Elsworth Times June 2010

ELSWORTH TIMES
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Community Shop Gets Planning Go-Ahead
I’m sure most of you will have heard the fantastic news that
full planning permission has now been granted, so it is finally
full steam ahead! We are delighted that all the hard work we
have put in to getting our village shop up and running seems
finally to be bearing fruit.
We are now extremely busy, filling in grant applications and
getting quotes for everything we need. So far, four grants have
been submitted in the last two weeks which we hope will give
us the extra money we need to add to the £18,000 already
raised. Thank you so much to everyone that has bought a
share in the shop and/or made a donation.To date, you have
helped to raise over £2,000. Our bank account is now up and
running, so those cheques will be cashed in the next few days.
Photo Nick Taylor
We don’t expect to hear back from the grant applications for a
couple of months, but in the meantime we have plenty to do,
sorting out fixtures and fittings, connections to utilities, local
suppliers and staff - we still need more volunteers.
It is also time to think about the position of Shop Manager the only paid member of staff - which we need to fill as soon
as all our funding is in place. An official advertisement for the
job will be forthcoming, but in the meantime if you or anyone
you know would like to find out more about the job, and register your interest, please contact us on the email below.
You can now catch up on all the shop news via our dedicated
website www.elsworth-shop.co.uk and email any questions or
suggestions to [email protected] Victoria Wrigley
Members of shop committee who have worked
so hard to achieve this feat are:
Janet Bell, Rosemarie Vaughan Jones, Martin
Shrosbree, David Sampson, Matt Weddle, Karen
Martin, Victoria Wrigley. In the photo: Matt,
Karen, Janet, Victoria and Rosemarie.
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Issue June 2010
contents
Clerks column Pages 2 and 3
Annual Parish Meeting & Editors Letter
Page 3
Church
Pages 4 & 5
Elsworth Show
Page 5
School Pages 6
Pre-school
Page 7
Poacher Re-opens
Page 8 & 9
Advertising Pages 9 - 14
Community Notices and Freecycle
Pages 15 - 17
Countryside and Gardening Pages 18 & 19
Elsworth Celebs Q & A Page 19
CLERK’S COLUMN L
iz Sim Parish Clerk - Reports
Parish Council Annual General Meeting
This year the Parish Council’s AGM was held on the same day as the Annual Parish
Meeting, May 19th. The main business of the AGM is to elect the Chairman and
Vice Chairman and to appoint councillors and non parish councillors to positions
within the council and as representatives of the Council on external bodies. Paul
Solon was re-elected Chairman and Anne Howell was re-elected Vice Chairman.
The Parish Council formally agreed to reappoint Paul Harding and Lizzie Eayrs as
parish tree wardens for the coming year and Dr Sue Taylor as the Parish Council’s
nominated Trustee for the Samuel Franklin Fund.
Councillors discussed the possibility of combining the Amenities and the Environment
working parties into one as the issues these were involved with overlap to a great
extent. A decision on this was adjourned until the July meeting. It was agreed
that representation for Elsworth Parish at the Police Neighbourhood Panel meetings would be rotated amongst the councillors to enable all to gain experience of
the issues raised at these meetings. The Fardell’s Lane Management Committee
remains the only committee of the Council, as planning matters and finance are discussed by all council members.
Approval of accounts for year end 2010
Councillors agreed the parish accounts for the year’s end. The accounts have
also been approved by the Council’s internal auditor and are now with the External
Auditor for approval.
Change of insurance company
Councillors agreed that our current insurer’s proposed premium was excessively
high for the cover that was provided and agreed to change insurance companies to
Zurich Insurance which offered fully adequate cover for about two thirds of the cost.
Relief Drainage Channel
Unfortunately little progress has been made over the proposal to dig this channel
behind the school. There is now a further complication as new legislation was introduced which may affect responsibility for this. With the recent change of government there is uncertainty as to whether this legislation actually did come in. The
County and District Councillors are going to enquire about the current legal position.
Children’s play area
The Council has recently received an offer of possible alternative land for siting
a new play area. This would enable the Council to consider a layout for equipment that might be more suitable than its current site on the Grass Close which is
restricted by the close proximity to the football pitches. The Amenities Working Party
is now looking at all the possibilities and will report back to the meeting in July.
Issue June 2010
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Street Lighting
The Council has been considering the possibility of reducing
the amount of street lighting in the village and has received a
letter from the County Council outlining the cost of removing
lights and the implications of doing so. Before any decision is
taken councillors intend to have a detailed discussion with the
officer responsible for this at the County Council.
Planning Matters
Planning application considered:
S/0649/10/CAC Mr R Peters
1-3 Boxworth Road
Total demolition of two outbuildings. Parish Council recommendation: Approve
Planning Decision received
SCDC Planning Dept. S/0223/10/F Mr John Farnell 1
Conington Road. Application Granted.
Future Meeting Dates 2010
21st July
Parish Council
15th September Parish Council
17th November Parish Council
All meetings take place in Elsworth School Hall
Annual Parish Meeting
The Annual Parish Meeting was held directly after the AGM.
This year there was no big football match on the same day
and it was good to see many parishioners turn up.
Reports of activities over the past were given by village
organisations, the County and District Councillors and by the
Police. The most welcome report came from the Village Shop
Committee which had just received the news that the planning
application for the community shop had been approved by the
District Council.
Janet Hicks raised the possibility of the village holding celebrations for the Queen’s jubilee which is in a couple of years.
