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BRINKLEY VILLAGE FETE SATURDAY 3rd JULY SUNDAY 4th JULY at 2.00 pm at THE RED LION ‘VIC & THE VAGUES’ BBQ from 12.30 FREE ENTRY BBQ FROM 6PM TETHERED HOT AIR BALLOON RIDES ********************** (Weather permitting) Disney theme Fancy Dress Competition SUNDAY 1 5TH AUGUST (home made costumes) BUS TRIP TO GREAT YARMOUTH STALLS : COMPETITIONS ADULT £10 CHILD (WITH ADULT) £6 GRAND DRAW : PLANTS : TOMBOLA MEN’S STALL WITH FISHING GEAR DEPART 9.30am STOP ON WAY FOR SNACK & BRIC –A –BRAC DRINK. LEAVE 6pm. BACK FOR 7-7.30pm. GAMES : AND LOTS LOTS MORE ****************************************** TRAD JAZZ FOR THE LIFEBOATS ADMISSION 50p – children under 10 Free SATURDAY 7th AUGUST 2010

In aid of Brinkley Memorial Hall Is the date to bring your friends, with a picnic, to and Brinkley Church the lakeside garden of Robin & Willow Wylie at The Old Rectory, Carlton. LIVE MUSIC IN THE EVENING FROM Music, by the famous JAZZ INCORPORATED DAVE HEGGS HOT DOGS starts at 7.30pm but the gates will be open from 6.30pm. Adult’s tickets cost just £8.00 and you don’t have to pay for children or to park the car. BRINKLEY FETE We are providing large gazebos again this year so you We are still looking for helpers for the fete, morning should all be able to avoid sunstroke. and afternoon. If anyone is willing to help to please Tickets from Peter G Day at 34, Green Park, ring Jim on 01638 507941. Brinkley, 01638 507651, or from Andy Wylie at ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Pinehawk Kennels, Carlton. SCRABBLE & MAHJONG All proceeds go to the Royal National Lifeboat We meet on MONDAY 12th JULY at 7.30pm in the Institution. Regd Charity No. 209603, which is entirely supported by voluntary contributions and legacies. Community Room at Sheriff’s Court. Come along for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ a game or two and enjoy the company, and tea and RADFIELD HUNDRED cake! £2 . Trish 01638 507495 MONDAY 16th AUGUST ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7.45pm in Brinkley Memorial Hall BRINKLEY BELLS A Talk And Demonstration by Sean Brady on We have some bell ringers coming to ring at 11:45am HAND CRAFTED PORCELAIN FOR PERSONAL on the 26th July. Love them or loathe them – you have JEWELLERY been warned! New members and guests welcome. Call 01638 507717 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

NEWS FROM LINTON VILLAGE COLLEGE St Peter’s Church and Ellesmere Garden Club The change of government has already had an impact present on our local schools and that is no surprise. THE STETCHWORTH VILLAGE SHOW Education was always a political football, used by Sunday 11th July at the Ellesmere Centre, successive governments when they are flexing their Stetchworth muscles and wanting to demonstrate visible change. Barbeque from 12 noon In only a matter of weeks since the election, the Show tent opening at 1.00 pm new primary curriculum has been dismantled, three Also developing diplomas have gone (science, humanities Dog Show, Pimms bar, Climbing wall, Tombola, Cakes and and languages), the international GCSE favoured by preserves, Prize draw, Plants, White elephant etc. some independent schools has been sanctioned for ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ the state sector and the work that was being done FUNDING FOR VOLUNTARY AND COMMUNITY on key stage 3 assessment has been put on hold. GROUPS NOW AVAILABLE... Blink and you miss an email that heralds a major East Cambs Community Fund makes grants to not- change of direction. for-profit voluntary or community organisations in The day after the general election, the new East . Groups can apply for 70% of government signalled its intention to shake things up. their projects costs (revenue only) up to a maximum The DCSF became the Department for Education, grant of £1,500; your group must find the remaining the old rainbow coloured website disappeared and a amount from other sources. Projects must be new, more starkly designed one replaced it carrying working in one or more of the council’s priority unsettling warnings about existing content not areas, which are: necessarily representing current policy. * Young People A week or so later I received a special letter from * Older People Michael Gove, the Education Secretary, inviting * Rural Communities Linton Village College as an outstanding school, to * People with Disabilities consider Academy Status. We could make the Who can apply? transition by September and there was no Applicants must: compulsion to consult our parents. This is speedy * Be a non-profit group or organisation based in change indeed. I imagine you are wondering if the College is going to * Have a written constitution and mission statement take up this opportunity. Well, frankly so are we. * Have an