Issue 70 Summer 2012

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...editorial Writing this towards the middle of May the rain has stopped and the sun is out! Could this be an indication of the summer to come? Happily the Mel is now flowing again.

Congratulations to Val Barrett who won the District Council election. Very well deserved.

There are many things going on in the village

Village News

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Melbourn Village Fete – Saturday 23rd June

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Melbourn Play Parks

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Stakeholder Recognition Award

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is certainly something for everyone. Thank you

Self Help Group Recipe Book

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to those volunteers on the committee who have

The Melbourn Business Association (MBA)

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worked so hard all year.

Melbourn Village Plan

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this summer starting with celebrations for the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee. The Village Fete will once again be a great day out (see p. 6) and there

The plans for the new HUB (p.19) are very interesting and we look forward to seeing the start of the project this summer. Volunteers are also giving their time to prepare and implement the Village Plan (p.11), which will add to and improve facilities.

We shall be pleased to receive photographs of events held over the summer, not only to publish in the Magazine but also for our History Archive.

Profile – South Cambs Motors

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Nature – River Mel Restoration Group

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Council News

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From the Chairman of the Parish Council

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From your County Councillor

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Progress Update on the Melbourn Hub

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Read about ‘Project 2050’ (on p. 45).

Safer Melbourn

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Have a very happy summer.

Nature – Tough & Technicolour

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CAB

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Education

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Village information

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Important numbers

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Diary

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Church News

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Sports & Clubs

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What’s on

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feature –The Queens’ Diamond Jubilee

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CELEBRATING THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE

Melbourn Parish Council would like to give all the new born babies of Melbourn a Jubilee Coin. If you are a mum-to-be or have already had a baby in 2012 they would like to hear from you.

See page 5 for more information

Apart from printing, all work on the Melbourn Magazine, including layout and design is produced by volunteers.

The cost of production comes entirely from advertising and sponsorship.

Melbourn Magazine is independent of the Parish Council NO public money is used.

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Summer at The Dolphin New Summer menu launch New exciting dishes to choose from plus plenty of old favorites Book now to avoid disappointment!

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A tranquil salon with the finest treatments and products to make you feel relaxed.

Gift vouchers for that special person and loyalty plans for regular customers.

Meditation Classes Visual guided meditation Journey to aid relaxation and feelings of peace.

Weekly, small and friendly classes See website or for details www.julienewby.co.uk

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village news Melbourn Village Fete and Music on the Moor Saturday 23rd June 2012 from 1pm until late

CELEBRATING THE QUEEN'S DIAMOND JUBILEE

Melbourn Parish Council would like to give all new born babies of Melbourn a Jubilee Coin. If you are a mum-to-be or have already had a baby in 2012 they would like to hear from you.

If you would like to be included please contact the Parish Office, at Melbourn Village College on 01763 262494 or e-mail parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk leaving your name and address or via the council web site at www.melbournpc.co.uk or Cllr. Maureen Townsend 32 New Road, Melbourn / 01763 260959.

The coins will not be handed out until after the Jubilee Weekend.

The final preparation for this years Fete is well under way. During the afternoon we have already attracted all the usual clubs and societies from the village plus a few newcomers, all with a varied selection of stalls hoping to raise much needed funds. We have also booked a wide range of fairground attractions for all ages to enjoy, from an inflatable bungee run, Sumo wrestling and Human hamster balls for the more adventurous, to the normal bouncy castle, slide and roundabouts for the little ones, including NEW for this year ‘Little Rovers’ mini off road course. For the less energetic of us we have the Crazy golf course back and a Chair ‘o’ plane sit on ride to send the little ones in a spin, so hopefully we will have something for all the family to enjoy.

Also throughout the afternoon we have booked some central arena attractions for all those in the family that would just like to watch others get hot and bothered in the mid-day sun, from the Danny Butler Extreme Mountain bike display team to the very energetic Melbourn Village College PADCO’s and competition squad dancers. If that has not worn you out we will have the ever popular tug of war and egg throwing, as well as the sheep racing and NEW for this year Dog & Duck show and from last year our very funny and eventful Meldreth vets dog show.

We also have our very challenging and demanding Lawnmower racing which is always great fun to watch and even better to get involved (there is still time to book your place and take part, contact details for an application below). Also our vintage & classic vehicle rally is fast becoming an event that all the participants put in their diaries, with novelty awards and mementos for all to compete for.

We have a full and varied music set throughout the afternoon starting with Double Take, Barber Shop Quartet around 1.30pm in the main music marquee; they will also be around performing during the fete all afternoon. From 2pm until late, also in the main music marquee, we have the most diverse mix of bands (in order performance ) from ‘Rhythm States’ a youthful four-piece pop/rock band; ‘Inck’ another young four-piece indie/experimental band; Paul Whitton, a solo singer/songwriter of Lipstick Torpedo fame, and ‘The Remnants’ lead us to our supporting band ‘Folding Star’ a 3 piece band covering British rock music, which should set the right mood for our headlining act for Music on the Moor 2012 ‘The Junkyard Preachers’, a 5 piece roadhouse blues and rockabilly band. Their present set is a mixture of blues classics, rock and roll and driving rockabilly greats. Junkyard Preachers are essentially a live band and their live performance is a genuine expression of their belief in what they are saying – make ‘em listen, make ‘em hear, make ‘em dance! melbournmagazine

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They all will, I am sure, keep us entertained for the evening with a good mix of music for all our tastes.

As usual, we hope you all will stay for the evening and support us and all the bands. Also, you will still be able to take advantage of refreshments from the bar and barbeque well into the evening.

The Fete committee are always looking to build on the success of the previous years and bring all the community together for one very special family fun day out for all ages that will be remembered and talked about all year. As you can imagine this takes a lot of organising and taking into consideration the size of this years’ event, if you can spare some time for a worthy and rewarding cause, whether it be a few hours or more, please contact us as below.

We would also like to thank all of our sponsors so far this year for their generosity. A full list is available on our web-site, with links.

Melbourn Village Fete Committee Contact: Brian Collingbourne (Chair) 263115 or Melbournfete@aol.com if you wish to be a sponsor or a volunteer or check out our NEW Web site www. melbournfete.co.uk

Melbourn Library – available to all!

This is to remind you that you have a local library in Melbourn which is for everyone in the community to use. It’s been staffed by volunteers for over 6 years and they are friendly, helpful and have information that you may need about all sorts of community activities.

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did you know that there are 2 permanent computers with internet service for you to use which are free?

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did you know that there are many books available – popular and classic fiction, detective novels, biography, DIY, local history geography, health and many more for you to borrow or just browse? (This is apart from the child and teenage section)

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did you know that there are LARGE PRINT books for those who need them and masses of info on community activities such as U3A,

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arts, drama, business initiatives, recycling projects, music and local politics to name but a few? did you know that ALL the books and CDs in Cambridge libraries are available to you if you order them at Melbourn and staff can help you find particular title or author in their computer catalogue? did you know that you do not have to borrow or return a book from the central library (or any others) – you can do so at Melbourn and save a journey

All you need is a ticket which can be easily provided by staff as long as you have identity to back it up.

So please come along and browse, use a computer, find the answer to all those questions you have about the community or just spend time relaxing in a small but stimulating environment. YOU may well be surprised at the richness of this library’s resources.

At present, we have some good paperbacks on sale and there is also a reading project for the holidays for children called Spacehoppers. There is a website www.spacehop.org.uk which you can investigate.

We can be found in a red and blue hut in the leafy grounds of Melbourn Village College (Disabled access, of course).

Our phone number is 01763 269956 and we are open at the following times: Mon 2.30–4.30 pm Wed 2.30–4, 30 pm Thur 5.00–7.00 pm

Fri 2.30–4.30 pm Sat 10.00–1200 pm

But it all depends on you! IF we have more people coming and using the library, we’ll be able to open for longer and more suitable hours for you!

We have a successful under 5’s Story time running on a Thursday morning but we want to see more of you older members (over 5s!) and look forward to meeting you.

Eleanor Fitzgerald, Library Volunteer

Royston Ladies Circle After being away for over 10 years Royston Ladies Circle is back!

Royston Ladies Circle is up and running once again, after the original club folded in 1999. Having run unofficially for a year, the new members re-chartered the club in March 2011. It now has 16 members and is going from strength to strength.

Supported and encouraged by the associated organisations of Round Table, 41 Club and Tangent, Ladies Circle has had a first year of fun, friendship and lots of laughter, offering a varied programme of activities to members who meet twice a month.

Whilst named Royston Ladies Circle, the group has attracted members from many surrounding villages such as Bassingbourn, Melbourn, Harston, Litlington and Chrishall and due to lack of clubs in the surrounding areas, even a member who travels from Cambridge. Whilst the numbers are strong, there is always room for more! Any lady who is aged between 18–45 years is invited to come along and get involved. In addition to the social aspect of the club, which last year included chocolate tasting, a pamper night, donutting, punting on the Cam, rounders in the park, an evening walk at Wimpole, a Jive dance class, a ‘pudding party’, Christmas wreath making and much more … there is also the fundraising element. After assisting Round Table with the Santa Sleigh and holding some small fundraising activities, Royston Ladies Circle has recently held its first large scale fundraiser, attracting over 90 people to a quiz night held at Bassingbourn Community Centre. The event was a great success and over £900 was raised – a fantastic amount for a first event! Two requests for funding have already been received and supported. However, raising funds is not the only way the Ladies Circle aims to assist those in need. The Ladies are also willing to get involved in local community events or events to support individuals if required.

If you would be interested in getting involved with Ladies Circle, or believe we might be able to help with a fund raising project that you are involved in, then please contact the current Chair, Helen, on 241829.

Melbourn Play Parks The Play Parks team have had a busy few months.

To begin, we had a great response from the article placed in the Spring edition of the Melbourn magazine. I would like to thank the new volunteers who have come forward to help and for all of your input so far.

Some excellent feedback was received relating to the outline of how the park could look. The design is of course still very much in its infancy and we are still consulting on this. One concern centred around the use of a tube slide and how it might be a magnet for vandals. On this basis Wicksteed, our preferred supplier, has been asked to quote for a different slide but something that will be equally as fun for the children.

A long wide slide has been suggested.

We have also gained feedback regarding ball games in the park and whether these could be accommodated at times of the day when younger children are not around.

This is possibly a controversial issue with both benefits and problems. Your comments on the proposal would be most welcome, together with any other feedback you may have.

The Fundraising team have also been working hard preparing the next events.

We are planning a Play Parks Quiz Night on 21st September 2012 to raise money for the project. Please save the date and look out for information nearer the time on how to purchase tickets.

We are also in the process of applying for larger grants through various sources, including the National Lottery. We will let you know as we hear about these.

The team will be at the Spring Fete with a copy of the plan, so please come and have a chat.

Please take a look at our website www.melbournplayparks.co.uk which is now part of the Melbourn Village Website, and the Facebook page MelbournPlayParksProject.

Feel free to add your comments and concerns and we will try and address these as the project moves forward.

You can also e-mail us on melbournplayparksproject@gmail.com.

Samantha Wainwright, Chair, Melbourn Play Parks Project

Rail User Group Gardening time again at Meldreth Station If you have enjoyed looking at the spring flowers at Meldreth Station, please consider coming along to one of our working party days to turn things around for the change of season.

Working party dates, including a picnic and gardening day, will be posted at the station and at the Rail User Group website’s Station Garden page: http://melbourn. org.uk/railusergroup/. Or let me know if you’d like to be notified directly by email circular.

Our local garden centres have been very generous with donations of seed packets, and residents have kindly cultivated seedlings at home for transplanting to the platform tubs. We would welcome any donations of whatever sort people might have to offer – left-over compost, spare summer annuals, etc. We have still more seeds to offer anyone who’d like some for use in their own gardens.

Meanwhile, First Capital Connect have donated wormeries to Melbourn Primary School and Playgroup, which we hope will provide a lot of fun.

So please drop by the station if you are curious, or get in touch if you’d like to take part at a time that’s convenient to you. The idea is that the station garden should to be open to anyone in the community.

It’s good to have some new members of the Rail User Group from Melbourn, and we’d particularly like to thank Paul Hollinghurst, who commutes from Cambridge to Melbourn Science Park, for his fantastic work on our web pages – hosted by the Melbourn Village website.

Susan van de Ven, Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group Tel 261833 susanvandeven@yahoo.co.uk

Melbourn Mobile Warden Scheme Can we help you?

Can we help a relative?

Can we help a neighbour?

Who does the Scheme help?

The scheme is open to anyone who requests our help including those who live alone or with their families but need the extra support offered by our services. Couples too are most welcome.

It is also open to those in sheltered housing, as the scheme offers different, but complementary services.

Note: The scheme also offers its services for short periods to cover the temporary absence of relatives who otherwise provide this support.

We offer help with:

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Friendship and support via twice weekly visits and daily phone calls Ordering and collection of prescriptions Basic shopping Collection of pensions Setting up Lifeline service Bereavement support Advice on benefits Going to the Post Office to pay your bills Advice on getting repairs done in your home Arranging transport to the hospital or other appointments Just coming round for a chat

What will it cost?

We do have to make a small weekly charge for the warden’s services.

The fee is only £5 per week (a little more for couples).

Margo Wherrell (Mobile Warden) 01763 260966 Mobile: 07935 315497 Email: tigress270549@aol.com Jeannie Seers (Deputy Warden) 01763 262651 Mobile: 07808 735066 Email: jeanseers1@ntlworld.com Joy Hyde (Assistant Warden) 01763 220139 Mobile: 07952 090089.

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profile South Cambs Motors Nobody can pass through Melbourn without noticing the oddly asymmetrical mock Tudor building at the traffic lights – this is the home of South Cambs Motors. Founded by Jack Wedd in the 20’s Bill Dash took it over on 1st June 1955.

Bill, born in Orwell, had moved to Meldreth and ran a haulage business. He later also bought the Flint Cross Garage and his second wife Vicky ran the cafe. People still talk of the steaks served there and during Newmarket Races the place was packed.

So many well known local characters are associated with the garage, which has always had a reputation for friendly and honest service. Sid Hinkins started there in 1935 and except for a period in the Forces he worked there all his life.

A mild and gentle man and a first class mechanic, he had to face the irate ‘Champion’ Chapman when she would emerge from her shop next door to upbraid him if a car was parked too near her property. John Gipson and Cyril Kenzie both began there as apprentices and went on to start their own businesses whilst Len Saunders stayed until he retired – he was an expert on diesel engines. They did a lot of business with local farmers and Len would travel out to farmsteads to sort out problems. Nowadays the workshop is far more sophisticated even though the exterior with it’s old petrol pump smacks of an earlier age.

Bill had other interests – he trained greyhounds and even had a Derby winner. Duleck Dandy who came in first at 25 to 1!

I got all this information from Bill’s son Terry who now lives in Chiswick End. At The Leys School Terry became very keen on cricket and went on to play for Essex and later for Cambridgeshire in the minor counties league. He had no desire to follow in his father’s footsteps, being determined from a young age to become a farmer. He was a successful fruit farmer at Chiswick Farm until we entered the Common

Market when farmers were offered 100% grant to dig up all their orchards and he turned to arable farming. Married to Jan, whom he met in Lloyds Bank in Royston where she was a cashier, he has a son Greg who lives in Bristol and in his spare time plays keyboard with a band.

I learned an interesting thing about Terry – he runs a booking agency for professional bands, specialising in music from the 1920’s to the 1960’s and for some years he ran a magazine on New Orleans music. Amongst other big names, he was responsible for bringing Artie Shaw to England and is at the moment very excited about a new band which features Johnny Cash music.

The garage sold petrol with two pumps one of which, a veritable antique, is still standing there, the other was knocked down by a van many years ago. There have also been some iconic advertising posters on the walls of which many a collector would like to get hold.

Other local names associated with SCM over the years are Jack Jarman, Fred Puce, Ted Malin, Wilf Fuller, Bernard Littlechild, Peter Pepper and John Clark. Eddie Cooper ran the office before Fred Dye took over some 47 years ago.

