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VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY…..BURROUGH GREEN..…CARLTON..…WESTLEY WATERLESS SEPTEMBER 2020 BRINKLEY CHURCHYARD MAINTENANCE DAY BEECHCROFT Please can you spare an hour There have been several reports of dog or two on Saturday 19th fouling on the green at Beechcroft. This September from 10am – 12 is a children’s recreation area as well as noon to help with a bit of for dogs. But it is not tidying in Brinkley acceptable for owner’s not to clear up after their dogs. Thank you to all Churchyard? All help is much those that do so. Please report appreciated. Please bring your those you see not clearing up. own tools. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Thank you FOOD BANK – Brinkley Church Porch ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ NEWS FROM THE ELLESMERE CENTRE Current Needs for the Food Bank are:- Small jars of instant coffee, small packs of OPEN AIR MUSIC NIGHT "normal tea" and sugar; small packs of Ellesmere Centre washing powder, custard, tinned rice pudding, pot With the extremely talented Johnny Wright, noodles and similar, ketchup and brown sauce. They Kimberley Rew and Lee Tony currently have plenty of baked beans pasta and milk. SATURDAY 5th SEPTEMBER 5-8pm Toilet articles are also in demand. Bring a blanket and a picnic PLEASE CAN ALL DONATIONS BE PUT IN Licensed bar with Real Ale - All drinks purchased to A CARRIER BAG AND TOILETRIES IN A be bought from the bar. SEPARATE BAG. ALL BAGS ARE THEN There will be ice creams on sale and a raffle. WIPED AND PUT FOR COLLECTION AND THEN DELIVERY TO OPEN DOOR. Pre booking only £2 per adult -children free. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Groups of no more than 10 RIDE & STRIDE – SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 12th (Social distancing to be strictly adhered to). In aid of The Historic Churches Preservation Trust and the church of your choice. The Centre is now open for Ride+Stride is a national event arranged tennis, badminton and in each county by the local trust and is 5 a side football. Cambridgeshire Historic Churches Trust’s main annual fundraising event. The Ellesmere Centre AGM will be held on We want as many people Wednesday 23rd September at 7pm. as possible to enjoy the county’s churches and see for themselves why Please come along and join us. Your support would be these wonderful buildings need to be much appreciated. Social distancing will be in place. supported. Participants are sponsored for every place of worship For all enquiries or to make a booking please call the they visit by cycle, horse, bus, car or on office between 9am and 12pm weekday mornings to foot during the day. The money raised is speak to a member of staff. Alternatively leave a then split between the Trust and any message on our answer phone and we will get back to place of worship they nominate. If the you. At weekends the phone will be diverted to the sponsorship is Gift-Aided, then the member of staff on call. Trust can benefit further. Sponsorship forms will be available in your church and The Ellesmere Centre, Stetchworth, CB8 9TS. you can decide how you can visit as many churches in www.ellesmerecentre.org.uk the day between 10am and 6pm. Forms and more Tel 01638 508212. Email information can be downloaded from www.camhct.uk [email protected]. on the pages for Ride & Stride. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ WHAT’S ON AT THE RED LION THANK YOU BRINKLEY Ian and Margaret thank the ladies of the Burrough Green community phone group for the wonderful help In September we will almost revert to our so cheerfully and willingly given when contacted by usual opening days - so we will be closed all ourselves during Lockdown. Our sincere thanks to you day Monday and Tuesday. We’ll be open for lunch all. Thursday to Saturday, and dinner Wednesday to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Saturday. Brunch on the Sunday. ELLESMERE GARDEN CLUB NEWS As the weeks go by, reserving a table will be essential At last we have some news to share with you! Although please. As the weather deteriorates, there will come we are currently still unable to run meetings in the a point even just coming in for a drink may become Ellesmere Centre, we have a couple of evening visits in difficult if you haven’t called ahead to check we have the local area planned for September. a table for you, unless the no sitting at the bar/no standing anywhere inside rules change next month. Firstly, a visit to Brookside, Moulton has been We doubt they will. confirmed for Wednesday 16th September. If the weather is maybe good enough for outside you’ll For more details see the NGS website: be more than welcome to go out there, booked in or https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/34193/ not, but we will hold for you a table inside if you book