Come and see Haslingfield Little Theatre’s traditional panto, Mother Goose, set in the land of the snow geese – a frozen wonderland of trolls, snowmen, woolly jumpers and even the occasional moose!
Performances are on 26, 27 and 28 November at Haslingfield Village Hall. You can buy your tickets online here. There are also some tickets on sale in the Village Shop and Country Kitchen. Tickets cost £9 per person (£6 concessions for under 16s and 65+, no concessions Saturday evening).
Celebrate Halloween with a FREE Motown and Soul Night at the Little Rose Pub. Fun starts at 8pm on Saturday 31st October and goes on until late. Why not come and support the village’s last pub, which is for the first time ever, now owned by a village couple. For more details on the pub, click Read More…
It was agreed by the Parish Council that a village event would take place on the weekend of the 11th – 12th June 2016 to celebrate Queen Elizabeth’s 90th birthday.The plan is to involve as many Haslingfield Villagers as possible; arranging events throughout the whole of the Saturday and concluding the celebration with a Church service on the Sunday.
A meeting is to be held in the Methodist Church this Thursday 15th October at 7.30 pm. To make this a memorable and successful event we need your ideas, help and support and we would be grateful if you could come to this meeting.
All of the Victorian Pews in Haslingfield Church are now for Sale. We have been advised by Auctioneers that the estimate the value of the pews is between £50 and £100. Sealed Bids are invited, which will be opened on 17th October 2015 for Haslingfield Village and Surrounding Area, following which bidding will be opened up to all. At each stage the Highest Bids for a particular pew will be considered first and then the remaining pews will be offered to Bidders to choose from in the order of the size of their bid. Click the Pic to see a description of the pews for sale. (The older ‘medieval’ pews are to be retained) Read more
The Haslingfield Allotment Gardeners Association (HAGA) is having their quarterly committee meeting on Tuesday 13th October 2015 in the Little Rose at 19:30. They have no vacant plots but if want to go on the waiting list to grow your own produce or just want to know more then please come along.
Ron van der Hoorn – Treasurer
Check it out at www.allsaintschurchhaslingfield.org. It’s rather nice!
The village web site will continue to carry some items of church news and the monthly list of services, as now. The church web site is, of course, much more comprehensive.
Haslingfield’s very own Petanque team, have just been crowned Champions of Division 1 of the Central Cambs League. It’s the 6th time in 7 years that the team have won the league. The team, made up of players Jim, Handbag, Steely, Alex, Nick, Neil and Kayleigh, won the league with one match left to play. The Foxton White Horse B team came second. This comes shortly after the Little Rose Team won the East Anglian Air Ambulance Petanque competition. Full details of the league are here:- http://www.almostolympians.org/
Being in debt, and ill, was not a good state to be in in 1901. Thomas Purkin, or possibly Purkis, a 55-year-old labourer from Haslingfield, was committed to the County Gaol on September 27th. He was examined by the prison surgeon, and found to be suffering from “bonal disease of the thigh”. He was immediately sent to the hospital ward, and put on a special diet. He apparently knew of his serious condition, and said he was dying in greater comfort than he would have at home. He then developed pneumonia. Read more
The next Film Club screening will be on Friday 9th October 2015at 7.30pm at theHaslingfield Methodist Church Rooms. Admission is free. Running time 118 min. Certificate: PG. We will break for refreshments half way through.Read more
The next Little Rose Pub Quiz will take place this Friday 2nd October. Teams of any number up to a maximum of six can take part, entry is £10 per team with all the entry fees given out as cash prizes. First Question asked at 8pm. Just turn up on the night or book in advance. The date of the quiz has been switched to the first Friday of every month due to popular demand!
Come and see Haslingfield Little Theatre’s traditional panto, Mother Goose, set in the land of the snow geese – a frozen wonderland of trolls, snowmen, woolly jumpers and even the occasional moose!
