PARISH 5 COUNCIL
NEWSLETTER at July/August 2020
Editorial Editorial
The gardens are again looking splendid, and the vegetable garden was very thankful for the rain. Plants that I had thought had been lost seem to have made an appearance, and things Diary for July & August that never flowered have flowered, perhaps all thankful for the attention! The Diary for July & August is
again full of virtual events How sobering to find half the year over and we from sponsored walks, are still living in a ‘sort of’ lockdown, with restrictions on who, what, where and how! Creative Conversations, to Balloon Races, and even Church
However there does seem to be some movement and Chapel services. to lift restrictions on sports, perhaps it could be extended to the odd week or weekend away, Included is the cricket staying with friends, family or even at a b and programme , although the b, it would make life a little more bearable. th Obviously we will have to wait and see. game on June 17 was
cancelled. The next Newsletter will be in September where we will have more news about the tree Hopefully by September we planting around the villages of both Guilden and may have a football Steeple, so make sure you fill in the enclosed programme. form on page 4 and send a copy to Nettie with your ideas.
Looking forward to ‘new new normal’
Desma
Editor Desma Goddard: Email: [email protected] 1
Steeple Morden Parish Council Great Cambridge Local Plan List of Councillors as at May 2018 Thank you for joining in with the ‘first conversation’ about the future of Greater CLLR J CLAYTON (Chair) Cambridge. 5 Brook End, Steeple Morden 01763 852203 With over 6,000 comments online and email
CLLR S WHEATLEY (Vice Chair) and another 30,000 views on YouTube, and at 95 Hay Street, Steeple Morden the Big Debate, we have a strong sense of the 01763 853826 range of issues that you want to see in the Plan;
CLLR G BELSON (Vice Chair) addressing the following Infrastructure, Climate Ringdale, 2 North Brook Road, change, Building and Public Transport. Steeple Morden 01763 852475 The consultation results are just part of a huge
CLLR A DREW range of evidence and research that we are 76 Station Road, Steeple Morden required to weigh up as part of developing the 01763 853390 next stage of the Plan.
CLLR C UPCHURCH We are developing and testing scenarios for Greenway Farm, Litlington Road, SM how the Plan can address the challenges and 01763 852193 opportunities for Great Cambridge, to inform
the next stages of consultation when we will be CLLR K AUSTIN Bogs Gap Lane, Steeple Morden asking for your views again. 01763 852023 If you want to be kept up to date with all the CLLR S TRAVERS-HEALY latest developments on the Local Plan, please 46 Station Rd, Steeple Morden register for email updates via our website. 01763 853843
www.greatercambridgeplanning.org. CLLR N BADGER 68 Station Road, Steeple Morden 01763 852191
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DISTRICT CLLR MRS H. WILLIAMS experienced Cambridgeshire Repair 07885 774775 Café repairer without leaving the COUNTY CLLR MR S. KINDERSLEY house.
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toys, jewellery, tools, clothes, battery I would like to express on behalf of operated electricals and software issues. customers and myself a great big thank It’s being done virtually using Zoom you to Linda from the Farm shop and and is live so you can interact with the her ‘Girls’ for looking after us so well repairer. for the last weeks. They have delivered our orders and looked after us so
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looking after us all. Thank you again. www.circularcambridge.org/events. Janet Oyston
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NEWS FROM YOUR PARISH COUNCIL The Full PC meets on the second Monday in the in the Cricket Pavilion (Village Hall in winter) at 7.30pm. The meeting is listed every month in the Village Post Office window, on the Notice Board at the Recreation Ground, and in Odsey near the station. A copy of the full minutes from the Council Meetings may be obtained by contacting the Parish Clerk, Sally Walmesley, Redwood Lodge, South Street, Litlington, Royston SG8 0QR. Telephone 01763 852137 or e-mail [email protected]. Minutes can also be viewed on the Steeple Morden Village Website www.steeplemorden.org and the Village Post Office.
A ‘virtual’ parish council meeting was held on 28th May.
Malcolm Bird was co-opted and welcomed as a new member of the Parish council.
