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B U L L
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MAY 2009
Editors: David and Monica
Lilley
Monica.lilley2@btopenworld.com
Distribution: Tony
Court
Hilary Rule
All contributions please to 8 Brookhampton Street. Deadline for next Icene Bulletin
12th May 2009
PARISH COUNCIL
Refuse Collections during May
Tuesday* 5th May - Black bin collection
Monday 11th May - Green bin and Green boxes (bottles, tins & plastic)
Monday 18th
May - Black bin collection
Tuesday* 26th
May - Green bin and Green boxes (bottles,
tins & plastic)
Bins and
boxes must be placed out by 7.00 a.m. on your designated day of collection.
* Day later due to Bank Holidays.
Ickleton Parish Council
The following items were discussed at the meeting held on
Wednesday 15 April 2009:
Planning application(s) received from SCDC:
S/0106/09/F – Erection of Grain Store, Re-positioning of
Polytunnels & Glasshouses – RAGT Seeds Ltd., Grange Road – Amendment
– Revised to reduce height of building to 8.1m to match adjoining building. Information only
Planning application(s) granted
by SCDC:
S/0038/09/F – Erection of Bungalow
& removal of Condition 9 of Planning Permission S/1626/08/F – 13 Birds
Close
S/0119/09/F – Conversion of Existing
Agricultural Buildings for Offices (Use Class B1) – land to the northeast of
Abbey Farm, Duxford Road
Applications (to SCDC) to carry out
tree works subject to a tree preservation order or situated within a
conservation area:
C/11/40/054 – Fell 7 trees/saplings
in poor condition – Norman Hall, 21 Church Street – Approve. The Parish Council wish to note that the
owner is prepared to plant replacement trees and we are pleased to see this and
encourage him in his aim.
C/11/17/054/01 – Reduce height, spread, remove all large
deadwood of Horse Chestnut – 8 Southfield – Approve
Police Neighbourhood Panel Meeting – 6th April
2009: Lewis Duke,
Jocelyn Flitton and Pam Fearn attended this meeting. In view of the recent vandalism at the Village Hall, it was felt
that it might be beneficial if the Village Hall was represented. Anti Social behaviour was still high on most
villages’ priorities. The police
issued a reminder about Distraction and Dwelling burglaries which are taking
place in the area. Speedwatch
– only 1 parish had replied to the police.
Flooding – Ickleton Parish Council is extremely concerned about flooding
particularly after the recent event.
The matter was discussed with Wellcome Trust, who have been discussing
it with the Environment Agency. The
Parish Council will be making contact with the Environment Agency shortly.
Annual Parish Meeting – please come along on to the village hall on Wednesday
27th May @ 7.30 p.m. to have a drink and a chat. This is an opportunity to ask questions and
air your views with your elected Parish Councillors, on any matters concerning
the village. We look forward to seeing
you.
Other items of interest:
South Cambridgeshire District Council – Clinical Waste
Collection – this
service is available for the collection of dressings/needles and surgical
equipment. For more information, visit www.scambs.gov.uk click on A-Z, then C and
scroll down to Clinical Waste.
Alternatively you can telephone for more information on:(
08450 450 063.
Cambridgeshire County Council has produced a leaflet to help
residents and businesses in Cambridgeshire through the recession. The website is: www.weatherthestorm.org.uk
and the information can be found on the notice board.
42nd Oxfam Walk – Come and
join the Oxfam Walk by taking part on Sunday 17th May 2009, starting
and finishing at Chilford Hall.
Enjoy a refreshing day walking in
the Cambridgeshire countryside with your family and friends while raising money
for Oxfam’s Emergencies Fund. There are
a variety of routes on offer. Choose
between 4,8,12,16 and 22 miles or a marathon route of 26 miles.
For a registration form please
phone ( 0300 200
1244, email events@oxfam.org.uk or
visit www.oxfam.or.uk/get
involved/fundraise/walk. Jocelyn Flitton –
Parish Clerk ( 530407
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Church Office (01223 832137 (answerphone)
e-mail address: hinkledux@googlemail.com
SERVICES FOR MAY
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Sunday 3rd |
8.00 a.m.
