Around and About

Issue 228
Wicken Fen
something for everyone
JUNE & JULY 2013
Around and About
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St Laurence Church
Flower Festival 2013
August 24th, 25th and 26th
Once again the church is holding a
Flower, Art and Music festival
over the August Bank Holiday weekend
Saturday 24th – Monday 26th August.
The theme this year is:
Bible Stories
So there’s plenty of scope for ideas.
Put your thinking caps on and start
planning your flower arrangement.
Anyone can take part, there will be help and advice
for beginners on Friday 24th August,
when we prepare and decorate the church.
Why not come along and see what you can do?
If you would like to take part or help in any way
please give Shirley Covill a ring on
01353 610245
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Around & About Wicken
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Editor
Merrilyn Fry
4 Stretham Road Wicken CB7 5XH
01353 720080
[email protected]
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28 Chapel Lane Wicken
[email protected]
01353 721037
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Cranes on Spinney Fen - Peter Fuller
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Contents
Free Children's Activities
A&A info
Editors Note
Bit of a Damp Do!!
Wicken Fete ‘Tug of War’
Notes from the Parish Council
Parish Councillors
Parish Council Chairmans Report
AskSARA
Obituary
The Vicar Writes
Couple of Notices
Sunday Teas
Church Timetable
Wicken Fete & Dog Show
Open Letter to Wicken Village
Swallowtails
Ely Cathedral flower Festival
Moments of a Summer Remembered
Fen & Anglesey abbey News
Fen Tiggers
Flower & Produce Show
Village Diary weekly
Village Diary
Churches Together
Time to Spare
Life of Pi
Cambs Open Studios
Wicken Games
Local open Studios
Try these Riddles
Help
Mobile Library
Coffee Morning
Spongers
Answers
Village Hall News
An Exciting Collection
Lode Village Fete
Advertisers
Flower, Music & Arts Festival
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Prime Bookkeeping Services
014353 664453
www.primebs.co.uk
Sandy’s Tiling Service
01353 720606
[email protected]
Secretarial/Admin Assistance
Specialist Dyslexic Teacher
The Barn, Self Catering Cottage
01353 725126
01353 667035
0845 2680785
[email protected]
The Five Miles, No Hurry
01353 721654
The Maids Head
01353 720727
Tom Griffiths Plastering & Building
Toppers Hair Design
TVS Direct
01353 721493
01353 663773
01353 669471
Vicki Martin
01353 624284
www.tvsdirect.co.uk
[email protected]
www.morealive.co.uk
Wicken Fen, National Trust
Wicken Four Wheel Drive
01353 720274
01353 722434
www.wicken.org.uk
www.wicken4x4.co.uk
Wicken Heating & Plumbing Service
01353 722613
Yarn on the Square
01353 661024
www.yarn-on-the-square.co.uk
Yoga at Butts Farm, Sophie Leek
01353 721681
[email protected]
www.english-countycottages.co.uk
[email protected]
Bus Times
Bus 117 - Thursday Service Only
Upware
1008
Ely Market Street
1329
Wicken Crescent
1015
Ely Rail Station
1332
Soham Downfields
1023
Barway
1347
Soham Memorial
1026
Soham Memorial
1359
Barway
1038
Soham Downfields
1402
Ely Rail Station
1050
Wicken Crescent
1408
Ely Market Street
1053
Upware
1414
The Staploe Medical Centre - Please note that there is no longer a mini
bus service from the village to the Medical Centre.
Open: Weekdays 8.30am – 6.00pm; Saturdays 8.30am – 10.30am
Tel: Appointments
01353 624121
Prescriptions and Dispensary
01353 624122
Emergencies Enquiries and Home Visits
01353 624123
Ely, Soham and District Dial-a-Ride
01353 661161
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Advertiser
Phone
E-mail/Web
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Admiral Windows & Conservatories
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Bishop Fireplace & Chimney Services Ltd
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01480 456789
01638 720322
0500 012231
01366 377283
01353 860391
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www.admiralconservatories.com
Budgens
Business Web Promotions
Carpenter - Andy Davies
01353 727151
01353 648 057
01353 724588
07895 016658
01353 720439
www.jamesgraven.com
[email protected]
[email protected]
C E Fuller & Co Funeral Director
Chivers Electrical ,Plumbing & Heating
Chiropodist/Podiatrist
Crown Garage
Dapper Dogs of Wicken
David Knock, Plasterer
01353 664815
07748 858022
01353 664851
0780 8045951
01353 720779
01353 624610
07786 620274
Domestic Appliance Repairs
01353 699600
07867 553836
D T A Plumbing & Heating
Dragonfly Cottage B&B
Elaine Boyd Picture Framing
Free Range Eggs
Fully Fitted Bathrooms and Boilers
GClean
Hair Shop
Ian Bailey, Decorator
IDT Pest Control
Joywell Home Building Services
J Woodroffe Building Maintenance
GClean
Hair Shop
Ian Bailey, Decorator
IDT Pest Control
Joywell Home Building Services
07955 321274
01353 727054
01353 720606
01353 968413
01353 720185
07717 511557
01353 722734
07798 711472
07809 475758
07884 436971
01353 721857
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01353 722734
07798 711472
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J Woodroffe Building Maintenance
M.O.R. Tack
One to One Kick Boxing Coaching
Oven Cleaning
Painter & Decorator - Kevin Jennings
01353 721857
01353 722434
07895 016658
01353 222067
01353 698285
Paul Braybrooke
Perfeqpets
Pilates
Pocock & Shaw
01353 777788
07724 052679
01353 749611
01353 668091
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www.bannold.co.uk
Fireplaces/Liners
All other enquiries
Editor’s Note
It’s hard to believe that two months have come around again (it goes more
quickly each issue ... !!) but at least we have enjoyed two sunny bank holidays so hopefully we will see some sun this summer.
Georgina would like to apologise that she has not been able to submit an item
for June and July BUT she will be back next issue.
Copy date for the August/September is Friday 26th July, please include any
thing happening in the first week of October. Items can be submitted electronically; hand written, typed or verbally.
Merrilyn Fry
Bit of a Damp Do!!
[email protected]
www.crowngarage.co.uk
www.dragonflycottage.co.uk
www.fullyfittedbathrooms.co.uk.
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.joywell.co.uk
[email protected]
[email protected]
www.joywell.co.uk
www.mortack.co.uk
[email protected]
www.theovencleaningspecialist.co.uk
www.perfeqpets.co.uk
[email protected]
www.pocock.co.uk
Despite the weather's best attempts to disrupt the Beer Festival with rain and
hail just as we opened we managed to produce another profit making event.
Not to the levels of last year, which was exceptional, but certainly a respectable £1,000. Thank you to everyone that turned out on such a damp night
and made it all possible.
There were several attendees that were soaked to the skin
by the time they got to the beer, having walked from Soham
or cycled from Ely. We're very grateful to their endurance
and encouraged them to get as wet on the inside as they
were on the outside! The marquees were a huge benefit
during the showery period and by 7.30pm things seemed to
have gone over with a lot of people coming and enjoying the
music. Sadly, the rain prevented Fenland Jam from giving a
performance but things had dried out enough for Gravel Road to perform
later.
As ever, the event would not be possible without our merry band of volunteers and supporters. My thanks go to: Jerry & Susan Woodroffe, Rory & Sue
Woodroffe, Geoff Moore, Cass Clay, Nigel Houghton, Richard Abbott, Richard & Leigh French, Jim & Pat Day, Jack White, Jean Turner, Jilly Rogers,
Marc Hawes, Shropshires, Nick Clark, Bob Heuer, Paul Dean, Kelly & Bernie,
Rachel Earl and of course, to the intrepid supporters who came and drank to
give us a decent profit! Thank you.
Liz Houghton
Wicken Fete ‘Tug of War’
This event, the Grand Finale of our Fete is in doubt. We discovered the rope,
kindly loaned by our Cambridge friends was damaged beyond use.
Does anyone have contact with a Tug of War group willing to loan us a rope,
or even finance a new one for this and future use please?
Norman Rains - 013553 722690
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Notes from the Parish Council
Death of Sir Joseph Pope.
