VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY..BURROUGH GREEN..CARLTON.. OCTOBER 2011

CARLTON SAFARI SUPPER Saturday October 15th. Brinkley Autumn Supper Join us for a 1920s Camel Train around the village! Fantastic food, wine and company. Brinkley Memorial Hall Friday 4th November 7pm Contact Tracey on 01223 290106 or Helen on 01223 290795 for tickets Tickets : £15 Donation includes supper and a drink from the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bar. THE BULL BURROUGH GREEN Vegetarian option available - just let us know HALLOWEEN PARTY Available from: Franca Holden on 01638 508199

SAT 29TH OCT 2011 Join us for a fun evening and enjoy the ‘sights and FANCY DRESS DISCO 8pm sounds’ of autumn! See posters around the village for further details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All proceeds in aid of Brinkley Memorial Hall ALZHEIMER‟S SOCIETY On TUESDAY 4th OCTOBER we will be at the Brinkley Autumn Supper Scarecrows Ellesmere Centre in Stetchworth. We are pleased to Help us find an extra special guest for invite you to our Rural Drop-in between 10am and Brinkley's Autumn Supper this year! 12noon. The Alzheimer‟s Society works with anyone Entries are invited for the most original who is confused and forgetful, their carers and scarecrow, to take pride of place at the families, not just people with Alzheimer„s disease. If Autumn Supper. Scarecrows will be judged in their we can help in any way or you would like to find out gardens over the weekend of 29th & 30th October. more about our groups please call our office on 01223 Further details can be found on the entry forms 884031. which will be available in the porch at Brinkley Church ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from Sunday 2nd October.

Prizes to be: The children, *Children aged 11 and under; £10 Moons voucher and staff and certificate. governors *Children aged over 11; £10 cash. of *Adult category; Free supper ticket. Burrough Green Church of Primary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ School RADFIELD HUNDRED GROUP send an open invitation to th all past pupils, past parents and MONDAY 17 OCTOBER those with an interest in the school 7.45pm to the official opening of their new building Brinkley Memorial Hall on Jennifer Parker will be giving a talk on the work of PROVIDING HEARING DOGS FOR DEAF PEOPLE TUESDAY, 18TH OCTOBER, 2011 If you would like to come along and hear about this 6 – 7 p.m. interesting topic please do. A chance to see around the new school More details from Doris on 01638 507717. Refreshments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCRABBLE & MAHJONG Blessing by Our meetings this month are on MONDAYS 10th & Bishop David of Huntingdon th 24 OCTOBER from 7.30pm. As our usual venue isn‟t available for a while we will be meeting in For refreshment and tour guide purposes different places. Please contact the school office on 01638 507236 or email Please ring Trish on 01638 507495 if you would like to [email protected] join us for a game. to confirm your attendance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

