Comberton Contact may 2009 Comberton Contact Team Editor & Designer Anne Horler 20 Green End 01223 264683 email: editor@combertoncontact .org .uk Treasurer Liz Sexton 20 Barrons Way 01223 263786 Advertising email to: editor@combertoncontact .org .uk Distribution Jenny Brown 91 Barton Road 01223 262495 Please send all articles to Anne at the above address, or by email in plain or rich text .
Contents Spring Into Summer ...... front cover A Message from the Editor ...... 5 The Parish Church of St . Mary, Comberton ...... 5 St Mary’s Church Spring Sale ...... 7 Comberton Baptist Church ...... 9 The Catholic Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs ...... 11 Parish Council Report from the Clerk ...... 11 News from the Meridian Primary School ...... 15 Comberton Village College: A Message from the Principal ...... 17 Comberton WI Report ...... 19 Comberton Friendship Group ...... 19 Comberton Allotments and Gardens Association ...... 19 The Village Hall ...... 21 Vacancies in the Mobile Warden Scheme ...... 21 Lawn Care in Spring ...... 23 Colour Painting with Plants ...... 23 Table Top Sale at Meridian Primary School ...... 25 Fund Raising for Help for Heroes ...... 25 KVEZC (part 1) ...... 27 Young Enterprise ...... 29 Crazy Golf ...... 31 Looking for a Good Home ...... 31 42nd Ofam Walk ...... 31 The Village Hall Annual Supper ...... 31 Friends of the Rosie ...... 31 The Cambridge Dining Club ...... 31 Cambridge Choral Society ...... 35 Comberton Players ...... 37 Meridian Summer Fete ...... 39 Scouts Jumble Sale ...... 39 Here Come the Girls 2009 ...... 41 Meridian Tabletop Sale ...... 41 Challenge Results and the Challenge ...... 42
2 Advertising Rates for Comberton Contact from 1st June 2009 Changes will be effective at the time of booking or rebooking advertisements . Size (w x h) Annual Single Edition Whole Page 122mm x 183mm £400 £44 Three-fifths Page 122mm x 109mm £240 £27 Two-fifths Page 122mm x 72mm £160 £18 One-fifth Page 122mm x 35mm £ 80 £ 9 60mm x 72mm £ 80 £ 9 One-tenth Page 60mm x 35mm £ 50 £ 6 Colour back cover (one-off) whole page £88 half page £44 quarter page £22 Dates for your Diary Every Tuesday Comberton Café at the Village Hall Every Wednesday 10 .00 to 11 .30 Comberton Toddler Group at Village Hall 1st and 3rd Sunday of each month S .E .F at Comberton Baptist Church Every Tuesday Young Enterprise after school at Meridian School May 2009 8th May 7 .30p .m . Spring into Summer Comberton Cantabile Village Hall 8th May 8 .00 to 10 .30 p .m . Here Come the Girls at The Hub Cambourne 9th May 10 00. to 12 00p. m. . Table Top Sale at Meridian School - admission free 9th May 2 .30 - 4 .30 St Mary’s Church Spring Sale in the Village Hall 9th May St Mary’s Spring Walk 12th May WI meeting 7 .45p .m . in the Village Hall 13th may 7 .30p .m . Parish Council Meeting 16th May 2 .00 ‘til 4 .00p .m . Scouts Jumble Sale at Meridian School 16th May 10 .00a .m . Annual Plant Sale at the Playgroup, Green End 17th May Songs from the Silver Screen at the Leisure Centre 17th May 42nd Oxfam Walk 20th May 10 .30a .m . WI Coffee Mornng at 60 West Street . 23rd May Charity Dance for Help for Heroes Comberton Leisure Centre 26th May Antiquarian Society - Antique Markets Over the Last 10 Years June 2009 5th and 6th June Comberton Players ‘The Real Inspector Hound’ 6th June 2 .00 to 5 .00 p .m . Meridian Summer Fete 19th June Village Supper in the Village Hall 20th June Visit to RHS gardens at Hyde Hall Essex, leaving at 8 .30a .m . 23rd June Antiquarian Society - Hand Made Bricks and A History of Their Use JULY 2009 18th July Allotments & Gardens Association BBQ SEPTEMBER 2009 19th September Allotments & Gardens Association Autumn Show
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THE PARISH CHURCH OF ST. MARY, COMBERTON Priest-in-Charge of St Mary’s, Comberton and St Andrew’s, Toft: Revd. Michael Booker tel: 01223 260095 email: [email protected] Curate: Revd. Matt Watts tel: 01223 264089 Churchwardens: Mr M.R. Evans 82 Green End Tel 263215 Mrs M Jenkins 80 West Street Tel 263751 Services and Events at St Mary’s in May Sunday 3rd 8.00am Holy Communion (Prayer Book) at St Mary’s 9.30am Holy Communion 6.00pm Illumin8 Youth Service, Barton Parish Church Sunday 10th 8.30am Holy Communion (Prayer Book) at St Andrew’s Toft 9.30am Holy Communion Saturday 16th 2.30 - 4.30 Spring Sale in the Village Hall Sunday 17th 8.00am Holy Communion (Prayer Book) at St Mary’s 9.30am Morning Prayer Thursday 21st 7.30pm Joint Lordsbridge Team Ascension Day service, St Andrew’s, Toft Sunday 24th 9.30am Holy Communion
Sunday 31st 8.30am Holy Communion (Prayer Book) at St Andrew’s Toft (Pentecost) 9.30am Holy Communion 3.30pm Last Sunday Special
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6 We are aiming to have our second annual St Mary’s Spring Walk on May 9th. It will be a manageable stroll, followed by a pub lunch. Please contact Mike or Matt for details if you’d like to join in.
Children are very much part of our church family at St Mary’s. At the 9.30am service we have a welcoming group, called ‘Xplorers’, for children which meets in the church. Last Sunday Special happens at 3.30 in the afternoon of the last Sunday of each month. It is especially geared towards families and children, and the 9.30am service that Sunday is usually quieter, with more space for prayer. We hope to start work on our new children’s building during the month of May.
Illumin8 is our youth service for young people in the area. We are also starting Illumin8 Café on the third Sunday evening of each month – Contact Rev Matt Watts for more details.
