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Issue 392 Jan 2018 Now reaching 3500 people every month Keep Calm and Play On HOP ON ! LOCAL BUS P5 TIMETABLES SAY CHEESE P8 INTRODUCING THE STILTON ANTHEM WE’RE IN THE MONEY P15 FOLKSWORTH VILLAGE HALL GETS A FINANCIAL BOOST P19 BE A PART OF THE BIG GARDEN BIRDWATCH NO SIGNAL ? P3 HOW TO COMPLAIN ABOUT POOR MOBILE COVERAGE Picture credit: GBHGB Based in Stilton, the GB Home Guard Band performs evergreen classic band music for a wide variety of events. Find out more on p10. INCORPORATING FOLKLORE, FOR READERS IN FOLKSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES SCAN 392 Jan 2018 SCAN is published by The Stilton Community Association. All articles, original artwork and the SCAN name and logo are copyright. All trade marks recognised. Views of contributors are not necessarily endorsed by The Stilton Community Association. Reprints available from the Editor on request. Editor: Advertising: Production: Distribution: Olive Main 241206 Christine Kime 243336 Kelvin Davis 244140 Hazel James Advertising Rates: Monthly Annual Full page: £30 £330 19 x 12.7 cm Half page: £15 £165 9 x 12.7 cm landscape - 19 x 6 cm portrait 1/3 page: £10 £110 6 x 12.7 cm landscape - 12.5 x 6 cm portrait 1/6 page: £5 £55 6 x 6 cm All advertising copy or instructions to the Advertising Manager by 10th of month prior to publication. Payment in advance to Stilton Community Association - NO PAY, NO DISPLAY! Advertisement orders MUST be accompanied by the advertiser’s name, address and telephone number. You can use the order form on www.stilton.org All other copy to the Editor, 8 Caldecote Road, Stilton Printed by: by 14th of month prior to publication. Digital material in a neutral PC format please. email: [email protected] Index to Advertisers Grey Bin Days: Category Service Page Retail Watch & Clock 38 Tues 2nd, Mon 15th & 29th Food & Drink 9 January; 12th February Charity 37 Furnishings 37 Health & Exercise 40 Fitness Foot care 42, 43 Garden Bin Days: Financial Accountancy / Payroll 43, 44 Fri 12th, 26th January; Animals Vet, pet care 33, 34, 43 9th February Personal Hair & Beauty 32, 33, 34 Care Services 32 Counselling 35 Recycling Bins: Trades Building services 32, 35, 41 Conservatories 40 Mon 8th, 22nd January; Heating / Plumbing 38, 42, 44 5th February Electrical / TV 42 Computer services 35 Garden services 34, 41 Recycling 36, 38 Please put your bins out Removals 38 after 6pm on the Vehicle services 31 day before collection Travel Community bus 39 Professional Architect / Civils 39 Funeral services 41 www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/bins Childcare Pre-school 11, 34, 39 Leisure Dance Tuition 33 Music Tuition 35 2 Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! SCAN 392 Jan 2018 The Parish Pump Stilton News Diary of Events Wot - No Signal ? If you have a one-off event fixed in the next HOW CAN WE COMPLAIN? few months please contact the editor - 241206 or [email protected] Stilton has always had poor mobile JANUARY coverage, but the arrival of superfast 4G broadband seems to have made things 21st Keyboard Concert in Pavilion worse. For most of us it is an inconvenience FEBRUARY but for people who work from home or run a business it can be a major problem. Trying 11th Keyboard Concert in Pavilion to change contracts in the hope of better MARCH service can be expensive if the provider won't terminate the contract and there will 11th Keyboard Concert in Pavilion always be a termination fee. APRIL Advice from the Consumers Association 15th Keyboard Concert in Pavilion (publishers of 'Which') points out that we MAY have rights under the Consumer Rights Act. There may be grounds for termination if 20th Keyboard Concert in Pavilion there is poor service. MAKE SURE YOU TELL US! First of all, complain to your mobile network. If enough residents take this step We’ll keep this list up to date with what something might be done. It is helpful if people tell us about. So if you find your you log loss of service, when, and for how event double-parked with somebody else’s long, and let the provider know. it’ll be because someone didn’t tell SCAN! If there is no improvement the next step is Thank You ! to complain to either Ombudsman Services; Communications or Cisas (depending on On Saturday 18 November I had a fall in your provider). Manor Road, writes Richard Longstaffe. I injured myself quite badly and suffered a A full account of what to do is on the Which? broken arm. I'd like to thank all the people Consumer Rights website: who helped me until the arrival of the www.which.co.uk/consumer- ambulance, and fetched my wife Sheila and rights/advice/how-to-complain-to-the- supported her too. We both thank them most ombudsman-about-a-mobile-phone- gratefully for their help and compassion. provider Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! 