Diary

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Saturday 1

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am

Sunday 2

Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm URC Service 11.00am Baptist Communion 6pm

Monday 3

Drop-in Surgery with Councillors at The Hub 2.30-3.30pm Melbourn Bridge Club every Monday Vicarage Close contact Howard Waller 261693

Tuesday 4

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT) Melbourn & District Photographic Club Foxton Village Hall every Tuesday 7.30pm contact Bruce Huett 232855

Wednesday 5

Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am (TT) Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am Ash Wednesday Service All Saints 7.30pm

Thursday 6

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm Royston & District Local History Society Royston Town Hall 8pm ‘Suffragettes’ Mary Dicken

Friday 7

Coffee URC 10.30am Melbourn Bowls Club Whist Drive 7pm contact

Arthur Andrews 261990 Women’s World Day of Prayer All Saints 2.30pm

Saturday 8

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am

Sunday 9

Family Communion & Sunday School All Saints 9.45am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm URC Service 11.00am

Tuesday 11

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT) Mothers’ Union 2pm Wendy contact

Pauline Hay 260759 Melbourn & District Gardening Club ASCH 7.30pm

‘Roses’ Peter Jackson

Wednesday 12

Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am (TT) Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am URC Reflective Service 7pm CATalyst Carers Social Group 1.30-3.30pm

Thursday 13

Holy Communion All Saints 10.00am Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm

Friday 14

Coffee URC 10.30am

Saturday 15

Coffee Stop 10.30am ASCH The Bookshelf

Sunday 16

Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am Family Service All Saints 11.00am URC Service 11.00am Baptist Communion Service 10.30am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

Monday 17

Royston & District Family History Society ASCH 7.30pm ‘What People Had in their Houses’ Dr Shirley Wittering

Tuesday 18

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30 (TT)

Wednesday 19

Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am

Thursday 20

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm

Friday 21

Coffee URC 10.30am Melbourn Bowls Club Whist Drive 7pm contact Arthur Andrews 261990

Saturday 22

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am Cambridge Choral Society Concert, West Road,

Cambridge

Sunday 23

Family Communion & Sunday School All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

Monday 24

Meldreth Local History Group Coffee Morning Elin Way 10am-12noon

Tuesday 25

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30 (TT) Women’s Group Meldreth 7.45pm Lent Reflection Mothers’ Union 2.30pm Soham Lady Day Service

Wednesday 26

Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am (TT) Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm

Thursday 27

Holy Communion All Saints 10am

Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly

Friday 28

Coffee URC 10.30am

Saturday 29

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am SOAS Royston Choral Society All Saints 7.30pm

Sunday 30

Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am URC Service 11.00am

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Tuesday 1

Toddler Plus 9.30-11.30am Baptist Church (TT) Melbourn & District Photographic Club AGM Foxton

Village Hall 7.30pm contact Bruce Huett 232855 (runs September to April)

Wednesday 2

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

Thursday 3

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly Royston & District Local History Soc. Royston

Town Hall 8pm ‘Everyday Life in the Eighteenth Century’

Friday 4

Coffee URC 10.30am Melbourn Bowls Club Whist Night 7.00pm End of Term

Saturday 5

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am Bible Soc. Plant Stall Thriplow Daffodil Weekend

Sunday 6

Thriplow Daffodil Weekend Holy Communion All Saints 8am Holy Communion URC 11.00am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm Baptist Communion 6pm

Monday 7

Drop-in Surgery with Councillors at The Hub 2.30-3.30pm first Monday in the month Melbourn Bridge Club every Monday at Vicarage Close contact Howard Waller 261693

Tuesday 8

Mothers’ Union 2pm Bassingbourn Church Hall contact Pauline Hay 260759 Melbourn & District Gardening Club ASCH 7.30pm

‘Bees & the Gardener’

Wednesday 9

Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am CATalyst Carers Social Group URC hall 1.30-3.30pm

Thursday 10

Holy Communion All Saints 10am

Friday 11

Coffee URC 10.30am Melbourn Bowls Club Whist Drive 7pm

Saturday 12

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am Roy. Brit. Legion Easter

Egg Tombola ASCH Spring Sale 2-4pm in the Community Hall contact 261154 for details

Sunday 13

Family Communion & Sunday School All Saints 9.45am

Palm Sunday Service URC 11.00am Palm Sunday 3pm Walking with Noah the donkey.

