Panser News October 2016
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OCTOBER 2016 ISSUE NO. 340 PANSER NEWS Pampisford's Community Newsletter Inside this issue: Harvest Festival Pampisford Hall Party The Pampisford Archive www.pampisford.org.uk Village Diary Oct 2016 Sun 2nd 4.00pm Harvest Festival Parish Church followed by tea in the village hall Sun 9th 11.15am Morning Prayer Parish Church Thu 13th 7.15pm Parish Council Meeting Village Hall Sun 16th 11.15am Holy Communion Parish Church (Traditional BCP) Mon 17th 7.30pm WI Harvest Supper Village Hall Wear pink for Breast Cancer Produce and food bank Sun 23rd 11.15am Morning Prayer Parish Church Tues 25th 8.00pm Pampisford Society Village Hall Business & Social evening Sun 30th 10.00am Joint 5 Churches Eucarist Whittlesford at St Mary and St Andrew Nov 2016 Sun 6th 4.00pm All Souls Service Parish Church Music, readings and prayers Light a candle for a loved one Sun 13th 10.00am Remembrance Service Parish Church Sun 13th 11.00am Remembrance Sunday IWM Duxford Mon 21st 7.30pm WI Meeting Village Hall Gilbert and Sullivan with Ann Datson Tues 22nd 8.00pm Pampisford Society Village Hall Peter Jackson from Scotsdales Garden pests and diseases. 2 of 20 Sunday 2nd October Harvest Festival 4pm in the church followed by refreshments in the Village Hall Donations of produce can be left in the church porch Friday or Saturday and will be distributed to Orchard House afterwards. Included with this edition of the Panser News is a housing needs survey that the Pampisford Parish Council is undertaking to better understand the housing needs of our residents. The survey will only take a few minutes to complete. Please either fill out the form attached and return to 1 High Street, Pampisford or complete the survey online by 31st Oct 2016 at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/VHM5NMQ The more responses we have, the clearer vision we will have about what sort of future you want for our village. Thank you, Aureole Wragg for Pampisford Parish Council Bin collection dates OCT 2016 Mon 3rd Black Mon 10th Green/Blue Mon 17th Black Mon 24th Green/Blue Mon 31st Black 3 of 20 Pampisford W.I. September meeting report Held on Monday 19th September in Pampisford Village Hall at 7.30pm Our speaker Ruth Pym, who is a volunteer at Little Hay Prison, explained a group of four volunteers visit the Prison to train prisoners to do high quality paid needlework, the soft furnishing and products are sold by Fine Cell Work, the prisoners receive payment for their pieces of work, calculated on the size and hours spent completing an item, this gives them a chance to earn and save money, also boosting confidence, hope and self- discipline, Currently there are 30 British Prisons with prisoners doing Fine Cell Work, during one calendar year approximately 500 work on various projects, hand stitched cushions, quilts, gift ware and accessories. Many of the items are commissioned works, and designers and artists give special commissions, so standards must be high. Ruth advised us to check out their website at www.finecellwork.co.uk Next month is our Harvest Supper on Monday 17th October, please bring a glass, bowl for soup and pudding and spoons, the committee will provide the food. A speaker from Bead of Courage from Addenbrooks will inform us on the work carried out by the charity. Please bring items for the Produce Stall. Old Ron’s Rural Ramblings The Allotments starting to look a little empty . All the early spring crops have been eaten , the Onions and Garlic have been harvested and strung and the Potatoes have been lifted. Now the weed seeds are trying to take over the bare soil so the trick is to let them germinate , green up a little then hit them hard with a hoe . 4 of 20 Thanks to the warm showery weather we have been having i"ve had to carry this out twice but this should mean that next seasons crops , some of which will be planted quite soon , will have little competition from weeds . Talking of preparing for next season , my Farm Yard Manure ( FYM ) has been delivered and sits at the top of the Allotment in a giant steaming heap waiting to be spread over the ground during the winter months. A heap of FYM is very attractive to wild life as a winter refuge , non more so than Grass Snakes who lay their eggs in the heap in anticipation of the heat generated by the FYM hatching out their eggs . Grass Snakes are fairly exotic but a Humming Bird Hawk Moth really is . I spotted one in my garden this week hovering in front of a cluster of Phlox flowers . It really does look like a Humming Bird with fast beating wings and a proboscis that looks