Paul Solon proposed to put this on the July Parish Council
agenda to determine terms of reference for a committee to be
set up to plan for these celebrations. This would consist of
both parish councillors and parishioners.
Isobel Farrow and Betty Simcock raised the issue of the Parish
Council’s decision to transfer the servery to the school without
discussing the proposals with the WI and Jubilee Club. Paul
Solon outlined the reasons for the transfer, which was made in
order to preserve the rights and interests of all village organisations. The agreement clarified the liability for the servery,
ensured security for the school and
ensured a formal arrangement that
would provide a facility that would be
properly resourced, maintained and
open for the use of all village organisations as before. He offered to convene a meeting of representatives of
the WI, the Jubilee Club, the Parish
Council and the school to discuss
any further concerns they may have.
The formal proceedings over, neighbours and friends enjoyed a chat
over a glass of wine and nibbles.
Liz Sim Parish Clerk
Tel 01954 267664
[email protected]
www.elsworthvillage.com
Editor’s Letter
We hope you have been enjoying the glorious
weather. Suddenly everywhere is transformed
when the sun comes out and the roses bloom.
Elsworth looks particularly lovely at this time of
year with its verdant gardens and the sheep grazing peacefully in the field.
The big news this issue is that it’s full steam ahead for
the community shop, and the Poacher is open again!
Planning consent for the village shop has been
granted and the shop committee are still looking for
volunteers to help run it. Perhaps some of the younger
villagers would consider helping out – perhaps as part of the
community service aspect of their Duke of Edinburgh awards?
The shop will founder without the necessary help in running
it, so if you can spare any time to stand behind the counter or
feel able to help out in any way then please contact the shop
committee members, particularly Victoria Wrigley. Thanks
again to all the committee for their continued hard work and
commitment.
Many of you will have graced the Poacher with your presence
by now. The reopening has been particularly timely given the
weather, and the garden has been much appreciated. Neil
and Caroline give their first impressions of running the local
pub inside the Times. Good luck to them and we hope that villagers will patronise the pub and ensure its ongoing success.
This issue’s book token winner is eight year old William
Wisson Burton who has penned a wonderfully accomplished
poem and equally stunning illustration. It really is very impressive. Look out Carol Ann Duffy. We also have a fabulous cartoon from Anna Floto.
After three years, Ric Stokes, who has distributed the Times
to all the houses in the village is looking for someone new to
take this on. He would be happy to show anyone interested
the routes, and would love to hear from you if you could do
this – it’s only every two months, and can be a good way to
get your exercise. Many, many thanks to Ric for his dedication
over the last three years. He can be contacted on 267506.
Last, but my no means least, I am sure everyone would like
me to say a huge thank you on their behalf to Sue Taylor,
who after editing the Elsworth Times for the last three years is
passing on the mantle to me. She has done a wonderful job
and has worked very hard to make sure that the standard of
the Times is as it is, and that it reaches you without fail every
two months. She will be hard act to follow.
As always, we welcome your views and we would love a letters page, so if you feel the urge to write about anything in this
issue, or indeed anything you think would interest our readers, then we would love to hear from you.
Enjoy the Summer and we will see you in August.
Gaynor Clements - [email protected]
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Issue June 2010
Holy Trinity Church, Elsworth
FIONA
WINDSOR
While walking Daisy today in the
fields just beyond my house it felt like
an idyllic summer’s day, clear skies,
light breeze, crops gently swaying;
at last the warm weather has arrived!
For how long, no-one knows, but let’s
enjoy it while it’s here. We have so much to be thankful for,
for the beauty of the changing seasons, for the countryside
that we live and breathe, the glorious yellow fields, the striking
green, the hedgerows full of the blossom, the songs of the
skylark and the other birds.
Fiona and Archdeacon John Beer on
Trinity Sunday
We live frenetic lives rushing from one activity to the next,
from one meeting to another, from one encounter to the next,
and while we are doing none of the above we are answering
our mobile phone, blackberries, emails; we are so busy doing
that we have lost the art of just being.
I’m mindful of the poem ‘Leisure’
by William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
There are many times in the Gospels were we find Jesus taking time out to be quiet, to find peace, and talk to his father.
As the warmer weather encourages us outside, let’s take
that time to step away from the rush of life and rediscover a
sense of peace, let’s re-centre ourselves and rediscover the
art of being. Many of the churches in the Papworth team are
open all day and from personal experience I can tell you that
a few moments in the church, just being still, refreshes and
reinvigorates.
Photo Nick Taylor
Holy trinity Church, elsworth
Holy Trinity ~ Church Rota
Time
Date
06/06/2010
13/12/2009 10.30 am
20/12/2009
13/06/2010
24/12/2009 6.00 pm
Date
25/12/2009 10.30 am
20/06/2010
27/12/2009 6.00 pm
3/1/2010
04/07/2010
10.30 am
10/1/2010
17/1/2010
11/07/2010
6.00 pm
24/1/2010
31/1/2010 10.30 am
18/07/2010
7/2/2010
14/2/2010 6.00 pm
25/07/2010
17/2/2010
21/2/2010 6.00 pm
01/08/2010
28/2/2010
27/06/2010
Flowers &
Sidesperson Reader
Tea/Coffee Brasses
Cleaners
Time Title
Service
Title
I Farrow /
R Summers
H Flotto /3
Family Service
Trinity 1
R French*
6.00 pm
Carol
Service Yes (milk) Advent
H Rhodes
(Gal1 11-end)
No Service in Elsworth. Carol Service at Boxworth 6pm
B Newson /
J Howell
Holy
G Clements
Trinity 2
L Stollery
11.30 pm
Holy
Christmas
EveN Collinwood
(Gal2Communion
15-end)
Communion
8.30 Holy Communion at Knapwell
B Newson /
D Allgood
All-age
Yes (milk)
H Rhodes / S Rea
Trinity 3
A Taylor*
(Gal3 23-end)
Communion
10.30 Holy
Communion
at Boxworth
Christmas DayN Collinwood
10.30 Family Service at Bourn
Wedding flowers
B Newson
D & S Rea
Evening Prayer Trinity 4
K Rhodes
Brasses only 10.30am.
