Haslingfield All Saints Church
Services for October, 2014
Learn Spanish at the Little Rose
Pub Spanish at the Little Rose in Haslingfield starts on Monday 6th October.
Beginners (and false beginners): 7.30-8.30
Post GCSE or equivalent: 8.30-9.30.
£6 per lesson (10% discount of paid termly)
Contact admin@cambridgespanish.com to register (just to give me an idea of numbers). Please feel free to come along and try it out without committing. If you aren’t sure of your level, get in touch and talk it through.
Pub Garden Plans Published
The new owners of the Little Rose pub, Wrenbridge, have published their plans to build two houses on the newly fenced off part of the pub garden. They’ll both be detached, one will have 3 bedrooms and the other will have 5 bedrooms. Access will be via Badcock Road. Wrenbridge will be holding an exhibition of their plans in the Lounge Bar of the pub on Wednesday 8th October from 4pm until 8pm and then again on Saturday 11th October from noon until 4pm. Representatives of Wrenbridge will also be there to answer any questions you may have about their plans. Click “Read More” for more information and to see the plans
New Baby Group – BABY OWLS
Baby Owls exists to give new parents the opportunity to meet each other somewhere very local, have a drink and a biscuit and/or fruit, let the babies play while you chat. The group is brand new – it’s first session was Wednesday 10 September, so it is as yet fairly unformed. It will be whatever you make it, we have no fixed idea for it, it’s up to you.
Methodist Church, 3-4.30, Wednesdays.
Email: Haslingfieldlittleowls@gmail.com
Join our Facebook group, search for Baby Owls
Next Village Society Talk
The History and Traditions of Chapel Hill, Haslingfield: The Pilgrimage to Our Lady of White Hill Speaker: Jonathan Spain His talk will look both at the historical evidence for the existence of the chapel or shrine and the role which local historians played in preserving that tradition over 350 years down to the present day, looking at the historical and religious motivations. It is a study in the way in which ‘local’ history and tradition is created and maintained. Haslingfield Village Hall, Tuesday 16th September 2014, 8.00pm. All are welcome.
NEW STREET LIGHTING
There will be a public consultation meeting on Monday 22nd September 2014 at 7.30pm in the Methodist Church Hall with a presentation of the proposed new local street lighting scheme by Balfour Beatty. There will be an Open Forum for public participation
EVERYONE IS INVITED
Drawings can be obtained from Balfour Beatty email:enquiries@lightingcambridgeshire.com tel: 0800 7838 247 or by appointment with the Parish Clerk.
IMPORTANT: Please note that Balfour Beatty intend to start the work in the Village from 6th October 2014 and that all comments have to be in to them by 1st October 2014. They apologise for the short notice.
Issued by Frances Laville, Parish Clerk, 11th September.
HASLINGFIELD CHOIR and ORCHESTRA
The next Concert will be on December 6th, 2014 at 7.30pm in All Saints Church, Haslingfield. See Programme below.
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Messy Church
The next Messy Church will be on Friday 19th September from 3.30-5.00pm at the Methodist Church.
The theme will be ‘A Fresh Start’.
Creative crafts – Refreshments – Conversation – Fun – All age – Informal Worship – All welcome – Relax – and of course be MESSY. No commitment, no cost. Come and try it.
THIS SUNDAY Cream Tea Time Again!
This Sunday 7 September between 2.00 p.m. and 5.30 p.m. you will be able to enjoy a traditional cream tea with freshly-baked scones, jam and cream, in the informal woodland garden of The Dovecote 29 High Street, Haslingfield. All proceeds to Parkinson’s UK.
Film Club
The next Film Club will be at 7.30pm on Friday 26th September 2014 in the Haslingfield Methodist Church Rooms. Admission is free. Running time 120 min., Certificate 12 and subtitles for the ‘Hard of Hearing’. We shall break for tea/coffee and biscuits half way through and there will be a collection to cover refreshments and use of the rooms.
If you would like to be put on the email circulation list, contact phildale48@aol.com
Faith To Live By service
On Sunday 14th September at 6.30pm our guest speaker will be John Hardwick, a very talented speaker and performer and his title will be
‘PASSING ON THE BATON – REACHING THE NEXT GENERATION’.
Everyone welcome.
In a relay race if one runner decides not to bother then the race is over for that team of runners. In a similar way, we as Christians have a responsibility to ‘pass on the baton’ and tell the next generation about God’s love for them. Read more
Safari Supper Details
Haslingfield “Safari Supper” takes place on 11th October 2014. It’s a 5 course dinner party, with each course in a different house in the village. You pay for the course you host, plus £10/head (£5/head for main course hosts). All profits will go towards the Tennis Club Floodlights Fund but anyone in the village can join in. Simply get together a group of 8 friends who would like to have the main course together, and send all names and addresses to the e-mail address below or send your name and address if you would like to join in but don’t have a group of eight. Please e-mail Lawrence.Hopkins@talk21.com to book a place. More details below
Pub Now Selling Harston Brewed Beer
The Little Rose Pub is now selling Draft Real Ale that’s brewed in Harston, and it was delivered by bike! The ale is Black Light and is brewed by BlackBar at its microbrewery. Black Light is on sale this week, alongside Lacons Encore, 3.8 % from Great Yarmouth, and Wells Eagle IPA, 3.6% from Bedford. Now the Little Rose is a true Freehouse, it can sell whatever beer, or lager, it wants to, with Neil and Sue keen to support local brewers. More details are below.