Editors: David and Monica Lilley
Distribution: Tony Court
12th
JUNE 2002
Annual General Meeting James Macdonald was re-elected Chairman for the
forthcoming year and Peter Wombwell Vice-Chairman. Reports were received from various village organisations, local
schools, District and County Councils.
The Annual Parish meeting was a short and lively time of discussion
about various local issues.
The Wellcome Trust The Wellcome
Trust has applied for outline permission for the erection of buildings for
research and development, together with ancillary facilities and
infrastructure, on land south of the Genome Campus. The Parish Council has raised various questions on this with the
Wellcome Trust and is in the process of responding to South Cambridgeshire
District Council on these proposals.
Refuse collection Refuse will
be collected a day late (Thursday 6th June) after the Jubilee Bank
Holiday.
Recycling collection Dates are scheduled for 6th (but may be
on the 7th) and 20th
June.
Back Lane We have at last been able to obtain a large amount
of road planings, which Peter Wombwell has kindly spread down the length of
Back Lane. We can now look forward to a much less muddy path next winter.
Jackie
Casement – Parish Clerk
If you have not had time to take a family photograph
please do not worry, a photograph can always be submitted at a later date if you
so wish and remember a photograph is not essential for you to gain entrance,
only a ticket will get you in.
You must obtain your tickets now to ensure your
entrance to the evening’s entertainment regardless of the photograph. We need to know the total number of people
we have to cater for.
The band we have been lucky enough to book is a very popular band that have played all over
the world and at many top London hotels as well as the more popular cruise
ships. We had to book this band months
ago to ensure we could get them.
This whole
day has been organised with the help and hard work of many people, not
to mention the very generous donations that we have received. The point of this event is to celebrate the
Queen’s Jubilee in style and to celebrate it together as a community. It’s not often we get the chance to come
together, especially at an event that would normally cost a fortune, to purely
enjoy ourselves. So come on, get your
tickets and we’ll have a great day – one to remember!
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Services in June |
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Sunday 2nd June |
11.00 a.m. Golden Jubilee Eucharist |
HINXTON |
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(Trinity 1) |
6.30 p.m. Golden Jubilee Evensong |
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Sunday 9th June |
8.00 a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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11.00 a.m. Inona Service |
DUXFORD URC
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6.30 p.m. Sung Evensong (BCP) |
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Sunday 16th June |
9.30 a.m.
Parish Eucharist (Order 1) |
DUXFORD |
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(Trinity 3) |
11.00 a.m. Joint Family Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m.
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Sunday 23rd June |
10.00 a.m.
Joint Family Eucharist |
ST. JOHN’S CHURCH |
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6.30 p.m.
Sung Evensong and |
DUXFORD |
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Holy Communion |
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Sunday 30th June |
10.00 a.m.
Patronal Festival |
DUXFORD
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St. Peter the Apostle) |
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From the Vicar
June is a traditionally a very happy month for the Church, involving a number of special occasions. This year we have even more to celebrate with the Queen’s Golden Jubilee as well. Following on from our open air Songs of Praise at Duxford at the end of May it is now the turn of Hinxton and Ickleton to mark the Jubilee. Join us at Hinxton for a celebration Eucharist at which our guest preacher will be Canon David Wall. We shall be dedicating our beautiful new Millennium window and the service will be followed by coffee and an impromptu barbeque for those who would like to stay. Later that day we shall be gathering at Ickleton for a special evening service at which the choir will be singing ‘Zadok the Priest’. Champagne will be served afterwards.
On a quieter and more devotional note the Feast of St. Columba falls on a Sunday this year and we shall be marking it with a special Iona service at Duxford URC. St. Columba was an Irish saint who founded the first Christian community on Iona in Scotland. Come and find out more about him and about the life and witness of the modern Iona community. Worship and music will be in the Iona style and will be led by Anna Briggs.
