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Haslingfield Head Teachers, 1875-1975

Below is a list of Head Teachers at the local school between 1875 and 1975.The list is interesting in a number of ways:
*There was a woman head for barely five years of the 100 covered;
*There was clearly a difficulty at the end of the First World War in filling the post. Between Messrs. Royston and Laxton there were ten heads.This must have been something to do with the lack of male recruits into the teaching profession during wartime; *Miss Ling, who is the subject of a dramatic reading at the Village society in February 2012, served under fourteen different heads in her school career, which stretched from 1917 to 1963. Continue reading Haslingfield Head Teachers, 1875-1975

Haslingfield Little Theatre performed Two Coarse Plays

Last month, Haslingfield Little Theatre performed Two Coarse Plays: Southanger Park (a period romance) and Trapped (a thriller). Coarse acting is a send-up of bad amateur dramatics, when the cast “try their best” to put on a successful show – it’s just that everything keeps going wrong. Continue reading Haslingfield Little Theatre performed Two Coarse Plays

Cambridge Open Studios in Haslingfield

This summer, Cambridge Open Studios will take place on the first four weekends of July. Haslingfield has one artist exhibiting this year – Terry Baker. Her studio and garden will be open from 11.00 a.m. until 6.00 p.m. on the weekends 16/17 July and 23/24 July. She will be showing many of the mosaic pieces she has made over the past 12 years, including the table-top map of Haslingfield that you can see on the masthead of this website. Continue reading Cambridge Open Studios in Haslingfield

Juniors Football Open Morning

Saturday June 4th

Venue: Haslingfield Recreation Ground (off New Road in the Village)
Time: Turn up anytime between 10.30am until noon for a free kick about.
Haslingfield Colts Under 12?s is looking for new players to strengthen its squad to play in the local league next season. To play you have to be in Year 7 at school from this September.
To find out more, come along on June 4th or call Neil Poole on 01223-870484 or Keith Murray on 0787-6683192 or email keith@murraysouthwell.plus.com We conform to all FA regulations and are CRB checked.