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David and Monica Lilley
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Tony Court Hilary Rule |
All
contributions please. Deadline for next Icene Bulletin
12th October 2005
Refuse Collections during September
Monday 3rd
October - Green bin and green box collection
Monday 10th
October - Black bin collection
Monday 17th
October - Green bin and green box collection
Monday 24th
October - Black bin collection
Monday 31st
October - Green bin and green box collection
Textiles By 10th October residents should no
longer put textiles for recycling into their green box. Your box may not be collected if textiles
are in it. Please take textiles to our
nearest Recycling Centre at Thriplow or make use of registered charity
shops. The Parish Council received the
sum of £154.65 from SCDC, for recycled items collected from the village during
October 2004 – March 2005. So please use the recycling service as much as you
can, as this helps support our village.
Ickleton Lion Greene King (owner of the pub) is applying for an
extension of the current licensing hours – see the notice displayed on the pub
door. If residents want to make a
representation, they should send it (by 17/10/05) to: Myles Bebbington, The Licensing Section, SCDC, Cambourne Business
Park, Cambourne, Cambs, CB3 6EA or e-mail: licensing@scambs.gov.uk
Richmond’s 334 Bus Service We have been making enquiries regarding this service,
which runs every Friday, requesting a stop in Grange Road, also in
Duxford. The bus arrives in Cambridge
at 10.50 am and departs at 13.45 pm. We
have been asked to gather an impression of the number of people who would be
interested in using this service extension.
Could I ask anyone who is
interested, to let me know as soon as possible; the information can then be
passed on for consideration.
BAA Stansted is holding a number of presentations following their
two consultation documents, ‘Growing Stansted Airport’ and ‘Draft Stansted
Airport Master Plan’. Response to the
consultation is required by 31/10/05.
The nearest presentations (all are open from 10.00am till 8.00pm) during
October, if not already seen, are:
Stansted Mountfitchet United Reformed Church Hall 6th October
Royston Market Hill Rooms 11th October
Elsenham Village Hall 24th October
Family Link Service.
Cambridgeshire County Council is looking for more people to become Link
carers for children with a disability.
All the children live at home with their parents, but sometimes the
parents need a break. They are looking
for people who could welcome a child into their home for one weekend a month,
or a few hours a week. If anyone is
interested, please contact Freephone '0800 052 0078 or e-mail:
link.enquire@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Peterborough
Distraction Burglary & Rogue Trader Task Force The scheme is available to anyone over 60 or
anyone who has a mental or physical disability. To use the scheme, eligible people can telephone Cambridgeshire
Age Concern on '01354 696677 (or e-mail
Regtrader@Cambridgeshire.gov.uk) and explain the nature of the work that needs
doing. The eligible person will be put
in touch with a trader who best suits the requirements.
Jocelyn Flitton- Parish Clerk
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SUN |
2nd |
9.30 am 11.00 am 6.30 pm |
NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER
TRINITY Parish Eucharist
Duxford Blessing of Animals
Family Service Hinxton Evensong
Ickleton |
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Thurs |
6th |
12.30 pm |
Holy Communion
Hinxton |
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Fri |
7th |
2.00 pm |
Wedding
Ickleton |
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SUN |
9th |
8.00 am 10.00 am 6.30 pm |
TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER
TRINITY Holy Communion
Ickleton Harvest Festival &
Lunch (URC/Anglican) Duxford URC Evensong Ickleton |
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Thurs |
13th |
12.30 pm |
Holy Communion Hinxton |
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SUN |
16th |
9.30 am 11.00 am 6.30 pm |
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Parish Eucharist
Duxford Joint Family
Eucharist Ickleton Harvest Thanksgiving
& Supper Hinxton |
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Thurs |
20th |
12.30 pm |
Holy Communion Hinxton |
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SUN |
23rd |
9.30 am 10.00 am 6.30 pm |
LAST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Parish Eucharist Duxford Morning Worship with
Godly Play Hinxton Evensong
Ickleton |
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Thurs |
27th |
12.30 pm |
Holy Communion Hinxton |
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SUN |
30th |
11.00 am 6.30 pm |
ALL SAINTS SUNDAY
Three Parish Family
Eucharist Duxford Evensong and Holy
Communion
Ickleton |
Recently I’ve been asked to answer interview-type questions about me
and my role in the Diocese for the Diocesan magazine. In 2003 I was appointed Bishop’s
Adviser in the Healing Ministry. The purpose of the job is to raise the profile
of the Healing Ministry as a normal and accepted aspect of parish life and to
encourage the uncertain to explore its possibilities. Here is what I was asked:
