Issue 69 Summer 2012 by Melbourn Magazine

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...editorial It is very good to see, in this Diamond Jubilee and Olympic year, that the various village projects are progressing well. There is information on the Hub p.20, and the Village Plan on p.10. The Melbourn Business Association has also had its first working meeting see p.6. There are also great photographs of the BMX Club on Grinnel Hill, it looks very exciting, congratulations to all those involved! p.49 The Fete and Music on the Moor in June promises to be even bigger and better this year and therefore more people are needed to help – see p.7 The Parish Council made its annual awards last December. Among those who received them were David Piggott our Station Master; Jayne White for the Melbourn and Meldreth Self help Group; John Travis for Melbourn Village Plan; Ray Pritchard for Services to the Community; Ann Dekkers for Melbourn Magazine. Thank you! As yet there is no information on what is being planned for the Queen’s Jubilee, but the Parish Council undoubtedly has something in mind, which we shall report in the Summer Issue. If any Melbournians have any memories of the Queen, or of events during her reign we would very much like to hear of them. Thank you to everyone who sent contributions for this issue and to our advertisers for their support and sponsorship.

Village News

feature – Melbourn Science Park

Nature – River Mel

Council News

Melbourn Annual Parish Meeting

Safer Melbourn

Citizens Advice Bureau

Profile – Stuart Clark

Education

Village Information

Important numbers

Diary

Church News

Sports & Clubs

The Estate is ideal for families, with plenty of room for youngsters to run around, ideal for picnics, but with the added attraction of 400 years of history in both the House and the Farm.

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The estate grounds and farm are open all the year round, and the house is open from February until November. In March the great attraction is the lambing at Home Farm.

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Front cover: Wimpole Hall … just up the road and worth a visit! The cover picture shows new life at the Home Farm, Wimpole Estate and Wimpole Hall ‘folly,’ designed by Sanderson Miller in 1751 (an early example of such Gothicism). Wimpole Hall is about 7 miles from Melbourn. Bequeathed to The National Trust in 1976, the estate opened in 1979 and consists of some 2,500 acres plus a fascinating Home Farm and a Mansion that is the biggest house in Cambridgeshire.

Home Farm photos courtesy Wimpole Hall and Colin Limming

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village news Melbourn Play Parks

In the news Melbourn Play Parks

Library News

R.N.L.I

Melbourn Business Association

Melbourn & Meldreth Women’s Group

Melbourn Village Fete

Melbourn and Meldreth Branch Royal British Legion

Melbourn and Meldreth Self Help Group Luncheon Club

Melbourn Mobile Warden scheme

Royal British Legion

The Melbourn Village Plan

The Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group

The Melbourn Play Parks Project was formed by a group of volunteer residents from Melbourn who have come together with the objective of renovating the Clear Crescent Play Park. We are working in conjunction with the Parish Council and Wicksteed Leisure to raise funds. Over the last 18 months there has been extensive consultation with parents and children to identify what is lacking in the park, and how it could be made a safer and more interesting place to play. The residents of Clear Crescent have also been fully involved. Based on the feedback received we have created a vision of how Clear Crescent could look in the future. It is planned to carry out the renovation process in phases, probably beginning with the replacement of the zipwire and a new slide for the hill. We are currently in the process of applying for a variety of grants. The Parish Council has generously pledged to match-fund any grants we are fortunate enough to receive. We are also trying to raise funds locally to start the first phase. With the help of the Village Fete Committee and fundraising events held so far we have already raised more that £1,500. A big thank you to all who have helped with this. A total of £15,000 is needed to complete the first phase. There may be good opportunities for residents to become personally involved once this project really gets started. Should you have access to natural materials or landscaping interests we would also like to hear from you! If you would like to help or just want to know more please contact Samantha Wainwright at swainwright1@yahoo.co.uk

A vision of how Clear Crescent could look in the future

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Library News As many of you will know the Village College recently became an Academy and we are fortunate that they have agreed to continue the lease on the Library Building until 2013, when we hope we will be able to move into the new Hub in the centre of the village. The new Library will be in an ideal position in the centre of the village The building is being designed to cover a number of activities, but will be primarily a meeting point for the village. Alongside the library, will be the Parish Office, two meeting rooms and a café. It is expected that these facilities will complement each other. We hope it will become a meeting point and people will use the Library facilities during their visits. The Library will gain a new appearance with new furniture and with the help of the Hub Committee our objective will be to obtain the best layout for the Library. There will be some changes to the stock and categories that the Library holds. We will keep users informed of any changes that are proposed. In the meantime we will check our stock with the objective of removing any items that have low usage. This will take a considerable amount of time as each item has to be individually considered and if we decide to withdraw stock there is significant work to change all the records. In the meantime the Library continues to do well. We expect 2011 to be our best year so far. Please keep coming to us so we can maintain these figures during the transition. Library opening times are:

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Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 2.30 to 4.30 pm. Thursday 5.00 to 7.00 pm Saturday 10.00 to 12.00 noon Story Time Thursdays 10–10.45am

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R.N.L.I In the previous issue, I recorded the death of Nellie (Neff) Peacock, one of our longest-standing members, who had worked tirelessly for R.N.L.I. Local R.N.L.I. supporters who receive the Lifeboat magazine will no doubt have

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seen, in the Compass section, a tribute to Neff, and her work in saving The Jessie Lumb lifeboat, now at Duxford museum. A fitting tribute to a lovely lady. Christmas and New Year will be well past when this is published, and Royston Branch will be preparing for a full fund-raising programme in 2012, starting with our Royston Morrisons collection in March. We hope to see you at the Kite Festival in August, and of course will be holding our annual Flag Day in July-just a few of our activities for the coming year. We hope your forthcoming holidays are safe ones – R.N.L.I. lifeguards will be patrolling beaches round the country, and of course we continue to visit schools to teach about river and beach safety. Meridian School is in fact hosting a week of activities for us, so we hope they raise lots of money, as well as having fun, and also learning about the fascinating history and work of R.N.L.I. If anyone is interested in joining our merry crew i.e. our Committee – or could spare us an hour or so to help with our fundraising, do please phone me – we would be very grateful. Jean Emes (Secretary) 01763 245958

Melbourn Business Association Takes Off Following its inaugural meeting in October 2011, Melbourn Business Association held its first working meeting on 7th February, inline with one of the targets of the Melbourn Village Plan. All types and sizes of business attended, including local shopkeepers and high tech consultancies. Up to thirty local businesses were represented. The meeting took place at the Sheene Mill and commenced with an excellent breakfast. MC for the meeting, Bob Tulloch, introduced local hydrogeologist Tim Baker, the guest speaker. As well as providing a fascinating explanation of the opportunities and benefits of ground source heating systems, Tim was able to reassure the audience that the current dried-up condition of our local river Melde is temporary and that the river will return. Said Tim: “This is a normal phenomenon that does occur from time to time, the river will come back but it might not be for twelve months or more, depending on rainfall.” Melbourn Business Association aims to set up its web site soon, enabling local companies to publish details and news of their businesses. Three good domain names have already been purchased for the website. Future meetings will take place on the first Tuesday of very month and all local businesses are welcome to attend. Each meeting lasts from 7:30am until about 9:00am. Choose from a range of excellent value breakfast options: booked in advance. Each session will feature a presentation on a new and interesting topic. The aim is to enable members to learn something new and useful each time. A very nominal charge is made for membership of the association, to cover administrative costs. Said Kimmi Crosby, who was instrumental in making this first meeting such a success: “It was great that so many people attended and all those I spoke to appeared quite buoyed up and already looking forward to the next one!” For further details: contact Kimmi by e-mail on ‘kim@walnutmedical.info’ and enjoy a really worthwhile morning.

Melbourn & Meldreth Women’s Group We met in The Community Hall behind All Saint’s Church for our Annual General Meeting and the formal business of the evening was quickly concluded with the election of the committee. We also selected our charity for the year and then the evening got down to the sharing of a meal to which all the members had contributed. We also handed out our programme for this year – if you have not had a copy please contact one of the committee members. March 2nd will be Women’s World Day of Prayer and we usually attend this service, always stimulating as it shows life from the perspective of the women of Malaysia, the organising country.

March 27th we will be led by the Revd. Mary Price on a Lent Theme and this will take place in the Meeting Room attached to Holy Trinity Church Meldreth. April 24th will see us back in Melbourn Community Hall for a talk about the experiences of a Registrar by Pat Ames one of our members. May 22nd will be our annual Summer Supper which will be held at Meldreth Meeting Room. This will be a ploughman’s supper followed by desserts provided by the committee members. Members are able to bring guests but tickets must be purchased in advance to assist us with catering needs. We are open to all women and there is no annual membership fee as we charge £1 on the night, there is also the option of putting a contribution in the pot for charity. Our meetings begin at 7.45p.m. and we vary our venues between the villages of Melbourn and Meldreth. The programme is given below but please do not hesitate to contact me if you have questions or would like a copy which contains committee contact details. We are happy to try and organise lifts if you need transport. at Pat Smith Chairman 01763 260103 or Sue Toule 01763 260955

Melbourn Village Fete Saturday 23rd June 2012 1pm till late This year’s planning is already well under way with the main entertainment for both the Fete during the day and the ‘Music on the Moor’ in the evening all booked. Daytime entertainment will include the fantastically funny sheep racing from last year. They are bringing along some of their friends to entertain everyone with their talents, so hopefully the ‘Dog & Duck’ show will give you all a laugh. Also coming back are the ever so popular and award winning, well balanced EXTREME mountain bike display team. The things these lads can do on a bike just defy the laws of physics – they are well worth a look. The tug-of-war and egg throwing will also be going ahead for those of you wishing to get more involved. Also look out for adverts about our Melbourn Fete Logo competition for the under 10’s and under 16’s, with lots of fun prizes to be won. So come on, encourage all those grandchildren, sons and daughters, nieces and nephews to create a masterpiece, you never know we may have a budding Van Gogh within the village! Closing date for entries is 1st May 2012. We will have music around the field and in the marquee for your enjoyment, like the Barber Shop Quartet and Tony Buch. In the evening there will be Junkyard Preachers, a blues and rockabilly band and The Remnants a 1960s – present, middle-of the-road band and much more. During the day we will have the usual funfair rides, bouncy castles, and NEW for this year an electric ‘little rovers’ car ride and a chairoplane ride for the little ones, with a large climbing wall for the older ones. Stall holders are already booking their places and will provide an assortment of fun and games for all ages. The lawnmower racing should attract a competitive field to challenge for the 4th Melbourn Cup. The beer tent will have a good selection of lagers, real ales and cider for the adults and soft drinks for the kids. There will be tea and cakes in the pavilion and the barbecue will add something hot. After another very successful event, the committee have highlighted the need to try to encourage more people to volunteer to help. As the event gets busier, the committee find themselves stretched to the limit, so please read on and be inspired to contact us. Volunteers The aim of the Melbourn Village Fete & Music on the Moor is to bring the village together, to have fun, socialise and raise money for local groups. Each year the committee organises the day so that local clubs, societies and charities can set-up stalls and provide entertainment to help with their fundraising. All proceeds are put back into the community. As the Fete grows in size each year, the committee has ever more to organise for the day. On the day itself, we rely heavily on volunteers to help us out. Without our volunteers, the day would not be possible!

We work out a rota to accommodate every precious hour that our volunteers can give, to cover a wide range of roles. To give you an idea of the jobs that need doing, our volunteers help us with the following: Manning the gates Helping bands to set-up Selling raffle tickets Helping with the barbecue Erecting the Marquee on Friday Clearing down on the Sunday And much, much more …

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Every year we give the money raised to local groups. Perhaps your club will have a stall on the day but you could spare us an hour or two. Or perhaps you would like to raise the profile of your club and would like us to consider your group for some funding this year. Help us help you, by volunteering. So would you like to get involved? Send your contact details and availability to melbournfete@aol.com or give Paula a call on 07402 273527. Melbourn Village Fete Committee Brian Collingbourne (Chair)

Melbourn and Meldreth Branch Royal British Legion Since the last issue the branch has gained two new members. Some of our members attended a County conference in November at which the branch won a silver rose bowl for the highest attendance at group meetings. The diary for 2012 has been given to members with varied activities and guest speakers for meeting nights. March will be a busy month for the branch. On March 10th we will be having a tombola stall at All Saints’ coffee morning and on the 14th March we will be hosting a group meeting, and later on our normal monthly meeting. Several members are looking forward to attending the National conference at Llandudno in late April. Anyone wishing to join us very welcome to attend any meeting. Meetings are held on the 4th Wednesday of each month except for January and December. For more information contact, Mrs C Linsdell 262208 (Chairman) or Mrs E Murphy 220841 (Secretary) melbournmagazine

feature Melbourn Science Park … a tranquil home to cutting-edge technology Melbourn Science Park is an extremely successful and growing hub for innovation and technology development. Owned by TTP Group since 2000, the Science Park has nine buildings, totalling over 200,000 square feet, within its 17 acres of landscaped grounds. It is home to a broad range of companies engaged in pharmaceuticals, biochemistry, communications, printing, electronics, mechanical engineering, testing and technology consulting. The companies based on Melbourn Science Park form part of the world renowned Cambridge Cluster and vary in size from one-man businesses to companies with 300+ staff. The site was originally a private house (Sir Winston Churchill is said to have slept here) with parkland and has retained the grandness of a great park. The landscape gardening team carries out a rolling programme of reinstatement and improvements, sympathetically integrating modern buildings with established parkland. A high proportion of the park stands as wild meadow, which is encouraged to flourish. Mindful of the environment, the gardening team practices a code of biodiversive park management using a process of mulching to put everything back into the soil.

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People working at Melbourn Science Park are encouraged to use the space for creative thinking time as well as for relaxation. TTP Group commissioned two world-class bespoke furniture designers, Fowler & Company of Sussex and itre Furniture of Dorset to create pieces of sculpture that work not only as seating areas but also provide impressive visual impact around the park. The Park’s head landscape gardener, Charles Tarrington, tells us: ‘the park has a quiet energy. You feel the space and tranquillity and at the same time touch the buzz of something special happening from behind the walls of the various companies around.’ If you would like to read more about one of the largest and most successful companies in Melbourn, or if you would like to rent premises on this beautiful park, please go to TTP Group’s website: www.ttpgroup.com

Melbourn and Meldreth Self Help Group Luncheon Club

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.

A traditional turkey Christmas dinner was served, together with pudding and mince pies, to all lunch club members and our drivers before Christmas. We had the great pleasure of seeing Cissy Duhy again, who moved out of the village during the summer. She was kindly transported by a family member and it was great to see her looking so well. Thank you to all the kitchen helpers for again preparing and serving. As we started our New Year, we heard the sad news that Mary Nelson, who reached the grand age of 104 last December, had died. We send our sympathies to her daughter Liz and all the family. Mary was an incredible lady, and will be missed greatly. She was a delight to have at lunch club. As you read this, we will be approaching Easter, when hopefully, another fantastic meal will be in the planning ready for our Easter celebrations. My lunch club waiting list has got shorter, so if anyone in Melbourn would like to join us, please call me, and you will be added to my list. As always, new drivers would be most welcome to join us!! Jayne White 220250

Melbourn Mobile Warden scheme The rousing sounds of ‘Hallelujah’ filled All Saints Church on the evening of 10th December and signalled the finale to a wonderful Christmas concert performed by the ‘Orlando Singers’ in aid of the Melbourn Mobile Warden scheme Friends fund.

