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Tony Court Hilary Rule |
All
contributions please. Deadline for next Icene Bulletin
12th August 2006
Monday 7th
August - Green bin and green box collection
Monday 14th August - Black bin collection
Monday 21st August - Green bin and green box collection
Tuesday 29th August - Black bin collection
Parish Council Meeting 19th July Amongst the topics discussed at the
meeting were: the general maintenance in the village, cutting of the grass
under Great Chesterford bridge, football pitch, graffiti, proposed large local
developments, heights of planes flying over Ickleton.
Planning application:
S/1333/06/F – Dwelling – Land adj. 20 Brookhampton
Street – P Hoskins – No recommendation.
SCDC Planning permission granted:
S/0562/06/F – Erection of Cereal Breeding Building,
Greenhouses & Polytunnels – Rectory Farm
S/0821/06/F – Extension with amended change to design
of window – J Flitton
Tennis Courts The Parish Council
is disappointed with the response to last month’s request for residents to join
a working group. The Parish Council is
keen to move the project forward and more volunteers will be required if this
is to take place. Please would you let
me know if you are interested/willing to join this group.
Litter Once again a
lot of litter is being left in the Recreation Ground near the newspaper and
bottle banks. Please would you use the
correct litter bins provided, or preferably take it home? A suitable notice will be displayed in the
kitchen of the village hall, asking hirers to take their rubbish away. The lids on the paper banks have been broken
with rubbish being put inside! These,
hopefully, will be repaired/replaced shortly.
Please do your bit and help keep this village tidy. Jocelyn Flitton
Tuesday 4th July saw the start of the
drop-in coffee mornings at the church.
In a glorious sunny setting, outside the church door,
a number of parishioners and visitors enjoyed coffee and shortbread with much
humour and chat.
We do hope that over the next three months everyone
will feel free to come along for complimentary tea or coffee on Tuesday
mornings from 10.00 a.m. – 12.00. noon. If anyone needs transport, please let
us know.
Rosemary McKillen and
Simon Casement - Churchwardens
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CHURCH
SERVICES – for August
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Thursday 3rd |
12.30 p.m
Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 6th |
8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
DUXFORD |
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Transfiguration |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong |
HINXTON |
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Thursday 10th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 13th |
8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
HINXTON |
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Trinity 9 |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 17th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 20th |
8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
ICKLETON |
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Trinity 10 |
10.00 a.m. Parish Eucharist |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong |
DUXFORD
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Thursday 24th |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 27th
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8.00 a.m.
BCP Communion |
HINXTON |
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Trinity 11 |
10.00 a.m.
Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 31st |
12.30 p.m. Holy Communion |
HINXTON |
Morning Prayer (8.45 a.m.) and Evening Prayer (4.45 p.m.)
are said in church: Monday Duxford, Tuesday Ickleton, Wednesday Hinxton,
Thursday Ickleton, Friday Duxford.
On a blazing hot day, the team swung into action and
as always, masterminded by Monica Lilley, a great time was had by all. The Saffron Walden Town Band and the Morris
Dancers from Reach, a new and greatly appreciated addition to the afternoon’s
activities, were in great form.
Although turnout was a shade lower than usual, due to the distractions
of the World Cup, it was a splendid community event. Unaudited figures suggest a financial outcome so far of £2,600
towards Ickleton Church funds. Well
done to everyone who contributed to the success of the day. Rosemary McKillen and Simon
Casement - Churchwardens
Many, many thanks to everyone who helped at
the Church Fete this year. Everybody worked
very hard to make it such a success. Again, thank you.
If you have and ideas, suggestions or themes for next
year’s fete, please let me know.
The sponsorship this year raised £350 with a £100
donation. Thank you sponsors very much.
CAMBRIDGESHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES
TRUST
Sponsored
Cycle Ride - Saturday 9th September
If you would
like to take part in this cycle ride, visiting churches within the Shelford
Deanery, please contact me for information.
We also need
people from the village to welcome cyclists who visit Ickleton Church, so if
you can join the rota between 10.00 a.m. and 4.00 p.m. please let me know.