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8 Comberton Baptist Church You are Welcome at Comberton Baptist Church
SUNDAY SERVICES: Our morning services begin at 10 .30 am - 12 noon and feature a mixture of traditional and contemporary music, engaging topics and a variety of speakers . Refreshments are served after the service . This season our theme is: “The Book of Acts – Mission United”. Children stay for the first part of this service and then have the opportunity to go to their groups in the ‘The Mix’! In the evening from 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm Emmaus Bible Study @ the Church Centre is both friendly and relaxed. Our evenings begin with reflective inclusive worship, opportunities for discussion groups and refreshments are served afterwards . Our theme this term is “The Book of Romans: Good News to the World .” PARENTS WITH INFANTS: At CBC we want to make everyone feel welcome, this includes our youngest guests . We have a crèche available during the service where parents with young babies can go if their children become restless – there is also a large TV monitor so you can see and hear and feel part of the service . CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE: The Mix @ CBC are groups for children and young people from ages 2-17 years . For the under 2’s there is also a crèche available . The Mix teachers are committed to sharing the gospel in fun and creative ways . S .E .F . for teenagers aged 14-17 meets every Sunday evening and is a place where young people can make friends and explore Christianity further together . JUNIOR CHURCH is an exciting new programme for children and young people aged 2-13 years, with a newly formed group for 11-13yrs . Packed with great activities, craft, bible stories, singing, games and lots more… Where: Comberton Baptist Church (in the centre behind the church) When: Every fourth Sunday of each month Time: Doors open at 10 .15am with activities starting at 10 .30-11 .45am Comberton Baptist Church, Green End, Comberton For more information please call Donna on 01223 264707 or 01954 211259 ON THE 4th SUNDAY: of every month running alongside Junior Church we shall be having special short services 10:30 am - 11:45 am followed by refreshments . We’ll be looking at a range of issues – our theme this season is Vintage Jesus: What did Jesus look like?
PRAYER & COUNSELLING: After each morning service members of CBC’s Prayer Team will be available at the front of the church to pray with you regarding any needs you may have. CBC also offers confidential counselling on an ongoing basis, please contact the church office for more information. For further information on of the above please contact the Church Office on 01223 264707 or admin@c-b-c .org .uk Our minister the Rev Stephen Henderson can be contacted on the same number, or minister@c-b-c .org .uk . Please call or email for further information on any aspects of our children and youth programmes . Our website is: www .c-b-c .org .uk
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10 The Catholic Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs Hills Road, Cambridge, CB2 1JR 01223 350787 The Catholic Church of Our Lady and the English Martyrs (OLEM) serves much of the south and west of Cambridge . Detailed below are the normal times of masses at weekends . The Feast of the Ascension of Our Lord is now celebrated on Sunday 24th May and Pentecost Sunday is May 31st . Sunday Vigil Mass on Saturday evening:- 5 .00 pm Cambourne (In Vine School) 6 .00 pm Bar Hill 6 .00 pm OLEM Sunday Masses at OLEM 8 .00 am 9 .30 am (Children’s) 10 .45 am (Sung) 12 .15 pm (Polish) 5 .00 pm (Folk) 6 .15 pm (Latin) Further details of these and all other services for May for the entire parish including Sawston may be found on the parish website which also has the weekly newssheet and other parish information . www .olem .org .uk PARISH COUNCIL REPORT from the Clerk The Parish Council met on Wednesday 8 April 2009 South Cambridgeshire Standards Committee Georgina Butcher Chairman of the Standards Committee was welcomed to the meeting and she explained briefly the remit, membership and work of the Committee. She had an opportunity to talk to members about the committee and the Code of Conduct following the meeting . Village parking problems Several residents expressed conflicting views on parking solutions for Hillfield Road which included installing grasscrete on the grassed areas to installing reflective posts. Concerns were raised about access by emergency vehicles, lack of organisation and damage to verges . The Parish Council’s Transport Working Group was tasked with looking into the options and to bring a recommendation to either the May or June meeting . The local Police Community Support Officer PCSO Trudy Newman-Hart is to be asked to visit Bush Close . Planning Committee Mrs Amanda Bacon was appointed to the Planning Committee . Pavilion cleaning and management The cleaning arrangements were reviewed and the timing of the cleaning is to be changed so that it is done as soon as possible after an event that is by the next working day, for the benefit of all the clubs. It was apparent that the Clubs could assist keeping cleaning costs down by leaving their dirty boots outside the pavilion . Members of the Parish Council are to set up a rota to inspect the premises . Mr Roger Abraham will be taking over the basic management of the pavilion and
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12 attending emergency call outs . He can be contacted on 01223 262089 . Dogs The Parish Council would like to thank responsible dog owners for clearing up after their dogs and for keeping them under control when out for a walk . Unfortunately not everyone is doing so and the amount of dog fouling in the village and on the recreation ground has increased . The Parish Council urges all dog owners to clean up after their dog and use the dog bins on the recreation ground and also throughout the village . If your children walk your pet please give them some bags and educate them to bag the droppings and to use the dog bins . Thank you . A resident has written as follows: Grandad what’s that? I am not yet 2 years old and like to go for a walk with my Grandad . When I meet a dog I want to touch them, but if they are not on a lead I am frightened because their heads are above mine and have big teeth . Also when I am in my pushchair with my sister ,dogs come up and I am scared because they are so big , above my sisters head . The owners say “It’s all right they won’t hurt” but they look very big and fierce to me. When I get to the recreation ground I like to run around and pick things up and because we are very little we put things in our mouth . My Grandad says don’t touch but we are very quick and my Grandad very slow . Sometimes people leave little parcels hanging on bushes, I want to play with these but my Grandad says NO !!! He says the people should put these bags in the bin . My daddy plays football on the recreation ground and he gets very cross with the little piles of poo on the football pitch, it does smell horrid, makes his legs dirty . Please pick up your dog poo and take it to a red bin . S137 Donation requests for financial support from village groups and organisations In autumn each year the Parish Council invites village groups and organisations to submit a bid for financial support. At this meeting those bids were considered and in accordance with its powers under Section 137 of the Local Government Act, 1972, the Parish Council approved donations to Village Help Scheme £1500, St Mary’s Church £750, Comberton Scouts £300, CCC Reading Scheme £40 all of which are in the opinion of the Council, in the interests of the area and its inhabitants . A bid from Comberton Crusaders will be considered further at the next meeting when additional information is received . Tree work in Long Road An order has been placed to remove two diseased horse chestnuts in Long Road and the rest of the trees will be trimmed . Affordable Housing It was agreed to hold a public meeting to discuss two new potential sites i .e . north of 82 Green End and adjacent to The Drift which the South Cambs Planning Officer had indicated may be suitable as exception sites . It was agreed that this should be an agenda item for the Annual Parish Meeting on 29 April . Connections Bus The contract has been extended to the end of summer . Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Community Life Awards 2009 In 2002 Comberton won the South Cambridgeshire District Village of the Year Award and in 2003 it won the Environment Category . Comberton Parish Council would like to invite anyone interested in preparing an application to contact the Clerk . Village Groups and Organisations can also enter in their own name . The closing date for entries is 30 June 2009 .