elected committee We would be unwise not to consider both the * Have their own bank account with a requirement implications of becoming an Academy and also of not for 2 signatures for any cheques written/payments becoming one. There are important principles at made. stake, but there are also practical realities to face. * Be able to provide an up to date copy of their As a Governing Body we have agreed to find out as accounts and any relevant protection policies. much as we can about the implications of Academy * Be a member of Voluntary and Community Action Status and to keep a very close eye on what other East Cambridgeshire. schools in our Authority are doing. Whatever To apply or for more information please contact happens, this decision is not something we would Daniel Schumann (Active Communities Officer) at wish to make at any speed, so I can guarantee that East Cambridgeshire District Council on 01353 if LVC does become an Academy it won’t rush into it 616377 or email [email protected] by September. I can also guarantee that such a ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ major change of status for us will be preceded by a BRINKLEY PARISH COUNCIL full consultation with our governors, staff, parents Parish Council Annual Audit and students. As a Village College, we sit at the The Parish Council would like to thank David Smith heart of our community and serving the needs of for completing the Annual internal audit for the that community is a central priority. second year runnning, it is much appreciated. Caroline Derbyshire Dog Bags & Bins Principal John Lawrence still has a supply of free dog bags ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from ECDC, if you would like some, please contact HEDGE CUTTING him on 01638 508976. The Parish Council have now Any property owner who would like boundary hedges had the dog waste bins installed, please make sure cut professionally at autumn time with a multi flail you use them. head machine & tractor please contact: The B C ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Group Trust on either 0845 500 40 41 or 07787 VILLAGE WEBSITES 156337 soonest so that we can schedule the work www.brinkleyvillage.co.uk www.burroughgreen.com programme as we get extremely busy. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ JULY SERVICES celebrate summer with events that give us an opportunity to enjoy one another’s company, eat Sunday 4th July Trinity 5 plenty of cake washed down with numerous cups of 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Burrough Green tea whilst raising funds for our churches and 9.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Carlton communities at the same time. See you there! 10.30am Morning Prayer Isaiah 66: 10-14 Galatians 6: 7-16 Love and prayers, Pauline th Sunday 11 July Trinity 6 [email protected] 01638508990 9.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Brinkley 11.00am Holy Communion (BCP) Dullingham PS Next house group meeting is at Clare Farm Deuteronomy 30: 9-14 Colossians 1: 1-14 Dullingham 7pm on July 21st, do come, we would love

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9.00am Family Holy Communion Westley Waterless We welcome into our church family Callum and Jack 10.30am Family Worship Burrough Green Genesis 18: 1- 10a Colossians 1: 15 -28 Hobbs baptised at St Mary's Dullingham on June th 27 . Sunday 25th July Mary Magdalene +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 9.00am Family Holy Communion Stetchworth CATHOLIC SERVICES 10.15am Family Worship with Baptism Dullingham NEWMARKET & . 11.15am Family Worship Brinkley Mass Times Song of Solomon 3: 1-4 2 Corinthians 5:14-17 Saturday 6.30pm Newmarket Sunday 9.00am Kirtling +++++++++++ 10.30am Newmarket Dear Friends, Holy Days 9.00am Newmarket By the time you read this letter we will have passed 12noon Kirtling the summer solstice and the year will have turned 7.30pm Newmarket once more. It always seems a bit strange to me that Our Lady with St. Etheldreda, Exeter Road, we begin the slow, languid, descent into autumn in Newmarket June, when the best of the summer – hopefully – is Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling yet to come. Midsummer or Summer Solstice has had Main Address: 14 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 spiritual significance for human beings for thousands 8LT of years. Our ancestors were acutely aware and in Telephone: 01638 662492 Email: [email protected] awe of the incredible strength of the sun and the Brinkley contact, John Conti 01638 508304 divine power that creates life. The Celts celebrated ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ with bonfires that would add to the sun's energy and KATY’S BABYSITTING the Christian Church placed the feast of St John Katy Ensch – Aged 14 the Baptist, the