Apparitor ……… who?

In ancient Rome, an apparitor (also spelled apparator in English, or shortened to paritor) was a civil servant whose salary was paid from the public treasury. The apparitores assisted the magistrates. There The Newsletter for were four occupational grades (decuriae) among them. The highest Spring 2019 of these was the scribae, the clerks or public notaries, followed by the lictores, lictors; viatores, messengers or summoners, that is, agents on official errands; and praecones, announcers or heralds. Look out for: The term has hence referred to a beadle in a university, a pursuivant or herald; particularly, in Roman Catholic canon law, which was largely inspired by Roman Annual Parish Meeting - page 3 law. Children's Easter Activities - page 10 Apparitors (sometimes called summoners) remained officers in ecclesiastical Little Paxton Pictures - page 16 courts. They were designated to serve the summons, to arrest a person accused, and in ecclesiastic co-civil procedure, to take possession, physically or formally, of the property in dispute, in order to secure the execution of the judge's sentence. This was done in countries where the ecclesiastical forum, in its substantial integrity, is recognized. He thus acts as constable and sheriff. His guarantee of his delivery of the summons is evidence of the knowledge of his obligation to appear, either to stand trial, to give testimony, or to do whatever else may be legally enjoined by the judge; his statement becomes the basis of a charge of contumacy against anyone refusing to obey summons. Offenses dealt with by such courts included "sins of immorality, witchcraft, usury, simony, neglect of the sacraments, and withholding tithes or offering". Source: Wikipedia

Don’t forget! Parish Council meetings: 5th and19th April, 2nd and 18th May, 6th and 20th June Lest We Forget Service

th St James Church  Easter Safari Party 14 April th th th th  Children’s Easter Activities 9 April, 11 April, 17 April 11 November and My Bank Holiday 29th May rd st th rd  Gardening Club evenings 3 April, 1 May, 5 June, 3 starting at 3.00pm & 13th July th th th  WI evenings 15 April, 20 May, 17 June TH All welcome  PAXFEST—13 JULY See pages 10 and 11

20 QUICK REFERENCE Obituary - Perry Stentiford

It is with great sadness to write that Page Perry Stentiford, the Parish Council Groundsman passed away suddenly on  Obituary - Perry Stentiford ...... 2 23rd January.

 Annual Parish Meeting ...... 3 Perry worked for the Council as  Healthwatch ...... 3 groundsman since 2002. He would often  Police Surgeries ...... 4 be seen driving around the village in the  What is Cold Calling? ...... 4 tractor. Perry enjoyed the outdoors  Memorial Safety Testing ...... 5 and always took great pride to ensure  20mp is Plenty ...... 5 the QEII Playing Field, Allotments and  Village Diary ...... 5 Cemetery looked their best. His DIY  St James Church ...... 6 skills were second to none and he built  Parish Council ...... 7 the 20 raised beds at the Allotments. He could turn his hand to any grounds  From the Archives...... 8 maintenance task.  Veg’ing Out ...... 9  Friendship Club ...... 9 Perry loved the new Council workshop  Fire & Rescue ..... 9 and was in his element sorting out all tools and machinery in the new building.  Children’s Easter Activities ...... 10  Museum ...... 11 He was well known to the local dog  Paxfest ...... 12 walkers and their dogs. They would  Paxton Pits ...... 13 regularly go to his workshop for a friendly greeting in the morning.  HDC Bin Collections ...... 14  Councillor Surgeries ...... 14 Perry will be fondly remembered by all that knew him.  Traffic Regulation Order ...... 14  Kingfisher Church ...... 15 A colleague and friend who will be very  Bumpkins ...... 15 much missed.  Little Paxton Pictures ...... 16 Jenny Gellatly

 Grant Funding ...... 16 Perry’s wife Elaine and his family would  Gardening Club ...... 17 like to thank everyone for their kind

 Kingfisher Coffee Stop ...... 17 messages, cards and flowers.  Women’s Institute ...... 18 To remember Perry, the Council will be  100 Club ...... 18 installing a new bench on the QEII  Mick’s Shorts ...... 20 Playing Field with memorial plaque.