Q. What do you most enjoy about your job?
I enjoy running training sessions and it’s a tremendous privilege to be invited
into parishes to talk to a PCC or run a special weekend.
Q. What’s the best thing that has happened to
you in your job? Without a doubt, the last Clergy
Conference. On the last day, in the middle of the final service, people were
invited to choose a group for prayer and we were asked to offer the laying on
of hands. I thought we’d probably have no more than a dozen to minister to. I
don’t know how many came, but we were overwhelmed. I found it very humbling to
be able to share in ministry like that.
Q. What do you think you would have been if you
hadn’t taken this job? I guess as a parish priest I
would have achieved my aim of clearing my desk a bit more often than I do!
Q. Who’s been your greatest
influence? Bob, a South African college friend and priest who bought me back to
church after I’d spent ten years in the wilderness (he died 6 months later at
the age of 35). Brother Michael who helped me discover a spiritual life. But
perhaps most of all, my wife whose faith and steadfastness put me to shame.
Q. What was your mother’s best advice?
Two pieces of advice stick in my mind – my mother didn’t think I should marry
the girl I’d been courting. And she certainly didn’t approve of me being
ordained. Happily I ignored her on both counts!
Q. Who’s your favourite saint?
Two – St Jude, the patron saint of lost causes and hopeless cases and St
Francis. I joined the Franciscan Third Order at a time when I’d spiritually
lost direction (yes, again!). It was rather like discovering your Christian
roots and understanding them for the first time.
Q. What’s your favourite hymn?
‘In bread we bring you Lord, our bodies’ labour.’ Read the words - ‘Take all we
start and spoil, each hopeful dream, the chances we have missed, the graces we
resist, Lord in the Eucharist, take and redeem.’
Q. What’s your favourite passage from the Bible? The verses from Psalm 139 which may be used
in the funeral service. The words of closeness are very reassuring.
The
Rectory, St John’s Street, Duxford CB2 4RA
Andrew.schofield@ely.anglican.org
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Ickleton Church hosted three weddings in August:
Peter Lisney Hoskins and Jemima Jane Cathryn Thorpe
were married on 20th August.
Bryan Clifford Brown and Sophie Caroline Wallis were
married on 20th August.
Robert
Blackwood Chaplin and Claire Mary Herbert were married on 27th
August.
We believe the last time Ickleton had two weddings on
the same day was in 1948. Who said marriage was outdated?
We are sorry to record the death of Frans De Blocq
Van Kuffeler of Elmdon.
The thanksgiving service for his life was held on 31st
August at Ickleton Church where Frans had been a regular member of the
congregation for many years.
I am sure all the evensong congregation would like to
record their thanks to Max McGregor of Littlebury for playing the organ almost
every Sunday for the last ten years. He
and his wife Gillian are moving to Surrey.
At his last service on 4th September, he
was presented with a framed photo of Ickleton Church, two silver coasters, some liquid refreshment and a cheque. Max
said, “Thank you Ickleton for everything you have given us … we have been
genuinely enriched by our time with you and that is reward in itself.”
As we would expect from a former wing commander Max’s
last voluntary was appropriately ‘The Dam Busters’ March’.
Thanks for your devotion Max. David Lilley
The Parish Church is holding a Barn Dance and Supper
in the Village Hall on Saturday 26th November. This is a fun evening
for all ages (1 – 100+) so dust down your stetsons, jeans and cowboy shirts.