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14 The Award Categories • Cambridgeshire Volunteer Awards • Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Village of the Year • Aspects of Community Life The website www .communitylifeawards .org .uk has more information on the awards and to download entry forms . Annual Audit Notice is hereby given that the Parish Council’s annual audit will be undertaken by Moore Stephens of Peterborough starting on 1 June 2009 . The accounts and all supporting papers will be available for public inspection between 29 April and 28 May 2009 by contacting the Clerk . Parish Council information and new notice boards An order has been replaced for a replacement notice board in South Street . This will provide an information area on the Parish Council and its members and in addition to the monthly agenda the minutes will also be displayed . A notice board has been ordered for the fence outside the village hall . Parish Council members contact details Miss Chris Westgarth (Chairman) 85 Barton Road 263242 Dr Janet McCabe (Vice-Chairman) 3 Westcroft 263387 Mrs Amanda Bacon Arial View, 92B Swaynes Lane 264711 Dr Charles Chambers 16 Green End 264638 Mr Ted Halford 69 Swaynes Lane 262531 Mr Andrew Hollick 73 Swaynes Lane 263089 Mrs Julie Horne 72 West Street 263925 Mrs Sandra Hyde 57 Long Road 262075 Mrs Dorothy Morison 5 The Valley 263027 Dr Robert Rintoul Kentings Cottage, 57 West St 262601 Mr Richard Rowlands 43 West Street 264508 Mr Tom Serby Home Farm, 250 Barton Road 262303 Mr Jock Walsh 38 Fox’s Way 263225 The next Parish Council meeting will be on Wednesday 13 May 2009 at 7 .30pm in the Village Hall . All parishioners are invited to attend the meeting .
News from The Meridian Primary School
Opportunity - Creativity - Challenge Excellence for All We’ve just finished the term with a ‘Non-uniform and Wacky Hair’ day. Great commitment to wackiness was shown by all (including some of the staff!) . There was dyed hair, backcombed hair, a variety of bunches, plaits and ponytails, wigs, and any number of hair clips and slides . In addition to the enjoyment this gave us all, lots of money was raised to help boost PTA funds which will, in turn, support stimulating trips out for the children . Speaking of which, our Year 5 children are in a state of high excitement at the moment as, straight after the Easter break, they go on their residential visit for five days . They stay at Hilltop, which is an outdoor centre in Norfolk, where they take part 15 16 in a wide range of activities including an assault course, archery and rock-pooling . Of course, the social skills and personal independence which are fostered by such trips are no less important . But, for the children, it’s all just enormous fun! Meanwhile the Year 6 children will be looking forward (if that’s the right phrase…) to their SATs tests in May . Like many primary schools we are very disappointed that the government saw fit to abandon the KS3 tests for 14 year olds, but not those for children who are only 10 or 11 years old . However, we are hoping that before too long, the teacher assessment which we carry out all the time will be given the status it deserves . Since the SATs results generally just tell us what we knew already, that would seem the sensible way to go . Our Eco-Action Team led the school in an interesting project on the day that British Summertime began . We had heard about an initiative called Earth Hour . This is a global event organised by the World Wildlife Fund and involves people in turning off their lights for a specific hour that evening to give a strong message about their concerns regarding climate change . Our Eco-Action Team, not content with encouraging children and parents to take part, wrote to Heart Radio about it . As a result, two of the older members of the Team were interviewed and their comments broadcast on the news bulletins that day . Perhaps you heard them? We were very proud . Next term we will be applying for our Bronze Eco-Schools Award and my belief is that the children certainly deserve it . Glennis Virgo, Headteacher COMBERTON VILLAGE COLLEGE: A NOTE FROM THE PRINCIPAL What is true education? Rather a large question requiring more than just a brief column from a local educationalist might be a fair response! For sure, it goes far beyond the acquisition of significant qualifications (although a formal education in our society is reasonably bound to involve gaining meaningful qualifications). It will certainly involve the development of the individual, a proper preparation for later life, an appreciation of the world in which we live, an ability to live with and work with others and other things as well . Perhaps real education has something involved in it that could be described as ‘transformational’ . This is a phrase perhaps too easily and, potentially, glibly used . However, powerful education perhaps has the power to affect and to change lives . This begs a question about what might ever achieve that . I was reminded recently about the sort of thing that can . I was fortunate to spend a further week in Mozambique before Easter (a similar visit had taken place two years ago) to look at establishing further school links for several Cambridgeshire schools as well as strengthening Comberton Village College’s pre-existing link with a large secondary school in Maputo . It was a really good week with much possibility for further work and possible exchanges for students and staff from Cambridgeshire in the future . We already have a visit planned for six students and two staff this July, following one last July (in addition to the long- standing similar visit to our partner school near Pretoria in South Africa) . Why do this? It is a lot of effort to make such links and visits possible . It does not give a formal qualification to any student or count for anything in an Ofsted inspection. The
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18 answer is, I believe, obvious and simple: it is true education that has the power to be transformational . Probably every student from this country involved in such a visit is strongly affected in a way that impacts upon their outlook on life . Visiting schools with 100 children in a class, no equipment at all (including desks, hence they sit on the floor) but with a joy for education and life puts virtually everything in perspective . Recognising that turning on a tap and being able not only to get water but to drink it is a wonderful thing not even dreamt of by very many in our world is something that affects young people’s lives . Knowing that many students walk more than 10 kilometres every day to get to school for a 7 .30 a .m . start is salutary . I vividly remember asking one student from this country who had been on such a visit how his studies were now going on his return . He had not been the most diligent of students before the visit . His slightly embarrassed reply was that he was now, for the first time, working hard to try to do as well as he could ‘because how could I do anything else now that I have seen and got to know others who have nothing but do not complain and try to do as well as they can’ . He made a fair point . Many such students go back later to work in the schools, orphanages and other settings they have visited . For all of them, they would say that these experiences have been the most powerful, and positive, educational experience they received in their school years . Stephen Munday
Comberton WI Report In April the Comberton WI hosted a WI group meeting for eight local WI’s . The talk was entitled ‘She Also Wrote Music’ and was presented by Rex Walford who accompanied the singer, Gabrielle Bell . We learnt about the many female librettists, musicians and songwriters behind some famous tunes and we enjoyed an excellent performance by Gabrielle and Rex . Our April speaker was Gundel Haxton who spoke about the history of pearls . Gundel had been introduced to pearls in Hong Kong . She told members how pearls are ‘cultured’ and showed us examples of the many different shapes, sizes and colours of pearls . Gundel buys pearls and makes her own jewellry and members were able to buy them after the talk . Dates for Diary: Tuesday May 12th at 7 .45p .m in the Village Hall ‘Resolutions’ . Wednesday May 20th at 10 .30a .m . Coffee Mornng at 60 West Street .