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

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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 260966 Mobile: 07935 315497 Email: tigress270549@aol.com Jeannie Seers (Deputy Warden) 01763 262651 Mobile: 07808 735066 Email: jeanseers1@ntlworld.com Joy Hyde (Assistant Warden) 01763 220139 Mobile: 07952 090089. Melbourn Warden Scheme is a registered charity. melbournmagazine

The large audience of well over one hundred people, enjoyed a feast of classic and festive songs, hymns and readings performed by the prestigious Cambridge choir. The ‘Orlando singers’, led by musical director Peter Horley (our new Parish clerk), are renowned for their performances in and around Cambridge particularly at the City’s colleges and the people who attended the evening’s event in Melbourn were not disappointed! The choir offered their performance without charge with the sole purpose of raising money to help pay for outings for the mobility impaired in Melbourn who are members of the Melbourn Mobile Warden Scheme, which is a registered charity funded by Melbourn Parish Council, County and District Councils. The charity cares for mobility impaired people helping them to remain independent in their own homes. To add to the festive spirit, a Christmas hamper was raffled and the audience were treated to mince pies and warm mulled wine which was very generously donated by the Co-op Melbourn especially given the numbers of people attending. The Co-op has been and continues to be extremely supportive of the Melbourn Mobile Warden Scheme and a big thank you is extended to Chas Dean the store’s manager and his staff. We were also very grateful to other sponsors including the Reverend Andrew O’Brien who opened his church to us for the evening, SOAS for use of the facilities, Fieldgate nursery for supplying the floral thank you for the choir and to Peter Simmonett who produced all of the publicity posters and tickets. The evening was a huge success with great feedback from the audience and we raised over £1,100 for the Friends fund thanks to the generosity of the people who sponsored the event and of course the villagers of Melbourn who turned out in force. Our mobility impaired people will be looking forward to a number of outings, one of which was held on 12th December at Vicarage Close. Members of the Melbourn Mobile Warden Scheme were treated to a Christmas party where they enjoyed a delightful performance by some of the children from Melbourn Primary School choir, followed by a fun

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talk on music through the ages by David Wherrell. The members were also treated to warm savoury and sweet Christmas nibbles and refreshments provided by the Holiday Inn Whittlesford and served by the staff from the hotel on the day. This added a special touch and we are grateful to Holiday Inn General Manager Ross Ferguson and his staff. To finish the day, raffle prizes were drawn and a lovely Christmas cake made by one of the scheme members was shared out amongst all to take home. We will be delighted to update you in future issues on the further outings that the Melbourn Mobile Warden scheme members enjoy through the coming year and any future fundraising events that we intend to hold.

Sponsors The Orlando Singers, The Co-op store, All Saints’ Church, Soas, Fieldgate Nursery and the Holiday Inn.

Royal British Legion Don Littlechild has been a collector for the Poppy Appeal Fund for 43 years and in recognition of his long years of service he was presented with a medal by Mr Diplock, President of the Royal British Legion for Cambridgeshire. Patrick Parkinson.

The Melbourn Village Plan Making it Happen – and getting started! On 3rd December 2011 a Village Plan public meeting was held at the All Saints’ Community Hall. There was an excellent level of interest with more than 50 people attending. The purpose of the event was to make the village aware of the next steps leading to implementation of the Village Plan proposals. Many people have volunteered during 2011 for projects identified in the Village Plan and some projects have already started. These include:

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A Stockbridge Meadows Support Group A Litter Picking Group Melbourn Business Association Improvement of our Children’s Play Parks Sustainability and Conservation

But this is only the beginning! The Village Plan describes exactly 50 possible initiatives that could improve village life. At the December meeting it was proposed that an Implementation Team be formed. Volunteers were invited to put their names forward to be part of this exciting project. The good news is that sufficient people have now been found to form an Implementation Team and the group will have an initial meeting in February. The intention will be to use the Implementation Team to co-ordinate all volunteer working groups, both new ones and those already in existence. It will provide advice, support in the form of new volunteers, seek financial resources where needed and apply for grant monies. Another duty will be to liaise with official bodies, such as the Parish Council, whose help will be needed to achieve the more complex goals. There will be more about the Implementation Team in the next issue of the Melbourn Magazine.

Community Support in Melbourn

What next?

The very broad research that took place prior to publishing the Village Plan report included an assessment of the services on offer to groups that are quite often difficult to reach; sectors include the elderly, particularly those living alone, those who are less mobile or suffer from some kind of disability and young people. There are no less than five centres in the village catering for the elderly or those with disability. The Village Plan research showed the proportion of elderly people to be steadily rising. Young people make up an astounding 20% of the population, and many others also come to the village for education or leisure reasons. These factors have future planning implications for both age groups. Great effort was made to understand the needs of these important elements in our village, using large numbers of one-to-one interviews and meetings. In the case of young people, the questions in the village-wide questionnaire were set based on their advice and input. Extensive assistance was offered and given to more elderly residents, where required, to help them respond to the questionnaire.

There is much valuable community work being carried out in Melbourn. However, it was clear from the Village Plan investigations that there are more people who could and should benefit from the kind of services already being offered, but for some reason do not. There was also an underlying perception that younger people did not always understand the needs and fears of those much older than them. Further, it was clear that many young people felt a distinct lack of facilities and opportunities and that this sometimes led to friction with the wider community. It is therefore a recommendation from the Village Plan to address the gaps that seem to exist; a working name for this project is CATalyst, standing for Community Action Together. CATalyst will be a community-based initiative focusing on issues relating to older residents, the less mobile and young people within the village. In the case of older persons its aims are to identify gaps in services and clarify access to those already existing. Improving co-ordination with support organisations already within the village with those outside of Melbourn is part of the scope. Similarly, for young people, it will work with existing groups to identify and maximise opportunities. An important objective will be to seek ways of nurturing community integration between young people and the older generation. The project hopes to stimulate new volunteers while working with existing charities and voluntary groups that already do such wonderful work. It will also liaise with local and national organisations that support these same community groups, such as the local volunteer bureaux, Age UK and StART, as well as District and County Councils. In a time of financial cutbacks it is so important to make the very best use of the resources we have, whether statutory or from the voluntary sector. The vision is to avoid duplication, ensuring all available services are used to the maximum effect. If you are interested in learning more about CATalyst please contact Sharon Camilletti at community@villageplan. melbourn.org.uk or on 0774 953 0112. Melbourn Village Plan – Implementation Team

Current facilities This background research into the Village Plan revealed the excellent work already carried out by existing organisations and individuals based in Melbourn.

Older people The Mobile Warden Scheme probably makes the most important single contribution to elderly care. The scheme, founded over 18 years ago, is a registered charity and addresses the needs of older people in a truly admirable fashion. Membership of the scheme costs only £5 per week for individuals. The Scheme is led by Warden Margo Wherrell, ably assisted by Jeannie Sears as Deputy Warden and also Assistant Warden Joy Hyde. The Melbourn Village Plan would like to congratulate those who are involved with the Mobile Warden Scheme for the work they do. Another important facility is the Lunch Club managed by Jayne White. This meets weekly at the Vicarage Close site. There is also a thriving U3A group offering a host of leisure opportunities for older people, providing a social forum for all, but particularly welcome to persons who may live alone. Contact details for all these groups can be found on page 32 of this magazine.

Children and youth The number of young people in Melbourn has more than doubled in the last 25 years. The Primary School and Village College also add to the number of younger people who are present in Melbourn every day. One of the initiatives within the Village Plan is a project to improve the children’s Play Park at Clear Crescent. An active team of young parents has researched the needs by consultation with children up to 12 years of age. The number of children in this age range has probably increased by a factor of three since the present parks were built. Fund raising is in progress both externally and through village events. The team continues to seek funding in conjunction with the Parish Council. Through the efforts of the Parish Council Practical Solutions Group (PSG), chaired by Cllr. Susan van de Ven, for an older age range a Youth Club has been re-established at the Melbourn Village College. This is funded through the co-operation of Melbourn with the other near-by villages of Meldreth, Shepreth, Foxton and Fowlmere. The PSG is working towards many other similar goals that will benefit young persons. Some significant omissions for young people were noted during the Village Plan research. An example is the complete absence of certain organisations, such as Scouts.

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Nature River Mel We continue to be very concerned about the lack of water in the river. Since our last article the situation has become much worse, with large sections of the river being completely dry. The Mel is a springfed chalk stream, with the main source being at Melbourn Bury where springs rise in the lake at the front of the house. As we write this in January, the lake in front of Melbourn Bury is completely dry, as is the river through Stockbridge Meadows and Dolphin Lane. A second tributary, which flows round the corner of Station Road to join the main river in front of Sheene Mill, dried up during December. We have been asked why the river upstream of the bridge in Station Road is dry when there is still water in the river where it crosses the playing fields behind the Village College. We understand that this relates to a change in the underlying geology that occurs roughly along the line of Station Road, where it passes in front of Sheene Mill. The chalk that underlies the upper river, between Melbourn Bury and the bridge in front of Sheene Mill, is more ‘leaky’ than further downstream. This means that during a severe drought, when groundwater levels are low, water leaks out of the upper river back into the ground. Downstream of the bridge, the chalk is less transmissive, meaning that there is less opportunity for the flow to be lost. There is also some gain of flow here from several small springs that follow the line of the change in the underlying rock. Up until the beginning of December, the Environment Agency has, in times of drought, supported the flow of the Mel by pumping in water from a borehole at Newsells Park, near Royston into the lake at Melbourn Bury, thus supporting the whole length of the river. This support ceased in early December as the pumped water was only flowing for 10-15 metres before soaking back into the ground. Since then any flow from the upper river has ceased entirely. We understand that the Environment Agency is now questioning the sustainability of maintaining pumping in drought conditions. There are two main reasons for this. The first is that the water in the aquifer is being seriously depleted by pumping from the borehole at Newsells and the second is that the pumping seems to have little effect because the water is soaking back into the ground so quickly. As a Group, we were concerned to hear that both pumps were in fact broken and are awaiting repair (with one pump having been out of commission since last August). continued on page 15

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The Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group Launched in February 2010, this group is comprised of rail users dedicated to improving access to rail service at these small but essential stations. Our Rail Operator is First Capital Connect and our service links the villages to Cambridge, Royston and London King’s Cross. We are pleased to have the support of Railfuture, First Capital Connect, Network Rail and Passenger Focus, all of whom have taken an active interest in our campaign.

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First Capital Connect has improved the 16–18 year-old student discount fare from 30% to 50% off the adult fare. This translates into a substantial saving for young people. Cycle racks at Foxton Station have been provided and installed by Cambridgeshire County Council on councilowned land. A less restrictive ban on full-sized cycles on trains than originally intended by FCC has been agreed, with only one train affected (Meldreth 8:10 to Cambridge). Following customer feedback, new ticket machine screens have been installed at Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Stations. British Transport Police data on criminal and anti-social behaviour at rail stations is now incorporated in police reports to the Neighbourhood Panel meetings, giving a more accurate picture of our villages and where police response is needed. Parking charges at Meldreth Station have been reduced from £3 per day to £1.50 per day, and charges at Shepreth Station abolished (previously £3 per day) – effective January 1st, 2012. At Foxton Level Crossing, improved flashing light system on the vehicle barriers, significant steps toward safer pedestrian gates.

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Full disabled access at Meldreth Station. Maintaining the 50% 16-18 year-old student season pass discount. Maintaining Meldreth’s staffed booking office. Free parking at Meldreth Station. Better provision for cycles on trains, particularly in view of overcrowding. More cycle parking particularly at Meldreth and Foxton where there is high demand. Improved safety at Foxton Level Crossing.

Upcoming meetings March 14, 8PM (AGM, Meldreth Manor School). Minutes, agendas and more information at www.melbourn.org.uk/railusergroup/

Rail Station Gardens In 2011, Meldreth and Shepreth Stations turned 160 years old, while Foxton Station turned 163 years old. In honour, we have initiated railway station gardens at all three stations. The idea is to give our stations a village identity, and to encourage use of the sustainable transport network on our doorstep. The gardens are supported by local residents, schools and businesses and depend on continuing commitment. To support the gardens in any small way, contact Susan van de Ven, chair, at Tel 01763 261833 or susanvandeven@ yahoo.co.uk. www.melbourn.org.uk/railusergroup/ Susan van de Ven Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group

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Part Time Administrator/Fundraiser Wanted Do you want to support young people in South Cambridgeshire? Would you be interested in being paid to work for three hours a week for about a year? MAYD (Melbourn Area Youth Development) is a joint project between Melbourn, Meldreth, Foxton, Fowlmere and Shepreth parish councils aimed at continuing and expanding youth club activities based in Melbourn and formerly run by Cambridgeshire County Council. Having been successful with one bid for finance we now need someone to help us with administration and do more fundraising for the project. If you have some admin and/or fundraising experience, or even if you haven’t, and are interested please contact Jenny Ravenhill (Chair, MAYD) or Jose Hales (Secretary, MAYD) for more information. Contact Jenny on jennyravenhill@hotmail.com or 07747101510 Jose on jose@josehales.me.uk

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Water levels in the aquifer are now at a twenty-year low. Worryingly, groundwater levels continue to fall, despite a wet but average December and January. Further dry weather will result in the drought being the worst in living memory. We have all seen droughts before, but what is so alarming this time is that the normal recharge of the aquifer has failed. It would appear that neither the Environment Agency nor the water supply companies through their existing drought-plans offer much hope of relief for the river. To us, this does seem to be a case of ‘too little, too late’. Working Party Dates: Saturday 10th March – Meldreth Saturday 31st March – Melbourn Saturday 21st April – Meldreth Saturday 12th May – Melbourn Saturday 9th June – Meldreth All working parties meet for a 9.30am start and we endeavour to finish by about 12.30pm. In Melbourn we meet at the Pavilion on the Recreation Field and in Meldreth at 14 Flambards Close. For further information, please contact info@rivermel.com or telephone Maureen Brierley on 01763 262752.

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YOUR VILLAGE NEEDS

Just as this magazine goes to press we have heard that there is a possibility that we will be able to tackle the problem of the silt and rubbish that has collected beneath the A10 road bridge. This will be an expensive project, as commercial help will be needed to remove the silt. We have gained grant aid towards this project, but we still need to obtain all the necessary permissions to take this project forward. Watch this space!

