March 2017 2 Girton Parish News Publication Information the Village Diary Editor: Angela Blackburn, 141 Thornton Rd, CB3 March 0NE, Tel
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March 2017 2 Girton Parish News Publication Information The Village Diary Editor: Angela Blackburn, 141 Thornton Rd, CB3 March 0NE, tel. 528278, email gpned@girton- Thur. 2 Club 55, film t.b.a., 12 noon cambs.org.uk Secretary: Sheila Bowler, tel. 276914 St Vincent’s Close Community Centre Advertising Manager and Treasurer: Marion Girton WI, The Pavilion, 7.30pm Fisher, 117 High St, CB3 0QQ, tel. 570866, Annual Meeting email [email protected] Fri. 3 Rotary Memory Café, 10am–12 noon St Vincent’s Close Community Centre Copy should be submitted to the Editor in electronic form as Word or Text files, with any Impington Music Society, IVC, 7.30pm photos, graphics or logos submitted as separate Stephen Purse Foudation School students attachments, not embedded in the file. Questions Sat. 4 Girton Walking Group, Wimpole Park walk about submission should be addressed to the Meet 10am at Wimpole Car Park Editor. Sun. 5 Girton College Music Society, 5.30pm Renaissance Music for Voices and Brass The editorial team reserves the right to edit, accept or reject any material submitted for publication. Thur. 9 Girton Garden Society, St Vincent’s Close, The views expressed within the magazine are those 7.30pm, Hanging Baskets – Lamorna Thomas of the contributors and do not necessarily reflect Sat. 11 FOGG Jumble Sale, 11am those of the editorial team. Girton Glebe School Sun. 12 Girton College Music Society, 2.30pm A copy of the magazine is available on the Girton website at www.girton-cambs.org.uk, where you Quintets ad Trios may also find expanded versions of selected items. Mon. 13 Girton Cricket Club, Quiz Night, 8pm The George Advertisements Tues. 14 Girton Neighbourhood Watch, meeting Prices for placing advertisements in the Girton St Vincent’s Close, 7.30pm (all welcome) Parish News, in black-and-white or colour, can be had on application to the Advertising Manager. Wed. 15 Club 55, 12 for 12.30pm Lunch at The George, Girton The advertising policy of the Girton Parish News Parish Council Meeting, 7.30pm aims to promote enterprises and activities from St Vincent’s Close Community Centre within Girton. The space available for Fri. 17 Impington Music Society, IVC, 7.30pm advertisements is limited, and preference is given to businesses founded, situated, controlled and Guitar and Cello operated within Girton. The Girton Parish News Sun. 19 Girton College Music Society, 2.30pm reserves the right to decline to publish any Recitalists in Concert advertisement which the Advertising Manager Wed. 29 Huntingdon Road Surgery, 6.30pm considers not to meet the objectives of this policy. Preventing and Managing Diabetes NW Cambridge Development, from 8.30am The Girton Parish News is produced and Fri. 31 distributed entirely by volunteers from the Site tours (booking essential) village, including the following: Girton WI Craft Club, 2–4pm, St Andrew’s North Room (non-members welcome) Typesetters Sam Clift, Maxine Fay, Claire Impington Music Society, IVC, 7.30pm Lightley, Bill Rothwell ‘Singing for Fun’ Distribution Manager Rosemary Jones, tel. 276491 Editors and Proofreaders Chris Bowler, CONTENTS Wendy de Horsey, Mike Fay, Marion Fisher, John Gibson, Alison Giles, Carol Huxley, Parish Council and Councillor’s Reports – pp. 5–6 Jenny Knights, Mike Pearson, Nicola Pearson, Forthcoming Events – pp.8–11 Matthew Vernon Scoreboard – pp.20–21 Webmasters Andrew Haylett, Paul Greaney Girton Green Fingers – p.19 and many others. If you are interested in becoming Natural Girton – p.23 involved in any capacity, please contact the Editor. Girton Profiles – p.29 Printed by Riverport Press, Unit 3, Bramley Rd, St Ives, Cambs. PE27 3WS, Tel: 01480 492593 Contact numbers for bookings can be found on page 34 Copy date for April issue: Wed. 15 March. Issue date: Sat. 1 April. Covers 1 April–5 May. March 2017 3 4 Girton Parish News GIRTON PARISH COUNCIL The following are amongst items discussed at Parish Council meetings and information received by the Clerk. At our February meeting, the Council agreed the new fees structure for Pavilion and sports sites for the coming OPEN DOORS CONSTRUCTION financial year. The Council also agreed to replace the post and rail fencing at Mayfield Triangle, and approved a EVENT contractor to undertake a three-year rotation of hedgeworks AT NORTH WEST CAMBRIDGE at Girton Recreation Ground. DEVELOPMENT Regarding the Girton Town Charity’s plans for the area North West Cambridge Development site tours between St Andrew’s Churchyard and the car park, the Parish Council seeks residents’ views on the proposal to Friday 31 March 2017 replace the existing bus shelter. Please get in touch with the The North West Cambridge Development will be Clerk to make your