Paxton Post Issue 11, March - April 2019

Issue 11

Paxton Post

March - April 2019

THE MAGAZINE FOR GREAT PAXTON

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Black General Waste Wednesday 6th March Wednesday 20th March Wednesday 3rd April Wednesday 17th April

Recycling Waste Wednesday 13th March Wednesday 27th March Wednesday 10th April Wednesday 24th April

Green Waste Monday 11th March Monday 25th March Monday 8th April Monday 22ⁿd April

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All Age Worship Services in the Spring.

Sunday March 10th at 11.00am.

Sunday March 31st at 11.00am Mothering Sunday celebrationsand a gift for all the ladies!

Sunday April 14th at 11.00am Palm Sunday – the beginning of Holy Week in the Christian calendar and a time for thinking about Jesus’ entry into Jerusalem.

Vicar: Canon Annette Reed 01480 211048 canonannettereed@gmail.com Churchwardens: Mr Bob Hacking 1 Mint Lane, Great Paxton 01480 219846

Sunday April 21st at 11.00am.

Easter Day! An Easter Egg Hunt and Holy Communion.

Mrs Sarah Gray, 12 Church Lane, Great Paxton 01480 214015

Tower Captain: Mrs Mary Parnham 01480 394727 MaryP2707@hotmail.com

The Annual Church Meeting On Sunday April 14th after our 11.00am service we shall be holding our Annual Parochial Church Meeting.

(APCM). It lasts no longer than 40 minutes and is an opportunity to hear about all aspects of church life in 2018. Anyone is very welcome to come along.

Anyone is most welcome to contact Annette with an enquiry about a wedding baptism or funeral. If you would like her to visit you, please do get in touch.

The Facebook page for the benefice of the Paxtons with Southoe and Diddington: @ The PaxtonsBenefice 4

Annette writes: As many of you will know, 2018 saw the completion of the Bell Restoration Project. It was in December that Taylor’s of Loughborough, who had installed the new peal of six bells earlier in the year, undertook the carpentry work to adapt the ringer’s floor. This resulted in more space for the six ringers to use when ringing with a full team. That marked the completion of the project, which received several generous donations, not least from the Heritage Lottery Fund.

The ringers now ring out the bells for worship at least twice a month and on other occasions as well. They also practice on some Thursday nights. Visiting ringers are also visiting to ring on the new installation and even try for a Quarter Peal.

2019 already is shaping up to be a busy and enjoyable year in the village.

Many groups are planning activities not least for spring and summer months.

You can read about how folk from Holy Trinity Church are involved in several initiatives on pages (put page numbers in – last edition was pages 6 and 7) and we look forward to welcoming lots of people into the village parish church over the coming months.

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Great Paxton Recreation Ground Things are still going very well at the rec ground. Its great to see it being well used by both the adult and youth football teams and seeing Great Paxton kids getting involved. We had a very successful fund raising race night down the Bell, raising ÂŁ470 for the rec and GPFC. It was a fun night and big thank you to all that helped and came and enjoyed the racing and pizza. We are currently looking into replacing some of the fencing so that should improve the general appearance of the rec. We are also in discussions with a group of villagers with regard to the feasibility of converting the waste land between the pub and the rec into allotments, this is at early stages but watch this space!

As a polite reminder please can all dog walkers make sure they pick up there dog mess as both fields are being used regularly by both adults and children.

flowing football for large spells of the season, many teams have questioned how Great Paxton have struggled to pick up points but they have seemingly hit their stride at the tail end of the season.

Great Paxton's next home fixture sees them take on Wimblington Firsts on the 2nd of March for a 2pm kick off. Please head on down to the Rec ground to show your support!

GPFC Colts Teams U16s have struggled to make an impact following their promotion to the A league this season.

A rebuilt team, and a series of key injuries leave them rooted to the bottom of the league currently.

U11, U9, & U7 play in leagues where results and tables are not advertised.

U11s are enjoying an exciting season.

Results have been positive with more wins than losses.

Similarly U9s are reaping the rewards of a few seasons playing together and results have been consistently good with more wins than losses, U9s currently have a good mix of boys and girls playing together.

U7s started this season together for the first time. They have progressed leaps and bounds since their first few difficult games, and are starting to play football and win games. Again a mix of girls and boys.

Gt.Paxton Panthers Football Club are looking to start a new side up to make an U7 side for the new coming season.

We will be actively looking for new players and any parents or individuals

GPFC Adult Team After a troubled season in Division 2B, Great Paxton men’s team look to make it three wins on the bounce as they travel away to Soham United Reserves.