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If you can spare some time to volunteer before, during or after this year’s Melbourn Village Fete, please contact us on: melbournfete@aol.com Paula Froggatt: 07402 273527 Catriona McKay: 07976 603528

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MELBOURN PARISH COUNCIL MVC, The Moor, Melbourn, Cambs. SG8 6EF Telephone: 01763 262494 e-mail: parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Minutes of Parish Council Meetings and Planning Committee meetings are available on the village website Chairman Donald Mowatt 23, High Street SG8 6AL

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Clerk & Office Peter Horley, MVC, The Moor, Melbourn. SG8 6EF 262494 E-mail parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Website www.melbourncambridge.co.uk/council/ Councillors Val Barrett 2 Station Road, SG8 6DX Irene Bloomfield 78 Russet Way, SG8 6HF Alan Brett 44 High Street, SG8 6DZ Rosemary Gatward 94 High Street, SG8 6AL Jose Hales 23 Elm Way, SG8 6UH Michael Linnette 11 Chapel Lane, SG8 6BN Donald Mowatt White Walls, 23 High Street Andrew Mulcock 1 Lawns Close, SG8 6DR John Poley 11 Water Lane, SG8 6AY Mike Sherwen 3 Hale Close, SG8 6ET Peter Simmonett 42 Greengage Rise SG8 6DS Christopher Stead 70 Russet Way pm only Maureen Townsend 32 New Road, SG8 6BY Richard Wakerley 32 Chalkhill Barrow, SG8 6EQ Employees Handyman and Caretaker Peter Andrews Emergency mobile. 07778 682245

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County Councillor Susan van de Ven 95 North End, Meldreth susanvandeven@yahoo.co.uk.

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The Parish Office is open on Mondays from 9 am to 1 pm, on Tuesdays from 2 pm from 4 pm, and on Thursday from 9 am to 1 pm. The office is not normally open on Wednesdays or Fridays. As the Clerk is sometimes out on Parish business it is advisable to ring 262494 to ensure that the Clerk is available. Meetings of the Planning Committee are normally held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month commencing at 7.15 pm. Council Meetings are normally held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7.15 pm at All Saints’ Community Hall. The Press Royston & Buntingford Mercury Tom Ship, Media Centre 40 Ware Road, Hertford, SG13 7HU 01992 526639 Royston Crow Heath House, Princes Mews, Royston, SG8 6RT 245241 Fax 242231 Cambridge News David Williams, 3 Melbourn Street, Royston, SG8 7BP 249144 Fax 244502 BBC Radio Cambridge Reception Newsroom

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From the Parish Clerk – Peter Horley It is rather a quiet time in the village at this time of year, although by the time you read this the first shoots of Spring will be emerging throughout the land. However, it is a busy time for the Parish Council in one important area – the setting of the Precept which determines part of the money all households pay in Council Tax. I am very happy to report that the Parish Council has maintained the Precept at the same amount as last year, £190,309.00 which is a major achievement given rising costs and the increasing number of tasks being passed down to a local level by Government, the County Council and South Cambs District Council. It made me reflect on the number of aspects of village life that the work of the Parish Council touches on which may not be apparent to all such as funding activities for the Youth Club and BMX Trails, which not only engages our youth in positive ways but reduces the likelihood of anti-social behaviour. The Council also provides social care funding for our senior citizens in the form of grant funding for the Mobile Warden Scheme, Lunch Clubs and our Community Transport Schemes. At the present time, the Council is successfully applying for Deeds of Dedication to protect our Open Spaces in order to prevent them from being developed in perpetuity, such as our Recreation Grounds, Stockbridge Meadows and our Play Areas. It would, however, be remiss of me not to record and pay tribute to the large number of volunteers who keep our village well-maintained and moving forward as a community such as the River Mel group, the volunteers in Stockbridge Meadows and the residents who are seeking to implement the impressive Village Plan and, I am sure, others too numerous to mention. I believe that this team work and co-operative spirit is one of the hallmarks of our village and long may it continue

From the Chairman of the Parish Council – Donald Mowatt There are many fish in the ocean that swim and swirl But it’s the oyster that turns water into pearl Ideas numerous, as many drops as the ocean can hold But it’s the person who can turn ideas into gold Shahriar Shahriari

It is my firm belief that the Parish Council have over the years had more than their fair share of success in turning ideas into gold, as they have striven to find cost effective and workable solutions to meet the growing needs of the Community. However, once in a while an idea comes along that you just know if implemented could make all the difference. One such idea was for Parish Council to approach the New Owners of the Old Police Site on the High Street and investigate the prospect of the village being afforded a small community facility on a portion of the site. melbournmagazine

Well, the rest as they say is history, for Melbourn Parish Council … as am sure you are all now aware, are fast moving forward with the development of what can only be described as a First Class Community Hub. Occupying a frontal and prime position on the site, it will be a modern, spacious and energy efficient building designed for maximum use of space and to blend with and compliment its surroundings. One could say perhaps … a dream come true, a central location opposite the Village Car Park so guarantying ease of access for all. Further, as well as offering a lasting home for the Village Library, it will also provide a formidable platform for many other voluntary groups, an office for the Parish Clerk and a drop in Café to allow all to meet up and enjoy light refreshments as they wish. All in all, it is intended that the Hub will play a major role in harnessing the strength of our Community, as well as going some way to help restore the heart of our wonderful Village. Of course it has to be said that none of this would be possible were it not for the hard work and determination of so many capable folk here in our Village. Little surprise then that Melbourn continues to play a major, and yet growing part in shaping its future and I would like to take this opportunity to wholeheartedly applaud and thank all those who have rallied to the cause and given so generously of their time. I am delighted to confirm that the Parish Council continue to forge ahead and remain confident of their ability to deliver ever more cost effective services. Our new Clerk Peter Horsley has grown quickly into his role, and has already begun to make his presence felt, my thanks Peter and my every wish for your growing success and happiness as you serve our Community. Finally my thanks to all for your continued support, and my every assurance that your Parish Council remains resolute in its determination to serve the best interests of the Community at all times, and in my opinion is well placed to do so.

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From District Councillor – Susan van de Ven As I write on January 1st for the Spring magazine, hopes for the year ahead must be for economic stability on the broadest scale, to help smooth the path ahead for all. We continue to be fortunate in the Melbourn area to have a number of outstanding new projects in the pipeline. This is a direct result of focused and determined hard work by local councillors and volunteer groups. Our surrounding cluster of villages continue to pool resources, and a good example is our new youth club (‘Melbourn Area Youth Development’), which recently received a grant of £5720 which will enable us to hire a coordinator for the impressive volunteer network that has been pulled together. These volunteers help not only with running the Tuesday evening club but also for providing lifts to get there – for which many thanks. The Melbourn Division Oil Club received a donation of £75 from its bulk buyer, Agricole, based on the number of orders received. This year the donation will go to our youth club. If you’d like to join the Oil Club, which aims to get reduced prices on home heating oil, please let me know – there is no cost and it is open to anyone. The Pippins Children’s Centre’s new premises in the annex to the new primary school buildings will be having its official opening this spring. I went for a visit recently and was so impressed by the bright and lively atmosphere and the range of activities on offer for expectant parents and parents of young children. Pippins serves a large catchment of villages, and the only weakness in the overall picture that I could see is the obvious difficulty of access for families outside of Melbourn, or on the outskirts of the village. Suitable public transport is almost non-existent, and many of those who need what Pippins has to offer can’t afford the private transport to get there. We’ve had a few very welcome donations of baby car seats and booster seats which will come in handy when lift sharing is offered. The centre is open to all and all activities are free. The number to ring is 223400. The Practical Solutions Group, which I chair every other month, is focusing now supporting the implementation of the Melbourn Village Plan, along with our long-term commitment to constructive activities for young people. In November we invited the South Cambs District Council officer for community transport to talk about transport opportunities for young people – of which there are, unsurprisingly, not enough. We have also been approached by the County Council about enhancing the options for elderly people to get out and about. We will be looking at specifically at activities that help older people and younger people to meet and get to know each other. Finally, it is wonderful news that First Capital Connect have agreed to reduce the parking charge at Meldreth Station by 50% to £1.50 per day. This comes at a time when many stations are seeing parking charges skyrocket. Hopefully this will encourage more people to use the station car park, particularly in view of the very poor environment around the station entrance, where parked cars reduce general visibility, resulting in safety concerns. If you’d like to know more about what I do on your behalf, I try to keep my website updated regularly and I send out a monthly email community newsletter (this is posted on my website). Please don’t hesitate to get in touch anytime and I will do my best to help.

Something for everyone? The Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group has put out a mid-winter appeal to local garden centres for any unwanted stock that may be used at our new station gardens. We have gratefully received compost in damaged bags (the compost is just fine) and a massive supply of flower and vegetable seeds (still perfectly good but officially past their shop-life). We are now looking ahead to June when we’ll need to be planting up the platform tubs at each station, and planning our flower and veg garden at Meldreth and our wildlife garden at Shepreth.

One way that you can help support these garden efforts is to cultivate some plants from seed for us, at home in your greenhouses or on your windowsills. In return, perhaps there are some unusual seeds from our large stock that you would like to use in your own garden. If you’re interested, please let me know: susanvandeven@yahoo.co.uk. Susan van de Ven Tel 01763 261833, www.susanvandeven.com

The Olympics 2012 … a great opportunity to celebrate and get involved in Cambridgeshire For the sporting … As Olympic fever spreads across the country, many of us might feel inclined to get involved in some new sporting activities, whether in a competitive manner or just for a bit of fun. Numerous events are going on nationally – the Big Dance Week in July, the ‘Gold Challenge’ where you can raise money for charity by trying 5, 10, 20 or 30 Olympic and Paralympic sports, ‘Hopscotch to Victory’ which is a world record attempt taking place in June, and for those who fancy something a little less strenuous, there is ‘All the Bells’ which calls on residents to ring any kind of bell they can between 8am and 8.03am on 27th July. More information about these activities and many more can be found on the main Olympic and Paralympic website www.london2012.com. If you do not have access to the internet and would like to find out more about the national activities, telephone 0845 2672012. There will also be many sporting events and activities taking place locally. These will be listed on www.livingsport.co.uk or you can contact LIVING SPORT on 01487 841559. These will all be added to the www.cambridgeshire.net website as they are announced. If you have an event planned that you would like to publicise, it can be added to this website. If you have a disability, you can find out what activities you can get involved in locally at www.abilityplusgroup.co.uk or by calling the Ability PLUS Group on 01487 849929, or by contacting your local District Council. … and not so sporting The Olympics also bring people together and are a reason to celebrate. Large events will be taking place across the county along the Olympic Torch route as it passes through Peterborough on 3rd July, Cambridge (as part of the Big Weekend on Parker’s Piece) on 7th and 8th July and St Ives and Huntingdon on 8th July. Route details and times will be announced by London 2012 nearer the time. Local people are also being encouraged to organise their own celebrations and the 2012 Local Leaders initiative has been set up to help you do just that. By signing up, you will receive information on a range of themed celebration ideas and be in the front row to receive free London 2012 event materials. You can find out more at www.london2012.com/get-involved or by telephoning 0845 2672012. The County Council is keen to encourage local events and street parties, and has added simple guidance to getting a street party road closure on their website at www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/transport/trafficmanagement/events/ontheroad/ street_parties.htm. If you don’t have internet access, you can call 01223 507176 to arrange this or to discuss any other events that you would like to organise. Cultural events will also be taking place, including the UK’s biggest ever cultural festival and the ‘Walk the World’ campaign which encourages residents to join the race to find local connections to all 206 nations taking part in the Olympics (see www.walktheworld.org.uk). Information on local cultural events will also be available on www.cambridgeshire.net as they are announced. And finally, if you have been inspired by the 70,000 people who have registered as Olympic and Paralympic volunteers, you can sign up to volunteer at local events at www.volunteeringcambsandpboro.org.uk.

Melbourn Annual Parish Meeting The Annual Parish Meeting for Melbourn will be held on Monday 30th April, 2012 At 7.00pm at All Saints’ Community Hall This is NOT a Parish Council meeting. All Residents of the Parish are invited to attend and are permitted to speak.

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Progress Update on Building the Melbourn Hub A lot of progress has been made on the development of the Community Hub since the results of the consultation process at the end of September last year. The architects have almost completed preparing the design and specifications and have submitted the planning application for the site, which includes the affordable homes and the Community Hub. Negotiations on the purchase of the Community Hub are now well underway between the Parish Council and Iceni Homes. Iceni Homes aim to commence on-site construction of the homes and the Hub around August 2012 and to complete the work by August 2013. The Hub building will be handed over to the Parish Council as soon as the build is complete. The Parish Council will then lease the Hub to a Charitable Trust, which will have responsibility for running the building. The Charitable Trust aims to be in a position to open the building very soon after they take up the lease and so the Hub should be open for business in late Autumn 2013 if all goes to plan. As with all plans, there are risks of delay. The main risk at the moment is the time needed for the granting of planning permission. It is hoped permission will be granted around mid April 2012, but additional investigations or revisions to plans and specifications can sometimes extend this process and if this happens, it may delay the date when building work is commenced. There has been good progress on the formation of the Charitable Trust. A separate article in this edition talks about the Trust in more detail and the work it needs to do to be ready to open the Hub soon after the building is completed. The Trust will work hard to find out the views of all residents in Melbourn; about how they would like the Hub to serve their needs.

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Design of the structure of the building has progressed well. The timescales involved in preparing the design and specifications of the Hub, for planning application and discussions with builders, have been challenging. As a result, much of the detail of the external and the internal structure has been defined. The main purpose of the building has not changed: a convenient and comfortable social meeting point for all residents. It includes the village library two meeting rooms suitable for small groups, clubs etc. and a comfortable tabled area served by a kitchen that can provide top quality beverages and home-baked cakes and snacks. John Poley

The Melbourn Community Hub and the Charitable Trust Much has been written already about the new Community Hub building and the work being undertaken to agree the design and obtain planning permission. Alongside these important activities it has been decided to set up a Charitable Trust to run the building once it is handed over for use. This move will legally separate the day to day management and running of this public resource from the Parish Council, although the Council will of course own the land and the building. Until the facility is ready for occupation is has been agreed that a temporary Holding Trust body should be set up. This body, which will also seek charitable status, will again be separate from the Parish Council, although it’s membership will have a strong representation of Parish Councillors. On completion of the building the Holding Trust will be dissolved and the permanent Charitable Trust set up to replace it. New Trustees will be sought at that time. The activities of the Holding Trust are equally as important as the construction of the building itself. This is because it is through the Holding Trust that all decisions will be taken on the way in which the building is to be used and the future services it will provide. Much of the justification for the Community Hub project can be found in the results from the Village Plan. There were very strong indications that residents wanted to retain the Library Access Point. This is presently threatened with closure on its site at the Melbourn Village College. Another clear message from the Village Plan was the need for a social meeting point, especially a coffee shop, in the village centre. These examples are already key features of the present building design. However, the Community Hub offers a uniquely flexible opportunity for all kinds of services and it is very important that individual residents, clubs or other interest groups help us to get the very best out of what will be a major asset to village life. We will therefore be consulting widely through direct approach to groups and individuals, open ‘walk-in’ discussion days and open invitations to anyone to participate in planning the facilities. There will be much more information about how to get involved in the next issue of the Melbourn Magazine. In the meantime any queries should be sent c/o John Travis on 01763 232692 or johntravis@ntlworld.com. John Travis For updates on the Hub see the village website: www.melbourncambridge.co.uk

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Street Fouling by Dogs

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Once again there have been complaints about irresponsible dog owners in the village who allow their dogs to foul in public places, particularly around the Primary School. Under the Clean Neighbourhoods & Environment Act 2005, this is an offence and carries a fine of up to £1,000, or a fixed penalty up to the maximum.

