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SEPTEMBER 2007
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David and Monica Lilley Monica.lilley2@btopenworld.com |
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Icene Bulletin
12th SEPTEMBER 2007
PARISH COUNCIL
Monday 3rd September - Green bin and green box collection
Monday 10th September - Black bin collection
Monday 17th September - Green bin and Green box
Monday 24th September - Black bin collection
Parish Council Meeting 15 August 2007.
The
following items were discussed:
Churchyard, Chestnut trees in Butchers Hill, planting of bulbs, Recreation
Ground, potholes,
Village website and Village Hall.
Planning applications
received from SCDC:
S/1458/07/LB – Replacement of Flat Roof to Three Front
Dormer Windows with Clay Tiled Pitched Gabled Roofs – Mr & Mrs R Olds - Approve
S/1459/07/F – Installation of Pitched Roofs to Dormer
Windows – Mr & Mrs R Olds – Approve.
For Information only:
S/1212/07/F – Amendment – Railings removed from front
elevation and design of garage door changed – Dalesville Holdings Ltd.
S/1111/07/LB – Amendment – Existing double window to remain
and not be replaced by a triple window/opening at the gable end through the
kitchen to create a worktop to be removed and existing gable end to remain
as-is - Mr & Mrs Heaney
Planning applications granted/refused by SCDC:
S/1112/07/F – Extension – Mr and Mrs S R Heaney – Granted
S/1108/07/F – Extension – Mr D Vickers - Refused
Enertrag – Proposed Wind Farm at Linton, Cambridgeshire. A public exhibition is being held at Linton Village Hall on 25
September 2007 between 3-8pm.
Individuals could make their own views known, but it was agreed that the
Parish Council were unable to comment on a consultation document.
Ickleton Riverside
Barns -
update by Cllr John Williams:
This was considered at 1 August Planning Committee meeting
and refused. There was a site visit on
Monday 30 July (8 members).
The debate was limited, with one committee member speaking
in support, one doubtful, and other limited remarks. The vote was taken: 5 in favour (included myself) and 7
against. The enforcement procedure is
now to be expected, but physically will probably be delayed in the event of appeal.
Village Post Office.
Andrew
Lansley CBE MP has written to ask us to “remind people that post offices near
us depend on your willingness to use them.
In villages where there is no post office, we need to remember also that
post offices may be available in a neighbouring village and help to maintain
that. The key thing is: Use it or Lose it!” Please write to Mr Lansley supporting the
keeping of our village post office, his address is 153 St Neots Road, Hardwick,
Cambridge, CB23 7QJ or e-mail: scca@sccf.org.uk
Frogge Street Telephone
Box – We have been
notified that this box is to be made a cashless facility. You will still be able to make Emergency
calls and calls using a phone card. Our
village post office currently sells these cards. We also believe that you will be able to use bank debit and
credit cards.
Bus Services – Cambridgeshire County Council is inviting consultations
regarding the bus services. You can
respond if you wish, by logging onto: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/consultations/bussurvey
Sandbags - The Parish Council recommends that if owners are concerned
about flooding at their property, they should purchase sandbags (available from
Ridgeons) to protect their property.
Highways only supply sandbags in extreme circumstances that relate to
flooding on the roads.
Cemetery – Please could we ask that only dead flowers and paper are put
in the two compost bins. Any
other rubbish (plastic flower pots, metal, cellophane etc.) should be placed in
the dustbin at the side. Many thanks.
Cycle from Great Shelford to Addenbrooke’s Hospital in 10
minutes. A new foot and cycle path provides a
great off-road route. The path starts
at Chaston Road (off Hinton Way) in Great Shelford. To find out more and for your free copy of the route map (which
shows other cycling routes in the Ickleton to Cambridge area) go to: www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/cycling
or call 01223 716025.