If you would like to write a Paxton Perspective please contact one of the Editorial Team The deadline for articles, village events and adverts for the Summer 2019 edition of Village Views is 10th June 2019.

Please contact one of the editorial team:- M Creed (473294) (including photos and adverts), L Timms (394051), and R Russell (213647). Or you can email information to [email protected]. Supported by Little Paxton Parish Council 2 19

Annual Parish Meeting Little Paxton Woman’s Institute Little Paxton Village Hall

Generally we meet in the church on the third Monday of every (meeting room) month at 7:45pm. Come and join us for an Thursday, 18th April 2019 at 7.00pm evening to see if you would enjoy our company.

The Parish Councillors would like to welcome you to the Annual What’s happening soon in 2019;:- Parish meeting to hear the Parish Council activities during the past 12

months and the plans for the future. Light refreshments will be available. 15th April Beautiful Swagger AGENDA Competition: A small Easter basket 1. Welcome to the meeting 20th May Spectacular Antarctica a talk by Chris Hall 2. Apologies Competition: A toy penguin 3. Minutes of the 2018 Annual Parish Meeting 4. Matters Arising 17th June Scuba Diving, a talk by Lynn Croot 5. Parish Council Reports Competition: An interesting shell 6. 1st Little Paxton Brownies will give a short talk on the new Brownie badges and recent Brownie Activities For more information about us and what is happening in 2019 7. Open Forum (Questions and Answers) contact Rosemary Young (01480 700808) Cllr Jean Matheson Chairman of the Council

St James’ Church ‘100 Club’ What would you do to improve health services in Cambridgeshire?

The NHS is developing a local plan and needs your help.

How would you make it easier for people to look after their own health and wellbeing?

Fill in this survey from Healthwatch and have your say on local services. In December Winners particular, Healthwatch wants to hear your ideas about: £500 No 28 G.Young For more information, or £250 No 108 K.Holman to join the ‘100’ Club  Making it easier for people to access support closer to home and via £125 No 85 J.Steward technology. £75 No 120 P.Folbigg contact -  Doing more to help people stay well. £25 No 10 K.Stocker Helen Young (216255)  Providing better support for people with cancer, mental health conditions, heart and lung diseases, and other long-term conditions. £25 No 32 C.John  Providing better support for people as they get older and experience For £5 per month you get 5 chances of winning a cash prize. conditions such as dementia. In theory you could win all four prizes. Be in it for 12 months and you enter the Christmas draw with 6 prizes totalling £1,000 Your local NHS needs to hear from you about what it should do to make care better for your community. All proceeds from the ‘100’ Club go to St James’ Church Feedback online at https://www.healthwatch.co.uk/what-would-you-do. Call your local Healthwatch on 0330 355 1285, text 0752 0635 176 Or visit www.healthwatchcambridgeshire.co.uk 18 3 Local Police Surgeries Wednesday, 5th June 10.00am - 12.00noon Little Paxton Village Hall Gardening Club The St Neots Community Policing Team will be holding a Police Surgery in the village. This is a great opportunity for residents to meet the local Police team and to We meet at 8.00pm in the Village Hall on the first Wednesday of the month raise any concerns they may have with officers. The Surgery is organised by Little (except January and August).

Paxton Parish Council. All are welcome - you don’t have to be an expert.

Outings and garden visits are often organised for the summer months so Two more surgeries are planned for 2019 – E-Cops please check the programme or phone us. 9th August and 16th November. Cambridgeshire Constabulary has an email messaging Subscriptions are £7 per year and £1 for each indoor meeting. Neighbourhood Police Team. system call Ecops. By signing Non members are very welcome, £2 at the door.