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Toxocara canis Dogs’ mess contains a natural parasite called Toxocara canis, commonly called Roundworm. The roundworm infection is spread by the parasite’s eggs in the faeces. The dog owner is unlikely to notice any signs of this. However, the Toxocara eggs, once on the ground and in the soil, are invisible and are quickly spread by earthworms and insects. The parasite eggs can remain active for many years, long after the dog mess has weathered away. If the eggs are swallowed by a child or adult, through hand to mouth contact, the worms hatch out and burrow through the gut wall, spreading into the blood stream. They may then enter body tissues. Symptoms of an infection include stomach upsets, sore throats, dizziness, nausea, asthma and epileptic fits. If they enter the eye they can cause permanent blindness, a condition, which affects 100–200 people each year in the UK. Immediate clearance of any dog faeces will avoid the eggs being spread. There are 17 bins throughout the village and dog owners are asked to use these dog bins to deposit the excrement. If a bin is not available the dog faeces should be taken home and disposed of in a hygienic manner. Do not put dog mess in the green or blue rubbish bins. Remember to wash your hands thoroughly afterwards. We thank the majority of dog owners in the village who act responsibly, but the minority are unfortunately tarnishing the image of the majority of pet owners.

Bassingbourn/Melbourn Area Neighbourhood trends Total crime in our area has increased slightly compared to the previous three month period (141 offences vs. 137 offences) and also increased compared to the same period last year when 126 offences were reported. Dwelling burglary offences have increased to 14 from a usually low base. Offences of this type are continuing to occur in villages to the west and south west of Cambridge and are receiving priority attention. Anti-social behaviour (ASB) levels have decreased in comparison with the previous period (76 incidents vs.134 incidents) but also in comparison to the same period last year when 127 incidents were reported.

Melbourn (Melbourn, Gt Chishill, Lt Chishill and Heydon) Crime Offence levels in Melbourn have increased compared to the previous period (34 offences vs. 30 offences) but decreased compared to the same period last year (41 offences). Dwelling Burglaries have remained stable with 3 offences in both this period and the previous. This is a slight decrease from last year when 4 were reported in the same period. There was no pattern between the three offences. There were 5 Theft from Vehicle offences, which is a slight increase from 4 offences in the last period. Tools were targeted in 3 out of 5 of the offences.

To help pinpoint problems and find practical solutions to reduce anti-social behaviour in the village, Melbourn’s Practical Solutions Group (PSG) has recognised that a less formal and more inclusive approach is required to achieve its aims. This group remains multi-agency, and can work with and include Melbourn residents (young and old). If you are affected by ASB would like to be involved in this worthwhile project then please get in touch by using the contact form at; www.melbourncambridge.co.uk/ problemsolving or phone 01763 221323

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ASB ASB incidents in Melbourn have decreased compared to the previous period (30 incidents vs. 56 incidents). They have also decreased compared to the same period last year (41 incidents). There were 8 calls from Vicarage Close, 4 of these from the same house over a few days in November where youths keep knocking on an elderly occupant’s door. There were 4 calls from residents at The Moor complaining about youths congregating in the area shouting and generally causing a disturbance.

Melbourn panel meeting of 17/01/2012 Priorities Agreed Tackle anti-social behaviour associated with vehicle use in Melbourn and Bassingbourn Tackle road safety issues to include excess speed, obstructive parking and use of mobile phones whilst driving. Support South Cambs District Council to reduce ASB in Vicarage Close sheltered accommodation complex.

Next Neighbourhood policing panel meeting Tuesday 17th April at Melbourn Village College Door open from 7pm for 7:30 start All welcome The Cambs Police Funding Dilemma At the Neighbourhood Panel, the Police Authority (Jayne Wright) gave a presentation on the future budget outlook. The Government is encouraging all local authorities not to increase their council tax for 2012–2013. A one-off additional grant of £1.5m is being offered to the Police Authority to avoid having to raise the policing part of council tax to fund services in 2012/2013. The grant is for one year only and there is no certainty for additional funding in future years without involving an increase in council tax to pay for the services. The dilemma is whether to raise council tax from April 2012 or take the grant and leave the new Police and Crime Commissioner with the decision either to raise council tax

Non emergency phone number The new police Service number is 101. This replaces 0345 456 456 4, but this number will remain MINICOM helpline for the deaf and hard of hearing, anywhere in the force area: 01480 422493 RNID TypeTalk is a national telephone relay service which enables, deaf, deafblind, hard of hearing and speech impaired people to communicate, to access the service dial: 0800 515152

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significantly from April 2013 or accept a further £1.5m per year in police cuts (equates to the loss of some 37 police constables). You are invited to Have Your Say by voting on line at www.cambs-pa.gov.uk/hottopic.cfm or email to police,authority@cambs.pnn.police.uk

Six New Police Districts Across the County Following completion of the initial restructuring of the Cambridgeshire Police Force, six new Police Districts are being rolled out to replace the previous structure of three Divisions across the County. Some £11m savings have been identified already to meet the £17m reduction necessary over the next 4 years. These large cutbacks in the Force are affecting some 30–40 senior posts and 152 police staff support posts but without any changes in local Police Constables and PCSOs. There remains much detail of the Districts and a review of necessary regrouping of villages and townships for policing yet to be finalised over the next few weeks. The emphasis is now focused on thinking about policing differently and more effectively, robust leadership, collaboration on major projects with Beds and Herts Forces and operational decisions on policing being taken at much lower levels in the rank structure. Bassingbourn falls under the new South Cambs Police District which now has its own Commander – Chief Inspector Darren Alderson, with its HQ at Cambourne. He will have overall control of all South Cambs local policing resources (NPTs), emergency response and criminal investigation teams. Our NPT contacts for this area remain unchanged. To view the new Police Districts go to our Cambs NHW Web-Site www.cambsnhw.org.uk and ‘Click’ or ‘Mouseover’ on the main menu New Police Districts for a dropdown menu of the districts and other associated topics.

Good news story A few years ago a problem solving group was set up in Melbourn in response to the high number of youth antisocial behaviour incidents being reported in the village. This group was made up of county, district and parish councillors, the police, youth service, SCDC officers and neighbourhood watch. Its purpose was to understand the issues and find ways to deal with them. Although today the make up of the group remains the same a better understanding of the issues has led to a transformation in its approach. The emphasis has changed from problem solving to exploring and implementing practical solutions. The now Practical Solutions Group has just issued its 2011 review. Here are the accomplishments and challenges from that review. I think the following list shows how this group quietly works behind the scenes supporting and assisting the much-needed development of youth activities and services in the area.

Accomplishments Good liaison with Melbourn Village College (MVC) community, Police, Parish Council, Village Plan Helpful communication generally in the community Support for Melbourn Area Youth Development (MAYD), which has seen successful beginning for a new Youth Club situated on college premises Support for community transport links to MAYD including five volunteer drivers and three volunteer escorts, thanks to Royston and District Community Transport Support for extra-curricular activities at college, especially Basketball Club, Carnival Project at Vicarage Close, Meldreth Station litter pick and summer gardening Administration is becoming easier due to written reports and bi-monthly meetings The PSG is now becoming associated with its more constructive ‘Practical Solutions Group’ title, as opposed to the ‘Anti-Social Behaviour Problem Solving Group’ Challenges and Aims for coming year

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Work on High Street car park moving forward PSG can build and support certain links and activities on a modest scale, but cannot expect to be a cure-all Continuing work with MVC in developing and strengthening community ties Supporting the Parish Council in its work toward a community hub Support Village Plan Implementation Team work Continue to promote and support all work related to Melbourn Area Youth Development, and other projects for young people such as those listed in ‘e’ above. Keep a watching brief and aim to provide support on the issue of decent transport options for young people Carry on with all liaison work

To find out more about the Practical Solutions Group their website link is at www. melbourncambridge.co.uk

Dieting under stress There are always many new diets emerging at the beginning of each New Year – it is a time for new resolutions that always fall by the wayside. Dieting itself can be stressful, without the added everyday demands we must cope with. So we thought this diet may be quite useful for our readers and one that can be easily adhered to! This diet is designed to help you cope with the stress that builds up during the day. Breakfast 1 Grapefruit 1 slice unbuttered wholemeal toast Large glass skimmed milk Lunch 1 cup cooked carrots 1 cup steamed spinach 1 cup herb tea 1 custard cream biscuit Afternoon tea Rest of custard creams in packet 2 litres chocolate ice cream with nuts, cherries, whipped cream and chocolate sauce Supper 2 baguettes garlic bread with cheese Giant Mexican or Hawaiian pizza 4 cans or 3 pints of beer 3 Snickers and/or 3 Mars bars 9 o’clock news Entire frozen desert eaten directly from the freezer Rules for this diet 1 If you eat something and no-one else sees you eat it, it has no calories. 2 If you drink a diet Coke/lemonade with a chocolate bar, the calories in the chocolate bar are cancelled out by the drink. 3 When you eat with someone else, calories don’t count if you don’t eat more than they do. 4 Food used for medicinal purposes has no calories, e.g. hot chocolate, brandy, toast and ice cream. 5 Movie related foods have no calories as they are part of the entire entertainment package and are not part of one’s personal fuel, e.g. Malteesers, choc-ice, marshmallows, popcorn. 6 Broken biscuits have no calories. The process of breaking causes calorie leakage. 7 Things licked from knives or spoons have no calories if you are in the process of making something, e.g. peanut butter from a knife when you are making a sandwich, ice cream from a spoon when making a Sundae etc. 8 Food that has the same colour has the same calories, e.g. mushrooms and white chocolate, spinach and mint ice cream. Note: Chocolate is a universal food colour and may be substituted for any food colour. melbournmagazine

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If you need help or advice with daily living – just AskSARA! A website offering help and advice to people with a range of day-to-day needs is now available with information localised for people living in Cambridgeshire. AskSARA is a self-help guide that enables you to identify equipment that may help in your daily life. It will take you through a series of guided questions leading to general advice and recommendations on what equipment would be suitable to meet your particular needs and where to get this locally. The website is easy to use and widely accessible regardless of age or ability. It will be featured as part of the Staying Independent, Safe and Well roadshows taking place in libraries across the county during 2012. To visit the AskSARA website or for the dates when the roadshows will be in a library near you see www.cambridgeshire. gov.uk/social

Confidence boost for the Village Hub Inspired by the prospect of Melbourn’s Community Hub, the Managers of North Herts and Cambridge Citizens Advice Services are working together to see what CAB services could be delivered to the Melbourn community from the Hub. Discussions so far suggest that a mixture of service delivery may be possible. There may be an advice kiosk provided to enable people to look up information themselves and there may also be outreach surgeries for people who need more help with an adviser. This early interest by CAB in the Hub is a great boost for the village and an encouraging start towards the development of the Hub facility.

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Oil Clubs are a great way to save money on fuel costs. They help the environment by cutting down the number of tanker journeys on roads and offer support for people struggling with fuel bills. Not heard of oil clubs? Oil clubs are groups of people mainly in rural areas who combine their orders for domestic heating oil. They vary in size, from just a few members to several hundred. Why join a club? Oil clubs can use their collective purchasing power to get better deals from oil distribution companies. Members report savings of 10 per cent and over. Combining orders means fewer delivery journeys reducing congestion on roads. How Citizens Advice can help If you are interested in setting up your own club and want to know how to go about it, Citizens Advice has produced a range of guidance and tips to help communities in setting up and running oil clubs which are also known as oil-syndicates, oil buying groups or oil-cooperatives. The following information is available: A guide on Best Practice for Oil buying Groups, jointly produced by Citizens Advice, ACRE and the Federation of Petroleum Suppliers. Tips for Co-ordinators – the key role of co-ordinator keeps oil clubs running. We provide some help with some practical tips on how to promote and run your club. If you are a co-ordinator and have anything to add to our tips then please let us know so we can keep them updated. Case studies – West Berkshire CAB has talked to the co-ordinators of well-established oil clubs operating in its area. Find out what they say. Citizens Advice has information on existing oil clubs and their contact details, so perhaps there might already be one near you. If you do set up a club then Citizens Advice would like to know so we can register details of your club and build up our directory.

Justice for All We are campaigning for free legal advice – because your rights matter. Many people will be cut off from the help they need as multiple funding streams to Citizens Advice Bureaux, Law Centres and other independent advice agencies are being cut at the same time. Over half a million people will lose out on advice through cuts to legal aid alone, and local authority support is also under threat in many areas. Citizens Advice is playing a leading role in Justice for All, the campaign to ensure everyone is treated fairly under the law. Thousands have already joined the Justice for All campaign – including leading charities, advice and legal organisations, trade unions, community groups, politicians and members of the public. Why don’t you? To find out more, or to join the campaign: www.justice-for-all.org.uk

Profile Stuart Clarke Stuart Clarke is a West Country boy - it is hard to detect it in his voice but he assures me that he can ‘put it on’ when he goes back to the Bristol area where he was born in the mid seventies. In Clevedon, to be precise, to an agnostic mother and an atheist father – an unlikely start for Melbourn’s dynamic Baptist Minister. He had a happy childhood in the country until he was five, when his father left the family home and he and his mother moved to Riseley near Bedford but when he was ten they moved back to Clevedon where he began his secondary school education. Stuart loved the country life, playing in the fields with his friends and enjoyed all forms of sport – rugby, basketball and athletics. His mother was working as a senior catering cook – a good but very demanding job with much stress. Trying to hold down the job and bring up an energetic boy on her own took its toll and one day, when Stuart was just 13, she collapsed in the kitchen with a stroke. And at a stroke life changed for the young Stuart as for the next two years he became a carer. Not only that, but they moved from a large, comfortable house to a small council house and it seemed as though his world had been turned upside down. Stuart started skateboarding with a gang – had they been around then, he said he would have been a hoodie. He was just letting off steam from the responsibilities of looking after his mother. They hung out near the Baptist church and one day his friend Tim told him that a school friend was

being baptised and why didn’t they go in for a laugh. Stuart quite liked the girl in question so in he went, prepared to mock, but in fact he found such a lovely warm, friendly and welcoming atmosphere inside that he was strangely moved. Tim belonged to the Youth Group and so Stuart joined, occasionally attending church as well, and found that the church fellowship was able to take some of the burden from his shoulders in caring for his mother. His schoolwork suffered during this time and he didn’t have very good GCSE results, but as his mother slowly improved in health he was able to take on a Saturday job at a local horticultural wholesalers. Consequently when he left school at 16 they offered him a place on a Youth Training Scheme at £30 a week and as his mother got better, so did his life. The work was hard and tantamount to slave labour but he did the year and then got a place at Cannington Horticultural College for a one year course. Mother was now able to cope on her own so he lived in and became Practical Student of the year. From there he went to the University of Bristol Botanical Gardens working under Nick Wray of Gardener’s World. Stuart himself was never before the camera, but his plants were! On one occasion Nick had brought back some rare orchids from the rainforests and left Stuart to look after them whilst he went off to the television studios. Stuart was terrified that they would die before they could be sent on to Kew. He then went back to Cannington for another year of Landscape Design before being lured back to his original job for two years in charge of the retail side of the business. During this time he did basketball coaching at the local YMCA which was where he met Margie in a Bible study group. Both played instruments at Clevedon Baptist Church so they were drawn together by music and it wasn’t long before they got engaged. He took a job at Wheatfield Park where after a year they had saved enough money to get married. It was at this time that he was approached by the Christian Drug Rehabilitation Centre at Caleb House who were looking for someone to work in the gardens alongside drug addicts. He had to go through a stringent vetoing process but knew that this was work he desperately wanted to do. There followed four incredibly tough but rewarding years working with alcoholics and drug dependents – it was a true vocation. Before long the management saw that he was wasted in the gardens and he gradually took over more and more counselling. Meantime, Margie had become a youth worker at Clevedon Baptist Church. When twins Zoe and Emily came along, the pair realised that Margie’s career was the more lucrative and so Stuart took two years off to become a ‘house husband’ looking after them, an invaluable experience in melbournmagazine