The Chairman, Tony Day and I represented the village at a memorial service
for Sir Joseph Pope who sadly died on 24 March 2013 aged 98. He will be
remembered by family and friends as a gifted engineer, for his commitment to
technical education for young people and for his integrity and generosity. Sir
Joseph was brought up in Wicken by his widowed mother and never forgot
the help and generosity of the Wicken people in difficult times for the family.
He left as a very young man with virtually no education and rose to become a
well known and respected engineer and academic, being knighted in 1980.
Sir Joseph founded the Wicken Community Fund and he and his late wife,
Lady Evelyn, gave around £30,000 to the fund over the years. He was still
taking an interest right up to a few weeks before his death. The Fund still has
funds available for worthwhile projects in the village.
Children’s Play Area – Painting.
The Maids Head
High Street Wicken CB7 5XR
01353 720727
The Maids Head
Beer Festival
(in conjunction with the Wicken Village Fete)
The children’s play area on Pond Green needs a lick of paint. The Council
wonders if there are any young people in Wicken who would like to earn a bit
of holiday money by tackling this job. If you are interested please contact the
Clerk.
Beer Festival.
Well done to the beer festival organizers who struggled against the elements
to once again produce a successful and enjoyable event. Takings were down
this year with the appalling weather, but we still made over £1000 profit for
the Recreation Ground Fund.
Jack White
Parish Clerk
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Friday 28 June 6 –11
Saturday 29 June 12 - 11
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Parish Councillors
Jim Day
Red Barn Farm
720281
Rachel Earl
42 Chapel Lane
723619
Peter Fuller
Thorn Hall, Lower Road
720602
Marc Hawes
Sheep Walk Cottage, Padney Road 624895
Liz Houghton (Chair)
17 Chapel Lane
723157
Gary Redhead
44 Drury Lane
723149
Jilly Rogers
4 Butts Lane
721611
Bob Tyler
Hall Farm, Church Road
721029
Gary Watson
27 North Street
624253
Clerk: Jack White 24 Lode Lane
723342
MARQUEES FOR HIRE
The Parish Council has two marquees
available for hire by residents and businesses
of the Parish of Wicken
 The Marquees measure 30’ x 30 and 30’ x 20’
 Competitive rates of hire
Servicing & repairs to all makes & models
 Technical assistance available to support you as you erect them
 See them at the village fete this year
 Why not book them for your own party?
 All proceeds raised will be used to support projects in the village
Phone Jack White (Clerk to the Parish Council)
for further details on 723342.
Motorhome servicing & repairs
MOT’s class 4 & 7
Air conditioning & LPG conversions
Vehicle recovery
Courtesy cars available
4 Wheel Drive Specialists
(01353) 722434
Lower Road, Wicken, Ely, Cambs CB7 5YB
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WICKEN HEATING, PLUMBING &
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IAN BAILEY
DECORATION
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Rory Woodroffe, 38 Chapel Lane, Wicken
KITCHENS, BATHROOMS,
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No Jobs too big or too small.
Free estimates.
Installation and Repairs
All work carried out by qualified tradesmen
and guaranteed
PHONE: ELY 722613
25 years experience.
Tel: 07798 711472
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Chairmans Report 2013
Lode Village Fete
Welcome to this year’s Annual Parish meeting. 2012 is long gone but what a
busy year it was with so much going on and yet even the weather couldn’t
scupper everything! In anticipation of another dry year, a well was dug in the
middle of the allotments…..little did we know how wet a year we would get!
Along with the rest of the country the wet weather has played its part in trying
to spoil plans. Fortunately for the Beer Festival and the Fete the weather was
much better than feared and there were still plenty of entries at the Horticultural Show despite the poor growing conditions for vegetables and flowers.
The Diamond Jubilee celebrations were a different matter with it raining incessantly for the weekend. This did not dampen spirits, nor diminish the participation of people; they were just well wrapped up! Some projects, such as
the clearance of scrub in the Recreation Ground have had to be put on hold
until later this year. The weather also identified many ditches that had lain
fallow for some years needing attention as well as the usual complaints about
overgrown hedges. It is the responsibility of the landowner to ensure these
are maintained within their curtilage.
The wet weather even caused problems for our wetland neighbour, The Fen.
The car park in Lode Lane was so waterlogged it could not be used to its full
extent causing parking problems in the area. Following representation, we
have been informed that steps are being taken to improve the situation and
we will continue to apply pressure to ensure this happens. A newly formed
Community Liaison Group consisting of local Parish Councils, The NT, User
Groups and other interested parties provides a formal arena to address issues. This will not replace or diminish our local arrangements, but will reinforce them within a wider context.
A longstanding objective has been to link Soham and Wicken with a cycle
path. This is something that has been visited on many occasions in the last
20 years but never materialised. Following a meeting between Soham and
Wicken Councils towards the end of last year, Soham Town Council generously agreed to fund a feasibility study, executed by Sustrans, to identify options, discuss with riparian owners and find a way of linking the two communities. We hope to have the report in the next few weeks as to what options are
available, their viability and cost.
At some point in the near future, through the main road of the village, Wicken
along with the rest of the county will be getting upgraded street lighting. The
project will provide improved and more efficient lighting which will reduce light
pollution and reduce costs. The remaining lanes of Wicken and Upware will
not be upgraded as these lights are the responsibility of the Parish Council
and at £2k per pole this is way beyond our resources.
Our application for QE2 Fields status was awarded during summer 2012 so
this means that the Recreation Ground will be held in perpetuity as a recreational area for the community. The replanted wood has taken well, however,
the scourge of every British woodland, ash dieback, means the wood had to
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Sat 8th June 13 in the Fassage from 11am.
Official opening 12 noon but by Whom? Prizes at 4pm
ALERT ! ALERT ! Imminent invasion of Monsters & Aliens from TV's
'DOCTOR WHO' past & present, including: The Ood, Cybermen, Weeping
Angels (don't blink), The Master & lots more. And, of course, the Daleks
'EXTERMINATE'.
(& just maybe? a star from the show). It's a wibbly, wobbly, timey, wimey,
thing. Don't Miss Out !
Programmes on sale on the day, or in advance from Lode P.O. £1.
Each programme has a lucky draw number, you might win a prize ! Mouth
Watering Refreshments, Stalls & Pocket money Sideshows, Live Music, Entertainments & Competitions. In the evening, a Disco in the Marquee in the
Fassage, with a Raffle. Tickets £5 from any committee member or Lode P.O.
Stalls may be set up from 9am. Fee £10 for all. Still a few spaces available,
contact any committee member.
Competitions:
1. ART using any medium
a. Painting of an Alien landscape b. Create a Monster Model
2. DOG SHOW
b. Sit & Stay c. Best Trick
3. BICYCLES
a. Decorated Bike - let your imagination roam
4. CHILDREN & FAMILIES from age 3
a. Space Hopper Races b. 3 Legged Races c. Egg & Spoon Races
Prizes will be awarded at 4pm...but by Whom?
Committee members:
Beth C813373, Pauline C812029, Coral C811457, Clive C812030, Julie C811222,
Fran C813016, Jacky & John C812227
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be inspected. The saplings are too young to assess whether they are affected
so this is something that will be monitored.
We were delighted to see the long awaited resurfacing of the A1123 from the
centre of the village to Upware corner; however the quality of the work was
well below standard. This is something the Highways Department is aware of
and investigating. The speed of traffic through the village continues to be an
issue and speed checks are regularly taking place. Sadly, many of those issued with letters or fines are residents of the Parish.
Development Envelope. The results of last year’s survey culminated in the
proposal for the inclusion of two new sites, one in Church Road and the other
in Stretham Road; these were presented at an open meeting in the Mission
Hall earlier this year. These two sites would allow up to 5 dwellings on each.
The deadline for representations was 25th March so we now await the outcome of any further proposed changes. Unfortunately, between the survey
and the open meeting, ECDC arbitrarily decided to also amend the existing
stop lines to “tidy things up a bit”. The Parish Council has made representation that this should revert back to its original, making it quite clear that things
should not be changed on a whim as it makes a mockery of the consultation
process.
Our finances continue to be well managed. In line with most other Councils of
our size, we have increased our Precept slightly but, as Jack explained in the
recent edition of A&A, Council Tax bills imply a much steeper rise. In previous
years where discounts were given to households for various reasons, i.e. low
incomes, single person occupancy, the discounted element was always made
up by central government. With effect from 1 April 2013 this is no longer the
case so the discounts have to be sought from the rest of the Council Tax payers. This means individual bills give a distorted percentage increase for this
year only.