Hilary Rule
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I’m just an old fashioned …….. church (you know the tune!)
In 2004, the Church of England published a report
called ‘Mission Shaped Church’. In its first chapter it describes recent
cultural, social and economic trends and their impact. The last 20 years have
seen more changes than at any other time in history. The resulting upheaval has
affected everyone, and particularly children. And we cannot assume that the
effects of such changes on children are similar to those experienced by adults;
in some cases, they are markedly different. Amongst the changes noted in the
report are:
— Employment
Most people in their middle years work outside the home; there has been a
significant increase in the number of lone parent women working outside the
home; hours worked have also changed.
— Mobility
People are vastly more mobile than they were even 30 years ago; most families,
apart from the poorest, have access to a car, and are ready to use it.
— Family
Life The divorce rate has risen significantly … combined with the rise in
cohabitation and the birth of children to never-married mothers, in 2001 the
census showed that 22 per cent of children lived in lone parent families. More
than 1 in 10 other children live in stepfamilies. In 2000, the average age of
women having their first child, had increased to 27.
— Leisure
Time Taking part in sporting activities, whether alone or as a member of a
team or club, is a popular way of spending leisure time. The biggest change in
the past 50 years has been in the hours we spend watching television.
— Society We are living increasingly fragmented
lives …. people no longer view Sunday as special or as ‘church time’. Children
are more likely to be playing sport on a Sunday morning than going to church.
— Children
in Church During the twentieth
century, Sunday school attendance dropped from 55% to 4% of children, meaning
that even the rudiments of the Christian story and of Christian experience are
lacking in most young people.
— World
View We live in a culturally
pluralistic and interconnected global society, dominated by mass media and
lacking any single dominant centre of political power, communication, or
intellectual production.
Post-modern philosophy asserts that: (1) there are no
absolute values (2) all communication is coloured by myth, metaphor, cultural
bias and political content (3) experience is personal and cannot be
generalized; meaning is created by the individual, not an author.
How should the church react to all this? Faced with
so much change, the threat of creeping relativism and a ‘pick and mix’ society,
it is very tempting to retreat to a place of safety and pull up the drawbridge.
But the Church has been ‘counter cultural’ right from the start. Even the
briefest scan of history will show individual Christians questioning and
criticising the accepted culture of the time, be it slavery or emperor worship,
and sometimes paying for outspoken criticism with their lives. Once again,
today, the Church should be questioning prevailing attitudes, not in a
defensive way, but in the knowledge that there is a viable alternative on offer
(and this, surely, is why the Alpha course has been so successful).
Today’s church needs to engage with present cultural
mores with courage, offering direction, value and hope to people lost in a maze
of self-referential, self-centred hopelessness. Church should surely be the
place where people – adults and children, you and your family - can discover
values which point beyond the introverted world of self, to beliefs about
lifelong values, structure, trust, faith, love – and even God.
Andrew Schofield
The Rectory, St John’s Street, Duxford CB2 4RA
Andrew.schofield@ely.anglican.org
The marriage of James Andrew Norman Shepperd and
Jennifer Elaine McCray took place at Ickleton Church on 15th July.
From 9th August 2006, Rev Hilary Cheng and
family will be living at:
2 Mowlam Close, Impington, Cambridge CB4
9NA ' 01223 700778
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As a ‘ComeHomer’ I should like to say ‘thank you’ to
Ron Coulson for the lovely ride he gave us on the Fete morning in the tractor
and trailer. The trailer was pure
luxury, with its bus seats, and the ride for the 1¼ hours was wonderful, and brought back
lovely childhood memories, such as cherry-plum picking with Betty and Sill up
at Mr. Frankau’s.
On our return, we were served with a lovely spread of
sandwiches and scones etc. and tea and coffee, for which we say a big ‘thank
you’ to the kind ladies who provided this for us.
Even though the ‘footie’ kept some people away, it
was still a good Fete, helped by beautiful weather.