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VILLAGE WEBSITES MOBILE LIBRARY www.brinkleyvillage.co.uk www.burroughgreen.com The Mobile Library will be at Brinkley Memorial Hall Do have a look at the websites which contain lots of On the 4th Wednesday of each month between 3.15- information about the villages and also have links to 4.30pm. 26th October 2011. archive material. The Village Voice newsletter is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ available on both sites for the current month and RECYCLING several previous issues. Brown sack dates for October are Thursdays 6th & ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20th. Want to get out more? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can‟t find a reliable babysitter? LOGS FOR SALE I‟m eighteen, experienced with children of all ages, £125 PER LORRY LOAD I‟ve been CRB checked. LARGE BAGS OF KINDLING £2 Call Joanna on 01638 507700 (Brinkley) Call Bill on 01223 290308 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL LINTON HEALTH CENTRE – FLU CLINICS If you wish to hire the hall, please contact Flu vaccine is recommended for everyone over the age Susie Shuter on 01638 508729 of 65 and for those in certain „at risk‟ groups such as ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diabetes, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, CATHOLIC SERVICES liver/kidney disease and those with a weak immune NEWMARKET & KIRTLING. system. Mass Times Once again we will be running three Saturday flu Saturday 6.30pm Newmarket clinics on the 8th October, the 15th October and the Sunday 9.00am Kirtling 5th November. We have over 2,000 patients to 10.30am Newmarket immunise, so do please try to attend one of the Holy Days 9.00am Newmarket Saturday clinics if you possibly can so that we can 12noon Kirtling minimise the impact on the nurse‟s weekday surgeries. 7.30pm Newmarket ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Lady with St. Etheldreda, Exeter Road, WANTED Newmarket Please could I borrow 10 bales of straw for the Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling weekend of 7th October. (It is to be used as seating Main Address: 14 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 8LT. for an event in Brinkley that weekend!) Telephone: 01638 662492 If you can help, please contact 01638 507168. Email: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brinkley contact, John Conti 01638 508304 CONSULTATION ON REVIEW OF THE DECISION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO REMOVE ALL SUBSIDISED BUS SERVICE FLOWER CLUB FUNDING th Thursday 13 October 2011 County Council wants to hear your at 8.00pm views on changes and reductions being proposed to The Taylor Hall, Dullingham bus services which are supported by financial Harvest Supper (2 courses) contributions from Council funds. This will help us Demonstration by Jane Koopman decide on how we implement the financial savings and, Entitled „Going Dutch‟ where possible, find local solutions. A questionnaire Members £9 Non-members £12 has been compiled to gather your views, which can be Please pre-book your supper before the day accessed at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/busreview. Refreshments - Raffle - Accessories If you do not wish to complete this questionnaire Please contact Lesley Bird for online, paper copies are available by contacting us further information using one of the following means. 01638 508850 or 07786817154 By email: [email protected] By telephone: 0345 045 0675 NOTE – XMAS DEMONSTRATION By post: Cambridgeshire County Council, CC1301, TH ON THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER Castle Court, Shire Hall, , CB3 0AP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The closing date for responses to the questionnaire is KATY‟S BABYSITTING 16:00 on Friday 9 December 2011. Katy Ensch – Aged 16 Passenger Transport Services 01223 291947 (Carlton) Cambridgeshire County Council I have passed a babysitting course and a first aid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ course for young children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Type text]

NEWS FROM LINTON VILLAGE COLLEGE what is special about it. The warmth of the welcome As we all know Linton Village College is in a pretty more than compensates for any slight discomfort. area of rural Cambridgeshire. There isn‟t much of a Most people who visit South Africa have little idea cultural mix in the local villages in our catchment area how ordinary people live. and it is for this reason that the school‟s link with a We hope we have left something behind us that lasts: South African Township school is so vital to us. I have the laptops we gave to the teachers should improve now visited the township twice with groups of research and teaching, the sports equipment should students and my most recent visit coincided with the enable a greater variety of activities to be beginning of the summer holiday. experienced and the money we donated to the feeding Before I tell you about the recent visit, let me set scheme will be used to create a dining shelter for the the scene a little. Soshanguve Township is a sprawling poorest children. What I do know is that the trip has mass of breeze-block buildings and some informal made a difference to Linton. Our experiences there dwellings called shacks, made of corrugated metal. are ones we will never forget. The township houses millions of black South Africans: Caroline Derbyshire there are no white people living there at all. The ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ reason for this is that during the apartheid years, STORAGE WANTED black South Africans were not allowed to live in white In or around Brinkley, this could be a watertight areas like those in the nearby city of Pretoria. They garage, outbuilding or similar. lived away from the city and journeyed in to work Willing to pay rent. each day crowded into large taxis. Since the end of Call Mark 01638 507504. apartheid and Nelson Mandela‟s presidency, there are ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ now no laws governing where people of different race BALSHAM CRAFT FAIR and colour can live in South Africa, but the SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER settlements have changed very little. More of the SUNDAY 16th OCTOBER shacks have been converted to houses, KFC and 10.30am – 4pm at Meadow School Balsham McDonalds have moved in and the standard of living Adults £1. Children 50p. for many has improved. However, the area is still ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ exclusively black and, in places, depressingly poor. BURROUGH GREEN PARISH COUNCIL Our visits to the township are special because we stay Vacancy for Parish Clerk with families close to the school. This in itself is Part time 5 hours per week something of an event: news spreads that a group of We are looking for a motivated and experienced white English people are in town and we become a administrator to fill the role of Parish Clerk. The spectacle to be waved at, honked at and post involves providing advice and guidance to the photographed. Council on policy and procedure, financial management On this occasion we arrived, rather splendidly, on and the maintenance of records. Nelson Mandela Day, 18th July. Mandela‟s national day The successful applicant should have good is on his birthday, but is not a holiday. Instead, the administrative and IT skills, the ability to ex-president has decreed that South African citizens communicate effectively both on paper and orally, a should do 67 minutes of community service during the flexible approach to working hours and be able to day: a minute for each of the 67 years that Mandela prioritise and organise the work load. Training will be served his country. The day began with a celebration provided if necessary. The position requires working of Mandela‟s life with singing and dancing in assembly from home and a full driving licence is necessary. and concluded with the school community visiting local Competitive rate of pay offered dependent on crèches to read stories to toddlers. We joined in and, experience. in addition, cleared the school field of rocks and Please apply in writing with CV to: Mr David Swanney marked out a boundary line so that games could (Chairman), Acorn House, Church Lane, Burrough involve rules about what was in or out of play. On the Green, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9LY or phone the following days, we unpacked the sports equipment we clerk for details (01638 730863) had brought and began to coach 30 designated young Closing date 17th October 2011 people to become Sports leaders. The Boepathutse ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ learners were very keen and picked up sports FOR SALE leadership skills with impressive speed. The visit SMALL TABLE TOP FREEZER ended with a festival of sport organised by Linton and Coolzone : 1 year old. Capacity approx 40 litres. Boepathutse together. £35 ono 01638 507495 The hardest part of the experience for some is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ staying in the homes. These are sometimes crowded ARTICLES FOR NOVEMBER VILLAGE VOICE and noisy. The food can be challenging: boiled chicken To [email protected] feet are a delicacy, for example, but in a way that is By 24th October please [Type text]