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Paraprosdokians (Winston Churchill loved them.) Figure of speech in which the latter part of a sentence or phrase is surprising or unexpected; frequently used in a humorous situation. ‘Where there’s a will, I want to be in it,’ is a type of paraprosdokian. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

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Do not argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. The last thing I want to do is hurt you. But it’s still on my list Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. If I agreed with you, we’d both be wrong. We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public. War does not determine who is right – only who is left. Knowledge is knowing a tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is not putting it in a fruit salad. Evening news is where they begin with ‘Good Evening,’ and then proceed to tell you why it isn’t. To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism. To steal from many is research. A bus station is where a bus stops. A train station is where a train stops. On my desk, I have a work station. I thought I wanted a career. Turns out I just wanted paychecks. Whenever I fill out an application, in the part that says, ‘In case of emergency, notify:’ I put ‘DOCTOR.’ I didn’t say it was your fault, I said I was blaming you. Women will never be equal to men until they can walk down the street with a bald head and a beer gut, and still think they are sexy. Behind every successful man is his woman. Behind the fall of a successful man is usually another woman. A clear conscience is the sign of a fuzzy memory. You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice. Money can’t buy happiness, but it sure makes misery easier to live with. There’s a fine line between cuddling and holding someone down so they can’t get away. I used to be indecisive. Now I’m not so sure. You’re never too old to learn something stupid. To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first and call whatever you hit the target. Nostalgia isn’t what it used to be.

understanding family life! The new Baptist Minister Phil Hughs (affectionately known as Fill Pews) recognised that Stuart had a ‘calling’ to the ministry and persuaded him to attend the Ministerial Recognition Committee. Eventually he got a place at Spurgeons College in South Norwood where he took a degree as Bachelor of Divinity Margie, who came from Brighton originally, enjoyed this spell in the metropolis and whilst continuing to work with young people, she had Abbie, Amy and then two years ago Dannielle was born. I think even the dog is female, but they do have two tom cats! Stuart’s mother finally became a Christian three years ago and it is nice to record that Stuart now has a good relationship with his father although he remains a firm atheist. Once qualified, he had a choice of a posting to Swansea or Melbourn – he came up here to ‘preach with a squint’ (in other words, the congregation did not know that he was a prospective minister!), he and the Leaders and Moderator liked each other so he came back to ‘ preach with a view’ and the rest is history, as they say. The Clarkes have been here 5½ years now and are firmly established in the village. The girls love swimming, with medals to prove their skill, and the older ones all play instruments as music is very important in the life of their church. Margie is still deeply involved with youth work and with family demands and an all-consuming job Stuart has little time for hobbies. However, he loves walking Honey the golden retriever and cycling, both activities give him time to pray and commune with nature which gives him great pleasure. He is a most engaging young man, full of enthusiasm, who has a genuine calling to serve God and his fellow man. He believes passionately in working with other Christian churches and enjoys collaborating with Andrew O’Brien and Duncan Goldie. We all, not only the Baptist Church, are fortunate to have him working in our village. Mavis Howard melbournmagazine

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The Primary School The autumn term was action packed and I can hardly believe how quickly Christmas arrived. I think Christmas is extra special in a primary school with the children’s building anticipation of Santa’s arrival. We celebrated with the usual array of nativity productions, carol concerts and parties. KS1 entertained us with their production of ‘Sparkle’. This told the story of how the star was chosen to show the world that the baby Jesus had been born and also had an important message for us all about our calling to be the best we can be in our own corners of life. KS2 shared with us many of the traditions of Christmas through song, dialogue and drama. It was lovely to see so many parents and grandparents in school and we hope you all enjoyed the productions as much as we did. We raised £325 for the ‘Friends of the Children of Chernobyl’ charity from collections at both events. In the holidays the staff in school worked hard to transform some of the corridors to set the scene for the new topics to be taught. I still keep walking into the pirate sleeping in his hammock when I show visitors around – even though I know he is there! The displays look fabulous and have helped to inspire the children’s learning. The topics are particularly exciting this term as the children have been instrumental in choosing the focus of their learning: Foundation – Patterns, Years 1 & 2 – Hot! Hot! Hot! Years 3 & 4 – Wild Weather and Years 5 & 6 – Pirates. We start each topic with an Inspiration Day, when we immerse the children in a ‘real’ experience, which inspires interest in the topic but also gives all children the same base on which to start their learning journey.

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Bring back any memories? Someone asked the other day, ‘What was your favourite ‘fast food’ when you were growing up?’ ‘We didn’t have fast food when I was growing up,’ I informed him. ‘All the food was slow.’ ‘C’mon, seriously.. Where did you eat?’ ‘It was a place called ‘home,’’ I explained! ‘Mum cooked every day and when Dad got home from work, we sat down together at the dining room table, and if I didn’t like what she put on my plate, I was allowed to sit there until I did like it.’ By this time, the lad was laughing so hard I was afraid he was going to suffer serious internal damage, so I didn’t tell him the part about how I had to have permission to leave the table. But here are some other things I would have told him about my childhood if I’d figured his system could have handled it: Some parents NEVER owned their own house, wore jeans, set foot on a golf course, travelled out of the country or had a credit card. My parents never drove me to school ... I had a bicycle that weighed probably 50 pounds, and only had one speed (slow). We didn’t have a television in our house until I was 10. It was, of course, black and white, and the station went off the air at 10 pm, after playing the national anthem and epilogue; it came back on the air at about 6 a.m. And there was usually a locally produced news and farm show on, featuring local people ... Pizzas were not delivered to our home ... But milk was. All newspapers were delivered by boys and all boys delivered newspapers – My brother delivered a newspaper, seven days a week. He had to get up at 6am every morning. Film stars kissed with their mouths shut. At least, they did in the films. There were no movie ratings because all movies were responsibly produced for everyone to enjoy viewing, without profanity or violence or almost anything offensive. If you grew up in a generation before there was fast food, you may want to share some of these memories with your children or grandchildren. Just don’t blame me if they bust a gut laughing. Growing up isn’t what it used to be, is it?

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Village information What goes in the BLUE BIN? YES • Plastic bottles • Plastic bottle tops & triggers • Plastic packaging (pots, tubs and trays) • Plastic bags • Plastic film (clean food wrapping) • Glass bottles and jars • Food & drinks cans • Aerosols • Tin foil & foil trays • Cartons (e.g. Tetrapak) • Cardboard • Greeting cards • Wrapping paper (paper only) NO • Expanded polystyrene • Pyrex • Flat glass • DVDs/CDs • Plastic toys • Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes

Household Waste and Recycling Centres Milton

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• Green waste • Hardcore (bricks, rubble) • Paper • Glass • Scrap metal • Waste oil • Fridges/freezers • Car batteries • Textiles • Cardboard • Plastic • TVs and computers (incl. monitors) Please Note: The sites will only accept waste from household sources.

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Melbourn Bus Timetables Note: These times have been taken from the companies website, but are subject to change, please telephone the company for updates, or check the village website, Parking & Transport.

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Education Melbourn Playgroup Jane Crawford 07842 151512 Childminding Group Sec. Vacancies Co-ordinator Heidi Hardwidge 221625 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 Elma Forbes 01223 870217 Hon Sec Hilary Docwra 222486 Mem Sec Arthur Alderton 260399 Village College Acting Principal Simon Holmes 223400 Health Age UK Cambridgeshire 01223 221921 Blood Donors 0300 123 23 23 Chiropodist 263260 Citizen’s Advice Bureau 238020 Community Care Val Trueman 260191 Dentist 262034 District Nurses (Primary Care Trust) 01223 846122 Home-Start 262262 S Cambs PCT 35 Orchard Road Child & Family Nurses 262861 Melbourn and Meldreth Self-Help Jayne White 220250 Car Scheme 245228 Orchard Surgery Appointments 260220 Dispensary 261246 For repeat prescriptions send email: prescriptions.orchardsurgery@nhs.net 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. Army Cadets Ted Neathey 01223 248001 Tuesday evenings at The Moor 7.15 to 9.30pm Bellringers John Gipson 262846 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 Cambells (Handbells) Eira Martin 261221 Dramatic Society Kathy Wholley 223805 email: k_wholley@hotmail.com Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Stuart Morris 208634 Gardening Helen Powell 245887 Guides Hilary Marsh 261443 Mothers’ Union Anne Harding 260759 Melbourn History Group Colin Limming 260072 Melbourn Mushroom Club John Holden email: frog.end@virgin.net Melbourn Pottery Club Maggie 01223 207307 National Trust Colin Limming 260072 New Melbourn Singers Adrian Jacobs 243224

We shall be pleased to receive contributions in any form, articles, poems, drawings, photographs, letters etc., pertaining to Melbourn. Please send any contributions to the Editor, at the 110 High Street, Melbourn, marking them ‘MELBOURN MAGAZINE’ or you can email them to mag@melbourn.org.uk Apart from printing, all work on the Melbourn Magazine, including layout and design is produced by volunteers. The cost of production comes entirely from advertising and sponsorship. No public money is used.

Photographic Club Bruce Huett 232855 Ramblers Dave Allard 242677 Royal British Legion Patrick Parkinson 262617 Royal British Legion Women Elizabeth Murphy 220841 Royal National Lifeboat Institution Jean Emes 245958 Royston and District Local History Society David Allard 242677 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 brucehuett@compuserve.com Youth Club Amanda Bernard 223407 Women’s Group Pat Smith 260103 Places of worship All Saints’ Church Rev Andrew O’Brien Melbourn Vicarage 260295 Curate Mary Price 261569 Churchwardens Christine van Vliet 223063 Mike Galley 260127 Community Hall booking Colin Limming 260072 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 Churches Together Helen John 261147 sport Badminton Steve Jackson Bowls Elaine Cooke Croquet Janet Pope Football Club Simon Gascoyne Jazzercise Linda Warner Judo Derek Coult Melbourn Community Sports Meldreth Tennis Club Sue Davies Swimming Club Jenny Brackley Squash Club Nick Sugden

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The closing date for the next issue is Friday 13th April 2012 which will appear in June, listing events in June, July and August.

MARCH Thu 1 Holy Communion All Saints’ 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Royston & District Local History Soc. Royston Town Hall 8pm Fri 2 Coffee at URC 10.30am Women’s Group Women’s World Day of Prayer Sat 3 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30am Sun 4 Holy Communion All Saints’ 8.00am Holy Communion URC 11.00am Baptist Church Communion 6pm Mon 5 Pippins Stay & Play 9.30 - 11.00am Messy Mondays Young Parents and children 1.30-3.00pm at the Melbourn Community Health Centre Orchard Road Melbourn Bridge Club every Monday Vicarage Close Tue 6 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Melbourn & District Photographic Club Foxton Village Hall Wed 7 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30am-12.00 Royal British Legion Vicarage Close 7.30pm Cambsite Benefits Advice for All Thu 8 Holy Communion All Saints’ 8.00am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Pippins Crawlers to Walkers 10.00-11.30am Fri 9 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 10 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30am River Mel Restoration Group Meldreth 9.30am Sun 11 Family Communion All Saints’ 9.45am Service URC 11.00am Evensong All Saints’ 6.30pm Tue 13 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term) Mother’s Union Lent Devotion Wendy Church Room 2.30pm Gardening Club All Saints’ Com. Hall 7.30pm – Clematis Wed 14 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 Meldreth, Shepreth & Foxton Rail Users Group AGM Meldreth Manor School contact Susan van der Ven Reflective Service URC 7pm Thu 15 Holy Communion All Saints’ 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10.00 – 10.45am Fri 16 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 17 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall Sun 18 Holy Communion All Saints’ 8.00am Communion Service Baptist Church 10.30am Mothering Sunday Service All Saints’ 11.00am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints’ 6.30pm Mon 19 Royston & District Family History Soc. All Saints’ Community Hall Members evening 7.30pm Tue 20 Toddler Plus 9.30 am Baptist Church Hall (term time) Wed 21 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30 am (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 U3A monthly meeting 2.45pm MVC Thu 22 Holy Communion All Saints’ 10.00am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Fri 23 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 24 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30am Sun 25 Family Communion All Saints’ 9.45am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints’ 6.30pm Tue 27 Women’s Group Rev’d Mary Price - Lent Meldreth Church Meeting Room 7.45pm Wed 28 Coffee Break 10.30-12.00 Baptist Church Hall Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm Thu 29 Holy Communion All Saints’ 10.00am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Fri 30 Coffee at URC 10.30am Sat 31 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30am River Mel Restoration Group Melbourn 9.30am Changing Woodland + Treasure Hunt (see article in mag)

APRIL Sun 1 Holy Communion All Saints’ 8am Palm Sunday Noah in Meldreth (see article in mag) URC Service 11.00am Communion Service Baptist Church 6pm Mon 2 Pippins 9.30 - 11.00 Stay & Play Pippins 1.30 - 3.00 Messy Young Parents and children at the Melbourn Community Health Centre Orchard Road Melbourn Bridge Club Vicarage Close Tues 3 Melbourn & District Photographic Club Foxton Village Hall 7.30pm AGM Wed 4 Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 Royal British Legion Vicarage Close 7.30pm Cambsite Peter Jackson on Plants Thu 5 Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Holy Communion and Washing of Feet All Saints’ 8pm Royston & District Local History Society Royston Town Hall 8pm History of Duxford Airfield Fri 6 Good Friday Service URC 10.00am followed by coffee and hot cross buns Led Devotion All Saints’ 12 noon - 3pm Sat 7 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30 Service of Light All Saints’ 8pm Sun 8 Family Communion for Easter Day All Saints’ 9.45am Easter Sunday Holy Communion URC 11.00am Evensong All Saints’ 6.30pm Tues 10 Melbourn & District Gardening Club All Saints’ Community Hall 7.30pm Container Gardening Wed 11 Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 Reflective Service URC 7pm Thu 12 Holy Communion All Saints’ 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Fri 13 Coffee at URC 10.30 Sat 14 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30 Sun 15 Holy Communion All Saints’ 8.00am URC Service 11.00am Evensong 6.30pm All Saints Mon 16 Term begins Neighbourhood Police Panel MVC 7pm (see article in mag) Royston & District Family History Soc. All Saints’ Community Hall 7.30pm ‘A Strong Minded Woman’ Liz Carter Tues 17 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30-11.30am (term time) Mother’s Union Bassingbourn 2.30pm Place of Peace Wed 18 Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 Melbourn & District U3A monthly meeting 2.45 MVC Thu 19 Holy Communion All Saints’ 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Fri 20 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 21 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30 Bric-a-brac River Mel Restoration Group Meldreth 9.30am Sun 22 Family Communion 9.45am & Evensong 6.30pm both at All Saints URC Service 11.00am Tues 24 Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (term time) Women’s Group All Saints’ Community Hall Wed 25 Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am (term time only) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm Thu 26 Holy Communion All Saints’ 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Fri 27 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 28 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30 Sun 29 Holy Communion 8am & Evensong 6.30pm URC Service 11.00am