Since my last report regular representation at our meetings by District Councillor Parramint has been of great benefit and we are grateful to him for attending when he has been so busy with his other duties as Chairman of
ECDC. Our other District Councillors are regularly absent. County Councillor
John Powley has been our County representative for 16 years. He has decided not to stand for a further term of office, hence an election in May. He
has been a great friend to the Parish and, irrespective of political allegiances,
he has always worked hard for Wicken & Upware, kept the Parish Council
updated, guided and steered us through some rather boring documents and
even chastised us! His counsel and support has been very much appreciated.
We wish him well during his retirement.
I would also like to pay tribute to Sir Joseph Pope who died at the end of
March. In recent years, he was a most generous benefactor to Wicken Parish. The Community Fund was set up in 2004 following his desire to stimulate
community activity and cohesion in the parish. This stemmed from his own
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As in previous years there was a range of ales sufficiently wide and well
kept for me to find an exciting selection, the organisers must share my
pallet for stouts, porters, milds and ruby reds so well done, keep it up.
The upturned crates to rest food and drinks on was a very practical
idea.
Thank you also to Julie and every one on the catering team who served
us with burgers and hot dogs through rain and shine.
Simon Gallaway
C. E. FULLER & CO.
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
23, Hall Street, Soham.
AN OLD ESTABLISHED
FAMILY FIRM
Private Chapel of Rest
Floral tributes and memorials supplied
Cont’d from page 9
experiences as a child, growing up in Wicken & Upware, where the community gave support and kindness to him and his mother following the death of
his father in the 1920s. He went on to be a very successful man and donated,
through the Community Fund £20,000. His wife, Lady Pope, predeceased
him and left a further £10,000 in her will to the Fund. It was their wish that the
Fund become a self-perpetuating legacy. We are very grateful to them and it
is delightful to see how kindnesses shown are very often never forgotten.
As a Parish Council we are all very proud of our community and I am sure
many of the values experienced by the young Sir Joseph are still apparent
today. As always, I would like to thank Jack and my fellow councillors for their
contribution throughout the year and their continued support.
Liz Houghton
723157
Wicken Village Hall – Life of Pi (12A)
(Ely Cinema Village Screening – Isle of Ely Arts Festival)
Ely Cinema goes on tour this Summer with Our Village Screen. Coming to
Wicken Village Hall on Saturday 22nd June, the Life of Pi film won Director,
Ang Lee, Best Director Oscar 2013.
Ang Lee takes on Yann Martel’s bestselling magical novel. The son of an
Indian zoo keeper owner finds himself shipwrecked with a tiger, and their
relationship develops into one of mutual dependence. BAFTA & Oscar
nominated.
Bar & Snacks will be available.
Film starts @ 7.30pm, doors open @ 7pm.
All seats - £5
See www.adec.org.uk/cinema for tickets or
contact Jean on 01353 727054
Wicken Village Hall – NEWS – Picnic Around the Pond
Sunday 28th July 2013
Save this date for a fun-packed family afternoon on the Village Green.
Wicken Village Hall – NEWS – Autumn Dance
Saturday 21st September 2013…AKIMBO are back!
Save this date & get your dancing shoes ready! More info to follow!
Wicken Village Hall Sunday Tea’s ~ 2013
Please join us for Sunday Tea’s : tea’s, coffee’s, soft drinks & of course, scrumptious, Homemade Cakes, Buns & Goodies! Date’s as listed below from 3.30…
Sunday 05th & 19th May
Sunday 2nd, 16th & 30th June
Sunday 14th July
Sunday 11th August
Sunday 1st, 15th & 29th September
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AskSARA
Award winning website helps find equipment to assist you
in maintaining your garden
Bookings for the Village Hall
If you would like to book the Village Hall for a party, anniversary, wedding
reception or any other event, please call
Pauline Fuller on 01353 721164 or Jean Turner on 01353 727054
*Generous hire charge discounts for villagers*
Regular events in the Village Hall
See below for details of regular events and classes that are held at the Hall. If
you are interested in any of these, contact a committee member: numbers at
the end of this section.
Monday
Tuesday
9.30-12noon
Fen Tiggers: Baby and toddler playgroup
7.00 pm
Iyengar Yoga: intermediate class
Wednesday
Lunch time/2pm
7pm
Thursday
7-8pm
8-9pm
Friday
4 –9pm
Swallowtails: for all those wanting to get to meet
people in the village and enjoy varied activities together
Wicken Coronation Band practice
Pilates - Mat, Ring and Band work - Mixed Ability
Zumba for all
Samara Ballet School Ballet and Tap Dancing
lessons for all ages and abilities.
Committee members:
Jean Turner (Chair) T:727054
Sophie Leek (Secretary) T:721681
Pauline Fuller (Treasurer) T:721164
Bridie Heuer (Vice Chairman) & Bob Heuer T:624303
Tim Alban Jones T:720423
Peter Rash T:0770355571
Jilly Rogers T:721611
Gary Watson T:624253
Sam Petersen T: 721252
Caroline Blott T:tba
If you are interested in helping the Committee with any of the activities or any of
our plans to improve the Village Hall, please do contact one of us!
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With the warmer weather finally here you may be thinking about getting out
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Thursday:
Large Beer Battered Cod and Chips £5-95
waste not, want not and no failure of my mother’s hands must be thrown
away. It would be put before us in disguise, soaked in jam and wine and thick
custard as no trifle. This would inevitably inflame our longing for colourful
artificiality. And when an apparently prime example was placed before us it
roused suspicions that all was not well with it. Being a little clumsy about her
work it would not have surprised us to crunch against a piece of eggshell.
Guessing this could have happened she was protecting her reputation.
And the best were indeed beautiful - and can be again.
Tony Day
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Nothing
A candle
Three aren’t any stairs, it’s a one storey house
Smiles there’s a mile between each ‘s’
A stamp
The Letter ‘M’
Mississippi
A secret
His breath
Silence
Add a letter g and it’s GONE!!
It can have a hole in it.
Music in garden on Sundays weather permitting.
Answers to Riddles on page 50
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2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Fri.7th June - Dog Days of Summer
Country/Irish Music
Sat. 8th June - B4S - Rock/Blues and Glam Rock
Fri. 14th June - Van Goghs Ear - Rock
Fri 21st June - Dandy Tricksters - The Jam & Thin Lizzy
Fri 28th June - Stone Pony - Rock, Soul and Pop
Fri 5th July - Delta Pilots - Acoustic Rock
Fri 12th July - East Livin - Pop Covers
Fri. 19th July - Akimbo - Local favourites - Rock Covers.
Spongers
Obituary—Sir Joe
There was a silent unacknowledged war going on in the village some seventy
years ago. This is in the days of coal fired kitchen ranges for all the cooking,
replacing most of the brick ovens apart from those still essential to the three
bakers, Harry Page, Sid ‘Lucky’ Canham and Breadwoman Bailey.
The unspoken competition was for the simplest of offerings, the Wicken
sponge cake, the fame of which extended beyond the village. Adjustable temperature is a boon in our time but there were no gauges on those kitchen
ranges for the gourmet cooks but a good guess was normally enough except
for those sponge cakes when it had to be an inspired one. I recall well the
tension of it all, the order beforehand not to barge through the door at the
given time to avoid the impact of cool air on the intense proceedings. Or if I
had broken the law and was still already inside I was imprisoned until the
deed was done; or is she was still beating the mixture with a face full of wild
anxiety I might be asked to take over to give her a rest. My mum, that is.
I might indeed be held prisoner to take the blame if the cake came out flat, as
it so easily could, the cook near to tears, facing a deadline, swearing she
would do better tomorrow. Great emotion went into the undeclared war.
Was there a magical recipe? Not according to my late sister, which I
discovered after a Wicken woman living near me in Cambridge begged me to
ask for the magic formula from a lady who baked sponge cakes
professionally. I said I would try and visited the lady, Elsie Page, baker’s wife,
still living here then. What she gave me was close to a look of horror. No way
would she part with her secret formula. Indeed she carried it to her grave.