The proceedings will be conducted by Sheriff Adrian
from Biggleswade – full details later.
Rosemary and Neil
McKillen
I am grateful to the ‘Icene’ for the opportunity to
thank so many in Ickleton for their friendship and kindness to both my mother
and father during their long retirement in the village. Mother had lived at 5
Southfield for 28 years, and loved the house and the village life. Latterly
too, whilst caring for her, I myself received much support and good
neighbourliness from Southfield and beyond.
Mother joins a distinguished and long caring line of
devoted clergy wives in the Church of England, who had a ministry to congregation
and parishioners before such terms were fashionable. She was herself much
influenced by her parents. Her father had been a GP in the mining communities
of South Wales; her mother a doctor's wife, who expected her family to observe
the proper conventions of the day. So her father gave her the love of reading,
especially poetry, and her great interest in people; her mother gave her skills
in painting, good house management, and the notion of Christian service (which
involved clearly defined boundaries!)
I reflect on a recent remark made by Anne Atkins in
‘Thought for the day’ when she said that "We owe everything to our
parents." Yet all human love, from whatever source, but mirrors the
Divine, and I am upheld by a letter from one of Morfa's friends who wrote to
remind me of the mystery of God's love, which is at the heart of all things. Robin Ellis
To keep everyone informed of what goes on, we’d like
to tell anyone who is interested that a session of fortnightly Patchwork
classes has started in the Hall on Wednesday mornings. If you wish to participate and want further
information, can we suggest that you contact Cherry Vernon, the organiser. Although the course has already started we
have been told that it is quite ok for you to join from the second session on
the 5th October. Happy
sewing!
Also a reminder that children’s tennis coaching
lessons start on Tuesday afternoons in early November and will have two
classes, one for 5 to 7 year olds and the other for 7 plus. For further details contact Wendy
Fitzsimmons.
On a more formal note may we remind everyone that the
village hall car park is primarily for the use of hall users. If anyone wishes to use the space for
overflow parking for an event that is being organised, will they please contact
us, the Secretaries, to establish whether or not the Hall is in use at that
time. There are a number of large scale
functions booked for this autumn and winter and to find the car park is already
full will cause a great deal of aggravation for all concerned.
Many thanks. David & Jean Whitaker Booking Secretaries
As a follow-up to our AGM in May, when Dr Phillipa
Towlson spoke to us about the development of the Southfield site at the
Wellcome Trust, we were able to arrange a tour of the site, again led by Dr
Phillipa Towlson. Fourteen people from the Ickleton Society joined the group
and, accompanied by the sculptor Richard Bray, were able to view his sculpture
created from the beechwood of the only four trees which had to be felled during
the build. It is suspended from a metal frame at one end of the facilities
building where it is viewable by all the staff there as they drink their
coffee. The sculpture depicts a mass of people beside and behind a central
woman holding a baby. There are toddlers holding adults' hands and older people
supported by sticks, all representing the descent of DNA through the
generations. It is a most impressive piece of modern art. We also toured part
of the very modern laboratories building, which extends the outer plaza Chinese
granite flooring inside, but here it has a polished surface. We saw a close-up
of a bed of sedum, similar to that which covers the roof which can clearly be
seen from Ickleton. What an incredible achievement this has been to complete
such a project, both on time and within budget. Sheila Birch
We would like to thank Pam Fearn for her gift of
apples which she picked and gave to Cynthia for us. They were shared around,
and as some members have no trees, they were much appreciated.
Many thanks. Ruby Lilley
This year’s ‘Children in Need’ fun darts night will
be held on Friday 18th November at 8.30 p.m.
It is open to all, regardless of skill. There will be
prizes and a raffle - all proceeds go to charity, so just turn up for a fun
night.
This year’s annual quiz will be held at 9.00 p.m. on
Saturday 19th November. As usual there will be prizes, raffle and a
free buffet.