precursor of Christ, towards the 01223 291947 end of June as a takeover bid of the celebrations I have passed a babysitting course and a first aid and to link in with the idea of divine power. The course for young children. psalmists too, were in awe of the sun’s power, often ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ using the most extraordinary imagery to describe it. BURROUGH GREEN FETE 13TH JUNE 2010 Psalm 19 tells us that the sun comes forth as a Thank you to everyone who supported the fete this bridegroom out of his chamber and rejoices as a year. Particular thanks to all those who helped champion to run his course. It goes forth from the organise the event, plus our wonderful band of end of the heavens and runs to the very end again, stallholders, and to the superb team who helped to and there is nothing hidden from its heat. Nowadays erect the marquee in double quick time, and all those of course, most of us don’t celebrate or mark who stayed behind to clear up. We had a midsummer in quite the same way and, relieved of a little sprinkle of rain amongst the sunshine this reliance on the light of the sun as our only means of year and so far have raised £2,100. We will give a illumination, perhaps we have lost an appreciation of further update next month including details of the its centrality to out lives. Haiti charity to which we will be donating 25% of Midsummer may pass us by but there is still plenty the proceeds. If anyone has any comments about to celebrate and enjoy in July. Brinkley Fete on the this years fete or ideas for the future please 4th, Stetchworth Show and Fete on the 11th, do contact Lucy Talbot tel. 507060. Dullingham Fete on the 18th, the Review at the Please make a note of next year’s date in your Ellesmere Centre on the 26th. Phew! A busy few diaries, Sunday 12th June, 2011. weeks. Isn’t it good though to get together to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ MONTHLY REPORT FOR THE FARMLAND MUSEUM /DULLINGHAM BEAT Fenland Stories Exhibition th th MAY 2010 July 13 -August 20 Cheveley, Ashley, Kirtling, Upend, , Little Sunday July 18th, 10.30am-5pm Ditton, Saxon Street, Stetchworth, Stetchworth Ley, Myths and Legends, Stories and Music from the Fens Dullingham, Dullingham Ley, Cross Green, Brinkley, To celebrate the opening of the Fenland Stories Exhibition Burrough Green, Westley Waterless and Newmarket. explore the mysterious world of Fenland boggarts and old Hello everyone from Andy & Mags. wives lore. Featuring traditional story telling for all ages, Welcome to our monthly report for May 2010 for music and dancing. our area. Event Admission Prices: Adults £5, Concessions £4, We have had 11 crimes reported over this month Children over 5 £3 from around our villages. (Editor’s note – For full report contact me July 29th, 12-4pm [email protected]) Make a Fenland Monster One Dwelling Burglary which happened in Burrough Visit the spooky story tree and make bogles and boggarts, puppets and slithery silvery eels. Green. Front door left insecure - cheque stolen. Drop-in Children’s Holiday Activity Day at the Farmland

Museum and Denny Abbey. Mags and I have had reports of a Black Ferrari These informal days run by the Education Department sports car being driven extremely fast through the during the holiday are aimed at children who are 4+ and villages of Cheveley, Dullingham and Six Mile bottom accompanied by an adult. 12-4pm. Adults £4, Concessions near Dullingham. £3, Children over 5 £3. No need to book. Due to the help of members of the public Mags and www.dennyfarmlandmuseum.org.uk I were we were able to identify the vehicle. We DENNY ABBEY, ELY ROAD, WATERBEACH, were then able to pass this on to traffic officers CB25 9PQ TEL / FAX 01223 860988(Office) making them aware of the problem. Good news this ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ vehicle has now been stopped after being seen by NEWS FROM THE ELLESMERE CENTRE th traffic officers committing moving vehicle offences. Newfoundland Dog Display 28 July. The Ellesmere The driver has been Reported for Summons to Court Opportunity Group invites you to join them on the for Careless and Inconsiderate Driving and has also playing field to watch a display by these wonderful had a Section 59 Warning (which lasts for 12 working dogs. Time to be confirmed. Everybody months) put on the vehicle for Anti Social Driving. welcome. Any breach of this warning may result in the vehicle Summer Holiday activities are all on our website. If being seized, possibly crushed and the driver you would like to receive a copy of these please email prosecuted further offences. I would like to take us. Activities include : this opportunity to thank those members of public Unihoc /TagRugby / Basketball/ Football/ Athletics/ from our villages who helped in this