To register go to www.ecops.org.uk up to this free service, you will Programme 2019 receive weekly crime updates Traffic/Pedestrian Count – new Co-op, and alerts for Little Paxton and 3rd April Back to Basics, practical greenhouse gardening th Conservatory Village, Thursday 9 May the local area direct into your in Speaker: Geoff Hodge

st box. Messages also include 1 Little Paxton Brownies have asked the Parish 1st May Collecting plants in the wild crime prevention advice and Council for a safer crossing near the new Co-op at Speaker: Joe Sharman the Conservatory Village as part of their Take appeals for help. th Action badge. The system also enables 5 June Garden Visit to Buckden. Tickey only.

In January, Parish Councillors met with CCC residents to feedback 3rd July Garden Visit to Letchworth. Ticket only. information to the St Neots Highways to discuss options available. In order to th gather evidence to support a potential bid for funds Neighbourhood Police Team. 13 July Plant sale at PAXFEST for the Local Highway Improvement Scheme, it has been suggested by the CCC Highways that a pedestrian/traffic count be carried out. Contact: Jane Hill (Chair) 218805, Margaret Rowland (Secretary) 383989 or Christine Hagger (Treasurer) 477978 This will take place on Thursday 9th May from 7.30am – 5pm. If you can spare 30 min – 1 hour to help with the traffic/pedestrian count- please contact the Clerk. The more evidence there is, the stronger case the Parish Council has for making improvements.

Count sheets and high viz jackets will be supplied. What is a Cold Calling Zone?

Cold Calling zones were first set up in the UK by Cambridgeshire Trading Standards. They are designated areas (streets, cul-de-sacs etc), which aim to deter uninvited sales people and help give residents the

confidence to say ‘no’ to doorstep callers.

Cold calling zones help stop potential rogue traders and distraction burglars in areas where these had previously been a problem.

Each Cold Calling area requires a local co-ordinator.

If you live in or near to a No Cold Calling Zone, or would like more information about becoming the local co-ordinator then please contact the Community Protection Team on 0345 045 5206.

Neighbourhood Watch

To set up a local Neighbourhood Watch Scheme or find your nearest Scheme search www.ourwatch.org.uk

4 17 Little Paxton Lawn Cemetery and St James Churchyard Memorial Safety Testing Little Paxton Pictures Little Paxton Parish Council will be safety testing all the memorials in at St James’ Church Little Paxton Lawn Cemetery and in St James’s Churchyard in April/May.

(supported by Little Paxton Parish Council) The Council has a duty under the Local Authorities’ Cemeteries Order 1977 to maintain the cemetery and churchyard in good order and to ensure they

Films ... Films ... Films .... (with subtitles) are safe places for the visiting public, contractors and employees. th Tuesday, 26 March at 2.00pm - ‘Easter Parade’ (U) The safety testing initially involves a hand test to confirm the memorial is Songs by Irving Berlin, starring Judy Garland and Fred Astaire stable and involves no tools or equipment.

Tuesday, 26th March at 7.00pm - ‘The Matrix’ (15) If the hand test identifies a risk, the memorial will be retested with a small Sci-Fi starring Keanu Reeves hand held mechanical tester.

Tuesday, 9th April at 2.00pm - ‘Hop’ (U) If a memorial requires to be made stable, the Council will contact the memorial owner for remedial repairs. No memorials will be laid flat or staked. Family entertainment for Easter - Animated comedy

th The Council has contacted all memorial owners, for which the Council has a Tuesday, 30 April at 2.00pm - Mary Magdalene (2018) (PG) contact mailing address, to advise of the safety testing before the work Biblical Drama commences. Notices will also be displayed in the Cemetery notice boards

th and St James’s Church notice board. Tuesday, 28 May at 2.00pm Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone (PG) Fantasy/Drama