Jocelyn Flitton
- Parish Clerk
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CHURCH NOTICES – Services for September
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Sunday 2nd |
8.00 a.m. BCP
Communion |
DUXFORD |
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Trinity 13 |
10.00 a.m. Parish
Eucharist |
ICKLETON |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong |
HINXTON |
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Thursday 6th |
12.30 p.m. Holy
Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 9th |
8.00 a.m. BCP Communion |
HINXTON |
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Trinity 14 |
10.00 a.m. Parish
Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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4.00 p.m.
Family Service |
DUXFORD |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 13th |
12.30 p.m. BCP
Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 16th |
8.00 a.m. BCP
Communion |
ICKLETON |
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Trinity 15 |
10.00 a.m.
Family Communion |
HINXTON |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong with Laying on of Hands |
DUXFORD |
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Thursday 20th |
12.30 p.m. Holy
Communion |
HINXTON |
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Sunday 23rd |
8.00 a.m. BCP
Communion |
HINXTON |
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Trinity 16 |
11.00 a.m.
Harvest Festival |
DUXFORD URC |
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6.30 p.m.
Evensong and Holy Communion |
ICKLETON |
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Thursday 27th |
12.30 p.m. Holy
Communion |
HINXTON |
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Friday 28th |
7.30 p.m. Harvest Festival, with the Bishop of |
ICKLETON |
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Huntingdon,
followed by Harvest Supper |
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Sunday 30th |
10.00 a.m.
Parish Eucharist |
DUXFORD |
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Trinity 17 |
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Family Service
On the second Sunday of the month (9th
September) there is a short and lively Family
Service – see notice boards at church and school for details. On the third
Sunday of the month (16th September) there is a Family Communion at 10.00 a.m. at Hinxton. In this service we use a
simpler responsive form of worship suitable for all ages. Godly Play is
available at the same time in the tower room for 5 - 8 year olds.
Evening Service
The basic format for the Evening
Service is Evening Prayer, but at Duxford, on the third Sunday in the month, it
includes the laying on of hands and prayers for those in need. At Ickleton
on the fourth Sunday in the month, the service is followed by Holy
Communion.
Baptism
On Sunday 29th July, Myles Alan Thompson son of Russell & Alison Thompson (nee
Igglesden) of Sawston.
The family would like to thank Revd. Andrew Schofield for a
lovely service, making the day special for them.
Marriages
Two blessings after civil marriage took place at Ickleton
Church recently:
On 28th July Jackie Seeger married Nigel Bennett
(Jackie played ‘The Last Post’ at our Remembrance Service last year).
On 11th August Lisa Joan Cornell married Tristan
Paul Monk. (Tristan is one of our postmen).
CHURCH GIFT DAY
2007
On Saturday October 6th the churchwardens and
members of the P.C.C. will be in church to welcome you and receive any gifts
you may wish to make to support the upkeep of our beautiful church building.
In return there will
be coffee, tea, tasty nibbles and tit bits to tempt you. More details in the October Icene. Ickleton
Parochial Church Council
CHAPEL NOTICES
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September 2nd
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Re Revd. Trevor Sands |
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9th |
Revd. Trevor Sands |
Holy Communion |
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16th |
Revd. Jim Gill |
Harvest Thanksgiving |
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23rd |
Revd. Trevor Sands |
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30th |
Miss Joan Kennett |
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All services commence at 3.00 p.m. Trevor Sands
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NOTES FROM HINKLEDUX RECTORY
Marriage Lines
In July 2007, General Synod (the
Church of England's governing body) approved steps to widen its wedding
regulations. The new regulations are designed to make it easier for couples to
get married in a church that has special meaning to them. When they come into
effect couples can choose to get married in:
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their
local parish
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the
parish where they were baptised and/or confirmed
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a
parish they have lived in for 6 months or more, at any time during their lives
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a
parish they have attended worship in for at least 6 months
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the
parish their parents lived or worshipped in (during the child's lifetime)
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the
parish their parents or grandparents were married in
The legislation is now being
prepared for its passage through both Houses of Parliament. The new regulations
are expected to come into effect by Autumn 2008 and will presumably be relevant
to weddings in our churches in 2009.