matter. Cheerleading/ Fairy School/ Wildlife Activities/ As you can see by reporting things we can then work Miniature Gardens/ Archery/ Kwik Cricket/ Crafts/ together as a community to deal with issues within Visit to Lackford Lakes for Minibeasts & Pond our villages. Dipping and Family Rounders. The Next South Neighbourhood Panel Meeting will The Mobile Playscheme, provided free of charge by be held at the Ellesmere Centre Stetchworth on East Cambs Dist Council, will be visiting again on 29th June 2010. Wednesday August 11th. We had a very successful This is your chance to bring forward any issues you day at half term with the children thoroughly may have in your area to the Council and Police to enjoying the many supervised activities provided, so consider for the next Priority. This is a public make a note in your diary and bring a picnic and meeting for any member of our community to attend. spend the day with friends. Thank you all for your help this last month. Messy Play for the under 5’s There will be another Andy & Mags free messy play session provided by Cambridgeshire th PC1608 Andy Martin District Council on Thursday 12 August from 2- PCSO 7306 Mags Harvey 4pm, Everyone is welcome. Police Non-Emergency number 0345 456 456 4 The Annual Flower & Craft Show is on Sunday th ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 11 July. Programmes and entry forms are RECYCLING available from the Centre foyer. Brown sack collections are on Thursdays 1st, 15th, and Contact The Ellesmere Centre on 01638 508212 29th of July. email [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ www.ellesmerecentre.org.uk ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

East Cambridgeshire District Councillors’ Notes access and safety. Please do not mount the kerbs to (June 2010) park on the grass as it causes erosion and Kitchen Waste compaction and hinders pedestrians. The National Some residents have asked about the best way to Trust also wishes to reduce the impact of visitors’ dispose of kitchen waste. Uncooked or cooked waste, vehicles on local residents and the environment. including meat, fish and bones, may be put in your Anglesey Abbey’s Car Park is now open every day of brown sacks together with egg shells, tea bags, the year and there is an improved public footpath garden waste, dead flowers, pieces of cardboard, from there around the outside of the boundary of shredded paper etc. Litter from hutch or cage pets the property. Please park in the car park rather than may also be put in your brown sacks. A good way to in the village. prevent soggy sacks and to reduce any smells is to Christine Bryant (01223 811767) and Robert wrap food waste in newspaper or to use small stout Stevens (01223 811643) paper bags. Kitchen caddy bags made of paper may ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ be bought from kitchenware shops and FOR SALE supermarkets. Some shops now give out paper Large oblong high quality table with 4 chairs in carrier bags instead of plastic ones. All the waste green, table has a patterned top of green and beige. will be composted and used by gardeners and Table has adjustable legs and legs can be removed farmers. for storage. Table size is approximately 6ft x 3ft all Composting garden and kitchen vegetable waste at for sale please for £40 & can be delivered for £10 home is becoming very popular. This saves on paper extra. Please telephone 01638 507390 or 07787 sacks and transport fuel, and maintains the fertility 156336 to view. of residents’ gardens. As part of Composting ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Awareness Week in May, the District Council and DULLINGHAM FLOWER CLUB the National Trust ran a very informative workshop Thursday 8th July 2010 at 8.00pm at Anglesey Abbey with Karen Kenny and Bob The Taylor Hall, Dullingham Flowerdew. It was attended by some thirty local A Creative Workshop with Jo Bird residents and included a visit to the Trust’s Come & learn how to create a composting area, plant nursery and new allotments, hand tied, corsage or pedestal. where there are vacant plots. To take part please call Lesley Bird on 01638 Free Bus Passes 507658. Members £3 Non-members £4 To comply with the gradual increase in the state Refreshments - Raffle - Accessories pension age increase for women, the age at which all- NB. No meeting in August. England bus passes are available for men and women Resume on 9th September with David Wright will rise over the next five years from 60 to 65. This ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ applies if you were born between April 1950 and BURROUGH GREEN ARCHIVE GROUP April 1955. If so, calculate the number of years and The evening with Mike Petty was a very interesting months you were born after April 1950, and this will and enjoyable event, his talk on