plastic)
Monday 29th December - Black bin collection
Bins
and boxes must be placed out by 7.00 a.m. on your designated day of collection.
The
following items were discussed at the meeting held on Wednesday 19th
November 2008:
Mill Lane Crossing – The
Clerk has written twice to Mr Gary Nolan at Network Rail. The second letter contained 6 photographs of
the crossing together with an appropriate article from the Daily
Telegraph. The Clerk had received a
phone call on November 18th from John Eccles who said he was now
looking into the problem, which he will try to resolve, but it may take a week
or two. The Chairman had visited the
crossing at lunchtime today and whilst he was there 16 people crossed over the
line. The Parish Council agreed that copies of the letters should be sent to
Andrew Lansley CBE MP, and that the Chairman would now contact the press.
Grange Road closure –
Carillion WSP have confirmed that the road works will commence at 8.00 a.m. on
Monday 1st December and are expected to be completed by the evening
of Friday 5th December
2008. The hours of work will be 8.00 a.m.
– 6.00 p.m. The diversion route is
along Coploe Road onto Royston Lane or left onto Strethall Road.
Wellcome Trust – Dog Bin
– This has now been installed in Mill Lane near the railway crossing.
Planning application(s) received from SCDC:
S/1446/08/LB – Garden Room Extension to Annexe – 26 Abbey Street–Information
only.
S/1626/08/F
– Additional Dwelling – 13 Birds
Close – Mr S James. Liz Goddard
declared an interest in 13 Birds Close and did not take part in the discussions
for this application. A site meeting
had been held and was discussed. Approve
S/1821/08/F – Garden Room – Caldrees Manor, Abbey Street – Approve
S/1823/08/LB – Alterations - Replacement of conservatory by
glazed garden room – Caldrees Manor, Abbey Street – Approve
S/1839/08/F
– Extension (Amendment to approved
application ref. S/0357/08/F) – 21 Mill Lane – Approve
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S/1751/08/F
– Replacement Shed – 44 Frogge
Street – .
Mr
Robin Driver and Mr Tim Pavelin declared an interest in this application and
did not take part in the discussions - Approve
S/1844/08/F – Replacement Gates & Fencing – Harlequin House,
43 Abbey Street – Approve
S/1551/08/F
– Extensions, Alterations &
Conversion of Existing Agricultural Buildings to Offices (Use Class B1)
following demolition of Store – Abbey Farm, Duxford Road. These plans had only been received on Monday
17th November and it was agreed that a site meeting should be held
before a decision could be made.
Planning
application(s) granted by SCDC:
S/1433/08/F
– Extension to Annexe – 26 Abbey Street –
S/1446/08/LB
– Garden Room Extension to Annexe – 26 Abbey Street
Application for tree works subject to a preservation
order or in a conservation area:
C/11/40/54 – Lop
and prune 6 trees (3 Lylandi and 3 self-set trees: Ash, Hazel & Walnut) –
Gurner House, 20 Church Street – Approve
Tim
Pavelin was concerned following the
recent accidents in Frogge Street and felt that this tied in with an e-mail we
had received from Great Chesterford Parish Council, telling us the 30mph limit
is being moved to under the bridge towards Ickleton in March 2009. It was agreed that we would write to D Lines
(CCC) requesting an extension of the 30mph limit in Frogge Street. It was also agreed to ask for the speed
limit in Coploe Road to be extended as it was felt this was important due to
the recent introduction of the Allotments.
The Chairman also asked if the Allotment Association could cut the hedge
(opposite the seat) back to ensure a clearer vision for traffic.
Duxford Airfield (IWM) Management Liaison Committee Representative:
A letter
had been received from Graham Igglesden saying he would have to retire as our
Representative due to ill health. The
Parish Council said Mr Igglesden had put in, over many years, a lot of time and
hard work and they wished to record this. A letter of appreciation will be
sent. It was agreed that Lewis Duke
would replace him as the Representative.
Speed Watch Response: Neither
Terry Sadler nor the Clerk had received a response for volunteers. This information will be passed back to the
Police.