Comberton Friendship Cub Our meeting held on Thursday April 9th was a slide show and commentary by Andrew Norton on his drive along ‘Route 66’ in America . The drive of 2,450 miles from Chicago to California, took thirteen days in a Pontiac car . This was in aid of Motor Neurone Disease, a grand amount of £8,500 was raised for this medical condition .
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20 Comberton Allotments & Gardens Association Trip to Hyde Hall and Maldon 20th June . At 8 .30 am Tickets are selling well but there are still a few left . The cost will be £13 per person (plus Membership of CA&GA .) Contact Quin on 264410 Annual Plant Sale . The Annual Plant sale will be held in the Playgroup (at the crossroads) on Saturday May 16th at 10 .00 a .m . All proceeds go towards supporting the Autumn Show . The show costs over £1,000 to put on, so villagers support of our events is vital to keep this grand tradition alive . The Association welcomes donations for the plant sale so this year why not fetch along your spare plants and seedlings . Donations can be made from 9 .00 a .m . Barbecue Our annual BBQ will be held on 18th July . Autumn Show The Autumn Show will be held on 19th September, and our guest of honour will be the Head Gardener of Wimpole Hall Philip Waite . The topics for the photographic competition will be; 1 . Through the garden gate 2 . My Personal Paradise . 3 . A Riot of Colour .
The Village Hall The Easter Celebration on April 11th was a great success and made £404 .94 which will go towards the cost of providing Air Circulation . . Thank you to everyone who attended and to those who donated to the Cake Stall, Chocolate Tombola, Raffle and other stalls Thank you to everyone who helped in any way and a special thank you to Anne Collins and Lynda Pledger for all the effort they put into organising the event . Brian Cook, Chairman
Vacancies in the Mobile Warden Scheme Would you or a friend or relative be interested in joining the Mobile Warden Scheme? We currently have space for new members . The Warden is employed by the Help Scheme to make regular contact with people living in their own homes, to give reassurance and help with emergencies . • The Warden’s duties include making a phone call or personal visit to all members of the Scheme each weekday . Each member is usually visited twice each week . • The Warden will carry out simple tasks required by members when they are ill; such as shopping or collecting pensions, making drinks, collecting prescriptions or arranging medical visits . For more information contact: Janet McCabe 263387 Joan Wells 262746
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22 LAWN CARE IN SPRING The lawn at this time of year will start to look its best if cared for correctly . It can also look its worst if not . Fertiliser When choosing fertiliser ensure that you are putting on what the grass needs which is predominately Nitrogen in a slow release form, but it may also need Phosphate and Potassium as well as vital trace elements . Weed Control It is essential to get the weeds actively growing before applying a selective herbicide either as a spray or admixed with the fertiliser . Spraying is by far more effective and longer lasting . Mowing Regular mowing (little and often) will bring out the best in your lawn . Don’t cut shorter than ¾ inch . Mower blade should have been replaced or sharpened .