Born in Norfolk into a horse racing family Fred cannot remember learning to ride and was astride racehorses at the age of 12. He worked as secretary to the trainer Tom Waugh and when he moved into Chiswick Barn he got to know Mr. Dash who offered him a job. Bill Dash had racehorses, one famous one called Champagne Willy trained

by Neville Callaghan. Mr. Dash encouraged Fred to enter competitions and he took part in show jumping, 3 day eventing, point to point and dressage competitions. He would also organise little fund raising horse shows at Meldreth Manor School. Fortunately Fred’s wife Dawn is a horsewoman and understands his passion. Fred reckons that most of the bones in his body have been broken or cracked at some time in his career but says it’s all part of the game.

‘Big Bob’, Bob Holcombe joined the crew about 30 years ago, coming from Royston to work with Sid Hinkins under Bill Dash.

He feels a great sense of continuity in that he still sees John Gipson and Cyril Kenzie who did their apprenticeships 60 years ago – and he says working in the centre of the village is a real pleasure. They see everything that goes on and everyone who goes by.

He remembers the first village Christmas tree to be erected outside the garage. A big hole was dug and the tree (donated by continued on page 10

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Melbourn & Meldreth Women’s Group We meet on the 4th Tuesday monthly and vary our location between The Community Hall behind All Saints Church in Melbourn and The Meeting Room at Holy Trinity Church in Meldreth. Meetings start at 7.45 and we often have a guest speaker with an opportunity to chat afterwards when tea/coffee and biscuits are available. There is no membership fee only a charge of £1 on the night and an option of contributing to the charity pot for our charity of the year. In January at our AGM we chose to support Wallace Cancer Care as our charity of the year and at our Garden Party in May we will have a raffle in support of this charity.

Our programme for summer is varied with a talk by Kirsten Bicknell, the local Arts Development Manager, at The Community Hall in Melbourn on 26 June. On the 24 July we are having our annual outing which is to be a tour of Meldreth and this will be led by a member of The History Group, we shall probably start and finish at The British Queen for those of us who require refreshments! On the 28 August we will be in The Meeting Room of Meldreth Church for a Beetle Night.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact Pat Smith, Sue Toule 260955 or any other member of the committee.

Stakeholder Recognition Award David Piggott received the Stakeholder Recognition Award from First Capital Connect. The award was presented by County Councillor Susan van de Ven, in the presence of FCC’s Customer Service Director, Keith Jipps and Stakeholder manager, Paul Oxley, members of Meldreth, Shepreth and Foxton Rail User Group and members of both Meldreth and Melbourn History Groups.

The History Groups presented David with a photo montage which will be hung in the station.

R.N.L.I. In this Diamond Jubilee year, R.N.L.I. are proud to remember that H.M. The Queen is our Patron. Over the years H.M. has shown great commitment to supporting the cause of saving lives at sea, and great interest in the development of our work to make beaches safer, and our education programme of water safety.

In honour of Her Majesty’s support, the new Tamar class lifeboat due on station in Eastbourne, East Sussex later this year, will be named Diamond Jubilee.

At a local level, lifeboat stations will light bonfires on 4th June as part of the Commonwealth-wide Diamond Jubilee Beacons event.

Fundraising activities continue, of course (£700, 000 is still needed to complete the fitting of the new Tamar, which costs £2.7 million in total), and Royston Branch will try hard to ‘do their bit’ with stalls at Royston ‘Open Secrets’ event in June, Royston Kite Festival in August, Steeple Morden Country Fair in September and Xmas Fair in December. We will also be collecting on our Flag Day in July, and at Country Homes and Gardens in November, and we are continually looking for new venues to attend. Our loyal volunteers also collect money from the many boxes positioned in and around Royston, in pubs and businesses-do please let us know if you would be willing to hold one of these for us, and also if you could spare any time-however short-to help us with our collections. People are very appreciative of R.N.L.I. and give generously, but we do need someone to ‘man the boxes’!

Here’s hoping everyone has a safe Summer, and is able to enjoy the wonderful and varied celebrations planned.

Jean Emes, Sec.Royston Branch 245958

Melbourn and Meldreth Self Help Group We have very recently celebrated our Easter lunch. Thank you to the ladies who helped prepare this, Ann, Jacky, Jenny, Pauline, Leigh, Doreen and Freda.

Thanks to Leech’s who cooked the very delicious roast lamb that was eaten that day. Greatly enjoyed by all. As it was Easter, we were very grateful to Mandy Jinkerson, Community Champion from Royston Tesco, who supplied us with Easter Eggs this year.

Also attending lunch that day were Roger and Geoffrey, two of our longest standing drivers, who have recently taken a break. We would like to acknowledge our very grateful thanks for all your care and attention to our diners over the last 10/20 years that you have been driving for us. We look forward to seeing you on occasions when you help us out in the future.

Jayne White.

The Melbourn and Meldreth Self Help Group Recipe Book ‘Recipes and Reminiscences’ is now available. This publication is sponsored

by Melbourn History Group and all proceeds go to the Self Help Group Luncheon Club which is run by volunteers.

A single copy is £4 and multiple copies are £3 each.

If you would like to order a copy please contact Jayne White 220250

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Butch Tyler) was delivered to Petreks across the road.

As Bernard Littlechild and Bob went over to collect it, Bernard said to Bob, ‘We’re going to have some fun here. I bet that by the time we get back with the tree there will be a committee to advise us on putting it up.’ Sure enough, standing round the hole were George Hinkins, Geoff Owen, Sid Hinkins, Sid Waldock and several others. Bernard & Bob put the tree in the hole, which was far too big, so they started putting wedges in, deliberately lopsided. As the tree lurched from one vertical to another the watching committee were going frantic with frustration as they cried ‘a bit more to the left, no, too far, to the right!’ and so on. They kept up the charade for about half an hour before finally putting everyone out of their misery and finishing the job.

Another episode with the Christmas tree was the decision to cover it with parcels – bad idea. The next morning the green was strewn with wrapping paper and empty boxes as the youth of the village had stripped all the parcels off expecting to find something inside. They stuck to lights after that.

Bob lives in Shepreth with his German wife Monika and their daughter and reckons he comes to Melbourn ‘as a missionary’ ! Both are very involved in the Baptist church in Mortlock Street and Bob works with young people there.

He told me some scurrilous tales of customers mistreating their cars – I couldn’t possibly publish them, you’ll have to get him talking yourself, including the one of the lady who ran over his leg and then tried to drive away! But he did tell me of Mrs. Tattershall down The Moor who drove her automatic car right through the back of her garage and Bob arrived to find the structure teetering over it. On another occasion she came to the garage and told Bob she had smashed her car into the wall that used to be up Church Walk. When Bob got over there, it wasn’t IN the wall but ON TOP of the wall.

Terry has asked me to stress that the strength of the business lies in the expertise and integrity of the staff. Cliff Benson has been there for over 15 years, Michael Diemer has been in the motor trade all his life and is a valuable asset to the garage, and of course where would they all be without the two larger than life characters Big Bob and Fred, the backbone of the whole operation. I can testify personally to the good service they provide – one or other of the team has often got me out of a scrape when George was away and I couldn’t get the car started or some such crisis. On their part, the staff tell me that they value their customers as friends, many of whom have used South Cambs Motors all their motoring lives. We are extremely fortunate to have such a hands-on and friendly garage in the middle of Melbourn and long may they thrive.

Mavis Howard

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Taking Care of our Older Generation Doesn’t time fly! It’s now four years since Moorlands residential home closed and its modern replacement, Moorlands Court, opened. Many of the former Moorlands residents who were worried at the prospect of having to move, are happily living in their comfortable new flats.

They and the other tenants often comment on how pleased they are with the accommodation which gives them all the comforts of their own home whilst having the reassurance that care is on hand if needed. As one of the residents said recently – ‘I have a lovely flat with everything I need. I feel so safe and happy here.’

Many of the care staff who previously worked at Moorlands also transferred to the new building and the care service at Moorlands Court has maintained the excellent reputation which was built up over so many years.

Perhaps what is less well known is that Moorlands Court also acts as a hub for other services aimed at making life easier for local older people. These include: a day centre, meals service, housekeeping, community homecare and a sitting service.

The day centre operates on weekdays at Moorlands Court and offers the opportunity to socialise and have a cooked lunch in a convivial atmosphere. Between ten and twenty people regularly attend.

The meals service will deliver a hot two course meal (cooked at Moorlands Court), to Melbourn residents, seven days a week or less often if preferred. This is appreciated by people who struggle to prepare their own meals and who often rely on micro- waving prepacked frozen meals.

The housekeeping service is possibly best described as a present day home help service. Experienced staff help older people to manage their home by doing household jobs such as cleaning, changing the bed, ironing or going shopping, depending upon what is agreed.

Community homecare is a service whereby fully trained carers go to customers’ homes to assist them with their personal care needs such as getting up, washing, medication etc.

The sitting service gives opportunities for family carers to go out for a couple of hours, safe in the knowledge that their loved one is with a friendly and experienced carer.

These add up to an excellent range of flexible services which are available to local older people thus enabling them to continue to enjoy life to the full. Another customer says – ‘my life is fulfilled, independent and happy.’

CHS, which is the charity, which owns Moorlands Court, is proud of the service it provides and is keen to ensure that Moorlands Court is regarded as an important resource for Melbourn residents.

If there are other services which are needed by local older people or if you need more information about the services described above, contact them either by telephone: 01763 260564 or email: denise.taylor@chsgroup.org.uk Denise Taylor, Manager.

CAMTAD Display of Hearing Help Equipment, Telephones, TV Amplifiers, Alerts and more Drop-in 1.30pm to 4pm 28th June 2012 Vicarage Close Community Room

The Melbourn Business Association (MBA) This is a relatively new but vibrant venture, originating from an idea in the Village Plan.

After a couple of exploratory meetings, the first breakfast meeting proper took place on 2 February 2012. A gathering of almost 30 local businesses led to a very successful initial event. In subsequent months the number of attendees has grown and is producing a very lively group.

The basic ethos of the association is to think and buy locally wherever possible.

It is very much a community led organisation to highlight local companies. The main function is to allow business people from Melbourn and the surrounding area to build relationships and contacts within the vicinity. There is a broad range of businesses in attendance, from small one man bands to large corporate entities.

A rural business networking group is an invaluable asset and a much needed addition to the local commercial community. The needs and general make-up of a village based company can be quite different to those which are town and city based. Therefore a rural organisation is better able to meet their requirements. Many local businesses can almost become hidden or isolated unless there are means such as this to voice their presence and meet other businesses.

The MBA has a very low cost annual subscription. A company with under 10 employees pays £20 and over 10 just £40. The monthly meeting fee is £10, which includes a choice of breakfast. The meetings take place on the first Tuesday of every month (with the exception of June, moving to the second Tuesday due to the Queen’s Jubliee) and they are held at the Sheene Mill in Melbourn at 7.30 am.

There is a chance to mingle with other like-minded people, hear from an interesting and informative speaker and raise any matters of importance to the assembled group.

The association’s website is currently under construction and members will soon have a dedicated page to promote their company. In the future it is hoped that the website will have a featured business of the month, selected from the membership.

Anyone interested in joining the MBA or attending a breakfast meeting should contact Kimmi Crosby on 07976 228377 or at k.crosby@btconnect.com.

Melbourn Village Plan Sports and Leisure In general, leisure activities, sports and clubs in Melbourn are in excellent health.

Research reported last August in the Village Plan document, and circulated to every household in the community, demonstrated that at least 40 widely varying leisure opportunities exist.

While many people take part in these, it was clear that some people were unaware of clubs or facilities of potential interest to them. In other words, while a great variety of sports and leisure activities are possible in Melbourn, it is sometimes difficult to communicate what is available and how best to gain access. Amazingly, more than 1000 new expressions of interest were made to join existing clubs and groups at the time of the Village Plan survey.

There are many very popular activities and destinations. The Melbourn Sports Centre was highly regarded as an asset, with the U3A also carrying many votes of appreciation. Examples of other groups showing high levels of interest were the Allotment Association, The Ramblers Group, The National Trust Association and the Melbourn Gardening Club. There are, of course, hosts of other equally popular pastimes and insufficient space to list them all here.

Two interesting facts emerged from analysis of the Village Plan research:Firstly, as mentioned above, many residents seem to be in need of clearer information on the best way of linking up with a group that might interest them.

Secondly, many people complained that a particular activity was missing altogether, or was only available by travelling to Royston or another village. An important example is the complete absence of Beavers, Cubs and Scouts.

What are we going to do about these issues?

A volunteer, Mark Wyer, has generously agreed to co-ordinate and compile a list of all the existing activities, clubs and sports opportunities that exist in Melbourn, and support this with relevant background information such as contact names and numbers, venues etc. The listing will be published and maintained as part of the Village Website and hopefully elsewhere.

As a result of this fact-finding exercise we will also discover the missing opportunities for sports and leisure, allowing a better understanding of why these do not presently exist in the village. We can then perhaps do something about it!

Beavers Cubs and Scouts – Please Help Us! Presently, young people who want to join the Scout movement must travel to Orwell where both leaders and facilities exist for Beavers and Cubs.

This arrangement works well. However, sustaining the Orwell group may be difficult in the long run unless more helpers can be found.

Many already travel from Melbourn to Orwell. Consequentially, the Orwell group is in danger of being oversubscribed and there is growing pressure from parents in Melbourn for local facilities. Alternatively, some people also journey to Beavers groups either at Royston or Barkway. This trend is not surprising. It is generally accepted that groups such as Beavers, Cubs and continued on page 14

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Nature River Mel Restoration Group One of the worst eyesores on the River Mel is where the river passes through a concrete culvert under the A10 road bridge. For as long as we can remember this stretch has been marred by the deep silt and rubbish that has accumulated under the bridge.

The culvert is wider than the river itself, so that as the river enters the culvert it looses energy and deposits silt beneath the bridge.

Also, because the base of the culvert is set lower than the adjacent natural riverbed, it traps the silt and prevents it from being washed away down stream. We understand that if the bridge was being built today, the regulations covering its construction would ensure that mixed gravel and stone would be used to raise the level of the base of the culvert, thus restoring a more natural riverbed and reducing the deposition of silt beneath the bridge.

The clearance and restoration of this area has always been high on our wishlist – but the costs involved have been prohibitive – until now! Grant aid obtained by the Wildlife Trust and the District Council through the Water Framework Directive means that we are now in a position to be able to tackle the problem. After months of planning, permission has been granted by the Environment Agency for us to remove the rubbish and silt and then install locally sourced gravel and chalk to raise the level of the bed and so restore a more natural habitat for wildlife.

It has been estimated that there is now in excess of 100 cubic metres of silt under the bridge. This is just too much for the RMRG volunteers to tackle on their own, so a specialist contractor has been engaged to pump the silt out. However, RMRG volunteers will be working with the contractor to assist with the removal of rubbish and to ensure the smooth running of the project.

The work to remove the silt will start on the 25th June and is expected to take five working days. The contractor will be working out of a small enclosure at the far end of the Millennium Orchard, using an air pump to move the silt. The footpath along the river will remain open throughout the procedure, but we would ask you take extra care if you

are in the area as there will be 100mm/4 inch diameter pipes from the pump crossing the path. No pumping will take place in the evening or at night.

Once the silt has been removed, the second part of the project, to install the gravel for the new river bed will take place. Plans for this have not yet been finalised, although ideally we would like to have completed the project by the end of the summer.

We would like to thank Melbourn Parish Council for granting permission for the contractors to access the Millennium Orchard, so ensuring that the project can go ahead.

Working parties If you are interested in joining a working party please contact info@rivermel. com or telephone Maureen Brierley on 01763 262752, as the venue and dates for upcoming working parties are subject to change due to the needs of the project. Members will receive information by email as usual.

All working parties meet at 9.15am for a 9.30am start and we endeavour to finish by about 12.30pm. In Melbourn we meet at the Pavilion on the Recreation Field and in Meldreth at 14 Flambards Close.