As all proceeds go to charity the entry fee will be
increased to £2.50 per person, so please come along and give us your support
and have a great evening. Ickleton Social Club Committee
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We are pleased to announce that we have booked a
delightful show for the enjoyment of our children and also for the young at
heart. Please put this date in your
diary and tell your friends in neighbouring villages to bring their children.
Performed by STORYBOX THEATRE on SATURDAY 5th
NOVEMBER at 3.30 p.m.
Rod Burnett from Storybox Theatre uses his skills as
a storyteller and puppeteer to take his audience on a journey into the
extraordinary world of the imagination. When a tailor sits down to lunch, he
begins to stitch and thread together a glorious tapestry of tales. Over his stew he tells the story of a pea that
finds a real princess, of the biggest turnip in the world and of a bean who
runs away to make his mark in an unforgettable tale of three famous vegetables.
Suitable for children from about 5 years (the show
lasts for approximately 50 minutes).
Tickets will be available shortly from Ickleton
Costcutter Express.
Ticket prices: Adults £5 (£4 concessions), Children
£4 (£3 concessions). Pam Fearn
The weather was lovely and as a result of the hard
work put in by everyone, a fantastic day was had by all. It was an amazing turn-out of around 90
adults and over 80 children.
The wacky races were popular, with old favourites
such as egg and spoon, scarecrow race and tug of war. The kids really loved the wheelbarrow races with real
wheelbarrows. Cecil and Ruth were great
sports and took part in the scooter race.
Big thanks to everyone who made the day possible, but
in particular Peter Wombwell for lending us his great barbecue; Liz Goddard
from Ickleton Barns for supplying the balloons; Dilip at Costcutter Express for
issuing the tickets; and all the parents who cooked the food and manned the
bouncy slide. Katherine Denman-Johnson
This is a village event for Ickleton children - with
fun, food and fancy dress (including the grow-ups!) on Sunday 30th
October at Ickleton Village Hall from 4.30 p.m. – 6.30 p.m.
£1.50 per child (accompanied children only).
Please purchase your tickets from the following people
by 20th October: Miranda Stone-Wigg Helen McGuire, Rachel Rugg-Gunn,
Sarah Burson.
We will be running a Halloween themed craft session
over the half-term holiday. Ask for
details when you purchase your ticket. Katherine Denman-Johnson
Hinxton is having another International Evening on
Saturday 22nd October from 7.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. in Hinxton
Village Hall. Tickets £10 each (bring
your own drinks).
Proceeds to Hinxton Church. Enjoy lovingly
prepared food from around the world!
Phone Ros Smith for tickets or more information.
Our railway line between Bishop’s Stortford and
Cambridge will be closed from Saturday 22nd October to Sunday 30th
October inclusive, to allow Network Rail to carry out extensive engineering
work to renew the track.
Buses will operate between stations, but with
extended journey times. David Lilley
Chris and Claire Day (nee Skeates) are delighted to announce the birth of
Lucinda Claire Margaret on Sunday 18th September. A dear little sister for Emily.
Many thanks to the Staff at the Rosie Hospital.
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South Cambridgeshire is a very safe place to live and
work. The overall crime rate in South
Cambridgeshire is well below the national average. The National average for house burglaries is 18.2 burglaries per
1000 households. The average for the
East of England is 12 and the rate for South Cambridgeshire is 6.5 house
burglaries per 1000 households.
Whilst these figures may be reassuring, they can lead
to complacency. Cambridgeshire
Constabulary, along with South Cambridgeshire District Council and our other
partners is committed to reducing the number of dwelling burglaries even
further within Cambridgeshire.
Householders need to recognise that they have a role
to play in house burglary reduction.
Nationally 1 in 5 burglaries occur because windows
and doors are left open. Since the
beginning of the year, in South Cambridgeshire, over 30% of reported house
burglaries have occurred because of lax security by the occupier. Here are some extracts from police reports
about the burglaries:
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Entry via
insecure back door
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Offender
entered premises via open rear door
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Entry via
insecure rear patio door
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Entry via
insecure side door
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No
fencing/gate to prevent access to the rear
In all these instances householders have helped, not
hindered the burglar.