Country & District Council Reports – reported on ‘virtual’ meetings, where both Councils were co-ordinating COVID-19 hubs, to help local businesses and residents in the area. The recycling centres are now open, and full bin collections are up and running. The Greater Cambridge Plan has issued its first report after receiving over 6000 comments online. You can receive updates via email at www.greatercambridgeplanning.org.
Finance – the Annual Audit 2019/2020, and Annual Return 2019/2020 have been lodged.
An application has been made to the LHI 2021/22 – for 40mph buffer zones on entering the village.
Planning/Tree work Applications Planning Applications Planning Ref 20/02132/FUL 27 Hay Street –Replacement Dwelling. Supported, provided development is based on the design.
Planning Ref 20/01907/S73 22 North Brook End –Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of listed building consent S/1261/15/LB. Approved
Comments on Draft Section 106 Agreement - S/1887/18/OL at Station Road. Approved
The Parish Council commended the excellent work being carried out by the Coronavirus Volunteer Group. All vulnerable people have been contacted in the village.
The next Committee Meeting will be held on July 13th at 7.30pm
Committee Meetings for the rest of the year are 14th September, 2nd November, 11th Jan 21, and 8th Mar 21.
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Steeple Morden Parish Litter Picks Schedule 2020 All events start at 2pm and last just 60 “magic” minutes
Zone 1: Odsey Saturday Meet by the Jester carpark 12 September 2020
Zones 2 and 3: Cheney Street from Litlington Road to Brook End to Saturday include The Green 26 September 2020 Cheney Street from Brook End to Hay Street Junction to include Russell Close and Jubilee Way etc Meet by the Litlington Road end of The Green Zones 4 and 5: Station Road from allotments to Ashwell Road to include Saturday Ashwell Road and Windmill Close etc 10 October Station Road and Hay Street to Craft Way to include Craft Way Meet by the Station Road and Ashwell Road intersection Zones 6 and 7: Hay Street from Craft Way to Trap Road /North Brook Saturday End Trap Road/ Bogs Gap and Brook End 24 October Meet by Parish Noticeboard on the rec Zones 2-6 Whole village sweep Saturday Meet by Parish Noticeboard on the rec 14 November Zone 1: Odsey Saturday Meet by the Jester carpark 21 November
Please email [email protected] with your full name and which of the events you can attend.
Painted Pebbles
You can find these all over the village, if you find one, don’t take it home, just hide it in another place, so a child can have a little fun finding them. A brilliant idea to brighten up walks around the village.
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Saint Peter and Saint Paul Guilden Morden Congregational Church Church, Painted Steeple Pebbles Morden Diary for July/August You can findDiary these forall over July/August the village, if you www.guildenmordencongregationalchurch.com find is one one, of don’t six in takethe Shingay it home, Group just hidand it details in of anotherservices place, in all sothe a churches child can are have published a little funmonthly finding them.in Prospect. A brilliant ideaOur websiteto brighten is up Following the latest guidance from the walkswww.shingaychurches.co.uk round the village. Government all our usual activities are being suspended for the foreseeable future. Please During May services have been conducted online visit our website or facebook page for updated using the Zoom app. If you would like to be information, or contact either Tony Frost involved in these please contact the Rector, Canon tony,[email protected] 07415230763 or Sandy Shamus Williams, at Watkins [email protected] 01763852869 [email protected] This is obviously a challenging time for all of If you are on Facebook & Twitter us. If you are in need of help or advice please #ShingayChurches please do join the group St Peter contact us on the above numbers. & St Paul Steeple Morden to keep up with news. Video services are on On the internet now there is a wide selection GuildenMordenCongregationalChurch of resources from a large number of churches facebook page. around the world. Can I recommend having a Chapel is open on June 21st 10.30 – 11.30 for look at Ely Cathedral’s website, especially the private prayer. section “Worship at Home”. To access the
links below, you need to go to https://www.elycathedral.org/worship-at-home
From June 15th the church will be open for single contemplation and prayer. PROSPECT During the current period of 'lockdown', there FRED ABRAM will be no door to door delivery of the July copy of Prospect, the Many people in the village will be saddened to Parish magazine. However, it learn that Fred Abram passed away last week. will be available online and can be accessed by going to the Parish Fred was a loyal member of the congregation of website www.shingaychurches.co.uk and Steeple Morden church. A great ‘traditionalist’, clicking on Prospect magazine. and active supporter of The Prayer Book Society he always attended services conducted from ‘The There is a limited print run, and copies will be Book of Common Prayer’ and was less than available at Steeple enthusiastic with modern wording and change. Morden Post Office, and also the Litlington Post Office.
