The annual Church Fete was held this year on Saturday 16th of September and was a great success in spite of the showers and at times, stormy weather. The heavens really did open during the afternoon; gazebos flapped furiously in the wind and the jousting platform became even more perilous with the added challenge of the rain-soaked beam and sodden dueling batons (actually sacks filled with something squidgy).
The next Film Club meeting will be held on Friday 13th October 2017 at 7.30pm.We shall meet in Haslingfield Methodist Church Rooms. Admission is free. Running time 107 min. Certificate: 12+. We break for tea, coffee and biscuits, half way through. ‘Hard of hearing’ subtitles will be used. Read more
All WELCOME for coffee and cakes at All Saints’ Church on Saturday.
We are delighted to welcome back the Blues Skies Big Band to Haslingfield Village Hall this Saturday 7 October – 7.30 pm for 8.00 pm start. Tickets at £10 each on sale at: www.ticketsource.co.uk/haslingfieldlittletheatre at Haslingfield Village Shop & Country Kitchen and from Caroline on: 01223 870049. For further information Read more
Do you know that you can see all the village hall bookings for the month ahead on this website?
It is here: village hall bookings
Home-Start Royston & South Cambridgeshire will be hosting a Literary Lunch on Tuesday, 17th October. Local entertainer and Home-Start’s ‘Poet in Residence’ Jude Simpson will be hosting a chat with Ophelia Redpath, Haslingfield artist and author of ‘The Lemur’s Tale’.
The event will be held at The Old Bull Inn, Royston. Tickets are £15 to include a buffet lunch. Please arrive for 12.15pm for lunch and then sit back, relax and enjoy the chat from 1pm – 2.15pm – with time for questions.
To buy tickets, please click www.ticketsource.co.uk/hsrsc or call the Home-Start office on 01763 262262, email admin@hsrsc.org.uk. To find out more about Home-Start Read more
(cont…) The opening day for the new recreation ground was arranged for April 13th, 1925. To commemorate the event, a monument to the patron, Mr. Badcock, was unveiled which can still be seen to the right of the entrance of the village hall.
A wooden pavilion was soon purchased and erected with money from the Badcock Trust. In due course a kitchen and billiard room were added, and many social functions were held to raise money for its upkeep.
After World War II the recreation ground was levelled, a cricket pitch laid, two tennis courts built and a children’s playground with swings et cetera were provided, mainly by volunteer labourers and contributions from the villagers. A series of gymkhanas and other events were held to finance this.
The building remained in use until 1974. (tbc)
Winter weather can be seriously bad for our health so here is some information on how to stay well.
Please find agenda for the Parish Council meeting on 9th October in the Village Hall at 19:30.
Agenda HPC Meeting 9th October 2017
Members of the public are welcome to attend.
Three meetings have been arranged, for anyone who is interested, to see the plans of the third phase of the traffic calming scheme and ask any questions, on the following days:
Friday 6th October at 2.30 pm and 7.30 pm in the Village Hall
Saturday 7th October at 2.30 pm in the Methodist Church
By now everyone in the village who is on the electoral register should have received an explanation of Phase 3 together with a ballot paper and a map. If you haven’t please do contact Jenny Julien on 872 848, Mobile – 07450 910 015 or jenny.jullien@icloud.com and she will get a copy to you. All completed ballot papers must be returned by 31st October 2017.
As some of you may know, today’s workout session will be the last. Due to some changes in his work and his personal life it had become harder for Dan to commit to every Wednesday. The session today will run as normal and finish at 7pm. Then, if anyone is free, you are invited to a drink in the Little Rose. They will be walking there from the hall.
Services for October 2017
Haslingfield artists, Prue van der Hoorn will be exhibiting some of her paintings along with 5 other artists at the Grantchester Gallery exhibition this weekend, September 30th and October 1st at Grantchester Village Hall. Open from 10am – 5pm. Serving tea/coffee and cake.