(Gal5 1,
13-25)Communion at Papworth
No Service in Elsworth.
All Age
Holy
10.30am
Family
Service
Christmas
2
as last week
A Farrow
D & S Rea
Yes (milk)
Family Service
Trinity 5
J Howell*
Brasses only
(Gal6 [1-6] 7-16)
3.00pm
Holy Communion
Baptism of Christ
10.30am
AllS Age
Communion
Epiphany 2
Jamieson
Holy
D Allgood/
R & L Summers
Trinity 6
B Newson
(Col1 1-14)
Communion
3.00pm
Evening Prayer
Epiphany 3
No Service
in Elsworth. Holy RCommunion
at
Bourn 8.30am.
R& L
Windsor
All-age
Yes (milk)
N Collinwood
Trinity 7 R Summers*
Summers
(Col1 15-28)
Communion
nd
10.30am
Family Service
2 Sunday before Lent
R&C
K Rhodes
3.00pm
Holy
Communion
Sunday
before Lent
S Stevens /
Evening Prayer Trinity 8
S. Jamieson
French
(Col2 6-15)
ASH WEDNESDAY
R&C
All-age
10.30am
Age
Communion
Lent
1
Trinity 9
R French*
J All
Howell
(Col3
1-11)
Yes (milk)
L Whitely
French
Communion
3.00pm
Evening Prayer
Lent 2
Service
Issue June 2010
Fiona in the Sun…….
Did you see Fiona in the Sun? - No not sunbathing – in the
newspaper, - and not page 3. Along with four other church
leaders, including the Archbishop of York (John Sentamu), the
Archdeacon of London (David Meara), Fiona’s Easter wishes
were listed. Parishioners seen sidling out of the newsagents
clutching copies of the Sun tried to convince us all that this is
what they were going to be looking at. If you want to see the
full text – copy the following link into your browser:
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/features/2919289/
Christian-leaders-reveal-Easter-wishes.html
For those who just want to see Fiona’s list, here it is:
1. For families and friends to sit round a table and enjoy a
meal together.
2. Meaningful relationships and a recognition of our shared
humanity.
3. Learn the difference between real needs and vain desires.
4. Use the Earth's resources wisely.
5. For the people of the Holy Land that they can move from
their entrenched positions to find peace.
6. For our farmers to succeed and find balance between food
production and saving the environment.
7. That Russia and the US deliver on nuclear arms reduction.
8. For politicians to care about what is right, not opinion polls.
9. For those who have suffered due to the economic downturn, that they will find work, dignity and fulfilment.
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Elsworth Show
This years show will be held at Elsworth School on Saturday
28th August so there is plenty of time to grow those perfect, or
not so perfect, exhibits.
In all classes the most important thing to remember is follow
the schedule. If the entry is six potatoes then there needs to
be six potatoes, any deviations will be excluded from the judging (NAS – Not as schedule). Select high quality produce and
present it well.
Flowers
Selection of the flowers to be cut is very important. Don't cut
blooms too young or too old and match flowers as closely as
possible in size, form and development.
Cut the flowers the night before and place in a bucket of water
in a cool dark place eg garage. Strip the leaves from the
bottom half of stem. Check for dirty or damaged petals and
remove them if you can without damaging the flower.
On show day put wet newspaper or some other support into
the vase to keep the flowers upright. The aim is a good balance of flowers of even size and quality
Fruit
Leave the stalk intact on apples, pears and plums; handle
the fruit gently by their stalks so that any natural bloom is not
spoilt.
10. A large Easter egg to eat while reading the latest Joanna
Trollope.
Fruits should be fresh, uniform and free from blemishes.
When staging aim for a neat attractive presentation, do not
polish the fruits. Stage apples with the stalks down, pears
on a plate with the stalks towards the centre, plums in a line
across the plate.
The Big Lunch – Sunday 18th July
Vegetables
Meet on Brook Street from 2pm
The emphasis for most classes is on uniformity of size and
shape.
(or, if raining, in Rectory Farm barn)
Following a huge turnout last year from the people
of Elsworth, we are inviting you, once again, to join
in The Big Lunch on Sunday 18th July.
To encourage greater local community spirit, they're
asking the people of Britain to stop what they're
doing and sit down to lunch together in a nationwide
street party.
Why? Well for lots of reasons really but mainly to
put a smile back on Britain's face.
The initiative, run by the Eden Project, encourages
communities to come together through growing food
and flowers; creating street music, art and theatre;
dressing the street and, of course, cooking and
eating together. Further details can be found on their
website: www.thebiglunch.com.
Just turn up, about 2pm - bring your family and
friends and your own food and drink. Barbecues will
be provided!
Beans – pods of even green colour, staged lengthways on the
plate stalks to one end.
