It is with sad regret that we have to announce that vandalism and heavy malicious damage occurred to school property at 8pm on the night of 16/01/13. Some items were also stolen. If you have any information or spot any suspicious activities, please report it to police on 101 or Crimestoppers, anonymously, on 0800 555 111.
Thank you to everyone who came to the Public Meeting on 13 December 2012 and who provided input via questionnaire, verbal feedback, email or letter. Read more
If you are aged between 8 and 12, and are interested in drama, you may like to come to the Haslingfield Young Little Theatre Workshops for Beginners, which start this month. Read moreDemolition work is under way at the 80-year-old cement works at Barrington, where owner Cemex closed its manufacturing plant five years ago. Workmen pulling down buildings on an industrial site have found an old briefcase containing documents that could mean a windfall for a local charity. Read more
We have just launched our new Travel & Transport information page at: haslingfieldvillage.co.uk/travel
Around 20 drivers assist about 25 residents to get to medical appointments, under a variety of County Council / Care Network supported schemes. Read more
Haslingfield Village Hall, Wednesday January 16th 7.30pm
This meeting is being held for Haslingfield residents to express their needs for the future regarding bus transport, as the County Council has voted to stop subsidising our route (amongst many), and to offer alternatives. Read more
The next film show will be at Friday 18th January 2013 at 7.30pm in Haslingfield Methodist Church. Admission is free. Running time c. 14o min. Tea/Coffee half way through, collection to cover refreshments and use of room.
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As our thoughts move away from log fires to warmer times, this month’s extract from Nora Cannell’s memories about her Haslingfield childhood looks at the summer holidays of long ago.
Like most of the children in the village, Nora helped out at harvest-time. Read more
Police have arrested a man they found in a garden in Fountain Lane in connection with an overturned car found in Haslingfield. Earlier Police with sniffer dogs were searching for a man with one trainer and a suspected head injury after a car overturned in the village.
We are delighted to announce that we will be taking our Spring 2013 production, the Victorian melodrama Maria Marten, to the Cambridge Drama Festival on 22-27 April, as well as performing it in Haslingfield Village Hall on 16, 17, 18 May. Read more
CAMBRIDGE GROCER –
The story of Matthew’s of Trinity Street 1832-1962
told by Judy Wilson
Haslingfield Village Hall, 8.00 pm, Tuesday 15th January, 2013
Many will remember Matthew & Son, the high-class grocery shop that was a feature of Trinity Street for 130 years until the early 1960s, trading in premises now occupied by Heffers Bookshop. The talk will tell the story of this well regarded Cambridge grocer and wine merchant and of the family that ran it for three generations.
Welcome in the New Year by joining in the Karaoke Party at the Little Rose Pub. The fun starts at 8pm on New Year’s Eve. It’s free entry and finishes late.