Important home wins against Manea United (6-1) and Wisbech St Mary A (30) in successive weeks have seen GPFC move away from the foot of the table and up into 10th. Another win on Saturday will see they then climb further up the table into 9th as they aim to finish the season strongly. With 5 games left to play a mid-table finish is still a possibility if the boys continue to battle hard. After playing some lovely free

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who wish to be considered as coaches to run the team.

Anyone interested please contact Colin Bower on 07786 625397.

We are also looking for some voluntary assistance in and around the

We meet on the 1st and 3rd Tuesday each month at 11:00 at The Bell. We have tea or coffee and cake, we chat together and then either have a quiz, play games such as Dominos etc. We now have a bingo game which we have

ground/pavilion ideally with an individual/s who live in the village or local, willing to carry out minor repairs in/around the pavilion, keep the pitch lines refreshed & assist in cutting the grass throughout the summer months.

Again please contact Colin on the mobile number.

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We are well under way now with our new menu which appears to be a hit, we have brought some new choices in whilst taking away some of the less popular ones from before. We also have a Specials Board every week which often proves popular.

I am pleased to see The Bell is picking up many events from birthday meals, christenings and weddings and we are often recommended via Facebook and the recommendations page. This is excellent for us and we are delighted to be getting custom from further afield. As such sometimes we have to close the restaurant in order to manage the larger functions, however the bar will always be open so you can still come and have a drink!

I would like to welcome Nicole to the team who started at the start of February and will be working alongside me regularly. Nicole is beginning to find her feet and settling in well. I am also pleased to say we have still managed to keep Tayla and Emma on the team and staffing really seems to becoming together now, which means I may get a holiday!!!

We have some events in the pipeline including a Cheese and Port night, another Gin Festival and also a Caribbean themed Rum Festival....please follow our facebook page and website

for further information, or come in and see me and I can tell you all about it.

We are number 11 on trip advisor for places to eat in St Neots and out of 80 this is good. We need more and more reviews on trip advisor to push us up that little bit, so please please review us on there if you visit us.

I am delighted to say we are fast approaching our 1st anniversary as of the 1st April and we hope to have a celebration on Saturday 30th March here where we would like customers old and new to join us for a drink. Huge amounts of work have been put into The Bell by the owners, myself and the team and we are very proud of what we have achieved in the first twelve months.

There is still much more we wish to do and that will happen in time, but without the customers and your support we would not be where we are, so thank you!

I will leave it there for now, but please keep supporting us and give us your feedback and ideas, they are always welcome.

Rach Manager The Bell Facebook - The Bell, Gt Paxton Website - http://www.mybellpub.com

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Thank you to the many people who came to the January and February meetings, full of good ideas and suggestions.

A project which will start small and hopefully generate a lot of interest and participation is the recognition and remembrance of the the 75th anniversary of the Lancaster plane crash, Christmas 1944. It is proposed the village creates a permanent memorial to the seven crew who died. For further information contact Graham James, particularly if you have any memorabilia or family stories.

It was decided that we would open a bank account in our own right and therefore we needed an official name, so we are now the Great Paxton History Society - however we will still be the same friendly group. We discussed many varied projects and people formed into smaller groups to concentrate on a topic, outside the monthly meeting. This won’t stop others joining and contributing at any time. We would also like any interested youngsters to contact us. We hope we can link you to an interesting project, such as visiting and talking to residents to record their village memories.

Another project is to visit long-time residents of the village and record their memories and stories. And linked to this is the creation of a history walk noting the older buildings, the folklore and interesting facts.

The Church is holding Holy Trinity Feast Week from 9th to 16th June 2019 (for more details see elsewhere in Paxton Post) and running through Feast Week there will be a History Of Great Paxton Exhibition in the church so please dig out your old photographs and newspaper cuttings, house deeds and folk memories and let us know what is discovered. This village has a lot of history - we just need to search for it.

The monthly meeting of the History Society is the 10th June and we will welcome Martyn Smith as a speaker in the church, see below.

Our short formal topic was delivered by Annette, with additions by Roy, about the Reverend Cane, who died 100 years ago in February 1919. He was one of a very large family and decided to combine religion with the military and became an Army Chaplain in India and in Afghanistan, before he became the Vicar of Great Paxton, Toseland and Little Paxton in 1892. He served the parishes for 26 years and was much loved according to the inscription on the brass memorial plate in the church chancel, and also to the newspaper tribute of his funeral. He lost his eldest son Lionel in November 1914 in the First World War.