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MAY Tue 1 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Wed 2 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 Royal British Legion Vicarage Close 7.30pm Cambsite Rex with Music Thu 3 Royston & District Local History Soc. Royston Town Hall 8pm Fri 4 Coffee at URC 10.30am Sat 5 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30am Sun 6 Holy Communion All Saints’ 8am Holy Communion URC 11.00am Baptist Church Communion 6pm Evensong 6.30pm All Saints’ Mon 7 May Day Tue 8 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Mother’s Union Foxton Village Hall 7.30pm Explore our Gifts Melbourn & District Gardening Club All Saints’ Community Hall 7.30pm Climate Change and Associated Planting Wed 9 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 - 12.00 Reflective Service URC 7pm Thu 10 Holy Communion 10am All Saints’ Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Royston & District Local History Society Royston Town Hall AGM at 7.30pm followed by The Story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel at 8pm Fri 11 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 12 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall The Bookshelf River Mel Restoration Group Melbourn 9.30am Sun 13 Family Communion All Saints’ 9.45am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints’ 6.30pm Mon 14 Pippins 9.30 - 11.00 Stay & Play Pippins 1.30 - 3.00 Messy Mondays Melbourn Bridge Club Vicarage Close Tue 15 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30 (term time) Wed 16 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30 (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 U3A monthly meeting MVC 2.45pm Thu 17 Holy Communion 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Fri 18 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 19 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30am Meldreth Croquet Club Open Day at the British Queen Meldreth from 10.30am Sun 20 Holy Communion All Saints’ 8am Communion Service Baptist Church 10.30am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints’ 6.30pm Mon 21 Royston & District Family History Soc. All Saints’ Community Hall 7.30pm Members evening ‘Wedding Special’ Tue 22 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30 (term time) Women’s Group Meldreth 7.45pm Annual Summer Supper Wed 23 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30 (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm Thu 24 Holy Communion 10am All Saints Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Fri 25 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 26 Coffee Stop All Saints’ Community Hall 10.30 Melbourn & District Gardening Club Annual Outing Burghley House. Sun 27 Family Communion 9.45am All Saints’ URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints’ 6.30pm Tue 29 Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30 (term time) Wed 30 Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30 (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 Thu 31 Holy Communion 10am All Saints Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am

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Foundation Stage children came dressed to school in patterns We had plenty of fun in Foundation during our Pattern Day! The children came dressed up in all sorts of patterns; spots, zig zags, stripes and checks. We made patchwork Elemer elephants from milk bottles, painted rainbows and learnt about the famous artist Matisse who used tearing and cutting techniques to collage a snail.

Years 1 & 2 ‘Pupils in Edison Class had a camp fire day run by Fire Chief Miss Rimmer. The day was a roaring success! The children sang songs around the camp fire. The children had an adventure; most of them had not been camping before. Happy Campers! They had hot chocolate to keep warm. I loved the jam sandwiches’ from Millie aged 7.

Years 3 & 4 ‘On Thursday 5th January an earthquake struck Melbourn Primary School. We first felt it in our classroom so we followed the safety procedure of ‘duck, cover and hold’. After we did this we calmly grabbed our sleeping bags and safely walked over to the hall, where the injured were treated. When we settled down some of us got jobs. I was an entertainment monitor with Olivia, Joe and Victoria. Then other jobs were handed out such as photographers, registration monitor and reports. Rations were handed out. Then a phone call came to Miss Smith telling her it was all right to go back to class by then it was lunch. After lunch it happened again but we had a guest Miss Hills. She told us about her experience of an earthquake. Then last break came. After break we had a little sleep, then another phone call came telling it was all right for us to go back to our classroom before home we filled in a sheet we wrote what made us feel comfy and uncomfortable then we went home. My favourite part of the day was when we asked Miss Hill’s questions’. By Alfie

Years 5 & 6 ‘Argghh! It be pirate day – Ahoy me hearties! Presently I’m still recovering from Wednesday the 4th of January’s events. On that day in Melbourn Primary School Year 5 – 6 all became pirates for a day to prepare them for our topic ahead. Here are my two favourite activities. To begin with, I’ll tell you about fencing where we were taught how to swashbuckle. To warm up we ran around the hall, then we were given foil swords, and had to sidestep around with our foil facing the ground. Then we learnt how to parry and lunge. I paired up with Ryan and started to duel. Our first match was really nerve racking and halfway through I fell backwards onto a mat! Eventually I started my winning streak winning 3-2, then, 5-3 and finally 5-2! From time to time I really appreciate drama as it lets you be free and let our imagination be wild. That’s why I chose drama as my second activity. I had to start by telling a story of how I got a map before being allocated captain and leading a mutiny. The mutineers had to tap all of the crew members

on the elbow and the crew had to tap us on the shoulder, I killed the captain Olivia and won the mutiny. We then had to row off to find the treasure. Even though the crew docked first and nearer to the treasure we still found it first. As you can see we all enjoyed pirate day thoroughly and enjoyed the activities, I came third in the treasure hunt! I’m now ready for the term ahead’. By Oliver We have also continued to develop our house teams with an Art afternoon. The children worked in their coloured teams to produce art work for the four new display boards in the hall, which look wonderful. We are very much looking forward to our book week in February. We will be visited by a theatre group, an author and a book seller and also have many of our own activities planned, including a ‘come to school dressed as a book character’ day and an inter-house book quiz.

Melbourn Village College Experts Give Talks at MVC In year 11 students start their Science coursework, to help the students, specialists from each topic come in and talk to the pupils about the coursework subject they have chosen. Some of the topics chosen are: Is sunbathing dangerous? Should the government fund embryonic stem cell research? And should all girls be vaccinated for HPV? Harry Leitch and Kate Blair, two PhD students from Cambridge University came in to give a presentation on Stem Cells to the year 11 class doing their biology coursework. After a brief introduction the session began with a ‘Stem Cell Decisions’ game, where we used a paper counter to try and make as many stem cell tokens as possible. The object of the game was to show that stem cells can ‘self-renew’ or copy themselves, but also differentiate into specialised cells. We discussed why stem cells need both of these functions, the first to continue the process, the second to grow and repair the body. We then talked about tissue stem cells, which are found in the body and can be used to transplant in humans in a method called ‘Stem Cell Therapy’ which helps some conditions currently. Then we watched a video of stem cell division speeded up, and had to spot the point where differentiated cells were being made. Two important facts to remember are; it is hard to isolate cells in the human body, in a controlled environment (e.g. a laboratory) proteins can be used to trigger differentiation. How far would your stem cells reach if you laid them all out? To London? To Paris? Unbelievably, the correct answer is around the Equator not once, not twice but FOUR TIMES!! And how long does it take to make say… 2 million red blood cells? A week? A year? It’s actually much faster than that, with millions being replicated in mere seconds. To demonstrate this, we had races of counting to 20 (Ollie Smith won with an impressive 3.6 seconds.) Taking a gamble, the pair of PhD students leading the session set us the task of playing ‘Stem Cell Happy Families.’ The idea was to cultivate a group of four cards with the same cell type, for example brain cells. Once this game was over, our knowledge of anatomy was tested melbournmagazine

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Royston Arts Festival – Crossing the Line Royston Arts Festival teamed up with stART for a project crossing county lines. Artist Jo Chapman ran workshops in Roysia and Greneway Middle Schools and Melbourn Village College on the theme of this year’s festival, ‘Crossing the Line’. Jo brought a suitcase of items to each school, which students used with their own items to create colourful assemblages. Students swapped items into the suitcase so each school was using materials donated by the others.

School Motto Graffitied The college is celebrating its new motto through graffiti art created by students. Last term students voted on a replacement motto for the latin Nisi Dominus Frustra and contributed ideas for a piece of graffiti art. Artist Jason Cool of You So Ugly graffiti projects worked with Melbourn youth club over the summer as part of the Artsmash programme to create the art work on the walls of the new wet weather shelter. Two of the students who took part in the project, Orla Condra and Beth Kelly, represented MVC at a celebration evening for the artsmash project, which the graffiti workshops were part of. Images of the graffiti were on display and were praised by the Chairman of South Cambridgeshire District Council.

TIBET WORKSHOP Year 10 students took part in a Tibet workshop given by members of Cambridge University research project for the Social Anthropology Department.. They produced calligraphy, wooden block printing and Buddhist images during a two hour workshop. They were introduced to the culture and religion of Tibet and given access to Buddhist books, art and literature.

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Who Killed Mr Wainwright? During activities week a complex scene was created, where Mr Wainwright had been murdered, to allow students at MVC to carry out a number of experiments that would be carried out if there really was an actual murder. These tests involved: chromatography ink tests; testing the antibodies in (fake) blood samples; testing stone’s from the shoe of the murderer; testing for poisons in blood and a drink found on the crime scene; and finally tying to match fibre samples found on a cricket bat near the crime scene.

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There were also a number of interviews with the teachers recorded so that students could pull out evidence from them to give them more of an idea of who the murderer was. On Wednesday 13th students that had carried out the tests were able to share what they had done with the community on a slot on Radio Cambridgeshire. Luckily Mr Wainwright has not been murdered and returned from a school trip to Wales the following week.

Sporting Achievement – Byron Lawrence Congratulations to Byron Lawrence for his achievements with Ipswich Town Football Club. Byron very nearly became the youngest player to take to the field. Ipswich manager, Paul Jewell, was determined to give Byron his debut in a senior game but things didn’t quite go to plan. Byron obviously has a bright future ahead with Ipswich Town.

Successful Swimming Team Georgia and Ellie Hickman have qualified in the regional finals next May in Basildon. Those early mornings definitely pay off … Keep up the good work girls.

Basketball The Year Nine Melbourn Village College Basketball Team, coached by Sam Robinson and Matt Davis, has recently won the District Cup. Sam and Matt who also play on the Key Stage 4 MVC Basketball Team, in the same week won the District Cup in their age group. Both teams beat Chesterton Village College in the semifinals, and St Bedes in the finals, to win the District Cup. They will now go on to the County Finals. The is the first time that MVC has won the District Cup in any year group.

Notre Ecole The second half of the autumn term began with a celebration of Halloween at Notre Ecole. The children learnt some vocabulary around this theme and then it was just light enough for them to use their French to direct their friends to pieces of chocolate hidden in the garden. In the weeks that followed children attending the Wednesday group learnt the French words for some toys. We played lots of games to practise the new vocabulary and then at the end of term, just before Christmas, we created pictures of toyshops and labelled the toys with French words. Meanwhile children attending the Thursday group revised the French needed to tell the time. We also practised a number of time related phrases, again playing lots of games along the way. During the spring term we shall be working around the theme of the home. At our Wednesday adult class in the beginners group we have carried on practising the past tense, while some of our newest members have been catching up by learning some basic French phrases. Members of the more advanced

conversation groups have discussed the acclaimed film ‘The Artist’, Le Prix Goncourt (The French Booker Prize), Epiphany, Tintin and as a grammar point they have covered the subjunctive. At the end of term we all joined forces to play an adapted version of the game ‘Would I Lie to You?’ and to drink a festive glass of wine. If you are thinking of holidaying in France this year, or would just like to learn some French we would be very happy to hear from you. We are a French native speaker and a graduate of European Studies with French. Please call either Marine on 01763 222876 or Janet on 01763 261231 for further details. Learn French in a friendly atmosphere *French for Children Games, role-play, songs etc. Every Wednesday from 3.45pm to 4.30pm Every Thursday from 4:15pm to 5:00pm *French for Adults All levels, Conversation Every Wednesday from 8.00pm to 9.00pm GCSE lessons available by arrangement. Individual lessons also available. Tel. Marine – 01763 222876 or Janet – 01763 261231 mob-07533 443153 mob-07791 853448 (Enhanced CRB clearance recently completed)

U3A (University of the Third Age) U3As are self-help, self-managed lifelong learning co-operatives, open to everyone not in full time work, but as the name implies, consisting of mainly older people. The learning experiences are for fun, not for qualifications, and you can brush up a language, play sport or do yoga, share your music or art preferences, discuss books and poetry, study local history or churches, go on long (or short) walks, bird watch, paint, share your collecting, gardening or textile passions, join a quiz or Scrabble group. Or, start up a group to share your own interest/skills! Melbourn and District U3A currently has over 30 interest groups supported by members from many surrounding communities and if you would like to join or know more please contact Arthur Alderton 01763 260399

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Pippins Stay & Play – Monday 9:30–11:00 am This group is a progression on from Crawlers to Walkers, aimed at confident walkers up to the age of five. Come along and meet new friends whilst engaging with your child in a variety of planned activities. The session will offer your child a healthy snack. Pippins Children’s Centre

Messy Mondays Young Parents – 1:30–3:00 pm For parents aged up to 25 years. Meet other parents of a similar age whilst enjoying play and activities with your children. Pippins Children’s Centre

Raising Children – Tuesday 10:00 am–12:00 noon Starts 17th January 2012 A 10 week programme aimed at offering parents a supportive, informal environment in which to gain information, knowledge and skills around parenting issues. Crèche available. Stepping Stones Children’s Centre, Brook Road, Bassingbourn

Centre open for information – Wednesday 9:30 am-12:30 pm Child Health Clinic – Wednesday 9:30-11am Advice and guidance from the Health Visiting Team regarding caring for and looking after your baby as they continue to grow. Melbourn Community Health Centre, 35 Orchard Road

Crawlers to Walkers – Thursday 10:00-11:30 am This group is a progression on from Baby Club, aimed at children who are mobile to confident walkers. A range of themed stimulating activities will be offered for children to explore and have fun with support from their carers. Pippins Children’s Centre

Baby Massage – Thursday 2:00-3:00 pm Starts 12th January 2012 A five week course promoting bonding, stimulation and relaxation. For babies aged 6 weeks to 8 months Booking essential. Pippins Children’s Centre

Baby Club – Friday 10:30 am-12:00 noon A chance for you and your baby to meet new friends and access support from centre staff. We offer a welcoming environment to help you relax and enjoy your baby. Pippins Children’s Centre

Baby Swim – Friday 11:30 am-12:30 pm Join in a fun swimming session especially for babies and toddlers aged 3 years and under Booking essential Melbourn Sports Centre, The Moor, Melbourn

Midwife Clinic Appointments with the Community Midwife Team in order to support you through the important aspects of your pregnancy Booking essential Pippins Children’s Centre

Toy Library Whilst enjoying Stay & Play or Crawlers to Walkers you can also borrow toys for up to two weeks. Please ask staff at either group for further information. Further Information Is your family registered with the Children’s Centre? Visit Pippins Children’s Centre in Melbourn and ask for a registration form. By registering your family with us, we will be able to keep you up to date with what’s going on at the Children’s Centre. Our area includes: Barrington, Fowlmere, Foxton, Great & Little Chishill, Harston, Heydon, Melbourn, Meldreth, Orwell, Shepreth, and Wimpole.