Later in the month we shall be keeping the Patronal festivals of two of our four churches, St. John’s Duxford and St. Peter’s Duxford. There has long been controversy over whether St. John’s is really dedicated to St. John the Baptist or to St. John the Evangelist but, since one festival falls in the middle of summer and one in the middle winter, we have always chosen to hold our annual service in St. John’s Church on the feast of St. John the Baptist! If you’ve never been inside this beautiful ancient building then take this opportunity to do so and to admire the recent conservation works which have been going on there.
With God’s blessing Jane Charman
The Jubilee celebrations will end with a special
service in church at 6.30 p.m. on Sunday June 2nd. We have some excellent
local singers and they are all coming together to sing two Coronation
anthems. There will also be well-known
rousing hymns for the congregation to sing.
The service will be followed by a champagne reception
in church.
Do come along to this very special service to give
thanks for the Queen’s fifty year reign.
Rosemary Hayes
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CHAPEL NOTICES – All services start at 3.00 p.m.
Speakers for June
June 2nd Mr. C. Heyhoe
June 9th Rev. J. Graham
June
16th at Chrishall
June
23rd Mrs. B. Kime
June
30th Holy Communion
Rev. J. Gill
At special occasions like the Queen’s Golden Jubilee,
if you are old enough, your memory will go back to the day of the Queen’s
coronation and how you were involved on that day and the traditions associated
with it.
I can remember quite well the 2nd June 1953, which in
Scotland was a cold wet June day. The
wind was so cold that some of the new leaves on the trees were turned black, as
if they had been nipped by frost.
My aunt had a summer house in a seaside resort called
Dunbar some 30 miles south of Edinburgh, so the family had all agreed to spend
the time of celebration there.
Fifty years ago not many homes possessed a
television, and we were not one of them.
It was agreed to spend the whole day at the local hotel ‘The Roxburgh
Hotel’ to watch the Coronation on a small black and white television screen
housed in a massive Bush television cabinet.
We, along with the hotel guests and local people, were seated in rows in
a big ballroom peering at this small screen.
My eyes were much better in those days.
It was fantastic to watch the service coming all the way from London,
over 400 hundred miles, wow! Modern
technology gone mad.
I do not remember much more about the day apart from
two things, going back to the house with my Dad to take the dog for a walk and
feeling very cold in the cold wind coming off the North Sea, and the sweet at
dinner in the hotel after the coronation, which was ice cream in the shape of a
purple crown.
On the traditional side we had fireworks and the
lighting of the beacon on the hill in the evening which was not a total success
as it is not very dark at the beginning of June in that part of the
country. The whole day was filled with
traditions, with some included in the service.
Some of the traditions will be aired again on the Jubilee Weekend I am
sure, street parties for one and the lighting of the beacons on the prominent
high points around the country being another.
Traditions remind me of Tevye, the main character in
the musical ‘Fiddler on the Roof’, who said that everyone in his little Jewish
village of Anatevka was like a ‘fiddler on a roof, trying to scratch out a
simple tune without falling and breaking his neck’. He said, “Maybe you asked how we keep our balance, I can tell you
in one word, ‘traditions’. According to
Tevye, his people have traditions for everything – what to eat, how to sleep,
how to work, and how to dress, including the wearing of prayer shawls. He said, You may ask, “How did this
traditions get started?” I’ll tell you,
I don’t know. But it’s a tradition!
Because of our tradition, everyone knows who he is and what God expects us to
do.”
Is it our tradition on this special occasion to go to
church and give thanks to God for our Queen and her 50 years of devoted reign
over us? In the traditional way of
Coronation services, she made promises to govern her peoples “according to
their respective laws and customs, to judge with law, justice and mercy and to
maintain the Laws of God”. In the most
solemn moment of all, she changed into a simple white shift, and was anointed
with holy oil by the Archbishop of Canterbury to bring her “into the presence
of the living God”. Rev.