We will meet at The Bell on the second Monday every month, unless a special meeting, so that we don’t clash with other meetings (such as the Parish Council meeting) and other activities at

There is a temporary display about him in the church at the moment.

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the pub. We realise that Monday will not be good for everyone but we had to choose a regular day that didn’t clash with evening food being served.

The next meetings will therefore be Monday 11th March, Monday 8th April, Monday 13th May. 7.30pm to about 9.30pm.

from Great Paxton and surrounding villages joined in the First World War. This is a small charge or donation - tbc event but there will be refreshments available to buy in aid of church funds see elsewhere in Paxton Post. The book ‘Great Paxton Remembers’ is available in the Community Shop £3.50 which tells the story of those who went to fight.

We will have updates about the projects in progress, as well as 30-45 minutes for a ‘formal’ topic. This will form the basis of a small quarterly newsletter. We are organising some outings with the first likely to be to the Pathfinder Museum in Wyton. More details later.

There will be regular updates on our Facebook page (Great Paxton Remembers), in Paxton Post, on the Village website () and there will also be posters in the community shop, the pub and on the village noticeboards.

Monday 10th June we welcome everyone to Holy Trinity Church, Great Paxton for 7.30. We have Martyn Smith to speak to us about the Hunts Cyclists, the army unit many of the young men

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Little Paxton Gardening Club is an established friendly village club for people who share an interest in all types of gardening and related subjects. We hold regular meetings with talks from visiting speakers, organised visits, practical demonstrations, social events. You do not need to be an experienced or knowledgeable gardener but enthusiasm helps! Membership is also open to people from outside the village.

• We meet at 8pm in the Village Hall (PE19 6EY) on the first Wednesday of most months throughout the year.

• Membership is just £7 a year with £1 entrance at club meetings (including refreshments). Visitors are always welcome - £2 per meeting payable at the door.

• See the village web site for more information or contact: CHAIR: JANE HILL, Tel. 01480 218805 SECRETARY: MARGARET ROWLAND, Tel, 01480 383989 Club email : lpgardeningclub@hotmail.com

Attention all Budding Allotmenteers !!!

A wonderful opportunity has arisen in Great Paxton. The Recreation Committee have kindly agreed to a plot of their land to be used for Allotments and a community garden area. The plot of land is at the side of The Bell Pub behind the pavilion area, see map.

This is a great opportunity to grow your own food, eat healthily, keep fit and meet like minded people!

If you are interested, even if you are not a gardener and would like to support the project, please contact : truetomyrootz@gmail.com or ring |Gaynor 07855493256

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The Parish Council received two presentations at its January meeting. The first, from Cambridgeshire ACRE, reported on the findings of the Housing Needs Survey undertaken in the Parish during October 2018. The full report is available to read on the Parish Council’s website www.greatpaxton-pc.gov.uk. The survey was conducted to canvass opinion on the principle of developing affordable homes for local people in Great Paxton and to understand the nature of affordable housing need in the village.

Disappointingly, the survey only achieved a response rate of 25% and of these, 45% of respondents supported the idea of a small development of affordable homes and 51% did not. Only three households were identified as needing affordable housing. Given this small number, it is unlikely that development of a rural exception site could be justified although Luminus might consider that development of a small site might be worthwhile if it achieves at least two affordable homes.

The Parish Council await a formal response from Luminus on what their next steps (if any) might be.

Our local PCSO, Richard Braddick gave an update on local policing activity. The newly appointed Chief Constable for Cambridgeshire is keen on neighbourhood policing and had already added one new Constable to the St Neots Team. PCSO Braddick always encourages the community to be vigilant and to continue to work together to protect property and valuables. His message is always the same – if something doesn’t look right it probably isn’t so dial 101!

the Cycle Path project given that there is an opportunity to access funds from Highways England to help towards it; • Having made representations to the County Council, a decision is expected in March on whether a proposal to install two build out features to slow traffic down along the High Street has been accepted; • New equipment has been ordered for the Speed Watch Team funded by grant from the Cambridgeshire Community Fund; • Councillors are waiting for cost information for new Church Signs and, potentially, an additional lamp post on the High Street in the vicinity of the Community Shop; • The County Council have agreed to fix a wire mesh across the entrance of the drainage pipe in the Saxon Green ditch to try to prevent debris from causing the ditch to over flow; and • Councillors have indicated their support, in principle, for the ‘Ramblers’ Association ‘Don’t Lose Your Way Project – 2026’and attended a meeting being held in the village on the subject.