Freedom Programme Open to any women that wish to learn more about the reality of domestic violence and abuse. Speak to a member of staff in confidence. For more information contact: Scott Leger, Business Support Assistant Email: melbournchildrenscentre@cambridgeshire.gov.uk Pippins Children’s Centre, Mortlock Street, Melbourn, SG8 6DB Telephone: 01763 223460 For details of additional activities and sessions please visit www.cambridgeshirechildrenscentres.org.uk and select the ‘Melbourn’ option from the menu. Opening Times Monday-Friday 9:30 am-12:30 pm. These are our office hours, however, there is usually a member of Children’s Centre staff available in the afternoon so please feel free to pop in or phone us then. If booking is required please call: 01763 223460

Back Lane Fears On my way home, alone, and prone to zone, out. Turn the bend, tend, to pretend, I’m home Suddenly, out of the dark, you appear, on foot With dog, or without, no reflection, shade like, Rising from the shadows, no malice, but To the unsuspecting motorist, as with bike, A jump for the heart and a twist for the gut. I wrench my wheel, swerve, curve, my nerve, gone. Heed my plight, in the night, wear a light, or Something bright, maybe white, stay in sight, please. Alexis Cockroft

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Melbourn United Reformed Church News The Big Christmas Card Many thanks to all who used the Big Christmas card to send greetings to friends. This year the proceeds of £86 were sent to the Mercy Ships Charity. This charity provides free surgery and medical care as well as training and advice to local community partners in many developing countries around the world. See www.mercyships.org.uk for more information.

Organist Opportunity Our long standing organist Derrick Thurley is looking to hand over duties playing the organ at our regular Sunday morning services (11 am). This might be an opportunity for an up and coming organist as Derrick would be happy to mentor someone or share duties initially. We would be equally pleased to hear from an experienced organist. The organ has 2 manuals, 15 stops with a straight concave pedal board (see NPOR for details). We have a small choir and a typical congregation of 25-35 who like to sing! We also have a parlour grand piano which we use occasionally. Some remuneration possible. For further information please contact Eirwen or Peter Karner Tel: 01763 262346

Fairtrade Fortnight 27th February – 11th March During these two weeks we will be joining with thousands of others up and down the U.K. in trying to raise awareness of Fairtrade and invite everyone to join in making small steps of change in buying Fairtrade goods, and in doing so make a big difference to the lives of farmers and workers around the world. See www.fairtrade.org/steps for more details. We support Fairtrade on a regular basis, by serving fairly traded tea and coffee after our Sunday Services and at our weekly ‘Friday Coffee’, which runs from 10.30 each Friday morning. On our Fairtrade stall we have a wide variety of goods which includes cereals, dried fruits, biscuits and chocolates and seasonal items e.g. Fairtrade Easter Eggs and cards. Please do come and join us either at services or

for coffee and a chat and take the opportunity to support Fairtrade at the same time. News of any special events during Fairtrade Fortnight will be posted on our church noticeboard nearer the time.

All Saints Community Hall The bookings for the New Year are very encouraging and it is good to see that several clubs and organisations have been making regular bookings every week, which fill up our schedules and sometimes we have had to disappoint some enquirers. This is not an easy thing to do so if you are planning an event in the future it is better to ask as early as possible to avoid disappointment. Our Coffee Stop every Saturday morning draws in a good crowd of people and on days when local organisations use its facilities for fund raising it is sometimes hard to find a seat! Please consider using the Hall if your local club is looking to raise funds. We are constantly looking at improving our facilities and have recently improved the kitchen and now we are looking at the acoustics. Colin Limming, Bookings Secretary. 01763 260072 hallbookings@live.co.uk

Supporters of All Saints (SOAS) Our financial year ended on a healthy note with a good bank balance, which is available for any work needing to be done on the Parish Church fabric. This is due very much to our members’ prompt payment of their subscriptions as well as successful fund raising events. A regular income from Christmas cards, the ‘100 Club’ and the proceeds of ‘The Bookshelf’ held monthly at Coffee Stop on Saturdays in All Saints Community Hall, have helped greatly to increase our funds. Several members have given us ideas for the 2012 programme and these were considered at our January Committee meeting. Full details will be sent out to members as definite dates are arranged but there is one certainty and that is our ‘Open Gardens Day’ on Sunday 16th September when local residents will be opening their gardens to visitors. Membership of SOAS is open to all whether members of melbournmagazine

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Christmas at All Saints Our Christmas festivities began this year with the Bazaar at All Saints’ Church and All Saints’ Community Hall on 19th November which raised £3,000 for the Fabric Fund, which supports the upkeep of our medieval building. I am very grateful to local businesses who donated raffle prizes for the Grand Draw. We continued with the Christingle Service on 4th December with the usual excitement of lighted candles, oranges and children! As usual, the proceeds from this service were donated to The Children’s Society. Carol singing took place at The British Queen, Meldreth and, for the first time, at The Dolphin in Melbourn. Those who had gone out for a quiet drink at their local were in for a shock! Both pubs were very busy and we were lucky enough to raise over £700 for Help For Heroes. The Crib Service has become very much a village event and it seemed like the whole village had decided to come to it this year! The church was full to overflowing and it is difficult to see how we can fit anymore people in. Noah was in attendance, but did leave the sidespeople a small present to clear up afterwards and did not seem keen to enter the stable with Mary and Joseph! We all have our off days! £500 was raised at this service for the East Anglian Children’s Hospice.

Easter at All Saints On Sunday 18th March at 11.00 a.m. there will be a Family Service for Mothering Sunday and on 1st April Noah will make his first appearance of the year at Meldreth for Palm Sunday. We will be walking from Meldreth Village Hall to Holy Trinity church at 9.30 a.m. All welcome.

a.m. at Meldreth church followed by children’s activities and from 1.00 p.m. – 3.00 p.m. there is a led devotion to dip in and out of at All Saints. Saturday 7th April: 8.00 p.m. Service of Light at All Saints Easter Day: 8.00 a.m. Holy Communion at Holy Trinity, Meldreth 9.45 a.m. Family Communion at All Saints’, Melbourn 9.45 a.m. Family Communion at Holy Trinity, Meldreth

100 Club SOAS The November draw was made by Rev Andrew O’Brien on 30th November. There were 76 members. The first prize of £25.40 goes to Brenda Standing (39) at 24 Station Road and the second of £12.70 to Ann & David Lambert (77) at 7 The Lawns. The December draw was made by Mr Mike Rawlings. There were 76 members. The first prize of £25.40 goes to Mrs Mary Purdy (74) at 4 Chapel Lane and the second of £12.70 to Mr Luff (45) at 13 Orchard Gate. The January draw was made by Mr Mike Rawlings on Saturday 4th Feb. There were 77 members. The first prize of £25.68 goes to Mrs P Mitchell (25) at 3 Meadow Way and the second to Mrs AD Harrison (51) at 12 Greenbanks.

The Word of God from David Burbridge Why do the heathens rage, and the rulers take control against The Lord,and against His Anointed? Be wise, be instructed, ye judges of the earth. Serve the Lord with fear and rejoice with trembling. Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and ye perish when His wrath is kindled but a little. Blessed are all those who put their trust in Him. from Psalm 2 verses 1 & 2 & 10–12

For the diary

Where I Have & Have Not Been

Maundy Thursday, 5th April: 8.00 p.m. Holy Communion and washing of feet at All Saints’, Melbourn On Good Friday, 6th April, there will be a short service at 10.00

I have been in many places, but I’ve never been in Cahoots. Apparently, you can’t go alone. You have to be in Cahoots with someone. I’ve also never been in Cognito. I hear no one recognizes you there. I have, however, been in Sane. They don’t have an airport; you have to be driven there. I have made several trips there, thanks to my friends, family and work. I would like to go to Conclusions, but you have to jump, and I’m not too much on physical activity anymore. I have also been in Doubt. That is a sad place to go, and I try not to visit there too often. I’ve been in Flexible, but only when it was very important to stand firm. Sometimes I’m in Capable, and I go there more often as I’m getting older. One of my favorite places to be is in Suspense! It really gets the adrenalin flowing and pumps up the old heart! At my age I need all the stimuli I can get! melbournmagazine

Memories from a friend My Dad was cleaning out my grandmother’s house (she died in December) and he brought me an old Lemonade bottle. In the bottle top was a stopper with a bunch of holes in it. I knew immediately what it was, but my daughter had no idea. She thought they had tried to make it a salt shaker or something. I knew it as the bottle that sat on the end of the ironing board to ‘sprinkle’ clothes with because we didn’t have steam irons. Man, I am old.

How many do you remember? Headlight dip-switches on the floor of the car. Ignition switches on the dashboard. Trouser leg clips for bicycles without chain guards. Soldering irons you heated on a gas burner. Using hand signals for cars without turn indicators.

Older Than Dirt Quiz: Count all the ones that you remember, not the ones you were told about. Ratings at the bottom. 1

Sweet cigarettes

Coffee shops with juke boxes

Home milk delivery in glass bottles

Party lines on the telephone

Newsreels before the movie

TV test patterns that came on at night after the last show and were there until TV shows started again in the morning.. (There were only 2 channels – if you were fortunate)

Peashooters

33 rpm records

45 RPM records

9a 78 RPM records and wind-up gramaphones 10 Hi-fi’s 11 Metal ice trays with levers 12 Blue flashbulb 13 Cork popguns 14 Wash tub wringers If you remembered 0-3 = You’re still young If you remembered 3-6 = You are getting older If you remembered 7-10 = Don’t tell your age If you remembered 11-14 = You’re positively ancient! I must be ‘positively ancient’ but those memories are some of the best parts of my life.

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1st Melbourn Guides It may be winter outside … but at 1st Melbourn Guides there’s still lots to do! We started November with a halloween/bonfire night themed binbag fashion show; meanwhile the senior patrol created a gooey ‘rocky-road’ type dessert from leftover camp cereal, biscuits and chocolate. The following week we explored the subject of war and remembrance with the help of Royal British Legion member Geoff Apperley who introduced the girls to the history and significance of the Poppy Appeal. We then split into groups to explore the topic further through a discussion session, some basic first aid training, and bomb-aiming practise with a twist: not many girls wanted to ‘kill’ the photo of a smiling young girl when it was attached to the dart-board. On Remembrance Sunday twenty one girls took part in the parade, proudly marching behind our Unit flag. For the sporty clause of our healthy living badge we learnt muscle stretching and how to take our own pulse, and played rope skipping and some classic Guide games. On a subsequent evening we sampled healthy food, did a quiz on drugs, and enjoyed a relaxing hand massage. As usual we ran a children’s tombola at the All Saints Church bazaar, raising a record-breaking £72 for the cause. We supported the Meldreth Holy Trinity Church Christmas tree festival too, making blue wool angels (because all our girls are angels of course..) and also making sequin-encrusted felt baubles, just because sewing is fun and a good skill to learn! The term ended with an ambitious attempt to make Christmas door wreaths

from a wire frame and conifer branches, decorated with ribbon, pine cones, and bits of old sparkly decorations. The results were impressive, and have graced the girls’ front doors throughout the village. We currently have a full unit and a waiting list, and would welcome another adult leader. However 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: melbournguides@ gmail.com Hilary Marsh

Melbourn and District Gardening Club Are you interested in gardening? Why not join the Melbourn and District Gardening Club on a regular or occasional basis. We meet at 7.30 on the second Tuesday each month, at the Community Hall, behind All Saints Church (near traffic lights, lane by telephone box) March 13th Clematis Pauline & Gerald Greenway from Priorswood Clematis Nursery near Ware, will visit the club to give a talk, with slides, on all aspects of growing Clematis. How to choose your ideal plant, where and how to plant, prune and feed. Plants from the nursery will be for sale. April 10th – Container Gardening Things to think about before dashing to the garden centre! A fresh look at a popular subject. May 8th – Climate Change & Associated Planting George Thorp, retired Head Gardener at Trinity College, has been studying the effects of climate change for 15 years and conducted experiments at the college. Learn about the effects of climate change on plants and how to adapt. Consider the positive and negative aspects. Earlier flowering during Winter? Pests and diseases becoming more prevalent? Outings There will be an evening visit in July to Hopleys Nursery and Gardens at Much Hadham near Ware. melbournmagazine

Coach Outing – Saturday 26th May 2012 Our annual coach outing will be to Burghley House, Stamford, Lincolnshire. Built 1555-1587. One of the largest and grandest houses of the first Elizabethan Age. State Rooms, 2,000 acres of land, lake, Deer Park, South Gardens, Sculpture Garden, Garden of Surprises. Orangery Restaurant, Garden Café, Garden Shop, Gift Shop. New members and visitors very welcome. For more information - ring Helen tel 01763 245887 or Angela 01763 262793

Melbourn Dynamos Football Club Our new 2011–12 football season is now well underway with a busy training and match schedule for our boys and girls. We have nine age group squads, with players aged between 6 and 16 years. We have a permanent base at Melbourn Village College, where we hold our training and home matches in beautiful surroundings. We are a friendly community football club and we give boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of their experience or ability. Our squads train weekly and play matches at weekends in the Royston Crow Youth League. Our younger members play 7 a side football on small pitches, moving through to 11 a side on bigger pitches for the older players. Our current U9 squad is pictured. We always welcome new players to our squads, with or without football experience. For the younger ones aged 4–5 years, we run a ‘Dynamites’ Saturday morning ‘pay as you go’ fun football session in Melbourn. All welcome. If you are interested in finding out more about MDFC, please contact Nicky Patel on 07951 590139 or email us on melbourndynamos@aol.com All of our coaches are CRB checked and qualified to a minimum of F.A. Level 1 standard. We are also recognised as a Charter Status Club which means that we have all the correct people and practices in place to operate in line with government requirements. www.melbourndynamos.co.uk

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Grinnel Hill BMX Club Coming soon to the village of Melbourn, Grinnel Hill BMX Club. A new and exciting local community project! What is it? A BMX club based in Melbourn called ‘Grinnel Hill BMX’. The club is located at Grinnel Hill, a Parish Council site, on London Way, Melbourn. The club will cater for both local children and adults aged from twelve upwards, right through to visitors from surrounding towns and counties. Why? Our aim for the club is to promote an activity for the young community of Melbourn and surrounding areas to participate in, with the guidance of our committee and experts, in a safe and friendly environment. Members will have access to BMX coaching and expertise on site during club open days. When? The official opening of the club will take place on Saturday the 12th May 2012, and will be open annually April to September thereafter. Strictly for BMX use only, for ages 12 and older, members have the option of either becoming a seasonal member for £20 (April to September), or a day member (per session) for £5. Grinnel Hill BMX Club continued