What can you do?
Remember – most
house burglaries are committed by
opportunist thieves and can be prevented by thinking about the security of your home and belongings.
Don’t give
burglars the opportunity to make you a victim.
If you would like a free domestic security survey conducted by one of our Neighbourhood Police team then please go to www.cambs.police.uk, select the ‘contact us online’ section and then select ‘request a domestic security survey’. Alternatively phone '0845 4564564 and ask for either Histon or Sawston Enquiry Office (8.00 a.m. -4.00 p.m., Mon – Fri) or write to me at Sawston Police Station, 4 Cambridge Road, Sawston CB2 4DG .
Sgt Steve Poppitt
South
Cambridgeshire Neighbourhood Police Team
Leslie Lilley played the church organ, and one day I
was in the Sunday choir and he was playing ‘Oh for the wings of a dove’ when he
leant over to me and said, “I’d rather have a leg of roast chicken”, I burst
out in loud laughter, and of course, my father heard all about it, and
furiously marched me round to the Rev. Penney, and all he said was, “I do like
to see Sheila laugh,” so got me out of that one. The Penneys were very nice, their children, Christine, Gerald and
Basil often came round to us. Once Gerald, who was studying medicine, placed a
human hand on the table, and my mother was most upset; she viewed Gerald
differently after that. Basil was enormous fun I always thought. He never
fitted into vicarage life, and one day he arrived late in church wearing shorts
(unheard of in those days) and swinging a tennis racket. His mother was not amused. I was!
The Working Mens’ Club always fascinated me because
there were a lot of voices and laughter, but I never did get inside to see what
was going on.
John and Ruth Dawson were my friends. Ruth was in the WRAF during the War.
Mrs Bowen lived in a lovely house, ‘The Place’ in
Brookhampton Street. Her cousin Neville
Chamberlain was the Prime Minister when War was declared. When I married, Mrs Bowen gave me a set of
cut glass wine glasses which I still have.
Also in Brookhampton Street was Colonel Bristowe; he
married a Miss Rush from Rush Hall, near Newmarket. When I was a young Guide in Newmarket she was our Chief Guide, so
I was delighted to see her in the village.
Also in Brookhampton Street were the Satchells. Len and Florrie were often good at getting
me out to enjoy myself. They knew how strict my father was, and were very good
at pretending I was visiting them when I was elsewhere. Florrie’s sister Queenie Bass used to cover
for me as well, so I had more fun than father knew about.
I remember ‘Bricky’ Human, I loved to talk to him, he
always had a tale to tell and made me laugh. Mr Broom, ‘Broomy’ as he was
known, rode a bicycle with a cart attached on the back for his dog, and our dog
‘Tigger’ was always jumping over the wall to get to his dog; we had a lot of
skirmishes with Mr Broom.
Mr & Mrs Arthur Rule kept the off licence ‘The
Beehive’ in Frogge Street, and they also ran a taxi service when petrol was
available. I knew their son Charlie and
daughter Barbara, who became a teacher, and Charlie married Cynthia Say.
Mr & Mrs Scales lived at ‘Valance Farm’, a
beautiful house in a lovely setting, and one lovely summer’s day their daughter
Elisabeth arranged for a farm cart to take Sunday School children to have tea
at the farm. They were a lovely family,
and Elisabeth always called her parents Papa and Mama. Later on Elisabeth ran the farm as her
brother did not want it. Elisabeth
married Mr Wamsley.
Mr Andrews from Great Chesterford delivered bread in
his pony and cart, and when I married and lived at Ryecroft, Whittlesford, with
my parents-in-law, to my utter joy there standing in the field was Tom, Mr
Andrews pony. I had many happy years
with that pony.
Mrs Tetley lived in ‘Ickleton Lodge’, a lovely house
and grounds opposite us. Her land girl Audrey Turnbull was a very good friend.
