Editors: David and Monica Lilley
Distribution: Tony Court
12th
SEPTEMBER 2002
Questionnaire on Sports Facilities We have had a very good response to our questionnaire and we are grateful to everyone who filled in the form and returned it. We sent out 300 forms and had 112 returned. The results show that 80 households are in favour of a skateboarding/roller blading facility and that there are about 45 potential users, including some younger children who would use it in the future. It therefore seems worth actively pursuing the possibilities, seeking advice from South Cambridgeshire District Council and several contractors. These things are very expensive and as a small Parish Council we obviously do not have the funds needed; however there are a number of grants that can be applied for and we shall research the matter thoroughly. We may be lucky.
On the question of tennis
courts, 100 households were in favour of them.
Again, research into funding and other matters needs to be done, and we
will work on this in the future.
Golden Jubilee The Parish Council entered our Jubilee
efforts for an award from South Cambridgeshire District Council and we have
received a Certificate in recognition of an Outstanding Golden Jubilee
Event. Once again, well done to our
Jubilee Committee for organising a wonderful day.
Wellcome Trust The detailed planning application by the
Wellcome Trust for development on the South Field of the Genome Centre has now
been received by South Cambridgeshire District Council. I have a copy; if anyone would like to look
at it please give me a ring to arrange a convenient time.
Rail Service Services out of Liverpool Street may be
under a new franchise soon and our MP, Andrew Lansley, would like to hear from
anyone with views about the present train service, good or bad. Write to him at the House of Commons, London
SW1A 0AA.
Safer Homes Project I have leaflets
on this project from Age Concern, sponsored by the South Cambridgeshire Primary
Care Trust. The aim is to make the
homes of vulnerable and older people in the district more safe and secure by
providing practical help with small household jobs through providing
information. Please give me a ring for
a leaflet or call ' 01223 726284 to
find out how the project can help you Jackie Casement – Parish Clerk
If you wish to use
this service please phone.
Peggy Richardson
Greetings to
Ickleton. We moved away from Ickleton to Australia in ’92. We keep in touch with the village through a
few of our old friends, and occasionally get a copy of the Icene.
Great web site,
always something to see and bring back memories.
Regards to all
who remember us, we will be back in November for a holiday.
Sue, Ray and Stephanie Leake, formerly Bird’s Close
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Sunday 1st September |
9.30
a.m. Parish Eucharist (Order 1) |
DUXFORD |
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(Trinity 14th ) |
11.00 a.m. Parish
Eucharist (Order 1) |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m.
Sung Evensong (BCP) |
ICKLETON
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Sunday 8th September |
8.00
a.m. Holy Communion (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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(Trinity 15) |
9.30
a.m. Parish Eucharist (Order 1) |
DUXFORD |
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11.00 a.m. Joint
Family Service |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m.
Sung Evensong (BCP) |
ICKLETON |
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Sunday 15th September |
10.00 a.m.
Patronal Festival |
HINXTON |
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(Holy Cross Day) |
No Evening Service |
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Sunday 22nd September |
9.30
a.m. Parish Eucharist (Order 1) |
DUXFORD |
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(Trinity 17) |
11.00 a.m.
Joint Family Service |
HINXTON |
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6.30
p.m. Sung Evensong |
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and Holy Communion (BCP) |
ICKLETON
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Friday 27th September |
8.00
p.m. Harvest Festival |
ICKLETON |
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Sunday 29th September |
11.00 a.m.
Joint Family Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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(St. Michael and All Angels) |
No Evening Service |
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From the Vicar
Welcome back to all those who have been away during
the month of August. Travelling is
always exciting and fun but there is real pleasure in returning to the comfort
and familiarity of home. As the weather
begins to grow cooler and nights longer, spare a thought for those who have no
homes of their own but instead sleep rough on the streets of Great
Britain. You only have to go as far as
Cambridge to encounter some of them. Quite
a few knock on the Rectory door too, passing through on their way from Cambridge
to that other city of empty promises, London.
I am often asked, what is the right thing to do when
people beg for money? I find that such a hard question to answer. If we don’t
give, does that mean that we are hard hearted and lacking in compassion? But if we do give, are we simply being
naïve, believing any story we are told
and perhaps supporting a drink or drugs habit into the bargain. I have tried all different ways. In the past I have given money on the
grounds that it is surely better to be naïve than heartless. At other times I have made it a policy not
to give money but to offer something ‘in kind’, usually food, but I’ve also
been asked for a strange assortment of other things, including nappies for a
baby. I also always buy the Big Issue
which is actually a pretty good read and often has well written and hard
hitting articles on various social questions, but sadly the Big Issue will soon
be closing down.