My sister scoffed when I told her and offered her own recipe which, she
claimed, was everybody’s. Seemingly it is eggs, flour and sugar, but do not
take my word for it. Surely milk would have to be added? But definitely no
flavouring. It’s just the perfect beating and the perfect temperature. There
must be somebody here today with enough inclination to show us how.
Perhaps a competition to coincide with the produce show?
The Wicken sponge cake was baked in a bread tin to rise above it like a loaf.
It should rise to a gossamer crust, golden as the harvest wheat. Many were
made for annual teas, cut into little blocks and mixed with blocks of currant
cake. We ate what we were served then, of course, washed down with
copper-urn tea but our craving went beyond this to cream sandwiches such
as those made by my Aunt Minnie for Christmas consumption, gone as soon
as cut. Our ever present Wicken sponge cake suffered in comparison with
what we saw in the window of Clement Fuller’s in Soham after the cinema
matinees at the Regal, a converted barn in Clay Street. Begging for such,
though and for Harry Page’s iced fancies was normally futile.
The silent war for supremacy meant anonymity and there was never to my
knowledge any spoken rivalry. Distinguished visitors come to open a fete
would welcome an example of this lauded cake. But we lived in an age of
A pale, sheltered boy, in no way set up for a life on the land at fourteen like
those lined up with him on that Wicken school gardening class photograph of
1928, all aged fourteen. From such a beginning from farming stock how could
he have been drawn to engineering from the start? In later life Joe smiled it
away: ‘I was considered to be delicate’ he said.
Only be his protective mother, however, since his father committed suicide
when Joe was five. His mother bought Maytree Cottage facing the ‘Maid’s
Head’ green, formerly a shop, then invited her sister with husband and
daughter to live in with them. His mother devoted the rest of her life to him.
He moved on to the College of Arts and Crafts in Cambridge (now the Anglia
Ruskin University) then to further education in London before taking an
apprenticeship with Boulton and Paul’s in Norwich where he found
encouragement to match his ambition.
He won a scholarship taking him to university in Northern Ireland from where
he took up a post in Manchester University with longer spells later at Sheffield
University and Nottingham University, ending as Vice Chancellor of Aston
University, Birmingham. For his huge services to industry he received a
knighthood and retired to Nottingham.
His links with Wicken remained strong. His first cousin Frany and his wife
Kath spent their honeymoon with Joe and his family. He called on me long
ago on his way to visit his grandson attending Cambridge University and he
came back many times seeing through his gift to the village hall.
A lovely man, indeed, who came back for all our sakes. Luckily I was given a
lift by Jack White to the service of thanksgiving in Nottingham, attended too
by Liz, the Parish Council Chairman, where we met all his family. He was
ninety-eight.
Tony Day
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For pretty much the rest of the year the church enters the season of ‘Sundays
after Trinity’. For twenty years or so at the end of the last century we were
invited to consider the ‘Sundays after Pentecost’ but now we have reverted to
the system that has been part of our heritage since the Reformation in sixteenth century - and before. This year there are 22 or 25 Sundays after Trinity
(depending on which way you count them and when you start counting the
Sundays before Christmas). We have done with the rejoicing of Easter and
the excitement of Pentecost for another year and now we face this long time
when nothing much appears to happen. In our new lectionary this period of
time is described as in the most prosaic of terms as ‘Ordinary Time’.
‘Ordinary’ is a rather drab word. It is the ‘default mode’ or the equivalent of
vanilla ice cream; it is as if ‘normal service has been resumed’ because there
are no special or distinctive features.
It struck me, as I was considering this, that this is fairly typical of life in general; we have moments of great excitement or times of stress and pressure,
but there are also often long periods when we just go about our everyday
business in an unremarkable way. Certainly, we can enjoy the contrast. If we
constantly lived our lives on the edge it would be somewhat draining; conversely if nothing exciting every happened it might be a little dull. Most of us
would not want to live on a constant roller coaster of thrills and spills, nor
would we want life to be predictable all the time. The balance between the
two is important.
As we begin this season of ‘Ordinary Time’ we could do much worse than
stop to consider the balance in our own lives. God is not only to be found in
the extremes of joy or despair, he is just as present in the everyday and routine when nothing much appears to be happening. In St Matthew’s gospel we
read of Jesus’ promise to be with us to the end of time. I believe that means
he is not only with us through thick and thin, but also in all the bits in between.
with every good wish
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Coffee Morning
Thanx to Mrs Jo Barltrop for sharing her art with us and giving us the opportunity to be creative. In May- Jean Turner and Julie Rash shared amazing pictures of their travels to Africa and the Holy Land- thank you so much :-)
14 June 2013
Join us for coffee and delicious
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12 July 2013
Mary-Ellen
THERE IS NO MEETING IN AUGUST
Time: 10:30-12:00
Place: Wicken Village Hall
Contact: Dalene Mobile: 0794 421 9537 Home: 725968
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Mobile Library Service
& A Couple of Notices
The Mobile Library visits every
third Tuesday:
Upware Road, arriving at
1000 hrs and departing at 1015 hrs.
On Sunday 16th June we will be having a Bring and Share lunch in the
Mission Hall to say goodbye and thank you to Richard Worsley, our Associate
Priest who has been with us for the last eight years. Richard and his wife
Christine are moving to Worcestershire where Richard will be taking up a post
as Team Vicar in the Elmley Castle benefice, near Pershore.
Wicken Village Hall, arriving at
1025 hrs and departing at 1105 hrs.
For renewals or enquiries please call: 0345 045 5225
On Saturday 29th June there is a concert in Soham Church given by the
Abbot Consort of Voices (described in one newspaper as “East Anglia’s finest
chamber choir”). Music for a Summer’s Eve promises to be a delightful feast
for the ears.
Tickets(costing £8) are available in advance (01353 720 423) or on the door.
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June:
2 - Village Hall
9 - Methodist Church
16 - Village Hall
23 - Parish Church
30 - Village Hall
August:
4 - Methodist Church
11 - Village Hall
18 - Methodist Church
24/25/26 - Parish Church Flower
Festival
July:
7 - Methodist Church
14 - Village Hall
21 - Methodist Church
28 - Upware
September:
1 -Village Hall
8 - Methodist Church
15 - Village Hall
22 - Methodist Church
29 - Village Hall
We also do a range of workshops and lessons
Telephone: 078400 64758
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St. Laurence’s Church Wicken
Our Mission Statement: ~
“We strive to serve the communities of Wicken, Padney and Upware - working together with our neighbours in practical ways, helping people understand more about
the love of God. We enjoy each other’s company as we celebrate God’s hope, life
and the beauty of His creation.”
SUNDAY & OTHER SERVICES
JUNE
2
9
16
23
30
Holy Communion
United Service at St Laurence’s
Holy Communion BCP
Morning Prayer
Combined service with St Andrew’s Church
Congregation at St Laurence’s
10.30am
10.30am
8.00am
10.30am
10.30am
Holy Communion
United Service at the Methodist Church
Holy Communion BCP
Morning Prayer
10.30am
10.00am
8.00am
10.30am
JULY
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AUGUST
4 Holy Communion
11 United Service at St Laurence’s
18 Holy Communion BCP
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CHURCH CONTACTS
For further information about events or services, or any other church matter,
please contact:
The Revd Canon Tim Alban Jones, Vicar & Chairman of PCC 720423
The Revd Sue Simpson, Curate
723229
Helen Randall, Licensed Lay Minister
721752
Robert Fuller, Churchwarden
720971
Richard Bramley, Churchwarden
721238
Julie Rash, PCC Treasurer
722008
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Try these Riddles
1. Poor people have it. Rich people need it. If you eat it you die. What is it?
2. I’m tall when I’m young and I’m short when I’m old. What am I?
3. In a one-story pink house, there was a pink person, a pink cat, a pink fish, a
pink computer, a pink chair, a pink table, a pink telephone, a pink shower–
everything was pink! What colour were the stairs?
4. What is the longest word in the dictionary?
5. What travels around the world but stays in one spot?
6. What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment and never in one thousand
years?
7. What has 4 eyes but can’t see?
8. If I have it, I don’t share it. If I share it, I don’t have it. What is it?
9. What is as light as a feather, but even the world’s strongest man couldn’t
hold it for more than a minute?