Meet at Meldreth Recreation Ground Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

Monday 14

Royston & District Family History Society ‘Introduction to Heraldry’

Wednesday 16

Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am

Thursday 17

Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly Maundy Thursday Service All Saints 7.30pm

Friday 18

Good Friday Good Friday Service followed by Hot Cross Buns 10.00am Good Friday Led devotion All Saints 1-3pm Baptist Open Church 1-4pm with activities for children

Saturday 19

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am The Bookshelf Easter Even – Service of Light All Saints 6.00pm

Sunday 20

Easter Sunday Holy Communion All Saints 8am Family Communion All Saints 9.45am Easter Day Baptism 10.30am Easter Day Communion Service URC 11.00am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

Monday 21

Easter Monday

Tuesday 22

Women’s Group 7.45pm Meldreth ‘Arthur Rank Hospice’

Wednesday 23

Summer Term begins Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30 (TT) Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage

Close 7pm

Thursday 24

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Melbourn Bowls Club Coffee Morning 10-12noon Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm

Friday 25

Coffee URC 10.30am

Saturday 26

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am

Sunday 27

Family Communion All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

Tuesday 29

Toddlers Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT)

Wednesday 30

Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am

Thursday 31

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm

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Thursday 1

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Coffee Morning Melbourn Bowls Club 10.30-12noon Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly

Friday 2

Coffee at URC 10.30am MADS ‘Never Too Late’ Meldreth Village Hall 7.30pm

Saturday 3

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am MADS ‘Never Too Late’ Meldreth Village Hall 7.30pm

Sunday 4

Holy Communion All Saints 8am Holy Communion URC 11am Communion Service Baptist Church 6pm Evensong All Saints 6.30pm Melbourn Bowls Club Open Day 2.30pm

Monday 5

Bank Holiday

Tuesday 6

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT)

Wednesday 7

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

Thursday 8

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Coffee Morning Melbourn Bowls Club 10.30-12noon Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly Royston & District Local History Society Town Hall

Royston 8pm AGM followed by ‘The Woman Who

Saved Children’

Friday 9

Coffee at URC 10.30am

Saturday 10

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am Link Murang’a Tombola Melbourn Primary School Spring Fayre

Sunday 11

Family Communion & Sunday School All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

Tuesday 13

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am Mother’s Union contact 2pm Meldreth

Pauline Hay 260759 Melbourn & District Gardening Club ASCH 7.30pm

‘Vegetables for Value’

Wednesday 14

Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am (TT) Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am Reflective Service URC 7pm

Thursday 15

Holy Communion All Saints 10am

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Coffee Morning Melbourn Bowls Club 10.30-12noon Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly

Friday 16

Coffee at URC 10.30am

Saturday 17

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am Christian Aid Cake Stall

Sunday 18

Holy Communion All Saints 8am Family Service All Saints 11.00am URC Service 11am Communion Service Baptist Church 10.30am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm A10 Corridor Cycling Awareness Ride Melbourn & District Gardening Club Annual Outing

Monday 19

Royston & District Family History Society ASCH 7.30pm

Tuesday 20

Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (TT) Royston & District Family History Society ASCH 7.30pm

Wednesday 21

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

Thursday 22

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Coffee Morning Melbourn Bowls Club 10.30-12noon Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly

Friday 23

Coffee at URC 10.30am

Saturday 24

Coffee Stop at ASCH 10.30am The Bookshelf

Sunday 25

Family Communion All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

Monday 26

Bank Holiday

Tuesday 27

Women’s Group ASCH 7.45pm Games Evening

Wednesday 28

Coffee Break Baptist Church 10.30am Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage

Close 7pm

Thursday 29

Holy Communion All Saints 10am Coffee Morning Melbourn Bowls Club 10.30-12noon Craft & Chat URC 2-4pm weekly

Friday 30

Coffee at URC 10.30am

Saturday 31

Coffee Stop ASCH 10.30am Cambridge Choral Society Concert St John’s College

Chapel The closing date for the next issue is Friday 18th april 2014 which will appear in June, listing events in June, July and August 2014.

Village information continued

Orchard Surgery Dispensary

Monday to Friday 8:30 – 1pm and 3pm – 6pm Phone 01763 261246 Telephone requests are not accepted For repeat prescriptions you can: Fax 01763 262968 or email: prescriptions.orchardsurgery@nhs.net • Allow at least 48 hours (two working days – excluding weekends and bank holidays) for repeat prescriptions to be ready. • Do not leave your request to the last minute. Prescription/medication depending on eligibility can be collected from the Surgery Co-op Tesco in Royston Please let the dispensary know where you wish your prescriptions to be sent. This will remain your choice until we are informed otherwise.

