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Issue: 337
June 2016
PANSER NEWS
Pampisford's Community Newsletter
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Village Hall matters ……..
Did you know that ….
The front fence at the village hall is looking very wonky due to the bottom of it
being rotten. Thanks to all of you who supported our April bazaar, we can
now put the monies towards renovating the fence by inserting concrete spurs.
The back fence had the same treatment about two years ago.
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OLD RON'S RAMBLINGS
Its a funny old Spring, warm, cold, frost, wind, hail even snow. We can handle
such variations easily but my seedlings are at sixes and sevens. Some have
found it too cold to germinate whilst others having germinated and put on an
initial growth spurt have stopped dead in their tracks waiting for warmer
weather. Strangely my parsnip seeds which are well known for their slow
erratic germination are doing really well with a nigh on 90% germination rate.
This year I mixed the seed with a small amount of horticultural sand before
sowing to help me to sow the seeds more thinly. The ruse worked and maybe
the sand aided germination.
Another tip passed to me by a seasoned gardener
friend is to mix parsnip seed with radish seed which
are extremely quick germinators, the result being
thinly spaced parsnips and an easily identified row
which can be hoed before the parsnips appear.
Another unusual Spring appearance in my garden is a
Tawny Owl sitting on the beak of a metal Heron by my
wildlife pond. I have often heard Tawnies calling
around the house but its the first time I've actually
seen one. Even the sudden blaze of my garden
floodlight didn't scare the bird off. Its a funny old world!
OLD RON
Bells Diary 2016 May
The bells were rung for the Open Church Afternoon on 21st May with an
audience of church visitors. Member of the Society of Royal Cumberland
Youths selected Pampisford to ring their second peal of the day on 23 May,
and were made welcome. Each peal takes nearly 3 hours. It was a delight to
hear the bells rung so well by very experienced ringers.
The peal was dedicated in The Ringing World as follows: Dedicated to
Reverend Caroline Wilson recently appointed vicar of St John the Baptist,
Pampisford.
SL
Open Gardens
Six Sawston Gardens will be open on 3 July from 1-6pm as part of the
National Gardens Scheme which raises £2.5m a year to support a number of
charities. See www.ngs.org.uk for details. Enquiries call 01223 834511.
Stapleford Gardens will be open on 26 June from 2-5pm in aid of Stapleford
Community Primary School PTA. Enquiries call 07742 393290, entry at
Vicarage Gardens, Mingle Lane.
Entry to both is £5 (children free) and cream teas are available.
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Pampisford Village is on
Twitter!
@pampisford_uk
The tweets include diary events, bin
collection details, church times and
photos of the village.
Never used Twitter?
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photos, videos, links and up to 140
characters of text.
Want to have a look?
If you don't have an account, go to
twitter.com/pampisford_uk and you will find the tweets.
Alternatively see them on the Village Web Site.
If you have an account, go to @pampisford_uk and follow!
KK
The ANNUAL PAMPISFORD RING
On Saturday 2nd July 2016, Pampisford will be welcoming Bell Ringers from
the Cambridge District.
The Annual Pampisford Ring will start at 10.30 and run for a couple of hours.
As Pampisford no longer has a band of bell-ringers, this is the annual
opportunity to hear our six village bells rung, and to come and see how it is
done.
Please pop in and have a coffee and watch and listen to the ringing. There
will be plenty of people to explain what is happening.
SL
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From the Vicarage
I have now been your parish priest for eight months and I
have taken a little time over the last few weeks to catch my
breath after the busyness of starting in a new post. Part of
what I have been doing is reviewing what has happened
over the last few months, pondering on what I have learned
about the community of Pampisford and trying to imagine,
through prayer and in conversation with others, what the
church community of St John the Baptist may be called to be
and do in the future.
The obvious facts are that we have a small but incredibly faithful core
congregation who are not getting any younger. We have a beautiful church
building which is lovingly cared for by the small number of members of the
congregation who are fit enough to play their part in maintaining it. We are
fortunate to have the support of the Pampisford Ecclesiastical Charity income
to help us plan and finance larger maintenance works on the building. We
have wonderful festival services at which many residents join the core
congregation, particularly the Christmas carol service.
But, and it is a big but, we are not at present attracting new worshippers and
we have no families with children or young people attending the church. And
this is a big problem if, as we hope, the church is to survive and eventually
thrive. So we need to start exploring basic questions such as:
Do you, the village community, value having a church which provides regular
Sunday worship?
What would you, the village community, like to see the church doing in future
to make itself more open and accessible to the community?
To help us start answering these questions we will shortly be delivering a
questionnaire to all the houses in Pampisford asking you to give your views.
To give an example of developments we might consider, I would like to start
activities for families and children, but we need to know whether there are any
in the village who might be interested in coming to a monthly All Age service
or to a monthly baby and toddler service with songs and storytime.