Actions required in Spring • Feed lawn with Nitrogen slow release fertiliser • Spray lawn with selective herbicide (only if warm enough) • Mow lawn regularly and lightly . Don’t cut shorter than ¾ inches (2 cm) this month . Grass will respond better if cut little and often . Some of the above tasks can be carried out by the lawn owner, other tasks may need some professional intervention . For more information about lawn care and the services that ProLawnCare Ltd offer call Ph:Office 01480 812393 e-mail-info@prolawncare .co .uk Or visit our web site at www .prolawncare .co .uk “… .for that Lawn you’ve longed for” Lawn Fact: “lawn grass helps purify water which is entering underground aquifers . The root mass and soil microbes act as a filter to capture and break down many types of pollutants”
Colour Painting with Plants Beautifully designed gardens are a delight . Personally, I am not so keen on tight designs that restrict colour . White gardens, like Sissinghurst Castle, would not be my favourite; for me they are rather like black and white photographs which can sometimes come across as static and lifeless . So-called green gardens, much lauded by commentators, leave me feeling ‘what’s the point?’ Yet there is a point that these gardens make, and with a little tweaking they can be used to great advantage in a garden during the year . Monotone gardens provide a connecting colour theme that can be exploited by adding other colours . The seasons create an atmosphere that can be captured by certain moods in colour and planting, for example autumn has a preponderance of reds and gold . The whole joy of flowers is the startling colour range available. If we consider garden design as painting in time and space, then we can learn from the great painters, particularly modernists, who rejoice in colour contrasts and colour complements; contrasts shock,
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24 complements soothe . Effective gardens combine these emotions . We need both effects in a garden, otherwise we feel emotionally impoverished . Good garden designers, like painters, make use of a colour wheel in planning the colour effects through the seasons . The colour wheel is a circle divided into sectors that represent the colour spectrum ranging from red shades through to violet . Furthermore, the circle is divided into two to assess the association of colours with warmth or cold; orange-red is the warmest and light-dark blue represent cool colours . Opposite sectors of the colour wheel provide the contrasting colours; complementary colours are warm or cool but not directly contrasting . The great value of this approach is in planting associations, namely, what colour should I put next to another? The design trick is to get the plants to be in flower at the same time and to provide a succession of colour throughout as much of the year as possible . White flowers go well with pastel shades of blue and pink. A superb example would be a trellis with white and pink climbing roses together with a pale-blue clematis to separate them . Once the plants are mature they hang like a tapestry . Spring hot colours could be provided with a bed of yellow wall flowers inter-planted with scarlet tulips. My preference in autumn is to try to cool down the golds using blue and purple Michaelmas daisies and the small shrubs like Ceratostigma plumbaginoides and Caryopteris clandonensis with clear blue flowers. Good background colouring can be provided with shrubs or small trees with different contrasting shades, ranging from deep purple through bright green to yellow and silver-blue leaf colours . As a general rule these contrasts work best with lighter leaf colours at the front . R .T . Choke
Table top Sale at Meridian Primary School Don’t Forget the Table Top Sale! Whatever the weather, come along to the table top sale at the Meridian Primary School on Saturday 9th May from 10-12 . Admission is free, and there will be a huge range of items for sale - and all indoors . The PTA will be selling refreshments and there will be a cake stall, so why not drop by and enjoy a cuppa - even if there is nothing else to take your fancy! If you would like to book at table, please contact Jenny on 01223 260037 or e-mail on jenny_bowles@ntlworld .com, as at time of press there were a few tables left (cost £5, table provided) . Thank you! Fundraising for Help for Heroes We are organising a Charity Dance on Saturday May 23 2009 at Comberton Leisure . We have booked a band called The 6T’s who bring you all the sounds of the 60’s, www .the6ts .co .uk . The charity we are supporting is Help for Heroes www .helpforheroes .org .uk This charity has only been running for 18 months and helps rehabilitate and support servicemen and women injured during conflict. Tickets are £10 and can be purchased from Comberton Leisure or from 5 Harbour Avenue Comberton . If there is anyone who does not have access to a computer and would like more information on The Band or The Charity our contact details are below . Mike and Phyllis Allen, 5 Harbour Avenue, Comberton, CB23 7DD Telephone 01223 264661
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KVEZC (continued from last month) He awoke the next morning, momentarily forgetting his change of surroundings of the previous day . For an instant or two he experienced a feeling of apprehension as he realised that the claustrophobic green and brown confusion he had always known no longer hid him from the gaze of ‘someone’ who might be watching him . A very natural pang of hunger though soon brought Kvezc’s mind back to more immediate needs and he set off towards the shapes which quite honestly seemed no closer than they were the previous day . Two hours, a number of vibrations, shadows and loud noises later Kvezc was still feeling hungry. The flat black something beneath him was easier to travel on but could, by no stretch of the imagination, be regarded as store house of food . Kvezc was almost on the verge of wishing that he was back in his old familiar surroundings when suddenly on the edge of his vision he saw a small shape moving towards him. He felt transfixed as whatever it was moved slowly nearer. This could be the reason for him being what and where he was he thought, an answer to all of his questions, a meaning to his existence . After what seemed an age the object came up close to him and stopped two or three inches away. Kvezc stared in fascination. If there had ever been a case of love at first sight this was it. Despite the fact that the newcomer was no more than a sort of jellified spiky blob half enclosed in a strange yellow and black lump, Kvezc thought it incredibly beautiful . If only he could persuade the newcomer to return with him to his green and brown ‘somewhere’ . Not that she knew it but Fykkli was also of the family Aovvix and like Kvezc had never seen another moving object in her life. The jellified spiky blob half enclosed in a strange yellow and black lump that sat watching her looked a trifle unlovable but when a girl is on her own she can’t afford to be too choosy . Kvezc decided to have a better look at this vision of loveliness and moving as casually as he could he circled Fykkli, twice . He decided that this was his life companion, from every angle . Almost in a dream Kvezv began to circle Fykkli again and again . Fykkli decided to enter into the spirit of the thing and to join Kvezv in his slow motion dance . As they followed the same circular route Kvezc was in ecstasy, the eighteen days of nothing had been worthwhile if only to prepare him for the dizzy pleasure of this meeting . ‘I love my creator’ he sang to himself quietly as he stared across at Fykkli as she glided in unison with him . The now familiar rising vibration meant nothing to Kvezc, it came, it went, who cared . As always the noise at its peak was accompanied by a temporary loss of light but on this occasion a different sound added its voice . A sharp crack which hardly registered in Kvezc’s mind as he dreamt of gliding up, down and between the stalks of his home ground . The vibrations faded, the light returned and Kvezc threw another darting, blushing glance to where only a moment ago Fykkli had been . To his horror however she was not there, at least not as she had been a second or two ago. All that remained was a flattened mixture of grey jelly with tiny fragments of the yellow and black lump dotted amongst it . 27