Bin ColleCtion

MELBOURN

7 March Green & Blue Bin 14 March Black Bin 21 March Green & Blue Bin 28 March Black Bin 4 April Green & Blue Bin 11 April Black Bin 19 April** Green & Blue Bin 26 April** Black Bin 2 May Green & Blue Bin 10 May* Black Bin 16 May Green & Blue Bin 23 May Black Bin 31 May* Green & Blue Bin 7 June Black Bin 14 June Green & Blue Bin 21 June Black Bin 28 June Green & Blue Bin

*Saturday Collection **Due to Easter, please check website below for conformation.

Changes to dates on SCDC website were changed after the winter edition of the magazine was printed, please check the website below to be kept up-to-date

For an update on collections visit: www.scambs.gov.uk/content/friday For more information and collections of large household items Telephone 03450 450 063

Melbourn Health Visiting Team

Drop in clinics for parents and babies are held as follows: Melbourn clinic every Wednesday between 9.30am and 11.00am at: 35 Orchard Road, Melbourn. Telephone 01763 262861

8a Romsey Terrace, Cambridge. CB1 3NH Office Mon-Fri 9.00am-12.30pm. Telephone 01223 416 141 answerphone out of these hours admin@camtadcambs.org.uk A drop in advisory session is held at Vicarage Close Community Room, the 4th Thursday of the month from 2pm to 4pm See the website for more information www.cambridgeshirehearinghelp.org.uk Battery exchange and retubing. We do not do hearing tests

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Cam Sight’s Rural Support group meet in Melbourn to provide help, and friendship. The group provide enjoy speakers, music, information, events and trips and a chance to try out new equipment. They meet monthly on a weekday morning or afternoon. For further information Call 01223 420 033

At the request of the children, in the lead up to Christmas pupils at our Wednesday after school club learnt some vocabulary and phrases around the ever popular theme of food. We practised a range of new words enabling us to talk about what we like and don’t like to eat. We were also able to talk about food that is healthy and that which is not so good for us.

Children at our Thursday after school class, who are slightly older, also worked around the theme of food but developed their knowledge slightly further describing food and using a wider range of vocabulary. Then, in both groups, just before Christmas the children learned about the South of France tradition of eating 13 desserts with the festive meal. They enjoyed sampling the different types of fruit, nuts and sweets while learning about the significance of each of the dishes and creating a collage showing all the types of desserts.

Since returning after the Christmas break children in both groups have sampled an Epiphany cake and learnt about the traditions associated with the cake in France. We are now looking forward to learning new words related to transport on a Wednesday and the weather on a Thursday.

Members of the Wednesday evening adults’ class have spent some time learning vocabulary to do with clothes. They practised colours, numbers and other phrases to enable them to purchase clothes. Then as the festive season approached they learnt some Christmassy words and completed some seasonal quizzes and puzzles.

Adult attending the conversational group discussed a range of topics, for example colloquialisms and everyday language, abbreviation and the derivation of words but also had time to perfect their grammar, particularly the subjunctive and conditional tenses.

If you or your child are interested in joining one of our

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groups please get in touch. Notre Ecole, led by a native speaker and a graduate of European Studies with French, has been teaching French to pupils of all ages for more than ten years. Call either Marine on 07533 443153 or Janet on 07791 853448 for further details. If you prefer e-mail, contact marineboulter@yahoo.fr or janet.whitton@tiscali.co.uk . We look forward to hearing from you. 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.

Telelephone Marine 01763 222876 or Janet 01763 261231 mob-07533 443153 mob-07791 853448 Email marineboulter@yahoo.fr or janet.whitton@tiscali.co.uk. We look forward to hearing from you. (Enhanced CRB clearance recently completed)

U3A University of the Third Age

What are your feelings about retirement? The chance to do all those things you’ve promised yourself? The prospect of empty days and peace at last? Or a certain trepidation about how you’ll fill your time? Whatever your thoughts, it’s a good idea to start planning before it happens, because moving in a single day from hard work and stress to an empty future is not the best way to stay healthy and happy. Some people make it a gradual process, cutting down their hours in stages, and that seems to work well. If you can’t, then have a look around before you retire and see what’s available. Voluntary and community work can be not only rewarding but also fun and interesting. An allotment or a motor home or a new sport will get you out and about. And of course joining a club will ensure you make new friends and keep the mind active. Don’t imagine, though, that a club for older people needs to be all bingo and biscuits. Melbourn U3A is waiting for you when you retire. Over the last few months members have enjoyed music from the Messiah to Flanders and Swan, walked the footpaths around Wrestlingworth, Weston, Ickleton and Shepreth, learned about orchids and nanotechnology, played bridge and Scrabble, and engaged in a host of other activities. If you’re interested, visit the website at www.u3asites.org.uk/ melbourn.

Workers’ Educational Association (WEA) – Royston

The next courses will start in September but the details are not available yet. Details in due course from Carol Bradshaw 01763 268678.