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The Rec, Part III

Written by William on . Posted in History

After Chivers had donated another field to expand the recreation ground, the Badcock Trustees had enough money to build a cricket pavilion (on the site of the present one). It soon became obvious that this was a facility that many organisations in the village wanted to use, and a Village Concerts Committee was formed, which eventually raised sufficient funds for a billiard room and kitchen. Read more

Country Kitchen Sunday opening hours

Written by William on . Posted in Shops & Services

From this Sunday, Country Kitchen are going to open from 10:30 until 14:00. This could work quite well because the other shop is open early and closes early as well, so this should cover a few more hours on a Sunday between both shops. Keep an eye out for the xmas display area coming (too?) soon!

Haslingfield Colts Suffer First Defeat of the Season

Written by William on . Posted in Football, Season 2013-14

Haslingfield Colts FC Under 14’s had their first loss of the season, losing at home to Cottenham 3-2. Here are the match stats:-

Haslingfield Colts Boys Under 14’s
Cambridge and District Colts League Under 14B
Match Date Sunday 20th October
Final Score Haslingfield Colts 2 – 3 Cottenham United Colts Red (Halftime 1-0)
On 2 minutes Sam Roberts scored for Haslingfield
On 36 minutes Aaron Berryman scored for Haslingfield
On 50 minutes Zak Swygart scored for Cottenham
On 53 minutes James Bacon scored for Cottenham
On 60 minutes Jayden Keeble-Wright scored for Cottenham

For all the information on the club, check out its website: www.haslingfieldcolts.co.uk

 

Break-in at Village Hall

Written by William on . Posted in Parish Council News

Village HallThere has been a break-in at the Haslingfield Village Hall during the night from 5th October – 6th October. 2 windows have been damaged and intruder(s) gained access by removing one of the windows overlooking the recreation ground. Apart from the damage to the windows it does not appear that anything has been stolen or damaged. If anyone has any information regarding this incident then please contact Janet Hendy or Ron van der Hoorn with details. Read more

Pies, Pies and Sausage rolls

Written by William on . Posted in Shops & Services

Country Kitchen HalloweenCountry Kitchen has now been trading for six months and we’re still honing our product lines and growing our customer base. But one thing we do know for sure is that our best seller by a million miles are our sausage rolls, which we make on-site, followed closely by pies and then our quiches and other food cooked on-site. Read more

Annual Safari Supper is Here

Written by William on . Posted in Social, Tennis Club News

The village Tennis Club warmly invites you to this year’s Safari Supper which will be held on Saturday 23rd November, from 7pm. It’s usually a fantastic evening with all money raised going to the club. Tickets are £10/head (£5 for Main Course hosts), and if you would like to join in you need to:- Read more

The Badcock Recreation Field

Written by William on . Posted in History

The Archives have just acquired a copy of an article written by J.G. Watson of Pate’s Farm in 1961 about the creation of the Rec. My next two postings will reproduce extracts.

‘It is many years ago now since Mr. Henry Badcock looked vainly round the village for a field for the children and young people to play on without being chased off by an irate farmer or landowner. Read more

Apple Saturday at Country Kitchen

Written by William on . Posted in Shops & Services

apple dayHave you got masses of apples and at a loss as to what to do with them? Bring them along to Country Kitchen on Saturday the 5th October from 10h00 – 13h00. We’ll pulp them and press them (you and the kids can join in too!), and all you have to do is collect lovely, fresh apple juice to take home and enjoy. Please remember to bring your own containers in which to collect the juice!

Pub Under New Management

Written by William on . Posted in News, Pub News

The Little Rose Pub is now under temporary new management. The pub is now open from 5pm on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays and from noon on Saturdays and Sundays. It has also restarted showing sports on the TV. There are also plans for it to start offering food soon. More details as and when we get it.