For now, and for weddings in Summer
2008, the usual regulations apply. The basic entitlement for everyone is to be
married in the church of the parish where you live, following the reading of
banns (and in that case you don’t even need to be baptised).
After that it gets more complicated,
and many of those who are married in our village churches have to apply for a
Special Licence from the Archbishop’s office in London. The usual reason is
that, although they no longer live in the parish, they want to be married from
a parental home and in the village in which they grew up. Provided they can
show a long-term family connection with the church and one of them is baptised,
this too is a straightforward procedure (it seems likely that the new
regulations will supercede this Special Licence provision).
Increasingly I am being asked to
conduct weddings when one of the couple has been divorced. This is perhaps the
most complicated process of all, because it involves a series of interviews
between the vicar and couple and consultation between the vicar and bishop. The
interviews are based on questions drawn up by the House of Bishops and designed
to show that the applicant is in a right relationship with his family, and has
a mature understanding of his (or her) role in the breakdown of the first
marriage. It is a process which is personal and (some might say) intrusive, and
demands a considerable degree of openness and self understanding. Finally, if
the bishop gives his blessing to the proposed marriage, there is a marriage
preparation course to encourage couples to consider the important issues in
their relationship.
A final possibility, for those who
may have a wedding abroad or a civil marriage, is a service of
prayer and dedication. There are no legal requirements or set fees and in many
ways this is the simplest service of all. It is of course a service for a
couple after they have been married
(in other words, for Mr and Mrs) but can take place on the same day as a civil
ceremony.
Perhaps a line from the vicar’s wedding sermon will help to
explain why the Church invests considerable effort in getting it right:
‘Marriage is a covenant, a relationship of mutual risk and mutual promise. You
know that someone else has a life invested in yours, as yours is invested in
theirs. That risk of investing yourself in another person, letting them invest
themselves in you so completely, that’s how we grow, how we become human. That
is why marriage is so important, not just for this couple and these families,
but for society as a whole.’
I’m mounting a marriage preparation
course for couples who will be married in our churches in 2008, because it helps
to put all the planning for the big day in a meaningful context. This year in
our villages there have been several 40th and 50th
wedding anniversaries – and we wish the same for those who are married in our
churches today! Andrew Schofield
The
Rectory, 13 St John’s Street, Duxford CB22 4RA
* atschofield@msn.com
ICKLETON SOCIETY
The new Committee has recently had
its first meeting and considered the ideas for future activities, which were
put forward at the General Meeting in July.
A number of people suggested various local history and genealogy
research projects, which would add to the village archives and could be
published on the village web site. If
anyone would like to help with some research of this kind, please get in touch
with me.
The Committee would like formally to
record its thanks to those members of the Committee and the Officers who stood
down in July. Sheila Birch was Chair of
the Committee for 8 years and Jos Flitton was Treasurer for nearly 20 years. Jackie Casement had formerly been Secretary
and she and Judy Marshall were on the Committee for many years. We thank them for all their hard work for
the Society and the village. We’re
pleased that Sheila is remaining as a Committee member with a particular interest
in the archives.
Rachel Radford
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CONSTANCE LILIAN CUTTER
1912 - 2007
Connie was born in Little Abington on 16th
December 1912, the year the Titanic sank and suffragettes were demonstrating on
the streets of London! In 1914 the
Cutter family moved to Pampisford.
Sadly, Connie’s father, who was in the Suffolk Regiment, was killed in
the 1st World War when she was just 6 years old and, as such, she
had no memories of him, but his death brought about a further move and Connie
and her elder sister, Cecily, moved with their mother, Ellen, to 45 High
Street, Hinxton, to be near her grandfather and uncle. During a conversation with Tricia, Connie
recalled that every year she and her sister had to walk with their mother from
Hinxton to Pampisford and back for the Armistice service; Connie’s father’s
name is on the Armistice Memorial in Pampisford.