10.What is so delicate that saying its name breaks it?
11.How do you make the number one disappear?
12.How can a trouser pocket be empty and still have something in it?
Answers on page 57
Merrilyn
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Local Studios
Cambridge Open Studios give everybody the opportunity to visit artists and
craftspeople in their studios, to talk to the makers and see examples of their
work and the making processes. The Cambridge Open Studios event takes
place every weekend in July every year, and this year’s dates are July 6-7,
13-14, 20-21 and 27-28, opening each day from 11am-6pm.
There are over 360 artists taking part this year across the county and we are
fortunate in having 30 studios opening in the East Cambs area, including studios in Ely, Prickwillow, Soham, Fordham, Reach, Burwell, Bottisham and
Lode. Three studios are opening on each weekend in Wicken:
Anthony Day, 12 Pond Green
Stephen Murfitt, The Workshop,18 Stretham Road
Terry Beard, The Workshop, 18 Stretham Road
Admission is free to all studios, and free guides are available from the artists,
The Maids Head, Wicken Fen NT Shop, local libraries, shops, galleries etc.
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Wicken Games
Open Letter to the Village of Wicken
Do you remember the Queen’s Jubilee, we played games! Well, they
start again when school closes - every Thursday:
Thursday, 25 July 2013 to Thursday, 29 August 2013
3-5pm
Come along and join in the fun- have a drink and there’ll be tuck on
sale.
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Home: 725968
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Friends and Neighbors,
Since we first arrived in the Fall of 2009, we've been touched by the warm
welcome that you've extended to us.
In spite of this, I (Marc) must admit to flying my MC-130P Combat Shadow
(singleton and in formation) over the village at varying altitudes on multiple
occasions. I've been informed that I've distracted general contractors and
other tradesmen from their work. I've caused many of you to scurry out of The
Maid’s Head on summer evenings. I've been accused of removing chimney
pots with my wings. Apparently, I’ve even activated car alarms as far away as
Barway! I have but one response, "Mea Culpa," and I ask for your
forgiveness. Wicken is a beautiful village from the air, and I’ve passed this
knowledge along to my squadron mates.
I (Marc) will do my best to not mention Category 49 of the 2012 Wicken
Horticultural Show when, in a rather rebellious manner, the Wicken Yanks’
“Fruits of Victory” captured First Prize vs. “Spinney Bob” Heuer’s “Thin Red
Line.” The student’s chutney skills finally stood along side the master’s!
As a military spouse of 13 years, I (Rachel) have followed Marc many places
to set up homes all over the world. I have found none as welcoming as
Wicken. Here I was made to feel I belonged; from new friends opening their
homes and lives to share with us, to the simple fact that I knew you watched
over me whenever Marc was away. When my parents came to visit in the
summer of 2011, I told them they had to “meet the family,” because that is
what this village has become to us. They have made friendships here as well,
and for that warmth, I heartily thank you.
We would be remiss without extending our thanks to the great publicans of
The Maid’s Head and the hard working staff for their generous hospitality
through the years. Without The Maid’s Head, we would have never met “The
Usual Suspects” of Wicken, whom we love and will miss dearly. You are our
extended family in the UK.
We leave here with many wonderful memories of this place, and of major
events that you made all the more memorable. The Royal Wedding, the
Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, many football, rugby, and Olympic events, and Remembrance Sunday are but a few that stand out in our minds. Know that you
and this village will be greatly missed as we continue life’s adventures in
Japan.
Thanks to those of you who supported our Wings Over Wicken booth at the
2012 Wicken Fete and 2012 Christmas Market. We encourage you all to visit
us again at the 2013 Wicken Fete as we grill up more American Style Buffalo
Wings with several exciting flavours for different tastes. All of our proceeds
benefit the Wicken Village Hall!
Most kindly and respectfully,
Marc & Rachel Lovelace
"The Wicken Yanks"
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Swallowtails of Wicken
First of all Nigel and I would like to thank all the Swallowtail members who
contributed towards the purchase of our lovely garden seat, it was such
a complete surprise and very much appreciated, we are just waiting for some
sunshine and warm weather so we can enjoy it.
For the first time we introduced Easter Bonnets to our decorated egg competition which provide to be a hit. We recently had a presentation looking back
over the past year, and a big thanks to Merrilyn for arranging that for us.
We made a visit to Romford Dog track which was a really lovely day, some of
us came home a lot lighter in the pocket than when we left Wicken, but some
made a handsome profit, I am just sorry to say that I was not one of the lucky
ones.
We are having a tombola stall at Wicken Fete this year ,please come and
support us if you can, and all donations would be gratefully received.
September 4th we are going to Sheringham, join us if you can, we always try
and fill a bus and we are usually lucky with the weather, we will publish
details later but please contact any member if we can help in any way.
Hope to see you at one of the meetings.
Sue Wilson.721037
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SWALLOWTAILS PROGRAMME
Meetings at the Village Hall
Door Fee £1.00
Transport available on request
For more information please contact Sue on 01353 721037
12th June
Meal at the Hall
1300hrs
26th June
Strawberry Tea
1400hrs
10th July
Meal at the Hall
1300hrs
24th July
Orwell River Trip
TBA
7th Aug
BBQ
1300hrs
21st Aug
Open Meeting
1400hrs
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Cambridge Open Studios
Cambridge Open Studios exists to promote local artists of all mediums and
their work to the public. More than 250 artists from Cambridge and the surrounding towns and villages participate each year over a number of summer
weekends, opening their doors to the public to allow a unique glimpse into the
world of art.
Visitors will have the opportunity to purchase original works of art, and in
some cases prints, greetings cards or postcards. They can also speak with
artists about their work, or even see them at work to discover their techniques.
Our aim is to demystify the world of art, bringing artists together with local
people, and offering an unusual insight into a fascinating unseen world.
When is it?
Cambridge Open Studios always run on Saturdays and Sundays in July, from
11am-6pm.
The dates for this year are 6/7, 13/14, 20/21 and 27/28 July.
If you wish to see a specific artist please check the guidebook or website for
details of when they will be exhibiting as not all artists will be available on
every date.
What can you expect from Cambridge Open Studios?
With nearly 400 Cambridge Open Studio members in and around Cambridge,
there really is something for everyone. From watercolour artists to potters,
sculptors to jewellery designers, textile artists to photographers, whatever
your tastes or preferences, there will be something for you.
The artists open their doors and welcome the public into their studios, workshops or homes to show off their beautiful works of art. It's a fantastic opportunity to gaze at amazing treasures and if you wish, speak to the artist that
created it, in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.
You may even like to pick out a few artists from the guide who are exhibiting
and create your own 'studio tour'. Remember the villages too; often members
are exhibiting within range of a good pub lunch or tempting teashop, so you
can plan a route to make the perfect day out.
Entry: FREE
Look out for the free yellow guide book distributed in May/June to local libraries, galleries, tourist information offices and shops, among others.
Visit our website: www.camopenstudios.co.uk or follow us on Facebook or
Twitter: @CamOpenStudios
Cambridge Open Studios is a fantastic showcase for local artists and a thoroughly enjoyable day out.
Keep an eye out for the yellow flags flying to indicate an Open studio.
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Time to Spare
Moments of a Summer Remembered
When you think of donating to a charity you probably
think of giving money but have you ever thought
about giving your time?
The East Anglian Air Ambulance is a 365-day helicopter emergency medical service which covers
Norfolk, Suffolk, Cambridgeshire and Bedfordshire. With a medical crew
highly trained in critical care, we bring the emergency room to the patient
within 25 minutes, we can then transport them to the most
appropriate hospital if needed. Since our launch in 2000, we have attended
over 12,500 life-saving missions and we rely on volunteers throughout the
region to help us continue this vital work.
Volunteer Programme Development Manager, Victoria Pank explains:
“Volunteers are a valuable resource for our charity. We receive no
Government funding and, quite simply, without the dedication and support of
so many fabulous people, we couldn't work in the way that we do.”
James Edgehill, a retired carpenter and retained fire fighter from Cromer in
Norfolk, has been a volunteer since 2006: “Working as a fire fighter made me
realise just how important the air ambulance is, especially when we attended
road traffic collisions in which injured people were trapped in their cars. I
wanted to help the EAAA when I retired and I've got more and more involved.