Beetroot – select for even size, wash carefully and trim any
side roots leaving the small tap root. Tops can be trimmed to
7.5 cm
Carrots – Soak soil before lifting to retain full root, remove
fine roots and select for uniform roots of good colour, leave a
7.5cm stalk.
Onions and shallots – Select uniform well ripened bulbs of
good colour, tops should be trimmed and tied with raffia and
the roots trimmed back to the basal plate. Stage shallots on a
plate with sand.
Potatoes – select equally matched tubers, avoid skin blemishes from pests or disease, wash in clean water using a
sponge or soft cloth.
Tomatoes – Select even ripe fruit with fresh green stalks (calyces), stage on a plate, calyx uppermost.
Sweetcorn – Uniform cobs should be displayed with approximately one quarter of the grain exposed by pulling down and
removing the husks. Trim the stalks
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Issue June 2010
Broad End, Elsworth, Cambridge, CB23 4JD. Tel: 01954 267272
Mrs
Theresa
Thornton
We are at the end of another
busy and exciting half term. One
highlight has been the development of our school grounds
to give the children even more
learning opportunities outside,
on the school field. Every class
has a planting bed and we have
a story circle and a digging area. The children have complete
ownership of their planting beds and they are keen to look
after their crops so that they will also be able to enjoy the
produce! Thanks to ESFA, we now have an outside tap on
the main playground which has made watering significantly
easier. Parents have given their time to help us to paint our
tyre planters and picnic benches as well as make a story circle with logs situated under a canopy of trees. The children
are very enthusiastic about all of these new developments.
Plans are afoot to have an opening of our planting area and
outdoor learning space with parents and the wider community.
The opening will take place on Thursday 15th July at 2.00pm.
There will be a warm welcome to anyone who would like to
join us.
We are having an Arts week after half term and an artist in
residence is going to work with every class during the week
to produce panels that will show the life of Elsworth School
through the seasons as well as features of Elsworth. The art
work will be mounted on the outside wall of our new building
and will be unveiled at our opening.
The whole school enjoyed another Multiple Intelligences
Morning this week. I have attached a report on one of the sessions from our Bishop’s Visitor, Christopher Miller. Activities
on offer to the children included watercolour painting, maths
puzzle, chalk art, environmental sculpture, sport, sewing,
singing and card making.
Elsworth School Visit
Multiple Intelligences Morning - Wednesday 26 May 2010
The purpose of this visit was to take part in the Multiple
Intelligences Morning. I had attended the corresponding event
in 2008, but in a roving role. On this occasion I was attached
to a group which was taking on the task “I-Spy Science”. The
group was a KS1 group under the direction of Miss Curtis.
There were eight children altogether and I was allocated Liam,
James, Benjamin and Max.
The first part of the morning was spent in the school grounds
looking for items of nature which satisfied certain criteria, e.g
colour, shape etc. Items were either ticked off on a check list
or placed in a bag which the children had made. This was very
successful and the children were very keen and enthusiastic.
During the second part of the morning we went across the
road to the wood and continued our search. The children
were well-behaved as they were under strict instructions not
to wander out of sight of an adult. They continued with their
collection which included a millipede and a slug! When we
returned we spent a few minutes completing a worksheet
where the children had to identify items of nature which were
small parts of a larger picture. My group managed to get them
all correct, even though I wasn’t too sure at times!
It goes without saying that this was another highly successful
morning, illustrated by one of my group who told me that it
was “the best morning ever!”
Unfortunately my group lost the challenge in the final analysis
but only by one point in around 50. Not bad for a morning’s
work!
Christopher Miller - Bishop’s School Visitor
Issue June 2010
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Pre-School News
Pre-school hosted a very successful
fundraising quiz on 14th May. The event
was sold out, which meant we had a
great atmosphere in the packed school
hall. The bar was as popular as it had
been the previous year, evidenced by
the number of empties taken to the bottle bank and the talk
of sore heads the following morning! Many thanks to all those
who attended; it was great to have so many people from outside the pre-school community taking part. We raised a whopping £950 profit, which will go towards the improvements we
are planning for the outdoor play area, along with new toys
and equipment.
As we approach the final few weeks of the pre-school year,
I find it hard to believe how fast this one has flown by. On a
personal note, this is the year that my youngest child embarks
on the adventure of 'big' school, and so it really does feel as
though I'd like the clock to slow down a little for these last few
weeks so that we can cram in lots of fun things to do together
before she joins the others on the school treadmill and we no
longer have that time on our own together. I'm sure I'm not the
only one wondering what the next stage of my life has in store
for me after many years of babyhood, toddlerdom and young
children. I will no longer have such an excuse for my messy
house, although I'm fairly certain that traces of glitter will still
be around for many years to come.
Iris, I think, like many others is looking forward to her big
change with alternate feelings of excitement and trepidation.
She very insistently wore her school uniform to pre-school one
day, and another hid shyly behind me when Miss Curtis, the
school reception class teacher said hello to her. And for all the
times that I gaze wistfully at her playing in the garden, there
are also the times when she is what I will politely describe as
a little trying - as those who know her will I'm sure agree!
The pre-school staff are currently busily preparing both for the
last half-term of the older children and completing registration
for the September new starters. We are over-subscribed for
places next year and so have had to limit the number of sessions for the younger children, despite opening for an additional afternoon from next September. I think the popularity
of the pre-school is a testament to the staff, under the leadership of Jackie and building on the foundations left by Jane
Beresford. I, for one, have been delighted to have had such
a wonderful pre-school so close to home. We will be holding a series of coffee mornings for new parents and carers to
come along with their children and chat to the staff and existing parents.
