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Reports on recent events related to the village, e.g. school closed, icy roads, etc

NEXT FILM CLUB MEETING – TONIGHT!

movie camera7.30pm on Friday 7th November 2014
Methodist Church Rooms

 Film running time 95min, Certificate U.  There will be subtitles for the hard of hearing and a break for refreshments halfway through.  To avoid having a fixed charge for each evening we have opted (for copyright reasons) not to advertise details of the films publicly.   As an alternative we ask for a donation from those attending to cover the cost of the film, tea, ground coffee, biscuits and use of the room.  Please invite friends and let me know if you would like to be included on the email list for details of forthcoming films.

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Armistice Day 1918

Unsurprisingly, Armistice Day in Cambridge in  November 1918 was as raucous an affair as elsewhere. The Cambridge Chronicle reported:

The news reached Cambridge about 11 o’clock, and spread like wildfire. The first signal was given by the hoisting of the Union Jack at the Town Hall [now the Guildhall], and the churches and colleges quickly followed suit in setting joy-bunting floating. In a few moments youngsters were shrilly cheering in the streets … With feverish speed all Cambridge hung out bunting, and women and children bedecked themselves with miniatures flags or trappings of red, white and blue.

An effigy of the Kaiser was paraded around the town. Unfortunately the bells of Great St. Mary’s failed to ring because a group of over-enthusiastic youths damaged them, but there was no such problem in Haslingfield. The bells there rang for two hours from noon.

Pub November Madness

Little Rose Pub
Little Rose Pub

During the whole of November, the Little Rose Pub is offering 20% off all meals Monday to Saturday. Also, for its Sunday Lunches, whenever you pay for two adult meals, you’ll get a children’s Sunday Lunch for free. The price of a Sunday Lunch is Adults £8-95 and Children £5-95. The weekday menu also has a wide range of Children’s meals, all costing £3-00. The pub is now open from noon every day of the week and is serving food from 4pm until 9pm Mondays to Fridays, on Saturdays from noon until 9pm with special Sunday Lunches from noon until 3pm. Click on the link to see the full menu including prices… Pub Menu

Longer Pub Opening Hours

Little Rose Pub
Little Rose Pub

From today (Monday 27th October) the Little Rose Pub is now open from Noon until Late 7 days a week. It’s also selling food from Noon until 9pm Mondays to Saturdays and Traditional Sunday Lunches from Noon until 3pm on Sundays. As the village’s last pub is now a proper, true Freehouse, it serves a range of at least 3 real ales, plus the usual lagers, wines and spirits as well as Teas, Coffees and soft drinks. The pub also sells a wide range of Children’s meals for just £3-00 alongside a special selection of children’s drinks. It welcomes families with children of any age.

Any village club, society or group are welcome to use the newly decorated Lounge bar for meetings or get togethers for free. Simply turn up when the pub is open and make yourself at home.

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SATURDAY: Live Music at the Little Rose

Little Rose Pub
Little Rose Pub

Live Music with Billy Jester aka Jockey Jim or Jimbo from the Elms in Haslingfield at the Little Rose Pub this Saturday 25th October. Free Entry. Music Starts at 8.30pm. This is the first of a series of events being held at the village’s only Pub in the run-up to Christmas. To see the full list of events, click on Read More…

 

 

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Barrington Cement Plans Published

The planning application by Cemex to build up to 220 houses on the site of the Barrington cement works is now in. You can see the details on the South Cambridgeshire District Council website here:

http://plan.scambs.gov.uk/swiftlg/apas/run/WPHAPPDETAIL.DisplayUrl?theApnID=S/2365/14/OL

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GLEBE WOOD LOSS

downloadSome likely lads recently stole a large section of tree trunk from a bank in the Glebe Wood opposite the parish church.  In the spirit of village togetherness let’s hope it went towards  keeping their dear old mother warm as winter draws on.  But we hope that the habit will not spread.  The management plan for this bit of woodland includes felling the occasional wild damson tree to make room for planting a variety of species, and we use the timber to edge the footpath.  Anything ‘just lying there’ has a purpose and is not surplus to requirements.

Glebe Gang
October 2014