She married a pilot, and after the war they went to live in Australia, but we
remained writing friends until she died in 1998. (to be continued)
Sheila Maynard (nee
French)
It was quite definitely ‘Ladies Day’ at the biennual
flower show on Saturday 17th September.
The principal winners of the competitions were
Elizabeth Marshall of Great Chesterford, and Carol Turton and Ann Macdonald
from Ickleton. Despite a poor growing season, there was a good selection of
flowers, vegetables and fruits etc. and the event was well supported.
The next meeting will be on October 5th
8.00 p.m. in the Chapel, Carmel Street, Gt. Chesterford.
The speaker will be Mr. Hamilton from Barnsdale
Gardens (son of Geoff Hamilton).
Cynthia Rule
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I would like to thank everyone in Ickleton who kindly
donated funds last month to help buy a new classroom and supplies for the
E.T.O. school in Takeo, Cambodia. You
may remember opening your door last month to four smiling children shaking a
can and holding a photo of some of the school’s students. My partner and I had only just returned from
a holiday to Cambodia and were deeply moved by the scale of the poverty and
remnants of a brutal 20 year civil war.
Our children really wanted to get involved with us in raising money to
help out this special school. They held
toy sales in the park, two car boot sales and collected around the village, as
well as emptying their piggy banks.Together they raised £450! We are very proud
of them for showing such compassion and for getting involved in a school
thousands of miles away. My daughter
Mallory and I have just recently returned from another three weeks back in
Cambodia. We were pleased to take the
money collected to build the new classroom, which was started whilst we were
there; also the stationery, art supplies and English books were gratefully
accepted. Mr. Heng Chum, the Director of the organisation, was overjoyed at the
generosity of our village and our children.
Most of the students had never had the chance to play with paints and
enjoy drawing a picture, and they produced some great works of art.
Mr. Heng Chum runs six schools, with no governmental
funding for 3,000 students whose families are too poor to send them to a
regular school. These children spend
most of their days working in the rice paddies from sun up to sun down, and the
E.T.O. School is the only chance the students will get to learn to read and
write in both Khmer and English, as well as basic numeracy, and
technology. Mallory and I really
enjoyed teaching arts and crafts to these eager students and would like to
display some of their work and photos of the school shortly in the village
hall. We are hoping to raise a further
£1,000 to build an orphanage attached to the school where we stayed, as well as
a small pig farm so they can be self sufficient in the future. Anyone who has
any questions, or would like to help, can contact me at home or Mr. Heng Chum
by email at: hengchum@hotmail.com
Thank you again to all the people who gave their
money, time, goods for the car boot sales or discounts on the language books,
and to our children.
COFFEE
MORNING
A coffee morning, in aid of Marie Curie Nurses, is
being held at Rectory Farm, Grange Road, Ickleton on Friday October 7th
from 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon, by kind permission of Mr. and Mrs. Dick Wombwell.
It is hoped that this event will be well supported, as many local people have
benefited from the nurses’ care and dedication.
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October
5th |
Chesterford and District Gardening Society Meeting |
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8.00 p.m. Chapel, Carmel Street, Gt. Chesterford |
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7th |
Coffee Morning, 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon, Rectory
Farm, Grange Road |
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10th |
Mobile Library |
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19th |
Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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19th |
W.I. Meeting 7.45 p.m. Gt. Chesterford Community
Centre |
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22nd |
Hinxton International Evening 7.30 p.m. Hinxton
Village Hall |
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24th |
Mobile Library |
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30th |
Halloween Party 4.30-6.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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November 5th |
The Pea, the Bean and the Enormous Turnip 3.30 p.m.
Village Hall |
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18th |
Social Club Fun Darts Night 8.30 p.m. Social Club |
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19th |
Social Club Quiz 9.00 p.m. Social Club |
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26th |
Barn Dance and Supper Village Hall |
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BY ICKLETON PARISH COUNCIL