It's the best term ahead for outdoor play. Our new bikes are a
huge hit with the children - thanks to Hannah and Charlie Clark
of Station Cycles for their kind donation. In the hot weather
this last week the children have been having picnic lunches
outside and fun with water play. They have also been tending their vegetables and strawberries, a project which Sally
Wilkins has given a lot of her time and energy to. Sally has
also been in to have a bread making session with the children
so they are a little way along the road to self-sufficiency! Iris
also came home with a slice of pizza she had made at preschool the other day, the taste of which would have put many
a pizza restaurant to shame.
We have a busy few weeks ahead with sports day, the school
outing, a picnic in the park and for the rising fives three afternoon visits to school and their leavers party. It should be great
fun!
Jenny Buddle
Messy Play – What do the
children learn?
Messy play allows children a choice of exciting materials and activities while exploring concepts for themselves.
Participating in messy play activities is not only great fun but
it helps a child to increase their self awareness and appreciation of what they can create.
Our sessions run from 10am until 11.30am and provide a
range of messy activities for all children aged 0-5years.
Our next session is on: 22nd June 2010 (Daisy Children’s
Centre, Papworth)
For more information call Kayleigh Armes on 01480 831423
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Issue June 2010
Poacher - Re-opens
Neil and Caroline Humphries are delighted to have the
Poacher up and running again. Their opening night was a
great success, aided in no small part by the lovely weather.
‘We are very lucky to have the garden; it’s a great area, and
we are very happy to see families and their dogs, of which
we’ve had a good number recently!’ says Caroline. Neil wants
to emphasise that he’s here to provide a pub that villagers
want, and is ‘very happy to take ideas and suggestions from
customers’ in order to achieve that.
Caroline’s approach to food is to cook very simple food and
be flexible about customers’ requirements. ‘ If people give me
a bit of advance warning I can cook particular things for them,
and if local business people –who only have an hour for lunch
- want to ring ahead and let me know when they want to eat,
I can have it ready for them’. Her menu is deliberately small,
using good quality ingredients. They would also welcome
donations of local produce when there is a glut!
They plan to have quiz nights and the occasional band and
generally to make it a welcoming local pub where you can
drink and feel no pressure to eat.
For those of us who have threatened to go to the Poacher
for a coffee and croissant after school drop off or to take our
children for an early fish finger tea, Caroline and Neil say they
would be delighted to see us!
We have all bemoaned the closure of the Poacher in the past.
Given its wonderful character and situation it has all the makings of a great local. It’s up to us to put our money where our
mouth is and support Neil and Caroline in their considerable
efforts to make it so.
See you down the Poacher – mine’s a pint.
Gaynor Clements
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Opening Night at The Poacher
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Hearing Dogs for Deaf People
Cambridge and District Branch News
Mobile Library
Opposite the Poacher between
2.35pm - 2.55pm
Alternate Tuesdays
Next Visits
June 1st, 15th and 29th
July 6th and 20th
August 3rd and 17th
Cambourne Library
Opening Hours
Monday
3.30pm- 7.30pm
Tuesday
9.00am- 2.00pm
Wednesday
Closed
Thursday
3.30pm- 7.30pm
Friday
9.00am- 2.00pm
Saturday
9.00am- 1.00pm
Sackville House, the building which
houses the library, is open, MonFri 9 - 5.30. Library self-service
options (internet, and quick-pick) are
available during these hours even
when the library is closed
The local branch of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People has now been in existence
for just over a year. Due to job relocation the inaugural Branch Organiser,
Sandra Mace, is unable to continue in post and I have recently agreed to take
up the challenge of moving the branch forward. As a branch our objectives
are to raise money for the charity (which receives no government funding
whatsoever) and to raise awareness of the work of
Hearing Dogs for Deaf People.
There are many ways in which we can come into local communities and raise
awareness; equally there are many ways that you, either as individuals, community groups or local businesses can help us. For example, we can supply
speakers for schools, cub, scout, brownie and guide groups, which can help
with young peoples perception of disability and ways of overcoming problems
that are faced on a regular basis. We can also supply speakers for local groups
such as WIs, Rotary Clubs etc and also for corporate events.
You can help us in many ways, for example you could join our small committee of volunteers who meet on a monthly basis. If committee work is not your
cup of tea, would you be able to spare a couple of hours on an ad hoc basis to
help us? I am really keen to build up a database of people who are willing to
help on an occasional basis – this could be by holding your own fundraising
event such as Paws for Coffee (we can provide support materials), manning
a stall for a couple of hours, donating items for tombolas/raffles to help raise
money locally, or by selling raffle tickets for one of our National campaigns –
all offers of help will be warmly welcomed. Also, if you are planning a local
event where we could attend with our information leaflets and merchandise
please let us know.
Currently we are in the early stages of planning a sponsored dog walk, which
will be held in Milton Country Park in October. If you would like to help us
make this event a huge success please let us know as we will need helpers on
the day. Further details of the dog walk will be sent out later in the summer.
If you have questions about the work of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People or
would like to offer to help please do not hesitate to contact me.
Jenny Parker – Branch Organiser - 01223 833562 (evenings only please)
[email protected]
Bridge the Gap Charity Walk
Sunday 12th September 2010
Would you like to join the band of Walkers who regularly help make the
Bridge the Gap Walk a very successful and enjoyable day for all concerned,
especially the two charities who benefit?