City
Centre Management in partnership with Cambridge City Council and Cambridgeshire
County Council has recently launched
a website to make it easier to walk around Cambridge. Your route will be
generated, detailing journey time, calories burned and CO2 emissions
saved! Visit: www.walkit.com/cambridge
Cambridgeshire
County Council offer a Village
Benefits Advice Service. For further
information, please contact Anjela Davis ( 01223 715901 or Ian Collins ( 01223 715900.
THE ROYAL BRITISH LEGION POPPY
APPEAL COLLECTION
The
collection in the village this year amounted to £828.67, including the Church
collection of £190 on Remembrance Sunday.
Thank you to all who gave so generously. Both were unfortunately less than last year’s record. The Parish Council will not decide on the
amount of their donation for the village wreath until their December meeting,
so that has not been included in the figure above. Without the efforts of our band of collectors, none of this would
be possible. Very many thanks therefore
go to Sheila Birch, Jackie Casement, Pat Facer, Lena Frost, Yvonne Hall, John
and Judy Marshall, Caroline Owen, Sally Pearce and Hilary Rule. Thanks also to Costcutter Express, the
Ickleton Lion, the Social Club and to our new neighbours on Grange Road,
R.A.G.T. Seeds for their help by displaying collecting boxes.
Malcolm
Hall - Honorary Organiser
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Services
for December
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Thursday 4th |
11.30 a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 7th |
8.00 a.m.
BCP Holy Communion |
DUXFORD |
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Advent 2 |
10.00
a.m. Parish Eucharist with Sunday School |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m. Advent Service – O Antiphons |
HINXTON
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Thursday 11th |
11.30
a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Saturday 13th |
5.00
p.m. An Hour of Concert featuring |
DUXFORD |
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Duxford
Workshop Choir |
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Sunday 14th |
8.00 a.m. BCP Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Advent 3 |
10.00
a.m. Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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4.00 p.m. Christingle Service |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m. Lessons and Carols |
HINXTON
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Thursday 18th |
11.30
a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 21st |
8.00 a.m. BCP Holy Communion |
ICKLETON |
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Advent 4 |
10.00 a.m. Family Communion |
HINXTON
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4.00 p.m. Christingle Service (St John’s Duxford) |
DUXFORD |
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(bring a torch, wrap up
warm!) |
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6.30 p.m. Lessons and Carols |
ICKLETON |
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Wednesday 24th |
4.00 p.m. Christingle Service |
HINXTON
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11.30
p.m. Midnight Mass |
DUXFORD |
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Thursday 25th |
9.00 a.m. Christmas Eucharist |
HINXTON
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Christmas Day |
10.30
a.m. Christmas Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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Sunday 28th |
8.00 a.m. BCP Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Christmas 1 |
10.00
a.m. Family Service |
DUXFORD
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6.30 p.m. Evensong followed by Holy
Communion |
ICKLETON |
Christingle Service Sunday December 14th
The special All-age Services we have been running
in Ickleton Church this year have proved very popular. Young and old alike have
enjoyed puppets, sketches and learning new songs. Together we’ve joined in with
interactive readings and discovered new ways of praying using balloons,
pictures and magazines.
Some or all of the above will also feature in our
Christingle Service this year on Sunday December 14th at 4.00 p.m.,
and we‘d love to see you there. While the shops have been full of Christmas
merchandise for weeks, this is a great opportunity to really get ‘in the mood’
for Christmas, sing some carols and be reminded of the real Christmas message. This
year children from our newly formed Sunday School will also be taking part. A
collection will be taken during the service for the work of the Children’s
Society and afterwards we’re delighted to announce that everyone is again
invited to mulled wine and mince pies (or juice and a biscuit) at Norman Hall
courtesy of Caroline and Julian Owen and family.
If you can’t make the 14th there will
also be a Christingle Service at St John’s Duxford on December 21st and
at Hinxton Church on Christmas Eve.
