Village Voice Brinkley…..Burrough Green..…Carlton..…Westley Waterless
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VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY…..BURROUGH GREEN..…CARLTON..…WESTLEY WATERLESS APRIL 2021 NEWS FROM THE ELLESMERE CENTRE RUBBISH FRIENDS A Big THANK YOU to the members Currently we are closed apart from the Shop and of the local group of Rubbish Post Office which are open from 9am-12pm Friends who litter pick our village weekdays only. Entrance is still at the far end of and down to Six Mile Bottom. It’s sad they have to do the building, but we hope to open the front doors this, but they do make a difference, as we see from as soon as we can. the sacks that they collect. We hope to be opening the outside facilities from the We are all lucky to have such a great view as we drive end of March for football, tennis and netball but will up to the village from the A11, and we appreciate their not know for sure until after the next government hard work to maintain the enjoyment of the drive, announcement. cycle or run. From 12th April we should be able to have ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ family members in together and children’s THE BULL BURROUGH GREEN classes will restart. May 17th should see the return of indoor sport, classes and coffee mornings. With the lockdown restrictions being We also hope to start a new parent and toddler relaxed from April 12th with outside session so watch this space. seating only, we will be open Monday Outdoor live music will be coming in the Summer. 12th from 4pm (weather permitting). Please call us or follow us on Facebook to keep up with Thereafter until inside seating is allowed, opening the latest rules and regulations of what is permitted hours will be from 4pm Fridays, Saturday and Sunday at the Centre. from 12noon. Food will be available. Emails are still picked up at least twice weekly and we We have lots of new plans for the re-opening, when we can be reached on the telephone. are allowed. Including a new pool table, theme nights We cannot wait to have you all back with us very soon. and daily specials. The Ellesmere Centre, Stetchworth, CB8 9TS. Save the date May 3rd Bank Holiday. BBQ from 1pm www.ellesmerecentre.org.uk We look forward to welcoming old and new customers. Tel 01638 508212. Email Rob and Katrina look forward to welcoming you [email protected]. 01638 508333 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ THE RED LION BRINKLEY BURROUGH GREEN CHURCHYARD The project to upgrade the church is progressing well Assuming the government game plan remains in the church and as is we will be fully open again, inside and most of the external works are outside, from Wednesday May 19th. You are now complete. welcome to book a table any time from now. If you have some time to spare, please come and help tidy outside Until fully open on May 19th we will also open all the on garden tables from Friday April 30th. These will be Saturday 17th April from 9.30 am. available from 5:00 on Friday, 12:00 on Saturday and There is plenty to do from grass cutting, weeding, on Sunday from 1:00 until 5:00 for food or drink. stone collecting, pruning, clearing fallen tree branches Outside tables can also be booked in advance from now and much more. We can all work safely together. and we will all see how the weather is on the day! If If you are unable to come or would be happy to help on you are unsure what all the government rules are for another day, please do go and spend some time. numbers or whom you can sit with etc. please call us. Families visiting the graves of their loved ones always If it rains, please remember you will not be allowed to comment on how much it means to them that we look move into the building in the period before May 19th. after the church yard. If you would like to ask about Despite all the good vaccination programme news anything to with the please be assured we will continue to maintain the maintenance or anything else, safest environment we can. please ring me 01638 507060 Gwyn & Morris. Thank you to you all 01638 508707 Lucy ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLOTHES COLLECTION: Bag2theFuture MOBILE LIBRARY St. Peter’s Church Stetchworth are having a collection of good quality used clothes – mens, womens and The Mobile Library will be at BRINKLEY childrens – also shoes - paired and tied together please Memorial Hall - belts, handbags and accessories. (No bedding, on the 1st Tuesday of each month duvets or uniforms). Bag2theFuture will collect them between 3.00 - 4.00pm; and recycle them, paying us according to the weight of BURROUGH GREEN by the BUS STOP on the bags. The bags will be collected at Stetchworth 4th Wednesday of each month at 3.50 - church on 20th April. Along with many other 4.10pm organisations we have been unable to arrange any ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ fundraising events for the past year and we thought GIGABIT BROADBAND SCHEME this might be the time when people are having a spring The government is launching a scheme to connect many clear out. The local charity shops are currently closed rural premises with gigabit broadband. The link below but we can relieve you of your discards! If you have a is to the government website outlining the scheme bag or bags to add to our collection, they can be whereby groups in a village can apply for grants to pool delivered to Stetchworth church porch by 19th April. toward the cost of installing these systems. Alternatively, I can call and collect them from you if https://gigabitvoucher.culture.gov.uk/ you wish – just let me know. If you have already been going through your cupboards and would like to get the If you are interested and would be willing to co- bags out of the way, just give me a ring and I will ordinate a bid then e-mail me at collect. [email protected]. Lily Whymer – 01638 507576 The grant scheme application process opens on 8th [email protected] April. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRINKLEY PARISH COUNCIL BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL Brinkley Parish council met via Zoom meeting on 24th If you wish to hire the hall, please contact February. We hope to be able to restart face to face Susie Shuter on 01638 508729 meetings in the Memorial Hall later this year. As you may know our bid to the Local Highways The charges to hire the Memorial Hall are £8.00 per Initiative (LHI) for traffic calming measures at the hour for VV cluster and £11.00/ hour for outside. We Carlton end of the High Street was successful, work cater for one off parties and Groups looking for a was due to have taken place by now but has been venue. The Hall can cater for 80 people. delayed. We expect the work to commence in May or ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ June. We have also made an application to this year's RECYCLING LHI for safety measures at the junction with Brinkley Road (coming from Six Mile Bottom) and the High Carlton & Willingham: Green Street as a number of accidents have occurred there. Black bin – Wednesday 7th & Monday 19th April At our December meeting we approved a 5% increase Blue & Green – Tuesday 13th & Monday 26th April (£440) to our precept. The council has a new and improved website which Brinkley, Burrough Green, Westley Waterless – meets full accessibility guidelines and will go live at Black sacks weekly. the end of March. The new link to the website will be Blue Lid – Thursdays 15th & 29th April posted on the old website so please take a look Green Lid – Friday 9th & Thursday 22nd April. SANCTUARY HOUSING We are seeking the views of residents who live in Ink Cartridges The Opportunity Group which meets Sanctuary Housing properties about the service you at the Ellesmere Centre would be very grateful for are receiving from them as your housing association your old ink cartridges to help with fund raising. Please and landlord. If you wish to contribute your views, drop them in the box on the gate at White Hart please contact the clerk. Cottage, High Street Brinkley or in the box at the Ellesmere Centre. Thank you. The clerk can be contacted at (The Opportunity Group provides one to one care for [email protected] children with special needs and their siblings, also Best wishes to all provides respite for their parents/guardians.) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ HOME INSURANCE ELLESMERE GARDEN CLUB Brinkley Church is insured through Ecclesiastical, but What a treat is has been to have had the pleasure of despite their name they insure other buildings too. If some fascinating talks by Zoom this year. I’m pleased you are considering changing your home insurance, to say that we have been able to arrange another for then please consider contacting them for a quote. April. So do join us Tuesday April 27th for a talk by Martin Fish from Simply Gardening on “Behind the Ecclesiastical - Trust130 Home Insurance offer Scenes as an RHS judge”. For every new home insurance policy taken out with us, Our Zoom meetings will take place at 7.30 pm on the we’re donating £130 to a church or cathedral of the appointed day, but it’s worth logging on to the link policyholder’s choice through our Trust130 promotion. beforehand in case of any problems. Members will get Small donations making a big impact. an email nearer the time with the link to join the Zoom Since 2017, we have donated over £430,000 to meeting.