Meet at the garden at 6.30pm. Park on Brookside and early enough. As the weeks go by now, the only way to walk up the hill to the house. There is a small amount guarantee an inside table will be to have reserved one of parking at the property so please use that if you ahead of time. feel you can't walk up. The cost is £5 per person and We’ve always offered takeaway food and haven’t refreshments will not be served. The visit will take 45 stopped doing takeaways just because the building is minutes with social distancing being observed. open again. Please just continue to call and book the If you would like to come along please contact Judith, slot you would like as you have been. the Club secretary, by Sunday 13th September with a contact telephone number for track and trace. A huge thankyou to everyone that made our first month of re-opening absolutely amazing. In so many In addition, we have arranged a visit to The Old ways. Thank you. Rectory at Brinkley on Wednesday 23rd September. 01638 508707 Meet at the garden at 6.30pm. Cost is £5 per person Gwyn & Morris with all proceeds going to Fergus, the Head Gardener ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ at Gt Dixter, who is responsible for getting young RECYCLING people from very mixed backgrounds, and starts in Carlton & Willingham Green – Mondays : life, involved in horticulture. The connection is that Black bin – Monday 7th & 21st September. the Brinkley garden owner (Julie) is a volunteer there. Blue & Green – Tuesday 1st, Monday 14th & 28th Hopefully the dahlias will be looking their best and if September. we take plastic bags Julie can supply us with some salvia cuttings. Should there be less than 15 of us Brinkley, Burrough Green, Westley Waterless – Julie can supply tea or coffee! Further details on the Thursdays: garden and its location can also be found on the NGS Black sacks weekly. Except Friday 4th September website at: Blue Lid – Friday 4th, Thursdays 17th September. https://ngs.org.uk/view-garden/29911/ Please book Green Lid – 10th& 24th September. by Sunday 20th September. For both or either of these, booking is essential, NEW BIN LINER ROLL – Will be delivered w/c 21st and Judith’s contact email is: September. (Delay caused by shortage due to PPE [email protected] supplies taking precedence on materials). Enjoy these gardens and look out for more news as time goes by! Ink Cartridges The Opportunity Group which meets ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ at the Ellesmere Centre would be very grateful for MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING your old ink cartridges to help with fund raising. Please Helen and Bena have decided that due to the Covid drop them in the box on the gate at White Hart virus they will not be holding their popular coffee Cottage, High Street Brinkley or in the box at the morning this year. Hopefully we can all get together Ellesmere Centre. Thank you. next year for our coffee and cakes. (The Opportunity Group provides one to one care for Bena & Helen children with special needs and their siblings, also ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ provides respite for their parents/guardians.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE BULL BURROUGH GREEN BRINKLEY HANDBELLS We are pleased to be open and serving A full set of Handbells were given to drinks and food. Brinkley in 1957 by Mr Arthur Hart, Food is available Tuesday - Saturday 12-2, who had for many years been Church 5-8 and Traditional Sunday lunch 12.30-3 Organist. The bells were cast around If requiring to be seated inside please book early to 1750 by Messrs Wells in Wiltshire and avoid any disappointment. the recipients were the Brinkley Boys Club. After the Boys Club closed, Brinkley PCC took over the Rob and Kat look forward to welcoming you responsibility for the handbells., Unfortunately they 01638 508333 have not been used for many years but are still in a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ reasonable condition. and there are enough to enthuse DISTRICT COUNCILLORS’ REPORT -East Cambs a new team of ringers. Restoration of the full set is Charlotte Cane & John Trapp estimated to be about £2000-£2500. If we can get a group together who would like to learn to ring the At an Extraordinary Council Meeting at the end of handbells then in time we will raise the funds to get July, the Council considered an outline business case them fully restored. for building a crematorium, woodland burial centre and pet crematorium at Mepal to replace the Mepal If you would be interested in joining a group to learn Outdoor Centre. It was agreed to pursue this project to ring the handbells , then please e-mail even though the location is fifteen minutes away from [email protected] an existing crematorium, and it would mean the loss of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the Mepal Outdoor Centre.