In a typical week I might be selling merchandise at an event one day;
representing the charity at a couple of fundraising functions locally the next
and collecting collection boxes the day after. I enjoy the variety of work and
being 'the face of the charity' in my area.
So if you have some spare time, either regularly or occasionally, come and
join our team and help the East Anglian Air Ambulance continue to save lives
in your area. There are many opportunities available, working behind the
scenes in one of our offices or as a public speaker or event supporter, the
choice is yours! We will make sure that you are offered a position which best
suits your skills, interests and availability.
It’s great fun and very rewarding – I should know, I have recently become a
volunteer for this amazing charity. Why don't you?
Visit our website at www.eaaa.org.uk/support-us/volunteer to find out more
or ring Victoria on 01603 489406 ([email protected]).
Martine Silkstone
First there is the hush,
A certain stillness distinctive
of its self; there rises upon
it all of summers sounds.
Breezes that play high and
low through branches rich
with leaves, and sometimes
swell to imitate the song
of the sea.
Insects now become more brazen,
invading our homes defying our
‘Not wanted here’ signs, buzzing
and irritating to the extreme.
While outdoors others bring welcome
sound and promise a rich
reward in sweetness and
future blossom.
Now childrens voices ring out
over the land with holidays
in view and freedom felt in
the open air whether in town
or country or seascape.
All in all, a truly ‘Summer’,
summer is one wonderful Gift.
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News from Wicken Fen & Anglesey Abbey
Churches Together in Wicken
In the last few weeks the fen has come alive again as the delayed spring
finally comes into full bloom. All our summer wildlife is back and getting on
with the important task of raising the next generation. There’s been some
fantastic wildlife action in recent weeks - a pair of Common Cranes have
taken up residence on Sedge Fen and more recently there have been
sightings of Avocet, Spoonbills and a Black-winged Stilt on Burwell Fen.
After protracted negotiations with East Cambs District Council, we have finally
taken over responsibility for the main car park toilet block. We plan to start a
major project to spruce them up in June. Hopefully they will be much more
pleasant to use, and in time we will put in some interpretation to start telling
the Wicken story. We are also doing works on the outside with a new path
system, a new hedge and hopefully (if budgets stretch) a boot wash station.
The design for a livestock crossing over Harrison’s Drove to enable our
grazing animals to roam from Baker’s Fen over to the former Harrison’s Farm,
will shortly be sent out to Wicken and Burwell Parish Councils Parish Councils for consultation. We are seeking permission from Highways to have a 3M
bridge over the Drove rather than a 5M bridge which is the standard regulation height for a Highway. The Wicken Fen Community Liaison Forum met on
16 April – issues discussed included the problem of motorcyclists using the
Lodes Way, the need for a car parking strategy and the problem of travellers
horses blocking footpaths. Copies of the minutes will shortly be available on
the Community Page of our website www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wickenfen
If you have a spot of free time on your hands we have a couple of volunteering opportunities which maybe of interest. Firstly, we’re looking for volunteers
to help look after the White Fen Community Woodland near Lode. This would
involve visiting the woodland every couple of months, checking a small group
of trees and straightening canes, clearing tree guards etc. It is a small commitment that will make a big difference in helping the trees become established. Secondly, we’re on the lookout for a photographer to help with a fixed
point photography project. Each year we photograph the whole reserve (on a
two year rotation) from a number of fixed points to record how the landscape
is changing over time. We estimate that the project will take around 10 days a
year to complete and we can provide a camera if needed. If you are interested in either of these two opportunities please contact Community Ranger,
Lois Baker, on 01353 720274 or e-mail [email protected]
The presenter and adventurer, Ben Fogle, was at the fen recently filming for a
programme on wetlands for a new 6 part BBC wildlife series scheduled for
transmission this autumn. At the time of writing, we’re expecting Sir David
Attenborough at the fen to film a documentary on cuckoos.
There’s a buzz of excitement down at Anglesey Abbey as we formally launch
a Heritage Lottery Funded Project to open the ‘domestic areas’ of the House.
In total 11 rooms will be open to visitors including the kitchen, butler’s pantry
Wednesday evening
Home Group
7.30pm at 39 High Street, Wicken
A small group of Christians meet midweek in Wicken to help each other to
grow in faith through sharing and prayer. We are a non-denominational
group and we come together for the sole purpose of Christian fellowship and
to offer praise and worship to our Lord.
If you are a Christian worshipping outside Wicken please prayerfully consider
joining our Home Group for a little midweek nurture and fellowship.
Alternatively, if you are exploring the Christian faith, our group is also a good
starting point to hear the gospel and to discuss any issues relating to Christianity in a friendly environment.
We love new people coming along to join us, to breathe fresh life into the
group, and it doesn’t matter where you are in your Christian journey or if you
are just dipping your toe in to see what it’s all about.
We would love to hear from you.
Tuesday morning
Bible Study
Tuesday mornings at 10.30am
An opportunity to explore the Bible with fellow explorers, to ask questions and
learn together.
This is for both Christians and for those seeking to know more about the
Christian faith in a relaxed atmosphere.
If you would like to know more, please refer to the contact details below.
Monthly Service of
Healing
7.30pm at 39 High Street, Wicken
Mon 10 Jun, Mon 8 July, Monday 12 August
An opportunity to pray for our friends, families, community, the wider world
and ourselves, by following a service with a flexible format.
This is for Christians of all denominations and we also welcome anyone who
feels they need prayer and have little or no experience of how to pray. We
would love to be able to help and to guide you towards a deeper understanding of spiritual healing and wholeness.
If you would like to discuss this or, alternatively, if you would like to leave a
prayer request, please refer to the contact details below.
Julie Rash – 01353 722008 – [email protected]
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and servant’s hall. The Domestic Wing Project as its known will significantly
add to the overall visitor experience, creating a greater understanding of Lord
Fairhaven, and how the house functioned to support his very particular way of
life.
The domestic areas will be restored to their pre-1966 appearance. Oral archives such as interviews with the current Lord and Lady Fairhaven and staff
who worked in the house, together with records such as cellar books and
guest books, will be used to help recreate the layout, atmosphere and activities that took place in the domestic wing. The domestic rooms are scheduled
to open to visitors next year. As part of the project we plan to recruit a number
of Volunteer Community Ambassadors. We’re looking for people who can
give up one day a month (or more) to communicate and promote the project
within local communities and encourage people and organisations to become
involved. If you’re interested in becoming a Community Ambassador please
contact Rachel Morley- email [email protected]
Up- coming events at Wicken Fen include our popular under 5’s activity
Mucky Pups on 12 & 13 June, 10.15 -11.45am. The theme for this month is
Pirate Adventure – tickets £3.95 are available from the Visitor Centre on
01353 720274. Members of the Dragonfly Project will be leading Dragonfly
Safaris around Wicken Fen on Saturday & Sunday 15 & 16 June at 11am &
2.30pm. If you would like to learn more about Dragonfly’s they are also running a Dragonfly Larva Identification for Beginners course on Sunday 16
June – the course costs £35 and places can be booked by calling 01733
204286 or via [email protected] Moving into July we have
our Bioblitz starting at 4pm on Friday 12 through to 4pm on Saturday 13
July – during this period we will be trying to identify and record as many species as possible, hopefully beating last years total of 917 species. There will
be lots of free dragonfly related activities on Sunday 28 July, as we host
Dragonfly Day. Our summer holiday programme gets underway on 24 July Pond dipping and Minibeast Hunt; 29 July – Fairies and Pixies; 30 July –
Pond dipping and Minibeast Hunt, and 31 July -Summertime Arts and
Crafts. Details of all events for the school holidays can be found on the
Events page of our website at www.nationaltrust.org.uk/wickenfen
Down at Anglesey Abbey we have National Garden Scheme Day on 13
June, when our Garden Team and volunteers will be giving demonstrations
and special tours. Normal admission applies with all proceeds from Garden
Admission donated to the National Gardens Scheme Fund. This year we are
holding a series of Wild Wednesdays in the Hoe Fen Wildlife Discovery Area
during the school holidays – the fun starts with Bugs & Butterflies on 24 July
and Pond Dipping on 31 July. The free events run from 11am-1pm or 2-4pm
– normal admission applies.