All Connie’s schooling was at Hinxton School and on
finishing her education she started work at the glove factory in Brookfield
Road, Sawston.
Her next job was for Fred Weeden as a bus conductress. The buses went to Cambridge and all over
Cambridgeshire. They also went to
London, except during the blitz. In
those days the return fare from Ickleton to Cambridge was 1/7d and the return
fare to London was 6 shillings! There
was little petrol, but Connie travelled on the buses taking servicemen back to
Victoria Station when they had been on home leave for the weekend. Premier
Travel subsequently bought out Weeden’s and Connie continued as a conductress
before going on to work in their office in St Andrew’s Street in
Cambridge.
Around the time of her mother’s death in 1954 at the age of
just 66, Connie went to work for the Griggs family butcher’s shop in Ickleton,
delivering meat to the local villages and doing the book work.
Soon afterwards, Mrs. Grant (Elisabeth Wamsley’s aunt) came
to live in Hinxton and Connie became her companion. A few years later they moved up to Valance Farm. This became Connie’s home for many years as,
after Mrs. Grant’s death, she stayed on as a companion to Elisabeth’s mother,
Mrs. Scales, and then as a great friend to Jack & Elisabeth. She and Elisabeth did much charity work,
selling crafts etc to raise money for Strethall & Ickleton churches and the
Methodist Chapel.
Over the years Connie made very many close friends, both in
Ickleton and Hinxton and lots of stories can be told about these years. Marjorie Griggs became her lifelong friend
and she enjoyed several holidays and family gatherings with the Griggs family;
in fact Marjorie and Connie were often taken for sisters.
When Cecily became ill, Connie left the Valance and moved to
Cecily’s home in Duxford, where she looked after her sister, with the love and
gentleness we all know, until Cecily’s untimely death.
Connie briefly moved back to the Valance before settling
very happily in the Gertrude Homes. She
enjoyed her tapestry and, of course, the company of her dear cat, He/She (she
was never quite sure)! The cat was a
stray that was lucky enough to find its way to Connie’s doorstep; He/She has
since been adopted by Dilip and Sunita.
The Church played a huge part in Connie’s life and in latter
years she enjoyed the company and friendship of the Window of Prayer Group. She
didn’t join the Over 60s because she never thought she was old enough!
When she became ill and entered hospital for the first time
in her long life, all her friends continued to visit her at Addenbrooke’s,
Brookfields and finally at Home Close.
Connie was a gentle, lovely lady, who always had a smile on
her face. She was a dear aunt and
friend to many. May she now rest in peace with those she loved that have gone
before her.
Ros Smith
JEAN ROLFE
1921 – 2007
Jean Rolfe of Abbeygate, 8 Abbey
Street died peacefully at home on July 1st her 86th
birthday, after a short illness.
Jean moved to Ickleton in 1994 from
Cambridge with her husband Gordon, and enjoyed many aspects of village life and
new friends. For a number of years she was involved with floral arrangements at
St. Mary Magdalene Church, and her Service of Thanksgiving took place there on
9th July.
Jean was born in Cambridge in 1921,
daughter of Icynth and Stanley Woolston, who was a well known antique dealer,
by appointment to the late Queen Mary. She
married Gordon in 1948 and had two children, Howard and Marney who both live
locally in Great Chesterford.
Gordon, Howard and Marney thank so
many of you for your kind words and support; it is much appreciated.
ICKLETON VILLAGE WEB
SITE
After five
years, the time has come to revamp our website.
If you have
any ideas and/or would like to be involved in the design, content or management
(even in a minor way) please email or contact one of the following:
Liz Goddard FamilyGoddard@AOL.com
Andrew Shepperd Andrew@Shepperd.freeserve.co.uk
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DOROTHY
JOAN SUTCLIFFE 22nd NOVEMBER 1921 – 4th AUGUST 2007
Joan was born in Sheffield and was the eldest of three
daughters. Her father was choir master and sang with her mother and her two
sisters. Church music was the first influence in her life. As well as singing
with the choir she also sang as a soloist in church and in Gilbert and Sullivan
productions.