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Scouts provide an important channel for directing the energies of young people in a constructive way.

This is an appeal for people to come forward who might like to help start a Scouting group in Melbourn. The Orwell leader, Andy Bendon, has offered to assist with basic training for Beavers and Cubs, this taking about one hour a week for six weeks to complete. If you would like to just help out, there would also be a need for a rolling rota of Dads (or Mums) who would be willing to offer support for an hour or two every few weeks.

If you know of anyone who would be interested in training as a leader, or would be happy to be part of a rota helping out, please let us know.

To make contact on Sports and Leisure in general or Scouting training or assistance, please contact Mark Wyer 222497 or markwyer@ntlworld.com

Alzheimer’s Society The Alzheimer’s Society works with anyone who is confused and forgetful, not just people with Alzheimer’s disease.

We are here to provide information, help people to understand confusion, help people to find strategies to cope and to provide someone to talk to who understands. There are opportunities to meet other people in similar situations.

On Friday 22nd June we will be at All Saints Community Hall, Melbourn at 10am – 1pm.

Staff will be on hand to help you. We can help with financial issues, carers’ assessments, as well as provide you with

information and support. We will have a confidential area where we can chat privately if needed. Carers and people with dementia can also meet up at this event and chat over coffee.

If we can help in any way or you would like to find out more about this event please call our office on 01223 863854 or e-mail: cambridgeandelyoffice@alzheimers.org.uk

Hearing Dogs for Deaf People Happy 30th Birthday It is now 30 years since Hearing Dogs was launched as a charity and it is 29 years since the first hearing dog was placed with a deaf recipient. Today we support over 750 working partnerships around the UK and as more and more people suffer with various degrees of hearing impairment the work of the charity has become more and more important.

In our 30th anniversary year one of my ambitions for your local Cambridge & District Branch is to try and increase the number of our local volunteers. Ideally I would love to have 30 volunteers to match our 30th anniversary. Volunteering does not have to take up a huge amount of time, if you can spare a couple of hours a month or would be happy to attend some events and help sell merchandise, or run raffles I would love to hear from you. I would also dearly love to have a database of people who could help out occasionally but who do not want to commit to regular meetings etc. New committee members would of course be very welcome but I do appreciate that committee work does not appeal to everyone. Perhaps you would like to train as a speaker and go out into the community letting people know about our work? Would you have time to socialise a puppy before it goes on to it’s specialist sound work training? There are so many ways in which volunteers help the charity and all of their work is vital to us. We literally could not function without our helpers.

Later on this year there will be a 30th anniversary ‘Strictly Come Walkies’ sponsored walk in the grounds of Wimpole Hall. In conjunction with Milton Country Park we will again be having a fun dog show and many other dog activities and games – more details of both events will be published later in the year but please mark 16th September in your diary as a day out for you and your dog.

If you would like to know more about the work of Hearing Dogs for Deaf People or would like to offer to help please give me a call or drop me an email – all offers of help will be warmly welcomed.

Jenny Parker – Speaker & Branch Organiser 01223 833562 (evenings only please) jennifer.parker5@btopenworld.com

Youth Club at Melbourn Village College Tuesday evenings 7.30pm – 9.15pm School years 7–11 all welcome Entry 50p extra for Tuck Shop Come along to socialise or take part in the many activities available – play pool, table tennis, cooking, arts and crafts, quizzes and more, plus get information and advice from qualified and experienced Youth Workers.

COFFEE STOP Every Saturday 10.30am to 12noon Rombouts coffee & biscuits for 80p at

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If you can help please contact Gus Baker on 07753661946.

Free Youth Club Bus every Tuesday stopping in: Foxton Shop 6.50pm Fowlmere Memorial 7.00pm Shepreth Village Hall 7.10pm Meldreth Village Hall 7.20pm If you would like to use the bus please bring along a completed Parent Consent form which can be collected from MVC school reception.

MELBOURN PARISH COUNCIL MVC, The Moor, Melbourn, Cambs. SG8 6EF Telephone: 01763 262494 e-mail: parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Minutes of Parish Council Meetings and Planning Committee meetings are available on the village website Chairman Donald Mowatt 23, High Street SG8 6AL

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Peter Horley, MVC, The Moor, Melbourn. SG8 6EF 262494 E-mail parishclerk@melbournpc.co.uk Website www.melbournpc.co.uk

Employees Handyman and Caretaker Peter Andrews Emergency mobile. 07778 682245

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Village Ranger Keith Rudge, 4 Dolphin Lane, SG8 6AF

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County Councillor Susan van de Ven 95 North End, Meldreth susanvandeven@yahoo.co.uk.

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Councillors Val Barrett 2 Station Road, SG8 6DX Irene Bloomfield 78 Russet Way, SG8 6HF Alan Brett 44 High Street, SG8 6DZ Kimmi Crosby, 20 Norgett’s Lane SG8 6HS Rosemary Gatward 94 High Street, SG8 6AL Jose Hales 23 Elm Way, SG8 6UH Michael Linnette 11 Chapel Lane, SG8 6BN Donald Mowatt White Walls, 23 High Street Andrew Mulcock 1 Lawns Close, SG8 6DR John Poley 11 Water Lane, SG8 6AY Mike Sherwen 3 Hale Close, SG8 6ET Peter Simmonett 42 Greengage Rise SG8 6DS Christopher Stead 70 Russet Way pm only Maureen Townsend 32 New Road, SG8 6BY Richard Wakerley 32 Chalkhill Barrow, SG8 6EQ

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South Cambs M.P. Andrew Lansley

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South Cambs M.E.P. Robert Sturdy

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The Parish Office is open on Mondays from 9 am to 1 pm, on Tuesdays from 2 pm from 4 pm, and on Thursday from 9 am to 1 pm. The office is not normally open on Wednesdays or Fridays. As the Clerk is sometimes out on Parish business it is advisable to ring 262494 to ensure that the Clerk is available.

Meetings of the Planning Committee are normally held on the 1st and 3rd Mondays of every month commencing at 7.15 pm. Council Meetings are normally held on the fourth Monday of each month at 7.15 pm at All Saints’ Community Hall.

From the Parish Clerk – Peter Horley It has been a really topsy-turvy year so far with the mild winter, the drought and now the cold and wet upsetting the normal pattern of the seasons and their management.

We are now beginning to see signs that the village is coming back to life and we are all anticipating Melbourn in Bloom and the events of this summer’s Fete and Jubilee celebrations. So much of the work depends on a number of committed volunteers who do a great deal of work behind the scenes. Why not look to joining one of these groups and play a part in the life of your village?

If you want to be put in touch with any of these groups, please drop me a line or pop into the Parish Office. Why not form your own group and help maintain and develop the village further?

One of the most exciting developments in the village is the registration of the Open Spaces as Deeds of Dedication in this Jubilee Year of 2012: The New Recreation Ground becomes the Queen Elizabeth II New Recreation Ground and this will be marked by a plaque on a post; other Open Spaces such as the Old Recreation Ground, Stockbridge Meadows, the BMX Trails, Elm Way and the Millennium Copse are awaiting their registrations. The registration means that all the Open Spaces are protected against development in perpetuity, a great boon to the village.

Many apologies for the continuing problems with the Parish Clock which has been out of action for some time due to a broken electric motor that has taken some time to replace. I hope that, by the time you read this, it will, once again, be providing a valuable service to residents.

The plans for the village car park have not, as yet, come to fruition mainly because a decision is pending on the future of the garages at the back which belong to South Cambridgeshire District Council. If the Parish Council is successful in purchasing these garages, the council will be able to quickly transform the look of the car park.

I will be keeping residents up-to-date with the affairs of the council, by putting all agendas and minutes on the website, not only Full Council and Planning Committee meetings, but all other committees.

Peter Horley

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From the Chairman of the Parish Council Donald Mowatt “Setting goals is the first step in turning the invisible into the visible” … Tony Robbins How true this statement is, when you look at our achievements over the last year, and I am glad to report that the coming year will see no greater shortage of goals.

In the past it has been said that the Parish Council would say one thing and do another. However true this may have been at one time, I am glad to say that this cannot be said today. Although still a means of spreading the word, we no longer rely solely on word of mouth and published minutes.

We have at our disposal the dynamics of a world class Village Website, not to mention an acclaimed and award winning Village Magazine; both of which help to carry our message and keep the community fully informed of our activities. We are now very much about playing a full and active part in the day-to-day management of our local affairs, encouraging and drawing on the growing and selfless contribution of volunteers from within the community.

Transparency and inclusion are a vital part of our strategy, affording us a degree of momentum and support from our community that we could previously only have dreamt of. So much so, we are fast becoming a model for others.

The Melbourn Village Plan, now published, is undoubtedly a major win-win for all. It has provided a clear and authoritative pathway to a much brighter future for the village of Melbourn, where the needs of the community come first. At the contemporary Melbourn level, never has so much been owed to so few!

My many thanks, and a very well done to those who gave up their time freely, to bring this truly great plan to fruition.

I am also delighted to confirm the Parish Council’s ongoing and continued support for the Village Plan, demonstrated in our formal recognition and support of the Village Plan Implementation Team. It was their purpose to ensure the Plan is properly adhered to, and to subject their work to regular reviews and updates.

Time remains one our greatest challenges, but I am happy to report that our time-management skills, and ability to focus on more positive and cost-effective outcomes, is very much improved.

We recognise the need to clearly state the reason for any unavoidable delays, whenever and wherever they occur. The delayed refurbishment of the village car park is a particularly good example. Yes, we on the Parish Council know that the outcome will be more than worth waiting for, however, we do see the importance of keeping the community duly informed.

We are currently working on by far the Parish Council’s most ambitious project to date. This significant undertaking involves the planning, development and erection of the community building (HUB) on a prime part of the Old Police Site in the High Street. I am more than confident that the Hub and its services to the community will greatly surpass all our

hopes and will provide a lasting and appreciating asset that will inject energy into the heart of our village.

The Parish Council is proceeding with the Community Hub project on the basis that funding will not give rise to an increase in the precept. A commitment has been made to hold the precept level, and not increase it with inflation, certainly up to the financial year 2013/2014. In addition to these measures, the Parish Council will be working hard to raise grant funding for the Community Hub in order to maximise this fantastic opportunity for new village facilities.

It is not always recognised that the Parish Council are only responsible for a small part of the total Council Tax and that this proportion has actually fallen 8% during the last three years, during which the precept has not changed.

The Queen Elizabeth II Fields in Trust The council has taken steps within the village to ensure that many of our large open spaces are protected for future generations. To celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, this was set up to permanently protect outdoor recreational spaces and ensure that they cannot be sold or built on. To date the Parish Council has nominated seven sites within the village – The New Recreation Ground, The Old Recreation Ground and the Millennium Copse in the Moor; London Way BMX site; Stockbridge Meadows; Elm Way open space and Clear Crescent play area. We are pleased to announce the first of these, The New Recreational Ground, has been completed and a plaque will soon be placed on the site.

In the year ahead, there is much to look forward to. The Parish Council in my view is better placed today to cope with day-to-day challenges of whatever magnitude.

Although we are in the most challenging of times, I remain certain of our ability as a Parish Council to serve the needs of our community. We are a strong and capable team, well served also at District and County level. Further, we have pledged to continue to take all necessary steps to support and greatly encourage all voluntary groups, who continue to play such a supportive and vital role in the development of our community. Again, you only have to visit the Village Website to see how well served we are as a community by such groups, who rightly deserve our every thanks.

The Queen Elizabeth II Fields in Trust plaque

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From your County Councillor Some big decisions have been made recently about roads and transport, affecting anyone who drives and anyone who doesn’t – so I will try to encapsulate the changing scene: A mere £90 million will be spent over the next three years on road and pavement maintenance, but it is difficult to know how much of an impact this will have, bearing in mind that climate conditions play a big role. Whilst this is a massive sum of money, the goal is firstly to prevent further deterioration to a network which has suffered badly through years of underfunding.

A drastic cut is to be made on subsidised bus transport. Essentially it means that most county-supported buses will disappear, and in Melbourn that’s the number 128 connecting Melbourn to Royston – though not until September 2014. The 26 bus is still a commercial service, so is not affected by the cuts, though it’s difficult for any infrequent bus service to thrive. The end result is of huge important to those people who rely on it, whether because they cannot drive or can’t afford to.

Affordable public transport will indeed become increasingly important.

I’ve been helping to design a scheme for free transport for young people out of education, employment and training, in order to facilitate access to possible opportunities, though thus far the council administration hasn’t shown much enthusiasm in taking forward the idea. Nevertheless I will be helping with the administration’s coordinating group tasked with looking at alternative transport provision when subsidized buses disappear.

Small fry perhaps, but valuable to know? For anyone aged 15 or under, a return train journey from Meldreth to Foxton is £1.05 at peak time or £1.00 off-peak. This is a good way for young people to move between villages, and possibly cheaper than starting up an engine to drive the same distance. Offpeak, with a 16-25 student rail card, the return fare is £1.35. A Job Centre Plus rail card (yes, this discount is available)

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buys the journey at £1.05 and £1.00 return, peak/off-peak. The regular adult return is £2.00 and £2.10 peak/off-peak. Also worth knowing that it takes only an hour to cycle to Cambridge – which can be exhilarating! I’ve been liaising regularly with officers to look for funding to upgrade the path alongside the A10 to make the cycle journey a bit more enticing.

Armingford Crescent and Hale Close: the county council owns the track between these two neighbourhoods but had let the maintenance go for years and years – and then suddenly commissioned a morning sweep to clear up brambles and elder and everything other living thing in the middle, with a devastating effect to the landscape.

The work was halted mid-way and a meeting between residents and officers was arranged to discuss what steps should take place next. It was agreed that rather than continue on with the clearance work, as the county council would like to do, the council should go back and determine whether its legal rights to the neglected track are in fact intact, which if so would remove the imperative for any further clearance work. The council was also asked to investigate the rights of residents in making good the natural physical borders to their back gardens, demolished by the county’s contractor. Follow-up will be reported once we hear back.

We’re now coming up to two years of ‘official localism’, whereby the county council asks parish councils and local people to take over various public services.

It’s important for local people to have a fair say in how their own services are run, but it is not always realistic or fair to ask parishes to take over so much without the necessary funding. Melbourn has been exceptionally energetic and committed to helping out, and really should be proud of what it has achieved with the structures it has created to run a youth club, keep the library going and give it a future, offer lifts through Royston and District Community Transport, and so on.

The county council needs to take care to provide the necessary support at its end. Jose Hales and I have spent a good deal of time prodding behind the scenes.

As always, please don’t hesitate to get in touch if I can help in any way.

Susan van de Ven Tel 261833 susanvandeven@yahoo.co.uk

Practical Solutions Group The Melbourn Practical Solutions Group continues to meet every two months, enjoying the hospitality of Melbourn Village College, and we are now standing ready to help out with the implementation of the Village Plan.

Of particular note is a visit we had recently from Michelle Bosworth, the County Council’s advisor for young people not in education, employment or training. There are various things that a community like Melbourn, with so many businesses, can do to help and one is to provide opportunities for training and apprenticeships. The PSG was able to help put Michelle in contact with the Melbourn Business Association with this in mind.

In our regular report from the Police, a number of incidents have taken place in which police were called out to deal with ‘young people who had not made a disturbance’.

We’re aware of the fact that two local services – Pippins Children’s Centre and Melbourn Leisure Centre – provide opportunities for people of different generations to meet and socialize. Pippins has had a difficult funding cut from County Council affecting its ability to do outreach work, and this is particularly unfortunate in an area where bus links are so poor. We will be looking at any opportunities to support both centres. Please do get in touch if you have any ideas you’d like us to help promote.

We are putting together some thoughts for a gardening scheme at Vicarage Close to help define the public path through to the Recreation Ground. We understand that there are some green thumbs at Melbourn Village College and would be delighted to hear from anyone who’d like to get involved.

