Bingo at the Pub this Wednesday

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Little Rose Pub

Little Rose Pub

This Wednesday 11th March, Bingo returns to the Little Rose Pub with cash prizes. First number will be drawn at 8pm. Just turn up to take part. The last bingo session last month had prizes of £5 for a line and £15 for a full house for the first five games, then £10 for a line and £20 for a full house for the second five games. The final game, the Flyer, had a top prize of £80. All the entry fees are given out as prizes. Each book gives you 10 games, you can buy six books for £6 or £1 per book, with 6 Flyers for £3 or 3 Flyers for £1.50 plus an optional raffle ticket at £1 per strip. The Bingo takes place at the pub on the Second and Fourth Wednesday of every month. For more details on the Bingo and the pub, please click ‘Read More’…

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Old Haslingfield in the News – Temperance in 1913

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The Band of Hope was an organisation formed within the Methodist Church in Leeds in 1847 to promote temperance. It soon became a national movement, and indeed spread to New Zealand and the USA. It also spread to Haslingfield, which with its seven pubs in the early part of the twentieth century would have been regarded as a ripe recruitment area. The Band met regularly in the old Primitive Methodist Chapel which still stands just off the High Street, where it put on entertainments to attract the young to “sign the pledge”. One such entertainment took place on March 14th, 1913. Read more

Dial-a-Ride Needs Your Help

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BusCambridge Dial-a-Ride  is a charitable organisation which provides transport for groups and individuals who otherwise have difficulty accessing public transport. It offers this service on week days in the City of Cambridge and surrounding villages, including Haslingfield.  We are asking for your help in recommending us for a small grant. Read more

Women’s World Day of Prayer

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Haslingfield Methodist ChurchEcumenical Service at Haslingfield Methodist Church, Friday 6 March at 6.30 am.  The service has been written by women of the Bahamas.  Everyone is invited to join us, including the men!
Refreshments will follow the service

Next Village Society Meeting

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Excavating Haslingfield: Bronze Age to the Iron Age, Romans to late Medieval, the 18th c.  Where did all the people live? Michael Coles, our local archaeologist, will talk about the results of much field walking and the 24 digs of 2013. The resultant archaeology will help explain where the people of ‘Haslingfield’ lived and what they did for the last 3500 years.
17th March 2015, 8 PM, The Village Hall.  Everyone welcome: members and children free, small charge for non-members.

Stable Manure

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Cooks LiverysFREE to gardeners and allotment holders from Cooks Liverys (next field along from Grove Farm).  Just help yourself – bring good wellies! Someone is usually there in the mornings to 11.00 am and afternoons after 4.00 pm.  Contact 07788 458600.

Waterboard’ Hoax Burglary Series – South Cambs 20/02/2015

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Please be aware there have been a number of burglaries and attempted distraction burglaries that are believed to be linked.
A burglary was reported between 15:50 – 16:00hrs 18/02/2015 at Church Street, Haslingfield. A witness saw four males leaving the property they were described as tanned possible Eastern Mediterranean, one male was waiting in a vehicle nearby. He was described as unshaven, with dark hair, wearing a peaked cap. All the males wore fluorescent jackets. Read more