J. Gill
Don’t forget the Jubilee Fete on Saturday 15th
June at Hinxton Village Hall at 2.00 p.m. There will be: fruit and veg, pony rides, tombola, cakes,
books, plants, games, Hinxton homemade, raffle, teas, bottle stall, car boot,
hot dogs, face painting, bouncy castle and lots, lots more to do.
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Make sure you are in the Ickleton Jubilee Photo
which will be part of the Jubilee celebrations on Saturday 1st
June.
Eaden Lilley are coming to take the photo, which will be on tiers, like a school photo, and the seating will be set up at the far side of the Recreation Ground. There will be chairs in front, for older members of the village; small children will be asked to sit at the front, on the ground.
There’s so much to pack into the day that we are
going to be quite short of time, so the photo will be taken promptly at 3.45
p.m.
We shall be taking orders for the photo on the day,
so don’t miss out and make sure you reserve your copy of this unique record of
Ickleton residents.
Prices for the photo are as follows:
Unmounted, with no heading £18.00 each
Mounted, with heading £22.00 each
Framed, mounted, with heading £46.00 each Rosemary Hayes
Ickleton Church Fete this year will be on Saturday 13th
July, from 2.00 p.m. – 4.00 p.m. in the Village Hall.
The usual stalls and events will be available, the
Ickleton pet show, children’s stall and face painting, plant stall, good as new
stall, a magnificent raffle with big
prizes, Vicar’s quiz, pony rides, cake and produce stall, bric-a-brac, tombola,
bottle stall, book stall and children’s
races.
We would be very grateful for contributions to the
following stalls:
Bottle Stall Contributions
please to Rosemary Hayes,
Cake and Produce Bring on the day or to Margaret Harrison
Plants Carli Holberry, or on the day at the Village Hall after
12 noon.
Bric-a-Brac Peggy Richardson,
No electrical items, and the items can be stored before the fete.
Tombola Prizes Cynthia Rule,.
Good as New Stall Anything (urgently needed) from new clothes, children’s clothes or linen etc., Dorothy Churchman,. Or Cynthia Rule,.
Raffle Prizes Judy and John Marshall.
or Sebastian Payne,
Teas Cakes for teas please to Sheila Birch
Pet Show Return form or enter on the day to Jenny Pell,
If anyone wishes to run an extra stall, you are most welcome – just speak to Sebastian Payne or Jenny Pell. We desperately need more help with the Fete. If you would like to help, or have any queries about the Fete, please ring Monica Lilley who will be pleased to hear from you. As always, we are very grateful for the support of the Village plus friends and families. We hope everyone has a great day.
There was an excellent attendance at the May meeting
to hear Mr. Graham Pavey’s talk on ‘Vertical Gardening’. It is amazing how many
plants can be persuaded to climb, apart from the obvious ones! The next meeting will be on June 5th
when the talk will be on ‘Ponds and Water Gardening’. On June 27th
we will be visiting Richard Ayres’ Private Garden in Lode
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Cynthia Rule
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ANNE FAWCETT AND
ICKLETON CHURCH
Anne Fawcett,
whose funeral took place on April 22nd, had lived in Ickleton for 57
years.
She, her husband, Robbie, and three children moved to the Mill House in 1945, just after the war. The church, with its magnificent steeple, stood at the end of the garden and at once became an important part of our lives. To me as a small child, it was more like a presence than a building, the clock always reminding you that it was there.
My mother
loved the church; besides going to services on Sunday, she was always concerned
to help in any way she could. She was passionate
about flowers and good at arranging them. I used to help her do the pulpit in
the church, using zinc troughs and small glass jars, in autumn filling them
with the Michaelmas Daisies which grew along the river bank in our garden. In those years she spent much of her free
time painting, and the church was one of her favourite subjects. When, at a later date, the church was
attacked by an arsonist, both she and Robbie were terribly distressed. It was a matter of family pride, however
that Robbie as churchwarden, had made sure the building was fully insured. Anne
was pleased at the discovery of the medieval wall paintings, though she never
ceased to regret the loss of the ceiling over the crossing and damage to the
paintwork on the medieval screen.