just like a Humming Birds curved beak . Look it up on Google it really is impressive. OLD RON 1st WHITTLESFORD AND DUXFORD SCOUT GROUP Firework & Bonfire Night Saturday 5th November Hinxton Road, Duxford by the level crossing. Just follow the signs from Duxford. Spectacular fireworks display professionally produced by ‘White Lightning Pyrotechnics’, huge bonfire, BBQ, cakes, drinks, mulled wine and glow necklaces. Gates open and food from 5pm, Bonfire at 5.30pm, Fireworks at 6.30pm. Gates close at 6.15pm Tickets available from The Whittle Shop, Whittlesford, and Ickleton, Thriplow and Duxford shops from 17th Oct Adults £3.50, Children £2, Family £10 in advance. £4, £2.50 and £12 at the gate. Pre-school children free! Plenty of free parking 5 of 20 The Pampisford Archive I recently received some enquiries about Pampisford and realised that some more recent residents, may not be aware that there is a large body of material on Pampisford available. This is lodged in the Cambridge Collection (CC) based in the Cambridge Central Library as the Mayo Archive on Pampisford. Broad details can be accessed online but digitising is really needed, for better online access. I deposited all the work I had done on the village and surrounding areas over a number of years, with the CC some time ago. Various local groups in the village gave help in funding the expenses of compiling the Archive. Importantly, much of the work would not have been possible without the very generous contributions made by many of the older residents of Pampisford. Some are no longer with us unfortunately but pictures of them can be found in the Archive slides. The Archive is contained in 3 large boxes, totalling some 60 files on a large range of subjects, such as: Pampisford Hall and Gardens Pampisford Places St John’s Church Local Archaeology Pampisford Mill People and Places Pampisford Brewery Village WW1 The Village Schools The Basque Children Village Maps Eastern Counties Leather Newspaper Cuttings Parachute Club Dispute History of Pampisford Linton Workhouse Pampisford in Pictures First copies Panser News Joe Brand’s Diary WW1 6 of 20 There is fourth box containing a comprehensive slide collection showing the village “Then and Now”, through the years. Included is a thumbnail index of the slides. Once again, it would be a great benefit (if it becomes possible in future) to transfer the slides to disc efficiently, with more up-to- date technology? The above book is not in the Archive. To be frank my memory is not as good as it was and I have forgotten about some of the material that I put together over the years. If anyone has any questions about the village etc, it’s much better to access the Archive in the Cambridge Collection but allow for some time. There’s a lot there. The people at the Cambridge Collection are a friendly lot. I am sure there are still things to research on Pampisford, for those who might be interested but there is no point in going over old ground that has already been covered, unless you can add to or correct information already collated. If you want a flavour of the old village, I recommend reading Joe Brand’s Diary kept during WW1. He was the village postmaster at that time. And was first to receive telegrams etc. about villagers serving in the forces. Olive Mayo 7 of 20 FROM THE VICARAGE SEASON of mists and mellow frui5ulness6 Close boso)9friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring 2ith him ho2 to load and bless With fruit the vines that round the thatch9eaves run; Ao bend 2ith apples the mossBd coCage9trees, And Ell all fruit 2ith ripeness to the core; Ao s2ell the gourd, and plump the haFel shells With a s2eet kernel; to set budding more, And sHll more, later Io2ers for the bees, UnHl they think 2arm days 2ill never cease, Lor Summer has oBer9brimm'd their clammy cells. from ‘To Autumn’ by John Keats When I was at school I learned this poem by Keats and I have had it my mind over the last few weeks as we bask in the beauDful early autumn weather. My heart and mind are moved to give than8s to God for the beauty and fruiCulness of our countryside and these words of 5eats seem to epitomise an English Autumn. Every Dme I wal8 the dog I see many large and shiny con8ers with their burnished perfecDon as they tumble to the ground and their close Bng spi8y green shells break open. SEuirrels and school children ali8e reFoice to see these appearing. At the start of October we gather as church and village communiDes to give than8s to God for the Harvest and the Iampisford Harvest FesDval service takes place at 4pm on October 2nd followed by a celebratory tea in the village hall.