But none of the above is any substitute for tackling
the root causes of poverty and homelessness in our land. The Homelessness Act of 2002 marks a real step forward in our
response to the scandal of homelessness but we should be lobbying our political
representatives to do much more. Or for
those who don’t see themselves as political animals why not visit Shelter’s
website and see details of how ordinary citizens can work with national
charities to tackle the problems of homelessness. You can even sign up online to run in the Shelter 2003 Flora
London Marathon!
There are many positive ways in which we can respond
to the challenge of tackling homelessness, even if we are not prepared to give
money to people we meet in the street.
As we savour the pleasures of our own home life this Autumn let us give
some thought to what sort of contribution we can make.
With God’s blessing. Jane
Charman
E:gentianblue@antworld.com
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At the three Parish Eucharist on 18th August
in Ickleton Parish Church there were four baptisms.
Grace Baxter (the daughter of Faye and Miles,
formerly Faye Seager of Brookhampton Street), Holly and Harriet Frost, and Adam
Verde, whose grandmother lives in Duxford and who parents are shortly going out
to Thailand.
Some may have
seen Mike Petty’s column in the Cambridge Evening News a few weeks ago
mentioning the above. Here is a bit more information.
On August 22nd,
1926, when being rung for evensong, the tenor of the six bells crashed from its
headstock. The bell obviously needed re-casting and a faculty was obtained from
the Diocese to do this work. However the frame was found to be past repair, the
condition of the bells proving to be worse than anticipated. When the old frame and bells were taken out
of the tower the fifth was found to be cracked as well as the tenor. Then, on removing the headstock at the bell
foundry the third was also found to be cracked. It was decided to have all the bells recast, as three needed recasting, and the others
were a mixed bunch. At the same time it
was agreed to install a new metal frame, hang the bells on ball bearings, and
add two new trebles to make an eight. The work was to be carried out by Gillett
and Johnston of Croydon. All this was
done with a faculty to recast only the tenor!
When a full
faculty was applied for the Chancellor for the Diocese of Ely was very
annoyed. He suspended the
churchwardens, reported the vicar Rev. Phillip Cooke to the Bishop, threatened
the bell founders with ostracism in the Diocese, and refused the faculty!
As the tower
was empty and eight new bells with frame and fittings were waiting at the bell
foundry, it was decided to carry on without the faculty. The bells were rehung and first rung on just
over a year after the tenor crashed.
Seventy five
years ago there were few rings of eight in Cambridgeshire, and Gillett and
Johnston, conscious that there is no such thing as bad publicity made a very
good job of Ickleton, without the aid of CAD, and even today our bells are
still considered by many to be in the ‘top ten’ in East Anglia. David Lilley
CHAPEL
NOTICES - All Services start at 3.00 p.m.
Speakers for September
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September 1st |
Rev. J. Gill |
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September 8th |
Rev. J. Graham |
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September 15th |
Rev. J. Gill |
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September 22nd |
Mrs. D. Cornell |
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September 29th |
Rev. R. Rawlings |
Rev.
J. Gill
At our meeting on July 31st we were given a
belated birthday tea by Mr. Hedley Igglesden.
His 70th birthday was in June but due to
golf the party was postponed.
We had sandwiches, sausage rolls and a lovely iced
fruit cake with a glass of champagne or sherry and a cup of tea. We thank Hedley very much for doing
this.
We usually have just a cup of tea and a biscuit but
earlier on Mrs. Cynthia Rule did make us individual trifles on her birthday for
which we thank her, sorry I did not put this in earlier.
We welcome one new member Mrs. Dawn
Bradley, anyone else wishing to come along will be welcome. Mrs. R. Lilley
Froglets will be holding a sponsored Toddle Waddle on
the recreation ground on Monday 23rd September in aid of the
Meningitis Trust. We will be meeting as
usual in the Village Hall at 10.00 a.m. and welcome children and their
parents/grandparents/carers to join us in raising money for this national
charity. The Meningitis Trust was
founded in 1986 by people who had direct experience of meningitis. Money raised is used to fund research, offer support to people
affected by the disease and raise awareness.
We thank you in advance for your support.
Froglets
Committee
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The 28th July saw the annual London to
Cambridge Bike Race pass through our village.
A number of groups from Ickleton completed the race including: Viliami
Mila, Ed Holland, Tim Pavelin and Peter Hurst – well done to them all. The race raised a lot of money for the
‘Breakthrough – Breast Cancer’ Charity and this small group alone raised nearly
£600.
