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VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY..BURROUGH GREEN..CARLTON..WESTLEY WATERLESS MAY 2010 BURROUGH GREEN PRIMARY SCHOOL SCRABBLE and MAHJONG PTA QUIZ NIGHT Come along on MONDAY 10th MAY at 7.30pm for a The PTA Quiz Night & Auction of Promises friendly game of Scrabble or Mahjong. Beginners and with quiz masters Mike Brophy and Paul England experts always welcome. We meet in the Community The PTA invites you to join in a fun evening Room at Sheriff’s Court for a game or two and tea and SATURDAY 8TH MAY 2010 cake! £2. Trish 01638 507495 Great Bradley Village Hall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 7:30pm for an 8pm start BURROUGH GREEN AND DISTRICT ARCHIVE GROUP Tickets £9 to include Invite you to join them for an evening with Fish & Chips/Chicken & Chips supper MIKE PETTY Bring your own refreshments and nibbles! Cambridgeshire researcher, historian and lecturer. Summer Hamper and other prizes to be won in the raffle. For a talk on Tickets available from the PTA via the school Vanishing Cambridgeshire ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Unique pictures of a lost county RAF WRATTING COMMON There will be a service at 12 noon on Sunday May 30th BURROUGH GREEN READING ROOM 2010, this will be held at the Memorial Stone which is THURSDAY MAY 27th at 7.30pm situated at Weston Woods Farm, Weston Colville. The Also a chance to see a Pictorial History of Cadets of 1451 (Haverhill) Squadron Air Training Corps Burrough Green School will parade their Standard. We remember all who have Entrance £2.00 including refreshments served and still serving in the Services, and especially Contact Martin 01223 209476 those who served at RAF Wratting Common, ground Marilyn 01638 508177 staff and air crew. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Everyone is welcome to attend this service. Special date for your diary Suzanne Langford. Telephone no. 01223 290353. CARLTON CELEBRITY CRICKET MATCH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SUNDAY 13th JUNE 2010 ELY’S EEL DAY At The Old Rectory, Carlton ST SATURDAY 1 MAY From 11.00am Procession around the eel trail starts at 10.30am – all IN AID OF TEENAGE CANCER TRUST’S welcome. Followed by activities in Jubilee Gardens from ADDENBROOKE’S APPEAL 11am-4pm including ; National Eel throwing competition, and The English Schools Cricket Association Annual Town Crier Competition, Living History International stars of sport and show business Encampment, Arena events, Children’s activities, Folk Live Music : Licensed Bar : Food & Craft Stalls : Music, real Ale, Hog Roast etc…etc… Children’s Entertainment : Fairground Attractions : ELY BANK HOLIDAY MARKETS Raffle & Auction A great selection of all your favourite stalls from Ely’s with Lars Tharp from Antiques Roadshow – your Farmers, general and craft and collectable markets, and auctioneer for the day more , plus family entertainment. Entrance – Adults £10 rd st Monday 3 May : Monday 31 May Children under 14 free (donations welcome) 9.00am – 3.30pm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BURROUGH GREEN CHURCH FETE RADFIELD HUNDRED SUNDAY 13TH JUNE 2010 TH MONDAY 17 MAY Please make a note of the date in your Diaries and 7.45pm in Brinkley Memorial Hall ring if you can help! John Hewson is giving a talk on Sweet Peas, Hanging There will be all the usual STALLS, Baskets and growing vegetables in containers. SIDE SHOWS, TOMBOLA, GRAND RAFFLE, New members always welcome. CHILDRENS COMPETITIONS, BBQ, BEER TENT, Call Doris on 01638 507717 for details. ICE CREAMS, CAKE STALL, PLANT STALL, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ CLASSIC CARS, BRINKLEY BELLS BRIC A BRAC, AND LOTS MORE…. The Barley Bellringers will be visiting Brinkley church For more information please contact Lucy Talbot st to ring the bells at 2.30pm on Saturday 1 May 2010. 01638 507060 or Pauline King 01638 507796 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE DISTRICT Home Boarding of Dogs COUNCILLORS’ NOTES (APRIL 2010) The Council has introduced an annual licensing scheme Climate Change Commitment for domestic properties which board dogs as a The Council formally “acknowledges the increasing business. Previously, a licence has been required for impact that climate change will have on our kennels, but it is now considered essential to cover all community during this century and commits to premises in the interest of the welfare of dogs and tackling the causes and effects of a changing climate to protect neighbours from nuisance. This provision is on our District”. Helping to reduce greenhouse gas covered under existing national legislation dating emissions from residential properties is where the back to 1963. The licence will allow up to three dogs Council can work to have the most impact. It will to be boarded at home from one other property. An provide reliable advice on saving energy, advice on inspection of the premises will be carried out before various types of technology such as heat pumps and a licence is issued and at other times thereafter. solar panels, and advice on reliable