On 12th September this year, it’s the Bridge the Gap Charity Walk, a five mile
walk through historic Cambridge . It starts at 9.30 on Jesus Green, and the
route goes through a number of colleges, often into areas not normally accessible to the public. This year there will also be the chance to explore the Scott
Polar Museum and the Cambridge Union Building . There are tourist guides
on hand to talk about the colleges and the other places of interest that you find.
It’s not a race, and for young people aged 16 and under, entrance is free
(although they will need to be accompanied by an adult and if they register
early, the cost will be just £10.00 for each adult. We also ask that you help us
raise as much money as your can, through sponsorship or donations. There are
fantastic prizes for the highest fund raiser, either as an individual or as a team.
For more information, go to our website, www.bridgethegapwalk.org or
phone 01223 723115, and watch out for on-line registration - available soon.
We look forward to seeing you on 12th September.
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The view from Papworth Library
Once again - it’s that time of year!
We are now preparing for the Summer
Reading Challenge which follows a
“Space” theme.
We are asking for young people aged between 12 and 15 years old to
volunteer to be a “Reading Buddy” to younger children who are
participating in the Reading challenge. We would like a couple of
volunteers who enjoy reading and would like to share their enthusiasm
with other younger people. If you are interested or know of someone
who may be interested please call into the library for more information.
Or e-mail me at: [email protected]
The schedule for the “Space Hop” is as follows:
Registration Day: Saturday 24th July.
Last Day: Saturday 4th September
*Papworth Parish Council has kindly funded Special sessions which
will be taking place during this period- more details to follow.
Book groups meet on a monthly basis in the Library.
The dates of the next two meetings are:
Papworth Library
Opening Hours
Monday
Tuesday
Closed
10.00am - 1.30pm
2.30pm - 5.00pm
Wednesday 2.30pm - 8.00pm
Thursday
2.30pm - 8.00pm
Friday
Closed
Saturday
10.00am - 1.00pm
For renewals / enquiries
Telephone: 0345 045 5225
Web renewals:
www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/
leisure/libraries
Papworth Perusers: 2nd Tuesday of the month in the afternoon 8th June and 13th July 2010 @ 2:30pm.
Heart of the matter: On the last Thursday evening of every month 24th June and 29th July 2010 @
7:00pm
IDEAS…. Holiday destination Guides, Ideas for summer activities, Barbecue cookbooks?..... Come and
speak to us, let us know what your needs are and we should be able to help and to point you in the right
direction.
Also did you know…
 Joining the library is FREE – so if you haven’t joined yet….
 Your Library card is valid in any of the Cambridgeshire Libraries.
 May we add your e-mail address to your library record? This will generate a courtesy “pre-overdue” email notice to your ‘inbox’ to remind you to renew items.
Pre-schoolers; “Baby Rhymetime” (Thursday afternoons) Important Notice –I am very sorry to
say that this session has been discontinued. This is in part as it was not well supported but also
because our volunteer’s commitments have changed. Many thanks for your Sterling work Sue : )
A footnote on the Mega Book-Sale Event.
Although the event is officially over we have retained a good selection of paperbacks and items suitable
for holiday reading so come and have a look before you go off on holiday. Thank you to everyone who
supported us. The money raised will re-directed back into the central book fund to buy new books for all
libraries.
Any thoughts? …come and find our customer comments book which is available in the library
and let us know 
Sandra Manning, Irene Hughes, Jackie Newman Relief staff and Volunteers.
Happy to help.
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FREECYCLE AND ADS
Have you a string of pearls that needs
restringing? £12 per 16 inch length. Proceeds
to Breast Cancer campaign. Contact Sarah Cook
01954 267432. [email protected]
Ladies Classic Bicycle: Three Speed Gears
– Good Condition. £10 - 01954 267506.
Building blocks: Celcon Aerated. 6m² (= 60
bricks). Cost £52.50, will sell for £25. Martin 01954
267562
New Delivery Service for free compost:
There is a company called Donarbons, based near
Chittering on the A10 toward Ely, who offer one type
of compost that is free, & one type that they sell for
£11 a tonne (and a tonne is a lot of compost!)
Type one - kerbside - free: This is where
they recycle all the waste that is taken in our green
wheely bins by the dustbin lorries. They shred it,
sterilise it, and compost it in huge mountains until
anyone who wants some can come & take it away
for free. They have a large heap outside their gates
that can be collected at any time, by self filling of
bags or trailers. It makes a wonderful soil conditioner, especially for those of us on heavy clay,
improving both moisture retention and drainage. It
contains quite a lot of tiny shreds of cardboard, & is
a bit smelly when first delivered. But it does the soil
good by opening up the structure. They have several
local farmers who take it away by the 44 tonne lorry
on a weekly basis to spread on their land & make it
easier to plough!
Type two - green waste - £11/tonne:
This is where they recycle all the waste that is
delivered to them by landscape gardeners - soil,
grass clippings, hedge prunings, chopped up trees
etc. They shred it, sterilise it, and compost it in huge
mountains until anyone who wants some can come
& take it away but as it is a better quality product
they do charge a minimal amount for it. It is dark,
almost like fen peat. It doesn't smell, & has no cardboard. Madingley Mulch take this on a regular basis!