Ickleton, they told us was one of the only places
where people came out to support the riders – up on Grange Road Bridge, down
by the pub and Church Street who had banners
lining the road with balloons – all the children had great fun applauding the
riders and blowing their whistles.
Maybe next year even more of us
can come out and line the streets to support all riders and put Ickleton on the
map as a place to look forward to getting to. Sarah Mila
ICKLETON
SOCIAL CLUB
Four Club members, Ian Vincent, Andrew Smoothy, Gerry
Smith and Martin Smith successfully completed the London to Cambridge charity
cycle ride raising approximately £1500 between them! Well done lads.
An organised party of 20 people attended the Abba
concert at Audley End on 3rd August. It was a memorable evening
enjoyed by everyone despite the bad weather.
The next Club event is a Quiz Night to be held on the
31st August. The Quiz will start around 9.00 p.m. As usual there will be a raffle and a free
buffet. The Quiz is open to all comers, of teams of up to four persons. Ickleton Social Club Committee
Archives Following the successful display of the village photographic archive at the Golden Jubilee, work is continuing on collating and cataloguing. The last of the grant money from ‘Awards for All’ has been spent on more storage material and a second filing cabinet. We are much encouraged to see the interest this work has generated.
Theatre Visit Saturday 26th
October 7.45 p.m. ‘The Circle’ by
Somerset Maughan. “Arnold
Champion-Cheney MP will never forgive his mother. Thirty years ago, in a sea of scandal, Lady Kitty abandoned her
son when she ran away with Lord Porteous, the man she loved. Now she returns to face the husband and the
son she left behind – only to find that Elizabeth, her daughter-in-law, faces
the same dilemma. Will events come full
circle, or will the lessons of the past be learned in time?”
Please let Jackie Casement or Sheila Birch know as
soon as possible – we have reserved a dozen tickets, but need to confirm and
pay for them early in September.
On Wednesday
18th September the Cambridge Samaritans are staging a fundraising Bridge
competition. The day commences with
coffee at 10.45 a.m. and there will be a light lunch and afternoon tea included
in the entry fee of £13.50 each or £50 for a table. Additional attractions include a raffle and stalls. The day will conclude at 3.30 p.m.
For more information please contact Mrs. Rosemary
Hussain, Kingsmead House, Gt. Gransden, Beds SG10 3BD.
Our winter season will commence on Thursday 26th
September at 2.00 p.m. If you enjoy
watching the indoor bowls on television why not come along and try your
hand. No previous experience is
required and all the equipment is provided. The only requirement is to wear
flat sole shoes, pumps or similar. We
enjoy a cup of tea at the half way stage and finish at 4.30 p.m.
Found – one
lightweight folding seat – left behind on the Jubilee Gala Day.
Lost - Two keys, one Yale and one smaller
somewhere in the vicinity of the Village Hall.
In recent weeks
sticks, stones and a football have landed on the Village Hall roof. The fingers on the clock were damaged and we
had had to replace thirty broken slates.
Parents please be
aware the Police will be asked to take action if anyone is caught vandalising
the hall.
Gordon Woolhouse – Chairman
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We
were quite alarmed to read such a dictatorial directive in the August Icene
stating “There must be no rollerblading or skateboarding activities on the
Village Hall driveway at any time”.
Surely, until we have rollerblading and skateboarding facilities for the
kids in the village, the village hall driveway is the ideal place, or would the
Parish Council prefer to see the blading and skateboarding on the road? - or even on the pavements? Surely there is
some way that we can share all the area designated for all the villagers.
Perhaps we are being naïve, but the more we turn the youngsters away the more
they will turn away from us.
They are the future of the village. Let us encourage them to stay and be pleased that they are not finding more dangerous and unsocial pastimes
Yours truly, Sue
and Jeff Miles
HILARY LEAVES
SCHOOL AT SIXTY!
At the end of the Summer Term Hilary Rule retired from Melbourn Village College after teaching science there for thirty-three years. When Hilary left she was head of year 11, so her pupils who had been with her for four years left with her. Hilary also helped with drama presentations, took photos of school events, organised staff social events and everyone’s leaving party. The school arranged a party and presentation of a cheque (with which she hopes to buy a garden seat) at Melbourn Village College for the school’s longest serving teacher, who had taught two generations of several families. David Lilley
Hopefully by the time you read this, many of the long awaited projects will have been completed at school. Earlier this year the Governors were successful in their bid for a SEED Challenge grant. This is a system of match funding which has enabled us to effectively double our spending power. We are grateful to the various sources, particularly the PTA, who have made this possible.
The school should now (fingers crossed!) have:-
4New KS2 toilets, 4Outside play equipment, 4A secure outside area for our under 5
pupils.
