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What a wonderful summer we have had, and how pretty the flowers around the village have looked, both on the green and on the site of the old British Legion Hut; many thanks to those who look after and water them. The flowers on the War Memorial are also much appreciated, and especially at this time when we are remembering the outbreak of the First World War a hundred years ago.

This year, for the first time that I remember in the last twenty years, the Village Fete started out badly, with a tremendous downpour, which washed some people right out of their stalls! Fortunately the weather eventually improved and undeterred, people returned to enjoy a great day. Thank you so much to the committee who spent months preparing this event, for the benefit of the village. (see page 9)

The Hub is functioning very well, proving a popular venue, and is introducing more events. (see page 65)

This issue’s profile is of Margery Shaw, whose articles on the Robert Sayle and John Lewis stores we have enjoyed in the last two issues. (see page 26)

On the weekend of July 19th and 20th several hundred people visited Melbourn History Group’s WWI Exhibition, held in All Saints’ Church by kind permission of Rev. Andrew O’Brien. (see page 13) The exhibition also contained the views of the Village College students who had recently visited the Somme (see page 31), information from Meldreth History Group and a wonderful exhibition of artefacts by Barrington British Legion. For those who missed this, the bulk of the display boards will be on show in Meldreth on 9th November and hopefully in other local venues during the next four years. The Village College has agreed to look after the display boards and will use them as teaching aids.

By now all school examination results will be out. We hope that you all received the results you were hoping for, and that you will enjoy the next stage of your career, whether you have chosen further education or to go straight into your chosen work place.

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Village News 5

Community matters 11

feature 13World War 1 Exhibition

Nature 17River Mel Restoration Group

Parish Council 21

feature 23An Invitation from the Meldreth &Melbourn Church Bell Ringers

Profile 26Marjorie Shaw

feature 28A crazy language!!

Education 29

Village information 35

Diary 36

Story time? 45Problems in Hundred Acre Wood

Sports & Clubs 49

Nature 53Lavender Love and Purple Haze

Church News 59

What’s On 65

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Melbourn LibraryMelbourn Library is now well established in its new home in The Hub. Initially volunteer librarians sat at the same desk as the Hub receptionist but have now moved to the other side of the entrance. We are awaiting our new desk, which will co-ordinate with the reception desk, replacing the temporary table we now use.

Our new home has brought us into the centre of the village and made residents more aware of the library’s existence. As a result in the four months we have been at the Hub we have had 153 new registrations and our lending’s are up at least 70%. This is very heartening as it shows how much the library, which is staffed entirely by volunteers, is valued by the community.

Our stock of fiction is wide and varied but we can also order any book from the Cambridgeshire library stock. Ordered books usually arrive within 7–10 days. Audio books and music CDs are available as well. Once you have a library card you can order books on line and renew borrowed books on line.

The library opening times remain the same:Monday to Friday 2.30 – 4.30 pmThursday the library remains open until 6.30 pmSaturday 10 am – 12 pmJane Stevens

Melbourn & Meldreth Women’s GroupThe Group is for all women of any age. Meetings are held at 7.45 p.m. on the 4th Tuesday of each month, except in December and we vary our venues between Melbourn and Meldreth. We charge £1 on the night to cover expenses and there is an opportunity to make a donation to the chosen charity of the year, which is The National Autistic Society. We usually have a guest speaker or some in-house entertainment followed by a chance to have a chat over tea/coffee and biscuits.

Our next meeting is 23rd September in the meeting room of Holy Trinity Church Meldreth where the Rev. Andrew O’Brien will talk to us about some of his experiences as a Police Chaplain.

October 3rd is the Joint Parishes Harvest Supper held in Meldreth Village Hall and we will be helping to organise this with other members of the parishes. This will be a ticket only function which must be purchased in advance to assist us with planning for the catering. Tickets will be available from members of the committee.

Our October meeting is on the 28th in All Saints Church, Community Hall when we plan to make decorations for our Christmas Tree for the Meldreth Tree Festival. Come prepared to help with ideas or materials and we hope this will be an evening of

Melbourn Library 5

Melbourn & Meldreth Women’s Group 5

British Legion, Women’s Section 6

Melbourn History Group 6

Home-Start fundraising 6

Meldreth & Shepreth Station Accessibility 7

Wood Green re-homing charity 7

Melbourn Fete 2014 9

Christmas Door Decoration WorkshopsHome Start see page 6


If you would like to become a member of the Women’s Section please come along. We meet on the fourth Wednesday of the month and new members are always welcome.Pauline Parkinson Standard Bearer; Chairman Christine Linsdell Tel 262208;Secretary Betty Murphy Tel 220841

Melbourn History GroupYou can read elsewhere in this edition of the Melbourn Magazine about the successful World War 1 Exhibition staged by the Group over the weekend of 19/20 July. Over the two days a steady stream of visitors came and looked at the 15 display boards that showed not only life in the trenches but also how the village ‘carried on’ with their menfolk away fighting or serving in so many ways.

We were pleased that so many kind people lent us precious family souvenirs of their families and other items such as medals, letters, birthday and Christmas cards and other memorabilia.

Many people have been very kind and sent their congratulations and the Group were very pleased with the result.

For three of our members Sally Wright, Eric Johnston and myself this was our swansong as we are stepping down from the Group. I would like to express my thanks to them and also to Mavis, Ann, Jan and Peter, who, together with so many others, have worked so hard for 15 years to record the history of Melbourn and to produce not only four excellent books but also helped to stage the various events that have showed the history of our village.

At the Exhibition we had enquiries from people who were interested in joining the Group and I am sure that the excellent work we have produced over the years will continue.

It can be fairly said that unlike some Committees the Melbourn History Group has never fallen out, taken sides or formed cliques but has always worked together, often with great humour, to ensure that our history has been recorded.

I also thank the people of Melbourn who have supported our efforts, lending family records and photographs and gently chiding us when we have got the facts wrong!Colin Limming, Chairman.

Home-Start fundraising dates for your diariesFriday 19th September – A Taste of India – 7.00pm for a 7.30pm start at Foxton Village Hall – During the evening Rama will give us a brief explanation of her cultural history and background, she will also be cooking a chicken curry, fried rice and onion bhajis with a dip to go with them. You will have the opportunity to taste all this delicious food and Rama will also demonstrate how to wear a sari. Tickets for this event will be £15 and will include a glass of wine, a raffle will also be held during the evening.

» Saturday 18th October – Quiz Night with supper to be held at Meldreth Village Hall. This will be a fun quiz – teams of 6 are required but if you can’t get a full team, please do still join us and we can include you in another team. Tickets will be £10 each to include your supper and a raffle will be held at this event.

» Tuesday 11th November – 7.30pm – A Fashion Show – to be held at Esse Retail & Therapy, Melbourn. You will get a chance to browse and maybe even start your Christmas shopping before the fashion show. Tickets for this event will be £12 each – to include a glass of wine and a raffle will be held during the evening.

» Thursday 4th December – Christmas Door Decoration Workshops – to be held at Foxton Village Hall – back by popular demand – you can attend a workshop at 11.00am – 2.00pm or another will be held at 7.00pm – 10.00pm. Tickets will be £20 each and you will be supplied with all the materials you need to make your decoration. These are fun workshops, why not come along with your friends and enjoy a pre-Christmas night out.

For further details or to book a ticket for any of the above events please either call the Home-Start office on 01763 262262 or email [email protected]

fun with an opportunity to have a good chat at the same time. (There might even be some cake to go with the tea and coffee).

On 15th November we will have a jewellery stall at All Saints Bazaar so if you are sorting out your crown jewels all donations and any offers of help on the day would be greatly appreciated.

Then on 25th November we meet at Holy Trinity Meeting Room for an Advent reflection from Rev. Mary Price – this normally gives us an opportunity to take a bit of time out before we get caught up in the hustle and bustle of Christmas preparations.

We have no meeting in December and will meet in January for our AGM.

If you would like to know more feel free to contact Pat Smith 262575, Sue Toule 260955 or Anne Harrison 261775

British Legion, Women’s SectionMelbourn and Meldreth BranchWe have been quite active during the summer months. In April I was able to carry the standard to the Anzac celebration in Cambridge. I also took the standard to the funeral of Olive Teece, a former member. Two of our members, Shirley Cunningham and Betty Murphy were our delegates this year and represented us at our national Conference in Wales.

On 7th June I took the standard to the official opening of the Melbourn Community Hub, and put a poppy wreath round the stand. Two of our members volunteer at the Hub every week.

Our June Group meeting was at Steeple Morden Village Hall. After the meeting we had an interesting and educational talk on container gardening.

Our 25th June meeting was at Vicarage Close. We had a flower arranging competition which was won by Betsy Spencer.

Our August meeting was a talk about Baltic Cruising by David Wherrell.

We hope to hold our Harvest Supper on 24th September, at 7pm, and the AGM will be held on 22nd October, both at Vicarage Close Community Hall.

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Meldreth & Shepreth Station Accessibility UpdateIt is some time since we have updated local residents on the Rail User Group’s campaign for improved access at Meldreth Station. However, the campaign is very much still current! Discussions have been ongoing with the relevant parties at First Capital Connect and Network Rail, and as a result of our Community Rail Partnership we also have the support of the County Council who are including the accessibility issues in their Transport Strategy. The train operating franchise is being passed to Govia in September – we have already raised the issue with them, and will be continuing to discuss it with them as soon as we have the opportunity. Unfortunately, infrastructure matters do seem to move slowly in the rail industry and so we do not expect to see anything dramatic happening at Meldreth anytime soon. What we are doing, however, is continuing to keep the issue on the radar of the relevant parties in the hope that the time will come when funding and resources will become available for Meldreth to ‘have its turn’. Those of you who travel on the railway between here and London will be aware that a number of other larger stations (including Letchworth, Hitchin and Stevenage) have recently undergone major improvements to their accessibility with the installation of lifts. It seems fair to accept that these much larger and busier stations receive the investment first, but we do believe that Meldreth has a strong individual case. Meldreth Manor School have told us in the past that they would make good use of the station if they could, and this would be beneficial to staff travelling to work as well as students. The station serves two active villages, with large numbers of people travelling into and out of them each day for work and leisure.

We also know of a number of individual case studies of people who either struggle to use the station, or simply cannot use it, but would very much like to. If this is you, we would be very grateful if you could get in touch!

• Do you struggle up and down the steps, but really need a more accessible station?

• Or are you simply unable to use it due to your own physical needs, or having young children with you?

• Do you drive to another station to be able to make use of the trains?

• Or do you find that just don’t use them because it’s too difficult, but really you would prefer to travel by train?

Having individual examples would be very helpful when we are continuing to explain how crucial it is to improve access at Meldreth. Please find contact details below.

Meanwhile, many of you will have read in the local press about issues at Shepreth Station. We had not been campaigning about access at Shepreth as such because it was at least possible to get onto both platforms without using steps, albeit by using the steep ramp at the end of each platform. However, serious safety concerns arose earlier in the year over misuse of the level crossing, which resulted in Network Rail closing the ramp at the end of the London-bound platform. We had been told that a new ramp would be built from the carpark onto the platform at the same time, which unfortunately did not happen, thus making the station less accessible, although safer. The Rail User Group has been assured by Network Rail that a ramp will be installed from the station carpark onto the London-bound platform (via the station building) during the summer. This will make access at the station better than it was previously, although access to the Cambridge-bound platform is still only by crossing the level crossing and going up the steep ramp at the end of the platform.

You may wonder why this ramp can be put in so quickly at Shepreth, when the Meldreth campaign is taking a lot longer. This answer is due to the nature of the stations and the land around – at Shepreth, the new ramp going in only needs to cover the height of four steps, and can be built on land that is already owned by Network Rail. At Meldreth, there are nine steps up to the London-bound platform from the Melbourn side, and this is on private land. Then there is the bridge between the two platforms which has 27 steps on each side. Achieving full step-free access at Meldreth therefore potentially involves installing lifts, building long ramps, and

rebuilding footbridges – clearly this is a much more complicated and expensive task than what is being done at Shepreth.

So please:

• Be assured that the campaign is still very active.

• Do not expect to see anything dramatic happen anytime soon simply because of the complexities of the situation we are up against!

• Get in touch if you would be willing to share your personal experiences of using (or not using) the station, or if you would like to get involved in any way.

Janet Cottenden, Secretary of the Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group

Please email [email protected] ring 01763 261833 (Susan van de Ven, Chair of Rail User Group) or 01763 261786 (Janet Cottenden, Secretary)Information about accessibility and other station issues can be found on our website: www.melbourn.org.uk/railusergroup

Wood Green re-homing charityI’m writing to you today from your local re-homing charity, Wood Green, to ask whether you can help us with the re-homing of a couple of our longest residents.

Buddy is a 5-year-old Terrier who arrived at Wood Green on 27th November last year. He’s a sweet and affectionate boy who wasn’t given the best start in life and now deserves to find a loving family. He came in with a skin condition, which left a lot of his back sore and hairless. The hair is now growing back and he’s feeling much happier. All he needs now is to find a loving home. Buddy could possibly live with a female dog, a bold cat and children over the age of seven.

Lilly Allen has been at Wood Green just shy of a year after arriving on 20th September. She was living in a small flat with a family who unfortunately didn’t have time for her. She’s only six-years-old and is a fantastic little cat who is looking for a home with a family who will give her the time and patience she needs.

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Melbourn Fete 2014 The sun didn’t shine on us this yearThis time last year I was writing about how lucky we were with the warm and sunny weather and how that contributed to our best year ever. After a long run of good weather at the fete it was only a matter of time before our luck ran out.

The forecast for the Friday, Saturday and Sunday were all for periods of heavy rain and possibly strong winds. After a full day of setting up on Friday in dry conditions we were hoping that the weather forecaster had been too pessimistic. Saturday morning arrived and all was still dry. The Fete opened at 1pm and just as things started to get going the heavens opened. For an hour the field emptied as visitors and participants took shelter wherever they could. As puddles grew bigger to form little lakes we all thought we were heading for a washout. After an hour of heavy rain the sky had no more to throw at us. Within 2 hours the puddles had disappeared, some occasional glimpses of blue skies were seen and our visitors returned. It was a terrible start to the day but things could only get better and they did.

Of particular note was how the display from the Raptor Foundation continued their show as the rain got heavier and heavier. Mark Smith, one of the Foundation staff, introduced the birds as they displayed their flying skills in the arena. There was a Tawny Owl, a Burrowing Owl, a Barn Owl, an Eagle owl and a Harris Hawk. The Raptor foundation was set up to aid wild disabled birds of prey. They rehabilitate the birds and release them into the wild. Once the birds had finished their display there was a halt to the arena activities as the conditions worsened. Once the attractions in the arena restarted local groups treated us to lots of displays.

Lauren Richardson, our aerobatic pilot got her timing just right as she put

on a spectacular display just after the rain abated, the dark clouds giving a dramatic backdrop to her breath-taking manoeuvres. It was also the scene for our tug of war and egg throwing competition later in the day.

Protected under the cover of the marquee the competition was well

Not long after the gates opened so did the sky. The field emptied as people took shelter wherever they could. Fortunately an hour later the rain stopped.

For some visitors the rain was an extra attraction.

Showing excellent timing our aerobatic pilot Lauren Richardson appeared just as the grey clouds were clearing

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sandwich from a five year old. At the age of five I could not have done what she has done. Generally the standard is quite high, some good cakes, anyone of these cakes I would be quite happy to eat for afternoon tea.” Asked if there were any future Great British Bake Off stars in the competition he said, “there was a good chocolate orange cake here that could be a contender.” Asked if there were any Dalek cakes in the competition Rob remarked that there was an octopus cake and two Tardis cakes. We would like to thank all three judges for their time and of course for all those who entered our various categories of the competition. It will be back next year.