During her
lifetime, Anne made various gifts to
the church, including one to the Restoration Fund of the Church. In view of this, it seemed appropriate to
ask for any donations following her death to go towards the upkeep or repair of
the building. Her family would like to
express thanks to all those who contributed to the £700 given for this
purpose. We know she would have been
enormously pleased. Teresa
Sladen
Eleven members of the Society gathered at Minsmere,
one of the RSPB’s major sites on the Suffolk coast, on the morning of Saturday
27th April. The quiet, warm
and dry weather had given way to a rather blustery and showery day. Nevertheless, all suitably clad and
equipped, the party set off and soon the spring season became evident as we all
heard a nightingale in full song although it was not seen due to its habit of
singing from deep inside the bush. The
sand martins were busy deciding on and renovating their individual nest sites
in the colony just past the visitor centre.
The first hide gave a glimpse of why this site is so special as large
numbers of godwits and avocets were present on the ‘ scrape’ – area of mud and
shallow brackish water. Avocets were
attracted back to Minsmere after the Second World War due to the action taken
to flood this coastal site as an anti-invasion measure. Other highlights included sandwich terns,
spotted redshanks and ruff in breeding plumage. After a picnic lunch we went to the inland site of the reserve in
the hope of seeing a bittern. They did
not oblige with an appearance but the distinctive ‘booming’ sound made by the
males in the breeding season was clearly heard, and some members got a glimpse
of bearded tits. The last performance
of note was provided by up to five marsh harriers displaying over the reed
beds. All agreed that they had had a
very enjoyable day.
Gerry Birch
The 12 months to the Parkinsons’ Bazaar came round very quickly but I think I can safely say everyone enjoyed the day. We seemed to have something of everything. When we started the tables were piled high, but not so as the afternoon wore on. The effort that everyone put in was well rewarded with just over £1,120. The final total may be a little higher. A big thank you goes out to everyone who helped so willingly without whom there could not be a Bazaar.
Two raffle prizes remain unclaimed, the numbers are
492 and 495. I think they are helpers.
If you find you have these numbers, please contact Dorothy.
Dorothy
Churchman, Mary Woolhouse, and Cynthia Rule
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Pat was born in Southampton and from an early age lived with her elder sister and brother-in- law, Evie and Len, alongside their children John and Joan. Towards the end of the war, whilst working as a children’s nurse, she met John Godfrey who was in the Royal Navy.
Pat and John were married in Ickleton Church in 1948
and set up home in Mill Lane.
Pat readily became involved in village
activities. She joined the Women’s
Institute and was soon involved, and was President for three years and
particularly enjoyed the concerts with the ‘Popsies’.
Pat showed great courage in coping with her bouts of
illness which were very debilitating.
Her service to the community was marked in being
willing to help with the British Legion Collection, church cleaning and flowers
and the upkeep of the war memorial garden.
She assisted in charity shops in Saffron Walden and
at the Ida Darwin Hospital. With her friend Helen Goddard, she was a volunteer
helper in the Occupational Therapy Department at Saffron Walden Community
Hospital. Pat enjoyed being a member of the Saffron Walden Town Bowling Club
and the social life around it. In
later years she enjoyed several trips abroad and cruising holidays. Pat had a
great attachment to her dog and cat who were her constant companions.
During the last few years Pat attended sessions of
the Bible Study Group and found that through these she confirmed her faith.
She will be missed by her family and friends.
Judy Holt and Mary Woolhouse
Over recent weeks, areas of Cambridge have
experienced an increase in domestic burglaries. However, the very sad part surrounding these is that most of them
have been down to open and unlocked doors and windows. It’s a crime that can be prevented by taking
a little time and effort before you go out.
Make sure that your doors and windows are closed and locked at all times
when you’re not on the premises, even if you are only ‘popping out’ for a few
minutes. The time it takes to pop out
is the same time an opportunist thief needs to enter, remove and go.