Last year we made 100 Christingles before the
service. If anyone would like to join the assembly team this year please
contact Mandy Jeffery mandy.jeffery@tiscali.co.uk
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NOTES FROM HINKLEDUX
RECTORY
Waiting for Christmas
This year, my first sight of a Christmas crib, complete with
Wise Men and Baby Jesus, was on 24th October at Manchester’s
Trafford Centre shopping mall. Only two months to go then! With such an early
start, children have a long time to wait for Christmas these days. For them and
most of us, waiting is a negative experience. The bus is late? You can’t do
anything about it; you just have to sit there and wait. Waiting is such a waste
of time, a frustrating state determined by events wholly out of our hands, a
pointless space between where we are and where we want to be.
In the Gospel stories of Christmas, the whole opening scene
is filled with waiting people: Zechariah and Elizabeth are waiting, Mary is
waiting, Simeon and Anna are waiting. But this isn’t passive, pointless
waiting. All of them hear, in one way or another, the words "Do not be
afraid. I have something good to tell you." Their waiting is with a sense
of promise and hope and purpose.
Waiting is hard for us because we are usually waiting for
something that we want - "I wish I could have that job. I wish the weather
would be better. I wish the pain would go away." Waiting is a way of
trying to control the future. It’s hard because we want to do things that will
make the desired events happen.
But sometimes we just have to let go, as Mary did when
confronted by the angel. Her words "I am the handmaid of the Lord … let
what you have said be done to me" actually meant "I don't know what
this all means, but I trust that good things will happen." In a world
preoccupied with control, open-ended waiting like Mary’s is a challenging and
radical attitude towards life. So is the trust that something will happen to us
that is far beyond our imaginings, that God moulds us according to God's love
and not according to our fear.
So it is that Christians dare to say that God is a God of
love even when we see hatred all around. That is why we can claim that God is a
God of life even when we see death and destruction and agony all around us. The
whole purpose of the Christian community is to offer a space in which people
can wait without being defeated by anxiety or despair. We wait together,
nurturing what has already begun, expecting its fulfilment - that is the
meaning of marriage, friendship, community, and the Christian life.
Without waiting we do not mature; without
waiting we cannot be ready for what follows. Waiting is a necessary part of the
process of invitation and response. We need to live with the night and darkness
before we can greet the dawn. And this is written into nature too. The
expectant mother must wait nine long months before she sees the face of her
child. The seed must be buried and broken open in the dark earth before it can
emerge into the light of day as a new green shoot.
This cycle of waiting and birthing is not just a past
incident in the life of a Jewish maiden who lived long ago in far away
Palestine. It is a story that is re-lived whenever a child is conceived,
whenever there is a cry of joy at a long awaited birth, whenever there is a
longing for liberation from tyranny, whenever there is a gleam of hope and a
striving for something beyond the obvious and immediate.
Join us at church this Christmas as we celebrate the birth
of the Christ child - and make it a special time of waiting and hope for you
and your family.
Andrew Schofield
The Rectory, 13 St John’s Street,
Duxford CB22 4RA
( 01223 832137 *
atschofield@msn.com
SUNDAY SCHOOL
On
7th December at 10.00 a.m. we will think about how we knew Jesus was
coming – the role of the prophets and how these link the New and Old
Testament. Bible search and activities
follow the prophecies about Jesus through the Bible.
Keena
McKillen ( 01223 832785
keena.mckillen@ntlworld.com
CHURCH COFFEE MORNING
Our
next coffee morning will be on 2nd December when we shall be having mince
pies and mulled wine in addition to our normal goodies. Attendances have
remained consistently at 30+ but new visitors are always welcome.
Rosemary McKillen
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CAROL SINGING
AROUND THE VILLAGE
Carol
Singing around the village will be on Thursday 18th December. Arrangements
as usual. All welcome. Start 6.00 p.m. at Grange Road/Coploe Road corner.
For latecomers joining we proceed via Birds Close, Back Lane, then back to
Abbey Street… etc.
