Haslingfield Parish Council Agenda – 9 March 2020
The Haslingfield Parish Council Meeting will be taking place this Monday 9 March at 7.30 pm at Haslingfield Village Hall. To see the agenda, please click 20200309 Agenda HPC Meeting
The Haslingfield Parish Council Meeting will be taking place this Monday 9 March at 7.30 pm at Haslingfield Village Hall. To see the agenda, please click 20200309 Agenda HPC Meeting
March’s Pub Quiz at the Little Rose will take place on Saturday 7th and not Friday 13th March. The Little Rose Pub Quiz usually takes place on the second Friday of every month. Teams of any number, up to a maximum of six, can take part. Cost of entry is only £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. We can also make up teams from whoever turns up on the night. It’s great fun with a good number of all local teams taking part. There’s 6 rounds covering many topics including a topical quiz round as well as a picture round. The quiz finishes around 10pm with a break halfway through.
Note that the roadworks have not started today as advised but the notice now states: The Barton Road, Haslingfield will be closed for resurfacing work for up to 10 days from 9 – 13 & 16 – 20 March (Mon-Fri) between 07:30-18:30. This is from the southern edge of the bridge to the first speed-bump in Haslingfield.
Diversion Route:
Haslingfield Road, Barton – A603 – Eversden Road, Harlton – High Street – Haslingfield Road – Harlton Road, Haslingfield – Church Street and vice versa
The cast have been busy rehearsing for our Rehearsed Play Reading of Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene, adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal, which is taking place next Friday 6 March at 7.30 pm at Haslingfield Village Hall. More info on our website here.
Do hope you can come along!
Saturday 7th March 2020 – 2.00pm, Haslingfield Village Hall. Please support us with any CAKES, JUMBLE, TOYS or GAMES. Please drop off items on the day at the Village Hall (10am – 12pm), or Phone Nick on 871465 to arrange collection – Please note we cannot accept any electrical items.
Services for March, 2020
The Skate Park is now showing a lot of wear and tear and one of the pieces of equipment was removed over the Christmas period. We should now decide what is the future of this very important facility for the village. Anyone is welcome to come along to this first meeting, please do bring any ideas or comments you may have and we look forward to seeing you.
Here are the minutes from the last Parish Council meeting held on 10th February 2020.
20200210 HPC Minutes 10 February 2020
Please note that due to ongoing building work in the Village Hall, this meeting will again be held in All Saints’ Church, Haslingfield at 8.00pm. Note also that the subject has changed from previously published.
The speaker will be Professor Andrew Klein, Macintosh Professor of Anaesthesia, Royal Papworth Hospital, NHS Foundation Trust, who will speak on What do you know about iron? – (a talk about iron deficiency.)
Everyone is very welcome, Members free, visitors a small charge for coffee (or tea) and biscuits.
Continuing the programme of fundraising lectures, the Friends of Cam Sight are delighted to present an evening with Professor Sir David John Spiegelhalter OBE FRS. His talk on ‘communicating health risks and scientific uncertainty’, is sure to be entertaining, informative and fun! The suggested £15 donation also includes wine, soft drinks and canapes, and bookings can be made via their website https://www.camsight.org.uk/Event/an-evening-with-professor-sir-david-spiegelhalter
Haslingfield Little Theatre would like to invite you to a Rehearsed Play Reading of Travels with my Aunt by Graham Greene, adapted for the stage by Giles Havergal. It will take place from 7.30 pm on Friday 6 March at Haslingfield Village Hall.
The play concerns Henry Pulling who meets his long-lost aunt at his mother’s funeral, but has no idea of the whirlwind of exotic adventures that lie ahead of him. Read more
The Film Club tomorrow evening (Friday 14th February) will be at 7.30pm and will show a picture suitable for St. Valentine’s day! (Certificate PG) We shall meet in Haslingfield Methodist Church Rooms. Admission is free. Running time of the film is 92min and we break for tea, coffee and biscuits half way through. ‘Hard of hearing’ subtitles will be used.

The Broad Lane pathway ( alongside Wellhouse Meadow ) from High Street to Butler Way will be closed to pedestrians and equestrians from 02/03/20 until 04/05/20 for Gas Works.
Please find the presentation from Network Rail regarding the proposed new Cambridge South railway station near the Biomedical Campus.
Network Rail Cambridge South Station presentation Feb 2020