You may also have heard on the grapevine that from
the start of the new term, a new after
school club will be running daily. Part of the initial set up grant has enabled
the coffee bar to be re-furbished. This will be of benefit to all community users.
This has been a very successful year for the school
in more ways than one. Pupil numbers
are rising, so I think we can look forward to this new school year
optimistically.
Sue
Dorrington - Headteacher
Marshalls’s Wartime achievements
recalled at Duxford
A vintage de Havilland Tiger Moth trainer aircraft, restored with the support of Marshall Aerospace, has gone on show at the Imperial War Museum Duxford. Sir Arthur Marshall, founder of Marshall Aerospace, visited Duxford to see the aircraft on Friday 9th August.
Sir Arthur Marshall graduated from
Cambridge in 1925 with a first class Engineering degree. He soon learnt to fly and established what
became Marshall Aerospace, a major part of the Marshall Group of Companies founded
by his father in 1909. Since the end of
the war the company, under his leadership, has grown into a major aerospace
company with the capability to maintain and convert large transport and
passenger aircraft. Marshall Aerospace
owns and operates Cambridge Airport.“The Moth has been a most wonderful
aircraft in which to teach pilots” said Sir Arthur Marshall “Its key role in
the history of aviation must make it one of the finest British aircraft every
built”. Frank Crosby
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Further to last month’s information, bin raiding
arrived from the USA, where ‘dumpster diving’ (the US term for the same crime)
is big business. Although the crime is
effectively in its infancy here, the fraud is escalating. Apart from losing victims’ and companies’
money it also creates massive headaches when the ‘real’ person has to try and
unravel their affairs and take back their own names on credit cards, driving
licences and other legal documents. The
researchers say that it’s staggering what people throw away, including signed
blank cheques, cheque and benefit books, full details of their bank accounts,
medical information, utility bills and employment records. A combination of these could be used to
corroborate a false identity so if you must dump documents then, if possible
shred them or preferably burn them. ‘Binbag gold’ as it is known consists of
any paperwork carrying personal or financial details or a signature. Prevention of identity theft is possible and
simple, though reversing the after effects is not.
Since the last Bulletin I have received one or two
reports of attempted break-ins, fortunately without success, so with the
evenings drawing in take care.
The National Neighbourhood Watch Association has produced
a new Personal Safety Factsheet which provides sensible precautions you can
take to cut the risk of being robbed or attacked. It includes information on mobile phone crime, car-jacking, using
public transport and taxis and tips on being safe when you are out and at
home. For those of you on the internet
copies can be obtained by downloading them from www.neighbourhoodwatch.net. Tony Court
THE CHESTERFORDS, ICKLETON AND HINXTON W.I.
On August 21st we had our first regular
meeting in the lounge of the new Community Centre in Great Chesterford. After a
few minor adjustments we settled down to hear Mrs. Wingfield – curator of
Saffron Walden museum give a lecture with slides on the history and contents of
the museum since it was built in 1835.
It is one of the three oldest museums in the country built specifically
as a museum. It was built by the Hon.
George Neville (Lord Braybrooke of
Audley End) and supported by various members of the Tuke and Gibson families
for the benefit of the town. Much
amusement was caused by the description of a stuffed African elephant being
loaned to the “Great Exhibition” to display an Indian howdah! It was sent by train from Audley End Station
to Liverpool Street. It must have been
quite a sight! It was later sold to
someone in the West country for display
in a garden. Also still housed in the
museum is Wallace the lion which was owned by Mr. George Wombwell’s Victorian
menagerie. The museum holds many rare
species of animals, birds and fossils as well as local archaeological finds.
The President thanked Mrs. Wingfield for a very
interesting lecture on ‘History on our
Doorstep’ She also thanked Lorraine Demmer for organising a lovely evening
visit to Peckover House in July.
The next meeting will be in September 18th ‘An Audio Visual Evening’ by Mr. Roy Pitman.
Cynthia Rule
BIRTHDAY
CONGRATULATIONS TO………….Cecil
Vincent, 80 on 24th
September
September 2nd Mobile Library
16th Mobile Library
18th Bridge Day 10.45 a.m. Village Hall
18th Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall
18th The Chesterfords, Ickleton & Hinxton W.I. 7.45 p.m.
The Community Hall, Gt.
Chesterford
23rd Toddle Waddle 10.00
a.m. Village Hall
26th Short Mat Bowls Season Start 2.00 p.m. Village Hall
30th Mobile Library
October 5th Great Chesterford Steam-up
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BY ICKLETON PARISH COUNCIL