The next meeting to make plans for a village celebration on 11th and 12th June 2016 will be held in the Methodist Church this Wednesday 11th November at 7.30pm.
Tentative plans for a fancy dress parade, round-the-village race, giant “Street Party” on the Rec, “Great British Bake Off”. “Haslingfield’s Got Talent”, Church service on Sunday and Scarecrows around the village. Read more
Little Rose Pub
The Little Rose pub recently played host to Siv Sears. He’s set himself a target of playing cribbage in every county in the UK and then perhaps setting up a national Cribbage competition. He’s a 38 year old Englishman with a passion for Cribbage. Having just returned to his native UK from China, where he’s have lived for most of the last 15 years, he’s been interested to find that Crib in the UK is very much locally organised, rather than both nationally and locally organised as he’s seen before in the States. As such, he’s set himself 4 goals. To see them, click Read More:-
This event gets better every year with 19 different charities taking part. There will be lots of different things to buy – Christmas cards, Christmas puddings, books, homemade food etc. You can also help to make a quilt that will be sent to a sick baby in Addenbrookes Hospital AND you might win a big one in the raffle! As well as all the stalls, there will be a café serving delicious homemade food and light lunches.
Children, don’t forget to take your Christmas letters along to the Fair . You can post them in a special postbox, and Action for Children will send them to Father Christmas. He has promised to send you a reply!” Read more
This month’s post is in the form of an advertisement.
Regular readers will have noticed that the postings this year have been based upon news items printed in the ‘Cambridge Independent Press’ between 1901 and 1920. The Village Society is now publishing all the news items referring to Haslingfield in a book entitled ‘Haslingfield in the News, 1901-1920’. The book is 120 pages long, contains a large number of photographs, and will retail at only £6. It will be available from local shops, at Village Society events and directly from me at jf.beresford@ntlworld.com. All profits will go to the Village Society.
The book contains a range of stories including fires, accidents, scandals and biographies. It is the ideal Christmas stocking-filler for members and friends of the family in Haslingfield, and for those who have moved away. It follows on directly from ‘The Haslingfield Chronicle, 1776-1900’ which is still on sale for £3.50. We hope to publish news items after 1920 as they become available.
Buy, and enjoy!
King’s Cross – An insight into an extraordinary piece of London
Tuesday, 17th November 2015, 8.00pm, Haslingfield Village Hall
David Tod, Events Manager for the estate, is at the heart of the strategy for this vibrant area and is part of the team working to transform it as a place to live, work, study, eat and drink. His talk will look at the rich history of the site dating back to Roman times, right up to the present day. He will share the master plans and vision for the 67 acre development and how it is going about attracting the likes of Google and Louis Vuitton to relocate their UK headquarters there. Read more
Village Shop & Post Office
Hello to everyone. We are Mr & Mrs Godhaniya really really happy to announce that we are going to be new owner from mid November at Haslingfield Village Shop. We been to the the Village many times and it was really pleasant to meet everyone including Neil and sue who was really wellcoming. We are looking forward to meet everyone soon. We are going to increase opening hours of shop and post office and increasing stock level as well. I am requesting all of you to put suggestions as per your requirements, which would be highly considered. and it will help us to provide better services. You can do this either by adding a comment below or to the Village Facebook page entry. Thank you.
A defibrillator has now been ordered from the Community Heartbeat Trust and will be placed in the redundant telephone box on the High Street. It can be used without any formal training because the equipment is very easy to use, and when you have dialled 999, the ambulance service operator will give you the code to open the defibrillator cabinet and stay on the telephone to assist you. Read more
Services for November 2015
You are invited to join us at Haslingfield Methodist Church at 6.30pm on Sunday 1st November 2015 for our ‘Faith To Live By’ evening led by Revd Dr Michael Wilson. There cannot be many families able to tell a story like this – Methodist missionary in China during the Japanese war and the Revolution- expulsion from mainland China etc.
The format will include a short time of worship, an address by Mike and discussion with refreshments. Why not join us to hear this unique story.
The next Film Club will be at 7.30pm on Friday 13th November 2015 and will show two films in the Haslingfield Methodist Church Rooms. We will break for refreshments after the first film. Read more
6 February 2016, take a trip back in time and immerse yourself in the funky sounds of blues, ragtime, hot jazz, songs, and dances from long ago. Working backwards from the 1930’s, the FB Pocket Orchestra explores repertoire that marked the beginning of what we now regard as popular music. Haslingfield Village Society has engaged this wonderful group for the Annual Social. The event will include a two course hot meal in the interval; seating is at tables. Guests are invited to bring their own drinks and glasses (water will be on the tables). Doors open at 6:00 for 7:00 start in Haslingfield Village Hall. Our social events always sell out. Tickets (£15) on sale from November: contacts, Maria Stringer 01223 871256 or stringerhasfield@aol.com or Michael Hendy 01223 870270 or m.hendy189@btinternet.com