In addition to our classic bike owners and vintage vehicle visitors we had some old bicycles on display. These fragile frames are a far cry from the modern rugged bikes made from composite materials and were a great illustration of engineering advancement over the last century. Most of the motorbikes, vehicles and bicycles remained through the downpour, their owners doing their best to protect them from the elements. We are grateful that they remained and hope that their beautiful vehicles have dried out. They provided a splendid spectacle as they paraded through the arena towards the end of the day. We look forward to their return next year.

Most of the stallholders enjoyed a successful afternoon as conditions improved. There was a range of local activities and groups as well as commercial stalls offering an interesting and informative selection.

Similarly, the attractions had an improving afternoon as people returned to the field. Our brilliant Bar and BBQ staff soldiered on through out the day providing tasty hot food and drinks to our visitors. The Brownies, who for the second year provided tea, coffee and cakes in the newly refurbished pavilion did well.

The fete finished at 5 pm and the Music on the Moor started. By this time the weather was much better. Our new inflatable stage with uprated lighting and sound provided a great backdrop for our acts. They all entertained us with a really good selection of music and by the end of the evening we think we had the largest crowd ever dancing the night away.

We are really grateful for all the support we get from our community. Without the generous sponsorship from local companies and individuals and income from advertising we could not offer such a range of subsidised activities. We have a terrific team of volunteers who help set up and clear up over the weekend and also help run the bar, BBQ and other vital activities on Saturday. Without their help we could not have a Fete. We also appreciate the support we receive from the Parish Council.

Our motto is Fun and Fundraising for Melbourn. We think everyone who attended had a really good time. The feedback on our Facebook page and by personal comments have all been very positive. We were able to cover our costs this year but unfortunately will probably not have enough to be able to support any local groups.

This year the sun didn’t shine on us but the people of Melbourn and the surrounding area shone through with their fabulous support for this day. Next year the Fete will be on 20th June, there will be more information about the event early next year.

supported with a good range of entries in all the categories. We had three local judges. Dianne Sinnatamby in her first year of judging at the fete, judged the miniature gardens, children’s jelly baby dioramas, vegetable and fruit vehicles. She had the following comments “incredible entries, judging has not been easy they are all so incredible”. Ruth Bond, was a judge last year. This year she tasted the preserves, chutneys and cordials and assessed the flower arranging and photography. She commented “the standard is pretty high particularly the preserves. The more competitions the better as it lifts the standard.” Rob Smart, a contestant on The Great British Bake Off sampled the cakes. He remarked, ”there are some great entries including a Victoria

Our parade of classic vehicles ... and the bar remained busy throughout the day.

Local singer songwriter Erin Tidey opening up the Music on the Moor show

Our parade of classic vehicles ... and the bar remained busy throughout the day.Our parade of classic vehicles ... and the bar remained busy throughout the day.Our parade of classic vehicles ... and the bar remained busy throughout the day.

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featureWorld War 1 Exhibition19th and 20th July 2014

By Sir David Wright

Professional historians can be perplexed by the popularisation of history. They welcome the idea that light should be shed more widely on events of which the anniversaries appear periodically in the calendar. But their well-engrained attachment to careful analysis of data makes them nervous about the risk of popularisation strengthening myth, prejudice and trivialisation.

The centenary of The Great War has furnished ample evidence to support these anxieties. It has been most graphically evoked in a debate over suggestions that certain TV comedy portrayals might provide worthy commentary on historical truth. Thankfully this risk has been countered by more worthy and valuable attempts to analyse the causes of The Great War in a serious, considered, yet accessible manner. There have been excellent television debates in which experienced and talented historians have debated alternative scenarios. The broadsheets have sponsored well researched and balanced supplements. And at the local level, communities have come together to see how The Great War affected the lives, and deaths, of their antecedents.

The work done by the Melbourn History Group, with contributions from their counterparts in Meldreth and Barrington, in the exhibition in All Saints Church over the weekend of 19-20 July stands as a fine example of the application of local historical research and data collection at this time of reflection and memory. Members of local communities, who attended the exhibition in substantial numbers, showed a touching combination of appreciation and engagement in what had been prepared for their

scrutiny. The local historians who took on this challenge deserve applause and gratitude for what they achieved.

The exhibition was well planned and executed. It combined high level historical explanation of the background to and conduct of The Great War and at the same time well researched local level involvement in both the times of the conflict and its impact on local communities. Naturally the exhibition had to have a visually arresting panel of description of life in the trenches. But it sought to go much further than the familiar. It was particularly striking and relevant that at the same time as giving a full chronology of the main events of

scrutiny. The local historians who took on this challenge



The Great War, it wove into this chronology further panels giving the chronology of events in the villages throughout the length of the war. This chronology sought to record the enlistment and also the sad deaths of young men from the villages in the conflict. These exhibition panels personalised the lives and deaths of particular young men but also dealt with “the home front”. And in that respect, many will have been intrigued by information about, Melbourn’s debate and commitment about assistance to families of Belgian refugees, local hospital facilities and the work to which German prisoners were put locally.

These panels of detailed information on local issues also appropriately reflected on the role of local agricultural workers when enlisted in dealing with the vast numbers of horses which were employed in drawing carts, gun-carriages and provisions to keep the Front supplied. The role of the horse in The Great War on both sides, and more so for the Germans and Austrians even than the British, is an important reflection on the nature of the society which was drawn into the activities to support the War Effort. Interesting to read one specific panel about Charles Dodkin, whose descendants still live in the area and who was conscripted to do just that: to use his talents as a horse keeper to manage horses at the front until sadly he met his death.

In contrast, interestingly enough, was the absence of material in the exhibition about the role of women in that War Effort. This was not a failure of research but a reflection of the society of the time which paid no attention to the role of women in the way which was subsequently cultivated in respect of the Second World War. In Melbourn and Meldreth, despite exhaustive efforts, no material could be found to display this aspect.

Balancing these representations of The Great War were two panels giving accounts of the visits to the Flanders battlefields of young people from Melbourn Village College. In all 120 students paid these visits and contributed to these display panels. This link to the present day is essential on this significant anniversary.

Many families allowed the History Group to display the possessions of their forbears which had been passed on down the generations. This helped to enhance the personal proximity between the exhibition, those whose lives it recorded and the families which had preserved and cherished the memories which these possessions embodied. It was good also to note how the organisers had ensured that the

exhibits were clearly labelled and attributed to those who had been involved in the exhibition’s organisation. And a voice from the past was visible in the collections of cigarette cards from private collections portraying features of the conflict and the troops engaged. Though lost, perhaps thankfully, from today’s everyday life, cigarette cards were a common feature of life in the first half of the 20th Century and evocative in their manufacture to support the commitment of the troops in France and also, as the exhibition showed, beyond the Western Front.

So a vote of thanks and applause to a significant village effort which brought history and global events down from the high level analyses of our TV historians to the daily impact of The Great War on the life and doings of a community in Cambridgeshire. And also that effort recorded thanks to the work of local volunteers – even down to the cakes and tea which sustained the many visitors!

In Memoryby Howard T N Ussher11th November 1938

Within the Book of MemoryAre scented leaves grown dry:

But love for those who gathered themCan never, never, die.

Somewhere in France those roses bloomed,Somewhere in France they died;

Somewhere, beneath the arching blue,Two graves lie side by side.

Son of a peasant, son of a peer,They sleep the same long sleep:

The angel of God will waken themWhen He calls men from the deep.

We cherish the leaves which link the landsOf Britain and Brittany;

Together, we bow and worship God,As we chant Love’s litany.

The Rev. Us her was Minister of the Baptist Church in Melbourn from 1937 to 1948. This poem, published in the Independent Press in 1938, on the eve of the

Second World War was given by Joan Gane of Meldreth.

The Great War, it wove into this chronology further panels

exhibits were clearly labelled and attributed to those who had been involved in the exhibition’s organisation. And a voice from the past was visible in the collections of cigarette cards from private collections portraying features of the conflict and the troops engaged. Though lost, perhaps thankfully, from today’s everyday life, cigarette cards were a common feature of life in the first half of the 20th Century and evocative in their manufacture to support the commitment of the troops in France and also, as the exhibition showed, beyond the Western Front.

effort which brought history and global events down from the

Photographs by Jan Simmonett

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Carers Away DayDo you care for someone?A carer is a person of any age – adult or child – who provides unpaid support to a partner, child, relative or friend, who could not manage to live independently, or whose health and wellbeing would deteriorate without this help. Those receiving this care may need help due to frailty, disability or a serious health condition, mental ill health or substance misuse.

Cambridgeshire’s Carers Away Day 2014 is being held on Friday 3rd October from 10am to 4pm at the Marriott Hotel in Huntingdon. This free annual event provides carers with the opportunity to take part in informal discussion groups with expert speakers, relax, get creative and have fun by taking part in a range of afternoon activities, and to visit the marketplace of information and advice stands. Lunch and refreshments are provided.

This is an opportunity to meet other carers and share your stories and experiences. Places are limited so please book early to avoid disappointment. To book your place at the Carers Away Day 2014 contact the Carers Support Team on 01480 377616 or by emailing: [email protected] **There may be support for carers to attend the event so please ask for any assistance you might need to enable you to come.

For more information about the day visit www.cambridgeshire.net

Saving Money on Your Heating Oil With over 17,000 homes off the gas grid in South Cambridgeshire, many families in our community use oil to heat their homes. If you’re on oil and looking to make a saving on your next order, check out our useful tips for smart, simple ways to cut down your costs!

1 Watch the weather: Oil prices typically decline during spring and summer, when temperatures are high and demand is low. By topping-up your tank this summer, you can take advantage of these great prices and stay warm in winter for less.

2 Compare prices: Shop around or use an instant, impartial comparison service such as BoilerJuice, to make sure you always get the best quote for your oil.

3 Buy in bulk: Instead of topping-up your oil levels on a regular basis, fill your tank in one go to cut down on delivery costs and get a great bulk-buy price.

4 Order early: Set a regular reminder, mark it on your calendar or simply plan ahead of time to beat the rush, avoid costly emergency orders and take advantage of cheaper delivery options.

5 Add an additive: An inexpensive way to upgrade your fuel, oil additives prevent tank sludge build-up, improve overall efficiency and save you money by reducing expensive maintenance costs, operating problems and boiler breakdowns.

6 Protect your tank: Protect your oil supply against theft by monitoring your levels regularly, installing security lights and using a padlock to secure the entrance to your tank area.

7 Sign up for email alerts: Sign up to newsletters and email bulletins with an independent oil price comparison site to be the first to know about any seasonal offers, vouchers or price drops.

CABQuestion: HMRC has just contacted me to say that I owe them money as they have overpaid my Tax Credits. I didn’t realise that this could happen, and I don’t have enough money set aside to pay them back. What should I do?

Our advice: Tax Credits are designed to give working people a little bit of extra income to help guarantee a decent standard of living from work.

Unfortunately, the system by which entitlement to Tax Credits is decided is complicated and can often lead to people falling into debt when they are asked to

Melbourn Mobile Warden Scheme

Can we help you?Can we help a relative?

Can we help a neighbour?

Who does the Scheme help?The scheme is open to anyone who requests our help including those who live alone or with their families but need the extra support offered by our services. Couples too are most welcome.

It is also open to those in sheltered housing, as the scheme offers different, but complementary services.

Note: The scheme also offers its services for short periods to cover the temporary absence of relatives who otherwise provide this support.

We offer help with: • Friendship and support via twice

weekly visits and daily phone calls• Ordering and collection of

prescriptions • Basic shopping• Collection of pensions• Setting up Lifeline service • Bereavement support • Advice on benefits • Going to the Post Office to pay

your bills• Advice on getting repairs done in

your home• Arranging transport to the hospital

or other appointments

• Just coming round for a chat

What will it cost?We do have to make a small weekly charge for the warden’s services. The fee is only £5 per week (a little more for couples).

Margo Wherrell (Mobile Warden) 01763 260966Mobile: 07935 315497 Email: [email protected] Seers (Deputy Warden) 01763 262651Mobile: 07808 735066Email: [email protected] Hyde (Assistant Warden) 01763 220139Mobile: 07952 090089.Melbourn Warden Scheme is a registered charity.



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River Mel Restoration Group

NatureMembers of the River Mel Restoration Group met in May for their Annual General Meeting. Following the short business part of the meeting, Ruth Hawksley, (Water for Wildlife Officer for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire Wildlife Trust) presented the findings from a water vole survey she undertook along the River Mel during early summer 2013.

Ruth informed members that water voles are the fastest declining mammal recorded in the country. Nationally it is estimated that the water vole population has declined by over 90% during the last forty years, with an estimated decline of 87% in the Anglian region. Changes to, and loss of habitat, along with predation from mink, are the main causes of the decline. In order to map the remaining colonies the Wildlife Trust decided to survey the water vole population along the River Rhee and its tributaries, which included the River Mel.

The survey along the Mel showed abundant evidence of water vole activity with food stores, water vole holes and latrines all being found along the length of the watercourse. The area provides good habitat and plenty of food for them, with many areas of lush green vegetation on the banks all the way down to the water as well as good field margins. Fortunately, water voles are not fussy about what they eat

and a survey in 1993 identified 227 species of plant eaten by them. They also love apples, other fruits, bark, bulbs and roots.

South Cambridgeshire is fortunate in still having areas of good habitat for water voles and we are lucky that the Mel still demonstrates its local importance in this regard.

The River Mel Restoration Group continues to meet for regular working parties to maintain and enhance the River Mel and its environs. If you would like to know more or join the volunteers please contact Maureen Brierley 01763 262752 or by email [email protected]


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repay money they’ve wrongly been given by HMRC.

Tax Credits are gradually being phased into the Government’s new Universal Credit system, which is intended to reduce Credit miscalculations and overpayments.

However whilst we wait for the system to change, problems with the current process seem to be getting worse. Last year, Citizens Advice across England and Wales saw a 14 per cent increase in problems relating to debt caused by Tax Credit overpayments.

The combination of pressures on people’s living costs means that being asked to repay Tax Credits at the end of the year can be a real blow. Sky-high energy bills, expensive childcare and wages which are still failing to keep up with costs mean that it can be a real struggle for households make ends meet. The last thing hard-pressed households need is for HMRC to put them in more debt.

Often, HMRC will be willing to work with you to see what you can afford to pay back, but in many cases, poor communication and delays by the agency have led to our clients struggling to get a fair outcome.

If you’re struggling with debt then it’s important to take steps to get on top of your bills. Debt can seem impossible but there’s always a way out of problems.

If you come to us, we will be able to work out a debt management plan with free and impartial advice.

*North Hertfordshire and South Cambridgeshire residents can obtain advice from any of the North Herts CAB offices – located in Letchworth, Hitchin or Royston. An outreach service is also available twice monthly at the Melbourn Community Hub. Please visit our website for further information. www.northhertscab.org.uk

For the most up-to-date advice, please visit: www.adviceguide.org.uk

House to House CollectionsDaily we seem to get more and more plastic bags being delivered collecting on behalf of one charitable organisation or

another. So are they all genuine? Unfortunately it is getting harder for householders to tell.

All collectors must hold a House to House Collections Act 1939 National Exemptions Order (NEO) issued by the Home Office or a House to House Collection License issued by the District Council.

Of course there are genuine collections such as those for the British Heart Foundation or NSPCC, whose bag distribution and collections are by a company that hold a NEO. They are one of 44 organisations that currently hold the NEO from the Home Office. In addition, and as a courtesy, many of the companies inform the District Council when they are collecting in the area.

However, one of the latest bags to appear through our doors is ‘Helping Our Soldiers’, which are distributed by Maksim Ltd. They do not hold a National Exemption order from the Home Office or a House to House Collection License from SCDC.