th 20mph is Plenty Tuesday, 28 May at 7.00pm – Mama Mia (PG) Musical

th In October, the Parish Council applied for funding to reduce the speed limit in the Tuesday, 25 June at 2.00pm village from 30mph to 20mph. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (PG) starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford in this classic Western Cambridgeshire County Council Highways carried out a Feasibility Study as part of the application process. The report highlighted that it would not be possible to reduce FREE admission to all films the speed limit to 20mph on Hot drinks, popcorn, ice cream and assorted refreshments available Mill Lane, Great North Road, Bring along your favourite cushion! Little Paxton Lane, High Street and Gordon Road. The Parish What’s on in Little Paxton - Council has now withdrawn the Village Diary Grant Funding for Small and Medium Businesses funding bid. As part of the Parish Council website, Small and medium businesses in Cambridgeshire can access www.littlepaxtonparishcouncil.gov.uk, Grant Funding and Free Energy Efficiency reviews, thanks to Adverting costs in there is a community What’s On page ERDF funding. Village Views where village groups can add dates

The Business Energy Efficiency programme can potentially provide grant funding for events and their regular meetings. up to a maximum of £20,000, or 25% of project costs, to eligible businesses for This is free and easy to use. energy efficiency improvement measures such as LED lighting, heating, insulation The Council would like to encourage and solar PV. village organisations to use the

‘What’s On in Little Paxton Diary’. It The pot of grant funding is limited and businesses are urged to register their Local non-profit making will help encourage new members to interest by 30th June 2019 at events are free. village organisations and events. www.beecp.org/sign-up or call 01733 Contact one of the editorial team, 882549 or email [email protected] details at the bottom of page 2.

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Children’s Easter Safari Party

Palm Sunday 14th April

Come and enjoy, food, fun, and the Easter story. Admission is free. To book a place contact Nikki Jones at:- [email protected] or leave a message on 01480 877215

Simply Saturday!

Enjoy food, company and activities on the first Saturday of each month (not August) at St James’ church, Little Paxton. Suggested donated of £1 towards heating etc. Bring and share lunch: 12.30pm followed by activities from about 1.30pm. Activities for 2019 include:- April - Magician, June - Sandy Ukulele Group July - Garden railway visit. For more information contact Helen Young Tel 01480 216255 Or email [email protected]

Drop-in tea ‘n a chat All are welcome to join us on Wednesday mornings 10:50am - 12 noon, and on Friday mornings 10:30am - 12 noon For tea/coffee and biscuits.

Details of our services can be seen on our notice boards of on our website:- www.thepaxtonsbenefice.org.