Lastly, parking has become a problem again on the corners of Adams Lane! I’m sure you will appreciate how important it is, for safety reasons, to ensure clear visibility for pedestrians crossing and vehicles exiting Adams Lane onto the High Street. So could residents and visitors please avoid parking on the corners of this junction. Thank you.

Our next meeting will take place on March 18th, 2019 at 8pm in the Community Room to the rear of the Primary School.

And if you wish to put the date in your diary, the Annual Meeting in May takes place on the 20th. Hope to see you there!

Other updates – • The District Council has refused planning permission for a small residential development on the site at 74 High Street; • Councillors are hopeful that the County Council will become involved in

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WHAT IS A LISTED BUILDING? A listed building is selected by the Secretary of State for digital, cultural, media and sport.

Once listed, buildings are classified in grades to show their relative importance.

Grade 1 are buildings of exceptional interest and only 2.5 % of all listed buildings are Grade 1 Grade 11*are particularly important buildings of more than special interest, just over 5.5% of listed buildings are Grade 11* Grade 11 are buildings of special interest which warrant every effort to preserve them.

HOW ARE BUILDINGS CHOSEN FOR LISTING. Buildings are not automatically listed because they are old. They are judged against national criteria including.

Age the older a building the more likely it is to be listed, sometimes even modern buildings are included.

Architectural interest; a building may be

Between 6 March and 23 April 2017, Highways England held a consultation to invite comments on three route (orange, pink and purple) and three roundabout (A,B and C) options for the A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet scheme. I am pleased to announce that after careful consideration of more than 4000 responses and extensive technical design work, which included environmental analysis and traffic growth forecasting, Highways England will be taking forward the development of the Orange route and Option C for the Black Cat roundabout.

listed because of it’s design, decoration: technical innovation and even internal layout.

Historic interest; this includes buildings which display important aspects of the nation’s social economic, cultural or technological history.

Historical association with nationally important people or events.

Group value, for example where buildings form an important architectural or historic unity e.g squares or terraces.

Historic England publishes a series of selection guides which set out what is special about different types of buildings and helps to define what buildings should be recommended for listing.

District Councillor Great Paxton ward Richard West Tel 01480 811467 Covering Abbotsley Great Paxton, Great Gransden. Toseland, Waresley cum Tetworth, Yelling.

Email Richard.west@buckdencambs.co.uk or richard.west@huntingdonshire.gov.uk Tel 01480 811467

Both of these options were widely supported in the consultation and assessment shows that these offer the best benefits for road users, significantly reducing congestion and rat running through local communities and providing the best value for money. The preferred route was carefully selected as the one that minimises environmental impacts as far as possible whilst providing transport and economic benefits in the region, and ensuring the road is built to cope with future growth. The new road will be built

to high safety standards incorporating the most up-to-date engineering.

documents for guidance. These are available to view on their website at: www.highwaysengland.co.uk/a428 Wherever possible Highways England will maximise opportunities for road users, stakeholders and local communities to be part of shaping and delivering this vitally important project and will be holding a second public consultation later this year to help refine the design by providing a further opportunity for comment.

You can find out more in Highways England Preferred Route Announcement booklet on their web page at: www.highwaysengland.co.uk/a428 where you will also find a copy of the Public Consultation Report. Highways England understand that a major new infrastructure project on this scale can cause worry and concern, particularly about the effect it will have on homes, communities and the environment. They will be contacting those land and property owners directly affected by the route to help them understand potential impacts, their options and their rights, and have prepared a number of land and property

Julie Wisson County Councillor St Neots East and Great Gransden division 07725 791459 01767 677837 julie.wisson@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Abigail Best Electrolysis and Beauty Therapy Great Paxton, Cambridgeshire www.abigailbestelectrolysisandbeautytherapy.com https://www.facebook.com/abbybestgreatpaxton abby.best@btinternet.com 07929918965

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We've been keeping busy earning badges, developing new skills and having fun for the first part of the Spring term....

Whilst we've not been outside having campfires we've been learning some new songs ready for when we'll be spending more time outside. Rainbows have been loving it when we 'go bananas'!

Brownies have been learning about how they are members of the World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts through treasure hunt puzzles and bubble challenges.

Some of our Rainbows had a special afternoon as those who had completed the County Challenge 2018 attended the Cambs West County Awards afternoon to have their certificate and shield presented by the County Commissioner.