Collecting
will be in aid of ‘Red Balloon’ a locally based charity dedicated to helping
victims of bullying.
After
the singing – victuals at the house of Miranda and Mark Stone-Wigg.
Pit
stop half-way chez Rosemary and Colin Hayes.
Any
questions - contact John Williams or Jacquie Casement.
LIBERAL DEMOCRATS
Social
Evening and Tutored Beer Tasting
Ickleton-Duxford-Whittlesford-Thriplow
Lib Dems will be holding a Social Evening and Tutored Beer Tasting on Friday 5th
December, 7.30 p.m. at Thriplow Village Hall. All welcome.
Tickets:
£10 - including light refreshments and, of course, beer!
From:
John Williams or Tim Stone (01223 836527
LETTER FROM
SOLIHULL
I
had to write these few lines after reading the write-up on Cyril Webb, once
again you get taken back many years.
Cyril, Lucy and Ivan were our neighbours from the time we lived at 19
Birds Close. My mother and Lucy got on very well, and often talked ‘over the
fence’. Cyril was such a nice man and achieved a wonderful age of 93. Up to the last few years we would always
speak of old times when he was able to get to the Ickleton Church Fete. He
would know who I was.
Now
all the horse-carriage work has finished I get to see horses at Solihull Riding
Club connected with the dressage competitions, although with the weather this
year, thank goodness it can all be indoors from October 1st. Many
events were cancelled in the so-called summer. Let’s hope we can have a better
summer in 2009.
As
Christmas looms David and myself wish you all the best, and take care of
yourselves.
Molly Dagley (nee Clements)
HINXTON HISTORY BOOK
A history book of Hinxton (The Life and Times of Hinxton) was produced as part of our millennium celebrations. We ran out of books several years ago, but I have recently had the book scanned and put on disc, so that it is safely retained for future generations; copies are now available again at £10 each. The book runs to 153 pages and includes over 40 black and white photographs. If you are interested in a copy, or know of anyone who might like one, please contact me.
Virginia Walker, William House, Hinxton
GREAT CHESTERFORD
& DISTRICT GARDENING SOCIETY
Our
guest speaker for the November meeting was Peter Morris who is a much sort
after speaker and a R.H.S. Show Judge.
Peter used slides to demonstrate how to build raised beds for growing
vegetables. The amount of produce which could be grown in a small space was
incredible, proving that anyone with a space of approx 4ft x 8ft can grow their
own. He was very inspirational! Also included in his talk was preparing the
ground for allotments, and how to grow vegetables for showing. Peter brought along a selection of his own
vegetables, all of which he donated to the raffle.
The
next meeting on December 3rd in the Chapel, Carmel Street, Great
Chesterford at 8.00 p.m. will be a talk on ‘The Work of The Woodland Trust’.
Visitors
Welcome.
Cynthia Rule
BRIDGE CLUB
A
small, friendly Bridge Club meets
weekly in Hinxton Village Hall on THURSDAYS from 2.00 p.m. to just after 4.00p.m.
If anyone is interested in joining, why
not come along and see whether this is for you. If you would like further details, please phone Mick Bell ( 01223 893951.
Playing levels are of various standards. There is no membership fee, but you are asked to contribute £1
each time you play.
THE ICKLETON SOCIETY
New Year's Day Walk
The
New Year's Day walk will be at the west end of the parish starting at OS
456420. Please park cars on the grass verge leading up to Gipsy Corner
and walk back to where the footpath to Redlands joins the road, arriving there
for 11.00 a.m. We shall follow hedge lines along the parish boundary for
about 2.5kms before returning to the cars via Grange road. Please keep
all dogs on leads and walk along the field margins. There should be good views
from the ridge, weather permitting. Walkers are invited to a soup and scone
lunch at ‘Howeys’ afterwards. If anyone would like to make some soup for
lunch, please telephone me.
Coploe Pit
The
Cambridge Conservation Trust Volunteers are coming to work on clearing the Pit
on Sunday, December 14th. Anyone wishing to come and help, even for a short
time, would be very welcome. Work starts about 10.30 a.m.