The Rev Con Annette Reed can be contacted on 01480 211048

6 15 District Council Council Council meetings Parish bin collections for Little Paxton 5th and 19th April, 2 nd and 18th May, 6th th Parish Council grants and 20 June . Full Council at 7.30pm. Village groups and organisations can apply to All meetings are held in the back room of the Parish Council for grant funding. Black (general the Village Hall. Each meeting agenda Applications are available on the Council Blue has a 15 minute public forum for members website or by contacting the Clerk. household waste) Green (recycling) of the public to raise issues with the 3rd April Council relating to items of Council Social Media (garden waste) 10th April business which are for debate on the The Parish Council now has its own 17th April nd 8th April 24th April agenda. The 2 May meeting is the Facebook page. Keep up to date with what 1st May Annual Meeting of the Parish Council. 22nd April 8th May is happening in Little Paxton and like the 15th May Before the start of the Full Council 6th May 22nd May meetings, members of the public may page, www.facebook.com/ 29th May 20th May raise issues with the Clerk as items for LittlePaxtonParishCouncil future meeting agenda. There is also a Facebook page for Paxfest & the Fun Dog Show-www.littlepaxton.com/ Agenda and minutes can be viewed on the parish website and also on the parish LittlePaxtonPaxfest. noticeboard on St James Road. Please check The Parish Council is now on twitter the parish website for the meeting agenda - @LPParishCouncil. http://www.littlepaxtonparishcouncil.gov.uk Councillor Surgeries Clerk’s contactable hours only are between QEII Playing Field The Council is always striving to find ways to engage Monday-Friday 9.00am-2.30pm Anyone wishing to book the playing field, with residents of Little Paxton. Email [email protected] new booking forms are now available on If you have an issue or concern that is Parish Council The correspondence address for the Parish the Council website or contact the Clerk related, and you would like an appointment with a Parish Council is not a public office and all meetings with the Clerk are to be arranged by Who’s new on the Council Councillor, then please send a message to the Clerk via appointment. All telephone calls to the Parish Cllr Malcolm Whale was co-opted as a Facebook so that a suitable time can be arranged. Clerk are recorded for training and monitoring st member of the Council on 1 February. purposes. If you’re not a social media user, please contact the Clerk on 01480 470193 or email: For all Parish Council enquiries, please contact Clerk of Contact details for Parish Councillors the Council, Mrs J Gellatly, 11 Hayling Avenue, [email protected] Little Paxton Tel 01480 470193. Clerk’s contactable are: Cllr email addresses hours 9.00am-2.30pm Monday-Friday. Keith Barker, 41 Hayling Avenue 01480 406510 [email protected] Temporary Traffic Regulation Order (TTRO) Kathy Bishop, 1 Park Crescent 01480 214524 [email protected] The Parish Council is applying to the Cambridgeshire County Council for TTRO Paul Bishop, 1 Park Crescent 01480 214524 [email protected] th for a parking suspension on the following streets from 12.00 noon 12 July to Glen Doick [email protected] th 6.00pm 13 July for Paxfest. Arshad Khalid [email protected]  31 High Street - 63 High Street Pat Law 01480 394321 [email protected]  42 High Street - 54 High Street Jean Matheson, 21 Jubilee Close 01480 476298 [email protected]  30 High Street- 1 Lakefield Avenue Nicola Muhlhausen, 48 Samuel Jones Crescent 07704 289400 [email protected]  High Street corner with 2 Lakefield Avenue Sean Radley, 99 High Street 01480 218727 [email protected]  25 & 26 Wantage Gardens Reginald Russell, 6 The Sycamores 01480 213647 None  1 & 3 Wantage Gardens Sally Scotcher [email protected]  Corner of Gordon Road/High Street near 31 High Street, Linda Smith, 21 Hayling Avenue 01480 393673 [email protected]  Gordon Road/High Street - to past the entrance to Malcolm Whale Footpath No 5 (near 26 Wantage Gardens) 01480 535230 [email protected] 2 vacancies 14 7 Golly Gosh! Did you know Paxton Pits Nature Reserve is 30 years old? A lot has changed since rom the Archives 1989, do you remember who was in the charts? Jason Donovan, Madonna, New Kids on the with thanks to Dennis Flavell Block, Kylie Minogue, Simply Red…..(You had to be there to relate to this but it wasn’t great.)

Year 1670 John Hardwick, a shepherd, and Gabrill Newold, a matchmaker, both of I suppose us Rangers are used to change. There is seasonal change and climate change but also Little Paxton, made out their Wills. the changes that happen to our community and to society at large. We live in unpredictable times, but we have to plan ahead anyway. So what’s in the the pipeline? Year 1694 Archdeaconry of Huntingdonshire. Citation Paper against Robert Glover and James Angell churchwardens of I predict that spring will turn into summer, like it always does! But what kind of spring we will Little Paxton in a cause of correction. Cited personally on 10th have is anyone’s guess. We had a false spring in February and by the first week of March we January by John Hewet, Apparitor. had seen five kinds of butterfly, frogs were spawning and the first spring birds had already arrived from Africa. These early pioneers take a big risk but sometimes a gamble pays off. If it Year 1737 Elizabeth Parkyns, late of Walkeringham, single doesn’t their genes will be lost to the wider population which will remain stuck in its ways. woman, was convicted on her own confession for endeavouring to extort money from Have you ever thought what would happen if a species lost or never developed the gene for Francis Barker the younger, by a false charge of felony against him, and was ordered risk-taking? The only examples I know are from isolated islands where they say the gene to to be stripped naked from her waist upwards and “whipt publickly” in the town migrate gets lost at sea. Often island birds lose the ability to fly far, or even lose it altogether. tomorrow between the hours of twelve and one, till her body be bloody. I am often asked if we will still have nightingales in 2019? It is looking bad for this migratory Year 1816 A black youth was baptised with the name of John Congo at St Mary's bird in the UK, but a couple of good springs could just save their bacon. These small birds do church in St Neots by the Rev. John Arthur. The young man was described in the not live long so, if they fail to breed or the chicks do not survive, their population soon parish register as an African by descent, native of St Lucia, born about 1797. It is plummets. If we lose them, perhaps due to a late spring or a summer drought, I will be really thought that he was brought to St Neots as a servant by Colonel William Humbley, disappointed as we have done a lot to create and conserve habitat for them. and later married a local girl and had several children. On the plus side, our tern rafts have been very successful in providing a safe nesting area for Year 1827 Quarter Sessions Bastardy Papers. David Begeant manual servant of the common terns that arrive here from the Gulf of Guinea in early April. We hauled the rafts Little Paxton and father of Elizabeth Waters child, she a single woman. out for a few weeks to clean them up and stop gulls from nesting on them before the terns Year 1828 William Watson a labourer born 1800 sentenced to death at arrived. Last year we saw a lot more egrets about and it can’t be long before they breed here.

