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Sa wston Scene February – March 2 011 Sawston success stories – the businesswoman, the writer, and the MBE Cycling, running, parachute jumps – and war heroes Pre-school groups and free courses · Rainbows, Brownies, Guides · Youth Club · drama groups · ATC Books · recipes · churches · sports · and news! PLUS Directory of essential info and contacts · Diary of local events · and more… £1 VOLUME 41 ISSUE 6 February – March 2011 contents 43 High Street, Sawston Cambridge CB22 3BG Sa wston Scene Tel: 01223 832939 f You bought Your copY of the Production team and deadlines 4 IScene in a shop, You maY haVe NeWs 4 Adams Harrison has merged with Webb & Partners noticed that the coVer price has Letters 6 and is now able to offer a full range of legal services doubled. Outrageous! SaWston successes: in three counties. Or is it? The Scene had begun Contact us: [email protected] to seem rather underpriced The businessWoman 9 Also at Saffron Walden: 01799 523441 and compared With other magaZines – The MBE 10 and We’Ve been steadilY Haverhill 01440 702485 The Writer 12 increasing the number of pages and adding eXtra Pre-schools pages 14 features, so We hope You’ll agree that it’s Worth it – Schools pages 16 Roland Amey plus it has to be an amount that’s conVenient for Heating & Plumbing our sales boXes! We do Want to reWard the loYaltY Air Training Corps 18 Adult Education 19 Domestic Heating & Plumbing Engineers of eXisting subscribers and encourage more people Renewable Energy Specialists to subscribe, so You can still get a Year’s Worth of Fun Run and Run4Health 19 Heating & Plumbing Maintenance/Repairs issues deliVered to Your door for a measlY £3: You’ll Heroes return to central ItalY 20 find a form tucked inside this issue. Central Heating Installations A cYcle ride: SaWston to HinXton 22 WhY haVe We done aWaY With the pensioners’ Gas, LPG and Oil Boiler Servicing Pull-out DIRECTORY outside centre rate? Well, times are hard but We Weren’t sure that Landlord Certificates NSR Contractors Ltd pensioners as a group are Worse off than others. including DIARY inside centre Gas Safe Registered 12586 I’m not the onlY SaWstonian to haVe lost mY job in SaWston Village HistorY SocietY 24 For all your building and groundwork needs. Oftec Registered 1902 the recession, and there are plentY of people in the The Challis Garden 25 Patios, Foundations, Drainage, walls, Fencing, Driveways, Tel: 01223 835725 Village on loW incomes. We decided We’d rather Garages, Cartlodges, Extensions, Sauceton 25 keep the subs rate loW for eVerYone than faVour Fax: 01223 832058 Asbestos Removal, and much more. Book Club 26 one group and risk being unfair – hmm, Would E-mail: [email protected] 01799 531449 / 07810370228 means-tested subscriptions be a step too far?… Nature Notes 27 www.rolandamey.co.uk 7 Coploe Rise, Saffron Walden, [email protected] The cost of printing the magaZine is almost JHC neWs 27 eXactlY £1 per copY so, like commercial magaZines, Sports 28 this one is subsidised bY adVertising. We’Ve Women’s Institute 28 changed hoW We sell ads, and added more, as We Churches 30 didn’t Want neW businesses to haVe to Wait as ElVis eVening and Sawston Scene Public Meeting 31 much as a Year before theY could haVe a space. But We hope You agree We’Ve kept the balance right. MY faVourite places 32 If You’d like to let us knoW What You think, or Parish Council reports 34 You’re interested in joining our production or District Council report 36 distribution teams, or You haVe ideas for articles or CountY Council report 38 pictures, do come to our annual public meeting! Cultural reWards 40 This Year’s Will be on WednesdaY 2nd March at 7.30 for 8pm in Spicers PaVilion. Come and see AndY’s Allotment 40 the neW building and meet us all oVer a glass of Chrissie’s Kitchen 41 Wine – We look forWard to seeing You there… A daY in the life 42 Beck Laxton COVER : Sheep on the field behind the Black Bull pub in the High Street, EDITOR facing south-west to Huntingdon’s Farm, photographed by Ann Redshaw CB22 3HW February –March 20 11 3 HELPING scientists from Cambridge CHILDREN AND UniVersitY. The Science Sawston Scene News THE ELDERLY Club students are looking A big thank You to forWard to collecting and Stop press! EDITOR Adams Harrison, Who groWing different tYpes of Beck Laxton Just found out a bit of donated a cheque to JHC just algae, and carrYing out 95 High Street, Sawston SPICERS PAVILION news? Let us know! [email protected] SundaY 9th JanuarY Was a loVelY sunnY before Christmas. It is great to eXperiments to discoVer hoW theY morning for Villagers to Visit