Vanishing be the length of time after your 60th birthday when Cambridgeshire was fascinating and he was able to you will be eligible for a pass. If you were born share a few local images with us which we were before April 1950, you are already eligible. If you slightly different from those on our website. The were born after April 1955, you will unfortunately group are now off to see the Cambridge Collection to need to wait until you are 65. Application forms are see if we can find anything else. available from Post Offices and should be sent to Our thanks go to Martin Reynolds for organising and the District Council. paying for this event and to those who supported it. Parking for Walks Beyond Lode Mill Thanks also go to the Westley Waterless Parish If you walk over the National Trust’s land beyond meeting for their donation of £25 towards the Lode Mill, please be aware that the Police may issue upkeep of the website. We continue to meet each a Fixed Penalty Notice if you park near the Mill. Tuesday afternoon at Sheriff’s Court and have Parking anywhere in the turning area or on the recently added many more images with plenty more narrow approach bend, will be treated as an to come. unnecessary obstruction. Access is essential at all Log on to www.ccan.co.uk and follow the times for public service and delivery vehicles to pass instructions for Burrough Green and District. and turn around, and access by the emergency We would still like to hear from anybody who has services to the Mill and watercourses. information or images on the 4 villages. The District Council, which has legal responsibilities Phone Marilyn on 01638 508177 to protect Conservation Areas, has decided to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ protect the verges and bank of the watercourse from damage due to parking, and to improve public RADIO COMMUNICATION SKILLS DAY CHILDREN ARE QUICK Last July about ten licensed Radio Amateurs set up TEACHER: Maria, go to the map and find North radio stations in Brinkley in a field behind houses on America ... Weston Colville Road and the High Street, to take MARIA: Here it is. part in an annual “National Field Day” which is a 24 TEACHER: Correct.. Now class, who discovered hour contest to see how many stations they can America? communicate with in the UK and overseas, and how CLASS: Maria. distant, using only their own resources in a field – no ______mains power, only batteries and small portable TEACHER: Glen, how do you spell ‘crocodile’? generators, and no accommodation, only tents. They GLEN: K-R-O-K-O-D-I-A-L' had to be self sufficient and it was a good test of TEACHER: No, that's wrong. their technical and survival skills. They had a lot of GLEN: Maybe it is wrong, but you asked me success and did not cause any interference to radio how I spell it. or TV reception, so they are going to repeat it this ______year on 3rd and 4th July and try to do even better. TEACHER: Donald, what is the chemical formula Several of those taking part are members of the for water? Radio Amateurs’ Emergency Network (RAYNET) and DONALD: H I J K L M N O. this will also test their ability to do their voluntary TEACHER: What are you talking about? job which is to help the emergency services and the DONALD: Yesterday you said it's H to O. community by providing vital communications in the ______event of a widespread disaster which might cause TEACHER: Winnie, name one important thing we failure of the mains power supplies and the fixed have today that we didn't have ten years ago. and mobile telephone systems. WINNIE: Me! The 24 hour event starts at 3.00pm on Saturday 3rd ______and ends at 3.00pm on Sunday 4th. They will gain TEACHER: Glen, why do you always get so dirty? access on foot via The Old Forge in the High Street, GLEN: Well, I'm a lot closer to the ground than and by vehicle via Willow Lodge on Weston Colville you are. Road for which many thanks to Nick and Louise ______Beamish. David Smith TEACHER: George Washington not only chopped ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ down his father’s cherry tree, but also admitted it. ARTICLES FOR AUGUST VILLAGE VOICE TO Now, Louie, do you know why his father didn't punish [email protected] him? by 20th July at the latest please. LOUIS: Because George still had the axe in his 01638 507495 hand. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ______DULLINGHAM FETE AND FUN DOG SHOW TEACHER: Clyde , your composition on 'My Dog' SUNDAY JULY 18TH 2pm is exactly the same as your brother's. Did you copy At Clare Farm his? Stalls, games, cream teas, pony rides CLYDE : No, sir. It's the same dog. A real village occasion! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All very welcome! Proceeds in aid of St Nicholas Hospice and St Mary’s Church

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