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28 The pain of his loss shrieked through Kvezc’s head . He stared wildly around him . As usual no sign of life, no-one to explain what had happened . If this was another of the creators cruel jokes there would certainly be no opportunity for a repeat . Kvezc was no longer interested in Why? or What?, he decided there and then that he did not wish to be a character in the creator’s game . He never did see the green and brown something again . He made no attempt to return to his old haunts, or to search for food or to try to reach the ‘shapes’ which of course the creator must have moved because Kvezc still couldn’t see them clearly . He just sat and sat, staring at the shapeless mass in front of him . Kvezc of the family Aovvix died on that very spot four days later . Lack of food, or something, finally bringing to an end the gift of life which Kvezc was convinced was given only to amuse an unseen watcher . The wind, rain and sun played out the final chapter during the next five days by removing all trace of the existence of Kvezc and Fykkli from the spot . All that remained was the smooth black pavement, the occasional pedestrian and the row of neat detached houses across the road with the hum of passing traffic filling the air. Young Enterprise
The Young Enterprise competition has now been running since mid-February and all businesses are going well . There have been stalls at break and lunchtime in the foyer at CVC for the students, and many companies are showing significant profits. Some teams are also selling outside school time, after school in other primary’s, or to friends and family . The companies are selling a wide range of products, including T-shirts, photos, crafts, and flapjacks, and services like cleaning, car-washing, and events organising. The selling seems to be going smoothly, but after the Easter break the companies will have to step up the pace a bit to try and get the most profit and beat the other teams before the competition ends just before the May half term break. At first, the competition was going to run until mid-June, but now with less time to build up the profits, the teams are going to have to work extra hard . During the competition there have been other tasks for the teams to complete . One of these tasks has been to set and carry out personal targets . The targets had to be checked over during a meeting with a teacher before we could start them . Some of the targets included delivering orders, or finding new ways to advertise the companies. So far everyone’s personal targets are progressing well, and soon we will be having another meeting to see how well everyone has done . One of the companies that has been holding regular stalls is Your Name Here, which is the company I am a part of . Originally we were selling solely personalised craft items, but we have now widened our product range and we will be introducing loads of new fun products to our stall . After the holidays we will be selling again in the Meridian Primary School playground to the parents every Tuesday, so bring along some money when you come to collect your child and take a look at our stall! On the 9th of May there is a table top sale being held at Meridian Primary School from 10am until 2pm . You may have seen posters advertising the sale, as they are dotted around the village and Cambridge . Your Name Here will be selling at this table top sale, 29 COLIN AND LINDSAY BOURNE Welcome you to THE THREE HORSESHOES South Street, Comberton Tel: (01223) 262252
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Crazy Golf Comberton Scouts and Cubs still have the offer of a crazy golf set for Village use . This would be a great offer and an asset to the village to be used to raise funds at local fetes or events . We really must not lose this one time opportunity . Therefore we are looking for temporary or permanent storage in a locked garage, shed or barn . Insurance would not be a problem . If you can help, then please do so . It’s our youngsters and parents from the village, who would benefit. Please contact John Gresham- 01223 262 867 Ian Douglas- 07710 803 708 Many thanks
Looking for a good home Would you like a very low maintenance pet for your children? (or yourself!) . We will be giving away Indian stick insects at the Table Top Sale at the Meridain Primary School on the 9th May . Stick insects are fascinating creatures, very low maintenance (feed on bramble leaves!), and only live for a year, so your commitment is short . Full care sheet will be provided .
42nd OXFAM WALK Come and join the Oxfam Walk by taking part on Sunday 17 May 2009, starting and finishing at Chilford Hall, near Cambridge. 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 .org .uk/ get_involved/fundraise/walk .
The Village Hall Annual Supper and Entertainment 2009 This year’s Annual Supper will be held on Friday 19th June in the Village Hall . If you or your partner are aged 65 years or over and have not received an invitation by 5th June, but would like to join us for an enjoyable evening, please contact Anne Collins for further details: Tel: 01223262067 or 33 Harbour Avenue
Friends of the Rosie As well as helping us to raise funds, when you shop through the easyfundraising site www.easyfundraising.org.uk/forh you can benefit from exclusive special offers that you won’t find anywhere else. This month these include: Thruxton Motorsport who have a saving of £10 on a Ferrari 355 Experience, or save £15 on a Porsche 997 Turbo Experience; Teleflorisit are giving a 10% discount on all online orders; Jet2holidays are offering a fantastic 10% OFF your holiday when you book before 31st May; Avon with free delivery on all orders of £20 or more; M&Co are saving easyfundraising 31 Domestic specialists in all plumbing anD heating. All gas, oil and LPG boilers repaired, serviced and installed • Landlord certificates issued• Complete bathroom installations • Free estimates • Weekend call out service available • Powerflushing (central heating system cleaning) • Corgi/ Gas register, Oftec and Water Board approved. 01223 870580 andy Day 07967 095 720 shaun Rivers 07967 095721 60308 www.nutcombecambridge.co.uk
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32 members a fantastic 10% off their first order with them; spend £30 or more with I Want One Of Those and get 5% OFF; Save £5 off your first order over £20 with PhotoBox. Remember it’s Father’s Day on 21st June . You can also enter a free draw each month, last month it was for Film Rentals for a Year with LOVEFiLM! There are many more free offers available - too many to list here - so visit the Special Offers page at www.easyfundraising.org.uk/forh for more details and to find the eVoucher codes .
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35 J & S Contractors Driveways: tarmac, concrete, block paving. All types of groundwork undertaken Call for a free estimate. Tel: 01223 263006/573165 07801 814376/07711 850578 27 Bakers Close, Comberton, Cambs Full public liability insurance cover. Hardy Perennials A wide variety of well established plants, pot grown, which will flower well this year and for many years to come. Also flowering shrubs, climbers and hedging conifers in most sizes up to 7ft, all at grower’s prices. Open 7 days 10.00 to 6.00 Saunders Nurseries, West Street, Comberton Tel: 01223 262268 Your friendly LOCAL computer supplier Torch Computers Accessible – Visit us in Comberton. Free parking – Telephone us – get straight through to a helpful person – Email us – get fast, intelligent responses Comprehensive - Many items stocked - Huge range for next day delivery - Low cost entry level computers to high performance number crunchers - Accessories: printers, monitors, cables, software, power supplies - Second-hand equipment sometimes available Competitive – here’s just one example - Low cost computer £295 inc VAT as shown - Pentium-4, 3GHz, 512MB RAM, 250GB hard disk, DVDRW - Keyboard and mouse, Windows XP Home, anti-virus installed, OpenOffice on request at no extra charge - 19” LCD monitor add £95 inc VAT Upgrade your existing computer: - Extra 250GB internal hard drive: £39 inc fitting and VAT - External 250GB drive for your USB port: £46 inc VAT - More memory –let us know your model for a quotation
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You are invited to join us in a new lunchtime venture:
The Cambridge Dining Club
Selected Mondays 12 noon – 2:30 pm
The Dining Club will meet five times a year at the beautiful riverside restaurant, La Mimosa, in Cambridge.