Fred was also a longstanding committee member of
The Friends of the church. He was a champion raffle ticket seller, and always gave his enthusiastic support to fundraising events. His financial support for both the church and The Friends will be greatly missed.
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Royston’s Rotary Club is launching a virtual balloon race to help people have fun in an eco-friendly way during lockdown.
The project is part of a national event and will take off on September 14, with an aim to keep families entertained and prevent the harm to the environment posed by real balloon races.
Rotarian Tony Briar, from Bassingbourn, said: “First you buy your virtual balloon – as few or as many as you like – from the club at £3 each. You get to choose the shape, colour and helium content.
“Then it will be launched to race for seven days against, hopefully, thousands of others from around 20 fundraising causes.
“It will respond just like a real balloon to wind, temperature and weather and you can track its progress on Google Earth. Those balloons which travel the furthest in a week will be judged the winners.
“The first prize is £500, the second an Apple iPad, and there are lots of lesser prizes. And if the Royston club manages to sell more than 500 balloons, then the one from our area that goes the furthest will get an extra £50.
The balloon race follows the cancellation of the Rotary Club’s annual kite festival due to coronavirus.
Funds raised from the virtual race will go towards the Royston club’s nominated charity Home-Start (Royston, Buntingford and South Cambs). Home-Start has been supporting families sine 1983, working to support those with young children through challenging times.
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the charity has been forced to cease all face-to-face home visiting and family support group activities, but is continuing to support families via phone and video link where possible.
Balloons will not be for sale until early July, but you can find out more at the Royston Rotary Club website at www.roystonrotary.com/balloonrace.htm and fill out a form to express an interest in taking part, with no commitment to buy.
To contact Home-Start call 01763 262262 or email [email protected].
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Contact Names, Numbers and E-Mail Addresses for
Organisations and Groups in the Village
Organisation Contact Name Phone E-mail Number SM Newsletter Editor Desma Goddard 01763 852287 [email protected]
First Responders Nick Badger [email protected]
First Responders Wayne Cox [email protected] (co-ordinator) Primary School Tracey How, 01763 852474 [email protected] Headteacher Village College The Principal 01763 242344 [email protected] Ms Vickey Poulter SS Peter & Paul Church Canon Shamus 01763 853067 [email protected] Williams (day off normally Monday)
GM Cong. Church Sandy Watkins 01763 852869 [email protected] SM Village Hall Bookings Diane Knight 01763 853073 [email protected] Scouts, Cubs & Beavers Keith Austin 01763 852023 [email protected] Brownies Debbie Fisher 01763 852811 [email protected] Guides Ann Clarke 07756 291899 [email protected] Allotment Society Nettie Travers- 01763 853843 [email protected] Healey Smarties Pre-School and Michele Taylor 07952 100208 Pre-School: Out of School Club or 01763 [email protected] 852888 Out of School Club: [email protected] Cricket Club Fraser Daws 01763 853008 [email protected] Football Club Pete Summers 07709258359 Morden Magpies Youth Laurence 07799 625529 FC Harrison Bowls Club (Sec) David Holt 01763 852636 [email protected] Tennis Club Fiona Coverdale 01763 853325 [email protected] Waggon & Horses Mandy & Jose 01763 853311 [email protected] Morden Players Jenny Elder 01763 852557 [email protected] First Thursday Club Ann Thorp 01763 852848 [email protected]
Royal British Legion Ray Leach 01763 852734 [email protected] Mobile Wardens Scheme Angela Drew 01763 853390 Lynn Pestell 01763 853461 WI Joyce 01763 852087 [email protected] Stackhouse Neighbourhood Watch Roy Newbury 01763 852241 Cambs Police: www.cambs.police.uk Social Car Scheme Hazel Smith 01763 852602 [email protected]
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Let’s Pull Together
Although the coronavirus is bound to cause anxiety, there is a great community spirit in this parish. The Wagon & Horses (853311), and the Three Tuns, Guilden (853377 ) are offering a selection of take-away meals. Catering by Paolo has offered to make deliveries to those in difficulty.