Assizes for sheep stealing. The sentence was later commuted to Transportation to the We have heard a lot about falling insect populations and Paxton Pits is as affected as anywhere Colonies. He sailed on the ship 'Royal George' to New South Wales leaving behind a else, except that dragonflies and damselflies are doing very well. We are now famous for wife and 3 daughters. Just after sailing his wife and youngest daughter died. William Norfolk hawker dragonflies and in 2018 we were colonised by willow emerald damselflies; Watson was granted a conditional pardon in 1849 and went on to re-marry and have 4 will we get another new species this year? more children in Australia. And what about the quarry? Aggregate Industries is already putting in new cycle paths and Year 1831 William Toller (not the giant) a cornfactor, at Mr Bennett's Ram Show at footpaths near Diddington as part of the extension plan to the Reserve. The huge reed-bed that Tempsford, whilst taking a glass of wine, fell down in an apoplectic fit and instantly will occupy the fields to the west of the quarry road is in the planning stage and soon the top- expired, leaving a widow and 6 children. He of New Street Baptist Church St Neots. soil will be stripped back to reveal what lies beneath. Landscaping, fencing and hedge planting Year 1895 Witnessed by thousands of spectators on the 5th August, Miss Adie are are being done by the company as part of the restoration scheme.

Bassett aged 36 jumped from a Balloon at a fete held in Peterborough in a double The biggest change of all for 2019 is in personnel. Getting the extension finally under way is open parachute display. Her parachute had a malfunction and she was killed instantly one of my dreams and I am really pleased to be around to see it, but my turn at the helm is at when hitting the ground. The inquest jury returned a verdict of 'accidental death' an end now. Matt Hall is now the Senior Ranger at Paxton Pits and my job (for two days a adding, since no useful purpose is served by these senseless exhibitions, at which the week) is to support him until I retire next spring, when I will be 70. Kirsty Drew and Paul lives of performers are risked, they should be made Claydon will continue to be part time rangers at Paxton but there will also be a new face. illegal. We wil be taking on a person to be our volunteer co-ordinator, which has become a vital job Year 1914 Mrs Helena Finedon, daughter of St Neots given the scale of our volunteer operation. Volunteers are the lifeblood of the Reserve; indeed draper Charles Moore, was fined 20 shillings plus costs volunteers were active at Paxton before there were any rangers. by Huntingdon magistrates; she was the first woman locally to be found guilty of speeding. If you want to know more about the wildlife at Paxton Pits, pop into the Visitor Centre and get a copy of our new annual wildlife report. 8 13 PAXFEST 2019 Veg’ing Out Planning is well ahead for Paxfest & Fun Dog Show which will take place on th Saturday 13 July,12.00 noon – 4.45pm. Looking for a new hobby? Why not have a go at allotment gardening.