Annual membership is £25 per person. This club is modelled on the successful NSPCC dining club in Ely.
The cost of the lunch will be £15 per person to include a main course, a dessert and coffee. It is planned to have a guest speaker on a variety of current topics at each lunch.
We hope that you will support this wonderful new venture and help to raise much needed funds for the NSPCC in our area.
For more details Kate Armstrong [email protected] 01954 719745 please contact: Karen Gunner [email protected] 01462 742259
How does this venture raise money for charity? Initially members pay £25 each to ‘join the club’. 100 members would give £2500 up front. Members pay £15 each per meal, the restaurant sponsors the meal and only charges £10 per head, thus raising £5 per person. There are 5 lunches a year. Speakers are offered expenses only, but most decline. There are no administration costs as all are volunteers. Funds raised are used for projects within Cambridgeshire, to help children and teenagers at risk, to help fund schools information packs and to fund operators at Childline.
1st Comberton Scouts and Cubs QUALITY JUMBLE SALE MERIDIAN SCHOOL Harbour Avenue, Comberton. SATURDAY, 16TH MAY, 2:00 TILL 4:00 P.M. FOR COLLECTION OF JUMBLE, PLEASE PHONE JOHN 01223 262 867 OR IAN 01954 780 394 PLEASE LEAVE IN BAGS/BOXES OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE BETWEEN 10.00 AND 12.00 ON THE DAY Would you appreciate help with small jobs around the home, garden or in the wider village?
Isaiah58 involves young people from local churches helping out in the village community. We have moved furniture, trimmed hedges, weeded gardens, swept leaves and painted bus shelters.... No project too small! If you have a possible project for the team please call Revd Matt Watts from St Mary’s Church on 01223 264089 or email [email protected]. We don’t charge or ask for any donation for the help. It is part of us putting our faith into action. Isaiah58 is a project run by WCCYM (West Cambridge Christian Youth Ministries) Comberton Library Monday 2 .00pm - 7 .00pm The Village College Tuesday Closed Comberton Wednesday 10 .00am - 1 .00pm Cambridge 2 .00pm - 5 .00pm CB23 7DU Thursday Closed Tel: 0845 045 5225 Friday 2 .00pm - 7 .00pm www .cambridgeshire .gov .uk/library Saturday 10 .00am - 1 .00pm Sunday Closed Recreation Ground Gate Rota, April to June 2009 Open 8-30 am –Close ½ hour after lighting up time, Monday to Sunday incl . April 20th to May 3rd Mr R . Sewell May 4th to May 17th Mr & Mrs M . Waters May 18th to May 31st Mr & Mrs A . Clarke June 1st to June 14th Mr & Mrs M . Sims June 15th to June 28th Mr R . Sewell June 29th to July 13th Mr & Mrs M Waters Access on foot not affected VILLAGE CAFÉ at the VILLAGE HALL Open every Tuesday 10 .30 - 12 noon Meet up with friends or make new ones . Families welcome! Coffee/Tea/Squash Hope to see you there soon .
A personal message to all the women in Cambourne
You are invited to enjoy a relaxed evening of shopping, conversation and entertainment - just for women.
Here Come the Girls 2009 The late night shopping event of the year!
The date for your diary: Friday May 8th 2009 The time to visit: From 8 – 10.30 pm The venue: The Hub, Cambourne
Browse and buy a whole variety of products including jewellery, handbags, cookery accessories, foods, books, gifts, photography, clothes, health and beauty. Consult with a number of specialists offering professional services and advice.
Tickets sold on the door = £3 each. (£2.50 if you purchase in advance). There will be a superb raffle offering many top quality prizes. A fully licensed bar will be open serving wine, soft drinks and nibbles. Our local female singing group Rhythm of Life will be giving a short taster of their repertoire during the evening.
Come and support your local women in business! For more information and advance tickets please email [email protected]
All profits will be donated to the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC)
We still have a couple of stalls available! Please secure your place by emailing us at [email protected] ASAP!
Saturday 9th May
Meridian Primary School
Doors open 10am Sale until 12
Toys, games, books, clothes, tools, house hold items – bargains to be had everywhere!
Refreshments available
FREE admission!
At time of press (15th April) there were still a few tables available – please call Jenny on 01223 260037 to check late availability or e-mail on jenny_bowles@ntlworld .com .
41 TH E CHALLENGE APRIL RESULT AND WINNER BARNABY RUDGE GRIP *** DOMBEY AND SON MAJOR JOE BAGSTOCK THE PICKWICK PAPERS MRS BARDELL OLIVER TWIST MR BROWNLOW NICHOLAS NICKLEBY WACKFORD SQUEERS THE OLD CURIOSITY SHOP DANIEL QUILP MARTIN CHUZZLEWIT MRS GAMP A CHRISTMAS CAROL TINY TIM DAVID COPPERFIELD MR MICAWBER BLEAK HOUSE JOHN JARNDYCE HARD TIMES THOMAS GRADGRIND LITTLE DORRIT FLINTWINCH A TALE OF TWO CITIES MADAME DESFARGES GREAT EXPECTATIONS ABEL MAGWITCH OUR MUTUAL FRIEND JENNY WREN (ALIAS FANNY CLEAVER) *** Apologies, I completely lost my grip last month . Gyp !!!!!!!!!! WINNER: Doreen Ambrose . Barton Road . (Two on the trot! Stop the hat-trick everyone .) THE CHALLENGE SPONSORED BY COSTCUTTER STORES Each of the pairs of dictionary definitions below should lead you to a single word which has at least both meanings . Had I offered you A BOXER & TO FOLLOW, for example the answer would of course been DOG . Couldn’t be easier . A drink of Advocaat and lemonade and A chimney sweep ……… .…………… ...... ? A racoon-like animal and A police car …………………………… ...... ? A fiery red precious stone (almandine or garnet) and A large pimple…………… . . . . .? A kidney stone and A system of computation in higher mathematics ………………. . . .? A heavenly body and A leading performer ……………………………...... ? A prickly flowering shrub and A perforated nozzle.………………………… ...... ? A solid-hoofed ungulate and A piece of gymnastics equipment ……...... ? A spectator at a dance and A yellow, orange or orange /brown flower ………………. .? A member of the family Leporidae and To talk at length .…………………………… . . .? A series of house buyers and Sixty-six feet ………. ……………………...... ? A thin crisp unsweetened biscuit and A small noisy firework………………… ...... ? A large passenger carrying vessel and A cosmetic application ……………… ...... ?