Sheila Birch
ICKLETON ALLOTMENT
UPDATE
The Association would like to say a big thank you to Andrew Shepperd for his help with the Ickleton Allotment website, http://www.ickletonvillage.co.uk/.
Anyone interested in joining the Association, or who would like further information regarding a plot, please contact Louise Andrew, loulou1979@hotmail.com.
THE CHESTERFORDS,
ICKLETON AND HINXTON W.I.
W.I.
Members please note the change of date for the December meeting from December
10th to Thursday, December 11th 7.30 p.m. start.
A
reminder that members have been asked to contribute to the pot supper with a
tea plate of either mince-pies, small cakes or mini savouries. Also, the usual Xmas present exchange will
take place.
The
November guest speaker was Andrew Jackson who gave a wonderful insight with
slides into the many interesting aspects to be found in the county of
Suffolk. An inspiration to visit it
more often!
Cynthia Rule
For the Spring 2009 term the course will be:
Sense & Nonsense in Psychology (Tutor: John Daines) – 10 weekly
sessions
Understanding why other people think and act as they do can
provide us with insights into our own attitudes, reactions and behaviours.
Interested?—then this participative course is for you.
Often topical and /or amusing - never boring.
This
will be held every Wednesday morning from 14th January 10.00 a.m. to
11.30 a.m. in Ickleton Village Hall. For more information please contact: Margaret
Beston.
Course
fees are £43, free to those on certain means tested benefits.
The
first two sessions may be sampled at £4.30 per session, deductible from the
course fee if continuing.
CHILDHOOD CHAPEL MEMORIES
I
read with interest the article in the November Icene on Ickleton Methodist
Chapel, as I have lived in the village of Upwell for the past eleven years,
from where Primitive Methodist missionaries B. Redhead and J. Jackson travelled
to establish Methodist chapels in the Saffron Walden area.
Coupled
with this are my very happy memories of being a member of the Sunday School at
the Ickleton Chapel, during my stay as a wartime evacuee, from 1939-1945 when
the Stigwood family presided over the proceedings, and who I feel privileged to
have known. Joining this welcoming group of people, in a joyous atmosphere of
rousing hymns and choruses, enjoying Christmas parties, gathering flowers and
foliage from the hedgerows to decorate the chapel for harvest, all this added
to a memorable part of my childhood, for which I will always be grateful.
Connie Gravett
LEST WE FORGET
Mrs.
Hilda Woodley, who died in 1999 aged nearly 101, could remember almost all the
Ickleton men who lost their lives in World War I. Now, a short nine years later, following the death of Mrs. Doris
Page, I do not think there is anyone who can remember any of them.
There
is information about them on the war graves website www.cwgc.org and on the war memorials website www.roll-of-honour.com.
Below
I have attempted to show how most of them were related to people still living
in Ickleton, or at least to people who we still remember.
George Edmund Bance ?
Arthur Edward Carder uncle of Lil and Beat Carder
Herbert Carder step-brother of Daisy Page and Dora Haynes
Walter Barnabas Carder father of Lil and Beat Carder
George Frederick Dean father of Joan Dawson
Peter Flitton great-uncle of Bryan and Gerald Flitton and Beryl
Harris
Herbert Freeman step-brother of Percy Page
George Frederick Godfrey uncle
of Tony Godfrey
Leonard William Griggs uncle of Richard Griggs (Hinxton)
Alfred Hopwood ?
Joseph Hutley brother of Pat Hutley
Arthur Page brother of Percy Page
Ernest Page uncle of Jack Page and Mildred Keeble (Hinxton)
Alfred John Reynolds ?
Reuben Turner brother of Mrs. Coston, Mrs. Baynes and Miss Turner
Eustace Webb uncle of Cyril Webb and Irene Lees
There
were two deaths in 1915, two in 1916, nine in 1917 and three in 1918.
The
three members of the Carder family (two of them brothers) died within about six
weeks of each other.
