VILLAGE VOICE BRINKLEY..BURROUGH GREEN..CARLTON..WESTLEY WATERLESS OCTOBER 2011 CARLTON SAFARI SUPPER Saturday October 15th. Brinkley Autumn Supper Join us for a 1920s Camel Train around the village! Fantastic food, wine and company. Brinkley Memorial Hall Friday 4th November 7pm Contact Tracey on 01223 290106 or Helen on 01223 290795 for tickets Tickets : £15 Donation includes supper and a drink from the ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ bar. THE BULL BURROUGH GREEN Vegetarian option available - just let us know HALLOWEEN PARTY Available from: Franca Holden on 01638 508199 SAT 29TH OCT 2011 Join us for a fun evening and enjoy the ‘sights and FANCY DRESS DISCO 8pm sounds’ of autumn! See posters around the village for further details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All proceeds in aid of Brinkley Memorial Hall ALZHEIMER‟S SOCIETY On TUESDAY 4th OCTOBER we will be at the Brinkley Autumn Supper Scarecrows Ellesmere Centre in Stetchworth. We are pleased to Help us find an extra special guest for invite you to our Rural Drop-in between 10am and Brinkley's Autumn Supper this year! 12noon. The Alzheimer‟s Society works with anyone Entries are invited for the most original who is confused and forgetful, their carers and scarecrow, to take pride of place at the families, not just people with Alzheimer„s disease. If Autumn Supper. Scarecrows will be judged in their we can help in any way or you would like to find out gardens over the weekend of 29th & 30th October. more about our groups please call our office on 01223 Further details can be found on the entry forms 884031. which will be available in the porch at Brinkley Church ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ from Sunday 2nd October. Prizes to be: The children, *Children aged 11 and under; £10 Moons voucher and staff and certificate. governors *Children aged over 11; £10 cash. of *Adult category; Free supper ticket. Burrough Green Church of England Primary ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ School RADFIELD HUNDRED GROUP send an open invitation to th all past pupils, past parents and MONDAY 17 OCTOBER those with an interest in the school 7.45pm to the official opening of their new building Brinkley Memorial Hall on Jennifer Parker will be giving a talk on the work of PROVIDING HEARING DOGS FOR DEAF PEOPLE TUESDAY, 18TH OCTOBER, 2011 If you would like to come along and hear about this 6 – 7 p.m. interesting topic please do. A chance to see around the new school More details from Doris on 01638 507717. Refreshments ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ SCRABBLE & MAHJONG Blessing by Our meetings this month are on MONDAYS 10th & Bishop David of Huntingdon th 24 OCTOBER from 7.30pm. As our usual venue isn‟t available for a while we will be meeting in For refreshment and tour guide purposes different places. Please contact the school office on 01638 507236 or email Please ring Trish on 01638 507495 if you would like to [email protected] join us for a game. to confirm your attendance ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Type text] VILLAGE WEBSITES MOBILE LIBRARY www.brinkleyvillage.co.uk www.burroughgreen.com The Mobile Library will be at Brinkley Memorial Hall Do have a look at the websites which contain lots of On the 4th Wednesday of each month between 3.15- information about the villages and also have links to 4.30pm. 26th October 2011. archive material. The Village Voice newsletter is ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ available on both sites for the current month and RECYCLING several previous issues. Brown sack dates for October are Thursdays 6th & ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 20th. Want to get out more? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Can‟t find a reliable babysitter? LOGS FOR SALE I‟m eighteen, experienced with children of all ages, £125 PER LORRY LOAD I‟ve been CRB checked. LARGE BAGS OF KINDLING £2 Call Joanna on 01638 507700 (Brinkley) Call Bill on 01223 290308 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BRINKLEY MEMORIAL HALL LINTON HEALTH CENTRE – FLU CLINICS If you wish to hire the hall, please contact Flu vaccine is recommended for everyone over the age Susie Shuter on 01638 508729 of 65 and for those in certain „at risk‟ groups such as ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ diabetes, heart disease, chronic respiratory disease, CATHOLIC SERVICES liver/kidney disease and those with a weak immune NEWMARKET & KIRTLING. system. Mass Times Once again we will be running three Saturday flu Saturday 6.30pm Newmarket clinics on the 8th October, the 15th October and the Sunday 9.00am Kirtling 5th November. We have over 2,000 patients to 10.30am Newmarket immunise, so do please try to attend one of the Holy Days 9.00am Newmarket Saturday clinics if you possibly can so that we can 12noon Kirtling minimise the impact on the nurse‟s weekday surgeries. 