If you would like to contribute essential supplies for those unable to access them or help in other ways, please speak to or email Lizzie Glanville – 07984 549272. [email protected] or join the Facebook group Steeple Morden and Villages vs Corona virus.
Phone or email Alex da Costs – 07496 163453 [email protected] who will work with Lizzie to put you in touch with someone willing to help. (If you get voicemail she promises to call back after 6pm) The Parish Council in Steeple Morden is also offering help. Please contact: Jeremy Clayton 01763 853855 or 07957 822623, email: [email protected] or via the facebook group named above.
Find the help that suits you If you are shielding and need support the Countywide Hub – offers support from volunteers with food parcels, medicine and keeping you connected. [email protected]/uk (0345 045 5219).
For residents not on the shielding list but who nevertheless need some support with errands or keeping in touch your local parish council or District Councillor with be able to connect you with the community groups that are co-ordinating support in your village. [email protected] 01954 713 398.
For further information contact www.scambs.gov.uk/coronavirus
Join our Strava Club and Support Home-Start
Do you like to keep fit? Maybe you’re keen to expand your exercise as part of your lockdown routine? Maybe you already use Strava, the activity tracker? This app, if you aren’t already using it, allows you to track the routes you take when you exercise, share your activities with your friends and colleagues and even compete with them, even when you can’t socialise. Home-Start’s own Strava club, HSRBSC Giving Tuesdays has been set up to help our friends, volunteers, supporters and families come together in a virtual way, to get fit together and raise funds for Home-Start’s work in the local area. If you’re already on Strava, why not come and join the HSRBSC club? It’s called “Giving Tuesdays” as it’s part th st of our lockdown campaign, Giving Tuesdays. Every Tuesday between 7 April and 1 December, we’ll be posting new activities for everyone to take part in on our Home-Start website. The Strava Club is part of this campaign. We’re hoping to see lots of activity from our supporters on the page, so come along and join in! If you’re not already a Strava user, why not sign up? It’s free to use and a really great way to track your fitness, make new friends among our supporters, and connect with other people in the area. You can create virtual challenges for yourself – and others – and all we’re asking is that you donate to Home- Start every time you achieve a personal goal. What could be simpler? If you’d like to know more, you can hop, skip and jump along to our website and click on the Fitness Challenge link: https://www.hsrsc.org.uk/week-4-fitness-challenge/ Or, if you’d like to join the Home-Start club on Strava, head over to our club page: https://www.strava.com/clubs/637391 Or send us an email to learn more: [email protected] Hopefully, we’ll see you online soon! The Home-Start Team
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Creative Conversations
You might already be aware of our lockdown campaign, Giving Tuesdays, which sees us posting a new activity every Tuesday until 1st December. If you haven’t yet tried out any of our activities, why not pop along to our website and see what’s on offer!
Next week, 2nd June, is the 9th week of our Giving Tuesdays campaign, and it’s a big one! Sophie Hannah, best-selling author of The Monogram Murders, a new Hercule Poirot novel and a whole series of million-selling crime thrillers, is in conversation with our poet-in- residence Jude Simpson. In this exclusive interview, Sophie and Jude discuss Sophie’s latest book, 'Haven’t They Grown', which is due out in August, along with Sophie’s other work on her DreamAuthor life-coaching course.To give you a taste of the event, take a look at a clip from the interview, which we published as part of Mental Health Awareness Week on 19th May.
Home-Start has been running Literary Lunch events in Royston since 2018, featuring Jude in conversation with a wide range of authors. Sadly, these live events cannot go ahead at the moment, but we believe that this virtual format will provide a platform for us to carry on offering similar events – from the comfort of your own sofa!