Beware of ‘NEW SCAM’ mobile phones.
There is yet another scam that comes in the form of a
simple messaging service (sms). The
message is similar to “Please call me on 09011500065 Urgent KB” DO NOT CALL
this number
It is a premium rate number charged at £5 per minute. You get through to a recorded engaged tone so that you will call back and be charged again! Beware.
Just too late for the last Bulletin an incident was
reported to me of a van in the village which was broken into and some power
tools stolen. So the best advice is not to leave valuable tools in an
unattended van, take them indoors.
Tony Court
The Annual
General Meeting was held on Monday 29 April and was well attended. The Chairman, Sheila Birch, reported on
activities and outings held during the past year and in particular commented on
the work that had been carried out to catalogue and store the archives, which
include an extensive collection of photos of the village. Many of these photos
can now be viewed on the village website. Archive storage materials and display
boards have been purchased with the aid of the grant obtained from Awards for
All and displays are planned for the Jubilee and the Church Fete. After the business of the evening, Mike
Petty, well-known local historian, gave a fascinating talk on the Printers and
Engravers of Cambridge, a pictorial history of Cambridge over four centuries as
depicted by various artists of the day. This was a most enjoyable evening.
Two local girls, Liz Driver and Ann Wallace now own Sawston
Books at 6 Morley’s Place, High Street, Sawston ' 01223 837456. They will deliver free to Ickleton residents. Most books are available within 24
hours. They can also open accounts for
companies and also supply schools.
The e.mail address is Sawstonbooks@enta.net.
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The Ickleton Medical Car Service, run in conjunction
with the Cambridgeshire County Council, is available for anyone who has
difficulty in attending medical appointments, with the exception of
appointments at Addenbrooke’s hospital, where there is a car service.
Peggy
Richardson
We are holding a Quiz Night in aid of the Strethall
Church Appeal Fund on Saturday 15th June at 7.30p.m. in Ickleton
Village Hall. Tickets £10 per person or £37.50 for a table of four. Includes soft drink, crisps and fish and
chip supper. If you would prefer chicken
and chips, sausage and chips or veggie burger and chips, please specify at the
time of booking. Bring your own wine/beer and glasses. To book contact Michael Pearson, Primrose
Cottage or Isabel Leeming, Southfields in Catmere End, Saffron Walden CB11
4XG. Cheques made payable to ‘Strethall
Church Fabric Fund’.
Mark and Miranda Stone-Wigg would like to thank their
neighbours and other friends for their kind words of sympathy and overwhelming
support following the death of their son Jack.
THE CHESTERFORDS, ICKLETON AND HINXTON W.I.
There was a good attendance at the May meeting
including another new member – a healthy sign for the W.I.
The resolutions for the I.G.M. in June were both
voted in favour. They were - No.1 Stricter controls on the importation of
foodstuffs into this country. No. 2
Support for local abattoirs in order to reduce stress to animals and risk of
spreading disease.
The President spoke of the death of Mrs. Pat Godfrey
who was a well known W. I. Member from Ickleton.
The speaker at the June meeting Lamoma Thomas, will
be bringing pot plants for sale which will be the subject of the talk ‘Garden
Pot Plant Inspirations’.
There are seats available on the coach outing on July
17th from 5.30 p.m. to Peckover House, Wisbech, open to non members.
Please contact Lorraine Demmer.
The speaker for
the evening was Maureen Penney who described the wonderful healing
benefits obtained from Aloe Vera
products.
Cynthia
Rule
Parents of
children soon to join Duxford Church of England Community Primary School may
like to know that a new After School Club is planned for the Autumn 2002. The primary purpose of the club will be to
support working parents by providing safe, fun, quality care for their young
children after school hours during term time.
Others may also want to use the club for a variety of reasons on a
regular or ad hoc basis. In time we
also hope to expand the club to cover the school holidays.