EAST CAMBS DISTRICT COUNCILLORS‟ NOTES running to the far end of the car park will enable a Keeping Our Roads Clear link over the Trust‟s land to The Lodes Way to There have been problems on a road in this ward when Wicken Fen. waste collection vehicles and a fire engine were Kevin Ellis (01223 813034) and Robert Stevens obstructed by parked cars. The Council afterwards (01223 811643) wrote to all households in the road, but this could ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ potentially happen anywhere. PETER AND RUTH LLOYD TRUST It is an offence to obstruct a road if it can be The above Trust was established in 2008 in memory avoided and the Police may issue Fixed Penalty of Peter and Ruth Lloyd who both met and served at Notices if found. A virtually straight corridor at least the wartime airfield of RAF Wratting Common. Due 3.1 metres (10ft 3in) wide should be left for to their love of the Wratting Common area and the emergency vehicles, waste collection and road many friends that they made over the years, their sweeping vehicles, lorries and delivery vans to pass surviving children decided to set up the Trust to aid freely. Such vehicles may be over 8 metres (26 ft) young people going to University for the first time. long. Please, always ensure there is enough clearance Students from the parishes of Carlton cum when parking near a vehicle on the other side of the Willingham Green, Great Thurlow, Little Thurlow, road. West Wickham, West Wratting, Weston Colville and Please do not park on the road if you have a driveway Withersfield are eligible to apply for consideration. or garage space. The Trust has now made its third award of £800 to Insurance claims for a damaged vehicle may be Bianca Ho of Weston Colville who will be reading Bio- difficult if it were causing an obstruction or was Medical Sciences at the University of Sussex. parked unnecessarily on the road. Applications are now open for the 2011/2012 For decades, new properties have been granted academic year. Full details and Application Forms may planning permission with the expectation that at least be obtained from two cars are parked off-road. Extensions to existing [email protected]. properties have been permitted provided that off- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ road parking space is not reduced to one car or zero. PRESENTS GALORE Rowley Mile Racecourse Newmarket¹s Community Reuse and Recycling Saturday & Sunday 26th, 27th November 2011 Centre The charity, Newmarket Open Door, now runs the Presents Galore is THE place to buy your Christmas Recycling Centre in Depot Road, Newmarket, which presents. There are over 100 stands selling unusual was previously run by Suffolk County Council. It is gifts in all price ranges. open every day, 10am until 4pm. Items for recycling You can buy firepits for your garden, luxury are accepted free of charge. These include: glass, cashmeres, wonderful clothes, food, stocking fillers metal, foil, paper, cardboard, batteries, electrical and everything else you can think of. You hardly need items, plastic food and drink containers, cardboard a list. You will be so inspired you will be searching for cartons, cooking oil, motor oil, and re-sellable items. recipients rather than the other way around. These earn money for the charity, which also runs two The stunning racecourse becomes the ultimate shops which sell furniture, electrical equipment, department store. The entrance fee is £5.00 but you books, tools, clothing, linen etc. Domestic items for have free car parking on the doorstep and once paid which the charity has to pay for disposal are charged can come in and out, so you can rush back and forth to an entry fee of £3 per car, £6 for an estate car and the car laden with presents. £12 for a van or trailer. These include rubbish, There are restaurant facilities on site so meet all garden waste and wood. Newmarket Open Door helps your friends and for once you can enjoy Christmas homeless and vulnerable young adults. shopping. Done and dusted in one day – or two if you This site may be more convenient for residents to use cannot resist returning. than the Cambridgeshire County Council site near www.presentsgalore.org Milton. In Aid of Macmillan Cancer Support ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Anglesey Abbey‟s Car Park QUIZ NIGHT – Test your brain cells! The Council has granted planning permission for Saturday November 19th at 7.30pm extensions to the National Trust‟s car park at at Taylor Hall Dullingham. Anglesey Abbey. The existing car park will be widened Teams of 4-6 people and lengthened to double the existing area. One Tickets £10 from Fiona on 01638 508672 condition for the permission is that the area known as or [email protected] The Paddocks in the village may not be used for Supper included. Bar parking without further permission. An improved path In aid of St Mary's Church, Dullingham & Taylor Hall [Type text]