All
three Carders and Eustace Webb were bellringers at Ickleton Church. Only one
other village in East Anglia lost so many ringers.
Five
children were left fatherless.
David Lilley
SAWSTON MEDICAL
PRACTICE NEWS
Our
new clinical software is now fully installed at the practice. For the last few weeks the whole team has
been trying to learn new ways of working, and we hope that this has not caused
too much inconvenience to our patients.
For us, it felt as if we had all started a new job on the same day. We are still very much on a learning curve,
but are confident that the new software will help us enormously in providing an
excellent service to our patients.
The
new on-line appointment system and repeat prescription ordering service does
however seem to have had a few teething problems. Initially we understood that all passwords from our previous
system would be transferred over automatically. In reality this was not as straightforward as we imagined, and we
have reissued many passwords for patients who used our previous system. The system is now running more smoothly and
allows patients to make appointments and order prescriptions 24 hours a day.
Please contact the practice if you would like to register for this service.
The
flu vaccination season is well and truly under way. If you are eligible for a free flu vaccination and have not yet
booked your appointment we urge you to do so as soon as possible.
By
the time you read this article we will be nearing the festive season. The practice will be closed on Thursday 25th
December, Friday 26th December and Thursday 1st
January. Please order your repeat
prescription requests in good time (ideally by 10th December). We
suggest that you order enough medication to last until Monday 12th January. Please also allow 72 working hours for us to
dispense your medication, as our workload increases enormously during this
period. It is important that you
clearly state where you would like to collect your medicine from, for example,
our dispensary and pharmacy or village collection points.
Finally,
we would like to wish you all a very Happy Christmas.
Jenny Parker – Assistant Practice
Manager
CHRISTMAS LIGHTS
Once
again this year we will be decorating our garden and house front with lighting.
Please come and see us.
We
are collecting for our usual charity The Breast Cancer Unit at Addenbrooke’s.
Hope
to see you. A Happy Christmas from Carol and Barry Turton, Bird’s Close.
ICKLETON UNITED
CHARITIES
Relief in Need Charity
Any
resident of the village who is in genuine financial need, and who wishes to be
considered for help with their winter heating costs, should apply to the Hon.
Clerk in writing before 5th December. Only new applicants need apply.
Almshouse vacancy
The middle almshouse (no. 7)
is still vacant, and we are open to receive applications from
local people.
All the Almshouses have been
renovated very recently, and this cottage has a bright airy lounge, bedroom
with en-suite facilities, and a modern kitchen with built-in cooker and
microwave.
Resident’s contributions are
set at a very reasonable level, and include heating and hot water.
Please direct enquiries to
The Clerk, 1 Abbey Street.
FROGLETS – PARENT
& CARER TODDLER GROUP
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Please
join us in the Village Hall on MONDAY 15th DECEMBER for our Children’s
Christmas Party. From 9.30 a.m. we will be running our usual free play
session with a lovely Christmas craft. This will be followed by a visit from
Father Christmas with presents for the children. More playing will follow
and finally a party lunch with food donated by the parents and carers attending.
Please do come down to Froglets to let us know if you can make the party or email
me Sharon Gilbert msbadgilbert@tiscali.co.uk.
Thanks.
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December 1st |
Mobile
Library |
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2nd
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Church Coffee Morning 10.00 a.m. – 12
noon Church |
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3rd
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Gt.
Chesterford & District Gardening Society Meeting 8.00 p.m. |
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Chapel,
Carmel Street, Gt. Chesterford |
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5th
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Lib.
Dems Social Evening 7.30 p.m. Thriplow Village Hall |
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7th
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The
Snowman, Ely Sinfonia 2.00 p.m. Village Hall |
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10th
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Parish
Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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15th
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Froglets
Christmas Party 9.30 a.m. Village Hall |
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15th
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Mobile
Library |
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18th |
Carol
Singing 6.00 p.m. start Grange Road/Coploe Road Corner |
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January 1st |
Ickleton
Society New Year’s Day Walk 11.00 a.m. |