We would also like to consider whether to start a monthly Saturday coffee
morning. These are just two ideas which have emerged from within the
church, but without your input we cannot know what the village actually wants
and needs. So when the questionnaire drops through your letter box, please
take the time to return it.
With love and prayers,
Revd Caroline
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Church News
On June 19th at 9.30am there will be a service of celebration
to mark the long and faithful contributions of members of the
C of E churches in Whittlesford and Pampisford. Among
others we are marking the retirement of Mrs Sheila Hinton
after 40 years as treasurer at Whittlesford, the many years of
faithful service as a Licensed Lay Minister of Dr Ian Hinton,
and the retirement of Mr Tim Nixon after nearly 50 years as
treasurer at Pampisford. The Archdeacon of Cambridge will
preach on this occasion.
Open Church Afternoon
On Saturday 21st May we enjoyed opening the church to the village. Visitors
were able to wander round with a guide book and look at the interesting
features of the church. There were mouth-watering cream teas and cakes
available and the children enjoyed a simple quiz and colouring activities. A
team of bell ringers came and gave a demonstration of ringing and we are
grateful to them for their contribution.
CW
Friends of the Recs Picnic : Sunday 10th July
A date for your diaries is the "friends of the recs picnic" on
Sunday 10th July from midday at the Brewery Road
Recreation Ground.
It's a village social gathering to celebrate the work of the
friends group at our Parish Parks. Everybody is welcome: just bring your
picnic and come and meet those involved.
JM
Pampisford Society May meeting
Richard Dowsett, the honorary warden of Hayley Wood, gave a delightful and
informative ramble through this nature reserve, situated near Gamlingay. It
has been managed for 1,500 years, most recently by Wildlife Trust. Originally
people coppiced the trees for firewood and building and this continues in
rotation, so some areas are always clearings. This has allowed a varied flora,
including oxlips and cowslips, but no primroses! Woods in the area are on
top of hills where clay made the land too wet to ploughing. Hayley is one of
few remaining. We saw in wonderful photos how the wood changed with the
seasons and learnt of the need to keep the deer away from young trees. The
wood is open to the public and well worth a visit.
AW
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Spotted Flycatchers - do you have this increasingly rare
bird breeding in your garden?
Spotted Flycatchers are attractive little
migrant birds which are summer visitors
to UK village gardens and churchyards.
Although they breed with us, they
spend ten months of the year travelling
between here and their wintering
grounds in Southern Africa. This is an
increasingly dangerous journey for
them, and sadly they are in deep
decline. Widespread losses amounted to a 50% decline during 1995-2010,
continuing an 88% decline since 1970.
Only some fifty pairs remain breeding in Cambridgeshire, so it's now quite a
rare bird, but most rural villages still have a pair or two. The Cambridge Bird
Club is running a survey this year to find and monitor nesting pairs, and it's
almost certain that there will be additional pairs in our villages of which they
are not aware.
Do you have flycatchers in your garden? Please let the Bird Club know.
Please email [email protected] with any information you
have, including records of single birds between now and September.
See also www.cambridgebirdclub.org.uk/spofl2016.html for details of the
project and how to send in your records.
Michael Holdsworth
Political News
Congratulations to Peter Topping, our County Council
representative who has just been appointed the Leader
of South Cambs District Council (Peter is the District
Councillor for Whittlesford and Thriplow as well as
Duxford area County Councillor).
Details of contacting all of our representatives including
Tony Orgee and Heidi Allen can be found on the Village
Website at http://www.pampisford.org.uk/#/ParishCouncil
GB
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Open Day at “St Mary the Virgin” Church, Sawston, and
their quest for new ringers.
The 2nd April turned out be very a very successful day for recruiting new
ringers for the eight bell tower at St. Mary the Virgin Church, Sawston. A total
of seven new ringers put their names forward to start learning church bell
ringing, also known as Campanology. The aim of the open day was to create
a local Sawston band for the tower. The new tower captain and tower
secretary created a great display, which they set up in the church, all items
were related to Bell Ringing. This included items on history, casting of bells,
how bells are hung, and how they are rung. Hand bells were also available to
try. There was even a section for the toddlers to paint and decorate styrofoam
bells which was popular with the younger people.
The Ringing chamber is upstairs and situated behind the organ. One of its
more interesting features, is the multiple grooves that have over time been
cut into the stone archway in the south side of the church. The grooves have
been created by the bell ropes when the ringing was done from inside the
church rather than in the bell tower. This was the procedure in the past, as the
bells on occasion had a habit of descending from the tower where they were
hung. Technology has moved on, so that the bells, their headstock, and bell
frames no longer pose a threat to Campanologists. But the grooves remain as
a testimony to that time.