the nearlY haVe this kind of support from respond to different conditions Contact the Features Editor, FEATURES Yasmin Emerson, at Yasmin Emerson completed Spicers PaVilion (the official local businesses. and food – before finding out hoW [email protected] opening Will be on SundaY 6th March). We Will be able to use the to turn the algae into biofuels. [email protected] The Winter Weather meant that the moneY to help local children Who In other Science department DIARY Denise Adams paVing slabs in front of the building hadn’t liVe in poorer families in neWs, SVC has been selected to If You’re able to spare a feW 01223 565096 Yet been laid – that Was being done a Week SaWston, and to help VerY frail enter the finals of the UK Space hours to help With the running of [email protected] later – but inside it Was looking Wonderful. elderlY people Who Will be finding Design Challenge – and is one the shop – Whether it’s eVerY PICTURES There’s lots of space for changing, separate this Winter a struggle. of onlY thirteen schools from Week, eVerY fortnight or eVen Ann Redshaw facilities for match officials, and easY The picture across the UK to be eVerY month, please contact 01223 834511 access for anYone in a Wheelchair. shoWs, from the inVited to the final Regan NeaVes to find out more [email protected] The communitY room is left, Virginia competition in London on 01223 290956. REPORTS particularlY loVelY, With WindoWs Richmond and at the end of March. HaVe You anY unWanted gifts? Reg Cullum 01223 833724 looking out oVer the field. Christine Gee Closer to home, You Do You need to de-clutter Your [email protected] The architect Was Simon Ward from Adams can look forWard to home? The charitY Welcomes anY Architectural Design, and DTF Harrison, JHC Chair Reg seeing SVC students from the donations, and collection can be SPORT Alan Chamley Building SerVices took oVer the Cullum, and Jill HaYden Who is STEM (Science, TechnologY, arranged. Your help is much 01223 836890 building Work after Inspire noW responsible for all the JHC Engineering and Maths) club in appreciated. Beck Laxton [email protected] Contracting Went into Business operations. We Wish Jill the Schools Zone at the Find out more about the charity at ACCOUNTS receiVership. Chair Eugene Well in her neW role. Mary Irish Cambridge Science FestiVal, www.ccll-cen.org.uk. Rod Webb MurraY kept a close eYe on Susan LaWton of Adams Which runs from 14th to 27th 01223 832601 things, and manY consider that Harrison, Who took the photo, tells March. PrimarY school pupils [email protected] TREES it’s thanks to him that the the Scene that the £200 donation maY also haVe the chance to DOWN DISTRIBUTION & demise of the original builders Was made rather than sending out get inVolVed in other eVents As We go to SUBSCRIPTIONS Jean Osborne didn’t haVe a more dire effect. Christmas cards to business as part of National Science press, We’re 01223 832472 Vice-chair Samantha Clarke associates and clients. “We feel as a and Engineering Week. saYing goodbYe [email protected] and clerk Jo Keeler Were also practice that this is a far better WaY Congratulations to to the tWo ADVERTISING closelY inVolVed. to spread the season of goodWill. scientists at SVC from all at sYcamores that Lorraine Smith Huge thanks are due to Mencap in Saffron Walden and the Scene – We look forWard to Were in the old [email protected] DaVid Ellis of SaWston Cricket the Food Bank in HaVerhill also hearing hoW You get on! Queen’s Head Designed and typeset by Club, Who Worked to get a lot receiVed donations.” Yasmin Emerson car park, right Beck Laxton of the funding. £150,000 Was opposite SaWston Scene ToWers. Printed by giVen bY the English and Welsh ROYAL SOCIETY NEW CHARITY SHOP The neW oWners saY the roots Altone Ltd, Sawston Cricket Board and £110,00 bY GRANT FOR SVC ChernobYl Children’s Life Line – Were undermining both the pub Sawston Scene is not responsible for the the Football Foundation, SCIENCE DEPARTMENT a charitY that helps the children and the Redfort Garden building, opinions expressed by contributors or the £50,000 bY SCDC , £30,000 bY Huge congratulations to the still suffering from the World’s so theY’Ve got permission to content of advertisements WREN recYcling, and £20,000 bY Donarbon; Science Department at SaWston biggest nuclear disaster – tell us remoVe them and Will replace Copyright is retained by the writers, artists the balance of £173,000 Was paid bY the Parish Village College on Winning a theY’re hoping to open their first them With specimen trees. and photographers: please do not reproduce any content without asking permission Council.