She started work in
the office of a Sheffield steel company which was the start of a long and
distinguished secretarial career. Later she volunteered for war service in the
ATS.
She first met Keith in early 1953 when she was secretary to
the Dean of the Faculty of Pure Science. At that time Keith was research
assistant to the sub Dean of the faculty and all four were located in the
Botany department. October 1953 saw the start of a long and very happy
marriage.
She arrived in Ickleton 40 years ago when Keith was
appointed as lecturer in Saffron Walden College. Her two children Judith and
Peter were 9 & 5 and attended Duxford Primary School. Her 'raison d'etre'
was the well-being of her family, and she didn't continue her career until
Peter was at secondary school. She then took up part time work as a secretary
at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology. Here she
worked with a number of Fellows of the Royal Society and finished her career
there as Personal Assistant to a Nobel Laureate.
Her interests beyond the family lay in service to the
community in which she lived. She served in a number of capacities e.g. as
secretary of the Village Hall Committee, President of the W.I, secretary of the
committee providing the early version of the
children's play area on the recreation ground. She was a member of the committee of the Chesterford and District
WEA and served for a period of time as chairman of the Saffron Walden Oxfam Group.
On first entering the village in search of a house in 1967
she met one or two of the residents and then said to Keith, “This is where I
want to live.”
She got much pleasure out of arranging flowers, gardening
and her music, including singing and listening to Classic FM. She also loved
travelling in the UK, Europe and in the USA, where she spent many happy
holidays with close friends. Latterly she had much pleasure from going on the
village coach trips and on U3A theatre visits. She particularly enjoyed
cruising and one attraction of life on board was that she and Keith could enjoy
their ballroom dancing every evening.
She loved her family, particularly her grandchildren James
and Bethany, and her village, and although she was only a small lady, she will
leave a large hole.
The Sutcliffe
Family
LETTER FROM
SOLIHULL
We certainly were lucky with the weather for the Church Fete
again this year. I enjoyed the report in the August Icene, kindly sent to me as
usual by Betty Igglesden. I will pass it on to my brother. I was pleased to see him, as they live in
Barry, South Wales, wife Ann and 17 year old granddaughter were also with
him. I think I counted 12 ‘come-homers’
as Derek calls us, but I was sorry we didn’t get a group photo this time. On
the Sunday David and I had a walk round the village. I always like to go into
the Church, I spent six years in the choir.
I moved to the Midlands in 1968 and the village has changed
quite a lot since then, especially houses! Hovells, where I was born, is really
different from in 1937, it was two houses then. 7 Abbey Street, now occupied by my cousin Hedley must have been
in the Clements family over 100 years. My Aunty Nance (Mrs. Dean) would be
sitting at the window most afternoons, and the teapot would always be going.
Things move on, as they say, carriage weddings I have done
for 15 years are not so many this year, but several driving jobs have been
‘curtailed’ by ‘health and safety’, all a bit OTT, but I still have contact
with my beloved horses. I work with
dressage judges at nearby Solihull Riding Club, an equestrian centre on my
doorstep. I have met Lee Pearson, Gt. Britain’s Para Olympic gold medallist,
and Zara Philips has also ridden there, before she became more famous!
We hope there weren’t any flood victims locally. Solihull was OK, but we did have relatives
who were caught up in it further in the Midlands. Let’s hope the winter will be
kinder to us all.
Many thanks to all who made the 2007 fete so good, and
here’s to the next one. Best wishes
Molly
Dagely (nee Clements)
OVER SIXTIES CLUB
The members of the Over 60s Club send their love and best
wishes to Mrs. Ruby Lilley who has suffered a stroke.