This interview is free for you to access (via our Giving Tuesday page), and we’d love for you to share it with your friends and family. Previous Literary Lunches have been restricted to those living within the Royston area, but with our new, virtual versions, this is no longer the case.
We really hope you’ll enjoy this and future events being offered by Home-Start. If you would like to support Home-Start’s work, helping families in the Royston, Buntingford and SouthCambridgeshire area, they can be contacted:
: Home-Start Royston, Buntingford & South Cambridgeshire (incorporated as Home-Start Royston & South Cambridgeshire), Unit 6, Valley Farm, Station Road, Meldreth, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 6JP, United Kingdom,
Ph: 01763 262262 Charity No: 1105385
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F www.mordenmagpies.co.uk
A family-friendly club seeking players for U6, U7, U8 U9 & U10 age groups. Boys and girls of any ability welcome.
Morden Magpies football club has a long history in local junior football. The club restarted in September 2012 and gain Charter status in 2014. This is a family club that enjoys the support of the senior Steeple Morden Football Club. Above all we want young players to have fun, enjoy and learn about the game and be part of a team. If you would like your son or daughter to join the club or would like to find out more please contact any of the following FA-qualified coaches: Under 6 - Kevin Donnelley - 07860 607416. [email protected] Under 7 - Martin Holt – 07740215874. [email protected] Under 8 - Laurence Harrison – 07799625529. [email protected] Under 9 - Andrew Holt – 07850801899. [email protected] Under 10 - Pete Summers – 07709258359. [email protected]
Steeple Morden Cricket Club
Steeple Morden Cricket Club had a successful season and 2019 and narrowly missed out on promotion. For the 2020 season, if and when it starts we will be in Division 4 South & East of the Cambs league. The league matches start in early May and finish at the end of August, and are all played on a Saturday. In addition we have also entered a midweek 20/20 league with 8 games which were due to be played during June and July. In addition to these were to have a few friendly fixtures played on Sunday. Our first fixture was due to be played on the 26th April, which was a friendly against Whaddon, with the league starting the next Saturday.
We are still looking for additional players of all ages and abilities as we are looking to add further friendly matches to our fixture list. If you are interested in joining our small and friendly club or if you require any further information please contact Fraser Daws, by email - [email protected] or on -1763 853008.
FIXTURES FOR 2020
Wed 17th June 17.45 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Newton CC Cancelled
Sat 27th June 13.30 Elmdon CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl
Sat 11th July 13.30 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Linton Village CC
th Sat 18 July 13.30 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Balsham CC
Sat 1st August 13.30 Balsham CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl
Sat 8th August 13.30 Abingdon CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl
Sat 15th August 13.30 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Elmdon CC
Sat 29th August 13.30 Barley CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl
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STEEPLE MORDEN VILLAGE HALL
Steeple Morden Village Hall is available for hiring for parties, wedding receptions, club and social activities.
It comprises: Tables, Seating for 120, Bar, Kitchen, Cooker, Fridge, Stage, Parking. There is also limited Crockery & Cutlery Projector and screen available and Induction Loop Equipment – ask our booking clerk for more details.
For bookings and prices please contact: Diane Knight 33 Cheyney Street, Steeple Morden, SG8 0LR Tel 01763 853073 (please don't phone between the hours of 6 - 7 p.m.) email: [email protected] www.steeplemordenvillagehall.co.uk
MOBILE LIBRARY The Mobile Library stops in the village on the first The Village Wheelchair Tuesday of every month. There is a manual wheelchair available for short term use by anyone in the village. For
more information and availability please It stops at Russell Close between 10.20 am and contact Trish at the Post Office. 11.05 am. The next calling date is Tuesday 7th July 20.
Contributions sent to the editor prior to the newsletter deadline will normally be printed in the next available edition. The deadline for September edition is 12 noon on 19th August.
Contact details for the editor are at the bottom of the first page of the Newsletter
Don’t forget you can view this issue and back issues of the Newsletter online at www.steeplemorden.org
Printed by The Printworks Telephone 01763 852 579 Email: [email protected]
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