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The Cambridge Dial-a-Ride Service  provides volunteer operated mini-bus services  and assistance for people who have difficulty accessing or using other means of transport.  The service covers  Haslingfield  and now they need our help.  They have been selected to share in £10000 of funding put up by The Cambridge Building Society in their Cash for The Community programme and they need our assistance to obtain the biggest share possible. All you have to do is collect as many as possible of the tokens that will be appearing in Cambridge Evening News until 25th February.  The more tokens collected in their name the more will be their share of the £10000.  The collected tokens should be put into an envelope with Cambridge Dial-a-Ride on the front and delivered to The Village Shop or to Alan Edwards (60 Barton Road).     

Nora’s recollections include glimpses of old Haslingfield now lost. Before Broad Lane was built in the 1950s, there was a cart track that was impassable during the winter. On the left stood a meadow filled with elm trees and, in the spring, violets.It was known as The Grove, and on the right was an orchard. The footpath joining New Road, the church and the green was a popular walk, and the meadow on New Road was used for games before the recreation ground existed.

The recreation ground was a gift from Henry Badcock, a farmer on Barrington Hill, and Chivers. It was opened on April 13th, 1925 by Dr. Young, a local GP. Mr. Badcock also paid for a wooden pavilion, which stood until 1974. A cricket pitch was laid, and tennis courts and playground provided, after World War II.

On 2 February, the Annual PTFA jumble sale will take place at Haslingfield Village Hall. Doors will open at 2.00 p.m., so please come along and grab yourself a bargain! Please drop any jumble and unwanted Christmas presents to the hall on the day between 10.30 – 12 noon No electrical items please.