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26 March – Online Update – East West Rail

Cambridge Approaches is hosting an online update about East West Rail and how its construction will impact you in South Cambridgeshire.

Join us on March 26th at 8pm for a full briefing and discussion, as well as a talk from a Buckinghamshire councillor who has lived through EWR construction and knows the real impact.

Register for the Zoom session by visiting our website www.cambridgeapproaches.org.uk or on the QR code below. Read more

Haslingfield’s First Repair Cafe

Haslingfield’s very first Repair Café on February 18th at the Village Hall was a great success and got us featured on the front page of the Cambridgeshire Repair Cafe Network newsletter. We had a go at repairing 48 items – from a toy drone to an electric piano keyboard, from a broken bracelet to two shirts with frayed collars. Read more

Haslingfield and Harlton Eco Group – Bi-Annual Report and New regular Meetups

The Haslingfield and Harlton Eco Group has entered its fourth year of existence and approved its latest report at its AGM on March 5th 2024. You can view the report, outlining all of the group’s activities over the past two years, on the About page of their website at https://www.hheco.co.uk.
 
The group is also announcing a new, regular meetup. Between April 19th 2024 and October 18th 2024, they will be holding informal, social meetings at the Hare and Hounds Pub on the 3rd Friday of every month. Read more

Haslingfield Village Society Talk, Tuesday 16 April, 8.00 pm, Haslingfield Village Hall

Plastic, Packaging and Sustainability – the real truth
How can you really be sustainable in what you buy and eat? What is really going on in the world of plastics and packaging, and what you should be doing about all the plastic you are using? Everyone is very welcome to hear about this important issue.

Our speaker, Paul Earnshaw, leads the team that is responsible for implementing the packaging strategy for the Tesco Packaged Food Divisions, Non-Food Divisions and coordination with the rest of the Tesco Group. Read more

Important News: Haslingfield Little Theatre May Production

This is to let you know that Haslingfield Little Theatre have been unable to find directors for their May production, Two Coarse Plays on 16, 17 & 18 May 2024. This means that sadly the show will not go ahead and next week’s read-through and auditions on 12 & 15 February at Haslingfield Village Hall have been cancelled.

Film Night in aid of Haslingfield Colts – 3 Feb

It is just over a week until Top Gun Maverick (12A) at Haslingfield Village Hall at 7.30pm on Saturday Feb 3rd with full bar and snacks. Registration is available here (to give us an idea of numbers): https://shorturl.at/rEMX0

We really want this to be a community event where everyone feels welcome, and would hugely value your support! Haslingfield Colts Chair

Hugh Lupton ‘Psalms from the Horse’s Mouth’

Haslingfield Village Society still have tickets available for the Storytelling presentation from Hugh Lupton Psalms from the Horse’s Mouth at Haslingfield Village Hall on Saturday, 10 February.
Doors open at 6.30 p.m. for a 7 p.m. start. There will be interval food provided.

Tickets are £15 each. Contact: Maria Stringer: stringerhasfield@aol.com
or Mike Hendy: m.hendy189@btinternet.com
Please state if you would like a vegetarian option.

Second Annual Village Quiz Night

Open to Everyone – don’t miss out on the fun:

  • Saturday, March 2nd  2024 at Haslingfield Village Hall, 8.00 pm (Doors open at 7.30 pm). NB This has changed from the original time of 7.00 pm for 7.30 pm.
  • Teams of 5 people. (Maximum of 14 teams)
  • Entry fee is £2 per person.  
  • Licensed Bar (cash only) Nibbles provided
  • Contact: Louisa Curnow louisacurnow@hotmail.com John Beresford jf.beresford@ntlworld.com

Sponsored by the Haslingfield Village Society

The History of Bread: Why it is important today: 20 February, Haslingfield Village Hall

A talk by Pete Spence: resident of Haslingfield, a husband and father. His day job is a project manager in the aerospace industry, but his real passion is bread making. Pete will speak about where bread was originated and in what forms across the world throughout history. He will discuss how industrialisation changed bread for the worse.  His talk will touch on bread making techniques, the gut microbiome, and how we can stand up against giant conglomerates in the food industry. Haslingfield Village Society. Tuesday, 20th February, 8.00pm, Haslingfield Village Hall  

All welcome.  Members and youngsters 16 and under are free.  £2.50 visitors, which includes refreshments