views known, before this issue is participating in the construction industry’s Open discussed at the next Parish Council Meeting. Doors event, offering the local community the Traffic issues opportunity to see behind the scenes of the University The Council continues to receive complaints about of Cambridge’s largest capital development project on inconsiderate parking in the village, and proposes placing Friday 31 March. posters in ‘parking blackspots’ to urge motorists to park The event, organised by the site-wide infrastructure responsibly. contractor, Skanska, will showcase the development Many of the village’s grass verges have been damaged by under construction through a walking tour along a vehicles driving or parking on them. We would ask designated safe route led by the contracting team. On residents to contact the Clerk with details of damaged the day, visitors will receive an introduction to the verges so we can plan to have them repaired. scheme; a health and safety briefing; a walking tour Ongoing works on the A14 will mean disruption to bus of the site; and a chance to see first-hand the services to Cambridge Crematorium, where the bus stop is development under construction. currently suspended. Our County Councillor is With over one thousand people working on-site daily investigating this. to build the new district, and multiple contractors At the time of going to press, resurfacing treatment works working to complex logistics, the construction of the and pot-hole patching on Girton Road are scheduled for the new district is well underway for the first phase of the end of February, and it is hoped that these works will North West Cambridge Development. Preparations improve conditions for road users through our village. are being made for the arrival of the first residents in ‘Wings for Life World Run’ through Girton – 7th May spring 2018. 2017 The Open Doors event will run on Friday 31 March All residents should be aware that the ‘Wings for Life’ from 8.30am–2pm and will include walking tours at worldwide running event will go through Girton again this three intervals. Booking is necessary as capacity is year, with rolling road closures on Huntingdon Road, limited. Early booking is advisable. Parking is Girton Road and Cambridge Road from 12 noon until 2pm available on the construction site. Due to site on Sunday 7th May. The hotline number for queries is restrictions, the site is not fully accessible and age 0203 117 2092 and the website is restrictions apply. Please contact us through the www.wingsforlifeworldrun.com/gb/en/cambridge/ if you’d booking form to raise an enquiry if you have any like more information. questions. NeXt meetings The next meetings of the Parish Council will be held on Booking for tours is required through Wednesday 15th March and Wednesday 19th April, both www.opendoors.construction starting at 7.30pm at St Vincent’s Close Community For more information, contact Biky Wan, PR Centre. Members of the public are welcome to attend all Manager for the North West Cambridge Development Parish Council meetings, and to speak in the open session at the University of Cambridge. at the start. T: 01223 332253 M: 07795 580475 [email protected] March 2017 5 From Our Councillors web application form simplifies the way people can County Councillor Lynda Harford apply for or renew a Blue Badge and even does away with the need for the uploading of documents. You may recall that last year when the County Council Applying through met to set its budget for 2016/17 there was much political www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/bluebadges saves time for divergence and the meeting lasted for the best part of 12 applicants and money for the Council – around £80,000 hours before marginal consensus was reached. This year a year! we were better prepared for a long meeting and started 3 hours earlier than usual, and whilst consensus was Locally I am working with parents of children attending arrived at more quickly than last year, within 6 hours this the University Primary School on the issue of safe time, it was again extremely marginal. The opening access for pedestrians and cyclists. I am too pursuing position assumed that last year’s 2% levy for Adult the issue of the suspended bus stop at Cambridge Social Care would be maintained. A number of proposals Crematorium to which I am hopeful of prompt for amendment ranged from levying absolutely nothing resolution. to the other extreme of opting for the full amount that If you would like to know more about what’s hap- government would allow: 4.99% (1.99% on Council Tax pening at Cambridgeshire County Council, please plus 3% for Adult Social Care). The final decision was to let me know and I will add you to the circulation maintain the status quo and levy only 2% for Adult of the full report I write monthly for parish coun- Social Care as last year.