Howard Cooper
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Our flock consists of Rhode Island Reds
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.having free access to graze on our pesticide free grass fields throughout their
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Building maintenance & property
repairs, windows, doors, roofing
and all types of carpentry & joinery
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All work carried out by
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for HOME VISITS only
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e-mail:
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Tel: Ely 721857
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2nd June
9th June
Sunday Teas
Sunday Teas
see p. 15
see p. 15
14th June
16th June
Coffee Morning
Bring & Share Lunch
see p. 55
see p. 15
16th June
18th June
Sunday Teas
Mobile Library
see p. 15
see p. 54
20 –23 June
22nd June
Ely Cathedral Flower Festival
Life of Pi
see p. 24
see p. 45
23rd June
29th June
Sunday Teas
Village Fete & Dog Show
see p. 15
see p.19 & 52
29th June
30th June
Soham Church Concert
Sunday Teas
see p. 15
see p. 15
12th July
Coffee Morning
see p. 55
16th July
Mobile Library
see p. 54
20th July
Flower & Produce Show
see p.30
25th July
Wicken Games
see p. 48
28th July
Picnic Around the Pond
see p. 58
6th & 7th, 13th & 14th, 20th & 21st, 27th & 28th July
Cambridge Open Studios - see p. 46 & p. 49 for local studios.
1st Aug
8th Aug
15th Aug
21st Aug
22nd Aug
24 - 26th Aug
29th Aug
Wicken Games
Wicken Games
Wicken Games
Mobile Library
Wicken Games
Flower Festival - St. Laurence
Wicken Games
see p.
see p.
see p.
see p.
see p.
see p.
see p.
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Wicken Flower and Produce Show
Saturday 20th JULY 2013
This year’s Flower and Produce Show will be held on
Saturday 20th July in the Village Hall, and the Schedule is on
the following pages. Whether you’re a regular exhibitor or a
newcomer, we look forward to welcoming you all, either as
exhibitors or spectators. Please remember: entry forms
must be with Susan Woodroffe, 21 Chapel Lane, by
9.00pm on Thursday, 18th July.
Are you thinking of showing this year? It’s time to think about what to
show and how to show it. It’s very important to read the schedule carefully –
if it says 6 shallots, it means just that.
On the morning of the show everything is hectic and you only have a few
hours to display the products of your hard work - so start harvesting at least
a day before. Many flowers can sit happily in water for a day or so. Most veg
and freshly dug root vegetables can be kept under the protective wrapping of
a damp towel. OK, the leaves go limp but you are trimming them to 3 inches
anyway [read the schedule!]. Courgettes can be kept in the crisper part of
your fridge for a week - but take care to keep that faded flower attached at the
end. The judge will love you for it!
Make sure that everything is clean and free from any pests and diseases.
Even when you think everything is safely displayed - check again. Slugs are
very good at hiding and a silver slug trail won’t help you win a first prize!
Handle the actual exhibits as little as possible. Cabbages, the poor relations
in the brassica family, have an exquisite bloom over the leaves and head and
this is adored by judges, but it can be spoiled with fingerprints. Same goes
for plums, soft fruit and cacti.
Matching identical individuals is considered a great skill. Remember, a quarter of the points awarded are for uniformity, so if you have the plate of
‘perfect peas’ but they are all different sizes you will lose points immediately.
To make sure the judges focus on the produce, we will provide a paper plate
for each exhibit. Please bring your own vases for flowers.
This year, we’ve added some new categories into the home produce division.
Pickled Vegetables are now in the schedule (51), as is ‘Heaviest Hen’s
Egg’ (62). There was also a suggestion after last year’s show that ‘Home
Brew’ would make an interesting addition. To give us an idea of how well that
would fit, we’ve decided to have two ‘Just for Fun’ categories this year. As
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Monday
Monday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Sunday
HATHA Yoga
Service for Healing
Fen Tiggers
Iyenga Yoga
Bible Study
Swallowtails
HATHA Yoga
Wicken Coronation Band
Home Group
Pilates & Zumba
Samara Ballet
Church Services (Anglican)
(Methodist)
For details of United Services
see p. 38
see p. 31
see p. 25
see p. 46
see p. 31
see p. 18
see p. 38
see p. 46
see p. 31
see p. 46
see p. 46
see p. 16
10:00 a.m.
see p. 16
To keep the Village Diary as informative as possible please let me
have details of any weekly/monthly activities or any planned events
as far in advance as possible. Hopefully this will aid planning for
Village activities and avoid clashes.
The final copy date for articles for the August/September issue of
Around & About is:
FRIDAY 26th July
(please include any activities scheduled for the first week in
October)
For further details please refer to Editor’s Note on page 5 - thanks.
Merrilyn Fry
VILLAGE WEBSITE: www.wicken-village.org.uk
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ENTRY FORM FOR GRAND SHOW OF
FLOWERS, FRUIT, VEGETABLES AND HOME PRODUCE
To be held at THE VILLAGE HALL on Saturday 20th July 2013.
Entry Form to be filled in by Exhibitor and returned to the Show Secretary
(Susan Woodroffe, c/o 21 Chapel Lane, Wicken). Entry Forms must be received by 9pm on Thursday 18th July. NO entries will be accepted after that
time.
20p per entry. Entry Fees should accompany Entry Form.
Class No.
Entry Fee
Class No.
Entry Fee
usual, there will be the “Wicken in Bloom” photographic competition (a print
up to and including A4 size, taken in your garden this year), and there will be
a competition for home-made drinks made from individual ingredients, not a
home brew kit. Entries will be divided into two groups, Alcoholic and NonAlcoholic, and, for this year only, each person can have as many entries as
they wish, (the scheduled classes only allow one entry per person per class).
No points are awarded in the fun categories, so any successes will not count
towards your points total. As the winning entry will be chosen on the basis of
personal taste, the Judge’s decision on both the fun groups will be final.
If there is enough interest this year, we’ll try adding home brew to the schedule for next year, and split the group into specific categories (cordial, soda,
wine, beer, cider and spirit based). However, if you have any objections to
the inclusion of alcohol into the show, please let one of the committee
members know how you feel. The show needs to reflect the feelings of the
whole village and we are happy to listen to all points of view, for and against
any changes we make and new things we try.
We are hoping to build up a record of the Show since it started and I would be
very interested to see anything you may have stored away that relates to one
of the shows, the older the better. If you do have something, maybe an
informal photo of you or someone you know with a winners cup, anything at
all, please pop it round to me at 21 Chapel Lane and I will take a copy and
return the original to you.
I’d also be grateful if all of you who won cups last year return them to me,
engraved with your name, by 8th July.
Please remember that entry forms must be with me at 21 Chapel Lane,
by 9.00pm on Thursday, 18th July.
Have a great day and good luck!
Susan Woodroffe (Show Secretary) 01353 721857
Sub total
£
Total
£
I will/will not be entering a photograph in the “Wicken in Bloom” competition.
I will/will not be entering the “Home Brew” competition.
I hereby enter the above mentioned exhibits at my own risk, subject to the rules
governing the Show, and declare them to be in keeping with Rule 1. This rule
does not apply to children entering adult classes.
Exhibitor:
Address:
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Date: ................................................
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LIST OF SPECIAL PRIZES AND CHALLENGE CUPS
WICKEN FLOWER AND PRODUCE SHOW
to be held in
WICKEN VILLAGE HALL, HIGH STREET, WICKEN
on Saturday 20th July 2013 - 2.30 p.m.
Auction of produce will start at 3.30pm,
followed by prize giving
ENTRANCE TO VIEW 30p
Children free if accompanied by an adult.
Prize money all Classes - 1st 75p, 2nd 50p, 3rd 25p
CUPS AND MANY SPECIAL PRIZES
PRESIDENT
CHAIRMAN
SECRETARY
TREASURER
Mrs Hazel Woodroffe
Mrs Bridie Heuer
Mrs Susan Woodroffe
Mrs Rachel Earl
COMMITTEE
Mr Jack White
Mr Paul Dean
Ms Jill Rogers
Mrs Joy Martin
Best Exhibit in Show (Cup donated by Mr R Fuller) £10 Garden Voucher
The Garden Produce Cup (donated by Mr R Butcher) will be awarded to the
exhibitor gaining the highest number of points in classes 1‑20.