3 SCAN 392 Jan 2018 Poppy Appeal 2017 Mobile Library This year’s Poppy Appeal in Stilton, ROUTE M24 Folksworth, Caldecote and Morborne has Visits, on the 4th Wednesday of the month, so far raised £1,089.13, writes Tom resume on January 24th. Cochrane, RBL Branch Chairman and Local Poppy Appeal Organiser. This is Folksworth (Elm Road) 10:30am - 10:50am slightly down on last year but this year we had no income from McColls or the Tunnels; Stilton (outside the Talbot) 3:10pm - 4pm the Premier Inn could only take one collecting tin and one collector was unable This service is free. Each Mobile Library to carry out her usual round due to ill health. carries 3000 items: books, both fiction and The good news is that there is one non-fiction, large print and books on contribution still to come and next year there CD/DVD. They are issued for five weeks will be another collector in Folksworth. and can be renewed for up to three months. I would like to thank R A Roan & Son for Requests cost £1, all services can be their contribution to our appeal, via Mrs accessed on line and all vehicles have lifts Mayle in Caldecote, to mark their 60th for wheelchair access. anniversary. Mrs Goodliffe in Stilton has asked me to thank on her behalf the people of Morborne for their generosity towards Race Night Success her total this year. On Friday 17th November the Ortons Rotary The Legion in Yaxley has had a difficult Club welcomed 100+ ‘punters’ to try their time the past year with finding people to luck at one of its major fund-raisers of the take on the various offices. We now have a year - Race Night, writes Dave Pennell. new Secretary, Treasurer, Poppy Appeal Organiser and a new Standard Bearer. I hope Everyone left with a smile and our charity we can now enjoy a period of stability - account benefited to the tune of £2240. We which would be a novelty! will be able to support charitable efforts here in Peterborough (like medical detection My thanks to you all for your help and dogs, kids out) and in the developing world contributions, and please let me know if you (like Shelterbox disaster relief). Seven would like to help in any way. bottles of bubbly went home with the owners of the winning horses and the raffle seemed to have no end of prizes. So our thanks to the race sponsors, to all the people who came along and were so generous, and to the members who worked so hard to make it a success. Here's to an even better race night next time! 4 Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! SCAN 392 Jan 2018 Stilton Bus Timetables A HANDY SUMMARY These are extracts from the full timetables, which may be downloaded from www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/travel-roads-and-parking/buses/bus-timetables/ These timetables are claimed to be valid ‘until at least 17th January’ so if you rely on the bus we recommend you check the above website regularly. B SERVICE: PETERBOROUGH - CAMBRIDGE Northbound - Mondays to Fridays Stilton, opp Glebe Road 06:27 07:27 08:27 Then at the 27 17:27 18:57 19:57 following Hampton, Serpentine Green 06:33 07:33 08:33 33 Until 17:33 19:03 20:03 minutes past Peterborough, Queensgate 06:46 07:46 08:46 each hour 46 17:46 19:16 20:16 Northbound - Saturdays Stilton, opp Glebe Road 06:27 07:27 08:27 09:27 Then at the 27 18:27 18:57 19:57 following Hampton, Serpentine Green 06:33 07:33 08:33 09:33 33 Until 18:33 19:03 20:03 minutes past Peterborough, Queensgate 06:46 07:46 08:46 09:46 each hour 46 18:46 19:16 20:16 Southbound - Mondays to Fridays Stilton, opp Glebe Road 07:03 08:03 09:33 33 16:33 17:33 18:33 19:36 20:36 Sawtry, opp Tinkers Lane 07:16 08:16 09:46 Then at the 46 16:46 17:46 18:46 19:49 20:49 following Huntingdon bus station arr 07:43 08:43 10:13 13 Until 17:13 18:13 19:13 20:16 21:16 minutes past Huntingdon bus station dep 08:00 08:43 10:18 each hour 18 17:18 18:33 19:16 20:16 21:16 Cambridge Drummer St 09:09 09:52 11:22 22 18:22 19:37 20:22 21:22 22:22 Southbound - Saturdays Stilton, opp Glebe Road 07:03 08:03 09:33 10:33 11:33 12:33 13:33 14:33 15:33 16:33 17:33 18:33 19:36 20:36 Sawtry, opp Tinkers Lane 07:16 08:16 09:46 10:46 11:46 12:46 13:46 14:46 15:46 16:46 17:46 18:46 19:49 20:49 Huntingdon bus station arr 07:43 08:43 10:13 11:13 12:13 13:13 14:13 15:13 16:13 17:13 18:13 19:13 20:16 21:16 Huntingdon bus station dep 07:48 08:48 10:18 11:18 12:18 13:18 14:18 15:18 16:18 17:18 18:33 19:16 20:16 21:16 Cambridge Drummer St 08:52 09:52 11:22 12:22 13:22 14:22 15:22 16:22 17:22 18:22 19:37 20:22 21:22 22:22 46A SERVICE: HAMPTON - HUNTINGDON Northbound - Mondays to Fridays - Saturdays Folksworth, Manor Rd 10:35 10:35 Stilton, opp Glebe Road 10:41 12:43 15:13 10:41 12:43 15:13 Yaxley, Folly Close 10:47 12:49 15:19 10:47 12:49 15:19 Hampton, Serpentine Green 10:53 12:55 15:25 10:53 12:55 15:25 Southbound - Mondays to Fridays - Saturdays Stilton, opp Glebe Road 11:07 13:27 16:07 11:07 13:27 16:07 Folksworth, Manor Rd 13:32 13:32 Sawtry, Tinkers Lane 11:21 13:49 16:21 11:21 13:49 16:21 Huntingdon Bus Station 11:50 14:18 16:50 11:50 14:18 16:50 Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! 5 SCAN 392 Jan 2018 New Year Greetings FROM ALL AT SCAN THE SCAN CHAIN SCAN celebrates its 33rd birthday in March, having first appeared in 1985 as a single A4 Editor - Olive Main - 241206, 8 Caldecote sheet folded - with pages 2 & 3 upside down! 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