A voluntary
management committee is setting up the club, has applied for a special grant to
get things off the ground and has already appointed a qualified play
leader. Those who already have children
at the school will receive information direct about registration and booking
places for September, but if you are not in this ‘loop’ you can register your
interest with Lisa Fallon in Duxford or with Mandy Jeffery in Ickleton.
We are now
looking to recruit play workers for the club.
We need folk who are creative and enthusiastic with a good dose of
common sense and of course who also like working with children! You don’t have to be available every weekday
either. If this might be you or you
know someone who might be interested then please call Lisa for further details.
We all very
much want the club to be a success and we’re working hard to make it a valuable
addition to the facilities available at Duxford School.
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Many thanks to Betty for organising our trip to the Isle of
Man.
We set off early on Sunday morning to catch our ferry to
Heysham, for the crossing to the island.This was plain sailing for the first
hour, then the Captain gave out a warning that we might be in for some rough
weather. We think he should have had
bigger stabilizers on the boat to stop it rocking and rolling. Nevertheless we arrived safely.
Many thanks to Keith our driver who, as usual, took us to
many interesting places, and made it a holiday to remember.
Mavis and Ray Plumb and Audrey Collen
In Her Majesty’s Jubilee year, the Imperial War Museum
Duxford featured Royal flying as one of its central themes at its Jubilee Air
Show on Sunday 5th May. It
featured aircraft types that the Royal Family had flown or flown in over the
years from the First World War to the present day, including a de Havilland
Devon originally piloted by HRH Prince Philip. The history of Royal flying
dates back more than 80 years to 1917 when the Prince of Wales (later King
Edward VIII) became the first member of
the Royal Family to fly. When he became
King in 1936, he was the first British monarch ever to pilot an aircraft. From 1930 onwards, members of the Royal
Family made increasing use of aircraft for travel and in July 1936 the King’s
Flight was formed as an RAF unit for the sole use of the Royal Family. The King’s flight became The Queen’s Flight
at Her Majesty’s accession and is now known as No. 32 (The Royal) Squadron,
equipped with small jet airliners and a helicopter. Since 1917, many members
of the Royal Family have learnt to fly.
Prince Andrew trained as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot and flew in
operations during the Falklands War in 1982 – the first member of the Royal
Family to see active service since the Second World War. In an unblemished flying career spanning
more than forty years, the Duke of
Edinburgh has flown more aircraft types than most pilots. The Prince of Wales too has accumulated many
hours flying both fixed and rotary-wing aircraft.
“In Her Majesty’s Jubilee year it is appropriate that
Duxford should pay tribute by celebrating the history of Royal flying,” says
the Museum’s Marketing Manager, Tracey Woods.
“The Imperial War Museum Duxford has welcomed several members of the
Royal Family since its opening - including Her Majesty The Queen, who opened
our American Air Museum in 1997, His
Royal Highness The Duke of York and the late Queen Mother.” Over 30 aircraft took part in the Jubilee
Air Show, including the Lancaster, Hurricane and Spitfire as well as the de
Havilland Devon which was once the personal aircraft of His Royal Highness
Prince Philip. Fast jets complemented
biplanes in what was a thrilling start to the UK air show season.
For further information please contact Tracey Woods
on ' 01223 499320 or Frank Crosby on 01223 499319.
June 1st and 2nd Jubilee Celebrations
June 5th Gt. Chesterford and District Gardening
Society meeting 8.00 p.m.
Chapel
Carmel Street, Gt. Chesterford
June
10th Mobile Library
June
15th Hinxton Fete 2.00
p.m. Hinxton Village Hall
June
15th Quiz Night 7.30 p.m.
Village Hall
June
19th Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall
June
19th The Chesterfords,
Ickleton and Hinxton W.I. 7.45 p.m.
the Chapel Carmel Street, Gt. Chesterford
June
24th Mobile Library
June
27th Gt. Chesterford
and District Gardening Society Summer Outing
July 13th Church Fete 2.00 p.m. Village Hall
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