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VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY..BURROUGH GREEN..CARLTON..WESTLEY WATERLESS MARCH 2012 ??? QUIZ NIGHT ??? BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL THE BULL – BURROUGH GREEN FRIDAY 16th MARCH What’s On In March 7.30pm Teams of 6 or fewer. If you haven’t got a team then SATURDAY 17th MARCH. come along and join in with others. (St. Patrick’s Day) Minimum donation of £8 each on the door to include LIVE MUSIC – 8.30PM Shepherds Pie, (veggie Shepherd), peas/sweetcorn., ** Bing your own nibbles, Bar SUNDAY 18th MARCH To aid with numbers for catering please book your MOTHERS DAY LUNCH place with Franca on 01638 508199 Soup of the Day IN AID OF BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL Roast Beef, Yorkshire Pudding, ??????????????????????????????????????????????? Roast Potatoes and seasonal vegetables BRINKLEY AUCTION Homemade Apple & Blackcurrant Pie with Custard SATURDAY 28th APRIL £19.50 (bookings now being taken) in Brinkley Memorial Hall. ** Viewing Friday evening 27th April 01638 507480 Promises of interesting household objects have ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ already been made for the forthcoming auction in ST 1 BRINKLEY GUIDES CONCERT aid of Brinkley Church. Now is the time to de-clutter those objects which TUESDAY 27 MARCH 7.30PM you can spare and at the same time find space for Brinkley Memorial Hall the fascinating items which with your help will comprise the auction. £3 adult £1.50 child Donated items will be most welcome or 50% for the Including light refreshments donor and 50% for the Church is your option. Raising funds to help Joanna Turvey who has been Collection of items can be arranged. selected to go to Mexico to represent Girlguiding Please contact John Robertson on 01638 507484 or Cambridgeshire East John Kaye on 01638 507094. Tickets available at guide meetings ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ or Contact 01638 507700 CARLTON OIL SYNDICATE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Next order date Mon. 5th March. Please inform Helen Coppen (on behalf of Jean Motley) of your 7 13 22 BINGO 66 71 98 requirements before the 5th. Call 01223 290795 or email [email protected] SATURDAY 10th MARCH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Burrough Green Reading Room SCRABBLE & MAHJONG In March we meet on Mondays 12th & 26th. Do 59 at 7.30pm 47 come and join us for a game of Scrabble or Mahjong. Eyes down at 8pm New players always welcome at The Community Come along and have some fun. Room, Sheriff’s Court, Burrough Green. 7.30pm. IN AID OF BURROUGH GREEN PLAYGROUP ~~~~~~ £2 includes refreshments. Trish 01638 507495. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RADFIELD HUNDRED GROUP QUIZ NIGHT & AUCTION OF PROMISES th MONDAY 19th MARCH 7.45pm at Brinkley SATURDAY 24 MARCH 7.30pm Memorial Hall. This month our speaker is Mr Chris Winter giving a talk on Great Bradley Village Hall ‘How to Grow Old Disgracefully’. Tickets £10 including supper Please come along if you are interested in joining our From school or playgroup IN AID OF BURROUGH GREEN SCHOOL AND small group. New members always welcome. PLAYGROUP ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VILLAGE WEBSITES ELLESMERE GARDEN CLUB www.brinkleyvillage.co.uk www.burroughgreen.com At the recent Garden Club AGM the existing Do have a look at the websites which contain lots of committee members were re-elected unopposed, and information about the villages and also have links to invitations extended to ordinary members to join. archive material. The Village Voice newsletter is No nominations were received. available on both sites for the current month and We welcome one of our most popular speakers when several previous issues. Peter Jackson returns to the club on Wednesday ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 14th March to talk about “Feeding your family from Want to get out more? a plot”. Meet at 8pm in the Ellesmere Centre to Can’t find a reliable babysitter? have refreshments and buy your raffle tickets while I’m eighteen, experienced with children of all ages, the committee set up the meeting in the small hall. I’ve been CRB checked. The increase in number of members attending has Call Joanna on 01638 507700 (Brinkley) meant we have outgrown the Gredley Room for most ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ of our events! BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL Subscriptions are now due, kept at £10 for an If you wish to hire the hall, please contact individual or £15 a couple – no increase over last Susie Shuter on 01638 508729 year’s prices, so a fantastic bargain, especially ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ considering all the subsidised events we enjoy CATHOLIC SERVICES throughout the year. Come to the next meeting to NEWMARKET & KIRTLING. get your programme and discount card for the local Mass Times Simpson’s Nursery when you pay your subs. Saturday 6.30pm Newmarket Make a note of the following month’s talk Sunday 9.00am Kirtling “Greenhouse Gardening” with Mark Ekin on 10.30am Newmarket Wednesday 4th April, and get in touch with Sandie Holy Days 9.00am Newmarket on 507542 if you have any queries about the club. 12noon Kirtling ~~~~~~~ 7.30pm Newmarket Our Lady with St. Etheldreda, Exeter Road, ELLESMERE GARDEN CLUB 2012 PROGRAMME Newmarket. Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling th Main Address: 14 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 12 May : Spring Plant and Bulb Sale. 10am-noon EC 8LT. Telephone: 01638 662492 20th May : Coach trip to RHS Wisley Email: [email protected] Leave EC 8.30am. Depart 4.30pm Brinkley contact, John Conti 01638 508304 20th June : Visit Streetly End Gardens. West ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wickham, CB21 4RP . Leave EC 6.45 pm shared cars. KATY’S BABYSITTING £2.50 per person followed by pub supper th Katy Ensch – Aged 16 11 July : Summer BBQ. 7pm at Ruth and John 01223 291947 (Carlton) Dennis’s house 20 High St, Stetchworth th I have passed a babysitting course and a first aid 15 July 21st ; ANNUAL FLOWER & CRAFT SHOW. course for young children. Dog show & many other attractions. Opens 1pm to ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ public. EC MOBILE LIBRARY August : No meeting th The Mobile Library will be at Brinkley Memorial Hall 5 September : Talk 'A Walk Around the Gardens On the 4th Wednesday of each month between 3.15- of the World’ with Doreen Whitelock.. 8pm EC. rd 4.30pm. 28th March 2012 3 October : Talk ‘Pests and Diseases’ with Mark ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Ekin. 8pm EC. ICY PATHS 14th November : Talk ‘Wimpole Hall Garden, Past, The recent cold and icy spell caused a few problems Present and Future’ with Philip Whaites, Head for us old folk in Brinkley. Living at the bottom of Gardener. 8pm EC Old School Lane when the grit box is at the top 12th December : Christmas Party venue to be meant we couldn’t get out and living at the top of confirmed Beechcroft with no grit box at all was just as bad. Some of the speakers will be bringing plants for sale Please think of us when planning these things. EC = Ellesmere Centre. Margaret & Rita ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ VILLAGE VOICE DEADLINE RECYCLING Articles for the March edition of Village Voice to Brown sack dates for March are Thursdays 8th & [email protected] 01638 507495 th 22nd. by 20 March please ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you don’t have internet access, you can call 01223 507176 to arrange this or to discuss any other events that you would like to organise. THE OLYMPICS 2012 – a great opportunity to celebrate and get involved in Cambridgeshire. Cultural events will also be taking place, including the For the sporting…. UK’s biggest ever cultural festival and the ‘Walk the As Olympic fever spreads across the country, many World’ campaign which encourages residents to join of us might feel inclined to get involved in some new the race to find local connections to all 206 nations sporting activities, whether in a competitive manner taking part in the Olympics (see or just for a bit of fun. www.walktheworld.org.uk). Information on local Numerous events are going on nationally – the Big cultural events will also be available on Dance Week in July, the ‘Gold Challenge’ where you www.cambridgeshire.net as they are announced. can raise money for charity by trying 5, 10, 20 or 30 And finally, if you have been inspired by the 70,000 Olympic and Paralympic sports, ‘Hopscotch to people who have registered as Olympic and Victory’ which is a world record attempt taking place Paralympic volunteers, you can sign up to volunteer in June, and for those who fancy something a little at local events at less strenuous, there is ‘All the Bells’ which calls on www.volunteeringcambsandpboro.org.uk. residents to ring any kind of bell they can between ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 8am and 8.03am on 27th July. More information HELP AVAILABLE about these activities and many more can be found If you need help or advice with daily living – just on the main Olympic and Paralympic website AskSARA! www.london2012.com. If you do not have access to A website offering help and advice to people with a the internet and would like to find out more about range of day-to-day needs is now available with the national activities, telephone 0845 2672012. information localised for people living in There will also be many sporting events and Cambridgeshire. activities taking place locally. These will be listed on www.livingsport.co.uk or you can contact LIVING AskSARA is a self-help guide that enables you to SPORT on 01487 841559. Events will