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POP UP CAFE IN AID OF RIDING FOR THE DISABLED:

Tuesday 12 December, 8.45am to 11.30am at Haslingfield Methodist Church on the High Street next to the village green.

This fundraiser will help us to buy new riding hats for the local group and recruit volunteers. Please come along to find out more about our group and support us while you chat and enjoy hot drinks and cake. Read more

Haslingfield’s First Repair Café

We’re delighted that, with help from the Parish Council, Haslingfield & Harlton Eco Group will hold its first Repair Café on February 18th, in Haslingfield Village Hall.

Repair Cafes are community events that match people who need stuff fixed with people who like fixing things. Local, experienced, volunteer repairers repair all sorts of household items such as kettles, toasters, lamps, laptops, clothes, toys, bikes and more. Read more

Neighbourhood Plan Survey – Deadline 31 December

Haslingfield has officially started the process of creating a Neighbourhood Plan. With a good plan in place we can have much more say over protecting our green spaces and choosing the kinds of housing that is built in our village. But in order to put a plan in place, the volunteers creating the plan have to demonstrate that we’ve consulted with residents of all ages – not just households, but as many residents as possible. Read more

Old Time Music Hall comes to Haslingfield – Tickets on Sale this Saturday 28 October!

Haslingfield Little Theatre would like to invite you to their Old Time Music Hall on 23, 24, 25 November, 7.30 pm at Haslingfield Village Hall (with a matinee on 25 November at 2.30 pm).
 
You can buy tickets from this Saturday, 28 October at: www.haslingfieldlittletheatre.co.uk and at Haslingfield Village Shop at £12.50 each/ £10 concessions for under 18s and 65+ (no concessions for the Saturday evening performance). You’ll be transported back over 100 years Read more

Old Time Music Hall comes to Haslingfield – Tickets on Sale, 28 October!

Haslingfield Little Theatre would be delighted to welcome you to their Old Time Music Hall  on 23, 24 and 25 November 2023 at Haslingfield Village Hall (7.30 pm, with an additional 2.30 pm matinee on Saturday 25 November). You’ll be transported back over 100 years, to be entertained by song, dance, monologue and melodrama. 

The show is suitable for everyone from 3 to 103 years and the cast will perform, in true period style, for your delight and delectation. Come along, dress up if you like and join in with all the choruses!

Tickets on sale from 28 October at: www.haslingfieldlittetheatre.co.uk and Haslingfield Village Shop.

Haslingfield Village Society Talk, Tuesday 14th November, 8.00 pm, Haslingfield Village Hall

A Horrible History of Bells and Bellringing 
The talk will cover the history of bells from ancient times through to the modern day and the peculiar set of circumstances that led to the English art of change ringing.

Tom Ridgman will discuss the tensions between secular ringing, ringing for entertainment and/or money, and ringing as part of the mission of the church, particularly the activities of the Belfry Reform movement in the 1860’s that lead to the organisational structure of bell ringing today. Read more

Haslingfield Village Society Talk: Tuesday 17th October at 8:00 PM, Haslingfield Village Hall

Under Threat but Being Saved: The work of the Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital

The ‘common’ hedgehog is under threat from human caused changes to their natural habitat. The Hedgehog Hospital at Shepreth treats and rehabilitates hedgehogs before release back into the wild.  Their second aim is to educate people about hedgehog conservation and show how easy it is to help hedgehogs in the local environment.  Read more

PLAY A KEY ROLE IN THE LITTLE THEATRE PANTO – TREASURE ISLAND!

We are looking for an actor to play a key role in our panto, Treasure Island on 23, 24 & 25 November: Jim (the Cabin Boy). Ideally aged between 17 & 24, Jim will play opposite Laura (a serving girl in the Inn owned by Jim’s mother, Dame Trott). These characters feature prominently throughout the show and Jim is not required to sing or dance.

If you, your friends, family or colleagues are interested in auditioning for this role, do please contact John Smith, the director, today on: 01223 817403 or 07722 355223 or by email at: johnas@hotmail.co.uk. Read more