Susan van de Ven

Progress Update on Building the Melbourn Hub In view of the recent submission

by Iceni for Hundred Houses of the planning application for the Old Police Site, it seems timely to summarise the achievements that have been made in arriving at this point. A great deal of work remains to be done to complete the project but the progress to date has enabled the end date for the project to be maintained: the target is for the Community Hub to be open for business by late 2013.

A large number of Melbourn residents are contributing to the project work: Melbourn Parish Council focuses on the procurement of the building; a Hub Holding Trust focuses on resident consultation and the evolution and implementation of the business plan in preparation for running the facility once building work is completed.

Following negotiations in 2010 and 2011, between the Parish Council and the owner and developer of the Old Police Site: Hundred Houses agreed to build a Community Hub at the front of the site. The Parish Council used Melbourn Magazine and the Melbourn Village Website to inform the village about the possibility of the Hub and its potential benefits.

A Hub subcommittee was formed, which carried out a public consultation exercise across the whole village. The consultation period closed at 4pm on Friday 7th October 2011 and a detailed report of the exercise was issued two weeks later with the recommendation that a project should be commenced immediately to provide the Community Hub for Melbourn.

A public meeting was organised by Iceni Homes for Hundred Houses and held on 1st November at Vicarage Close.

Hundred Houses presented layout plans for the site and the Parish Council provided a list of ‘questions and answers’ concerning the Community Hub. Parish Councillors and representatives from Iceni Homes were present to answer questions from residents. The meeting was well attended by Melbourn Residents and was reported in the public press.

Following advice from CPALC and ACRE, work began in December to form a charitable trust to manage the

necessary preparation work for the setting up and running of the Hub. In keeping with their advice, the structure of the trust was arranged to comprise five members of Melbourn Parish Council and five local residents, one of whom would be chairman.

The Parish Council formally approved the formation of the trust; its inaugural meeting took place on 4th January 2012.

Iceni for Hundred Houses submitted the planning application for the whole of the Old Police Site on 15th March. A decision is expected from the SCDC Planning Committee on 6th June. The Parish Council Notified the Public of their receipt of the planning application from SCDC and the availability to view the plans at the Parish Office up to 16th April.

At the same time, the Holding Trust made direct contact with the group of residents presently living close to the proposed Hub site, asking them to actively take part in discussions, should they so wish. Contact was made through a detailed written circular sent to affected households with an open invitation to discuss issues face-to-face. A number of householder meetings have taken place with a satisfactory outcome so far.

It is planned to extend the consultation process to other major village constituencies in the coming months.

It is well understood by that the Community Hub is one of the most important investments that will be made by the Melbourn Community for many years. With that in mind, it is a key objective of both the Parish Council and the Hub Holding Trust to consult interested residents and local organisations at all stages of this project in order to maximise the benefits that the Hub facilities can deliver.

Melbourn Community Hub Charitable Trust As reported in the last magazine, the development of a Community Hub building for Melbourn will be supported through the formation of a Holding Trust.

The Holding Trust, consisting equally of residents and Parish Councillors, is now formally in place and in the process of applying for charitable status. The body will be responsible for all the many activities needed to prepare the new facility for use, other than the construction of the building itself.

It should be noted that at handover a new legal structure will be created to actually run the facility on behalf of the village, also with charitable status. The Holding Trust will then be dissolved.

Examples of the many issues that the Holding Trust will address are the selection of internal fixtures and fittings, recruitment of volunteers and paid staff to run the services and development of the many systems and procedures needed to oil the wheels!

Perhaps the most significant duty for the Trustees is to consult with individual residents, community groups and businesses, obtaining opinion and feedback on what will be a major change to Melbourn. As chairman of the Trustees I believe a most important feature of my role is to listen to and represent the views of residents as the project proceeds, helping to influence the outcome where it is judged right to do so.

To this end we have begun a comprehensive consultation process, beginning with a direct contact with all those residents who live in the village centre close to the proposed site. The presence of the Community Hub will carry many benefits, but it is also essential to minimise any adverse changes that might arise. It is good to report that most people positively anticipate the benefits the new facility will bring. Those with concerns about the impact of the new building are being given every opportunity to have their say.

We are now beginning to extend consultation to the many other village groups who may see the Community Hub as a new opportunity, a threat or just want to better understand how it will fit into the life of Melbourn. Results of this exercise will be reported in future editions of the Melbourn Magazine.

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Fire Safety Community Champion Scheme Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service have initiated the Fire Safety Community Champion Scheme with the aim of encouraging greater consideration to be given to home fire safety. Preventing fire is better than deploying crews to save life and property. Cambridgeshire ACRE co-ordinate the scheme.

The scheme relies upon local volunteers, who have been trained by the Fire Service, to go out into their local communities and speak about fire safety. The main emphasis is on educating members of the community to carry out a fire safety check of their properties. For those less confident in carrying out their own fire safety check, the Community Champion will arrange for a member of the Fire Service to visit and complete a check.

Fergus Sharman is the Fire Safety Community Champion for Bassingbourn and surrounding area. Fergus is a local chimney sweep and as such is well placed to fulfil the fire safety role.

Any local group or organisation that would like to receive a fire safety presentation are welcome to contact Fergus to arrange a talk (remember that this is a volunteer service and will cost nothing).

For more information on the scheme please visit www.cambsacre.org.uk or www.cambsfire.gov.uk or www. cambsweep.co.uk.

To arrange a presentation please contact Fergus on 01763 241619 / 07812602370 / fergussharman@gmail.com.

101 Switchover From April 1st Cambridgeshire police can now only be contacted on 101 for all non-emergency calls. The old 0345 number has remained in use alongside 101 for the past year to allow people time to get used to the new number, but now a recorded message will tell people using the old number to call 101.

For the first time, everyone calling the police for nonemergency matters will know exactly how much it will cost them and it will be the same no matter what time of day or the duration of the call. The number change is part of a national scheme to make 101 the single non-emergency number in England and Wales. The change has been introduced so residents will have one, easy-to-remember way to contact local police, wherever they are.

The system has been designed to recognise where the caller is dialling from and connect them with the local police service. If a caller does not want to speak to their local force they will be given the option to be connected to different one.

The number change does not affect the way that calls are handled and non-emergency calls will continue 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

People should continue to call 999 when an immediate response is needed, for example if a crime is happening, someone suspected of a crime is nearby, or someone is in danger.

ASB in Melbourn Our neighbourhood policing team have taken the following actions over recent months to try and reduce the problem of anti-social behaviour: 38 patrols have been conducted by your neighbourhood policing team in support of this priority and it has featured in local directed Patrol Plans for the last 6 weeks.

Reports have been limited for The Cross and Church area but have been more centred on Vicarage Close and Melbourn Village College. However alcohol was seized form a group, during a foot patrol of the Cross, and the relevant parents notified.

5 ASB incidents in Vicarage Close have typically comprised groups of youths causing a noise nuisance or walking across residents gardens. Groups have been spoken to and dispersed when encountered but no alcohol has been seized during these interactions. One group was required

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to collect litter that had been dropped in their immediate vicinity.

Whilst such behaviour is understandably a concern for residents, there have been no recorded criminal offences throughout this period in the Vicarage Close.

PCSO Gardiner has delivered a series of ASB presentations awareness to students at Melbourn Village and it is hoped that this has raised awareness, of the impact, that the behaviour of a few can have under these circumstances.

Concerns that cannabis is being used in the area are under investigation but no evidence of such has been encountered during patrols.

Recently, there have been minimal reports of ASB incidents in the area of the Cross/Church. However, there remains a background issue of youths gathering in the area of Vicarage Close, The Moor, MVC but the number of incidents reported is, currently, relatively small.

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Policing priorities set at panel meeting Our Neighbourhood Panel meeting was held at Melbourn Village College on Tuesday 17th April. There was coverage of the new re-structuring of the Force and the formation of the six new Police Commands across Cambridgeshire (see www. cambsnhw.org.uk).

Attendees recommended a first priority for policing over the next 3 months for a clampdown on excessive traffic speeds and firm action against mobile phone users in vehicles.

Police gave further warnings of the increasing threat of burglaries (dwellings and commercial property) and especially the risk of theft of high-end market cars. Ensure the storage of house keys and car keys are kept well out of easy viewing through house windows and out of reach of entrance doors fitted with cat-flaps. Enterprising thieves can work wonders at snatching keys with fishing rods.

Increase in burglaries The rural villages of South Cambs have recently seen an increase in burglaries. Most are in village locations often where property can be approached from the rear across open land. The offenders have a way of determining that the premises are not occupied which has a high

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All welcome. success rate. The offenders perform an untidy search and are taking jewellery, cash, electrical goods and vehicles.

Your local policing team is working hard to identify individuals who are responsible for committing these offences.

We are carrying out additional patrols and are analysing these crimes for trends and gathering forensic evidence.

The opportunities for these crimes and in particular walk-in burglaries, being committed could possibly be reduced by home owners taking a few minutes to improve their home security.

If you would like to review and consider the security of your home in more detail, the Home Office have recently launched a new area on their website, which contains a three-minute test that allows home owners to both consider the security measures that they have in place and to highlight Any potential weaknesses. At the end of this test, you will receive a score for the level of protection that your home offers and appropriate advice on how you might improve it. to find out more please log on to www.homeoffice.gov.uk. Alternatively please log onto the Cambridgeshire Constabulary website – www.cambs.police.uk or the Crime Reduction Website – www.crimereduction.gov.uk.

We need your help with identifying these suspects – please be aware of suspicious activity in your area and call us on tel:101 or 999 in emergencies.

Distraction Crime On 28th April there was an incident in Granchester where a middle aged couple, believed to be involved in a scam or distraction crime, were found in a house belonging to an elderly resident. No one was hurt, and nothing is believed to have been stolen. The details surrounding the incident are unclear, naturally the victim was distressed and there is some confusion over the exact circumstances. Please help us to protect those elderly and frail members of our community by having a conversation with family members, neighbours and people you may work with and encourage good home security. If you are worried about someone in your community who may be vulnerable, please feel welcome to call 101 and ask to talk to your local PCSO.

Crimestoppers Crimestoppers is an independent charity helping to find criminals and solve crimes. We run the anonymous 0800 555 111 phone number which allows members of the public to pass on information about crime 100% anonymously. People can also pass us information anonymously via a secure online form at www.crimestoppers-uk.org Anonymous means that your name is not known or made public.

We know that our guarantee to never ask for your name or

record your call is vitally important to you. It makes it easier for you to come forward, breaking the silence around criminal activity and removing your fear.

What we mean by anonymous: You will never be asked for your name Your call will not be recorded Your call or online form will not be traced You will not have to make a statement to the police You will not appear in court.

We create a report from the information you give us.

Our call handlers will check that this report contains no information that might identify you, e.g. if the call is about your neighbour we will not mention this. We don’t even make a note of your gender.

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We do not attempt to trace or record our calls – even for quality control or monitoring purposes. We do not have the facility to use 1471 to find your phone number. If you are at all concerned, reassure yourself by dialling 141 before 0800 555 111, which blocks your phone number. Or use a phone box – it’s free. Because Crimestoppers is an 0800 number, calls are free and don’t show up on a BT or cable phone bill.

Calls to Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111 are currently free from most existing mobile networks, including 3, BT Mobile, Fresh, O2, Orange, T-Mobile, Virgin and Vodafone. We have been told that calls will not appear on any of these bills.

If you submit an online form the information will be sent to us over a secure internet connection which makes sure you, and your computer, are anonymous.

If the identity of one of our callers was made known it would destroy trust in Crimestoppers and no one would contact us. This is another reason why it is so important to us that we can guarantee your anonymity. This promise has not been broken in 23 years.

You can contact Crimestoppers anonymously about any crime or criminal activity that you know about. We know there are times when you might not feel able to talk to the police directly. That’s why Crimestoppers exists – to provide you with an anonymous route to give information about crime.

Crimestoppers is not a replacement for 999 because we’re not an emergency service.

We take information on many issues such as drug dealing, sexual assault, possession of weapons, robbery, criminal damage, wanted individuals, immigration offences, theft, burglary, murder, arson, fraud… A full list can be found on the Crimestoppers website.

Crimestoppers pay cash rewards of up to £1,000 if the information you give to Crimestoppers leads to one or more people being arrested and charged. You can get further information about how this is done online at www. crimestoppers-uk.org After your call or online form we create a report that brings together all the information you told us. Our call handlers will check that the report contains no information that might identify you. The report is sent to the relevant authority, who will deal with the information. This could be your local police force or an agency such as Customs or Immigration. They have the legal responsibility to investigate crimes, make arrests

To help pinpoint problems and find practical solutions to reduce anti-social behaviour in the village, Melbourn’s Practical Solutions Group (PSG) has recognised that a less formal and more inclusive approach is required to achieve its aims. This group remains multi-agency, and can work with and include Melbourn residents (young and old).

If you are affected by ASB would like to be involved in this worthwhile project then please get in touch by using the contact form at; www.melbourncambridge.co.uk/ problemsolving or phone 01763 221323

and charge people in order to bring them to justice.

The police have to thoroughly research the information you give us in order to act on it. This ensures that information is correct and not given to us maliciously in order to set someone up. The police cannot get a search warrant or make an arrest based solely on anonymous information – there needs to be other intelligence that supports Crimestoppers’ information.

The research they do on Crimestoppers’ information means they can use it with confidence. Once the information has been researched, the police will allocate this to an appropriate officer or team to deal with. This could mean more research or action may be taken.

Volunteers are integral to the success of the charity Crimestoppers. The hard work and talent of our 450+ volunteers is helping to take criminals out of communities up and down the country. If you would like to get involved or learn more please contact Ann Scott on ann.scott@ crimestoppers-uk.org

Trading Standards Buy with Confidence approved trader scheme from Trading Standards At Cambridgeshire Trading Standards we have just introduced a new approved trader scheme, ‘Buy with Confidence’. The scheme is designed to provide Cambridgeshire residents with a choice of traders, all of which have demonstrated a commitment to providing a high quality service and have been thoroughly checked by us.

To expand our list of current members we are currently undertaking a recruitment drive. If you are, or know of, a reliable trader in Cambridgeshire we want to hear from you!

How does a business join the scheme?

You can access further information and application forms at www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk. Alternatively you can ring Cambridgeshire Direct on 0345 0455206 to be sent an information pack.

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How to use the scheme There are a number of ways you can find traders on the scheme: Visit www.buywithconfidence.gov.uk.

Telephone the Citizens Advice Consumer Helpline on 08454 040506.

Visit your local library where staff can look up traders for you.

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Our checking procedure ensures the quality of our members but does not provide a price guarantee. We recommend that you still get three quotes to ensure you are happy with the price.

To find out more about the scheme, visit www. buywithconfidence.gov.uk or contact Cambridgeshire Direct.

Borrowing money from illegal money lenders If you are having financial difficulties or wish to borrow money quickly, it may be tempting to borrow money from illegal money lenders, known as ‘loan sharks’, who lend cash without asking questions about your financial situation. Trading Standards urge you to avoid such lenders and assure you that there are safe, reliable lenders that you can use.

Loan sharks may call at your door or you might hear about them from other people. At first they seem friendly and helpful and it might seem like a quick and easy way to borrow money. The trouble is that these people usually charge huge interest on their loan, meaning you have to pay back much more than you borrowed and far more than you can afford.

With no paperwork to record what you are expected to repay, a loan of a few hundred pounds can soon lead to a demand to repay thousands of pounds – and the debt can quickly become too much to ever repay. If you struggle to keep up the repayments, loan sharks may use intimidation, threats and even violence to ensure you find the money somehow. It is believed that around 310,000 households in the UK currently owe money to loan sharks.

Luckily there are safe places you can borrow money from, even if you have financial difficulties. These lenders stick to the law, make it clear from the start the total amount you will need to repay and collect your repayments in a lawful way.

Your local Citizens Advice Bureau (CAB) can advise you which lenders are most suitable for you. You can find your nearest Bureau by visiting www.citizensadvice.org.uk or by calling 08444 111 444.

The England Illegal Money Lending Team was set up because of the misery and fear that loan sharks cause.