GREAT CHESTERFORD
& DISTRICT GARDENING SOCIETY
The Chesterford and District Gardening Society Flower and Vegetable
Show will take place on September 8th at 2.00 p.m. in Great
Chesterford Village School. Admission 50p. There will be teas and a raffle. Enquiries
re entries to Catherine Cocks
The social evening is on September 5th at 8.00
p.m. in the Chapel, Carmel Street, Great
Chesterford.
Cynthia Rule
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THE GERTRUDE HOMES
Come and learn more about a piece of Ickleton history!
Although Ickleton can’t lay claim to any high profile
traditional eccentricities such as cheese rolling or conker championships, we have
a lot in our long heritage to be proud of.
The church and other many historic buildings figure prominently. We should also be proud of our long history
of village charities. The oldest ones
date back to the Middle Ages, with evocative names such as Town Housen, Lettice
Martin’s Bequest, the Charity of Richard Swan, with 19th century
additions such as Ickleton Clothing Club Fund.
Nowadays they are grouped together into Ickleton United Charities and
continue to play an important part in village life.
One of Ickleton United Charities’ major activities is
running the Gertrude Homes on Frogge Street, dating from ‘only’ 1928. Mrs Gertrude Bowen, doyenne of a prominent
local family, funded the construction of three almshouses, to provide
accommodation for village people facing hardship. For the past 80 years the Gertrude Homes have been continuously
occupied. By giving local people the
means to remain in the village where they had lived for many years - indeed for
some, literally where they were born - the homes have made an important
contribution to our community.
Especially for older people, having the chance to remain in the centre
of the community they know, with friends they grew up with, is a huge benefit. In an era when the plight of young people being
priced out of local communities is frequently an issue, we should not forget
that the same can happen to the elderly also.
Over the years the Gertrude Homes have been progressively
updated and repairs carried out. Of
late however rising damp has become a problem, and the kitchens, bathrooms and
mains services are reaching the end of their useful lives. In addition, and very unusually, all three
homes have become unoccupied simultaneously.
Accordingly, the Trustees have decided to embark on a major
renovation programme. The estimated
total cost is somewhat over £100,000, a substantial part of which will be met
from the reserves which have been built up over the years to fund just such
works. We are investigating taking out
a loan and seeking grant funding. We also plan to carry out some local
fundraising, in the hope that the village can echo - on a smaller scale - Mrs
Bowen’s generosity in the 1920s. To
tell the village more about what is planned and to launch the fundraising, we
will be offering coffee, tea, soft drinks and cakes in the Gertrude Homes - 5/9
Frogge St, opposite Hovells - from 10.30 a.m. -12.00 noon on Saturday 13th
October. Please put the date in your
diary. We look forward to seeing you there!
CLEANER
REQUIRED FOR VILLAGE HALL
Cleaning is
normally done on a Wednesday or Thursday morning and takes between two and
three hours depending on usage. Over a
year it will average out at about two and a half hours per week. The rate of pay is currently £8.50 per hour.
Please contact Gordon or Mary Woolhouse for details.
ICKLETON DIARY
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September 1st |
Summer
Sizzler 2.00 p.m. Recreation Ground |
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5th
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Gt. Chesterford and District Gardening Society
Social Evening |
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8.00 p.m. Chapel, Carmel Street, Gt.
Chesterford |
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6th
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WEA
AGM 8.00 p.m. Congregational Chapel, Gt. Chesterford |
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8th
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Visiting Bellringers 10.00 - 10.45 a.m. |
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8th
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Gt. Chesterford and District Gardening
Society Flower Show |
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2.00 p.m. Gt. Chesterford School |
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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
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W. I. Meeting 7.45 p.m. Gt. Chesterford
Community Centre |
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24th |
Mobile Library |
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October 6th |
Church Gift Day |
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13th |
Gertrude Homes Fundraising Launch 10.30
a.m. - 12 noon |
PUBLISHED BY ICKLETON PARISH COUNCIL