Beryl
Harris
At our last meeting on Wednesday July 12th
it was Hedley Igglesden’s birthday so he gave us a treat, starting with a
drink.Then, after our games as usual, he had made sandwiches of all sorts,
which we really enjoyed, then cake and a lovely birthday cake. We thank him
very much for it all as it took a lot of time to prepare, with a little help
from Cynthia.
We are not having a meeting on July 26th ,
so our next one is on August 9th. Don’t forget.
Ruby
Lilley
On August Bank Holiday Weekend Sunday 27th
and Monday 28th August from noon there will be a selling exhibition
of works by professional and amateur artists; Sylke Claridge, John Glover, John
Preston, Mary Seymour and others.
There will be a Flower Festival in the church, with
tea and cakes in the churchyard.
This event is
in aid of Strethall Church Fabric Appeal. '521290 for more information.
We are grateful to the Imperial War Museum for
hosting the entire school on an extremely hot and sunny July day. As well as enjoying the exhibits and a
picnic, the Catalina flying-boat provided a fantastic backdrop for a school
photograph.
Years 5 & 6 entered a Cambridgeshire School
Athletics Championship and their skill, determination and enthusiasm resulted
in a host of medals. A production of Midsummer Night’s Dream was Year 6’s
finale to their time at Duxford School.
It was an excellent and highly enjoyable performance and our
congratulations to them, as well as to everyone who helped produce the
wonderful costumes and scenery. Miranda
Stone-Wigg
Once again this year the Duxford Tennis Club has been
holding tennis lessons for children and adults, with Mike's Tennis Academy. The
term started on Wednesday 26th April, with 5 coaching sessions starting from
3.45p.m., and ended Wednesday 19th July.
All the children, (aged 5 - 14) have really improved their strokes and
are beginning to have rallies with each other. It’s a good way for teenagers to
meet other players of the same standard who they can have a game with. Here are some of the comments from the
children of Ickleton who had lessons themselves:
“Tennis is fun because we play rotten eggs and I am
getting better at back-hand. We play turkey where you try to hit the ball and
if you miss you have to pretend to be a turkey.” (Kirsten Rugg-Gunn age 5)
“I like tennis because we learn lots of stuff and
play fun games. My service and back-hand are improving a lot.” (Dominic Rugg-Gunn age 7)
“I have really enjoyed going to tennis this term and
being taught how to play very well. I have especially enjoyed learning many new
tips and techniques to help me progress further and become much better at
tennis.” (Zoe age
10)
“Tennis has been really great this term, because I
have learnt loads of things such as serving and different games to help me
improve my tennis. It has been really fun and I loved it!” (Simon age 7) Kim Queree
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It’s not often that we enjoy two outings in one
month, but June was an exception when members visited some lovely gardens in
Littlebury on June 7th and had a visit to Mill House Gardens,
Bassingbourn on June 22nd. Both evenings were blessed with lovely
summer weather.
The mini flower show in July was well supported. Our
Chairman Pauline Gale was the overall winner, scoring the most points with her
entries and winning a lovely polonium.
Wine and refreshments were served, ending with
strawberries, cream and an excellent raffle.
The next meeting will be on September 6th. The speaker will be Tom Cole, subject: New
Wave Borders. The best bloom
competition will be an aster.
Visitors welcome. Cynthia Rule
The Imperial War Museum Duxford is undertaking a number
of noise surveys through the summer, as part of a programme to better
understand the interaction between Duxford’s live airfield and the Museum’s
neighbours.
The surveys will take place over four separate days,
including an air show weekend, a normal weekday and a normal weekend. Each survey consists of separate recordings
made at different sites using specialist equipment that measures sound
levels. The equipment is vehicle-based
and will be managed by specialist staff. Sites to be surveyed include Duxford
village, between Thriplow and Fowlmere, Grange Road (to the south of the
airfield) and Pampisford Hall.
No disruption to traffic or to property is expected
during surveying.
Any enquiries regarding the surveys should be made
directly to the Museum ' 01223 499335.