Cambridgeshire County Council are working with this team and local District Councils, to tackle loan sharks in the county, raise awareness of them and to support their victims.

If you know of any loan sharks operating in the area, the England Illegal Money Lending Team wants to hear from you.

Call 0300 555 2222, text ‘loan shark + a message’ to 60003 or email reportaloanshark@stoploansharks.gov.uk. Lines are open 24/7 and your details will be kept confidential.

If you already owe money to a loan shark the Illegal Money

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Lending team can offer advice and support. So don’t suffer in silence, contact the team using the details above.

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Are there people who need help in your community?

Then why not ask them to contact us? We may be able to help.

Press Relief is a community charity fund supported by Cambridge Newspapers Ltd. Its sole aim is to help individuals and groups who have specific social, educational or health/ welfare needs. The fund will support individuals as well as groups, organisations and smaller local charities, covering a wide spectrum of need.

We try and assist as many people as possible and will consider applications of up to £5,000. You may know of someone in your area who is trying to raise money for something specific. Have you thought of referring them to Press Relief for additional help?

All the information you need is on the Press Relief website and the process is very straightforward. You will need to read the guidance notes, download the relevant application form, then either complete the documents online and forward via email or send the information by post.

All applications for assistance are considered by our board of Trustees, who make a joint decision regarding the level of help we are able to offer.

For further advice, please contact us: www.pressrelief.org 01223 434378

Motorcyclists urged to stay safe MOTORCYCLISTS are being urged to sign up to a course to keep them safe on the road.

The Bikesafe course is part of a national initiative which is run by officers locally and teaches how to assess risks, cornering and overtaking.

As the weather improves many riders will begin to take to the roads, to coincide with this there will be courses running at Thorpe Wood, Sawston and St Neots police stations.

The course runs over three consecutive Tuesday evenings from 7pm until 9pm.

The Bikesafe team will also be at the BMF show in Peterborough on May 19 and 20.

Course leader PC Simon Burgin, said: ‘Motorcyclists make up only two per cent of road users in the county but they make up 27 per cent of those killed or seriously injured.

‘Being a good rider is no accident, it takes skill, knowledge and concentration to be one of the best.

‘You might be surprised at what you can learn from the course.’

After the three evening sessions motorcyclists will be taken out for an assessed ride with an advanced police motorcyclist.

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Nature Tough and Technicolour species Tulips Tulips are perhaps one of the most recognisable garden plants, and have been cultivated since the 13th century for their showy flowers.

The National Collection of Tulipa (species only) at the Botanic Garden is believed to be the only survivor from the Ministry of Agriculture’s special collection scheme that was introduced after the Second World War. The origins of the collection, however, go much further back and lie in a tragedy. William Dykes, Master of Charterhouse School, keen amateur gardener, botanist and Secretary of the Royal Horticultural Society (RHS), was a passionate collector of both tulips and iris. But sadly, in November 1925, only a week after receiving the Victoria Medal of Honour from the RHS, Dykes was killed in a motoring accident.

The Botanic Garden’s archive contains a letter inviting the then Director, Humphrey Gilbert-Carter, to purchase 1/12 syndicate share in the late Mr Dyke’s tulip collection, urging that ‘It seems to me a pity that these rare and uncommon bulbs should be sold outside this country’. Duly secured, Gilbert-Carter writes in 1927, ‘Dyke’s Tulips make the finest show I have

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seen in the Garden. I put a short notice in the ‘Review’ about them, and great numbers of people come to admire them’.

The collection is grown in terracotta pots housed in the behind-the-scenes Alpine Yard, but as they come into flower, they are plunged into the Mountains display of the Glasshouse Range, where they make a wonderful display from February through to late May. Many also grow well on the Limestone Rock Garden, including the lady tulip, Tulipa clusiana and Tulipa orphanidea, and we have recently established a patch of bright yellow Tulipa sylvestris in the long grass under the Magnolias as part of the spring bulb belt.

Juliet Day, Development Officer, Cambridge University Botanic Garden The Botanic Garden is open 10am x 6pm from April – September. Admission is £4.50 (Giftaid admission £4.95) or join the Friends, get free admission & help the Garden grow! For news and events, detailed information about the Garden or to discover this week’s Plant Picks from the Head of Horticulture, please visit the website at www.botanic.cam. ac.uk

Open Gardens Directory Takes Root A national directory of Open Gardens launched just 18 months ago has already grown to include over 500 town and village open garden events.

Simple to use and with a clever search facility, and free from the curse of complex and intrusive advertising, the site allows people to find out about Open Gardens just down the road or indeed across the country.

This website supports the smaller event organisers who don’t have a voice – those volunteers who bring together gardeners and gardens, plant enthusiasts and hobbyists, Hosta lovers and Pelargonium fanciers – the melting pot of Middle England that is Open Gardens.

For the humble town or village Open Gardens organiser, the site offers a real opportunity to get much needed publicity. For the garden visitor, it offers a simple way to find out about Open Garden events in their area.

Open Gardens is all about horticultural espionage. It’s about ideas, planting schemes, sneaky solutions to difficult garden problems. It’s about taking a peep at the garden of that house you’ve always admired. It’s about tea and cake in the gentle heat of an English spring or summer. At times, it’s also about rain of course.

Get your event on board today, or if you’re a visitor, find open gardens events in your area.

Visit www.opengardens.co.uk SOAS Open Gardens Day on 16th September can be found on the website.

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Welfare reform The Government’s welfare reform agenda is already having a significant impact on thousands of families and individuals across the UK. The scale of change is huge. This is the biggest reform of social security for over 60 years. Every area of the benefit system is set to change as £18 billion is to be cut from the welfare bill by 2014.

What’s happening Main changes include: Universal Credit – this new benefit will replace all means tested benefits and tax credits. All existing working age benefits (such as Jobseekers Allowance, Income Support and Working Tax Credit) will be subsumed within one monthly household payment of Universal Credit. It’ll be paid to people both in and out of work. A new tougher sanctions regime will also be introduced, tying claimants more closely to labour market activity. Couples made up of pensioners and someone of working age will be treated as a working age household instead of a pensioner household. This could mean losses in excess of £100 per week for some.

Housing Benefit – a number of changes are being introduced in order to save £2 billion from this budget by 2014.

Changes in the way housing benefit rates are set will mean that fewer properties will be available to rent within the rates available.

Disability Living Allowance (DLA) – DLA will be replaced by a new Personal Independence Payment (PIP) and the budget for this benefit will be cut by 20 per cent from its current level. Entitlement will be based on a new face-toface medical assessment. Around one in six current DLA claimants will not qualify for PIP. Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) – contributionbased ESA will be time limited to just one year. Around 300,000 people assessed as disabled or too ill to work will lose over £95 each week as a result.

Council Tax Benefit – will be replaced by localised schemes.

The current budget (less 10 per cent) will be given to local authorities who can decide how their local scheme will operate. Only pensioner households are protected which means that working age households who currently get full help are likely to have to pay at least 20 per cent of their bills from 2013.

Social Fund – some aspects are being abolished with budgets devolved to local authorities without any requirement to provide any specific support.

Benefit cap – aims to ensure that no one will receive more money out of work that the level of average wages (currently set at £500 a week for a family and £350 for a single person). The implication is that a family can receive

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more when out of work than in work, which is simply not the case. The few families who do receive more than £500 when out of work would also receive that level of benefits on top of their wages when in work.

Spot the scam survey results During August and September 2011 Citizens Advice carried out a survey to find out which of 10 common scams and frauds people are most concerned about.

Some 5,200 people across the UK and beyond completed the questionnaire. The great majority of the people who responded were either CAB Adviceguide clients or people who completed the form in a CAB bureaux. Broadly, the survey reflects the views of Citizens Advice service clients.

There were over 4,200 responses from people in England and Wales. Overall the issues that concerned people in England and Wales most were: Switching (where customers end up paying more) 50 Debt advice firms, charge and don’t sort out your debts. 46 Prizes: where you pay fees, tax etc, but there’s no prize 34 Building work where you pay but the work doesn’t happen 32 Loan offers where you pay fees, but you don’t get a loan 31

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The full list of ten issues is as follows: 1.

Bogus meter keys: pay-as-you-go electricity meter keys that don’t work and you still have to pay.

2. Job offers where you have to pay upfront fees and there’s no actual work (or pay!).

3. Switching (people offering to save you money by switching gas, electricity or phone suppliers, but you end up paying more).

4. Accommodation: adverts for flats where you pay a deposit and rent up front, but there’s no flat and you can’t get your money back.

5. Loan offers where they use your bank details to take money from you, but you don’t get a loan.

6. On-line tickets for sports events or concerts, but you never receive them or they’re fakes.

7. Prizes: people who pretend you’ve won a lottery prize and take your money for admin fees, tax etc – but there’s no prize.

8. Debt advice firms that claim they can give debt advice but take huge amounts in fees… and don’t sort out your debts.

9. Building work scams where they take your money but never actually fix your roof or driveway.

10. Loans for training courses that don’t happen or are completely unsuitable, then you’re saddled with the loan.

Citizens Advice consumer service As part of the Government’s changes to the consumer landscape, from 2 April 2012, Citizens Advice and Citizens Advice Scotland are responsible for providing the phone and web-based consumer advice service previously run by Consumer Direct.

The Citizens Advice consumer service provides clients with information on consumer issues and their consumer rights

(including energy and postal issues) and advice about how to complain.

Clients can contact the consumer service on weekdays from 9.00am to 5.00pm via the phone: 08454 04 05 06 Adviceguide has a new consumer section which in addition to information and advice on consumer issues, includes easyto-complete template letters and tools to help clients work out the best thing to do to solve their problem themselves if they’re able to. Clients can also complete an online complaint form to get in touch with the Citizens Advice consumer service.

Mis-sold Payment Protection Insurance (PPI)?

Q. I took out a payment protection insurance policy to cover my loan and I recently received a letter from a company telling me that I may have been mis-sold my policy and I should contact them. What should I do?

A. Beware of companies offering to help you with a claim since many of these could be scams, who will take your bank card details or make you give them a fee in advance and then not help you. There are genuine companies who can help you but they can work out very expensive and could eat up all the compensation you receive.

If the company who sold you payment protection knew it was wrong for you, or didn’t check on your circumstances properly before selling it to you. You may be able to make a claim for mis-selling. If you think you’ve been mis-sold PPI for any reason, you should complain to the company that sold you the policy.

If you don’t get anywhere with this company you may need to refer your complaint to the Financial Ombudsman Service.

You should use the complaint form on their website at: www. financial-ombudsman.org.uk.

Further information on payment protection insurance is available on Citizen Advice website: www.adviceguide.org.uk

Get advice From a Citizens Advice Bureau Citizens Advice Bureaux offer free, confidential, impartial and independent advice. Our advice helps people resolve their problems with debt, benefits, employment, housing, discrimination, and many more issues. It is available to everyone.

Advice may be given face-to-face or by phone. Most bureaux can arrange home visits and some also provide email advice. A growing number are piloting the use of text, online chat and webcams.

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Chargrilled chicken supreme on a bed of parsnip and butternut puree with Cambridge blue sauce Pan-fried butterfly trout fillet with coriander, rocket vinaigrette with parsley potatoes Pot roasted silverside of Scottish beef, Red wine gravy with beef dripping roasted potatoes Chefs own mushroom stroganoff with steamed rice, beetroot chutney DESSERT

Rhubarb and ginger cheese cake Chocolate brownie with rich chocolate sauce Chefs retro homemade rice pudding with pouring jam

£17.95 per person CALL TO BOOK +44 (0)1223 832047 STATION ROAD EAST, WHITTLESFORD BRIDGE, CAMBRIDGE CB22 4NL TEL: +44 (0)1223 832047 or 832115 FAX: +44 (0)1223 837576 E: eventsmgr@redlionwhittlesfordbridge.com W: www.redlionwhittlesfordbridge.com

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Cambridge Baby Sensory Juliette & Emma 07966 789785 Little Hands Karen

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Melbourn Playgroup Jane Crawford 07842 151512 Notre Ecole Janet Whitton

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Primary School Headteacher Stephanie Wilcox 223457 U3A (Univ. of Third Age) Chairman Elma Forbes 01223 870217 Village College Act. Principal Simon Holmes

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Youth Club at Melbourn Village College Tuesday evenings for School years 7–11 all welcome See page 14 for more details

Free Storytime for under 5s!

Thursday 10–10.45 am Melbourn Library The Moor, Melbourn (next to Melbourn Village College)

Contact: Eleanor 01763 260924 or library 01763 269956

Baby Sensory Baby Sensory classes are held on Wednesday mornings at All Saints’ Community Hall and are specifically designed for babies from 0–13 months.

Babies learn more in the first year of life than at any other time. Never again will there be such an extraordinary pace of development. They are totally attentive and absolutely fascinated by everything that they can see, hear, touch, taste and smell.

Award winning Baby Sensory classes provide a myriad of colourful sensory experiences and new sensations. Imagine taking your baby on a jungle, water or space adventure, to a winter wonderland or to a world of light and magic? Mums and Dads also find out how to settle and soothe their baby, how to get them on their tummies, how to perform simple massage techniques and a whole lot more.

There are also some wonderful games and activities, which are fun to do together.

Music therapy is another sensory delight that cannot be missed!

Useful learning and developmental information support each activity, so that parents know how to lead their baby’s learning forwards, and every week is different.

Parents are provided with hundreds of simple ideas for activities that they can do with their babies at home. Baby signing for example, is a great way to develop speech and language, whereas movement activities can help with the development of sight and hand-eye co-ordination, so important for later reading and writing.

Baby Sensory classes also provide an exploratory play area where parents can try out the equipment and developmental materials, interacting with others and gaining ideas for home use. And then it’s back to the sensory area for more activities, music and dancing that always ends with cuddles and big yawns from the babies. Not even a busy little baby can fight off sleep after so much activity!

The joy and sense of awe that arises from seeing baby learn and develop is well worth the effort of squeezing it into the weekly schedule.

Founded on over thirty years of university research and practical theory, Baby Sensory is a unique programme that promotes baby learning and development from the start. Ongoing research ensures that the programme is constantly reviewed and updated with new materials and techniques introduced to add variety and novelty.

For more information about the classes contact Cambridge@babysensory.co.uk or visit the website at www.babysensory.com and search Melbourn.

Melbourn Playgroup In the spring term, we have had a busy time with lots of new children and their families to welcome into the playgroup.

We have taken part in Sports Relief and raised money by filling up Smartie Tubes at home.

At playgroup we made use of the playgrounds of the school to play different sports like football.

We had some new toys for the garden this half term such as our new climbing frame, which caused a lot of excitement.

We took part in the Big Dig with the school children and found lots of worms!

Then we visited the school Reception class and lots of us had dinner in the dining continued on page 35

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“Little Hands” is a Private Nursery School specialising in quality Pre-School Education for 2 – 5 year Olds • • • • • • •

The Nursery School offers : High (1 : 4) staffing ratio Variety of session lengths Term time only booking Optional holiday clubs No minimum booking requirement No booking fee Categorised “OUTSTANDING” by Ofsted

Also FREE (NEF funded) afternoon (1.30-4.00) sessions for 3 & 4 year olds (NEF can also be used towards half or full day sessions) 01763 260964 (school hours) 01223503972 (office hours) e-mail : janemarshall@littlehands.co.uk w w w.littlehands.co.uk Little Hands Nursery Schools are also at Bourn, Linton and Newton

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Village information What goes in the BLUE BIN? YES • Plastic bottles • Plastic bottle tops & triggers • Plastic packaging (pots, tubs and trays) • Plastic bags • Plastic film (clean food wrapping) • Glass bottles and jars • Food & drinks cans • Aerosols • Tin foil & foil trays • Cartons (e.g. Tetrapak) • Cardboard • Greeting cards • Wrapping paper (paper only) NO • Expanded polystyrene • Pyrex • Flat glass • DVDs/CDs • Plastic toys • Light bulbs and fluorescent tubes

Household Waste and Recycling Centres Milton

Items that are accepted

Butt Lane, Milton Tel: 01223 860674 • 9am–8pm Mon to Fri • 9am–6pm Bank Holidays, Sat & Sun • 9am–4pm Mon to Sun (1 October–31 March)

• Green waste • Hardcore (bricks, rubble) • Paper • Glass • Scrap metal • Waste oil • Fridges/freezers • Car batteries • Textiles • Cardboard • Plastic • TVs and computers (incl. monitors) Please Note: The sites will only accept waste from household sources.