If you suspect that such apparently charitable collections are not genuine, simply do not put anything in the bag. You can always give directly to your favourite charity’s High Street shop, many of whom offer a personal collection service.

Some of the names that hold a NEO are: Age UK; Alexandra Rose Charities; Asthma UK; Barnardo’s; BBC Children in Need; British Heart Foundation; British Leprosy Relief Association (LEPRA); British Red Cross Society; Cancer Research UK; Christian Aid; Cystic Fibrosis Research Trust; Kidney Research UK; Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research; Macmillan Cancer Support; Make-A-Wish Foundation; Marie Curie Cancer Care; National Blind Children’s Society; National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (NSPCC); Oxfam; Royal Air Forces Association; Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals RSPCA; Royal National Institute of Blind People; Royal National Lifeboat Institution; St John Ambulance; Save the Children; Scope; Shelter; The Children’s Society; The Royal British Legion; The Salvation Army; World Cancer Research Fund; World Wide Fund for Nature.

For more information see the following website: www.gov.uk/government/publications/national-exemption-order-scheme

Fire safety in the home In Cambridgeshire there are more than 200 accidental fires in people’s homes each year. These have resulted in homes and treasured possessions being destroyed, people being injured, and tragically, in some cases people have lost their lives.

Most people are aware of the dangers of fire but often think ‘it won’t happen to me’. The reality is that it could happen to anyone.

The majority of accidental house fires could have been prevented by people taking a little more care to minimise the risks of fire in their home or by being more careful. In many cases, damage could have been reduced if smoke alarms had been present or working properly, as an earlier warning could have meant fire crews were alerted earlier.

The advice in this section will help you protect yourself and your family from fire. And if a fire does occur, you can learn about what you need to do to help you and your family get out quickly and safely.

But if you do nothing else, install a smoke alarm. A FREE home fire safety check may also be available to you. This is where we visit your home, offer fire safety advice and fit free smoke alarms where needed. Requests are prioritised according to individual risk.

Take action today, and don’t be left asking ‘why me?’. Important information everybody should know

FREE Home Fire Safety Check What is a FREE Home Fire Safety Check? A FREE home fire safety check may be available to you. This is a service we offer to residents in Cambridgeshire. Firefighters or specially trained community safety officers can visit your home to help you identify and assess the risks of fire and advise you on the best practices to keep your home and family safe. We will advise you on

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the appropriate number and correct type of smoke alarm and fit them correctly. To see if you are eligible for this service, contact us by filling out the Domestic

Enquiry form at the CFRS Gateway (the form is sent directly to us). Alternatively, you can ring 0800 917 99 94 and leave a message on the answer phone with your name, address and daytime phone number. We will then give you a call back. Please be aware that home fire safety checks are prioritised according to individual risk.

Car break in at Riverside Walk - Shepreth…!Anne and I decided this Sunday afternoon, 15th June, to drive to Riverside Walk at Shepreth. parked the car in the car park at the Barrington Road end at approximately 3.15pm (there was one other car parked there when we arrived) We then walked by the river towards Meldreth, We passed two very friendly families and a lady walking their dogs. On returning at about 4.45 we arrived back to find the rear windscreen had been smashed and the cover to the boot of Saab estate car pushed back…! Nothing had been stolen as all I had in the back were empty plastic flower pots and trays waiting be taken to the recycling box at Scotsdale’s. I phoned the Cambridge police who took all the relevant details and said they would keep us informed and monitor the situation. I then phoned the insurance company who are sending someone out later in the week to repair the rear window! In the mean time the AA have put a temporary sheet over the rear windscreen. I have sent this notice just so our villages can be aware that it could be a problem in parking at the Shepreth Riverside car park. The police will be monitoring the situation, so if anyone does have problem they should report it to the Police. We are advised that there have been problems at the Meldreth car park.

Anne & Mark Howard. Telephone 01223 503377

Trading StandardsResidents are reminded to check IDWe’d like to remind residents to be vigilant and always check the identification of anyone who calls at their door including those who say they are from Cambridgeshire County Council or Trading Standards. Council officers will usually ring and make an appointment first if they intend to call on someone. Council Officers always carry identification and will not be offended if you close the door on them whilst you verify who they are. You can call the County Council on 0345 045 5200 to check that they are a County Council Officer. Always leave the chain on the door when you are answering to someone you do not know, take any identification card and examine it thoroughly.

Never employ tradesmen who call at your house uninvited.If you need a tradesman for any jobs big or small check out the ‘Buy with Confidence’ a Trading Standards sponsored group of traders. All of whom have been thoroughly checked before being allowed into the scheme. ‘Buy with Confidence’ can be found on the internet www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk, your local library or by calling Citizens Advice.

Beware of copycat websitesTrading Standards Officers at Cambridgeshire County Council are urging residents to beware of copycat websites imitating official government services online. These are designed to trick you into parting with your cash unnecessarily by charging for services that are provided cheaper or for free through official government channels.

Ordering new passports, booking driving tests and renewing car tax discs are just some of the ways that people are unwittingly being left out-of-pocket by shrewd fraudsters who operate ‘copycat’ websites.

Copycat websites tend to use similar design features to replicate the ‘look and feel’ of official service websites and often use URLs that include fragments such as ‘govuk’, ‘directgov’ or relevant organisation names to make them appear as official providers of certain services.

The best way you can avoid being duped is:• Use GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) It is the

easiest and most secure place to find government services and information online

• Instead of searching for the services you need via a search engine, go to GOV.UK and use the search function there. Then you’ll know you’re on the official site

• If you do use a search engine, look out for the differences between natural search results and paid-for search results.

National Trading Standards is issuing advice for consumers to beat the cyber con-artists, including a video guide at www.tradingstandardsecrime.org.uk/copycat-web-site-crackdown-2

To report a misleading or copycat website, you can call the Citizens Advice consumer service on 03454 04 05 06.

Cambridgeshire Council officers are warning residents of a website called www.parkingpermit.com offering to process Blue Badge applications for a charge of £49, plus the cost of a badge. It is not necessary to apply for a Blue Badge through any other website other than the official Government website on www.gov.uk/apply-blue-badge or by calling the Cambridgeshire Blue Badge Service on 0345 045 5204. This is a free registration service with a Blue Badge from Cambridgeshire costing £9 for a new Blue Badge and £5 for a replacement.

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As I write, the new facilities in the village continue to thrive: the Community Hub is well-used by residents visiting the café, there are more people using the library, and the rooms are being hired. I do, however, appeal to businesses and community groups alike to visit the Hub and see for themselves the rooms which can be hired to enhance your group/business sessions. It would be nice to see the Hub bubbling with people all day and well into the evenings. The Community Hub is managed by a Management

Company limited by guarantee and all the directors are unpaid consisting of parish councillors and residents. Since the mammoth task of overseeing the construction and furnishing of the building has now been accomplished, several directors have stood down which gives a splendid opportunity for new people to come forward and join this exciting project and ensure its future success. We are looking for people with skills in finance, marketing, interpersonal and business acumen. If you fit the bill, please get in touch! In addition, the Hub cannot operate without volunteers and the present ones are doing a splendid job but, here again, we now need new volunteers to see that the operation works as smoothly as ever.

The newly refurbished pavilion is attracting groups and individual residents alike and I urge you to go and see it so you don’t miss out when it comes to booking your event. BeActive Leisure, a not-for-profit company, is now managing the pavilion on behalf of the parish council and using its expertise to aid sport development throughout the village and the surrounding area. If you therefore wish to book the pavilion for your event/group then please do so at the Leisure Centre on the college site. If you are involved in a sporting activity or healthy lifestyle initiative which, at the moment, is unrepresented in the village, then why not get in touch with BeActive and see what they can do for you.

The summer has been warm and fine but subject to mass downpours which has resulted in some issues concerning drainage. If you have issues with drainage please get in touch and I will pass it on to the authority which, in this case, is the County Council. We are all going to be affected by the resurfacing of the High Street which is due to take place on 25th November. Please pass any concerns on to me and I will try to take the appropriate action.

I look forward to hearing from lots of new volunteers and residents who are eager to put themselves forward in the service of our village.

County Councillor’s ReportSafety concerns for drivers on the A10: the two access/exit points for Melbourn residents along the A10 – the Frog End Shepreth junction and the Meldreth junction at the bypass – have seen tragic accidents of late and several families’ lives will have changed as a result. The Frog End junction has been an accident black spot for many years but has never climbed high enough on the list to trigger funding to make changes. I am due to meet with the Council’s Road Safety team shortly in order to explore all the possibilities for making improvements. Like most

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MELBOURN PARISH COUNCIL30 High Street Melbourn SG8 6DZTelephone: 01763 263303 ext. 3

e-mail: [email protected]

The Parish Office is open Monday to Friday9am to 4pm (the office is closed between 1p–2pm

Minutes of Parish Council Meetingsand Planning Committee meetingsare available on the village website

ChairmanBob Tulloch

25 Hale Close, SG8 6ETTelephone 221373

Val Barrett2 Station Road, SG8 6DX

Telephone 261227

Chair-ConservationRosemary Gatward

94 High Street, SG8 6ALTelephone 261225

Chair-HighwaysJose Hales

23 Elm Way, SG8 6UHTelephone 221058

Michael Linnette11 Chapel Lane, SG8 6BN

Telephone 262534

Chair-PlanningKimmi Crosby

20 Norgett’s Lane, SG8 6HSTelephone 261283

John Regan10 Little Lane, SG8 6BUTelephone 264154

Andrew Mulcock1 The Lawns Close, SG8 6DR

Telephone 222940

Julie Norman31 Station Road, SG8 6DX

Telephone 263462

Tim Baker18 Rose Lane, SG8 8ADTelephone 262700

Vice-ChairmanMaureen Townsend

32 New Road, SG8 6BYTelephone 260959

Christopher Stead70 Russet Way

Telephone 260743

Chair-CemeteriesMike Sherwen

3 Hale Close, SG8 6ETTelephone 260070

Irene Bloomfield78 Russet Way, SG8 6HF

Telephone 222558

County CouncillorSusan van de Ven 95 North End, Meldreth, 261833

[email protected].

District Councillors

Val Barrett, 2 Station Road, 261227Jose Hales, 23 Elm Way, SG8 6UH, 221058

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From the Parish Clerk – Peter Horley


things in local government it is always a matter of figuring out a way through the system and finding a window of opportunity. Sadly there are a number of accident cluster sites in our area and the measures that people would like to see introduced are not always within reach. You may remember a few years ago when the A505 Flint Cross junction was altered as a result of accident patterns – this involved the re-profiling of the road and pavements, the introduction of ‘gateway’ features and the lowering of the speed limit. In any case, the accident patterns on the A10 demand safety improvements.

Off-road A10 travel: Safety is the overwhelming factor in making it possible for pedestrians and cyclists to stay off the A10, and hence the focus on continuing to fight for funding to transform passage along the A10 for non-vehicular traffic. The one-mile stretch connecting Melbourn and Royston, a well-used corridor for people going to work, apprenticeships, training, shopping or to visit friends and relatives, sits on a county boundary and this has meant that it has never received the joined-up thinking required to crack the issue of safe passage for non-vehicular traffic. Neither Cambridgeshire nor Hertfordshire County Councils have the funds to address this problem, but by earnestly scouting out funding schemes run by the Department for Transport, it is possible to get something done. The A10 Corridor Cycling Campaign has been working closely with the two Councils, local businesses and Sustrans (the national charity that works to create safe routes for pedestrians and cyclists) and it has recently been announced that funding has been granted to create an off-road route connecting Melbourn and Royston. More needs to be done to create a safe way of getting across the A505 roundabout, which is in Hertfordshire, and therefore means we need to be working very hard with our colleagues there.

New Train Operating Company: It’s great to report that thanks to the efforts of the Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group, and its very active Melbourn members, a good relationship is already in place with Govia, the

new Train Operating Company that takes over from First Capital Connect in mid-September. When the Department for Transport asked for views on what the new franchisee should provide in the way of basic service levels, the Rail User Group prepared a detailed list. One of our priorities was to retain the 16–18 student discount fare, which at 50% off the adult fare is considerably better than the national standard of 33%. The unique Cambridgeshire discount, negotiated specifically for Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton stations, will be taken up by Govia. This means that new and returning sixth formers, and those attending further education in Cambridgeshire, can continue to access this fare which on average has saved about £140 annually over the cost of a bus pass. For the start of the new academic year, which falls before the 14th September FCC-Govia hand-over date, this means going to the First Capital Connect website and following the links. The discounted fare can only be purchased on line – not at the station.

Cam Sight’s work in the community: While the public services most people encounter every day receive, much attention in public forums, individual case work concerning, vulnerable people always offers an insight into how well things are, working – or not – behind the scenes., A huge concern is our aging population and the ability of the County, Council to look after an increasing number of vulnerable people., To take one example, over the age of 75, one in five people live, with sight loss, and over 90, one in two people are affected. Adding, in the rise in diabetes across the population, the number of people, who experience sight loss is expected to double by 2050. The rate, of depression for people with sight loss is estimated at 30-45%, compared with 12% for the sighted population; the rate of poverty, is higher too. The County Council provides a small but vital grant to Cam Sight, the Cambridgeshire charity that supports independence and wellbeing, for people with visual impairment. This takes many forms, but includes rural support groups where people meet for social, support and practical help on assistive technologies. There are also, meetings for specific age groups, from toddlers upward. Camsight, hosts a monthly meeting at Melbourn Vicarage Close Sheltered, Housing first Wednesdays, 2-4. Keeping this preventive care and, support network viable is critical against continuing budget cuts.

Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User GroupOur next meeting is 24th September, 7:30, at Foxton Village Hall. Everyone is welcome and it always helps champion the local cause when we have Melbourn people involved – our continuing efforts for disabled access, better cycle parking, etc. need continual lobbying. Govia have promised to attend this meeting and we are busy making our case that the £1.50 daily car park charge should not be compromised, and that it was established as a reciprocal gesture of thanks for the community gardening at the station. More at the Rail User Group webpage on the Melbourn Village [email protected]

A10 Corridor Cycling CampaignThe campaign meets next on 15th October, 7:00 for 7:30PM, in Royston – the venue is being worked out and will be posted on our website, a10corridorcycle.com. We’ll be talking no doubt about work in progress to connect Melbourn with Royston. This will be our AGM though we keep formalities to an efficient minimum and make sure we can devote most of our time to discussing ideas. All welcome!

Thanks to everyone who supported the Awareness Ride on 18th May, which was a huge success. Once again, Phillimore Garden Centre provided a wonderful venue for our post-ride tea, with cakes made by the Teapot. JR Tech in Shepreth gave us a £200 grant to make sure everyone could tuck in without charge.

The campaign group has teamed up with Cam Sight in tandem cycling. Cam Sight owns six tandem bicycles, and a sighted pilot rider can enable to visually impaired rider to get out and enjoy cycling. The person to contact is Joy Hallifax: [email protected]


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An Invitation from the Meldreth & Melbourn Church Bell Ringers

Meldreth regularly welcomes visiting bands to ring peals on the bells, which involves a non-stop performance by a team of eight ringers that lasts approximately 2hours 45 minutes, a task requiring stamina, concentration and mental agility. The first peal at Holy Trinity was rung in 1938, when there were only five bells in the tower, but in the years since then, many of the country’s leading ringers have come to ring in Meldreth. Tower Captain, John Gipson, has himself rung a formidable 1669 peals on the bells, in a peal-ringing career lasting from 1939 until 2012.

