Village Colts Hold A League Milton to 1-1 Draw
Haslingfield Colts FC Under 14’s drew their first games of the new season, 1-1. They faced A league side Milton Sky Colts in a friendly played in Milton. Here are the match stats:- Read more
Under 8’s First Football Matches of the Season Announced
Haslingfield Colts FC Under 8’s team has just announced its first football matches of the season. They will play two home friendlies on the village rec of the 14th September. The first will be against Coton Cosmos with an 10am kick-off and the second will be against Cambridge Celts with an 11am kick-off. The club is entering two teams in the Under 8’s league this season which starts on Saturday 21st September. Full details are on the club’s website: www.haslingfieldcolts.co.uk
Tennis Club BBQ
Haslingfield Lawn Tennis Club is holding its Annual Barbeque this Sunday 1st September 2013 at Haslingfield Village Hall. 1pm for 1.30pm start. Open to non-members as well as members.
Please come along and support your tennis club on this social occasion. All food is being supplied by the Country Kitchen co-operative with the fare consisting of kebabs, sausages and burgers for both meat lovers and vegetarians.
Next Sunday – Cream Tea time again!
Enjoy a traditional cream tea with freshly-baked scones, jam and cream, in the informal woodland garden of The Dovecote, 29 High Street, Haslingfield. Time & Date: 3-5.30 p.m. on Sunday 1 Sept. All proceeds to Parkinsons UK.
Minutes of Parish Council meeting 20th August
Football Fixtures Announced
Haslingfield Colts FC Under 14’s football fixtures for the coming season have just been announced. They start with a friendly against Milton on 25th August with the league commencing on Saturday 8th September at home against Cherry Hinton Lions, with kick-off at 10.30am. All home matches are played on Haslingfield Village Rec. Supporters are always welcome and refreshments will be on sale. All the fixture details are in the diary and for more information on the club, check out their website: www.haslingfieldcolts.co.uk
Village Sign Maintenance
The Haslingfield village sign on the green has not been stolen but has been removed for essential maintenance work. It will be returned shortly with a new coat of paint. Read more
New Minister at Methodist Church
On the 1st September 2013 we shall welcome Revd Alison Walker as our new Minister at Haslingfield Methodist Church. Our Student Minister, Revd Catherine Dixon is moving to be responsible for three churches in and around Kings Lynn.
Alison and her husband, Robin, will be living in Haslingfield. Alison has been a Mission Partner in a Methodist Church in Florence, Italy, for the past 4 years; a letter of introduction from her can be found on www.haslingfieldmethodistchurch.org.uk . Read more
Agenda for Parish Council meeting 12th August
New Season New Youth Football Teams
The new football season will be starting in a month’s time and Haslingfield Colts FC is going from strength to strength with new youth football teams about to start. As well as the long established Under 14’s team, there are now teams playing at Under 8, Under 7 and Under 6 age levels. Read more
Folk Dance Club Update
The Haslingfield and Harston Folk Dance Club has a brand new website. It contains all the upto date information on the club and its dances and is here: www.circleleft.org.uk
Village Society Programme for 2013-2014
Next Village Society Talk
The Haslingfield Village Society’s season begins with a talk on the work of the Woodland Trust in Haslingfield Village Hall on Tuesday, 17 September at 8:00pm. If you go down in the woods today……. you are sure to enjoy it, most likely thanks to the Woodland Trust. Cambridgeshire is the least wooded county in England and the Trust is fighting to save the ancient woodland we have. With more and more species under threat, its work is of great importance.
This is a whole village society, everyone is very welcome. A small charge for visitors, members free.
Eliza finds romance
We left Eliza Goode working in service at the household of a wealthy London family in the 1880s. There she met Charles Robertson, a joiner, and they decided to get married back in Haslingfield, in 1886.
They would probably have travelled third class from Clapham Junction via Liverpool Street to Harston, where they would have walked the remaining two miles to the village. Living in the village were her parents, in a house in Rotten Row with sister Elizabeth, brother Frederick and uncle Deves. Uncle Thomas worked land off Cantelupe Road.
The marriage took place on 6th September, 1886. Elizabeth and brother William acted as witnesses at a ceremony conducted by the Reverend Clements.