Duxford to host special day of celebration for the 70th
Anniversary of the Spitfire
The legendary Spitfire, once fittingly described as a
‘poem of speed and precision’ will be the star of the commemoration day on
Sunday 13th August in this,
its 70th anniversary year.
It was at Duxford in August 1938 that the Spitfire
first entered RAF service and Duxford’s special day will pay tribute to this.
Spitfire day is part of a series of events being staged at Duxford this year in
celebration of this special anniversary.
The climax of the year’s
celebrations will be the Spitfire Anniversary Air Show, which is being
held on Saturday 2nd and Sunday 3rd September and will
host the largest gathering of Spitfires in the UK this year.
Admission is FREE for Children under 16, £15.50 for
Adults, £13.50 for Senior Citizens, and £10.50 for Concessions. Group rates are
available. For further information
please visit The Duxford Website at www.iwm.org.uk/duxford. For enquiries please call '01223 835000 or email duxford@iwm.org.uk . Tracey Woods twoods@iwm.org.uk '01223 499320
The Annual General Meeting will take place on
September 7th at the Congregational Chapel, Carmel Street, Great Chesterford at
8.00 p.m. Everybody is invited to take part and hear about our new programme
from our next two speakers. Refreshments will be served afterwards.
For the Autumn
2006 term, the course will be:
Coasts and Seashores of East Anglia (Tutor: Frances
Dipper).
Every Thursday evening from 14th September 8.00 p.m.
to 9.30 p.m. in the Congregational Chapel, Carmel Street, Great Chesterford for
ten weekly sessions.
The course will study wildlife and habitats -
including cliffs, rocky shores, sand dunes and defences. Frances Dipper is a
marine biologist, writer and lecturer.
For more information or to reserve a place,
please contact Margaret Beston.
Course fees are £40, concessions £35 and free to
those on certain means tested benefits. The first two sessions may be sampled
at £4 (concessions £3.50) per session, deductible from the course fee if
continuing.
For the Spring
2007 term the course will be:
About Face - A History of Portraiture (Tutor: Mary
Conochie).
Every Wednesday morning from 17th January 10.00 a.m.
to 11.30 a.m. at the Congregational Chapel, Carmel Street, Great Chesterford
for ten weekly sessions.
Margaret Beston
Ickleton 6.54 7.24 7.54 then 17.54
Sawston Link Road 7.09 7.39 8.09 hourly 18.09
Addenbrooke’s 7.30 8.00 8.30 until 18.30
Cambridge Emmanuel St 7.50 8.20 8.50 18.50
(All
journeys continue to Cottenham)
Cambridge Emmanuel St 7.15 16.15 16.45 17.15 17.45
Addenbrooke’s 7.32 then 16.32 17.02 17.32 18.02
Sawston Link Road 7.52 hourly 16.52 17.22 17.52 18.22
Ickleton 8.06 until 17.06 17.36 18.06 18.36
Saffron Walden
High St 8.20 17.20 17.50 18.20 18.50
David Lilley
Keven and Lorraine of Priory Close would like to say
a big thank you to Ray and Julie for finding Bruno their dog and giving him a
safe haven for the night. Also lots of
thanks to Doug, Julie and Neil for helping to look for him at such a late hour.
The kindness of neighbours helped ease a stressful
time.
What a fantastic
photography competition we had this year with 45 entries! Mary Wombwell did a splendid job judging the
competition with her artistic eye.
Winners were:-
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August 14th |
Mobile Library |
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16th |
Parish Council Meeting 7.30 p.m. Village Hall |
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16th |
W.I. Meeting 7.45 p.m Community Centre, Gt.
Chesterford |
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17th |
Visiting Bellringers 4.15 – 5.00 p.m. |
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17th |
Mysteries of the Night 9.00 p.m. Wetlands over Mill
Lane Crossing |
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27th |
Strethall Art Fair 12 noon |
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28th |
Strethall Art Fair 12 noon |
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November 25th |
Silent Auction - Hinxton Village Hall |
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December 3rd |
Concert and Workshop - Ickleton Church |
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