During the last sixty years or so, there have been more than 12000 hours of ringing, with each bell ringing at least 20 million times. We are now in the position where more peals have been rung in Meldreth than in any other church tower anywhere in the world! Perhaps unsurprisingly, the bells are now showing signs of wear and are becoming progressively harder to ring. Detailed reports have shown that the bells are in need of major restoration. This is currently scheduled to take place early 2015, when the bells will be removed from the tower and sent to the Whitechapel Bell Foundry to be cleaned and re-tuned. The bells will then be re-hung in a new frame, with new headstocks, fixtures and fittings, leaving them in a first-class condition, ready to continue ringing for the rest of the 21st century.

If you would like to know more about either the history of the bells or the restoration project, please visit our website at www.meldrethchurch.org.uk/bells/appeal. In the meantime, we hope to see you at Meldreth on 27th September when ringers will be on hand to answer any questions you might have on bell ringing and the restoration project.

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Have you ever wondered how a church bell works? Have you ever wanted to chime a bell? If so, why not come along to our Tower Open Day in Meldreth at Holy Trinity Church on 27th September? We are organising a day of fun and frolics, and a lot of ringing, to launch an appeal for the restoration of the Meldreth tower bells. The tower will be open from 11am until 5pm. The day will include a chance for both adults and children to try out a demonstration bell being brought in especially for the occasion, or you can just sit and enjoy listening to some fantastic ringing while you have a cup of tea! Entrance is free.

But what do church bells mean to you? Would you miss them if they were no longer rung? The bells of Melbourn and Meldreth ring out for many events in the life of the country, the village and the Church. The bells call parishioners to services, but they are also rung to mark births, marriages, deaths, anniversaries, and national celebrations and centenaries. In recent years, local ringers have rung for the birth of Prince George, the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, the Centenary of Meldreth village school and the start of the 2012 Olympic games; as well as ringing in the New Year.


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12 Things Men Do Differently To Women Eating Out: When the bill arrives, Mike, Dave and John will each throw in £20, even though it’s only for £32.50. None of them will have anything smaller and none will actually admit they want change back.

When the girls get their bill, out come the pocket calculators.

Money: A man will pay £2 for a £1 item he needs.

A woman will pay £1 for a £2 item that she doesn’t need, but is on sale.

Bathrooms: A man has six items in his bathroom: toothbrush, toothpaste, razor, shampoo, soap and a towel.

The average number of items in the typical woman’s bathroom is 337.

A man would not be able to identify more than 20 of these items.

Arguments: A woman has the last word in any argument.

Anything a man says after that is the beginning of a new argument.

Future: A woman worries about the future until she gets a husband.

A man never worries about the future until he gets a wife.

Success: A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend.

A successful woman is one who can find such a man.

Marriage: A woman marries a man expecting he will change, but he doesn’t.

A man marries a woman expecting that she won’t change, but she does.

Dressing Up: A woman will dress up to go shopping, water the plants, empty the trash, answer the phone, read a book, and get the mail.

A man will dress up for weddings and funerals.

Natural: Men wake up as good-looking as they went to bed.

Women somehow deteriorate during the night.

Offspring: A woman knows all about her children. She knows about dentist appointments and romances, best friends favourite foods, secret fears and hopes and dreams.

A man is vaguely aware of some short people living in the house.

Thought Of The Day: A married man should forget his mistakes. There’s no use in two people remembering the same thing.


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Marjorie ShawMarjorie Worne was born just before the second World War, at Walmer near Deal in Kent where her father, a Royal Marine, was based. Three years later, during an air raid, her sister was born and shortly afterwards the family moved to Ditton near Maidstone. Marjorie went to the local village school and later to Technical School where she was determined to become a chartered accountant. She had already got a prospective job lined up to start training when she had a change of heart and decided to become a teacher.

She trained at St Hilda’s College Durham and her first teaching practice; where she taught everything except science; was in a mining village – it was like being in a foreign country! On qualifying at the age of 20 she got a job at Royston Secondary School (now Greenway) teaching needlework. Lodging for a while in Garden Walk she soon became friendly with Carol Wedd from Melbourn whose aunt Betty Moore let out rooms. In April 1960 she moved into Melbourn with Mrs. Moore, her room at Eccleston House in the High Street was one of those with the bottle glass windows (you can still see them). She travelled to Royston daily on the back of a colleague’s Lambretta. Betty had a mushroom farm behind the house and Marjorie learned to like eating mushrooms with every meal!

One year Marjorie and two other teachers took a party of schoolchildren to Switzerland and Austria, staying in Youth Hostels. The sleeping arrangements were somewhat primitive – all the females in the party sleeping in a row on a rolled out foam sheet and the boys down below on straw palliasses. There was one bowl for washing – cold water only – but the food was good and they had a great trip.

At this time, about 1961, the Village College started holding regular Folk Dancing evenings and one Saturday, when she had spent the morning escorting the school netball team to Stevenage and then gone into Cambridge, her friend asked her to go along to the folk dance. She was really too tired and refused, but was eventually persuaded to go and it was there she met Terry Shaw – a Cambridge boy recently back from doing his National Service in Singapore. They shared the same interests and before long they became engaged, getting married in 1963.

Terry had always wanted to build his own timber house and they searched for a plot - to no avail. They looked at no. 4 Spencer Drive which was for sale but could not afford it and settled on a chalet bungalow in Hale Close – it looked rather like the house Terry had hoped to build!

Marjorie gave up teaching before Ian was born in 1965, followed by Carolynn in 1967. The two bedroomed house was no longer large enough so they advertised the house privately in the Cambridge Evening News – and that very same evening no 4 was also advertised for sale. Serendipity. With an immediate cash buyer for Hale Close they were able to buy the house in Spencer Drive and have been there ever since. Judy was born in 1969 making their family complete.

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Marjorie had started teaching needlework at MVC evening classes, first one and then three classes a week and has always made clothes for the family. With the girls at Peggy Valentine’s ballet class she made costumes for the shows they put on and when the girls got married she made all the wedding dresses. Not only that, she dressed dolls in miniature copies of the dresses and put them under a glass bell – a lovely souvenir.

Waiting one day for the girls to come out of ballet, Ron Peer approached her and asked if she would consider teaching at day school. She pointed to four year old Judy and said she couldn’t possibly leave her, whereupon Ron Peer suggested that Judy accompanied her mother to class. It couldn’t happen now! Marjorie gradually increased her hours and stayed at MVC until the early 80’s when she decided she had had enough of teaching and needed a change.

She saw an advertisement for selling and giving tutorials for Brother Sewing Machines in Robert Sayle and impulsively applied for the job. She loved dealing with the public but became frustrated that, as a Brother employee, she could not participate fully in the JL Partnership work, so she approached the M.D and asked if she could join the Partnership. Leaving Brother, she worked for a few months in Haberdashery and then moved to Audio and TV, where she had to brush up her technical skills to sell videos and televisions. She was glad to move to Furnishing Fabrics where she felt more at home.

She had always been a very keen photographer, as a girl her father had promised her a Kodak Retinette 1A for her 21st birthday. Sadly he died before then but her mother honoured the promise and that set her off on an interest which still takes up a great deal of her life. Her mother had also been a photographer – in fact, during the war whilst taking photographs of her two daughters on the beach at Deal her camera had been confiscated as the police thought she might be a spy!

You must have seen some of Marjorie’s Melbourn Calendars with their beautiful shots of the village. This came about by accident. She offered to make a calendar to be used as a raffle prize, one or two people saw it and asked if they too could have one. Mary Woodcock saw a copy at Coffee Stop and suggested Marjorie might produce a village calendar annually and sell it. Marjorie gives all profit to SOAS. As well as the calendars Marjorie makes delightful cards featuring high quality flower photographs as well as local scenes. Her photographs have been used in the Ramblers Worldwide Holidays brochures – she and Terry are very keen walkers.

Other interests have been sailing – Terry built his own Prout Swift catamaran and they belonged to the Hickling Broad Sailing Club. John Lewis owned 5 yachts in The Hamble and each branch had a chance to sail for so many weekends per year. All the equipment was supplied, including waterproofs, food and the fuel to get to and from the coast. Recognising Marjorie’s dedication they were given a trip to Clyndebourne all expenses paid. Unfortunately after 13½ years she developed an allergy to the formaldehyde used in the flame retardant finish on fabrics and after a brief spell in stock accounting she retired. But not to rest – as a member of the Retired Partners Club she heard the archivist Judy Faraday give a talk to the Club after which a group of them began researching the Robert Sayle store. The shop opened in 1840 and, as you will have read in previous issues, Marjorie has really got her teeth into the history of the store and working on the website. £25 for the weekend they enjoyed sailing with the opportunity to enhance their expertise. The couple were also founder members of the Robert Sayle Rambling Club which ran from 1987 to 2008, when 7 day trading put an end to any group being able to go out together.

All three children are married with 7 children between them and Marjorie and Terry are very hands-on grandparents. When I did this interview 11 year old twins Dominic and Alix were staying – Dominic and Terry were busy in the workshop making a small wooden house for Dumblies and Alix was making a cake.

Terry worked for 36 years with Grant Instruments as a design engineer and now in his retirement does sterling work round the Community Hall caring for the car park and plants. They both do yoga and have kept up the interest in folk dancing which brought them together. Marjorie still keeps up her connection with MVC working as an invigilator. They have a full and busy life – and Marjorie always has a camera handy!

Terry and Marjorie Shaw


A crazy language!!The English language has an extremely diverse history, and its development into a full-fledged tongue has been influenced by many other languages, Celtic, German, French, Spanish, Latin, Indian and Arabic to name but a few. Its ability to adapt, means that it is a language that is constantly changing and growing. Approximately 1000 new entries are added to the Oxford Dictionary Online every year.

It is also growing in popularity, as defined by the number of people who speak it. As the official language, English is spoken in 88 countries worldwide, with over 400 million people using English as their first language. Yet they are outnumbered by three-to-one by those for whom it has become their first or second language – and that number is growing. There are estimated to be over 700 million students learning English as a foreign language. These numbers combined, mean there are over 2200 million people speaking English, representing nearly a third of the entire world’s population.

Business and trade throughout the world is often conducted in English and in the science world nearly all scientific publications, papers and submissions are in English. With the advent of outsourcing, such as banking, telephone operations and computer services, many companies are now based in India, the Philippines and South America where employees must speak fluent English.

Television and films are amongst the biggest influences in English language learning. Often shown with subtitles, they have become one of the biggest educational aids in the modern world.

English is a rich and colourful language and is without doubt one of the most expressive languages, yet to some, it is an odd, if not difficult language to comprehend – and it’s not surprising! There are over 2 billion* recorded words and with a vast variety of accents and dialects all offering their own unique words, there are likely to be countless words in use which will never be recorded. However, the average person is likely to know only about 50,000 in their vocabulary.

Most native-English speaking countries have their own assortment of accents and dialects. In Britain there are over 60. There are the well known, such as Cockney from London, Brummie from the Midlands and Scouse/Geordie from the North East. Yet in the North East (from Yorkshire, to Cumbria) there are over 15 known different accents. In East Anglia there are the very distinct Norfolk, Suffolk and Fenland accents. Locally we even have the Cambridge accent. This is not the old Cambridge Academic accent, but a mix of Essex (London) and Cambridge, known to some as the ‘posh Essex’. In Scotland there are around 7 known accents and in Wales there are three.

In North America including Canada, Central and South America there are at least 80 different accents/dialects. In Asia and Australia there are around fifty.

With such a diversity of the accents, dialects and mix

of words it is easy to see why English is one of the most descriptive languages. In Britain, you would leave your ‘flat’ and put your picnic in the ‘boot’ of your car, whereas in the US, you would leave your ‘apartment’ and put the picnic in the ‘trunk’!

In many countries the dialect often includes words from other languages. In Singapore for example ‘Singlish’ is a combination of English, Chinese and Malay. In India there are 11 different accents/dialects including Malay-alee English and it is from India(n) that many words have come to enrich the English language. Every day words such as jungle, tank, bungalow and verandah and Anglo-Indian words such as, tiffin, hill station and gymkhana, all found their way into the English language from the days of the British Empire.

As a native-speaker, statements such as ‘the bandage was wound around the wound’ or ’the farm was used to produce produce’, are unlikely to cause us too many problems, but it must be very confusing for those first starting to learn the language.

Other examples include: We must polish the polish furniture; The soldier decided to desert in the desert and left his dessert behind; Since there is no time like the present, he thought it was time to present, the present, When shot at, the dove dove into the bushes; I did not object to the object; The insurance was invalid for the invalid; There was a row among the oarsmen about how to row; They were too close to the door to close it; A seamstress and a sewer fell down into a sewer line; How can I intimate this to my most intimate friend?

And how do we explain why the combination ‘ough’ can be pronounced in nine different ways. For example: ‘A rough-coated, dough-faced, thoughtful ploughman strode through the streets of Scarborough; after falling into a slough, he coughed and hiccoughed.’

It must be rather rough to be addressed as Reverend Ough.Or do you politely cough and say, ‘No, I pronounce it Ough’?Yet if you lived in Slough you’d be known as Reverend Ough.While the priest by Irish lough is addressed as Father Ough.But I rather think it, though, that you’re simply known as Ough.Still, I think I’ve said enough Mr. Oh, Ow, Ock or Uff.

The two-letter word UP possibly has more meanings than any other two-letter word. It’s easy to understand UP, meaning toward the sky or at the top of the list, but when we awaken in the morning, why do we wake UP?

At a meeting, why does a topic come UP or we are asked to speak UP and why are the officers UP for election and why

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Melbourn PlaygroupThis term at Melbourn Playgroup has been a busy and successful one. We say goodbye to the older children and wish them the best of luck in their reception year at school. We welcome our new children from September.

As the Tour de France travelled through our region we celebrated by tasting French foods such as brioche and croissants. We also coloured in French flags and racing jerseys. The most exciting activity was that we made a race track in the garden and the children drove around it on bikes. We all had a whale of a time!

With the beautiful summer weather we have been learning lots about meadows. We looked at flowers, trees and insects. The children have thoroughly enjoyed looking more closely at insects we have found within the school grounds. We then continued this work on insects back in the classroom.

In the new term we hope to be able to expand our space to give the children an even more exciting, stimulating learning environment. More news on this to follow!

If you want to know more about us or enquire about spaces for your child please contact Jane Crawford on 01763 223459 or email [email protected] or even visit the website on www.melbournplaygroup.org.uk

Melbourn Primary SchoolParents, Friends and Teachers AssociationMelbourn Primary School PTFA are thrilled to announce that new play equipment is a step closer thanks to the generosity and support of parents and friends of Melbourn Primary School. As this academic year draws to a close, the fund balance is in excess of £10,000, which means that installation of a new climbing frame for Key Stage 1 pupils is on track for completion early in the next school year.

PTFA Chair Sian Bolitho said, “Events like May’s Spring Fayre and our annual firework display have really delivered. The support we get from our parents and friends has been outstanding and this means that we can afford a wonderful climbing facility to keep the kids active during their break times”.

Fundraising goes on unabated, however, with plans in place for this year’s firework display already underway on 8th November. The ever-popular BBQ, refreshments and doughnuts will be available. Glo-Sticks will be on sale too, to complement the fireworks display promising one of the most colourful nights of the calendar.

Sian added, “Our next target is to provide an exciting piece of climbing equipment for KS2 to give our older children something challenging at break time”.

Following the success of last year’s inaugural Melbourn Ball, the PTFA have set the wheels in motion for a successor, which is tentatively planned for the middle of September 2015. Sian said, “The 2013 Ball was incredible and we’re hoping to see more of Melbourn dressed-up and turned-out next September”.

For further information, your PTFA press contact is Russell Foulger on 07956 107690 or [email protected]

Melbourn Playgroup - Oscar - drawing a caterpillar after investigating insects in our garden

Melbourn Playgroup - Poppy riding a bike around the Tour de France track we made


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is it UP to the secretary to write UP a report? We call UP our friends. And we use it to brighten UP a room, polish UP the silver, warm UP the leftovers or clean UP the kitchen. We lock UP the house and some guys fix UP the old car.