By my reckoning this is equally as good as the peat
free compost you can buy in DIY stores & garden
centres for £5 a bag (20kg usually)
Both types of compost do wonders
for veggie growing: I have started a delivery
service of a trailer full of compost for £35.00 for the
kerbside, & £35.00 + cost of the green waste. My
trailer holds about 500kg, which is about 2/3 of one
of those large dumpty bags that you can get from
Madingley Mulch etc. This is delivered to your drive,
for you to empty, or I can empty at a cost of £11/
hour.
Deliveries to Boxworth, Elsworth Conington,
Knapwell Hilton & Cambourne. If interested please
ring 01954 256919.
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NEW 15ft x 7ft POND LINER: Free for collection Call 01954 267656. (Boxworth)
‘Race For Life’
Pauline Green (29 Roger’s Close)
and Sandy Morgan (3 Roger’s
Close) will be entering this year’s
‘Race For Life’ on the 4th July.
We will be running for people
in Elsworth who are living with
cancer, and would appreciate any
sponsorship, big or small. Every
penny counts.
Your support would be greatly
appreciated.
Please make cheques payable to
‘Race For Life’.
Thank you.
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COUNTRYSIDE MATTERS
Midsummer
Paul Harding writes
Traditionally, Midsummer Day is said to be the 24th of June,
although the longest day (Summer Solstice) is the 21st of June
this year. Midsummer Day is one of the four Quarter Days
established in medieval times to divide up the administrative
and church calendar. Midsummer Day used to be a time for
celebration (any excuse for a party!), and, in the 1950s, I can
remember being taken from primary school to watch (or even
worse, take part in) maypole dancing every Midsummer Day.
It is a sad fact that the nights start to lengthen after the Summer
Solstice – sunrise gets later and sunset gets earlier as each
day passes after the 21st of June. However, most people feel
that summer only begins in June and that “Summer” is really
in July and August, coinciding with the school holidays. The
timing of a long holiday in summer probably originated in the
18th and 19th centuries, when children were needed to help
with hay-making and harvest. Summer holidays at the seaside are a much more recent tradition.
Midsummer is the beginning of a changing season for wildlife. Most species follow the natural changes in the amount of
Advice for June/July
Poppy Plantalot writes
Now that all the dangers of frost have
passed, everything tender can go out in
the garden
Veggies
All the squashes, French beans, courgettes, sweetcorn can
be planted now. This year I’m growing my butternut squash
around the ankles of my sweetcorn - but I’ve put my beans up
separate canes to see if they crop better.
Every row of peas I direct sowed was gratefully eaten by
mice - you could see the little holes they’d dug down - but I’m
still raising seedlings in the greenhouse to plant out, and will
for another month yet, so that we get a continuation of crops
ready to eat. I sow mine in cardboard toilet roll tubes, stand
them in a seed tray and plant them out, tubes and all, into
the soil when the seedlings have got 4 proper leaves. The
cardboard eventually rots and seems to give a bit of slug protection by acting as a collar in the meantime. (I do the same
thing with broad beans using paper towel rolls)
Plant another row of lettuce, radish, salad onions, beetroot
and carrots for a continuation of harvest. Peas sown after the
second week of June probably don’t have much of a chance
of cropping. For French beans the last sowing is two weeks
later. Sow spinach seed into rows that you have saturated
beforehand. One of my books recommends soaking the seed
itself for an hour or so prior to sowing.
Earth up celery, if it’s the blanching type, and occasionally
give it water with some weathered soot in it.
Stop picking asparagus by June 21st, to allow the remaining
stalks to grow up into fronds and put energy into the crowns.
(2 yr old plants you should stop harvest at the end of May)
This is a good time to feed the crop.
Runner bean flowers should be sprayed with tepid water in
the evenings to encourage setting. (there is a fabulous comment in my very ancient gardening book which reads “ the
veteran will leave a bucket of water by the end of the bean
daylight throughout the year. The flush of new growth, flowering and setting of seed of almost all wildflowers and trees
takes place before midsummer, when the days are lengthening. Birds have nested and mammals had young in the spring
and have been feeding their babies throughout the lengthening days of May and June. By the end of June most wildlife
is beginning to settle-in to the period leading to autumn and
winter, with the new generation of birds and mammals feeding
on the abundance of seeds and insects. Insects also follow
this natural cycle and most species are more abundant from
midsummer onwards into autumn. Soon after midsummer,
many species of birds cease to sing because the males are
no longer guarding the territory of their nest and where they
gather food.
On the local farms, the crops of wheat, oil-seed rape and
beans have been bred to suit our weather patterns, but all
depend to some extent on the length of daylight and sunshine
to mature and ripen after midsummer. Nowadays all the crops
are harvested mechanically – hundreds of hectares in a few
days – with no need for child labour. The children probably
don’t miss the maypole dancing either!
row in order that his wife might spray with tepid water in his
absence, at midday: she will be rewarded by having a heavier
crop to cook”) !!!
Plant more brassicas into firm ground - water well and tread
in well. Then (this looks so elegant!) cut the bottom off litre
drinks bottles, and put one over each plant. It acts as a mini
cloche and creates a ring barrier against slugs. Remember to
remove the caps or else you will cook your young plants!
Fill all your spare land with parsnips, leeks and brassicas.
Plant quick growing lettuce, radish and peas (for eating the
shoots) in between them, to harvest before the brassicas get
big. Pea shoots are tasty - but I always have to grow them as
an extra crop - I can’t bear to reduce my crop of peas to eat!