The event theme will be ‘Paxfest & Fun Dog Show And other Animals’. This pastime is relaxing, rewarding and there is a great community atmosphere at the Parish Allotments.  Wildlife Displays are providing a mini zoo with meerkats, scorpions, snakes, giant snails, hissing cockroaches, spiders, lizards and other furries. If you enjoy the outdoors this may be for you.  The Ark Farm, a mobile educational farm, will bring lambs, piglets, a cow, a Free donkey manure is regularly delivered from Southoe. goat, chickens and ducks. Children will be able to pet the farm animals.

 The Cake competition will be back, and the competition will be to bake a There are half plots, starter plots and raised beds available to rent at the Victoria Sponge Cake. The Children’s Cake competition is to bake and Little Paxton Allotment site. Little Paxton decorate six cupcakes (no theme). Entry on the day £1 adults, 50p children. residents and residents in the St Neots area The allotment rents are:  There will be new handicraft competition open to adults & children with an can apply for a Parish allotment. animal theme. Entry on the day £1 adults,50p children. £30.00 for a full size plot Please note that Little Paxton residents will  The Children’s Decorate a Rock competition is for children to decorate a rock be given priority. £18.00 half plot with an animal theme- FREE to enter. £6.00 for a starter plot The allotment water will be turned on the The rent for a raised bed  Free Animal children’s treasure hunt around the stalls. weekend the clocks change. is £5.50 per annum. The Fun Dog Show returns for its seventh year with ten new classes including Best Paw Shaker and Quickest Sausage Catcher. If you are interested, please contact the Rents are paid on a pro Registration for the dog show is on the day. Allotment Representative rata basis with the

If anyone would like to book a commercial stall please contact the Clerk on Cllr Jean Matheson on 01480 476298 or the exception of the raised 01480 470193 Email [email protected]. Clerk (01480 470193) to arrange a site visit. beds.

Booking fees - £10 village commercial stall, £25 non village commercial stall, Village groups/clubs/organisations free Little Paxton Friendship Club

Can you spare an hour? Paxfest Car Parking - NEW The Friendship Club meets every other (ie 2nd) Wednesday in the Paxfest wouldn’t be the success it is without the Concerns have been raised afternoon in the back room of the help of volunteers. There are lots of jobs to do – regarding parking in the village Anchor Pub at 2.00pm to 4.00pm. setting up the dog arena, decorating with bunting, hall car park on Paxfest day. It costs just £5 per quarter to join. Do you own or run a business locally? popping up the pop up gazebos, Passes will now be issued for We meet for tea and biscuits, a Have you taken the steps you need to in putting out chairs etc. village hall car parking spaces raffle, cash bingo and chat. We order to protect the business from fire? If you have an hour or two spare and would like to with each pass having an have a yearly outing (transport Would you like to come along and hear help at Paxfest with setting up, dog show allocated parking space - this sponsored by Courteous Travel, from a Fire Protection Officer to find out registration, donkey rides tickets, car park steward will be mainly for entertainers St Neots) and a Christmas Dinner. more about keeping your business in -please contact Cllr Kathy Bishop Tel 01480 and musicians for the event. Details from: Joan Renno (Chair) business? 214524 or the Clerk Tel 01480 470193 Email: Stallholders will be issued with 07968 689850 or Mick Ross [email protected] a pass to park on the QEII (Hon.Treasurer): Would you like the help you need to build Playing field. [email protected] a FREE risk assessment for your business?