The word UP in the dictionary takes UP nearly a quarter of the page and can add UP to about thirty definitions.

At other times the little word has real special meaning. People stir UP trouble, line UP for tickets, work UP an appetite, and think UP excuses. To be dressed is one thing, but to be dressed UP is special. A drain must be opened UP because it is stopped UP. We open UP a store in the morning, but we close it UP at night.

When it threatens to rain, we say it is clouding UP, but then when the sun comes out we say it is clearing UP. When it rains, it wets the earth and often messes things UP. When it doesn’t rain for awhile, things dry UP.

You have to marvel at the unique lunacy of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, or you fill in a form by filling it out and an alarm goes off by going on. And how can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race, which, of course, is not a race at all. That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

Amazing as the English Language is, it is even more amazing that not just those who are learning English as a second language, but our own children, are able to take it all in – eventually.

Did you know?...• The dot on top of the lower case ‘i’ or a ‘j’ is called a ‘tittle’.

• The only two words that end ‘-gry’ are ‘hungry’ and ‘angry’.

• The most commonly used sentence using all of the letters in the alphabet and known to many learning to type is ‘the quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dogs’. This is known as a ‘pangram’ from the Greek for ‘all letters’.

• The longest word of a single syllable is ‘Screeched’, which means ‘shrieked’ or ‘cried out shrilly’. The longest word with no vowels is ‘Rhythms’.

• The longest word with all its letters in alphabetical order is ‘aegilops.’ A genus of flowering plants in the grass family.

• It is estimated that a new word is created every 98 minutes.

• ‘You’ is the 18th most common word in English, while ‘me’ only clocks in at number 50.

• Apparently, the oldest known word in English is ‘who,’ dating back more than 20,000 years.

• The longest word containing no repeating letters, including every vowel, is ‘uncopyrightable,’ at 15 letters.

• The only English term ending in -mt is ‘dreamt,’ a spelling of ‘dreamed’ commonly used in British English.

• Author Ernest Vincent Wright once wrote an entire novel with just over 50,000 words, without using the letter ‘e’.

Peter SimmonettThanks to Anne Lambert for kickstarting this article, by sending the information on the UP.

*The 20-volume historical Oxford English Dictionary is the largest record of words used in English, past and present. It contains words

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Melbourn Village CollegeEducation MattersNumber 10 Downing Street might best be described as rather like the Tardis.

It does not look especially large from the outside. However, it is remarkably big on the inside. Going up the stairs lined with former Prime Ministers, a suite of rooms presents itself. The largest of these is capable of accommodating a significant number of people. This was just as well for our function as there were perhaps 200 of us present to celebrate “Excellence in State Education”.

David Cameron had invited leaders from selected state schools across the country to acknowledge excellence in the state school system. I was invited to represent Comberton Village College and the Comberton Academy Trust because both the school and the Trust were deemed to be among the very best in the country and worthy of celebration. The criteria for this were a mixture of long-standing high achievement, consistent ‘outstanding’ Ofsted inspection judgements and a significant role in contributing to improving the performance of other schools. Comberton clearly met all the criteria.

David Cameron spoke, as usual, with no notes. In essence, he confirmed the hugely positive effect that all of these factors can have on pupils and thanked all those present for their work in providing inspiration to the young people of our country. It was a fair message and it was good that Comberton’s role and excellence were appropriately acknowledged in this way.

The Prime Minister followed up with a letter in which he said: “I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for your contribution to education in this country. State education in England is going from strength to strength, but that would not be possible without the work of people like you.”

“It speaks volumes that the Head Teacher of King’s College Wimbledon, a top independent school, recently pointed out that for the first time in his career, independent schools are experiencing real competition from state schools.”

Stephen Munday, Executive Principal

21st Century LearningOn Monday 23rd ninety Year 5 children from five local primary schools mixed with sixty Year 7 students to learn about being Digital Leaders. A team from the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (SSAT), led by digital pedagogy expert Andy Williams, ran sessions looking at key questions surrounding the use of digital technology in supporting learning in school. Children created blog entries and presentations which were shared with parents in an evening event at the college. The event was supported by local educational publisher George Pearson, who said “It was a pleasure to be involved in such a forward thinking event and to work with such technologically aware students”

Principal Simon Holmes said ‘It has been fascinating to engage the students in telling us what they think 21st century learning should look like. Schools need to ensure they make best use of the skills they bring and the possibilities that new technologies offer us’.

Somme VisitJune 2014 with funding from ‘A Common Territory’ and support from All Saints’ Church and local historian Bruce Huett, one hundred and twenty students from Melbourn Village College visited the French battlefields for five days. This visit was the largest foreign trip in the College’s history and because of the ACT funding was completely free to the students who took part. The purpose of the visit was twofold; firstly to understand the importance of the First World War as an historical event and the connection to our local community. Secondly we were part of a much larger community through the five million Euro ACT project which is an innovative cross-border collaboration between leading arts and education partners from France and England and is funded by the European Regional Development Fund Interreg IV A France (Channel) England Programme. Led by the Orchestre de Picardie, the partners in this network are The Purcell Singers, Brighton Festival Chorus, Opera de Rouen Haute Normandie, Comedie de Picardie, Cie ECO, Orchestre Symphonique de Bretagne, Royal Opera House Education, Southend YMCA, The Gateway Learning Community, University of the Creative Arts, Thurrock Music Services and Melbourn Village College.

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Farrah commented “when we went down to Lochnagar we sketched either the crater or the large wooden cross, but it was the panorama of the site that made the most impact on me, the crater was vast. Seeing this and the century old trenches were the things that made me think the most”.

Jack remembered the Newfoundland Memorial “walking through the trenches in the memorial was emotional: every crater and mark on the land had been preserved. In this small area 86% of the Newfoundland regiment were taken as casualties. It had been a struggle for the people to raise so many men – they were all volunteers. It had only taken a few minutes and two thousand metres for so many women back home to become widows or for families to lose a son. The names of these men, or boys as some were under the age of sixteen, carved into the memorial almost brought me to tears. The countryside all around had the wounds of a century old conflict scarred into their fields and farms, their villages and minds forever.”

Others were struck by the Thiepval Memorial where several Melbourn men were inscribed, “it was a very emotional moment” said one student. Another commented, “I’ll never forget the huge arch with so many names and I think it’s right that the people of Melbourn and the world never forget”.

One Million CrossesTo link with the World War 1 commemorations and to get an idea of the scale of the loss of life during this war students at Melbourn Village College were asked in registration time over a week to each mark crosses and completely cover two pages of A4 squared paper. Each student would then have marked 2400 crosses.

An assembly was then held with all students bringing their sheets and raising them so that everyone could see the

huge numbers involved. The total of all the crosses on all the sheets of paper was close to 1,000,000. In fact the sight of the 1,000,000 crosses raised by the students would have needed to be replicated in another seven schools if the total number of casualties were to be accurately shown but it did give students an idea of the enormous scale of the cost in lives involved.

This activity was only part of the college’s commemorations, which led up to the year 8 and 9 trip to the battlefields of France.

WW1 COMMEMORATIONSAs part of our work on the ACT (A Common Territory) project, Year 7 looked at the 1914 Christmas Truce.

We all know that Christmas is meant to be a time of peace and goodwill to all men, a task that is almost impossible in a war situation. However, the true spirit of Christmas won through and those who had been shooting at each other just the day before shared food, cigarettes and proudly showed pictures of loved ones they had left behind. This also led to, in at least one area of the frontline, a famous football match with people who were no longer the faceless enemy but a soldier, a human being, both groups believing that right was

huge numbers involved. The total of all the crosses on all the



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Village informationEDUCATION

Melbourn Playgroup Jane Crawford 07842 151512

Library LAP Mike Stapleton 269956

Little Hands Nursery School 260964

Out of school times 01223 503972

Notre Ecole Janet Whitton 261231

Primary School Headteacher Stephanie Wilcox 223457

U3A (Univ. of Third Age) Chairman George Howard 260686

Hon Sec Hilary Docwra 222486

Mem Sec Arthur Alderton 260399

Village College Principal Simon Holmes 223400

HEALTH

Age UK Cambridgeshire 01223 221921

Blood Donors 0300 123 23 23

Chiropodist 263260

Dentist 262034

District Nurses (Primary Care Trust) 01223 846122

Home-Start 262262

S Cambs PCT 35 Orchard Road

Child & Family Nurses 262861

Car Scheme 245228

Osteopath Kath Harry 261716

St John Ambulance Robert Jakubiak 220507

LOCAL CLUBS

Air Cadets 2484 (Bassingbourn) Squadron 249156

Tony Kelly Mon & Wed evenings 7 – 9.30 p.m.

Bellringers Barbara Mitchell 261518

Bridge Club Howard Waller 261693

1st Melbourn Rainbows Abigail Roberts 261505

Brownies 1st Melbourn Stephanie Clifford 220272

Brownies 2nd Melbourn Samantha Pascoe (Brown Owl) 261400

CATalyst 0774 953 0112

Dramatic Society Kathy Wholley 223805


Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Stuart Morris 208634

Gardening Helen Powell 245887

Guides 1st Melbourn Hilary Marsh 261443

Thursday Luncheon Club at Vicarage Close

Nikki & Julie 07599292327

Mothers’ Union Pauline Hay 260649

Melbourn History Group Ann Dekkers 261144

Melbourn Mushroom Club John Holden


Melbourn Pottery Club Maggie 01223 207307

Meldreth Local History Kathryn Betts 268428

National Trust Colin Limming 260072

New Melbourn Singers Adrian Jacobs 243224

Photographic Club Bruce Huett 232855

Ramblers Dave Allard 242677

Royal British Legion Women Elizabeth Murphy 220841

Royal National Lifeboat Institution Jean Emes 245958

Royston and District Local History Society

David Allard 242677

Royston Family History Society Pam Wright

[email protected]

Royston and District Round Table 221398

Royston Lions Janet Daniels 260009

RSPB Doug Radford 208978

SOAS (Supporters of All Saints’) Doreen Johnston 220197

St George’s Allotments Assoc. Bruce Huett

[email protected]

Women’s Group Pat Smith 260103

PLACES OF WORSHIP

All Saints’ Church

Rev Andrew O’Brien Melbourn Vicarage 260295

Curate Mary Price 261569

Churchwardens Roger Mellor 220463

Mike Galley 260127

Community Hall booking Sandie Springall 223320

[email protected]

Baptist Church Rev. Stuart Clarke 261650

Secretary Guy Manners 01223 872298

United Reformed Church Minister Rev. Duncan Goldie 260747

Secretary Peter and Eirwen Karner 262346

Hall booking Beryl and Barry Monk 246458

SPORT

Badminton Steve Jackson 248774

Bowls Elaine Cooke 221571

Croquet Janet Pope 248342

Jazzercise Sarah Howard 07703 422394

Judo Derek Coult 225004

MADS (Melbourn Amateur Dramatics Society)

Donna Sleight 232622

Melbourn and District Tennis Club David Liddiard

07508 995781

Melbourn Dynamos FC Gordon Atalker 07770533249

Melbourn Football Club Simon Gascoyne 261703

Melbourn Sports Centre Graham Johnson-Mack 263313

Meldreth Tennis Club Sue Davies 220174

Swimming Club Jenny Brackley 244593

Squash Club Nick Sugden 261064

WARDEN & SHELTERED HOUSING SCHEMES

Dial-A-Ride 01223 506335

Mobile Warden Scheme

Warden – Margo Wherrell 260966

Deputy – Jeannie Seers 262651

Assistant – Joy Hyde 220139

John Impey Way Jeanette Holland 269596

Southwell Court 262121

Moorlands Denise Taylor 260564

Vicarage Close Warden Eileen Allan 263389

Lead Sheltered Housing Officer - Monday to Friday 9–1.30

Vicarage Close, John Impey Way & Elin Way

Eileen Allan Mobile 07876 791419 / 245402

Every other week. 9–5 Monday to Friday

IMPORTANT NUMBERSOrchard Surgery Appointments & Dispensary 260220

For repeat prescriptions send email: [email protected]

HospitalsAddenbrooke’s 01223 245151Royston 01763 238020

OUT OF HOURS EMERGENCIES Camdoc 01223 464242 NHS Direct 0845 4647 (queries 24hrs)

Police (non emergency) 101

Fire & Rescue Service 01223 376217

Crimestoppers 0800 555111Freephone

Neighbourhood Watch 261520Steven Cambery [email protected]

Cambs Registered Trader Sceme 01223 221921

Telephone Preference Servicewww.tsponline.org.uk 0845 070 0707

Dial-A-Ride 01223 506335

CAB Royston 08456 889897

Childline 0800 1111

Samaritans 08457 909090

ServicesAnglian Water 08457 145 145Gas emergency 0800 111 999Electricity 08007 838838 South Cambs District

TransportBritish Rail Enquiries 08457 484950Stagecoach Cambus 08706 082608

The PressRoyston & Buntingford MercuryMedia Centre, 40 Ware Road, 01992 526639 Hertford, SG13 7HU

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Advertising Jan Simmonett 220363

Distribution Jose Hales 221058

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Friday 3

Coffee URC 10.30am

Melbourn & Meldreth Harvest Supper Meldreth

Village Hall

Saturday 4

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am

Cambridgeshire Carers Away Day – see article

Sunday 5

Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am Evensong 6.30pm

Holy Communion URC 11.00am

Communion Service Baptist Church 6pm

Monday 6

Poetry Workshop The Hub 2-4pm (10weeks)

Melbourn Bridge Club weekly at Vicarage Close contact

Howard Waller 261693

Tuesday 7

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30 (TT)

Melbourn & District Photographic Club weekly at

Foxton contact Bruce Huett 232855

Wednesday 8

Baptist Craft Club 9.30am (TT) – Coffee Break 10.30am

Hub Club Lunch 12.30pm

Reflective Service URC 7pm

Thursday 9

Holy Communion All Saints 10am

Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly

Friday 10

Coffee at URC10.30am

Saturday 11


Sunday 12

Family Communion & Sunday School All Saints 9.45am

URC Service 11.00am

Monday 13

Poetry Workshop The Hub 2-4pm

Tuesday 14


Mother’s Union 2pm Steeple Morden Village Hall

Melbourn & District Gardening Club ASCH 7.30pm

Wednesday 15


Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am-12

A10 Corridor Cycling Campaign AGM Royston 7pm

Thursday 16



Friday 19

Coffee at URC 10.30am

Royston Arts Festival until 28th September

Bottisham Beer Festival until 26th September

Homestart ‘A Taste of India’ Foxton Village Hall contact

262262 for details

Saturday 20


Sunday 21

Holy Communion 8am Family Service 11am All Saints

Baptist Communion Service 6pm

URC Harvest Festival 11am & Songs of Praise 5pm

Tuesday 23

Toddlers Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT)

Women’s Group Meldreth 7.45pm

Wednesday 24

Baptist Craft Club 9.30 – Coffee Break 10.30am

British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm

Harvest Supper

Meldreth, Shepreth & Foxton Rail Users Group Foxton

Village Hall 7.30pm

Thursday 25


Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm

Friday 26


Saturday 27

Coffee Stop All Saints 10.30am The Bookshelf

Meldreth Tower Open Day 11-5pm

Sunday 28


URC Service 11am

Monday 29

MVC Open Evening (school closed during the day)

Tuesday 30

Toddlers Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am TT

OCTOBERWednesday 1


Thursday 2



Royston & District Local History Soc. Royston Town Hall 8pm

SEPTEMBERMonday 1

Melbourn Bridge Club every Monday at Vicarage Close

contact Howard Waller 261693

Wednesday 3

Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30

Thursday 4

New term begins



Friday 5


Saturday 6


Sunday 7

Holy Communion 8am Evensong 6.30pm All Saints

Communion Service Baptist Church 6pm

URC Communion Service 11am

Tuesday 9


Mothers Union Fowlmere Church Hall 2pm DIY


Wednesday 10

Baptist Craft Club 9.30 (TT) – Coffee Break 10.30am


Thursday 11



Friday 12


Saturday 13

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am Mobile Wardens Stall

Sunday 14


URC Service 11am

Monday 15

Royston & District Family History Society ASCH 7.30pm

Tuesday 16


Melbourn & District Photographic Club weekly until April

Foxton Village Hall 7.30pm contact Bruce Huett 232855

Wednesday 17

Baptist Craft Club 9.30 (TT) – Coffee Break 10.30am

Thursday 18



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Tuesday 18


Wednesday 19

Craft Club 9.30am (TT) – Coffee Brea 10.30am

Thursday 20



Friday 21

Coffee URC 10.30am

Saturday 22


Sunday 23


URC Service 11.00am

Monday 24


Tuesday 25


Women’s Group Meldreth

Wednesday 26

Craft Club 9.30am (TT) – Coffee Break 10.30am

British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm

Thursday 27



Friday 28

Coffee URC 10.30am

Saturday 29


Meldreth Christmas Tree Festival

Sunday 30

Meldreth Christmas Tree Festival

Family Communion All Saints 9.45am

URC Service 11.00am

Monday 3

Poetry workshop The Hub 2-4pm

Melbourn Bridge Club every Monday Vicarage Close

contact Howard Waller 261693

Tuesday 4

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT)

Melbourn & District Photographic Club Foxton Village Hall

every Tuesday 7.30pm contact Bruce Huett 232855

Wednesday 5

Craft Club 9.30am (TT) followed by Coffee Break Baptist

Church 10.30am

Thursday 6



Royston & District Local History Society Royston

Town Hall 8pm

Friday 7

Coffee URC 10.30am

Saturday 8


Sunday 9

Village Remembrance Service All Saints 10.45am

Meldreth History Group World War 1 exhibition

10am – 12.30pm. See page 51.