7.30pm Newmarket ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Our Lady with St. Etheldreda, Exeter Road, WANTED Newmarket Please could I borrow 10 bales of straw for the Our Lady & St Philip Neri, Kirtling weekend of 7th October. (It is to be used as seating Main Address: 14 Exeter Road, Newmarket, CB8 8LT. for an event in Brinkley that weekend!) Telephone: 01638 662492 If you can help, please contact 01638 507168. Email: [email protected] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Brinkley contact, John Conti 01638 508304 CONSULTATION ON REVIEW OF THE DECISION ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ TO REMOVE ALL SUBSIDISED BUS SERVICE DULLINGHAM FLOWER CLUB FUNDING th Thursday 13 October 2011 Cambridgeshire County Council wants to hear your at 8.00pm views on changes and reductions being proposed to The Taylor Hall, Dullingham bus services which are supported by financial Harvest Supper (2 courses) contributions from Council funds. This will help us Demonstration by Jane Koopman decide on how we implement the financial savings and, Entitled „Going Dutch‟ where possible, find local solutions. A questionnaire Members £9 Non-members £12 has been compiled to gather your views, which can be Please pre-book your supper before the day accessed at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/busreview. Refreshments - Raffle - Accessories If you do not wish to complete this questionnaire Please contact Lesley Bird for online, paper copies are available by contacting us further information using one of the following means. 01638 508850 or 07786817154 By email: [email protected] By telephone: 0345 045 0675 NOTE – XMAS DEMONSTRATION By post: Cambridgeshire County Council, CC1301, TH ON THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER Castle Court, Shire Hall, Cambridge, CB3 0AP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The closing date for responses to the questionnaire is KATY‟S BABYSITTING 16:00 on Friday 9 December 2011. Katy Ensch – Aged 16 Passenger Transport Services 01223 291947 (Carlton) Cambridgeshire County Council I have passed a babysitting course and a first aid ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ course for young children. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ [Type text] NEWS FROM LINTON VILLAGE COLLEGE what is special about it. The warmth of the welcome As we all know Linton Village College is in a pretty more than compensates for any slight discomfort. area of rural Cambridgeshire. There isn‟t much of a Most people who visit South Africa have little idea cultural mix in the local villages in our catchment area how ordinary people live. and it is for this reason that the school‟s link with a We hope we have left something behind us that lasts: South African Township school is so vital to us. I have the laptops we gave to the teachers should improve now visited the township twice with groups of research and teaching, the sports equipment should students and my most recent visit coincided with the enable a greater variety of activities to be beginning of the summer holiday. experienced and the money we donated to the feeding Before I tell you about the recent visit, let me set scheme will be used to create a dining shelter for the the scene a little. Soshanguve Township is a sprawling poorest children. What I do know is that the trip has mass of breeze-block buildings and some informal made a difference to Linton. Our experiences there dwellings called shacks, made of corrugated metal. are ones we will never forget. The township houses millions of black South Africans: Caroline Derbyshire there are no white people living there at all. The ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ reason for this is that during the apartheid years, STORAGE WANTED black South Africans were not allowed to live in white In or around Brinkley, this could be a watertight areas like those in the nearby city of Pretoria. They garage, outbuilding or similar. lived away from the city and journeyed in to work Willing to pay rent. each day crowded into large taxis. Since the end of Call Mark 01638 507504. apartheid and Nelson Mandela‟s presidency, there are ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ now no laws governing where people of different race BALSHAM CRAFT FAIR and colour can live in South Africa, but the SATURDAY 15th OCTOBER settlements have changed very little. More of the SUNDAY 16th OCTOBER shacks have been converted to houses, KFC and 10.30am – 4pm at Meadow School Balsham McDonalds have moved in and the standard of living Adults £1. Children 50p. for many has improved. However, the area is still ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ exclusively black and, in places, depressingly poor. BURROUGH GREEN PARISH COUNCIL