The Garden Flower Cup (donated by Mr Andrew Green) will be awarded to
the exhibitor gaining the most points in classes 23-33.
The Fruit Cup (donated by the Society) will be awarded to the exhibitor gaining the highest number of points in classes 41-47.
Barton Cup for best exhibit in Class 20.
The Home Produce Cup (donated by Mr R Butcher) will be awarded to the
exhibitor gaining the highest number of points in classes 48-60.
The Children’s Cup (donated by the Society in memory of Mr R Butcher) will
be awarded to the exhibitor gaining the highest number of points in classes
34‑40 together with £3.00.
The Bill Martin Rose Bowl will be awarded to the newcomer gaining most
points in the show across all classes. Adult or child.
Points to be awarded as follows: 1st (3 points) 2nd (2 points) 3rd (1 point)
1.
Best Exhibit in Show (see above) - Cup donated by Mr R Fuller
2.
Best Exhibit of Vegetables (classes 1‑19)
3.
Best Exhibit of Flowers (Classes 23-33)
4.
Best Exhibit of Fruit (Classes 41-47)
5.
Best Exhibit of Home Produce (Classes 48-62)
6.
2nd Highest Number of Points in Children’s Classes
The committee is very grateful to all those who have helped in any way
with the arranging of the Flower & Produce Show, the giving of money
and kind and for the special prizes.
IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ RULES CAREFULLY
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RULES
1. All articles must be the property of the exhibitor and have been in his/her
possession at least 4 weeks before the day of the Show. The Committee
reserves the right to inspect the sites where exhibits have been grown.
2. All exhibits to be shown in a clean state. Vases and jam jars must be provided by the exhibitor. Cardboard plates will be provided by Committee.
3. Entry fees - 20p per entry.
4. No exhibitor to be allowed more than one entry in each class. Less than 4
entries in any class half the prize money only will be awarded in that class.
5. The decision of the Judges must be accepted as final. The Committee
reserves the right to settle any matters not covered by these rules at their
discretion.
6. Exhibits will be received and staged at the place of show between 9.30am
and 11.30am sharp. All exhibitors particularly those exhibiting in Div D
(classes 48-60) are asked to stage their exhibits as early as possible. The
Show opens at 2.30pm. Sale of produce 3.30pm approximately.
7. All exhibits will be sold at the above time with the exception of all classes
in Div D (48‑60) and classes 27, 28, 29 and 33. Exhibits in the said
classes not claimed by 3.30pm may also be sold, unless prior notification
given. No exhibit must be removed from the Show before 3.30pm. The
proceeds of the sale will be donated to Show expenses.
8. All entries to be made on enclosed Entry Form and forwarded with entry
fees to: The Show Secretary (Susan Woodroffe) not later than 9pm on
Thursday 18th July 2013.
9. There will be no entrance fee for entries in Children's classes 34-40.
10. Only children 15 yrs and under are allowed to enter classes 34-40.
11. All entries in the Home Produce Classes should be covered with cling film.
12. All prize monies to be paid out as soon as possible after the show.
Children allowed in adult classes under adult rules.
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SCHEDULE 2013
DIVISION A - VEGETABLES JUDGES – Mr M & Mrs L Williams
1)
2)
3)
4)
5)
6)
7)
8)
9)
10)
11)
12)
13)
14)
15)
16)
17)
18)
19)
20)
21)
22)
4 Potatoes – White, any shape
4 Potatoes – Coloured, any shape
4 Tomatoes
6 Runner Beans
8 French Beans
8 Pods of Peas
6 Shallots - tops bent over and tied
Special prize
6 Onions (any variety) - roots trimmed, tops bent over and tied
6 Carrots (no more than 4" of top)
Special prize
4 Beet (round with n more than 4” of top)
1 Cabbage (any variety)
2 Lettuces (any variety) - roots trimmed
1 Marrow
2 Bulbs of Garlic
4 Courgettes
8 Podsof Broad Beans
3 Chili Peppers – any variety
2 of any vegetable not listed above
Collection of fresh picked herbs in jam jar – not less than 3 varieties
Basket of vegetables - not less than 3 varieties.
Most oddly shaped vegetable
Longest Runner Bean
DIVISION B - FLOWERS
23)
24)
25)
26)
27)
28)
29)
30)
31)
32)
33)
JUDGES - Mr M & Mrs L Williams
6 Flowers of any one variety
Collection of 4 single roses (any variety/varieties)
Special prize
Vase with 10 stems of assorted flowers (no less than 5 varieties)
12 stems Sweet Peas
Special prize
1 Cactus or Succulent
1 Pot Plant (flowering) including Fuchsia, Pelargonium
1 Pot Plant (non-flowering)
4 Dahlias
Gent's Buttonhole (One flower with foliage)
Lady's Spray
Arrangement of flowers (overall width 20 inches) Flowers may be
purchased.
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Classes 34‑40 open only to children 15 years and under (Child's age will be
considered) Classes are open to children with family connections in Wicken,
e.g. grandparent.
CHILDREN’S CLASSES
34)
35)
36)*
37)*
38)
39)
40)
JUDGE – Mrs J Smith
Imitation Miniature Garden arranged on a dinner plate
Garden Flowers arranged for effect in a jam jar.
Collage on the theme of the Coronation
.
Painting or drawing on the theme of the Wicken Windmill Special prize
A hand made birthday card
4 cupcakes decorated in the theme of the Coronation
Sp. prize
Person or animal made from fruit or vegetables
* Maximum size for the collage/painting should not exceed A4.
DIVISION C - FRUIT
JUDGES – Mr M & Mrs L Williams
41) 4 Sticks of Rhubarb - cut to show some leaf
42) Plate of mixed fruit (no more than 4 varieties)
43) 6 Plums/Greengages (with stalks)
44) 10 Gooseberries (with stalks)
8 strings Blackcurrant
8 Raspberries with stalks
Longest stick of rhubarb
DIVISION D - HOME PRODUCE
48)
49)
50)
51)
52)
53)
54)
55)
56)
57)
58)
59)
60)
61)
62)
Apple and Cinnamon Cake
225 g (8 oz) softened butter
225 g (8 oz) light muscovado sugar
100 g (4 oz) chopped walnuts
100 g (4 oz) sultanas
225 g (8 oz) self-raising flour
400 g (14 oz) cooking apples, peeled, cored and grated
1 level teaspoon ground cinnamon
2 level teaspoons baking powder
3 large eggs
To finish
Light muscovado sugar and extra chopped walnuts, for sprinkling
Icing sugar, for dusting
1
Pre-heat the oven to 180oC/160oC fan/Gas 4. Grease a 23 cm/9 ins
deep round cake tin then line the base with baking parchment.
2
Measure the butter, sugar, eggs, chopped walnuts, sultanas, flour
and baking powder into a large bowl and beat for about 2 minutes until
thoroughly blended.
3
Spoon half the mixture into the prepared tin then spread the grated
apple and ground cinnamon in an even layer on top. Spoon the
remaining cake mixture on top, level the surface then sprinkle generously with light muscovado sugar and walnuts.
4
Bake in the pre-heated own for about 11/4 -11/2 hours or until the
cake is well risen and golden brown. Leave to cool in the tin for a few
minutes, then turn out, peel off the parchment and finish cooling on a
rack. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
Special prize
JUDGE Mrs J Smith
1 Jar of Jam (not under 12 ozs)*
1 Jar of Marmalade*
1 Jar of Chutney*
1 Jar of Pickled Vegetables*
Special prize
1 Victoria Sponge with jam and buttercream filling, undecorated
Ginger Loaf Cake (2lb tin)
Apple and Cinnamon Cake (see recipe)
Special prize
6 Scones, Plain
6 Decorated cup cakes
6 Jam Tarts
1 Fruit Pie, any fruit, must have a top and bottom short crust pastry
6 Sausage Rolls
6 Shortbread
6 Eggs (from Exhibitor’s own hens)
Heaviest Hen’s Egg (from Exhibitor’s own hens)
(Recipe reproduced from Mary Berry’s Baking Bible)
* Contents should be covered with waxed paper seal and proper preserve
pot covers.
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