Monday 10


Tuesday 11

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT)

Mothers’ Union ASCH 2pm AGM


Wednesday 12

Craft Club 9.30am (TT) – Coffee Break 10.30am


Reflective Service URC 7pm

Thursday 13

Holy Communion All Saints 10.00am


Friday 14

Coffee URC 10.30am

Foxton Art Exhibition until Sunday 16th

Saturday 15

All Saints Christmas Bazaar (no Coffee Stop) 11am–3pm

Sunday 16

Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am & Family Service

All Saints 11.00am

URC Service 11.00am Shoebox Sunday

Baptist Communion Service 10.30am

Monday 17


Friday 17

Coffee URC 10.30am

Saturday 18

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am The Bookshelf

Sunday 19

Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am

Family Service 11.00am

URC Service 11.00am

Baptist Communion Service 10.30am

Monday 20



Tuesday 21


Wednesday 22

Baptist Craft Club (TT) – Coffee Break 10.30am

Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close

AGM 7pm

Thursday 23



Friday 24


Saturday 25


Valuation Day with Thomas Plant ASCH 11-4pm

Sunday 26


URC Service 11.00am

Tuesday 28

Women’s Group Melbourn 7.45pm

Wednesday 29

Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am-12

Thursday 30



Friday 31

Coffee URC 10.30am

Churches Together Light Party Baptist Church

NOVEMBERSaturday 1


Sunday 2


Service for All Souls All Saints 6.30pm

URC Service 11.00am

Baptist Communion 6pm

Winter Flower Festival All Saints’ Church

Melbourn Saturday 31st January andSunday 1st February 2015

The closing date for the next

issue is Friday 17th October

2014 which will appear in

December, listing events

in December, January and

February 2015.


Village information continued

BIN COLLECTIONMELBOURN

For an update on collections visit:www.scambs.gov.uk/content/friday

For more information and collections of largehousehold items Telephone 03450 450 063

5 September Green & Blue Bin

12 September Black Bin 19 September Green & Blue Bin

26 September Black Bin 3 October Green & Blue Bin

10 October Black Bin 17 October Green & Blue Bin

24 October Black Bin 31 October Green & Blue Bin

7 November Black Bin 14 November Green & Blue Bin

21 November Black Bin 28 November Green & Blue Bin

5 December Black Bin 12 December Green & Blue Bin

19 December Black Bin

*Saturday Collection.

Orchard Surgery & DispensaryMonday to Friday 8:30 – 1pm and 3pm – 6pm

Phone 01763 2260220Telephone requests are not accepted

For repeat prescriptions you can: Fax 01763 260220or email: [email protected]

• Allow at least 48 hours (two working days – excluding weekends and bank holidays) for repeat prescriptions to be ready.

• Do not leave your request to the last minute.

Prescription/medication depending on eligibilitycan be collected from the

Surgery Co-op Tesco in Royston

Please let the dispensary know where you wish your prescriptions to be sent. This will remain your choice until we are informed otherwise.

Melbourn Health Visiting TeamDrop in clinics for parents and babies are held as follows:

Melbourn clinic every Wednesdaybetween 9.30am and 11.00am at:

35 Orchard Road, Melbourn.Telephone 01763 262861

8a Romsey Terrace, Cambridge. CB1 3NHOffi ce Mon-Fri 9.00am-12.30pm.

Telephone 01223 416 141answerphone out of these hours

[email protected]

A drop in advisory session is held atVicarage Close Community Room, the

4th Thursday of the month from 2pm to 4pm

See the website for more informationwww.cambridgeshirehearinghelp.org.uk

Battery exchange and retubing.We do not do hearing tests

Cam Sight’s Rural Support group meet in Melbourn to provide help,

and friendship.

The group provide enjoy speakers, music, information, events and

trips and a chance to try out new equipment. They meet monthly on a weekday morning or afternoon.

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Cricket Team SuccessYear 7 boys captained by Harry Hopwood played the Cambridgeshire County stage of the cricket that they qualified for earlier and made it through their group in second place after victory over Linton and a narrow defeat to King’s Ely. This set up a semi-final with the winners of the other group which was Sawston and despite being a bowler and batter down through to injury, Melbourn still ran out easy winners and reached the final. The final was against Parkside but the occasion got to some of the players and lots of ‘wides’ and ‘no-balls’ resulted in a 10 run defeat. Overall the day was very enjoyable in the stunning setting of Clare College Sports Ground even with a murder of crows demolishing the boys packed lunches when no-one was looking.

Main wicket takers were Will Mallen, Jake Williams and Harry Hopwood. Main run scorers were Jake Williams, Harry Hopwood and Jasper Bridges.

From left to right: Zendon Balfour, Ryan Merrick, Charlie Campbell, Jasper Bridges (wk), Josh Montgomery, Tom Carrington, Will Mallen, Harry Hopwood (c), Jake Williams, Will Jones.

on their side. The guns fell silent and that night carols filled the air. When Christmas was past the war continued. It is hard to imagine how the two lines felt when they were ordered to fire on new found friends.

As part of our work relating to the commemoration of the First World War we looked at the concept of community and applied it to this situation. We tried to put ourselves into their shoes and think about whether there were fundamental differences between England and Germany or whether at this time of year there were more aspects in common. We created a response to these events with a poem, and I am pleased to include below some of the thoughtful work that they produced.

Soldiers were looking up and you can see the lightsEverything was silence and the English Soldiers said‘Wow, there are lights everywhere’.They just realised it was Christmas TreesAnd the Germans came over.The English soldier was next to the Christmas TreeAnd the English solider said ‘do you speak English?’The German said, ‘Yes, yes I do.’The English said ‘We are celebrating Christmas, Would you like to celebrate with usAnd drink whiskey and get drunk?’And the German soldier said, ‘Yes please’.

Seb Masters – Year 7

I heard a voice, A German voiceComing clear and loud, on this mighty day.Slowly the voice came louder.Closer.Then you could make out words.German words.Singing carols.A tune. A happy tune.A Christmas tune. Suddenly I sat up.Shook my partner awake. I ran out, not waiting for my partnerShivering with fear on whatI am to do. Hope and fear stirred inside me.

Elena Squire – Year 7

Walking with the Wounded Once again, Melbourn Village College students have proved themselves to be enthusiastic fundraisers, taking part en masse in a three legged race to raise money for the charity, ‘Walking with the Wounded’. This charity supports the rehabilitation of service men and women who have been injured in service of our nation, and enables them to make a new life, adapting to the challenges they face. In this period of reflection on the centenary of World War I, it is particularly appropriate for our students to consider the sacrifice of others.

Year seven and eight students raised over £1,000 in sponsorship and from their contribution from a non-uniform day. It was a superb effort, and our students should be proud of their amazing efforts.

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support those in difficult circumstances. Melbourn Dance Company didn’t make it through to the next round, though did win the Silver Award for fundraising, and won the title ‘Best Group Dynamic’. We look forward to participating again next year.

SSCO Reports on Sporting TriumphsKS 2 Rounders Tournament

On Tuesday 3rd June, year 9 sports leaders ran the local rounders festival despite it being cold and windy. Harston, Foxton and Meldreth competed for the title which was eventually won by Harston. The children all improved throughout the morning and the leaders learned how to umpire and score the games. Well done to all who took part.

KWIK Cricket Competition

On Thursday 12th June, two year 10 and one year 11 boy helped the ECB local committee with running the kwik cricket competition at Foxton Cricket Club. They spent a hot afternoon, umpiring and scoring and were commended on their hard work by the organisers of the event.

Mini Olympics 2014

Tuesday 17th June saw 16 sports leaders from MVC attend the annual year 4 Mini Olympics festival held at Wilberforce Road athletics track.

14 new Leadership Academy students from year 9 and 2 Young Ambassadors from year 10 helped run hockey and multi-skills stations for year 4 pupils from South Cambridgeshire Primary schools. There were about 1500 children with their staff members so it was a huge event.

Once again, MVC students rose to the occasion and learned how to lead and run their activity to many different groups over the course of the day.

The YA’s from MVC were involved in the opening ceremony, introducing the event and plans for the day. Everyone had a great time and were suitably tired by the end of the day. Many thanks to all the sports leaders who once again did a magnificent job representing the school.

Yr1 Multi-Skills

On Tuesday 15th July, the year 9 Sports Leaders travelled over to Harston & Newton for their last festival of the year. They experienced taking very young children through the various activities planned which was both tiring and enjoyable. Many thanks to Harston for hosting many festivals this year and best wishes go to Maureen Sykes who retires this year, having made a huge impact on the PE curriculum and sporting prowess of the school.

Scientific Approach to WWI at MVCWhilst some students visited the battlefields in France others, at school, took part in science activities relating to WW1.

The students learned how to take basic healthcare measurements of pulse rate, breathing rate, body temperature and blood pressure.

They then visited a mock-up field hospital ward. They had to diagnose all the patients and say who should be

• Treated and sent back

• Passed on to the base hospital for further treatment/analysis

• Left to die!Our young scientists continued with their WWI making

morse code circuits, investigating poppies and finding out why soldiers used glow worms!

Melbourn Dance CompanyThe talented Melbourn Dance Company took part in the British Red Cross’s annual competition ‘Make Your Move’, held at Comberton Village College on Saturday 14th June. The group performed to friends and family, alongside other performance groups across Cambridgeshire. Our

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Notre EcoleDuring the summer term our theme has been ‘growing things’ or ‘ça pousse’ for both of our children’s groups. We have learnt some vocabulary relating to the different parts of a sun flower (le tournesol) and also explained in French how to grow a plant. We put our instructions to the test and each child grew their own sunflower, after some false starts due to slugs and mice in Mme Whitton’s shed! As I write we are still looking forward to seeing them flower during the summer holidays.

We also practised our version of ‘Jacques et le Haricot Magique’ (Jack and the Beanstalk). Some children made beautiful props which they brought along to the club for us to use and all the children worked very hard at learning their lines. At our last session we acted our play to a supportive and enthusiastic audience of friends and family and also sang them one of the songs we had learnt during the year.

Our adult beginner’s class continue to make good progress. We have talked about nationality and where we come from and our jobs. We have practised using the verbs ‘avoir’ and ‘être’ in the present tense and numbers up to 60.

Meanwhile members of our more advance conversation class have discussed the English stages of Le Tour de France, the recent train worker strike in France, National music day on 21st June and the village of Pernes in Provence which was recently visited by those members of the group who took part in Marines intensive language holiday to the South of France.

September is always a good time to start a new learning something new so if you or your child are interested in joining one of our groups please get in touch. Notre Ecole, led by a native speaker and a graduate of European Studies with French, has been teaching French to pupils of all ages for nearly fourteen years. Call either Marine on 07533 443153 or

Janet on 07791 853448 for further details. If you prefer e-mail, contact [email protected] or [email protected]. We look forward to hearing from you.

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Workers’ Educational AssociationEnrolment for the Autumn courses will be on Tuesday 16th September 10am-11am at Royston Town Hall. As previously there will be a choice of two courses:

• Collectors & Curios Pt 2. Peter Edwards

• Climate Change Wendy Hartnell

The courses will start on 23rd September at Royston Town Hall 10am-11.30am and will last for 10 weeks. The cost will be £48.Details from Audrey Parsons 01763 244447.

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Somewhere at the top of the Hundred Acre Wood a little boy and his bear play. On the surface it is an innocent world, but on closer examination by a group of experts you will find a forest where neuro-developmental and psychosocial problems go unrecognised and untreated.

On the surface it is an innocent world: Christopher Robin, living in a beautiful forest surrounded by his loyal animal friends. Generations of readers of Winnie-the-Pooh stories have enjoyed these seemingly benign tales. However, perspectives change with time, and it is clear to a group of modern neuro-developmentalists that these are in fact stories of seriously troubled individuals, many of whom meet the ‘standard criteria’ for significant disorders. An exhaustive review of these stories offer a conclusion about the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood in hopes that their observations will help the medical community understand that there is a dark underside to this world.

Beginning with Pooh. The most striking for this unfortunate bear is his Attention Deficit Disorder (ADHD). Pooh also demonstrates a significant impulsivity (a tendency to act on a whim), as witnessed, for example, by his poorly thought out attempt to get honey by disguising himself as a rain cloud, this is further aggravated by an obsessive fixation on honey. The latter, of course, has also contributed to his significant obesity.

Pooh’s repetitive counting behaviour suggests an Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). He is also described as having Very Little Brain, a possible diagnoses could be Microcephaly, where the head is significantly smaller than those of other bears. However, this is a difficult diagnoses, as standards do not exist for the head circumference of the brown bear. The cause of Pooh’s poor brain growth may be found in the stories themselves. Early on Pooh is seen being dragged upstairs bump, bump, bump, on the back of his head. Could his later struggles with remembering and learning words be the result of a type of Shaken Bear Syndrome?

Pooh needs intervention. His life would be much richer if he were to start a trial of low-dose stimulant medication. With the right support, including psychoactive drugs, Pooh might be fitter and more functional and perhaps produce (and remember) more poems.

I take a - PILL - tiddley pomIt keeps me - STILL -tiddley pom,It keeps me - STILL - tiddley pomNotfiddling.

And what of little Piglet? Poor, anxious, blushing flustered little Piglet. He clearly suffers from an Anxiety Disorder. Had he been properly assessed and his condition diagnosed when he was young, he could have been placed on an appropriate drug and been saved from the emotional trauma he experienced while attempting to trap heffalumps.

Then there is their neighbour, Eeyore. What a sad life that donkey lives. There is insufficient history to diagnose if this as an inherited depression or to know whether some early trauma contributed to his chronic negativism. However, Eeyore would benefit greatly from an antidepressant, perhaps combined with individual therapy. Maybe with the right drug, Eeyore might begin to see the humour in the whole tail-losing episode. Even if a patch of St. John’s wort grew near his thistles, the forest could ring with a braying laugh.