NEWS FROM THE ELLESMERE CENTRE apply for a grant to replace the surface as this will obviously cost more than can be funded from our Thomas Hardy. On Friday 7th Oct at 7pm standard budget. In order to make a successful The Blue Hills Theatre Company will present an application it has to be shown that the facility is adaptation of three of Thomas Hardy‟s most famous needed and that it would be used and maintained. If short stories. „The Thieves Who Couldn‟t Help you use the area, or if you would use it were it Sneezing‟, „Destiny and a Blue Cloak‟ and „The renewed I would appreciate it if you could write or e- Withered Arm‟ will be set to haunting flute music and mail me or the Clerk to the Parish Council, stating promises to be an unmissable performance, suitable whether you would use it for tennis, five-a-side, for adults and children over 9yrs old. children‟s tennis, etc. and approximately how often October Half Term. There will be a full programme you would expect to use the area. of activities for children, which will include at least 3 full days so book now if you need child care or just Council Chairman: Lily Whymer, 22 Cooper‟s Close, want the children to have lots of fun with their Stetchworth, Newmarket, CB8 9TT. Tel 507576. friends. See our website for details. E-mail: [email protected] Council Clerk: Mrs Y. Rix, 49 Ness Road, Burwell, THE BEER FESTIVAL Cambridge CB25 0AA Tel: 602597. From 6.30pm E-mail: [email protected] Friday 28th October ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Beer, Bar and Bacon Butties, ELLESMERE GARDEN CLUB Saturday 29th October We kicked off our Autumn season with a delightful will also have Bands, BBQ and Bouncy Castle - illustrated talk on a Breckland Garden by Yvonne something for all the family. On Saturday younger Leonard, and are now eagerly looking forward to our bands will play at the beginning of the evening and next one. there will be a Bouncy Castle in the squash court for Our meeting on Wednesday 5th October features accompanied children. This will be followed at 9pm by Linda Gascgoine of Simpsons Nursery talking about music from The Hot Dogs, who play a blend of blues “Wildflower Gardening”. and rock music. Everyone is welcome to join us in the Ellesmere There will be a chance to try some of the different Centre, Stetchworth at 8pm for this sociable beers available at the real ale bar whilst enjoying the occasion. There will be a raffle and refreshments as music. There will also be an ordinary bar and a Pimms usual, and the committee is now canvassing your ideas bar for those not so keen on real ale! about what you would like the Club to feature next Open Mic nights start on Saturday 12th November year. Please contact Sandie on 507542 or any and will take place each month. If you would like to committee member at the next meeting with your perform please call Paul at the Ellesmere Centre; if suggestions. Find out more about the club by coming not just come along and enjoy a drink and some good along! music. Doors Open at 7.30pm. Looking ahead, our November meeting on Wednesday New Computer Classes for Beginners-Tuesday 2nd will comprise a practical session – more news next mornings with Lucy. month. Massage Workshops with Lulu Winter. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Are You Planning a Christening, Wedding, Christmas Fair trade Coffee Morning Party, Birthday Party or even a Wake? We now have fully licensed premises so whatever the function Friday, 4th Nov 2011 why not let us arrange it for you. We can organise the 10 am to 12.30 pm bar, caterers, discos, florists or entertainers for you. The Old Post Office, Bradley Rd, Burrough Green We also have our own Bouncy Castle for children‟s CB8 9NH parties. Give us a call and book early to avoid Come and join us for refreshments and chat. disappointment. Try fair trade ingredients for your Christmas The Ellesmere Centre 01638 508212. entertaining this year. Email [email protected] Selection of fair trade foods and cards available to www.ellesmerecentre.org.uk purchase on the day and plenty of gift ideas to look at ~~~~~~~~~~~~ in the Traidcraft catalogue. STETCHWORTH PARISH COUNCIL TENNIS/5-a-SIDE SPORTS AREA AT THE Also Aloe Vera health and beauty products available ELLESMERE CENTRE to purchase along with a selection of Phoenix cards Those of you who use this area will be aware that it for Christmas and birthday. has been in place for a number of years and the Enquiries: Rachel Lewis 01638 507836 carpet is wearing thin. The Parish Council intends to [Type text]