Thriplow Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow Tel: 01223 839001 • 8am–5pm Mon to Fri • 8am–5pm Bank Holidays, Sat & Sun (Summer) • 8am–4pm Mon to Sun (1 October–31 March)

Melbourn Bus Timetables Note: These times have been taken from the companies website, but are subject to change, please telephone the company for updates, or check the village website, Parking & Transport.

Bin collection MELBOURN 1 8 15 22 29 6 13 20 27 3 10 17 24 1 7 14 21 28

June June June June June July July July July August August August August September* September September September September

Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin Green & Blue Bin Black Bin

* Saturday Collection

For an update on collections visit: www.scambs.gov.uk/BinCollection/ default.htm?location=72

n For more informatio e rg la and collections of phone household items tele 03450 450 063

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Local Bus companies

BStagecoach On Saturdaysinand on Monday to01223 Friday during school holidays, buses may arrive in Cambridge Cambridge 423578 – Huntingdon & District 01480 up to 10 minutes earlier.

THE SERVICE DOES NOT OPERATE ON BANK HOLIDAYS

453159 – Alans Bus & Coach 01763 245073

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important numbers Police (non emergency) 101 Crimestoppers Freephone 0800 555111 Neighbourhood Watch Steven Cambery s.cambery@ntlworld.com Cambs Registered Trader Sceme 01223 221921 Telephone Preference Service www.tsponline.org.uk 0845 070 0707 CAB Royston

Hospitals Addenbrooke’s Royston

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OUT OF HOURS EMERGENCIES

Camdoc NHS Direct (queries 24hrs)

01223 464242 0845 4647

Services Anglian Water 08457 145 145 Gas emergency 0800 111 999 Electricity 08007 838838 South Cambs District Fire & Rescue Service 01223 376217 Transport British Rail Enquiries Stagecoach Cambus

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Melbourn Magazine Editorial Ann Dekkers Advertising Roger Mellor

Peter Simmonett Distribution Jose Hales

Eric Johnston Information Anne Lambert Parish Profile Mavis Howard Production Peter Simmonett Proof reading Brenda Meliniotis

Colin Limming Village Diary Brenda Meliniotis

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Please send any contributions to the Editor, at the 110 High Street, Melbourn, marking them ‘MELBOURN MAGAZINE’ or you can email them to

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Melbourn Playgroup Jane Crawford 07842 151512 Childminding Group Sec. Vacancies Co-ordinator Heidi Hardwidge 221625 Library LAP Mike Stapleton 269956 Little Hands Nursery School 260964 Out of school times 01223 503972 Notre Ecole Janet Whitton 261231 Primary School Headteacher Stephanie Wilcox 223457 U3A (Univ. of Third Age) Chairman Elma Forbes 01223 870217 Hon Sec Hilary Docwra 222486 Mem Sec Arthur Alderton 260399 Village College Acting Principal Simon Holmes 223400

08456 889897

Childline Samaritans

Education

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Ramblers Dave Allard 242677 Royal British Legion Patrick Parkinson 262617 Royal British Legion Women Elizabeth Murphy 220841 Royal National Lifeboat Institution Jean Emes 245958 Royston and District Local History Society David Allard 242677 Royston and District Round Table 221398 Royston Lions Janet Daniels 260009 RSPB Doug Radford 208978 SOAS (Supporters of All Saints’) Doreen Johnston 220197 St George’s Allotments Assoc. Bruce Huett

brucehuett@compuserve.com Youth Club Amanda Bernard 223407 Women’s Group Pat Smith 260103

Health Age UK Cambridgeshire 01223 221921 Blood Donors 0300 123 23 23 Chiropodist 263260 Citizen’s Advice Bureau 238020 Community Care Val Trueman 260191 Dentist 262034 District Nurses (Primary Care Trust) 01223 846122 Home-Start 262262 S Cambs PCT 35 Orchard Road Child & Family Nurses 262861 Melbourn and Meldreth Self-Help Jayne White 220250 Car Scheme 245228 Orchard Surgery Appointments 260220 Dispensary 261246 For repeat prescriptions send email: prescriptions.orchardsurgery@nhs.net Osteopath Kath Harry 261716 St John Ambulance Robert Jakubiak 220507 LOCAL clubs Air Cadets 2484 (Bassingbourn) Squadron 249156 Tony Kelly Mon & Wed evenings 7 – 9.30 p.m.

Army Cadets Ted Neathey 01223 248001 Tuesday evenings at The Moor 7.15 to 9.30pm Bellringers John Gipson 262846 Bridge Club Howard Waller 261693 1st Melbourn Rainbows Abigail Roberts 261505 Brownies 1st Melbourn Stephanie Clifford 220272 Brownies 2nd Melbourn Samantha Pascoe (Brown Owl) 261400 Cambells (Handbells) Eira Martin 261221 Dramatic Society Kathy Wholley 223805 email: k_wholley@hotmail.com Duke of Edinburgh’s Award Stuart Morris 208634 Gardening Helen Powell 245887 Guides 1st Melbourn Hilary Marsh 261443 Mothers’ Union Anne Harding 260759 Melbourn History Group Colin Limming 260072 Melbourn Mushroom Club John Holden email: frog.end@virgin.net Melbourn Pottery Club Maggie 01223 207307 National Trust Colin Limming 260072 New Melbourn Singers Adrian Jacobs 243224 Photographic Club Bruce Huett 232855

Places of worship All Saints’ Church Rev Andrew O’Brien Melbourn Vicarage Curate Mary Price Churchwardens Christine van Vliet

Mike Galley Community Hall booking Colin Limming Baptist Church Rev. Stuart Clarke Secretary Guy Manners

260295 261569 223063 260127 260072 261650 01223 872298

United Reformed Church Minister Rev. Duncan Goldie 260747 Secretary Peter and Eirwen Karner 262346 Hall booking Beryl and Barry Monk 246458 Churches Together Helen John 261147 sport Badminton Steve Jackson 248774 Bowls Elaine Cooke 221571 Croquet Janet Pope 248342 Football Club Simon Gascoyne 261703 Jazzercise Linda Warner 241527 Judo Derek Coult 225004 Melbourn Sports Centre Graham Johnson-Mack 263313 Melbourn and District Tennis Club David Liddiard

07508 995781 Meldreth Tennis Club Sue Davies 220174 Swimming Club Jenny Brackley 244593 Squash Club Nick Sugden 261064

Warden & sheltered housing schemes Dial-A-Ride 01223 506335 Mobile Warden Scheme Warden – Margo Wherrell 260966 Deputy – Jeannie Seers 262651 Assistant – Joy Hyde 220139 Neighbourhood Watch Scheme Stephen Cambery 261520 Vicarage Close Warden Eileen Allan Lead Sheltered Housing Officer Monday to Friday 9–1.30 263389 John Impey Way Jeanette Holland 269596 Southwell Court 262121 Moorlands 260564 Vicarage Close & John Impey Way, also covering Elin Way every other week. 9–5 Monday to Friday Eileen Allan Mobile 07876791419 01763 245402

See page 63 (inside back page) for advertising details.

email: mag@melbourn.org.uk

The closing date for the next issue is Friday 13th July 2012 which will appear in September, listing events in September, October and November.

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Coffee at URC 10.30am Melbourn Primary School Diamond Jubilee celebrations Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall ‘Olympic Progress’ Glass Artists All Saints Community Hall 1-5pm Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am Holy Communion URC 11am Choral Evensong for the Queen’s Jubilee 5.00pm All Saints Baptist Church Communion 6pm Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday Diamond Jubilee Bank Holiday Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30am-12.

Baby Sensory classes ASCH (see article page 29) Royal British Legion Vicarage Close 7.30pm Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am Coffee at URC at 10.30 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am Royston & District Local History Soc outing to Stratford Upon Avon River Mel Restoration Group Meldreth 9.15 am Safari Supper Family Communion All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm Melbourn Bridge Club meet Vicarage Close every Monday Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Mother’s Union ‘Sundials and their Christian links’ 2.30pm Meldreth Melbourn & District Gardening Club All Saints Community Hall flower arranging Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 Holy Communion All Saints 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Coffee at URC 10.30am Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am Holy Communion All Saints 8.00am Family Service All Saints 11.00am URC Service 11.00am Communion Service Baptist Church 10.30am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm Royston & District Family History Society All Saints Community Hall AGM with Cheese & Wine 7.30pm Toddler Plus 9.30 am Baptist Church Hall (term time) Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30 am (term time) Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 U3A monthly meeting 2.45pm MVC Holy Communion All Saints 10.00am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Coffee at URC at 10.30 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am Melbourn Village Fete Family Communion All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm Women’s Group Melbourn Kirsten Bicknell Craft Club Baptist Church Hall 9.30am (term time) Coffee Break 10.30-12.00 Baptist Church Hall Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm Holy Communion All Saints 10.00am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am CAMTAD Vicarage close 1.30-4pm (see article page 10) Coffee at URC 10.30am Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am The Bookshelf

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Holy Communion All Saints 8am URC Service 11.00am Communion Service Baptist Church 6pm Pippins 9.30-11.00 Stay & Play Pippins 1.30-3.00 Messy Mondays for Young Parents and children. Melbourn Community Health Centre every Monday Melbourn Bridge Club Vicarage Close every Monday contact Howard Waller 261693 Toddler Plus Baptist Church 9.30-11.30am (term time) Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 Melbourn Primary School Open Evening Holy Communion All Saints 10.00am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am |Coffee at URC 10.30am Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30 Family Communion All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm Mothers Union Outing to Lavender Gardens, Hitchin.

Meet there at 10am for optional tour. 260759 for further details.

Melbourn & District Gardening Club All Saints Community Hall 7.30pm Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 Holy Communion All Saints 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Coffee at URC 10.30 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am Blossoms & Bygones stall Holy Communion 8.00am Communion Service Baptist Church 10.30am Family Service All Saints 11.00am URC Service 11.00am Evensong 6.30pm all at All Saints Royston & District Family History Society All Saints Community Hall Annual Outing check for details Toddler Plus Baptist Church Hall 9.30-11.30am (term time) Police Neighbourhood Panel Bassingbourn Village College 7pm for 7.30pm start Craft Club Baptist Church 9.30am Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30am Melbourn & District U3A monthly meeting 2.45pm Holy Communion All Saints 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Coffee at URC at 10.30 End of term Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30 am Family Communion 9.45am & Evensong 6.30pm both at All Saints URC Service 11.00am Women’s Group Tour of Meldreth led by History Group Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30am Mothers Union Teddy Bears Picnic and Garden Party, The Walnuts, Wendy 260759 for further details Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm Holy Communion All Saints 10am Story Time U5’s Melbourn Library 10-10.45am Opening Ceremony Olympic Games 2012 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30 The Bookshelf Holy Communion All Saints 8am URC Service 11.00am Evensong All Saints 6.30pm

August Wed 1 Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 Thu 2 Royston & District Local History Society Royston Town Hall 8pm Fri 3 Coffee at URC 10.30am Sat 4 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am Sun 5 Holy Communion All Saints 8am URC Service 11am Baptist Church Communion 6pm Wed 8 Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30 - 12.00 Fri 10 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 11 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am Sun 12 Family Communion All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11am Closing Ceremony Olympic Games Tue 14 Mother’s Union Quiet Evening at Barrington Church 7.30pm led by Felicity Couch Melbourn & District Gardening Club All Saints Community Hall 7.30pm Wed 15 Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 U3A AGM Foxton Village Hall 3pm Fri 17 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 18 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30am Sun 19 Holy Communion 8am URC Service 11am Mon 20 Royston & District Family History Soc All Saints Community Hall 7.30pm Wed 22 Coffee Break Baptist Church Hall 10.30-12.00 Royal British Legion Women’s Section Vicarage Close 7pm Fri 24 Coffee at URC at 10.30 Sat 25 Coffee Stop All Saints Community Hall 10.30 The Bookshelf Sun 26 Family Communion All Saints 9.45am URC Service 11am Tues 28 Women’s Group Melbourn 7.45pm Beetle Night Meldreth Wed 29 Paralympic Games Opening – games until 9 Sept

Melbourn Village Fete and Music on the Moor Saturday 23rd June 2012 from 1pm until late Youth Club

Melbourn Village College

Tuesday evenings 7.30pm – 9.15pm see page 14

D CAariMng THeA lp Equipment,

Display of He Alerts and more Telephones, TV Amplifiers, 28th June 2012 Drop-in 1.30pm to 4pm Room Vicarage Close Community melbournmagazine

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Village information continued Orchard Surgery – Dispensary Monday to Friday 8:30 – 1pm and 3pm – 6pm Phone 01763 261246 Telephone requests are not accepted For repeat prescriptions you can: Fax 01763 262968 or email: prescriptions.orchardsurgery@nhs.net

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Allow at least 48 hours (two working days – excluding weekends and bank holidays) for repeat prescriptions to be ready.

Do not leave your request to the last minute.

Prescription/medication depending on eligibility can be collected from the Surgery

Co-op

Tesco in Royston

Please let the dispensary know where you wish your prescriptions to be sent.

This will remain your choice until we are informed otherwise.

Prescriptions requested before 12pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

will be ready after 10am Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday

Prescriptions requested before 4pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

will be ready after 3pm Wednesday Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday

Prescriptions requested after 4pm Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

will be ready after 10am Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday

Melbourn Health Visiting Team Drop in clinics for parents and babies are held as follows: Melbourn clinic every Wednesday between 9.30am and 11.00am at: 35 Orchard Road, Melbourn.

Telephone 01763 262861

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8a Romsey Terrace, Cambridge. CB1 3NH Office Mon-Fri 9.00am-12.30pm.

Telephone 01223 416 141 answerphone out of these hours admin@camtadcambs.org.uk

A drop in advisory session is held at Vicarage Close Community Room, the 4th Thursday of the month from 2pm to 4pm

28th June

25th October

26th July

22nd November

23rd August

27th December

27th September See the following website for more information

www.camtadcambs.org.uk Battery exchange and retubing.

We do not do hearing tests

CAMSIGHT Cam Sight’s visually impaired group meet on the 1st Wednesday of the month every month except in August, at the Vicarage Close centre, Melbourn from 2 until 4pm.

We offer a warm welcome with speakers, outings, up to date information and equipment demonstrations.

Come and see what’s on offer, join us for a cuppa and a chat.

Call 01223 420 033 for further information

hall. As usual everyone praised how well our children behaved themselves in a new environment.

We made Easter cakes and hunted for eggs in the garden.

Together, we decorated some huge eggs on the wall, which made the garden look very exciting.

We took advantage of the sunshine to play with water outside. We painted the fence, washed the toys, made a water slide and blew bubbles everywhere.

Jane Crawford

Melbourn Out Of School club (Moos) We have had a very eventful but fun half term at Moos Club.

The children have enjoyed sharing their school experiences and weekend news in circle time as well as sharing achievements they have made at school and in their own time. The things they have to share and show always make circle time interesting and fun.

With the return of some decent sunshine and brighter evenings we have been making full use of our outside area using bats and balls, a game of football, some circus equipment consisting of spinning plates and juggling balls or just simply exploring the nature of the outside area. Not forgetting of course the ever popular adventure playground.

The children have enjoyed engaging in crafts activities as well as baking bread and making cakes. We have talked about special dates on the calendar such as Saint David’s day, Saint Patrick’s Day and Sports Relief. Children were invited to participate in activities running along these themes.