Owl: whilst obviously bright, he is dyslexic? His poignant attempts to cover up for his reading difficulty are similar to what we see day-in and day-out in others. If only his condition had been identified early and he received more intensive support!

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Baby Roo is of particular worry. It is not his impulsiveness or his hyperactivity that is of concern, those are probably age appropriate. It is the environment in which he is developing. Roo is growing up in a single- parent household, which puts him at high risk for poorer outcome. Roo is likely to end up a delinquent, jaded, adolescent, hanging out late at night at the top of the forest, the ground littered with broken bottles of extract of malt and the butts of smoked thistles. This will be Roo’s reality, in part because of a second issue. Roo’s closest friend is Tigger, who is not a good role model. Peer influences strongly affect outcome.

Tigger is gregarious and affectionate, but he has a recurrent pattern of risk-taking behaviours. Look, for example, at his impulsive sampling of unknown substances when he first comes to the Hundred Acre Wood. With the mildest of provocation he tries honey, haycorns and even thistles. Tigger has no knowledge of the potential outcome of his experimentation. Later he is seen climbing tall trees and acting in a way that can only be described as socially intrusive. He leads Roo into danger. His behaviour shows obvious signs of hyperactivity and impulsivity, which would suggest the need for a stimulant medication.

Kanga is noted to be somewhat overprotective. Could her possessiveness of Roo relate to a previous run-in with social services? And where will Kanga be in the future? It is highly likely that she will end up older, blowsier, struggling to look after several joeys conceived in casual relationships with different fathers, stuck at a dead end with inadequate financial resources. But perhaps that is a too gloomy outlook. Kanga may prove to be one of those exceptional single mothers

who show a natural resilience – an ability, to bounce back. Maybe Kanga will pass her GCSEs, earn a university degree and maybe even get an MBA. Perhaps some day Kanga will buy the Hundred Acre Wood and develop it into a gated community of half million pound homes. But that is not likely to happen, particularly in a social context that does not appear to value education and provides no strong female leadership.

What leadership there is in the Hundred Acre Wood is simply that offered by one small boy, Christopher Robin. Christopher has not exhibited any diagnosable condition as yet, but there are several issues that need looking at. There is the obvious problem of a complete absence of parental supervision, not to mention the fact that this child is spending his time talking to animals. In the stories there are early signs of difficulty highlighted in E. H. Shepard’s illustrations, one of which suggest possible future gender identity issues for this child.

Finally, there is Rabbit. His tendency to be extraordinarily self-important and his odd belief system that he has a great many relations (many of other species!) and friends. He seems to have an overriding need to organise others, often against their will, into new groupings, with himself always at the top of the reporting structure. Rabbit has clearly missed his calling, as he obviously belongs in senior-level hospital administration.

Somewhere at the top of the forest a little boy and his bear play. Sadly, the forest is not, in fact, a place of enchantment, but rather one of disenchantment, where neuro-developmental and psychosocial problems go unrecognised and untreated. It is unfortunate that an ‘Expotition’ was never ‘Organdised’ to a child development clinic.

An edited version of an assessment of Winnie-the Pooh and friends (A. A. Milne’s characters), produced by Dr Sarah Shea, the principal author and contributor. Illustrations by E. H. Shepard.

Did you know… Winnie-the-Pooh was named after a Canadian black bear called Winnie that lived at London Zoo and Pooh was a swan the Milne family came across on holiday and became a character in one of A. A. Milne’s early works called When We Were Very Young.


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1st Melbourn GuidesThe summer term arrived, and so did 8 eager new girls, fresh from Brownies and ready to enjoy our Guide programme.

After an evening of team-building activities, we got stuck into Go For Its and Enterprise challenges. These included fabric design of a drawstring bag for camp, and the creation of new hairstyles and hair accessories for girls.

We had perfect sunny weather for our day trip to Chessington World of Adventures where the girls and leaders enjoyed being splashed, spun around, and scared silly on the rides and rollercoasters. On another lovely afternoon we enjoyed the District Rosebud Rally, celebrating the Brownie centenary with other local Rainbows, Brownies and Guides. The girls learned first aid, made cardboard dragon boats, and tried various crafts and outdoor games.

Most Guide events have made use of the fine summer evenings; we did a compass-based hike and quiz to Riverside Park, played rounders on the

field, and had a fun tennis session on Meldreth courts.

Cooking is always a popular activity at Guides; the girls have learned to make curry, risotto, pizza, waffles, and have also tried popcorn and camp fajitas over outdoor fires.

As always, we will enjoy a camp during the summer holidays, for which we are hoping for fine dry weather!

We currently have a full unit and a waiting list, and would welcome another adult leader. If you would like to know more about becoming a Guide or a Leader, or if you have any skills or hobbies which you would like to share with us, please contact me on: 01763 261443 or email: [email protected] Marsh

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Meldreth History Group will be holding a World War 1 exhibition which will include the Melbourn displays, at the Sheltered Housing Community Centre in Elin Way, Meldreth on 9th November 10am to 12.30pm.

We would like to invite everyone to come and see our exhibition and share a hot drink with us, particularly those who attended the War Memorial Service at Meldreth.

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Meldreth History Group will be holding a World War 1 exhibition which will include the Melbourn displays, at the Sheltered Housing Community Centre in Elin Way, Meldreth on 9th November 10am to 12.30pm.

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Melbourn Photographic Club has a reputation as a very friendly photographic club and truly will welcome new members, whatever their ability. For anyone new to photography who wishes to learn more and to improve their photographic skills, there is no better way to learn than to join our club.

Royston & District Local History Societywww.roystonlocalhistory.org.ukOur website shows all the books we have for sale. Many of these result from the considerable work undertaken by our Publications sub-committee. The books are available at our meetings or may be ordered by post from David Allard (01763 242677. They may also be purchased at the Royston Museum & Arts Gallery in Kneesworth Street and some are available at the Cave Bookshop in Melbourn Street.

The society is responsible for the opening of Royston Cave, Melbourn Street, Royston which will be open on Saturdays and Sundays 2.30pm-5pm (last admission 4.30pm) until the end of September. Re-opening 4th April 2015. www.roystoncave.co.uk

Our evening meetings are held in the Heritage Hall (the main hall downstairs) Royston Town Hall starting at 8pm. After the talk which lasts about an hour, coffee and biscuits will be served. Books will be on sale. Annual membership £5 (Sept-Aug)

(Under 18s half price) Visitors £2.

» October 2nd – Woodhall & the Abel Smith family Dorothy Abel Smith MBE

» November 6th – The impact of the First World War Mike Muncaster on Britain

Royston and District Family History SocietyThis is my first contribution to the Melbourn Magazine and our Society would like to thank Avril Emery for her work for the Society as our previous contributor to this Magazine as well as our Chairman and Journal Editor.

Our recent programme included members enjoying some interesting insights in the way to date old photographs and at the AGM we were

Melbourn And District Photographic ClubThe new season for the Melbourn and District Photographic Club starts on Tuesday 16th September when new and old members will be welcomed back after the summer recess for an exciting mixture of photographic talks, competitions and Club Evenings throughout the year. Meetings begin at 7.30pm and are held weekly at the Foxton Village Hall through to April 2015.

The Autumn Season will include:

» 16th September – Welcome Evening and some holiday Tales

» 23rd September – A self-judged competition to help us to warm up for the season

» 30th September – Club Evening

to include a mixture of tuition and judging the Village Challenge competition

» 7th October – 1st Open Projected Image competition

» 14th October – Points of View competition

» 21st October – A talk, ‘Wildlife on your doorstep & Exciting wildlife from around the World’

Photograph Close Encounter, Kevin Robinson, Winner of Projected Image of the Year

Anyone wishing to know more about the Club should e-mail the club at [email protected] for more details. The full program and other useful information about the Club, including a selection of our work can be found on the Club’s website: www.melbourn-photographic-club.co.uk.


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NatureMany of the plantings in the Botanic Garden highlight the importance of flowers and their pollinators. Chief amongst these are the Bee Borders, a demonstration of plants that are particularly good nectar sources for insects. Alternatively, take a walk around the Systematic Beds and watch the bees picking out the flowers that are at their best and producing plenty of nectar - at this time of year the Compositae or daisy family beds are particularly good. When planting to attract insects, providing a diversity of flower structures and flowering times is key and a visit to the Garden can help inform your choices.

Lavenders are well known and recommended for attracting insects but one particular cultivar stands apart and is often commented on by visitors to the Garden. This special plant is a type of Lavandin, Lavandula x intermedia ‘Sussex’, one of the larger-growing hybrids reaching about 1-1.2mtr high and blooming from July through to the end of August. Walk around the lavender hedge that encircles the Rose Garden and ‘Sussex’ is the one literally buzzing with honeybees, bumblebees, butterflies, hoverflies and even day-flying moths. When in full flower, it’s the favourite of favourites in the Bee Border for nectar-feeding insects.

So why is it so much better than others? The large flower spikes bear fresh flowers over many weeks giving longevity of flowering and hence nectar supply. The flower colour is attractive but not spectacular and is unlikely to be a significant factor in why ‘Sussex’ is the top destination. We suspect it simply produces more nectar than other cultivars and it is this that attracts so many insects.

Another plant in this colour spectrum and indeed the same plant family (Lamiaceae), is the tall and transparent Verbena bonariensis, which can self-seed freely in our county’s

generally free draining soils to create a purple haze that is the perfect foil for the late summer flowering reds and oranges of dahlias and montbretias. Throughout August, the pompoms of tiny tubular, intensely violet flowers wave in the slightest breeze and are the perfect landing platforms for all sorts of insects – comma butterflies are often attracted, but it is the small tortoiseshells that seem to love this plant. As Verbena bonariensis has become a more and more popular garden plant in recent years, so the populations of small tortoiseshells have increased – could there perhaps be a virtuous circle developing? Certainly, judicious choice of plants for our own gardens can do much to improve the situation for our insect pollinators.

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sad to say goodbye to three members of the Committee, including Avril, but delighted to welcome two new ones. Neville Chuck is our new Chairman.

Our programme for the rest of 2014 is as follows:

» Sept 5th Apprentices

» Oct 20th Member’s Evening

» Nov 17th They gave their lives. Stories of local lads.

» Dec 15th Christmas BuffetOur member’s evenings are felt to

be helpful to new members but even those of us who have been researching for years frequently come up against a “brick wall” that we haven’t experienced before and are grateful to pick the brains of someone who has.

This would also be a good time to remind you that you don’t need to have local ancestors to join us, in fact very few of us have. Family history experiences and dilemmas are the same where ever you may be researching. No matter how much information is available on line there is still a need to TALK to like minded souls from time to time.

We also undertake projects which we see as our contribution to the wider family history family of researchers. We are looking at possible subjects to mark the commemoration of the centenary of WW1

Our latest publication is the Monumental Inscriptions for Wallington Parish Church. The current ongoing, and very large project, is the Orchard Road Cemetery, Melbourn. Progress is being made. All our publications are available on our bookstall at meetings, from our website www.roystonfhs.org.uk or from the Parish Chest website, www.parishchest.com.

All our meetings, unless otherwise stated, take place on the third Monday of the month at All Saints Community Hall, Melbourn with doors opening for chat and a look at the bookstall at 7.30 pm and talks commencing at 8pm.

We are always happy to see new faces and can assure you of a warm welcome. Pam Wright, Journal Editor, Royston & District FHS

Melbourn and District Gardening ClubAre you interested in gardening? Why not

join the Melbourn and District Gardening Club on a regular or occasional basis.

We meet at 7.30p.m on the second Tuesday each month, at the Community Hall, behind All Saints Church (near traffic lights, lane by telephone box)

A busy month for the club Coach outing to Hampton Court Palace and GardensBy setting out early we missed the traffic and arrived just as the gates opened. The weather was good, if a little too hot at times! The Palace was huge and there was plenty to see, in fact some of us spent so much time looking round the palace, there wasn’t much time to see the gardens. (Although you could see some of them through the windows)

We could have done with two days to see it all. Some members went on a guided tour with an ex history teacher. The additional information made the day even more enjoyable.

Within the gardens there was plenty of seating, a well stocked herbaceous borders, a Maze covering a third of an acre and the 240 year old Great Vine.

The Staff were exceptionally friendly and helpful. People dressed in period costume which added to the atmosphere.

The facilities were good and the cafes provided fresh food with plenty of seating.

Everywhere was well signposted, which made it easy to get around

A good day – join us on our trip next year!!

Visit to the garden of Richard Ayres, retired Head Gardener at Anglesey Abbey We had previously seen slides and heard Richard talk about his garden at Lode, so it was good to see the real thing. Richard made us very welcome showing us the beautiful, colourful, herbaceous borders and immaculate lawn edges.

The afternoon was rounded off with tea and cakes provided by ladies from the church, where Richard is the organist.

Flower Show and Afternoon Tea at All Saints Community Hall

Tea and cakes were provided by the club committee and helpers for our second Flower Show. There were many entries

for the various classes. This year we added a photography class. It was so popular that next year, we will have to supply another display board.

Previous Talks

Philip Whaites Head Gardener at Wimpole visited us in July and gave a talk with slides, on the current Restoration of Wimpole Gardens at Wimpole Hall. He explained the history of the gardens and brought us up to date with future plans. Several buildings, including the apple store and mushroom house had been restored and are now in use.

AUTUMN PROGRAMME » Tuesday 9 September 2014 – Herbaceous Plants and Grasses for Seasonal Excitement and Colour. Hilary Thomas

» Tuesday 14 October 2014 – Gardens of the South East. Neil Holmes Smith

» Tuesday 11 November 2014 Heritage Plants. Richard Gant Head Gardener Madingley Hall

New members and visitors very welcome. For more information - ring Helen 01763 245887

Melbourn Karate ClubStudents from the Melbourn Kamaete Schools of Traditional Shotokan Karate club (KSTSK) attended their first tournament held at Wodson Park Sports

Gavin Elliott-Turner with Gold Medal


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Centre, Ware in May. At the tournament there were members representing 15 clubs from around Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire put on a marvellous display of Karate and spirit in Kumite (sparring) and Kata (Formal Sequence). Friends and families showed their support as they cheered on everyone throughout the day. Events covered all ages, from age 6 years Kata, through teenager and adult categories to Black Belt Kata and Kumite. The popular Family Team (synchronised) Kata event, proved a huge success again with many teams coming forward. Sensei Peter Khera 5th Dan who teaches at Melbourn commented “Melbourn club students did very well especially as it was their first tournament. Naturally they were nervous and excited but all took part and gave it their best. Well done !” Gavin- Elliott Turner took Gold medal in Individual kata and brothers George and Henry Whybrow took Bronze in Team Kata.

In June members of the Melbourn Club attended Grading Examinations held at Hertfordshire Sports Village, Hatfield. Sensei Peter Khera, Instructor commented “all students had been working hard learning new movements and kicks and it was great to see the progress they had made when they demonstrated these techniques at the examination”. Grading results as follow:

First Name Last Name Grade/Belt

Dan Carrier BlueRory Carrier BlueEvie Carrier BlueGeorge Whybrow BlueSteve Huff RedCallum Keir RedMegan Huff RedHenry Whybrow RedGavin Elliott-Turner RedAsa Waldman Orange

The club meets every Sunday at 12 Midday at Melbourn Village College Sports Centre. New beginners welcome are always welcome and no special clothing needed, the first lesson is Free. For further details contact 07866 374674 or visit www.kstsk.co.uk

Ramblers’ AssociationRoyston and District GroupOur walks programme continues

right through the year. For details visit our website: www.ramblers-herts-northmiddlesex.org.uk or contact David Allard 242677.

