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• Village Voice • November 2019 for Caldecote, Edworth, Hinxworth and Newnham No.218 Wear their medals Hinxworth’s Live Advent Calendar is Back! with pride? Some of you may remember our Christmas windows, by popular A picture comes to mind from the papers of last June at the 75th demand it’s back for 2019! We are asking everyone in Hinxworth remembrance celebrations of the Normandy landings of a young and Edworth if they would like to volunteer to create a festive boy aged 6 proudly wearing the medals of his Grandfather, aged window from 12th December, and finishing on the 24th in the 95, who took part in the event. The beret nearly swallowed the Three Horseshoes. This is an opportunity to turn our village into boy’s face and the weight of the medals pulled his jacket lopsided a real life Advent calendar! to the right, a lovely picture. Each day at 7pm a new window will be revealed which everyone I am suggesting that the can come to admire in the build-up to Christmas. The timetable readers of Village Voice do will be published in the December Village Voice. so similarly this year, wearing It’s a great way to get into the festive spirit and meet people., medals on the right of their This is a totally free event which is open to everyone. The only chest of relatives, friends and requirement is that the number of the day you are covering is colleagues to remember their shown in the window so that it looks like a date on an Advent participation and bravery calendar. whilst serving in all situations since in the Armed Forces What do I need to do? Get in touch with Barry Huber to confirm and Emergency Services such which date from the 12th you would like (on first come first as the Police, Fire Service, served basis), then transform your window in any way you wish. Home Guard, Civil Defence On the day, cover your window until 7pm. At 7pm, reveal your and many other civilian units. window to any fellow villagers that would like to come and admire And of course, wear your own it. You may wish to share some refreshments, such as mulled wine medals on the left of the chest and mince pies or whatever you want - this is optional. Then keep for services rendered to the your window on display until Christmas. country. If you are interested or have any questions please call Barry. One such medal was the Defence Medal awarded, not just to 07850 418 589 the armed forces, but also for service in the above occupations in a non-operational area. The medal ribbon tells a story. Two broad stripes of green depicting ‘this green and pleasant land’ Charity concert superimposed by narrow stripes of black, ‘the black out’, with a We are holding a charity concert at St. Nicholas Church in aid of wide strip of orange representing the ‘fire-bombing of cities’. Jimmy’s, the homeless project in Cambridge. The church service starts at 9.45 and continues at the War Memorial from 10:45. I thought we would lay a wreath for each of all the heroes of the three villages in both World Wars and request volunteers to lay them during the memorial service, maybe the young persons of the villages would like to do this. Alec Stevenson interpreted by Peter Chapman and Mike O’Neill at St. Nicholas Church, Hinxworth HYP Calendar year activities on Saturday December 7th at 7.30 pm. November - Clip and Climb, May - T-shirt Design and Nerf Admission: adult £10, child £5 Cambridge Wars Price includes a complimentary glass of wine or juice. December - Christmas film in June - OTG Obstacle Course Tickets on sale now from Patrick Forbes on the Oak room. 01462 742015 or [email protected] January - KTS production of July - Treasure Hunt Concert proceeds to “Fame” the musical Jimmy’s, Cambridge February - Bell Ringing August - Break March - Amateur Radio September - Pool Party. Soup Lunch April - Break The next soup lunch will be held on Friday 15 November at 12.30 -2pm in the Village Hall. Look forward to seeing you all then. All children from year 4 upwards welcome, subs £2. For enquires Please speak to Karen Mills, Jane Hartree or Deb Macpherson Chrisi Hook On the beat Alternative Christmas Card with PCSO 6522 Chris Brabrook Scheme Autumn/Winter crime Christmas is approaching and it will soon be time to buy Christmas cards! The Alternative Christmas Card Scheme in Hinxworth prevention and Edworth means a donation can be made to one or all of the The number of burglaries often increase during the autumn and chosen charities instead of buying and sending Christmas cards winter, because homes are left unlit when the afternoons grow to friends and neighbours in Hinxworth