Contact No: 01763 223459 Email : office@melbournplaygroup.org.uk Website www.melbournplaygroup.org.uk

The Primary School The spring term was action packed; we didn’t seem to have any ‘quiet’ weeks! As well as all our usual lessons and learning lots happened …

We had a very successful book week in February with various events each day. It was great to see so many book characters in school on the Monday, which ranged from ‘borrowers’, a group of characters from Alice and Wonderland and even Wally – from Where’s Wally. James Mayhew, author and illustrator of many successful picture books, inspired the children with his amazing story telling ability and left the adults in school wondering how he could do that whilst painting a picture upside down! He has left us with some fabulous artwork which we are having framed to display around the school. The ‘West End in Schools’ theatre group performed an interactive and entertaining production of ‘Jump to it’, the story of a child who falls into her computer game and the resulting quest she has to complete to return home. We also enjoyed the story telling workshops by the Norfolk Children’s Book Company and the school’s first inter-house book quiz.

In fact the whole term seems to have been one of visitors.

‘History off the page’ led an Egyptian day for the children in years 3 and 4 who carved soap, made canopic jars, wrote in hieroglyphics and took part in many other activities. We had a steady stream of vehicles including a tractor and various

classic cars to support the Foundation children with their topic.

A drama group also came to lead some ‘pirate’ role play with KS1 children; I think some children even had to walk the plank!

March proved very musical with our superb Spring Concert when children played their instruments and sang to an exceptional standard. I was very impressed by the range and quality of musical prowess from our students, ukuleles, saxophone and guitars to name just a few; it really was well above the standard you would expect from a primary school concert. We were entertained with a lively and exciting concert when ‘Dan the guitar man’ brought his rock band to school – a great time was had by all as we listened to live rock music from the 50’s to the present day. There was something for everyone whether you enjoy Jimmy Hendrix or Snow Patrol!

Our ‘Big Dig’ gardening project began in March. All the children took part in digging over new beds for our gardening and quiet areas. Many parents and members of the community came into help and we really appreciated the support. We are looking forward to growing fruits and vegetables and transforming and area of the field into a quiet contemplative area with shrubs, paths and benches where children can relax, chat or even read.

The last week of the Spring Term saw the sunshine appear just as our Year 4’s headed off for Grafham Water for 3 days of adventurous activities, including canoeing for the first time.

A great time was had by all especially as this was the first year ever we had visited without rain or snow!!

As I write this the Summer Term is about to begin and I wait with anticipation to see the children enjoy even more memorable moments as part of their life at primary school; we really do aim to make learning irresistible!

Stephanie Wilcox

Melbourn Village College Roy Burrell Sports Awards 2012 Roy Burrell was Deputy Headmaster at Chesterton Village College until his untimely death at the age of 49. He was an avid supporter of sport in Cambridgeshire and these awards were set up in his name to commemorate sporting achievements by young people. The awards recognise excellence, participation and exemplary attitude in the sporting sphere. melbournmagazine

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The Year 11 students from Melbourn Village College who were awarded medals this year are: Alice Galloway – Athletics; Toby Sowery – Karting; Jack Staley – Cricket; Alex Bodrozic– Rugby; Ellie Hickman – Swimming; Georgia Hickman – Swimming; Byron Lawrence – Football; Ed Brown – Football; Liam York – Football; Alex Martin – Football; Matt Davis – Basketball A special award for Outstanding Leadership went to Sam Robinson for all his voluntary work in sport and the great role model he has become for younger students.

Congratulations to all these students for their determination to succeed in their chosen sport – they very much deserve to have their achievements recognised.

Drama Showcase On Friday the 9th of March Year 11 GCSE dance students performed a showcase of their group choreography and set study pieces.

The show started with a group of students performing a dance which will eventually become a solo piece in their exam.

The rest of the Showcase consisted of nineteen students’ group choreography pieces which were performed by their chosen dancers from other year groups. Over thirty students took part in the show with stimuli ranging from nightmares and ‘twin tower boomings’ to alzheimers and anorexia.

A large audience watched as their children or friends performed, with Miss Patterson looking on and giving feedback to the students about their choreography and on how clear their stimulus was.

All the students would like to thank Miss Patterson for teaching them and making the show possible.

Chloe Squire and Anelka Tokley

KS3 Drama Showcase In February this year drama students across all years at MVC were out in force at the two wonderful showcase evenings.

Each key stage had its own evening to showcase the exciting work they do at the College.

The KS3 evening showed a real variety of work from students in years 7, 8 and 9. The work shown was a culmination of performances that the students had devised in both lesson time and drama club. The evening was a real success and the audience really appreciated each show for its individual message and entertaining themes. The range of

work the students created was excellent, from an informative bullying and peer pressure performance, to Shakespeare, then finishing with a hilarious and outstanding pantomime, showing the skills and talents our young actors have here at Melbourn Village college.

KS4 Drama Showcase We were told in September that we were going to do a showcase in February and we were all excited and confident about the event. As the time got nearer everyone started to worry more about forgetting their lines or cues.

When the evening came around everything fell into place; the lighting and staging were finalised and it all started to look really good. Behind the scenes some people were getting a bit nervous but excited as well as they knew that this was it! When the curtains opened and lights went up everything ran smoothly, with only a couple of very minor, well covered, mistakes. It was a perfect night.

The show was a complete success with very positive reviews. I know that everyone that took part worked really hard for the rounds of applause and they thoroughly deserved it too.

Amber Gough

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Health Secretary and Politician, Andrew Lansley. The students were delighted when they were able to get hold of Andrew for 25 minutes to ask him about his career, how tough it is at the top and if he had any advice to any budding politicians.

To watch the full interview visit the MVC school website, www.mvc.org.uk. You can also listen to the students being interviewed by Jeremy Sallis on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire about meeting Andrew Lansley.

Grease is the Word!

Singers, Dancers and Actors have signed up to be in our ‘school friendly’ summer production of Grease scheduled for Tuesday 16th, Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18th July.

Please put the date in your diaries and come along to the ultimate ‘High School hop’.

Spring Concert 24th and 25th May The morning ensemble work at the college continues as our flautists, clarinettists and brass players receive wonderful training and encouragement in their playing. Their work will be included in a varied programme that will include MVC Singers performing songs by Adele, Carol King, Paul Weller, Abba, the Noisettes and other well known covers. We also hope to sneak a few Grease songs into the programme!

MVC Instrumental The new ‘in house’ service is beginning to expand as Year 7 students are discovering the joy of playing drums and guitar.

We hope that students of all years will consider the lifelong benefits of this intellectual, physiological and socially beneficial life-long pastime.

General Music News The department is looking forward to having the exclusive use of Music 3 to facilitate practical music making once again.

Year 11 are thoroughly enjoying using the recording studio and producing their GCSE compositions. Years 10 are learning LOGIC well on the macs and I look forward to original Year 9 Film composition work starting from the beginning of the Summer term. At the start of next term Year 7 and 8 will be using LOGIC increasingly as part of their ‘Dance Music’ and ‘Styles’ units respectively. Last academic year nearly all of Year 8 sang in small ‘vocal bands’ as part of a fame academy style event which was hugely entertaining and confidence boosting.

We are hoping that the current year group will measure up to them!

Long Road Basketball Finals Yr 9 This was our first year together as a full Year 9 squad. The players include, Willem van de Ven, Louis Bodrozic, Sam Carrington, Edward Twyman, Alex Maskell, Jacob Rand, David Fiodorovas, Daniel Huff and Ali Richardson. This squad was the first to win the Year 9 Finals for Melbourn Village College.

The tournament was held at Long Road Sixth Form College in Cambridge. The other teams that qualified were Chesterton Community College, Linton Village College and St Bede’s. Our Semi-final was played against Chesterton which was the only team we had lost to this year (without our strongest squad).

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Even though we knew this was a good team we went into the game feeling confident.

We started the game with quick flowing basketball which was maintained throughout the first half. During the second half we took it more slowly than we originally planned and consequently gave away some easy baskets. Luckily because of our first half performance we were still able to win the game.

In the final we played a well-drilled St Bede’s side. The match played out very similarly to our semi-final. We took the upper hand in the first and had a strong lead at half time.

Unfortunately in the second half we grew tired and our play became sloppy. At the end of normal time the match was tied fourteen all. This resulted in two periods of over time. Drawing in the first and winning twenty to sixteen in the second. This won us the District Cup. As a squad we’d like to thank Sam Robinson and Matt Davis for coaching us for the past year and a half and for getting us where we are today.

Louis Bodrozic and Willem van de Ven

Basketball Yr 11 On the 11th of February the Year 11 team made its way to the Long Road District Finals after a superb season. This would be their last chance to win the title after losing to St Bede’s in year 9 in the final, title deciding game.

With the pressure of the year 9s winning the title only two days earlier the entire squad knew that they had to win this time and losing was not an option.

Unfortunately, they headed into the game against Chesterton like losing was the only option. Chesterton was a team where

Project Melbourn 2050 What’s all this about – not another building?

Relax! It’s not ‘bricks and mortar’ this time no matter how much the village needs a central point for the Library, Parish Council office and other uses.

Fine, but what’s this project then?

The Melbourn History Group, with a lot of help, have put together two history books on Melbourn and at the same time amassed a great deal of memorabilia and records that are safely stored in a fire-proof cabinet.

The only trouble is that our collection only takes us up to 1950 and there is a great need to keep on recording day-by-day and year-by-year events as they occur.

OK, but can’t the present History Group keep up the good work?

We can, but after some discussion we decided that another book should not be produced until one hundred years have passed, hence the 2050 project.

We intend to go on collating information as long as possible but none of us is immortal and it’s very certain we won’t be around in 2050!

the games have always come down to the last five minutes in the past. Melbourn struggled offensively playing too fast and simply not making passes that should have been made.

However, with Melbourn playing poorly on offence playing good defence was their way of staying in the game.

Making it hard for Chesterton to score allowed Melbourn to creep in front in the second half of the short twenty minute game and MVC battled to keep Chesterton from making a comeback. This sent MVC into the final to determine who won the shield this year. However, with worries about how poorly the team played against Chesterton nerves were high before heading into the last game against their rivals back in year 9 two seasons earlier– St Bede’s.

After a short break in which the team were able to collect themselves and work on a few things (for example, why the ball would not go in to the hoop) they headed into the game knowing that if they played like they had in the last game then they could wave goodbye to any hope of winning the title and some members looking forward to a ski trip suffering year 9’s chanting ‘We’re better than you! We’re better than you!’ This (it was decided) could not be allowed to happen.

Melbourn started the game well taking a 5 point lead within the first few minutes. St Bede’s had obviously judged them purely on the performance of the last game and did not expect the fast moving style of basketball Melbourn played with.

However, St Bede’s soon realised they were not playing toddlers and picked up their defence to stop Melbourn scoring – This led to lots of missed shots from both teams as MVC responded with great defence too and finding an easy shot was not an option.

So what are you asking?

We need a band of volunteers to continue the work of the History Group and obviously look for people young enough to carry on the good work once we have gone.

What next?

This is a preliminary request for younger people in the village to work with us on such tasks as the daily and weekly reading of local newspapers and making sure these news items concerning Melbourn are recorded.

Others might use their photographic skills to record new buildings as they appear, or to make sure old landmarks don’t disappear before there is a picture. There are many other jobs that will need to be carried out. We would like to involve both schools as well as other slightly older residents who plan to be around for a while yet!

Where do I join?

If you are interested please get in touch with me at the addresses shown but there will be a meeting in the autumn when we can gauge support and discuss what needs to be done.

Colin Limming 01763 260072 colin.limming@btinternet.com

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With no team able to really edge in front after trying to drive through the defence and get lay-ups and no success shooting from range, both teams seemed pretty stumped on what to do.

The 10 minute first half was over with a score not even reaching into double digits and what looked more like a football score than a basketball one.

With both teams confused, annoyed and tired, Melbourn knew that they had to play better in order to be triumphant, and going into the second half both teams came out believing they could win.

St Bede’s started the second half well quickly taking the lead whilst Melbourn did its best to catch up. But each and every time they scored, St Bede’s would answer back with another shot keeping MVC behind.

As the clock continued to wind down and the thought of losing again in the final loomed over Melbourn’s heads in what seemed to be a horrible circumstance of déjà vu they tried one more last gasp attempt to pull themselves back within reach.

In a swift move MVC changed its defensive style and resorted to defending St Bede’s the whole way down the court keeping them under pressure in an intense full court press.

St Bede’s panicked and with their normal ball carrier being fouled out of the game earlier in the first half Melbourn started to look like a team that hadn’t just got out of bed.

Matt Davis put superb pressure on the uncomfortable ball carrier forcing him to lose control of the ball allowing Sam Robinson to steal it and then pass it off to Matt Davis who finished at the basket leaving Melbourn behind by only one point, however with no more than one minute left in the game.

MVC once again put their full court press to good use and again came up with another steal provided by Matt Davis. After some good passing and offensive rebounding at St Bede’s basket Peter Harris hit the lay-up that put Melbourn ahead by one point with no more that 15 seconds to go. St Bede’s moved the ball up the court quickly only to lose it which meant MVC could hold onto the ball to secure the win! – but if you’re going to start a game badly, why not end it badly? As MVC lost the ball once again to allow St Bede’s a final attack in the last 7 seconds, and with defence as strong as they could possibly provide Melbourn forced the missed shot meaning MVC won by a single point.

It may not have been pretty, but having the name of the college on the shield is all that counts.

Sam Robinson

Notre Ecole On returning to Notre Ecole after the Christmas holidays children at our after school clubs were welcomed back with a ‘Gateau des Rois’ to celebrate Epiphany in true French tradition. Children attending the Wednesday group then went on to learn the French for the room in a house, as well as practising some of the more basic language to do with numbers and colours. The children also enjoyed trying pancakes at Chandeleur (Candlemas) and learning the French

words for some of the ingredients. After the half term break we went on to learning the French for various jobs and to celebrate Easter we made bookmarks and learnt the French for the Easter words they depicted.

Children at the Thursday group also learnt words to do with the house and home but their list of words was a little more extensive, including types of home and furniture words, as this group is attended by slightly older children. The children enjoyed playing Cluedo in French to practise their new vocabulary. We also carried out some research about La Martinique, a French speaking country in the Caribbean and created a colourful poster to illustrate the facts we had discovered. Children then celebrated Easter by making a decorative banner to wish their families ‘Joyeuses Pâques’ At the Wednesday evening adult’s class the beginner group have been learning the French words for the parts of the body and talking about their families and their homes. Meanwhile the more advanced group have discussed current affairs such as the forthcoming French elections and the recent terrorist attack in Toulouse, practised grammar points such as the use of pronouns and looked at some idiomatic expressions.

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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee The Queen is the personification of duty performed cheerfully and with a quiet dignity.

At such an early age, she had to shoulder all the responsibility that the monarchy entails and lose the freedom of her youth.

In the TV programmes we have seen and heard others tell of how she always keeps up to date with current affairs; meeting regularly with Prime Ministers as they get elected and change, she treats all with the same ease and dignity and they have said how impressed they were by her knowledge of world events and how they felt able to relax in their discussions. This must have taken a great deal of regular hard work, but from the moment of her Coronation she saw her life role as entrusted to her by God and with her great faith, she has relied on Him for the strength and help to carry out her duties.

Through so many years of change and stress, both personal and national, she has never wavered in her responsibilities and duties for her nation and overseas. With her kindness and modesty she has made everyone feel comfortable and welcome in her presence, whether from other nations and cultures, or from every walk of life in her own people. All who meet her are full of admiration for her genuine warmth and sincerity and for her long lifetime of service we should be truly grateful.

In celebration of this there will be a special service at 5.00 p.m. on 3rd June at All Saints’ Church, Melbourn. I would invite you all to come and celebrate this historic event.

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many fascinating anecdotes but warned us that if we quoted him – he would deny everything! During the interval everyone enjoyed a glass of wine and an opportunity to look at an intriguing array of photographs and memorabilia.

SOAS are extremely grateful to Sir David for giving up an evening in his very busy life to talk to us. There is an ongoing programme of interesting and varied events planned by the SOAS committee and a £3 annual membership entitles you to priority booking and a small discount on tickets. All the money raised

by SOAS (a Registered Charity) is spent on the upkeep of our historic church in the centre of Melbourn.