Clive A. Jones
To hear Pampisford bells is quite rare
And it’s not that the ringers don’t care
With numbers so few
There’s not much we can do
But borrow a band from elewhere.
Recently we invited ringers from Little Shelford and Barton to join Clive and
me to ring for the service on the 24th March. It was good to hear the
Pampisford bells; they have a lovely sound and are not too difficult to ring.
Ringing church bells is not easy however, so we hope the new recruits at
Sawston will enjoy the challenge and persevere to achieve a good level of
skill. When they become competent they may be kind enough to help us out
when we are short of a band.
Anne Judd
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Your Village : www.pampisford.org.uk
What bin do I put out this week? Where do I find planning applications? What
is going on this week? What was that article in the Panser News I've recycled?
For 4 years the village website has been a source of local information and
news. It contains news, history and calendars of Pampisford and local area
events, including the bin collections! Several of the Village organisations,
including Panser News, the Church and Pampisford Society, have their own
pages. You can also find reports and photos from past village events.
The Parish Council pages cover Planning, agendas and past minutes as well
as details of your Councillors.
If you have an event, activity, information or images relevant to the Village
you would like to share, please contact me via the links on the site or directly
at [email protected]
GB
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Report for Pampisford W.I - Monday 18th May
Held at Pampisford Village Hall – 7.30pm
This month Pampisford W.I entertained the rest of their Group on Thursday
12th of May in the Village Hall. Joanne Proctor, the archivist from The
Papworth Trust, explained how the hospital was formed by Dr Pendrill
Varrier-Jones, who saw a need to treat Tuberculous suffers in a new way. He
created out door huts where patients lived all year round, providing light work
and opportunities and a community spirit. In a short while he achieved results
and convinced sponsors to form the Papworth Hospital site, buying the
estate.
The main house was converted to the hospital with fresh air playing an
important part, huts in the grounds for the men who were showing signs of
becoming stronger, followed by specially designed houses for the family to
join men who had progressed enough to work in one of the Papworth trust
Industries. The specialising in lungs and hearts sprang from the success of
these treatments. The hospital is built in a horse shoe shape around the pond
which became a focal point to patients. The New hospital on the
Addenbrookes site will incorporate a pond, but will cover many floors.
The monthly meeting on Monday 16th May was an open meeting with a talk
about the Jubilee sailing Trust. Jumbo Jenner showed us a short film of the
two ships, ‘Lord Nelson’ and ‘Tenacious’, which provide opportunities for all
ages to learn new skills, no sailing experience needed, helping people with a
wide range of physical abilities. The ships have lifts built in for wheel chair
users so they are able to tackle tasks on deck and if need be the rigging,
team-work being an essencial quality .
Next month we will hold our Garden Party for members at The Challis
Gardens in Sawston, 6.30pm on Monday June 20th, please bring cutlery,
crockery and glasses. We are holding a plant stall so please bring some
plants for sale.
July meeting please sign up for the visit to Richard Ayres Garden at Lode on
Monday July 18th, 6.30pm at Lode, followed by a meal at the White Swan at
Stow cum Quy.
SD
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PARISH COUNCIL REPORT May 2016
Date of last Parish Council Meeting: 19th May
Date of next Parish Council Meeting: 9th June
Full minutes and reports are available on the village
website: http://www.pampisford.org.uk or paper copies are
available from the clerk by request. Anna Lovewell, 11
Church Lane, 01223 835050, [email protected]
Annual General Meeting: This month saw the Parish Council’s Annual General
Meeting where Aureole Wragg was elected to serve as Chairperson for another
year.
New Parish Clerk: The Parish Council is pleased to announce the employment
of Michelle Facer as replacement Parish Clerk. Michelle will take over from
Anna as Parish Clerk from June and we wish her every success in her new role.
Recreation ground updates: Section 106 money has been used to replace the
swing chains and toddler seats in Brewery Rd Rec; to install a welcome sign for
Brewery Road Rec and to install a new gate at the Beech Lane entrance to
Church Lane Rec.
New bank account: The Parish Council has switched their banking
arrangements to Unity Trust Bank, a specialist in local government banking.
This will make banking more efficient and transparent. It will also enable the
Council to make use of secure online banking facilities whilst continuing to
comply with our current multiple signing arrangements for payments.
Planning Applications: S/0867/16/VC Variation of condition 2 (Approved
plans) of planning permission S/1885/14/FL Land Adjacent to 3 Hammond
Close: No recommendations. At extraordinary meeting on 26th MayS/1102/16/FL 111A Brewery Rd, conversion of existing garage and construction
of detached garage: No recommendations.
Finances:
Barclays Business Saver Account as of 29th April 2016: £2,294.39; £0.18
interest from 7th March-3rd May so £2294.57 transferred to Unity Trust Account.
Account Closed 4th May: balance £0.00. Barclays Business Current
Account as of 29th April: £3427.58. Account Closed 4th May: balance £0.00.