Acknowledgements A local group of BMX riders have put many hours of hard work and dedication into building the BMX jumps on the site of Grinnel Hill, getting them ready for the grand opening. None of this would have been possible without the ongoing support of the Melbourn Parish Council members and also various local business owners who have donated time and materials to help with the site construction. Council member Val Barrett has supported the project from the very beginning and has been very keen to see the project through to completion. Other councillors including Jose Hales, Mike Linnette, Irene Bloomfield have also given great support. A great deal of earth has had to be brought on to the site in order to construct the BMX jumps. Clive Onslow

of Seearo Group Ltd kindly donated the soil and a digger so that we could get things up and running. Peter Norbury of Norburys Building and Landscape Supplies whose business is adjacent to Grinnel Hill also provided us with soil for construction and also provided the foundations of a track and car park which has enabled us to provide on site parking. Another local, David Mallyon of Alfreshco Paint and Graphics, has given up a lot of time to provide us with a regular water supply so that we can build and maintain the jumps. Finally, a special thanks to Melbourn History Group for their donation of £209.60 which allowed us to purchase a security cable, and 6 spades/shovels to help keep the site secure and maintained to a safe standard now and for the years to come. Also South Cambridgeshire District Council for their Community Chest Grant of £1000 to be put towards the up keep of the site. For more details and to download your membership form today please visit; www.grinnelhillbmx.co.uk

Melbourn And District Photographic Club Your local photographic club is expanding fast with new members at both ends of the age spectrum. We are very pleased to have recruited some loyal supporters from Melbourn Village College who are doing photography as part of a Duke of Edinburgh’s award scheme. The club has been in existence for many years and enjoys meeting new members so we can share skills and experiences. You will be welcomed any Tuesday evening, whatever your skill set, from September to April at Foxton Village Hall. There is a varied programme of competitions, talks and practical advice. Meetings are from 7.30 to 9.30. Come and join us ! The highlight of the spring programme is the final of the Melbourn trophy to be held on Saturday 17th March at Foxton village hall. Prints produced by club members during the year will be on

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display and the trophy will be awarded to the winner of a knockout competition between local clubs. The competition concludes on this evening with judging of the entries from the finalists. This is an exciting event with entries of very high quality. The rest of the spring programme comprises: March 6 Club evening: Landscapes 9 (Friday) Inter club competition 13 Competition: Projected image of the year 17 (Saturday) Melbourn Trophy Final 18 (Sunday) Location Competition: ‘Points of View’ 20 Competition: Print of the year 27 Club evening: Judging April 3 AGM For further information please ring the secretary Bruce Huett 01763 232 855

Melbourn Bridge Club It is with considerable pleasure to be able to report that the Bridge Club continues to attract more players, 36 people have been turning up on a Monday evening at the Vicarage Close Community Centre. Still a good mixture of experienced and relative newcomers, but always with a friendly atmosphere. The Christmas Competition was a well attended evening which, this year, was won by Jane Bains and Denis O’Brien, so many congratulations to them both. Do not forget that you can attend with or without a partner; we will guarantee you a game, all enquiries to Howard Waller 01763 261693

Meldreth Croquet Club Last year, 2011, was a very successful year for Meldreth Croquet; our Open Day in May attracted many people to try their hand at the game and as a result we gained several new members. The recent improvements in the grounds of the British Queen have made the croquet lawn visible from the road and from the river Mel footpath, so people

can watch the game being played. The lawn suffered in the drought of early 2011 but remained playable despite some bumps and dips. The top dressing and reseeding carried out in October should improve the lawn considerably. In the past we have only played croquet from May to October, however a hardy band of club members have been playing through the winter when the weather was good. Six dedicated members started the New Year playing croquet on January 1st. After the success of our open day last year we are having another on Saturday 19th May. Anyone who would like to try croquet will be very welcome: equipment and instruction will be provided throughout the day from 10.30. For further information please contact Janet Pope 01763 248342; jacksonpope@tiscali.co.uk

Melbourn History Group At the present time we are rather between projects but there are several ideas ‘in the pipeline’. Our Melbourn brooches sold well over the Christmas period and there are a few still in stock. These are hallmarked silver and are available for £60.00 and make splendid birthday or anniversary brooches. Visitors to the village looking for family research continue to leave their details in the book in the Parish Church and we try to help everybody who asks for assistance. Every enquiry is acknowledged and a reply sent even if what we have in the parish records is sparse or even non-existent. Members are still adding details of births, marriages and deaths from the parish records on to our own web site but it is a long and eye-crossing job! What comes across from even way back in the 1700’s is the sight of familiar village names that appear in the telephone book today. It is an encouraging sign that some families have not strayed far even if some of their relations left these shores for distant lands and not always voluntarily! Colin Limming Chairman

Royston and District Family History Society We continue to have excellent numbers attending our meetings. In October Deana Hudson came to give us a talk entitled ‘Life in the BIG House by the real Mrs Hudson’. Not only was Deana dressed as a Victorian housekeeper of a notable residence but she had loads of artefacts pertaining to such a house as well. Add to that a very entertaining delivery and we had a super evening, as well as hearing a little more about service in a big house. Very valuable to a room full of people pretty much all of whom could boast at least one Victorian servant in their tree! November brought us a presentation of magic lantern slides, some of them very old, and some of local places. The talk was given by Amanda Tuck ably assisted by her husband and was also hugely entertaining. In December we had a Members’ Evening. It was close to Christmas so numbers were down a bit but those of us that were there managed to find something historical to chat about. Our booklet of the Monumental Inscriptions of Kelshall Churchyard is now available to buy and the transcribing of the Baptism Registers of Royston Parish Church continues. We shall now begin to plan this summer’s project which we hope will be the Orchard Road Cemetery, Melbourn. This is a much larger project than little Kelshall and will take considerably longer to do so we shall be hoping that a lot of the members will be prepared to get involved. Our Programme for the next few meetings is as follows:

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Mar 19th Member’s Evening Bring us your problem ancestor maybe we can help. April 16th A Strong Minded Woman by Liz Carter May 21st Member’s Evening ‘A Wedding Special’ Bring your wedding photos, old and new, so that we can compare fashions, flowers and such. June 18th A.G.M. with cheese and wine

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Over the years we have completed numerous publications which include the Monumental Inscriptions of several graveyards, the burial indexes of several churches, mainly on the Hertfordshire side of the border, Royston Parish Church Marriages (1662-1812) and banns (1754-1837) and three volumes of the ‘Births, Marriages and Deaths’ as published in the ‘Royston Crow’, they are Vol 1 1876-1886, Vol 2 1887-1899, and Vol 3 1900-1910. All these are available on our bookstall at meetings, from our website www.roystonfhs.org.uk of 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. We could also use some younger blood, if only to crawl about in those graveyards! Avril Emery, Chair/Editor Royston & District FHS

Royston & District Local History Society website: www.roystonlocalhistory.org.uk Our meetings are held in the Heritage Hall, Royston Town Hall starting at 8pm. Annual membership £5. Visitors £2.

story of Isambard Kingdom Brunel Geoff Hales A Travelling Theatre Presentation. The evening concludes with a buffet and drinks. Saturday 9 June Coach Outing to Stratford-upon-Avon information from David Allard 01763 242677 Our website shows all the books we have for sale. Many of these result from the considerable work undertaken by members. The books may be purchased at our evening meetings.

Thursday 1 March – Royston History on your computer – the library on your laptop, illustrated, Mike Petty Thursday 5 April – History of Duxford Airfield Les Millgate Thursday 10 May – Annual General Meeting 7.30pm followed at 8pm by The

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What’s on Fifth Safari Supper 9th June

I cannot believe it is FIVE years since Jane and I had the (brilliant) idea of running a Safari Supper in Melbourn to raise money for the All Saints Community Hall! The very first supper took place before the hall was officially opened and I had to swear that we wouldn’t make a mess or spoil anything for the opening ceremony the following day! The hall has proved to be a great asset to the village and is being very well used, but there are still things we want to do to improve the facilities and the major item at the moment is the installation of some kind of treatment to improve the acoustics. Our fifth Safari Supper will take place on Saturday 9th June this year. I do hope that everyone who has taken part before will join in again – we have taken care to avoid the fetes in Melbourn and Meldreth – and that even more people will join in. For the evening to work well we need people willing to provide a starter, main course or dessert for 4 to 8 people – and after each course you all move on to different venues hopefully (if we have organised it properly) not meeting the same people again. We all finish up at the Hall to have coffee and exchange notes on the evening! The cost is £12 per person but we do offer something towards the food for those who are cooking. Not everyone has to be a host, we can take a limited number of guests as well and have several regulars from outside the village who enjoy taking part. It is good fun and you get to meet a lot of people. If you would like to know more about our Safari Supper, or indeed to put your name down to take part do please ring either me or Jane Brett. Or alternatively, email howards. carlings@btinternet.com for an application form. Mavis Howard 260686 Jane Brett 260306

Arts Development If you’re part of a group interested in working with an artist, hosting an arts event or if you run an arts related group and need some support then contact your local Arts Development Manager, Kirstin Bicknell. She can support with everything from marketing and fundraising advice to contacting an artist. Kirstin is part of the stART partnership between village colleges and South Cambridgeshire District Council. StART runs a number of district wide initiatives including an equipment bank and mobile cinema for community groups to hire. See their website www.start-arts.org.uk for more information or contact Kirstin, telephone 07770 643165, email Kirstin@start-arts.org.uk

Local Arts Mailing List Do you want to know what’s going on locally? The local arts mailing list will include details of events and workshops linked to the arts in its widest sense (drama, art, music, dance etc).

To join and receive occasional email updates contact Kirstin Bicknell by emailing kirstin@start-arts.org.uk with the word subscribe in the title. If you have a local arts related event or workshop, you’d like to promote then contact Kirstin with the event details.

British Choral Anthems Friday 20th April 2011, Bassingbourn Parish Church North End, Bassingbourn, SG8 5NW 8pm Saturday 21st April 2011, Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Trumpington Street, Cambridge, 7:30pm

Swaffham Bulbeck Summer Theatre … presents Gilbert and Sullivans

IOLANTHE Wednesday 13th June – Saturday 16th June performances at 7.30pm + Saturday Matinee at 2.30pm Downing Farm, Station Road, Swaffham Bulbeck Cambridge CB 25 0NB. Details of ticket prices and outlets will be notified in time for later editions. Contact, Mrs. Ruth Dennis, Ashfield House, 20, High Street, Stetchworth, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 9TJ. Tel: 01638 508171 fax: 01638 555600 (work) e-mail: info@sbstgands.co.uk

Cambridge Science Festival Synopsis This year, there are over 180 mostly free events running throughout Cambridge from 12–25 March. This year we’re celebrating the boundaries that are being broken in science at events; from racing mini rockets using lasers to learning about how the BBC’s hit series Frozen Planet was produced, there is something for everyone to come and see. We’ll have the usual mix of interactive fun for all the family at our open days on 17 and 24 March, along with plenty for adults at our evening lecture series. For more information and a programme, please call: 01223 766766 or visit: www.cam.ac.uk/sciencefestival, from 1 February, and booking opens on 6 February. As part of the Inspire programme of activities across the UK, endorsed by the London 2012 Olympic Games, the Festival has the theme ‘Breaking boundaries’ and we have loads of events celebrating the science behind sport throughout the Festival. Guest Director for 2012 is comedian Robin Ince who will be hosting loads of events. These include Robin Ince’s melbournmagazine

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Changing Woodland, Meldreth, Saturday 31 March

‘Bad science book club’ (16 March), in which he will join Alan Moore and other guests to discuss their favourite odd, arcane or frankly just bad pieces of science literature, and ‘Happiness through science’ (18 March), in which Robin asks can you be happy and rational at the same time? Other highlights of the Festival include a discussion on the subject of The Planets between an astronomer and a conductor, followed by a performance of the work by Holst; racing mini rockets using lasers at the Institute for Manufacturing; and a talk on how the BBC’s hit series Frozen Planet was produced. Whatever you age, there will certainly be something of interest at this year’s Cambridge Science Festival. We’ll have the usual mix of interactive fun for all ages at our open days on 17 and

Treasure Hunt and Workshop at Melwood, 2pm – 3pm Followed by a writing workshop at the Tavern Gallery, 3pm – 4pm Drop into Melwood 2pm – 3pm on Saturday 31st March for a family treasure hunt to learn more about how climate effects the woodland. See sculptures of animals made by Melbourn Village College students, poems by children from Meldreth primary school and enjoy a woodland trail. Writer Clare Crossman will be giving a workshop at the Tavern Gallery following the treasure hunt for writers interested in tackling the theme of climate change. Everyone welcome, no booking required, for more details see www.start-arts.org.uk www.start-arts.org.uk

Denny Abbey April Tuesday 3 April and Thursday 5 April, 12pm to 4pm – Children’s Activity Days: Toy Times Sunday 8 and Monday 9 April, 10.30am to 5pm – Easter Family Fun Tuesday 10 and Thursday 12 April, 12pm to 4pm – Children’s Activity Days: Spring Collage Sunday 22 April, 10am to 1pm – Art & Craft workshop for adults: Life Drawing Saturday 28 April, 10am to 1pm – Craft workshop for adults: Make a Bird Feeder or Bird Bath May Saturday 5- Monday 7 May, 11am to 4pm – The Second Annual Exhibition of Farmland Museum Artists Saturday 5 May, 10am to 5pm – Craft Workshop for Adults: Basket-Making Monday 7 May, 10.30am to 5pm – Arts and Crafts Fair Sunday 13 May, 10am to 1pm – NEW! Craft workshop for Adults: Jewellery Making One: Introduction Sunday 20 May, 10am to 1pm – NEW! Craft workshop for Adults: Jewellery Making Two: Using Leather Sunday 27 May, 10am to 1pm – NEW! Craft workshop for Adults: Jewellery Making Three: Bag Charms and Keyrings June Sunday 3 and Monday 4 June, 10.30am to 5pm – 1940s Farm and Country Fair! Tuesday 5 and Thursday 7 June, 12pm to 4pm – Children’s Activity Day: Diamond Jubilee! Saturday 9 June, 10am to 2pm – NEW! Craft Taster session for adults: Knit & Natter Sunday 17 June, 10.30am to 5pm – Father’s Day Farmyard Special melbournmagazine

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Wednesday 20 June, 10am to 4.30pm – Health, Happiness and Well-Being Day Sunday 24 June, 10am to 4pm – NEW! Art & Craft workshop for Adults: Mixed Media & Watercolour For further information on these events Tel: 01223 860988 or email info@farmlandmuseum.org.uk www.dennyfarmlandmuseum.org.uk.

ARTS & CRAFTS FAIR OPPORTUNITY Bank Holiday Monday, 7th May 2012, 10.30am-5pm at The Farmland Museum & Denny Abbey The Farmland Museum is organising an Arts and Crafts Fair for Monday 7th May 2012, 10.30am-5pm, in partnership with the Friends of the Farmland Museum. If you are interested in having a stall, please contact Laura Pearson Acting Curator at The Farmland Museum and Denny Abbey, Ely Road, Waterbeach, Cambridge. CB25 9PQ. Tel: 01223 860988 info@farmlandmuseum.org.uk www.dennyfarmlandmuseum. org.uk. Office hours are Monday-Friday, 9.00am-5.00pm

Concert by The Vauxhall Male Voice Choir Sponsored by TTP, Melbourn On Saturday March 17th in Meldreth Church Meeting Room at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £9.00 (Friends £8.50) and include wine and nibbles. Tickets available from: Sandra Searles 01763 260435 or John Price 01763 260048

Meldreth Spring Gardens A popular annual event to be held this year on Sunday April 15th. Several pretty spring gardens will be open with homemade teas in the Church Meeting Room

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