No 41: August 2013
Eastrea
A Lancaster Salutes our Heritage Weekend PETE WINS
AGAIN
The car-park was deserted as spectators crowded across the lawns to see this RAF WWII Lancaster on its flight to salute the new Eastrea Centre on Saturday 20 July. The plane swooped low across the hall in a clover-leaf course, roaring back across the village and dipping its wings in salute. We are very grateful to Wing Commander Martin Thorner and Mr Richard Kearns of RAF Molesworth for helping us to arrange this memorable moment of Eastrea history. Crowds (below) took photos and video as the aircraft roared back across the farmland towards Peterborough in the west.
Village Hall gains a new path for those using wheelchairs
EASTREA RESIDENT Pete Sennett of Thornham Way (above) was overall winner at last month’s Coates Village Show. Pete is an enthusiastic gardener with extensive allotments in Whittlesey. He often produces recordbreaking crops and this year — as well as a handful of certificates — Pete returned with a handsome silver cup.
After being seriously affected by a stroke, Mayfield Road resident Mrs Susan Roach found how hard it can often be to make others understand what you want to express. None the less, her message to the Village Hall Trust was clear enough — gravel in front of the entrance was a problem for people who rely on a wheelchair. Our photograph (right) shows work on the new paved pathway that now links the asphalt pavement direct to the area of the main entrance. As well as helping users of wheelchairs, the path is crucial for parents with buggies.
HUNDREDS OF visitors joined in the celebration of our first-ever Heritage Weekend at the new Eastrea Centre. With traditional folk music, exhibits of old maps of Eastrea and press cuttings, face painting, a portrait artist, singers and musicians plus the village hall’s first-ever disco, with stalls showing huge live reptiles and memorabilia for people to buy as souvenirs, plus our first dog show … this truly was a weekend to remember. The next is planned for Saturday 7 September 2013.