Holy Communion |
DUXFORD |
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Easter 4 |
10.00
a.m. Parish Eucharist with Sunday School |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m. Evensong |
HINXTON
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Thursday 7th |
11.30 a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 10th |
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Easter 5 |
10.00
a.m. Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m. Evensong |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 14th |
11.30
a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 17th |
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion |
ICKLETON |
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Easter 6 |
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 21st |
11.30
a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 24th |
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday after |
10.00 a.m. Family Service |
DUXFORD |
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Ascension day |
6.30 p.m. Evensong |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 28th |
11.30
a.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON
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Sunday 31st |
10.30
a.m. Churches Together Service for Five |
WHITTLESFORD |
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Pentecost |
Parishes to Celebrate Pentecost |
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CONGRATULATIONS
TO…..
Lucy-Anne
Gowlett and Steven Davidson of Brookhampton Street, who were married at
Ickleton Church on 25th April.
SAFARI
SUPPER – 13th June
At the time of writing tickets for the
Safari Supper are yet to go on sale, but there has already been a promising
level of interest, and several people have offered to cook and host a course.
However we need many more cooks, hosts and participants. While this is a fund
raising event for the village church, we very much hope that it will appeal to
a wide cross section of villagers and be a real community event.
Tickets are £14 a head to include three
courses at different homes around the village. One glass of wine, cheese,
biscuits and coffee are also included. Tickets need to be ordered using the
booking form available from Jackie, Mandy or Caroline jackie.fishhut@btinternet.com mandy.jeffery@tiscali.co.uk pjulian.owen@btinternet.com
Full
details were in last months ICENE but do call one of us if you have any
queries. Tickets must be ordered by the
end of May. We do hope you’ll join us!
Jackie Casement, Mandy Jeffery, Caroline Owen
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ICKLETON CHURCH
FETE – July 4th
Many
thanks to everybody who has got in touch about the Church Fete, but we still
need more help.
It
has been suggested that we have skittles and splat the rat; if anybody would
like to do these please get in touch.
Also we need somebody to run the lucky dip and ‘guess how many sweets in
a large sweet jar’. Has anybody got a
large sweet jar we could borrow?
If
you are having a spring clean do please remember us. The following people would
be willing to collect and store things for the fete. Please ring first.
Cynthia Rule
Peggy Richardson
Monica
Lilley
The
Church Fete is a fundraiser for Ickleton Church and a social event for the
village. If you need any more
information please contact me.
Monica Lilley - Fete Organiser
Photography Competition
Here
are the categories for the Photography Competition at the Church Fete on 4th
July.
1. Snow
2. Your Garden
3. My Family
4. Summertime
5. Country Life
6. My Pets
All
entries should be in colour and 6” x 4” or 7” x 5” only. £1 per entry. This will be held in the
meeting room of the village hall. Anne
Godfrey
CHURCH BELL REPAIRS
Because
of work needed on the clapper and crown-staple assemblies, our bells will be
out of action between 27th May and 2nd July to enable
this work to be carried out by Taylors Eayre and Smith of Loughborough.
I
believe this is the first major work to be carried out since the present bells
were installed in 1927.
The
church clock is unaffected as it strikes on the bell on the spire. David
Lilley
GT. CHESTERFORD AND
DISTRICT GARDENING SOCIETY
Our A.G.M. was held on April 1st this
year and was well attended.
Our
Chairman Pauline Gale was re-elected for another year. Pauline thanked her
committee for all their hard work in making another successful year for the
Society. In her report Pauline said she
was pleased to welcome John Taylor from the Ickleton Allotment Society to the
meeting.
Carli
Holberry, our new programme secretary, has compiled a good and varied programme
for the coming year;
May
6th Talk/demonstation on
Plant Propagation and Grafting.
June
3rd Hardy Bulbs.
July
1st Orchids.
Sept
2nd Lilies.
Oct
7th Gardens of Jekyll
and Lutyens.
Nov
4th Peter Beales’ Roses.
Dec
2nd Hellebores.
Feb
3rd Vegetables for All
Year Round Production.
Outings
include Catmere End Garden Walkabout, Glenchantry, Hyde Hall and Chippenham
Park Gardens.
Most
important of all is the biennial Flower and Vegetable show on Saturday
September 12th. The show is
open for anyone to compete – more details later.
Cynthia Rule.
CONGRATULATIONS TO.........Cynthia Rule who will be 80 on 27th
May.
