No 30: August 2012
Published by Rothay House, Mayfield Road, Eastrea.
Eastrea Village News TESCO LOSES! AGAINST THE ODDS, Sainsbury’s have won the right to build a new supermarket on the A605. Our report (issue 28) gave details of the rival bids. The Tesco organisation had already been granted planning permission to build on a site at Station Road in Whittlesey, and the officers at Fenland recommended that Tesco should win this battle — but the vote on Wednesday unexpectedly went against them. Sainsbury’s plan a 54-acre country park extending towards Eastrea. The new store will be half a mile from the Nag’s Head, and so would be within easy walking distance of Eastrea.
Late applications for
Student Grants
TOP CONSULTANT VISITS AFTER THE LORD-LIEUTENANT visited the site of the new Eastrea Centre last month, the Village Hall Trust spent a day with Mr Alan Soer (above) who has been responsible for the success of the Arbury Community Centre in Cambridge. Alan is now in much demand as a consultant and offers many important insights into the running of a successful community centre like ours. On this occasion, however, he came as a friend of the village and devoted himself to our project for no fee. “It takes several years to get going,” were his final words. “There’s no rush—let the building develop naturally.”
EASTREA RESIDENTS (both young and old!) who will go to college this year can still apply for a grant from The Storers. The trustees have agreed to relax the deadline. Applicants must provide their examination grades, financial statement, a c.v. with their spare-time or community activities, and contact details of their tutor and a referee whom the Trustees’ advisers can contact. Phone 350888 now for more details. Applications have to be received by Saturday 22 September. If you are eligible, make sure you apply. Below is our Bursary winner from 2011 — young Gareth Prentice, who is in charge of a spotlight for the Olympic Games.