Entries please to Costcutter ,Library or Doctors by May15th . The prize of £5 generously donated by Nanya & Vijay, is to be spent in store .
Name……………………………… ...... Address……………………………… ......
42 Contact’s Useful Telephone Numbers
Doctor Parker & Partners 58 Green End, Comberton ...... for . appointments: 262500 ...... for prescriptions: 262399 Dr . Tobin & Partners, Bourn Surgery - Emergencies ...... (local call) 01954 719313 Alms Hill, Bourn . . . . . Surgery appointments ...... (local call) 01954 719469 NHS-Child & Family Team, Sackville House, Sackville Way, Cambourne ...... 01954 282830 Ash Croft Veterinary Surgery, 169 St Neot’s Road, Hardwick . (local call) ...... 01954 210250 Chair, Parish Council: Miss Chris Westgarth, 85 Barton Road ...... 263242 Clerk to the Parish Council: Mrs Gail Stoehr Comberton Parish Council, PO Box 857, Comberton ...... 01954 210241 (for planning applications see South Street notice board) Village Hall Lettings Secretary, Mrs Stephanie Young ...... 262365 Nursery Way Sheltered Housing ...... 264434 Comberton Playgroup ...... 262373 Meridian County Primary School ...... 262423 Comberton Village College ...... 262503 CVC Community Education Office ...... 264721 Comberton Library ...... 08450 455225 Baptist Church - Rev. Stephen Henderson, Church Office ...... 264707 Community Team - Hazel Charge ...... 262827 Comberton Catholics - Rev . Robert Joyce ...... 350787 St Mary’s Church - Revd Mike Booker ...... 260095 The Village Help Scheme Chairman: Janet McCabe ...... 263387 Transport: Gill Redman ...... 262246 If unavailable, try: Joan Wells ...... 262746 or Barbara Urquhart ...... 263364 Emergency Home Help: Rachel Thompson ...... 262422 Gardening: Margaret Storey ...... 262748 Village Warden Scheme - Information ...... 262746 Cambridge Water (water) ...... 01223 706050 Anglian Water (sewerage) emergency ...... 0845 7145145 Water Emergency ...... 01223 403000 Environmental Health Services ...... 08450 450 063 Street Light Failure reporting telephone hotline ...... 0800 253 529 South Cambridge District Council (S Harangozo, District Councillor) ...... 264340 Cambridge County Council (D Baldwin, County Councillor) ...... 717111 (01954 211154) Social Services, Comberton (Emergency out of hours) ...... 264466 (01733 561370) Benefits Agency, Chesterton Road, Cambridge ...... 545200 Wood Green Animal Shelter (stray/lost dogs at SCDC on 443000) ...... 01480 830014 Age Concern (Cambridge Information and advice line) ...... 01354 696677 Samaritans ...... 364455 Parkside Police Station ...... 08454 564564 Comberton Ramblers ...... 01223 262940
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43 COMBERTON SURGERY Comberton Village Hall OPENING TIMES: Letting Charges Reception Mon-Fri 8:30am Main Hall (Village and Affiliated Community Group Use) -12:30pmTel: 262500 1:30pm - 6:30pm Private (except evening social events) £15. Affiliated Group (except evening social events) Weekend Emergencies contact CAMDOC, £12.50 Weekday evening social events (Mon–Thurs) £40 tel: 01223 464242 Weekend evening social events (Fri/Sat/Sun) £60 (Phone goes to night service at 6.00pm - if Wedding reception (all day to midnight) £200 you need to be seen after 6.00pm, please Private (Village and Non-affiliated Community Group call CAMDOC, tel: 01223 464242) Use) Meeting Room or Community Room £10 Dispensary reception 8.45am - 12.30pm Committee meetings in Meeting/Community Room (Affliates) £5 1.30pm - 6.30pm Main Hall (Non-Village & Non-Affiliated Saturday * 8.30am - 10.30am Community Group Use) (* collection of pre-ordered drugs only) Private (except evening social events) £25 Non-Affiliated Group (except evening social events) Dispensary phone calls only £20 (Tel: 262399) 11.00am - 12.30pm Weekday evening social events (Mon–Thurs) £60 1.30pm - 3.30pm Weekend evening social events (Fri/Sat/Sun) £90 Wedding reception (all day to midnight) £300 4.30pm - 6.00pm Private (Non-Village & Non-Affiliated Community Repeat Slips preferred. Group Use) Meeting Room or Community Room £15 BOURN SURGERY OPENING TIMES: Community Commercial Use (for adults or Surgery children) Main Hall (excluding Fri/Sat/Sun evenings) £30 Monday - Friday 9.00am - 11.00am Meeting Room or Community Room £20 4.00pm - 6.00pm Commerical Use (per hour) On application Charges are per session and include use of For out of hours emergencies call: kitchen. CAMDOC on 01954 719313 Sessions: 9am to 1pm, 2 to 5.30pm, 6 to 10.30pm (Midnight for Fri/Sat/Sun). Premises to be vacated Pharmacy by end of session. Annual affiliation fee £10 due 1st January. Monday - Friday 9.00am - 1.00pm “Community Group Use” – local groups operating 4.00pm - 6.00pm on a non-commercial basis. There is a branch of the surgery in Great Groups working with children and/or vulnerable adults will need to have child protection and Gransden at midday on Tuesdays, held vulnerable adult policies and procedures in place. at the Reading Room, Fox Street. Bookings should be made with No appointment is needed. Village Hall Lettings Secretary Printed by Victoire Press Ltd, Mrs Stephanie Young 1 Trafalgar Way, Tel: 01223 262365 (before 9pm) Bar Hill, CB3 8SQ 44