July 2016 Now Reaching 3500 People Every Month Let’S Party !
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Issue 374 July 2016 Now reaching 3500 people every month Let’s Party ! HONOUR P12 DESERVED FOLKSWORTH WW2 VETERAN RECEIVES FRANCE’S HIGHEST HONOUR RAISING P9 THE ROOF SCHOOL CHOIR’S SUCCESS AT THE ALBERT HALL HALL P3 PROGRESS CAN YOU HELP RUN STILTON’S NEW COMMUNITY CENTRE? GREAT P19 CAPABILITY COME AND LEARN ABOUT CAPABILITY Don’t miss the Folksworth Summer Fete! BROWN Fun and entertainment for all the family. Why not form a team of strong men and win the tug-of-war? Beer all round for the winners! See the advert on page 20. INCORPORATING FOLKLORE, FOR READERS IN FOLKSWORTH AND THE SURROUNDING VILLAGES SCAN 374 July 2016 SCAN is published by The Stilton Community Association. All articles, original artwork and the SCAN name & logo are copyright. All trade marks recognised. Views of contributors are not necessarily endorsed by The Stilton Community Association. Reprints available from the Editor on request. Editor: Advertising: Production: Distribution: Olive Main 241206 Christine Kime 243336 Kelvin Davis 244140 Hazel James Advertising Rates: Monthly Annual Full page: £30 £330 19 x 12.7 cm Half page: £15 £165 9 x 12.7 cm landscape - 19 x 6 cm portrait 1/3 page: £10 £110 6 x 12.7 cm landscape - 12.5 x 6 cm portrait 1/6 page: £5 £55 6 x 6 cm All advertising copy or instructions to the Advertising Manager by 10th of month prior to publication. Payment in advance to Stilton Community Association - NO PAY, NO DISPLAY! Advertisement orders MUST be accompanied by the advertiser’s name, address and telephone number. You can use the order form on www.stilton.org All other copy to the Editor, 8 Caldecote Road, Stilton Printed by: by 14th of month prior to publication. Digital material in a neutral PC format please. email: [email protected] GREY BIN DAYS: Index to Advertisers Category Monday 4th, 18th July, Service Page Retail Watch & Clock 38 st 1 August Charity 40 Pharmacy 4 Stilton Furnishings 37 GARDEN BIN AND Health & Yoga 37 RECYCLING DAYS: Fitness Foot care 31, 41, 43 Financial Accountancy / Payroll 39, 44 th th Monday 11 , 25 July, Animals Vet, pet care 31, 39, 43 th 8 August Personal Hair & Beauty 34 Counselling 42 Folksworth Trades Building services 33, 39, 41, 43 RECYCLING BIN DAYS: Conservatories 40 Heating / Plumbing 38, 42, 44 th th Monday 11 ,25 July, Electrical / TV 42 8th August Computer services 35 Garden services 35, 41 GARDEN BIN DAYS: Recycling 36, 38 Tuesday 12th, 26th July, Removals 38 Travel Community bus 11, 32 th 9 August Professional Architect / Civils 35 www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/bins Funeral services 34 Childcare Pre-school 34, 39 2 Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! SCAN 374 July 2016 The Parish Pump Local News It’s All Coming Together ! COMMUNITY CENTRE PROJECT NEWS We draw ever nearer to the day when we you think it sounds interesting please talk can boast that Stilton has some of the best to Chris Walford (241376) Olive Main community facilities in this area. It’s taken (241206) or Dee Darnell (240250) in the 50 years to get to this point; much hard work first instance. by people who are now long gone; the WHAT'S IN A NAME? efforts of successive Parish Councils and, for the last five years, the immense push by For a long time names for the new building the members of the Project Steering Group. have been bandied around. It has been decided that it will not be named after any The work is not yet completed and one person. One suggestion is Stilton's volunteers are still needed, particularly to Community Centre. This was favoured help develop governance and management because it was felt to be inclusive; the systems. We need help with marketing, building and field belong to everyone in event management, catering, housekeeping, Stilton and everyone will be able to use it book-keeping, IT. If you can volunteer just for a wide range of activities. If you can a few hours a month then please get in touch think of something better, or if you like the with Olive Main (241206) in the first suggested name let us know. instance. THE CROWNING GLORY NEWS FROM THE PROJECT Thanks to Les Gajur (the designer) a Every day sees great progress towards the resident of Church Close, and Darke Steel day when the first event will be held in the (the fabricators), a beautiful weather vane new building. There has already been some depicting a red kite will be fixed on top of decorating of the changing rooms, thanks the new hall. Thanks also to the children of to a cheerful working party armed with Stilton School who submitted some rollers and litres of paint. Plans for fitting excellent designs. out the kitchen, changing rooms and office HEALTH & SAFETY are well under way. How the facility will EXPERT NEEDED be managed is now under discussion. SCAN is carrying an advert for a Facilities The Management Group of the Village Manager. We realize that a very special Community centre are looking for advice person is needed and that, as the project on Health & Safety. If you can offer your grows and develops, the published job services please contact Olive Main (241206) description will most probably change. If Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! 