Big “Thank You” to Marjorie, Janet and Liz for organising another successful, and enjoyable “Tea at the Ritz”. With their team of efficient and polite waitresses and those working hard behind the scenes, they managed to pull off another memorable afternoon while raising money for village organisations.
Anon
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An A-Z of Victorian Farming
is the subject of what promises to be an interesting talk by local historian Peter Ibbett on Tuesday, 15 March in Haslingfield Village Centre at 8:00 pm. This is a subject that relates well to what went on in Haslingfield during that period of history: Green Farm, Moss Farm, Stearne’s Farm, Willow Farm, Chivers are just some of the names in Haslingfield. Everyone receives a welcome at our meetings and events. Members and school age free. Small charge for non-members, tea & coffee included.
See you there.
Twilight at the Museum
Presumably inspired by the “Night at the Museum” films, this free event in 9 participating Cambridge Museums on the 23rd February from 4.30pm to 7.30pm might be of interest to Haslingfield families. For details see Cambridge Museums at Twilight (PDF)
Cambridge Street Pastors
Gillian Overitt of the Cambridge Street Pastors will be speaking at the Methodist Church at 6.30pm on Sunday 13th February. Continue reading Cambridge Street Pastors
MORE NEWS…HASLINGFIELD LITTLE THEATRE’S NEW PRODUCTION
This Monday 7 February, at 8.00 p.m. in Haslingfield Village Hall, we will be reading through the script for our May Production – two very funny short plays, which are comic spoofs of well-known play types, in which anything that can go wrong does go wrong!
If you’ve ever felt like taking the acting plunge, this could be your chance to take on a small but great fun challenge! Continue reading MORE NEWS…HASLINGFIELD LITTLE THEATRE’S NEW PRODUCTION
HVS: History of the Cottage Garden
At 8 o’clock on Tuesday 15th February in the Village Hall Twigs Way, professional garden historian, author and broadcaster on radio and television, will talk on the History of the Cottage Garden. Everyone is welcome at Village Society meetings, a small charge being made for adult non members – children free.
Police Crime Map for Haslingfield
As announced on Radio4 this morning here is the crime map for Haslingfield over the last month. This is also available near the bottom of the links page of this site.
Haslingfield School and Gardening
In a 1907 inspection report, Haslingfield School was described as having an “ample garden area”. Only boys did Gardening, and there was a strong emphasis on neatness and accuracy – “measuring the distance between rows of vegetables” and “trimming the edges of plots”. Apparently there was much student interest, and early attempts at an integrated curriculum, with gardening “widely made the basis of various exercises in Arithmetic and Composition”. Continue reading Haslingfield School and Gardening
HASLINGFIELD LITTLE THEATRE’S SPRING PRODUCTION – Tickets on Sale now
On 20 & 21 May, Haslingfield Little Theatre will be performing their Spring Production: Two Coarse Plays with a Two Course Meal. The two hilarious plays are:
Trapped, which is based on a country house thriller
Pride at Southanger Park, a romance set in Regency times
And, of course, in true coarse acting spirit, everything that can go wrong does go wrong within both plays!
Tickets are now on sale at Haslingfield Village Shop and the Little Rose pub. They cost £12, and include a two-course meal.
The audience will be grouped around tables of 8 people, so you can either buy tickets for yourselves, or why not gather together some friends and book a whole table for what promises to be a very entertaining evening!
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