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ICKLETON SOCIETY
History
of Cambridgeshire Allotments
On
Wednesday 6th May Jacqueline Cooper (a noted local historian) will
give a talk in the Village Hall on the history of allotments in
Cambridgeshire. The talk is free and we
hope as many people as possible will come along, particularly as Ickleton now
has allotments again. The evening
starts with the very short AGM at 7.30p.m., followed by free wine and
refreshments and then Jacqueline’s talk at about 8.00p.m. Do come along.
Membership
Membership of the Society comes up for renewal this
month. The fees are being held at £5
per person and £12 per family. The
Society uses these funds to maintain and add to the village archives, subsidise
some social events and to help protect our village environment from inappropriate
developments. Last year, the Society
played a big part in the successful campaign to defeat Tesco’s plans for the
Hanley Grange eco-town at Hinxton. If
you haven’t yet joined please consider doing so. Get in touch with John Fowler.
Rachel Radford
DEBUT CONCERT FOR FOUR VILLAGES’
ORCHESTRA
If you’ve ever felt like ‘Puttin’
on the Ritz’ head on down to Duxford on May 16th.
An exciting new orchestra will be making its debut at the United Reformed
Church.
The Four Villages’ Orchestra – as its name suggests – has members hailing from
four local
villages: Ickleton, Duxford,
Whittlesford and Hinxton.
They’ve been together for just over a year and a half and now they’re ready to
go public. The repertoire includes
music from the shows, the movies and the musicals – the emphasis is on a fine
old toe-tapping time.
The concert starts at 7.30 p.m. - white tie and tails are optional - but the orchestra can certainly
offer you music fit for a ‘Lion King’. Come along – you’ll be ‘Over the Rainbow’.
Tickets are £5, £3 concessions, on the night or reservations on ( 530157. Proceeds from the concert will be split
between the United Reformed Church, Duxford and the Four Villages’ Orchestra. Nigel Bennett
DEATH
Edmund
Lawson QC – We were sorry to learn he had died peacefully after a short
illness. We will always be indebted to
him for providing our successful village shop.
HINXTON MILL OPEN DAY
A new season of open days begins at Hinxton's Water
Mill this month, beginning on May 10th to mark National Mills Day.
Those who miss the wonderful teas since
the retirement of Joyce Fordham and her team from baking on a regular basis
might like to know a new fundraising idea is being planned for later in the
season. On Sunday September 6th you can pack up a picnic and potter
around Hinxton Water Mill for a delightful afternoon by the
river. Bring your own rug and basketful of treats and reserve a
picnic plot in the Miller's Cottage garden, as volunteers
operate the working mill as a finale to the summer opening season
(water levels permitting). Plots for up to six people can be booked
for £10 (larger groups by arrangement) and proceeds will help
the Cambridge Preservation Society with essential upkeep costs of the
mill. Picnic space is limited so early booking is essential. Chairs and
tables are also available to rent if required and pots of tea
for picnickers from £2.50 (bring your own mugs etc), along with a
tempting cake stall. Admission to the Mill is £1.50 for adults, 50p children
and CPS members are free. The event will run from 2.30-5.30 p.m.
Contact Sue Elliott for more information and to book. (Please note:This is a
private garden and much of it is open to the river, so for safety please
note parties including children should ask for a picnic plot in the front
garden).
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THEATRE GROUP
The
Tragical History of Dr Faustus
The London based Third Party
Productions Ltd have adapted Christopher Marlowe’s 16th century
classic for the purpose of touring diverse venues such as Theatres, Arts
Centres and Village Halls. It includes
some of the most popular dramatic verse ever written, dance, song and much
comedy and has received much acclaim from several regional newspapers and
radios. Tickets are now on sale at
Costcutter Express for the performance on Saturday 16th May. The doors will be open at 7.15 p.m. for
8.00 p.m. There will be a pre show bar until 7.50 p.m. The
Theatre Group
WELCOME TO……
Ed
and Sharon Farrow, Melissa aged 8, Amy aged 6 and Jasmine, aged 3 who live at
18 Birds Close.
James
Hart, who lives at 18 Brookhampton Street.
Emma
Powell and her son Jack Beaumont, age 10 months, who live at 50 Frogge Street
THE CHESTERFORDS,
ICKLETON & HINXTON W.I.
The
saying goes ‘If you want to get ahead get a hat!’ Members had a lovely time viewing and trying on the variety of
different hats and fascinators brought along to the April meeting by Heidi of
The Hat Pin, Whittlesford.