and Edworth. A printed darker. Burglars will always target empty homes so make sure your Christmas card with seasonal greetings and the names of all the home has a lived in look. participants will be delivered to every house in these villages before Christmas. • Use timer switches on a lamp, radio or TV set so that they turn on as it gets dark in the afternoons. This year the chosen charities are the Garden House Hospice • Make a habit of checking that ground floor windows and which provides a wide range of services for patients, their carers, doors are closed and locked when you leave the house or go and families facing a life limiting illness; Operation Smile which to bed. Upstairs windows should be locked when the house is an international medical charity providing free surgery for is unoccupied. children and young adults born with cleft lip, cleft palate and other • PVCu doors must be locked by lifting the handle and turning facial deformities; and The Kasiisi Porridge Project which gives the key to ensure all the security features are in place. rural schoolchildren living in Western Uganda a mug of porridge • Car and house keys should be kept out of sight in a safe every day (who would otherwise go the whole school day without food), helping to keep them in school and improving their health, place. Don’t leave them on display on window sills, in porches, attendance and academic achievement. hallways or kitchens. • Secure your rear garden by shutting and locking any gates. If you would like to participate in the scheme please put your Burglars can use garden tools, like ladders to break in, so contribution in an envelope (cheques preferably) with your name make sure you securely lock away any tools after use. and address on. Cheques can be made payable to “Operation Smile United Kingdom” or “Garden House Hospice Care” or “The Hertfordshire Police contact: Kasiisi Porridge Project”. If you are a UK taxpayer and would like email: [email protected] Tel: 01438 757935 to contribute through Gift Aid please print off a form or I can get Ring 101 if you have suffered a crime or need police within a a gift aid form to you. Please drop donations to me at Bury End couple of hours. Ring 999 for an immediate response if you have Farm, Ashwell Road, Hinxworth by Friday 6th December. just suffered a crime and for hare coursing. Rachel Giles ([email protected]) Bedfordshire Police Contact: For readers in Edworth, in emergency dial 999 or 112 from your mobile. Non emergencies ring 101, or 112 from a mobile. November at the Village Hall Every Wednesday 10am Art Society Every Thursday 2pm Indoor Bowls 2nd November 7:30pm Race Night 7th November 7pm Parish Council Meeting 8th November 12.30pm Soup Lunch 14th November 7:30pm Women’s Institute 16th November 1pm Women’s Institute 18th October 7:30pm Photo Club 30th November 10am Sat Art To check latest dates for activities and events or to make an enquiry to book the hall visit: http://www.hinxworthandedworthvillagehall.org.uk/calendar.html The Hertfordshire Police Choir who serenaded villagers at the Village Hall on Monday 23rd September Hinxworth Parish Council Super-fast Broadband Parish Council meeting minutes 3rd Oct. 2019, Village Hall. 7.00pm Update Present: Mr R. Cobb (Chairman), Mr N. Tiffin (Vice-Chairman) Mr E. Sore, Mr M. Wade, Mrs W. Kitchener (Clerk) Update on the Fibre situation for Hinxworth Other Persons present: Steve Jarvis Hertfordshire County Ashwell V5020 - Live with roughly 30 premises Councillor. Tom Tyson District Councillor. Ashwell V5021 - Live with roughly 20 premises 1. The Minutes of the last meeting: The minutes of the Ashwell V5022 - Not yet live, roughly 50 premises. meeting of 5th September were agreed by the Parish This structure was moved on to a different sub contractor for Councillors and signed by Chairman Richard Cobb. completion. This usually happens if a specific piece of work needs Proposed by Eric Sore and seconded by Nicholas Tiffin. completing as not all engineers can do all jobs. They appear to had 2./3. Matters arising not elsewhere on the Agenda / to wait for approval of traffic management application which does Correspondence : Nothing to report. seem to have gone through and I believe is scheduled to take place soon and so you may see some activity over the next week or so. 4. Finance: Current Parish Council Funds: The Councillors agreed to the expenditure for the current month. Proposed As we are in the final stage of the current contract Openreach by Nicholas Tiffin and seconded by Eric Sore. will not give any time-scales other than by the end of the contract which is February 2020.