Both units have been acquiring key skills for their First Aid Skills Builder badges.

ABC Life Support came into help teach different skills. Rainbows now know how to call from help, what's needed in a first aid box, how to put on plaster, how to clean your hands properly, how to treat a bite and when and how to use the recovery position. Brownies have also learnt about CPR, how to treat burns, broken bones and concussion.

We've been working on our 'Be Well' theme badge considering how we keep ourselves mentally and physically well.

Rainbows have been learning how to talk about their emotions and Brownies have been building happiness towers to help them differentiate between needs and wants when thinking about what makes them happy!

On February 22, it's World Thinking Day a date when we celebrate being a member of a global organisation 10million members strong - World Association of Girl Guides and Girl Scouts.

We've been doing some leadership challenges on a global theme during our meeting time and will be meeting up with Rainbows, Brownies and Guides from

across the St Neots Division during half term for more international fun.

Guides We are exploring the idea of re-opening the Guide unit in Great Paxton (for girls aged 10-14) in September but to do this we would need more volunteers to join the team. There are lots of different ways to volunteer; from joining the weekly meeting with Rainbows, Brownies or Guides as unit helper or leader to helping behind the scenes. We'd love to hear from you if you' want to inspire in your spare time and help more girls have opportunities for fun, friendship and adventure.

A word from the Rainbows and Brownies...

First Aid Stage 1 by Paige I got my First Aid badge from Rainbows.

A lady came and taught us about first aid; I learnt how to put someone in the recovery position and I remembered to move the persons hand next to their face and lift their knee before rolling them on their side, we practiced it on each other at Rainbows; I done it to my brother at home to show mummy and daddy what I'd learnt.

If I call 999 then the Police, Ambulance, Fire brigade or Coastguard will help; or you can call 111 if it's not an emergency.

I learnt how to clean a cut, you have to clean it with water, dry it and then put a plaster on it and keep it on for 2 hours.

I loved learning about First Aid and how to do the recovery position.

First Aid Stage 2 by Hollie At Great Paxton Brownies a properly trained First Aider came to visit. The First Aider taught all of us many life skills that could save other peoples lives from risk of food, sick or any other things stuck in the back of some ones throat while they are unconscious. We also got taught other things like the recovery position, including checking for danger or anything in the throat. This Brownies session truly taught us life skills to keep others safe.

Volunteers We continue to look for additional adult volunteer to help support and grow Girlguiding in Great Paxton and help us provide more opportunities for gun, friendship and adventure for girls. If you think you'd like to get involved as an occasional helper or unit leader or you think you might be able to offer some skills, please do get in touch!

Waiting Lists We are currently operating waiting lists for Rainbows and Brownies. We'd recommend to anyone thinking about get the daughter involved in either Rainbows or Brownies to get them onto the waiting list sooner rather than later http://www.girlguiding.org.uk/joinus Contact Us Rainbows; 1stgreatpaxtonrainbows@gmail.com Brownies; 1stgreatpaxtonbrownies@gmail.com Emma, Tracey, Emma, Amy, Maddie, Tayla and Louise Girlguiding Great Paxton Volunteers

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1st Gt.Paxton Brownies 1st Gt.Paxton Rainbows

Emma Christie

1stgreatpaxtonbrownies@gmail.com 1stgreatpaxtonrainbows@gmail.com

Church Bell Ringers Holy Trinity Church

Mary Parnham Canon Annette Reed

01480 394727 01480 211048 canonannettereed@gmail.com Churchwardens Bob Hacking 01480 219846 Sarah Gray 01480 214015 Community Room Julie Edwards 01480 472132 Crib Team Simon Black 01480 700107 Football Club Tom 07576 600523 Friendship Club Marion Reeves marionreeves@btinternet.com Gt. Paxton Community Shop 01480 218 624 Gt. Paxton Cubs Andy Ottley 07704 857636 Ladies Group Melanie Dingemans melanie.dingemans1@gmail.com OBAS Howard Fieldhouse 07824 569111 Parish Clerk Christine Brandon gppc1@outlook.com Petanque Brian Wright 01480 473697 Recreation Ground Michael Fairs Michael.fairs@gmail.com School Headteacher Lee Frost 01480 472132 Great Paxton Preschool Julie Edwards 01480 472132 St. Neots Police 101 Village Website www.greatpaxton.org Woodsooners Golf Society Martin Bazley 01480 21927 Walkers Group Linda Richardson 01480 213768 Any corrections please notify the editor or email jillatgp@gmail.com

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