After
the fun came the serious bit – the resolution was ‘The Plight of the Humble
Honey Bee.’ Christine Greet urged
members to grow flowers and shrubs to attract bees - such as aquilegia,
verbena, cornflower etc. Bees
particularly like blue flowers.
To
encourage us, little lavender bushes were included in the raffle prizes.
The
next meeting will be on 20th May when Peter Jackson from Scotsdales
will talk on ‘Bedding Plants for the Summer’.
Plants will be for sale.
Visitors welcome.
Cynthia Rule
DEATH
We
are sorry to record the death of George Goddard, who died peacefully in his
sleep on 23rd March, aged 75. A much loved uncle and grandad to
Howard, Henry and Oliver Goddard.
WELCOME TO THE WETLANDS
NATURE RESERVE
The
Wetlands Nature Reserve consists of a mix of habitats, including naturally
filled ponds, wet grassland, wet woodland, riverbank, shrubs and individual
specimen trees. The creation of these
areas will help contribute to local wildlife targets for the county as a whole, and we need your help to keep it
a diverse natural habitat, for all to enjoy.
It
is run by the Wellcome Trust with support and advice being provided by the
Cambridgeshire Wildlife Trust.
All
events are free to attend (however, we would ask that you consider a donation
to the Wildlife Trust for the training courses). Although there are limits on the number of people who can attend,
children are more than welcome when accompanied by an adult. You do not need any experience of equipment
for these activities as you will be trained on the day. Refreshments will be provided. If you would like more information on any of
the events below, or would like to book a place on one of them, please contact
Gemma (gemma@ebi.ac.uk).
In
May and June (dates to be confirmed) we will be holding a couple of lunch time
sessions to help keep the Himalayan balsam under control. This exotic weed is
dominating the riverbank so we will be hand pulling some to keep it in
check. Sandwiches will be provided for
all those who come and help with the control of this invasive plant.
Dr. Gemma L. Holliday MChemMRSC
Research Associate EMBL-EBI, Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton (1223
492535.
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ICKLETON UNITED
CHARITIES - ALMSHOUSE VACANCY
We
have a vacancy at one of our almshouses in Frogge Street and we are open to
receive applications from people who have local connections.
All
the Almshouses have been renovated very recently, and this cottage has a bright
airy lounge, bedroom with ensuite facilities, and a modern kitchen with
built-in cooker and microwave.
Residents’
contributions are set at a very reasonable level, and include heating and hot
water.
Please
direct enquiries to The Clerk, 1 Abbey Street, Ickleton, Saffron Walden, CB10
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DUXFORD IMPERIAL
WAR MUSEUM
Spring
Car Show - Sunday 3rd May
Building
on last year’s success, over 600 hundred fantastic cars are scheduled to return
to Duxford, with marques including Porsche, BMW, Alvis and many more. This will
be a great opportunity for all visitors to get up close to the automotive
classics on display and to talk to their owners. Standard admission applies.
Spring
Air Show - Sunday 17th May
Opening
the Duxford air show season, the 2009 Spring Air Show celebrates the ‘Best of
British’ in an aerial spectacle that features civil and historic aircraft, both
vintage and modern. On the ground, take part in activities for all ages, from
fun rides to tank rides.
FREE
Child Ticket Offer for this air show
To
make sure that this is a day to remember for all the family, take advantage of
the special advanced purchase offer, where one child will be admitted free per
full paying adult or senior ticket purchase.
Later
Events for the next three months:
Military
Vehicle Show 21st June
Flying
Legends Air Show 11th and 12th July
Classic
Car Show 2nd August
Spitfire
Day 9th August
American
Air Day Friday 21st August
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May 6th |
Ickleton
Society AGM and History of Cambridgeshire Allotments |
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7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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6th |
Chesterford & District Gardening Society
Meeting 8.00 p.m. |
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Chapel, Carmel Street, Gt.
Chesterford |
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10th |
Hinxton
Mill Open Day 2.30 – 5.30 p.m. |
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16th |
Theatre
Group ‘The History of Dr. Faustus’ 8.00 p.m. Village Hall |
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16th |
Four
Villages Orchestra Concert 7.30 p.m. Duxford URC |
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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 |
WI
Meeting 7.45 p.m. Gt. Chesterford Community Centre |
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27th |
Annual
Parish Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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June 13th |
Safari
Supper |
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July 4th |
Church
Fete |
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September 5th |
Summer
Sizzler |
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