Email: [email protected] or Lesley Abbiss 273463. There is also a poster displaying walks for the current month in both Melbourn and Royston libraries.

We have walks on Sundays, which are normally 5–7 miles in the morning and a similar or shorter walk in the afternoon. Occasionally Sunday walks are Figures of Eight making it possible to do only the morning or only the afternoon. Half-day walks are held on Tuesday and Thursday mornings. Our evening walks will resume on 27th April 2015. Prospective new members are welcome and may come on three walks before deciding whether to join. www.ramblers.org.uk to join.

Melbourn Bridge ClubThe Club continues to attract thirty or more players on a Monday evening at 7.30pm in Vicarage Close.

Duplicate bridge is played and the evening’s results are circulated to all by email every Tuesday morning. The results are also always published on the Club Website melbourn.org.uk/bridge club

New players are still welcome and can turn up alone when they will always be guaranteed a game. We do, however, encourage players to form partnerships and become regular members of this very friendly Club. Many of these newly formed partnerships are already coming out on top on Monday evenings. They also take part in any friendly matches we are able to arrange and annual social evenings at Christmas.

So there is no excuse for not giving this fascinating game of bridge a try and our contact person is still Howard Waller on 261693.

Expert Advice at the Family History FairWith the eleventh series of ‘Who Do You Think You Are?’ airing on our screens this summer, family history has never been more popular.

If you’ve ever thought about researching your own ancestry, expert advice will be on hand at the

Cambridgeshire Family History Society Fair on 25 October. Speakers will teach you how to find your Cambridgeshire ancestors and then turn your research into a story. You will also hear about the Imperial War Museum Duxford’s collection of Second World War images as well as learning how to date old photographs from clues given in the pictures.

Exhibitors from family and local history societies will be attending, as well as organisations offering everything that you need to help you with your research. Whether your ancestors are from Cambridgeshire, or beyond, volunteers from the Society will be available for one-to-one sessions to give advice about getting started and what to do if you get stuck. There will also be free access to the main online genealogy providers’ websites throughout the day.

The fair is taking place at Girton Glebe School. Doors open 10am-4pm. Parking and entry is free (£2 to attend each talk). The Citi 6 bus stops outside the school. See www.cfhs.org.uk or http://on.fb.me/UdrbZ8 for further details or contact Lisa Newman, [email protected].

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United Reformed ChurchDerrick Thurley 1921–2014We at Melbourn URC have much to be grateful to Derrick for, through his lifelong witness at Church. He leaves both a gap in our lives and a lasting legacy for us to continue to enjoy. Gwen wishes to thank all friends for their cards, messages of sympathy and support following the loss of Derrick and for their generous donations to the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund in his memory.

Village Fete 2014

A number of church members manned the URC stall at the 2014 Village Fete and were fortunate that the gazebos covering us survived the torrential rain!! We welcomed a number of people to the stall, offered shelter, and shared information about the church and our activities. Despite the un-seasonal weather, we crafted with a number of youngsters, began our “prayer patchwork” and sold some Fairtrade goods.

Harvest Sunday – 21st September

We extend a warm welcome to friends in and around the village to join us for some or all of our Harvest celebrations. The timings will be as follows

» 11am - Harvest Festival and Brownie and Guide Parade Service

» 4pm – 5pm – Bring and Share Harvest Tea open to all

» 5pm – Harvest Songs of Praise Service(Followed by sale of produce - proceeds to Jimmy’s Night Shelter)

Our Reflective Services and Bible Studies will restart in the Autumn. Please do

check the notice board for more details.Our Thursday Craft and Chat group

will restart on 4th September after the summer break. We meet between 2-4pm in our church hall. We will again be making a variety of items to be included in the Samaritans Purse Shoeboxes in time for the mid-November ‘Shoebox Sunday’ Service, in addition to various other individual and charitable projects. Contact Anne Field Tel 01763 220869 for more information.

Looking ahead

» Saturday 6th December -‘Tastes of Christmas’

We look forward to welcoming everyone to our second ‘Tastes of Christmas’ event. We will again be concentrating mainly on Christmas foods, with a wide variety of seasonal tasters on offer, to eat or buy. Drop in for some Christmas biscuits with your morning coffee, a quick lunch or a Christmas twist to your afternoon tea.



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Personal care for your feet in the comfort of your own home• Nail Trimming• Hard Skin & Cracked Heels• Corns & Verrucas• Fungal NailsPlease Telephone for Day, Evening & Weekend Appointmentson 01763 261250 or 0791 3913955Nancy Foster MCFHP MAFHPRegistered Member of the British Association of Foot Health Professionals


Supporters of All Saints (Soas)Our programme has been rather quiet of late but on 22nd June we organised three tours of the Parish Church for both members and other interested parties. Those attending were shown the various areas of the building such as the Norman font, the list of Vicars from 1229 and the War Memorial contained within the Lady Chapel. This last point was especially apt in view of the World War 1 Exhibition that was to follow in the next few weeks.

The tours were able to sit awhile in the choir stalls while the guides pointed out the various armorial shields of the Melbourn families starting with the Argentines who came over in 1066 with William! They also saw the memorial to Dame Mary Hatton who lived through seven reigns.

Finally the parties were led to be back of the church and invited to spot The Green Man hiding among the roof beams. Not the easiest of tasks.

By this time each tour was ready for the delicious cream teas served by the ladies of the Committee in the All Saints Community Hall.

Details of our autumn programme will be circulated to all members but if any reader would like to join SOAS please contact me as shown.

Colin Limming Membership Secretary 01763 260072 [email protected]

The May draw was made by Mike Rawlings on 31st May. The first prize of £25.40 goes to Helen Poley (45) at 11 Water Lane and the second of £12.70 goes to Rosemary Gatward (57) at 94 High Street

The June draw was made by Mike Rawlings on 28th June. There were 76 members. The first prize of £25.40 goes to J M Sykes (6) at 4a Spencer Drive and the second of £12.70 goes to Robert Ellis (1) at 11 Mortlock Street.

The July draw was made by Rev Andrew O’Brien on 6th August. The first prize of £25.40 goes to Eve Anderson (7) at 3 Spencer Drive and the second of £12.70 to Angela Leach (26) at 32 Hale Close.

The Mother

If you should die, think only this of meIn that still quietness where is space for thought,Where parting, loss and bloodshed shall not be,And men may rest themselves and dream of nought:That in some place a mystic mile awayOne whom you loved has drained the bitter cupTill there is nought to drink; has faced the dayOnce more, and now, has raised the standard up.

And think, my son, with eyes grown clear and dryShe lives as though for ever in your sight,Loving the things you loved, with heart aglowFor country, honour, truth, traditions high,-Proud that you paid their price. (And if some nightHer heart should break-well, lad, you will not know.

May Herschel-Clarke (1850-1950). ‘The Mother’ was published in 1917 and was written after reading Rupert Brooke’s sonnet, ‘The Soldier’.


Steve, Kerry and all the staff would like to welcome you to

The Black Horse, MelbournA traditional country pub which serves real ales, with a friendly atmosphere. Whether you’re looking to have a quiet drink, a bite to eat or you’d like to watch televised sporting events, a warm welcome is guaranteed.

DiningFood is served Wednesday–Sunday1200-1400hr & 1800-2030hr.

ParkingThe Black Horse has it’s own private car park and there is also ample local street parking available.

Outdoor FacilitiesWe have a large Beer Garden to the rear comprising a decking patio area overlooking an fully-enclosed garden with children’s play equipment.

SmokersSmoking inside the bar areas is not permitted by law but in addition to the outdoor patio/garden we also have a substantial permanently covered and partly enclosed decked seating area which, although open-air, offers very effective protection from the elements.

ChildrenWe aim to provide a family-friendly environment. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome inside the bar lounges. At the moment we only have one high-chair available, but customers are welcome to make their own arrangements. For baby/toddler feeding just ask if you need any water or anything warmed.DogsWe recognise that some of our customers like to include the pub on their dog walk, and we aim to accommodate them but do ask that in consideration of our other patrons dogs must be kept on a lead at all times. Particularly inside the premises the lead needs to be short enough to keep your dog close to you.Private FunctionsThe Black Horse is available for private functions, for further details just give us a call.

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What’s onThe Hub Club

Starting on 10 September

As the new Hub is such a natural meeting place for villagers it seems a good idea to have a lunch club. This will be open to anyone and, hopefully, an occasion to meet with friends but also make new friends as we will all sit together.

Initially the Hub Club will meet on the 2nd Wednesday in the month, starting on 10 September at 12.30pm.

The Hub café has a range of snacks at reasonable prices available throughout the day.Jane Stevens

Fowlmere and Thriplow Gardening Club

Saturday 20th September

Fowlmere and Thriplow Gardening Club will be holding its Annual Show on Saturday 20th September in Fowlmere Village Hall from 2:30 – 4:30 pm.

There are Open Classes for Floral Art, Pot Plants, Fruit, Vegetables, Flowers, Cookery, Handicrafts and Photography. There are classes for children including a miniature garden and home-made biscuits. And for the men there will be a special prize for the most talented cupcake designer!

Show schedules are available (price £1) from Thriplow Village Shop and at St Mary’s Church, Fowlmere coffee mornings. Afternoon tea will be served from 2:30 pm. There will be a tombola, raffles and a plant stall. An auction of items from the show will start at 4:30 pm following the prize-giving Do come along!

Poetry workshopStarting on Monday October 6th

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness, Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun;

Conspiring with him how to load and blessWith fruit the vines that round the thatch-eaves run;

From Ode to Autumn by John Keats

Are you interested in writing and reading poetry? Would you enjoy sharing your interest with others in a supportive and informal group, which is founded in association with Clear Spring writers?

A new workshop at the Hub aims to do just this. Starting on Monday October 6th at 2.00 until 4.00. and running for 10 weeks, whether you have written many, read many, or only just a few: all are welcome.

Come and try it out, free, at the first session.

Tutor: Clare Crossman has published three books of poetry: Going Back (Firewater Press Cambridge, 2003) The Shape of Us, (Shoestring Press Nottingham 2010,) and Vanishing Point (Shoestring Press 2013). She performs poems from Fen Song A Ballad of the Fen with music and lyrics from acoustic musician Penni Mclaren Walker.

Why not combine the poetry group with a visit to the Library and even perhaps lunch beforehand? The Hub offers a wide menu. Food and poetry go well together!

All Enquiries: [email protected]

Royston Arts FestivalFriday 19th September to Sunday 28th September

A UNIQUE town trail of heroes and villains is to be created for this year’s Royston Arts Festival, organised by Creative Royston.

The trail will see ceramic plaques depicting some of Royston’s historic characters placed on selected buildings around the town. World-renowned trumpet player Alison Balsom will take part in a one-off ‘conversation-with’ type event (supported by Curwen’s).

Pre booking required. A non refundable deposit at time of booking (£10) then full pre payment 14 days prior to the event. Banquetting tables of ten and we reserve the right to split larger parties into smaller

groups or smaller parties to join other groups. Any dietary requirements must be stated at time of booking.

Call: 01223 832047 to bookSTATION ROAD EAST, WHITTLESFORD BRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE CB22 4NL

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Let Robbie entertain you!SATURDAY 11 OCTOBER 2014

19.30 - LATETHREE COURSE MEAL INCLUDED

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Saturdays and Wednesdays8am to 1pm approx

Fresh Fruit and Vegetables,

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New Traders Always WelcomeContact Market Manager

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Other highlights will include Scotland’s funniest newcomer Iain Stirling.

Meridian School performing arts students to create a storytelling show for children. The storytelling will be taking place at Tannery Drift School on Saturday 20 September at 2pm and 4pm.

Royston-based Corvus Amateur Drama Society with an ambitious production of The Fosdyke Saga.

Exhibitions include the annual show by the Royston Arts Society at Royston Town Hall (Friday-Sunday).

For more details visit www.roystonartsfestival.org.

6th Annual Beer festivalThe Royal British Legion Social Club

Friday 19th to Friday 26th September 2014

Our regular range of Beers and drinks plus12 Guest Real Ales and 2 Ciders

Music on Saturday night Plus BBQ

Further details updating on the websitehttp://branches.britishlegion.org.uk/branches/bottisham

or from the Club on 01223 812063

Valuation Day with Thomas PlantSaturday 25th October

The Trustees of All Saints Community Hall are holding another fund raising event this time a Valuation Day with the antiques expert Thomas Plant. Thomas appears regularly on Flog It and Antiques Road Trip. This is an opportunity to bring along your valuables/curios to have an expert eye give his opinion on value or use. The event takes place in the Hall on Saturday 25th October between 11am–4pm. Refreshments and light lunch will be available during the day.

Fireworks Extravaganza!Saturday 8th November gates open 6pm

At Melbourn Primary SchoolDisplay starts 7pm

Tickets PricesFamily (2 Adults + 2 Children) £14* Adult £5

Children (school age) £3

Refreshments and BBQ available*Family tickets are only available in advance from the school.

Under 16’s must be accompanied by an Adult.

Model Railway ClubSaturday the 15th November 2014

The Royston & District Model Railway Club will be holding its 28th Annual Exhibition at Bassingbourn Village College on Saturday the 15th November 2014. The exhibition will

be open from 10:30 am until 5 pm. We hope to have 20 to 25 layouts present with the remainder of the stands being Traders, Demonstrators & Society -based. Tea, Coffee and light refreshments will be available. Miniature train rides by members of the Royston & District Model Engineering Society on their outside track (Weather permitting!). Admission £4.00 per Adult and accompanied children are free. We intend to run a bus service between Royston Bus & Train Stations and Bassingbourn Village College on the day. Please visit our web site www.roystondmrc.co.uk for further/updated information.

Autumn Art ExhibitionFoxton Village Hall

Friday 14th – Sunday 16th November 2013

Held since 2003 at Foxton’s attractive and modern village hall, the Annual Autumn Art Exhibition aims to display and sell quality works of art from local artists.

The exhibition team led by Foxton’s School Head, Jenny Jones, present a modern stylish event with exhibits from talented local artists. All proceeds support the primary school in exciting ways including visual and performing arts.

Exhibits are displayed in a variety of medias including ceramics, wood and textiles as well as oils, pastels, watercolour, ink and photography. Exhibiting artists include local artist, George Meliniotis, who presents beautifully painted seascapes, landscapes and scenes of Cambridge in oils and acrylics and Tina Bone, whose lovely Natural History and Botanical Illustrations are popular.

This year presents a large variety of works on display with something to suit most tastes and pockets. The Friends of Foxton School welcome all new visitors along with all artists. Foxton Autumn Art Exhibition Fri 14th Preview evening. Free entry 7.30pm–9.30pmSat 15th 10.30am-4pm £2.00 entry (children free)Sun 16th 11am-4pm £2.00 entry (children free)www.foxtonart.org

Winter Flower Festival All Saints’ Church – Melbourn

Saturday 31st January and Sunday 1st February 2015

We are starting to plan for our fifth winter flower festival at All Saints’. Would you like to be involved? You don’t need to be a flower arranger, perhaps you would like to help arrange or take on an arrangement yourself?

We need help with refreshments – for the arrangers on the Thursday and Friday before the event and over the weekend of the festival. If you can help with publicity or would like to sponsor an arrangement (full or part) If you can help in any way, we would be really pleased to hear from you.

For further information or to offer help please contact Rebecca Gatward by email [email protected] or telephone Rosemary Gatward 01763 261225.


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Melbourn magazine is non-profit and all work on the magazine including layout is produced by volunteers. The Magazine is published four times a year in the first week of March, June, September and December. We print 2200 copies which are delivered free to every house in the village. Advertising revenue is used for printing costs only.

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