Start to net up all the soft fruit even though it’s still at the green
stage - the birds will come and peck just to check!
Greenhouse
Take out side shoots on cordon tomatoes. Start feeding them
once a week as soon as the first fruit is setting. Cucumbers
are supposed to prefer a drier atmosphere than tomatoes,
but mine grow happily cheek by jowl. I plant basil round the
ankles of the tomato plants – it is low growing.
Watch your greenhouse - if you have automatic window openers check they are still working! A cheap min/max thermom-
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ELSWORTH CELEBS Q & A
Dr. Sue Taylor
Dr Sue Taylor is handing over the reins after a three year stint as Editor of
the Elsworth Times. Under her cool, unflappable stewardship the Times has
become a well-regarded local publication which many Elsworthians look
forward to as a source of local information and insight. She has lived in the
village for 12 years, and for many years has been active in the Elsworth Show
Committee. Until she gave up her career very recently, she specialised in
Public Health Medicine. She is married to Anthony, a local vet and has three
children, Claire, Robert, and Elsworth Times photographer, Nick.
Where did you grow up?
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.
In three words, how would you describe yourself?
Small, solitary and conscientious.
What was your career high?
I don’t really think in terms of specific highs, but have had times in my career
which I think stand out as more enjoyable than others. I trained as a doctor
and worked as a public health consultant for many years (which means that
the whole population are your clients). But I also have qualifications in garden
design, and I take as much pride in those as I do my medical qualifications. I
get a real buzz out of doing garden design and floristry.
What was your career low?
Again, I can’t think of one specific time or incident, but I very nearly gave up
Photo Nick Taylor
my medical career after the birth of my third child, Nick. Juggling everything
just became too much. I managed to find a compromise by moving into a less
demanding role, as many women find they have to do in
What is your greatest achievement?
order to balance career and children. I am glad I did though,
My three children of course. What else counts?
as I had another twelve fulfilling years in public health.
What is your biggest regret?
What or who are your greatest influences?
None that I’m admitting to.
Years ago a good friend and neighbour supported me in my
When were you happiest?
attempts to get into medical school. Likewise a public health
Again, that’s a general thing. I think I prefer to think of what
consultant in Hackney inspired me as a then GP to move
makes me happy rather than a specific point in time. I am
into public health, an area which I hadn’t considered before.
happiest in the quiet countryside, up a mountain, by the sea,
Also I find Sarah Raven, a garden designer and florist,
away from crowds, and in my garden.
hugely inspiring.
What makes you laugh?
eter is a good investment and lets you know just how hot it is Jo Brand, I like jokes which are subversive and which make
getting in there.
fun of inadequate men!
If by any chance we get a scorching summer it’s a good idea
to leave the glass door open and rig up a wire mesh one to What keeps you awake at night?
lean against the opening. It lets air in, but stops pest ingress Waiting for my teenage daughter Claire to come home when
she’s been out. I can’t sleep until I know she’s safely home
(by this I include dogs and small children!)
and in bed.
If you have a fairly well rotted compost heap that’s not going
to be used now till autumn - pop into a garden centre and buy How do you relax?
yourself a young melon plant. Plant it right in the middle of the Gardening. It makes you switch off. I love being outside.
compost heap (with a cloche over it to start with) and the heat What would you rescue from a fire?
from the compost heap will help produce a melon plant that Assuming family and pets are safe - photos. It’s not as
actually fruits and ripens in this country!
simple as grabbing a photo album these days though. I’d
Fruit trees
Selectively thin out where there is too much crop - a cluster of
5 fruits will not ripen - leave two and they will swellbeautifully.
The same applies to apples and pears - better to have fewer
fruits that have the best chance of forming properly. If you
possibly can, net your entire cherry tree.
By mid June it’s the best time to begin cutting and storing
herbs for winter use, whilst the crop is young and tender - dry
tarragon, rosemary and sage just by hanging up in the airing
cupboard. Thyme and mint can be made into lovely jellies,
and chives and parsley freeze well.
Harvest all your crops young when they are tender and sweet
and enjoy the wonderful difference between genuinely fresh
food and that which the supermarket claims to be fresh!
have to rescue my computer hard drive too.
What would be the theme tune to your life?
Verdi’s ‘Hebrew Slave’s Chorus’.
Jack Nicholson or George Clooney?
George Clooney.
What’s your top tip?
Exercise is good for mental health. I ‘jog’ regularly, and it’s
what keeps me sane. If more people exercised regularly,
depression amongst the general population would go down.
I think women in particular don’t put themselves first and
make time to exercise.
Tell us a secret!
I am an arachnophobe.
ELSWORTH SPORT
Elsworth Seconds at home on a
beautiful summers day in May.
Photo Nick Taylor
Papworth Blasters Football
. . . . David Pope writes
Daniel Harris, Ben Hegan and Charlie Solon
have been playing this season for Papworth
Blasters Under 10 side in the Cambridgeshire
Mini Soccer League Under 10D.
The boys have enjoyed a very successful season
in which they have finished top of the 'unofficial'
league (meant to be non competitive but try
telling that to everyone) but more importantly
they have gone the whole season undefeated Played 18, Won 14 Drawn 4.
This we understand is the first time any Papworth
team has ever done that but is anyway a major
achievement for the boys.
Whilst I appreciate there are no youth teams in
Elsworth, Papworth does provide an opportunity
for boys and girls to play football. If other
children are interested in joining the club,
then contact club secretary Danny Bray on:
[email protected].
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