OCTOBER SERVICES harvests have failed, we are reminded even more how much we have to be thankful for. Sunday 2nd October 15th Sunday after Trinity Meister Eckhardt, a medieval mystic, said, “If the 9.00am Holy Communion Burrough Green only prayer you ever say in your entire life is “thank 10.30am Morning Prayer Dullingham you”, it will be enough.” Let this be a time to say 5.00pm Harvest Carlton “thank you” for each one of us. With all God‟s 6.00pm Harvest Westley Waterless blessings Isaiah 5:1-7 Philippians 3:4b-14 Gina Radford, ( Licensed Lay Minister in training)

Sunday 9th October 16th Sunday after Trinity We welcome into our church family Ruby Suzanne 9.00am Holy Communion Brinkley Read, Stacey Read and Freddie Harris all baptised at 11.00am Holy Communion Dullingham th Burrough Green church on 4 September. Isaiah 25:1-9 Philippians 4:1-9 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

th th GATEOPENER - Helping Disabled People Sunday 16 October 17 Sunday after Trinity NatWest Community Force is a new initiative which 9.00am Family Communion Westley Waterless works with local communities to support people, 10.30am Family Worship Burrough Green Isaiah 45:1-7 Thessalonians 1:1-10 projects and charities. GATEOPENER, a charity based in Newmarket providing free information and Sunday 23rd October Last Sunday after Trinity advice to disabled people, has got through to the 2011 9.00am Family Communion Stetchworth public voting stage of the award and, if they get 10.15am Family Worship Dullingham plenty of public votes would be awarded £6,000. The 11.15am Family Worship Brinkley charity wants to give disabled people volunteering Leviticus 19:1-2,15-18 1 Thessalonians 2:1-8 opportunities to use their skills to help other disabled people. We can only start to do this if we move to th Sunday 30 October All Saints Day larger, accessible premises which would cost more in 10.30am Benefice Family Communion rent than our current office. The award would enable Westley Waterless us to start negotiations as, at the present time there 6.00pm All Souls Service Burrough Green are suitable premises available in Newmarket. Revelation 7:9-end 1 John 3:1-3 Please, please, please go to the website: ++++ http://communityforce.natwest.com and take a Pauline is off at the moment so I have the pleasure in look at our project. writing this month‟s letter. You can filter the projects by putting Newmarket in

the search box and highlighting the category Elderly It seems incredible to think that we are in autumn and Disabled before searching. Then click on the already! For some autumn is 'the end of the summer', symbol over Newmarket on the map. Read more and with nothing to look forward to until Christmas, and look at our video and then please vote for the prospect of cold weather and grey skies. For GATEOPENER. others it‟s a special time – shortening days, that hint Thank you for reading this: Kathie Butcher Chair of of crispness in the morning air, smoke rising from Trustees GATEOPENER chimneys in the evening, the smell of woodsmoke.

Time to dig out the thicker clothes and the wellie CHEERFUL FRIDAY STROKE CLUB (NEWMARKET) boots, Harvest festival and apple scrumping. Conversation Support Group Harvest festival is a recent tradition within the Aphasia, which often occurs following a stroke, leaves Church of England – introduced by the Revd Robert some people struggling to communicate. The aims of Hawker in 1843 as a way of bringing his parishoners the Conversation Group are: to help people with living on the rugged Cornish coast together to say aphasia regain some of their communication skills; “thank you” for the harvest from the land and sea. promote confidence to communicate and discover new Nowadays few people live and work on the land and ways to communicate few will have any idea if this year has been a good or The Conversation Support Group is held weekly on bad harvest. We get our food from supermarkets and Tuesdays from 14.00 – 15.30 in Newmarket. On the so are divorced from the reality of producing and last Friday of each month the Conversation Group will harvesting crops. join the Cheerful Friday Stroke Club social meeting. But whilst our personal experience of harvest may If you have difficulty with your speech following a have changed, the concept of celebrating the harvest stroke and are interested in joining this group or and giving thanks for all we have is just as valid today would like more details, please contact one of the as back in Hawker‟s time. And when we see the Communication Support volunteers: reports of what is happening in East Africa where Penny: 01223 812201 or Kathie: 01638 508086 [Type text]