Unity Trust Deposit Account as of 30th April: £0.00 Unity Trust Current
Account as of 30th April: £8813.85; Total Money out: £1500.02;Total Money
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in: £6806.05; Income: Precept £5775.00; Village Hall rent repayment for hall
£131.05; Village Hall insurance contribution £900.00. Bills: £12.00 ACRE
2015/16 Year end administration fee; £182.00 BH Grounds Maintenance, Grass
Cutting April; £635.32 FLP Outdoor Play Solutions, swing chains and seats and
installation; £197.40 Playsafety Limited, RoSPA Playground Inspections, (letter
to Rospa- climbing frame still in); £5.37 Expenses G. Oglesby petrol for mower;
£165.59 CAPALC Affiliation Fee 2016-17; Pay: Groundsman pay April- 12 hrs:
£79.60 Gross Pay £99.60 and PAYE £20.00 to be paid quarterly; Clerk pay
April- 24hr 40mins: £222.74
Report byTony Orgee: (abridged) South Cambridge
District Council. Presented at the Annual Parish
Meeting 26th May
District Council Budget: The District Council set its
budget at its February meeting. The Council has faced
considerable financial pressures in recent years, and this pressure was reflected
in the budget decision. South Cambridgeshire District Council decided on
increasing its Council Tax for a Band D property from just over £125 per year to
just over £130, a rise of almost exactly 4%, that is, an increase of just over one
and a half pence per day. Shared services: As a way of working more
efficiently, South Cambridgeshire District Council has joined with
Huntingdonshire District Council and Cambridge City Council to share certain
services, such as HR and legal services, in order to reduce costs and so avoid
the high costs of buying in specialist advice. South Cambridgeshire Local
Plan: The examination in public into the Draft South Cambridgeshire Local Plan
and the Draft Cambridge City Local Plan is taking much longer than expected.
In the middle of 2015 the inspector suspended the hearings and requested
further information from the district and city councils about certain aspects of
their plans, particularly in relation to the number of new houses proposed in the
plans. The Councils carried out this further work during the second half of 2015.
Their consultants’ report included two main changes: the number of houses
proposed over the next 20 years in the Draft SCDC Plan should be increased
slightly - from 19,000 to 19,500 – and some land immediately south of the
current Addenbrookes development should be released from the Green Belt.
The District Council consulted on these changes in December 2015/January
2016 and met in March 2016 to consider outcomes of the consultation
responses and its response to the inspector. The major district-wide increase in
the number of new houses in the plan from 19,000 to 19,500 and an additional
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site, just north of Cherry Hinton was identified for the additional 500 new houses,
was supported by 41 votes to 1. However, the proposal to remove land from the
Green Belt was not supported (I had responded to the consultation by opposing
taking this land out of the Green Belt) and further work will be carried out on this
piece of land. Green Belt: Over the years I have opposed a number of
proposals for developments in the Green Belt. In my view the Green Belt is an
important planning concept to maintain the setting of Cambridge and to prevent
the coalescence of Cambridge and surrounding villages. Greater Cambridge
City Deal and the A1301 / A1307: The Greater Cambridge City Deal between
national government and the County, City and District councils was agreed in
2014. It gives the local councils a grant of £100 million for the period 2014 – 19
to address congestion and transport infrastructure issues. Under the
arrangement further tranches of £200 million for 2019-24 and £200 million for
2024-29 will be given to the local area provided certain conditions are met. The
City Deal Executive Board has prioritised two transport corridors; the A428
corridor between Cambridge and Cambourne and the A1307 Cambridge –
Linton – Haverhill corridor during the early phase and just under £40 million has
been allocated to the A1307 corridor. There has recently been a consultation on
high level transport concepts that had emerged from initial study work
undertaken regarding the A1307 corridor between Four Wentways and
Addenbrookes. I put forward arguments for involving the Pampisford / Sawston
and Stapleford / Great Shelford areas and the A1301 corridor in the discussion
and stated that, in my opinion, the agenda papers represented a missed
opportunity to consider the inter-related major bio-medical and bio-technology
employment sites of Addenbrookes, the Babraham campus, Granta Park/TWI,
the Genome Campus, the Great Chesterford site and the congestion hotspots of
Linton and the A505/A1301 roundabout in a more holistic and integrated way. I
stated my support for new cycleways between the Granta Park area and Linton
and between the A505 and the Babraham Campus, and for an upgraded
cycleway between Babraham and Granta Park. The SCDC Community Chest:
SCDC gives grants to parish councils and local organisations through its
Community Chest scheme. Grants of up to £1,500 are available to help fund
things such as equipment such as adult fitness equipment on sports grounds.
Grants can be submitted at any time of the year and decisions are made usually
within two months.
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Spotted flycatcher - have you seen this bird?
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