3 SCAN 374 July 2016 HUNTINGDONSHIRE ASSOCIATION FOR COMMUNITY TRANSPORT The Ring & Ride service for the Huntingdonshire area Monday – Peterborough Door-to-door transport. FREE with bus pass! Tuesday – Peterborough Unlimited use. Membership only £10 per year. Wednesday – Huntingdon Thursday – Peterborough You can bring shopping trolleys and wheelchairs. Friday – Stamford They also offer day trips (coastal and shopping) Monthly – Corby, Bar Hill, St Neots, and pub lunches! Morrisons at Cambourne 01480 411114 www.hact-cambs.co.uk www.facebook.com/hact.transport Stilton Parish Council Clerk: Mrs. Mary Croll 10 Caldecote Road, Stilton Peterborough, PE7 3RH Tel: 01733 241042 Email: [email protected] PLAYING FIELD CLOSED Under the Health and Safety act 1974 the playing field will be CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE to enable essential maintenance work to be undertaken to improve the playing field surface. By Order of the Parish Council Mary Croll, Clerk to Stilton Parish Council 4 Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! SCAN 374 July 2016 CONSULTATION ON THE FUTURE OF THE Is Your Vehicle MEMORIAL HALL Parked Safely? When the new building is completed, groups who presently use the Memorial Hall will Go to Cambs. Fire and Rescue largely move up there. So there are decisions tweet@Cambsfrs to see the growing to be made about the future of the Memorial problem caused by inconsiderately parked Hall. Stilton Parish Council appreciate the cars. Watch fire engines crawling down a affection many feel for the Hall and also street in Stanground trying to get to an revere its War Memorial plaques, so we emergency call. want to know the community's views. The tweet points out that there is a £5000 If you would like to take part in this fine for obstructing emergency vehicles. consultation, there will be a meeting in the We'd all be supportive of any relevant Memorial Hall on a Saturday in September; prosecution. The film ends 'if in doubt find date to be announced in August’s SCAN. somewhere else to park'. A good motto for a sizeable number of people in Stilton. Recycling Events GOT AN OLD ELECTRICAL ITEM THAT HAS LOST ITS SPARK? RECAP (Recycle for Cambridgeshire and Saturday 2nd July Peterborough) are running six events where City Road car park, near the March Library, you can take your unwanted electrical items. PE15 9LS Essentially, anything with a plug or a battery! Saturday 9th July Six million waste electrical and electronic Tesco Ely (TBD) items are thrown away every year, yet half of these can be reused or recycled. As such Sunday 17th July products contain recoverable high-value Trumpington Park & Ride, CB2 9FT materials such as gold plating, or materials such as rechargeable cells which shouldn’t Saturday 23rd July be dumped in landfill, the economic and St Ives Park & Ride, Meadow Lane, environmental benefits are considerable. St. Ives, PE27 4LG There may not be a special rubbish Saturday 6th August collection this year, so if you need to get WEEE Reuse Facility, Peterborough, rid of any waste electrical product - from a PEI 5XG worn out washing machine to a dead pocket calculator - bring it along to one of these For more about recycling opportunities, go events: to www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/recap/ Be sure to tell our advertisers you found them in SCAN! 5 SCAN 374 July 2016 Stilton Memorial Hall Hiring Charges Hourly charge £6.50 / hour Adult party/event £65 (minimum 2 hours) Commercial £15 / hour Children's party £40 (minimum 2 hours) How to Book the Hall To book the Hall, please contact the Booking Clerk, Sue Smith: (01733) 240414 | [email protected] | 07 522 601 459 or use the online booking form on www.stilton.org If leaving a message, please provide a LANDLINE PHONE NUMBER and you will be contacted promptly. (It’s very expensive having to reply to lots of mobiles!) If using email, please be sure to give us your CORRECT email address and check your spam box if you don’t receive a prompt reply. Parish Meeting Room The Parish Room will be open from 10am to 11am immediately following Parish Council meetings, which are on the Wednesday following the second Tuesday in the month.