BROWNIES BRINKLEY GUIDE UNIT IS 40 ! 1st Burrough Green Brownies meet weekly in Brinkley Were you, or do you know someone who has been during school term, for Girls aged seven to ten years. associated with the unit? We are having a birthday This term we are welcoming 8 new girls to our unit, 3 get together with light refreshments coming up from Brinkley Rainbows, 1 transferring on Saturday 12 November from 3-5pm at from another unit and 4 girls new to guiding. The Jarman Centre, Duchess Drive, We have lots planned for the unit to enjoy. We are Newmarket. CB8 8AQ. working on 2 interest badges, Science and Culture. We would like as many people as possible to help us As part of the Culture badge we are going to visit celebrate. Please pass on this information to anyone Mildenhall & District Museum to see the treasures it you think might be interested. holds. RSVP by 1st November to Grace Bristow Feeding and weeding the plant pots at Brinkley 53, Folly Rd. Mildenhall. Suffolk. IP28 7BX. Memorial Hall is a task we will be undertaking during 01638 713967 one of our meetings this autumn to ensure that the [email protected] bulbs treat everyone that passes to a nice display of ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ flowers in the spring. WINTER FAIR We are really pleased that this term our unit is full. SATURDAY 12th NOVEMBER We do have a waiting list, so if anyone would like to BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL 12noon - 2pm register a girl who is not yet 7 or would like more COME ALONG AND HAVE HOMEMADE SOUP AND A information the please contact ROLL OR A SAUSAGE IN A BUN FOLLOWED BY A Margaret Whalley 01638 716939 DELICIOUS PUDDING. BRIC – A –BRAC : CAKES : GIFTS : BOOKS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ GAMES & RAFFLE THE BULL BURROUGH GREEN In Aid of Brinkley Church If you can help on the day we would be very grateful. ALL THE ENGLAND RUGBY Please contact one of the PCC. GAMES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ARE BEING SHOW AT THE BULL BURROUGH GREEN SCHOOL NEWS TIME OF KICK OFF AS The summer holidays are now behind us as we head ADVERTISED into Autumn and a new term with new faces. Joining Reception are 11 keen children who have settled in beautifully and another pupil within the school has NEW WINTER MENU AT THE BULL found their feet. We wish them well in their new MID OCTOBER venture and a big step into a great future at Burrough AND ON SUNDAYS Green! TRADITIONAL ROAST BEEF & YORKSHIRE PUD The most exciting news we can share is the FOLLOWED BY HOMEMADE APPLE PIE & CUSTARD completion of our new school. The builders handed 2 COURSE £ 12.95 over the building exactly two years to the day that 1 COURSE £ 9.95 work commenced on site. The new admin block is airy and light with more room for the teachers to spread THE BULL CHRISTMAS MENU their creative wings and a super new Bookings now being taken for Christmas Reception/Office area. Menu availabe at the Bar or The 'Topping Out' ceremony was held with guest of call 01638 507480 or email honour, Josephine Cameron, who designed the [email protected] weather vane that is on the new building. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This term's theme is Under Foot, and Class 3 have WESTON COLVILLE CRICKET CLUB already been on their field trip to Burwell House to BARN DANCE become Romans for the day. Class 4 will visit Sutton At West Wickham Village Hall Hoo for their topic on Anglo-Saxons. On Saturday October 15th Each month we hope to include events and reports of From 7:00pm – 11:30pm life at Burrough Green. October has a full diary of Tickets: £12/£6 u17‟s (including supper) events to enhance the children's education. For more Music by the details and photos of life at the school, please visit BERT SANTILLY BUNGALOW BOOGALOO BAND our website, www.burroughgreen.com We are collecting the Box Top tokens from packs of Tickets available from Weston Colville Post Office, Nestle cereals. These tokens turn into books for our or by calling Bridget on 01223 290082. library and classrooms. Alison Brewin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~