There will be NO public parking in the village hall car park. The Paxfest Committee would like to encourage residents to leave their cars at Sign up today for a FREE business seminar with Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue home and walk/cycle or scoot to the event. Service. Access to the playing field for setting up will be reviewed to ensure speedy access Contact us today – For more information on upcoming seminars or to book a for stall holders and to avoid cars queuing on Gordon Road and the High Street. place contact us on: 01480 444 500 or book online at www.cambsfire.gov.uk. 12 9 Free Children’s Activity Sessions Dates for Diary Gatekeeper Walk, Little Paxton Community Defibrillator th St Neots Museum Tuesday, 9 April 11.00am-1.00pm Awareness Session, Thursday Thursday, 11th April 11.00am-1.00pm Discover Victorian life in St Neots and 10th October, 7.00pm Little Wednesday, 17th April 10.00am-12.00 noon visit the Edwardian prison cell on your Paxton Village Hall - FREE

Children’s activities during the school Easter holidays. Come along to the green doorstep at St Neots Museum. The space opposite the Community Hub, Little Paxton. Lots of fun activities such as Parish Council gives an annual QEII Playing Field, Little football, short tennis, crazy golf and games. The activity sessions are organised by donation to the museum to enable Little Paxton - Diary Huntingdonshire District Council's Roadshow team. Paxton residents free admission. Look Tuesdays weekly 7.00-9.00pm out for the children activities in the informal netball on the multi-use There will be toilet access in The Hub. In the event of bad weather, the activity school holidays. games area. FREE sessions will be in the main hall of The Hub (2 Samuel Jones Crescent). www.stneotsmuseum.org.uk Thursdays weekly Petanque Please bring a water bottle. Children’s activities include Family sessions 2.00–4.00pm FREE This is a Little Paxton Parish Council event and is aimed at children 7-11 years. Easter activities – Bags of printing Saturdays weekly Batch Body This is a free event – no need to book. 12th April at 11.00am to 3.00pm Fitness 8.30-9.15am, Little Free Children’s Activity Sessions St Neots Museum Paxton Colts FC fixtures, Little QEII Playing Field, Little Paxton Balmy bonnets and mad masks Paxton Cricket Club fixtures th Wednesday, 29 May th 17 April at 11.00am to 3.00pm Sundays weekly Little Paxton 2.00pm – 4.00pm St Neots Museum Colts FC fixtures, Little Paxton Children’s activities during the school May holiday. Come along to the Cricket Club fixtures QEII Playing Field. Lots of fun activities such as jenga, wide games and tennis. The activity sessions are organised by Huntingdonshire District Council's Roadshow team. Little Paxton Parish Council Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) This is a Little Paxton Parish Council event and is aimed at children 7-11 years. Spring Gritting Programme – The CIL is paid by developers to This is a free event – no need to book. Please bring a water bottle. in the event of hard frosts Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) Areas to be gritted and the Parish Council then receives 1. Entrance from the Queen Elizabeth 15% of the CIL funds from HDC. II Playing Field, High Street to What’s new in the This is known as the meaningful Doctors Surgery Children’s Play Park area proportion. 2. The Rookery Steps and Ramp 1st Little Paxton Brownies A new scooter rack has been installed near the 3. Footpath through St. James’ The Parish Council received a CIL ramp/steps in the village hall car park. The Community Litter Pick Churchyard meaningful proportion payment from scooter rack was installed by the Parish Council HDC on 23rd October 2018 for two (supported by Little Paxton Gritting will only take place on Monday with the aim of maximising space developments - £36,135.60 from the Parish Council) – Fridays. There will no gritting for amenities. th Samuel Jones Crescent Development carried out at weekends. Sunday 24 March and a further £2410.98 for the 2.00pm – 4.00pm The area where the scooter rack is installed is not a car parking space, although cars did park Sycamores development on Gordon Starting and Finishing at Fixmystreet there which created an obstruction for users of Road. The Parish Council CIL funds QEII Playing Field, Little Paxton This is a website the ramp. are earmarked for the proposed Come along and help the Brownies where faults can be extension to the cemetery. to ‘Take Action’ to keep A new Wicksteed roundabout has been installed reported UK wide Little Paxton tidy. in the Children’s play park to replace the old and they will be roundabout which was tilting to one side. New forwarded to the Litter picks, high viz jackets, black A flower does not think of competing bags and gloves provided. safety surfacing has also appropriate been installed. authority. with the flower next to it. It just blooms. https://www.fixmystreet.com

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