installers, grants, Christine Bryant (01223 811767) and Robert Stevens loans and boiler scrapping schemes. Other aspects (01223 811643) are insulation standards for new houses, renewable ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ energy generation, reducing the need for car travel BRINKLEY LIONS FOOTBALL CLUB… would like to and improving older properties. thank all of the support they received for the race night on the 10th April at Burrough Green. It was a Plastic Bottle Banks very successful evening which saw just over £800 As householders are aware, the Council has raised for the football club. Thanks again for regrettably withdrawn its kerbside collection of everyone who attended and to Mark and Sandie from plastic bottles which it introduced two years ago. The Bull who helped in organising the night. Our last This service cut allowed a saving of about £3.50 per home game this season is 2nd May v The Phoenix; household per year, despite Veolia still needing to kick off at 10.30am. We would appreciate any collect the bottles from the bottle banks, or in black support. Aaron. rubbish sacks if residents cannot get to a bottle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bank. This cut was not supported by your two District RECYCLING Councillors. Plastic bottle banks may be found at Brown sack dates for May are Thursdays 6th and Bottisham Primary School, Brinkley Memorial Hall, 20th. Lode Social Club and Westley Waterless Social Club. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Also at Stetchworth’s Ellesmere Centre and in NEWSPAPER RECYCLING! Vicarage Close in Swaffham Bulbeck. In Cambridge, PINEHAWK KENNELS, CARLTON they may be found at the Tescos in Milton and Pinehawk do a wonderful job looking after dogs; they Fulbourn. Also at McDonalds and Tescos in need lots and lots of newspapers to act as temporary Newmarket Road, at the Beehive Centre and at bedding, and they often run short. Sainsburys in Coldham’s Lane. All these recycling banks in Cambridge also have receptacles for If you could find room to keep your old newspapers in TetraPak liquid cartons. a box for a couple of weeks or so, and then give Andy The TetraPak banks in Brinkley and Westley Wylie a ring when the box is full, he would be very Waterless have now been removed by TetraPak. pleased and grateful to come and collect them from (Nearest bank is Depot Rd , Newmarket) you. Andy's number is 01223 290249. Many thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rural Transport Review LITTER – BURROUGH GREEN POND The Council’s Transport Policy Officer has conducted Will the parents whose children play and fish around a comprehensive review of rural transport services in our village pond please teach them about litter. the District. The review looks at the provision of It's quite simple:- buses and trains, and the Dial-a-Ride and SPOT A BIN Shopmobility schemes operating into and within OR Cambridge, Newmarket and Ely. It has also looked at TAKE IT HOME the Community Car and Taxi Voucher Schemes. It has ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ considered the needs of the young, elderly, students, FREE TO GOOD HOME. the mobility-impaired and workers who may not have Ladies 3 speed Raleigh Caprice bike. cars or are able to drive. Cambridgeshire County Tel : 01638 508014 Council has the overall responsibility for transport services, but the District Council advises the County Council and provides funds to help villages in the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ most need. EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP on the side “ADP HOME CARE LTD” and a makers name on it Following the first consultation phase, the East Eye for Williams Trailer. The registration plate on the Cambridgeshire Strategic Partnership (ECSP) is now vehicle was AU07 FHW. Please do not approach anybody developing the new Sustainable Community Strategy, who may be with it but call the Police: 999 if there is a person with the trailer at the time, or 0345 456 456 4 the for launch in April 2011. non-emergency number if the trailer is unattended. The feedback received during phase one of the One was in Dullingham Ley - a caravan was stolen. It was st th consultation (1 March – 20 May 2010) will provide fitted with wheel clamps but these were cut off using Oxy the Partnership with information which organisations Acetylene. If you see anything unusual and are not sure and members of the local communities feel to be of what to do, please call the non-emergency number 0345 456 importance in East Cambs. 456 4 and let the Police know and it can then be checked As a result, the Partnership will produce a draft new out. Strategy which will replace the existing Sustainable One distraction Burglary This was in Ashley - three offenders knocked on the door Community Strategy for 2008-2011 and will run for and tried to gain entry saying “they needed to turn off the 20 years, from 2011-2031. computer as it was costing the neighbour money”. The This new Strategy sets out how services can be occupant did the right thing and refused to allow the men improved and delivered to increase the in.