Supporters of All Saints On 14th April SOAS hosted a splendid evening of ‘Undiplomatic Memoirs’ given by Sir David Wright, ex UK Ambassador to Japan and Korea and ex PPS to Prince Charles prior to his state visits to Korea and Japan.

At the beginning of the evening as people arrived David could be seen wandering about in the usual weekend rig of sports jacket and cords – so it was a complete surprise when George Howard introduced him and he walked in resplendent in his full Diplomatic dress uniform, complete with cocked hat and sword! The evening was a great success from that moment on.

Sir David told a packed room how, as a 14 year old schoolboy at Grammar School, he had told the careers master he wanted to go into the Diplomatic Corps and see the world. To which his teacher replied –‘ that doesn’t usually happen to boys from Wolverhampton! ‘ However, after a successful time at Peterhouse he DID succeed in getting into the Foreign Office and crowned his career with a series of Ambassadorial appointments in the Far East.

Whilst in Cambridge he met and married a Melbourn girl, Sally, who has been his prop and stay throughout all his travels and adventures. He has worked with just about everybody from the Queen to Jimmy Saville, via Margaret Thatcher and all the succeeding Prime Ministers, the Emperor of Japan, Bill Clinton and so on. He told us melbournmagazine

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All Saints’ Community Hall Because title includes All Saints’ we are often called the Church Hall, which we most definitely are not! Although the Hall was built on church land and The Vicar Andrew O’Brien was the driving force behind the project, the Hall is available to all who wish to hire it.

There are one or two provisos about its use, but we have a lengthy list of clubs, organisations and associations using the facilities as well as family events such as children’s’ parties, Golden and Ruby Wedding celebrations and family events after christenings in the Church.

The old urn that used to send clouds of steam across the kitchen as well as being a potential source of danger, has disappeared and in its place is a wall water heater that supplies the necessary hot water for cups of tea and coffee.

Saturday mornings at Coffee Stop is now a village institution and provide an outlet for various village charities to raise money as well as being a social event for many residents. Nor is the Hall just for ‘locals’ as we have bookings from further afield that now regard ‘ASCH’ as an ideal place for meetings and conferences.

With all this activity you might think you have no chance of booking a date. All we can say is contact us and ask as we can usually find a spot for your event.

Colin Limming, Booking Secretary. 01763 260072 hallbookings@live.co.uk

Supporters of All Sain (SOAS) By the time you read this article our April events will have come and gone and we hope will have contributed to our funds. It is perhaps necessary to explain that any money we raise can be used only for the fabric of the Church and with a building whose foundations go back to the 13th century (first recorded Vicar 1215 – the same year as Magna Carta), you can be certain that every penny we have in our account is frequently earmarked for repairs.

With nearly 100 households on our membership list we are very proud of what we can achieve by our efforts and now that nearly all our members are on the ‘magic wireless’ (or e-mail as it is sometimes called) the means of communication are much easier.

Our next big events is our Open Gardens Day on Sunday 16th September starting at 1.00 p.m. with passports to gardens available at The Cross. The event is on the national Open Gardens web site and tickets priced at £4.00 will be available in advance. Children under 16 are free and everybody will be able to enjoy splendid refreshments in the Community Hall.

One of our regular events is a themed food from other countries and over the years we have tasted Dutch, French, Indian and other delights. On Saturday 6th October we are looking forward to a Mexican evening prepared by one of our members.

On 8th December we will be welcoming the Orlando Singers for a seasonal concert.

If you would like to become a member of SOAS it will cost you a minimum of £3.00 for individuals or £5.00 for a family. That’s a modest outlay in these cash-strapped times.

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Melbourn can be a noisy place. Constant traffic at The Cross despite the by-pass, deliveries at the various stores, people trying to park despite double yellow lines. We have all experienced the din as we walk about our village.

And yet there is one oasis of calm that has been so for hundreds of years. Sitting in the Parish Church the din outside can hardly be heard so it is no wonder that many people seek refuge if only for a few precious minutes. There is chance to sit quietly especially in the Lady Chapel where there are comfortable chairs, a place to kneel if required and the opportunity to light a candle for a loved one.

Our visitors’ book bears witness to the many who have come in, often by chance, to seek for a chance to think, perhaps to pray, and to leave a message thanking us for ‘being open’.

A glance at the notice board or a read through ‘The Melde’ which is the magazine of Melbourn and Meldreth parishes, reveals how much is going on. Every Sunday there is either a short Communion service at 8.00 a.m. or a busier Family Communion at 9.45 a.m. when the children of the Sunday School get a chance to tell the congregation what they have been doing while the ‘grown ups’ have been worshiping. Despite a small number of people Evensong is still said or sung most Sundays at 6.30 p.m. and almost every Thursday there is a chance to attend a quiet and reflective Communion at 10.00 a.m. where prayers are offered for the sick and those with special needs.

The Women’s Group and Mothers Union offer a year long programme of talks and events which is open to all whether members of the congregation or not. A small but lively choir leads the singing and another band of servers ensures that all is ready for the Communion services.

Before every Family Communion the bell ringers announce to the village that worship is to be held and it is no coincidence that both the towers at Melbourn and Meldreth are often used by visiting bands to ring peals. Those same bells ring joyfully for the weddings that still happen despite the attractions of other venues, but on Remembrance Sunday they are rung ‘half-muffled’ as a tribute to the fallen.

Behind the church is the All Saints’ Community Hall, a building open to all and the venue for so many of the village’s clubs, associations and groups.

The building has stood for over 800 years welcoming all who feel the need to worship and still maintains that welcome today.

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Bowls Malcolm Davey 262704 Bridge Club Howard Waller 261693 1st Melbourn Rainbows Abigail Roberts 261505 Brownies 1st Melbourn Stephanie Clifford 220272 Brownies 2nd Melbourn Samantha Pascoe 261400 Cricket Martin Winter 262733 Croquet Janet Pope 248342 Football Club Andrew Edwards 223109 Dynamos Football Club Les Morley 07739 593771 Gardening Club Helen Powell 245887 Judo Derek Coult 225004 Melbourn Sports Centre Graham Johnson-Mack 263313 Photographic Club Bruce Huett 232855 Ramblers Dave Allard 242677 Royston and District Round Table Michael Seymour 221398 Squash Club Nick Sugden 261064 Swimming Club Jenny Brackley 244593 Tennis (Melbourn) Dave Liddiard 07508 995 781 Tennis (Meldreth) Sue Davies 220174

Melbourn Sports Centre For those of you who don’t already know, we have: A state of the art fitness suite offering a variety of membership schemes A 20 metre swimming pool (kept ever so slightly warmer than most!)

A comprehensive swimming lesson programme, catering for all ages and abilities Multisports courts for hire including tennis, football and squash courts Water sports courses and activities Traditional and modern exercise classes Access to Melbourn Village College sports hall and gymnasium for activities such as trampolining, badminton and basketball Supervised sports and pool parties

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SPRING REVIEW It’s been an exciting time here at Melbourn Sports Centre, with lots going on for the whole community to get involved with.

We’ve had a bumper bag of Easter activities running this year, including our OFSTED registered PlayScheme, where children were treated to trampolining, swimming and creative crafts. Other holiday activities included Swimming Crash Course and Trampolining Taster sessions.

A massive congratulations to all those who took part in this year’s Swimathon event. Distances covered for a good cause ranged from 1500m – 5000m and participants helped to raise valuable funding for the charity Cancer Care.

SUMMER We welcome back the outdoor sports and tennis season is now well underway.

For all you budding Wimbledon stars,

courts can be hired mid-week and at weekends. We are also pleased to announce that we are continuing to work with Set 2 Play tennis to promote the Melbourn and District Tennis Club based at Melbourn Sports Centre. So why not dust down your racket and join up! For more information please contact us on 01763 263313.

Plus why not start planning your June half term and Summer holiday sports early, with our holiday courses like the Children’s Playscheme & Pentathlon and Swimming Crash Course? Bookings taken from May onwards.

For a cheap and fun activity then why not come along to one of our fun swimming sessions. We have sessions suitable for all abilities and all at a reasonable price that won’t wear out your wallet! Our current timetable can be downloaded from our website.

Our autumn term starts at the beginning of September so why not book onto one of our term lessons.

Activities on offer include swimming, gymnastics, trampolining, pilates, yoga, rookie lifesaving, baby gymnastics, running club and tennis coaching.

For further details on these or any other activities, please drop in, call 01763 263313 or go online at www. melbournsports.com. We look forward to seeing you this season!

Other activities on offer this Summer/ Autumn include: A variety of fitness suite memberships; A range of exercise classes including Aquafit, Boxercise, Core stability, Body sculpture and Swim-clinic (pool training session) Indoor and Outdoor Court Hire

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Activity Of The Season – Tennis The tennis season is now well underway.

For all you budding Wimbledon stars, courts can be hired mid-week and at weekends. We are also pleased to announce that we have joined up with Set 2 Play tennis to commence a Melbourn and District Tennis Club based at Melbourn Sports Centre. Membership ranges from £10.00 (minis) – £120.00 (families).

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Talktalk Proudly Sponsors Melbourn Sports Centre Swimming Club ~ New TalkTalk Branded Kit For Swimming Team ~ 2nd May 2012: Melbourn Sports Centre Swimming Club has received a financial boost from TalkTalk, the home phone, broadband and mobile provider, who will sponsor the club for the next 12 months. Funding has been used to provide swimming equipment for the club as well as TalkTalk branded kit for the swimming team.

Alongside this sponsorship deal, TalkTalk is investing £50,000 in technology to bring best value broadband offers to Melbourn and surrounding areas. TalkTalk is expanding its Next Generation Network in the area, which gives customers access to fast, reliable broadband services for all of the family’s needs.

Melbourn Sports Centre Swimming Club offers various types of water exercise for all ages 8-80 years in the form of aqua classes, swimming lessons, water polo and much more. They also train the ‘Rookies’ who are the junior life guards. They welcome anyone who is interested in learning to swim or looking to improve their skills.

Jenny Brackley, Head Coach of the McSplash Swimming Club at Melbourn Sports Centre says: ‘Our new kit with the TalkTalk branding is fantastic and I am very proud to see swimmers looking so well turnedout. The new equipment we have also purchased will make a real difference to the club and all those people using the facilities. We would like to thank TalkTalk for all of their help and support in helping us achieve our goals’.

Tristia Clarke, Commercial Director at TalkTalk said: ‘Investing in the local area allows us to bring our great value offers to even more families in the area and we are proud to be supporting Melbourn Sports Centre Swimming Club. They are at the heart of the community and we wish them every success with their endeavours both on and off the field over the coming months’.

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out its Next Generation Network (NGN) across the country. To date TalkTalk has spent £600m nationally and will cover 93% of the country when the roll out is completed later this year. By installing TalkTalk’s own equipment in the local exchange, TalkTalk can offer even better value services and innovative products to its customers. The NGN enables speeds of up to 14mb and customers who have recently been upgraded to the new network experience an average increase in broadband speed of 50%.

McSplash Swimming Club McSplash Swimming Club (based at Melbourn Sports Centre) completed a sponsored swim to raise funds for a local charity. Their chosen charity for 2011 was a Befriending Scheme run

by Cambridgeshire Mencap. The Club Members, aged between 8 – 16 years of age, swam a total distance of 58,000 metres (2900 lengths) and raised a wonderful amount of £575.00 This charity was chosen by Club Members because a) it is local, and b) it befriends young people with learning disabilities develop confidence, independence and life skills to maximise their potential. Volunteer befrienders provide friendship and practical support for young people aged 13–25, enabling them to participate more widely in leisure activities of their choice. This also provides a regular and reliable period of valuable respite to parents and carers.

Jenny Brackley, Coach of McSplash Swimming Club presented the cheque, with the help of Club Members, to Helen Thurley of Cambridgeshire Mencap.

Melbourn and District Tennis Club The Melbourn and District Tennis Club has had a good first year and in recognition of the facilities offered, the coaching programme being run, and the support to the local community we are proud to tell you that the LTA has awarded the club ‘Beacon’ status and will be actively promoting the club as a ‘Place to Play’ this year to increase awareness.

The LTA has also awarded the club 4

pairs of tickets for this year’s Wimbledon Championships, and all club members will be entered into a raffle to win the chance to purchase these tickets.

Graham the Sports Centre manager will be organising the raffle and further details will follow.

Memberships are due for renewal now, we are very pleased to be able to maintain the fees at the same level as last year, offering great value for money. Membership entitles you to a discounted coaching rate if attending any of the coaching sessions; for most of the juniors this will cover the membership cost, so please enrol promptly to take full advantage of the coaching discount, and to make sure you don’t miss out on the Wimbledon raffle. Memberships are available at the Melbourn Sports Centre Reception.

Club Night, previously held on a Friday has moved to Monday night this year and Rob Ellis will be on court between 6.30pm and 8.30pm to help organise the games and offer advice.

Come and join us at MaDTC… Free court hire Play all year on 3 floodlight hardcourts Advanced booking rights Free club night session Reduced rate on coaching programmes /holiday camps Find people to play in the tennis ladders Play team tennis in the Cambs Leagues Entry to the Wimbledon ticket ballot Free British Tennis Membership includes ratings and rankings for competitive play Enjoy a full coaching programme provided by Set2Play

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For further information please contact Dave Liddiard 07508 995781 or E-mail: dave@set2play.co.uk or contact the Melbourn Sports Centre reception 01763 263313.

Meldreth Tennis Club Tennis ‘Open Afternoon’ Sunday 1st July 2012. Want to play tennis again? Need some exercise?

Meldreth Tennis Club is holding an ‘open afternoon’ on Sunday 1st July.

Just turn up with your racquet between

2 and 4 p.m. All standards welcome.

The courts are behind Meldreth Village Hall in the High Street, (opposite Meldreth Primary School). Free Car Park If you need further information about the Club, please contact Sue Davies, Secretary 01763 220174

1st Melbourn Guides Have you heard 12,000 Guides screaming for Olly Murs? 1st Melbourn Guides and leaders certainly have! On our Easter trip to Birmingham Arena for the Guides-only Big Gig we sang along with a line-up of famous pop stars including Olly Murs, The Saturdays, Alexandra Burke and the rapper duo Rizzle Kicks.

We started the spring term with a show too: a night at the panto in Stevenage where we enjoyed a very entertaining version of Beauty and the Beast.

The following week the girls explored issues surrounding blindness. Trying to dress themselves blindfolded, they realized it wasn’t easy putting on matching socks, or getting jumpers on the right way round. They also tried identifying foods by touch and smell, and learnt a few letters of the deaf-blind alphabet which they used to spell out simple words on their partner’s hand.

Inspired by the TV programme ‘The Apprentice’, the girls spent an evening making flower arrangements which they sold, along with home-made cakes, at the Coffee Stop. Thanks to the donated flowers from Bury Lane, and the generosity of the people of Melbourn, we raised £83 for the Shepreth Hedgehog Hospital.

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The Apprentice theme continued with Lord Alan Sugar’s long-lost sister Dame-Arara Sugar paying a visit and challenging two groups of Guides to hone their business and creative skills.

The first challenge was to create and bake savoury biscuits to sell at Coffee Stop. This task was won by the Llama team with their tasty cheese scones.

The second task was to create a range of kids jewellery from coloured pipe cleaners, and sell the concept of their range to the other Guides in our unit.

One team produced some very topical Jubilee themed bangles and hairbands, while the other team stole the show with their slick presentation skills. Nobody got fired, and both groups will get their treat at the Whaddon Driving Range.

All the girls got to practice their sewing skills whilst making felt gift bags for Mothers Day, and on another evening we had an indoor campfire for which each patrol had to make up new songwords for a traditional song. The results were cheeky, but not too outrageous!

1st Melbourn Guides. The girls spent an evening making flower arrangements

We currently have a full unit and a waiting list, and would welcome another adult leader. If you would like to know more about becoming a Guide or a leader, or if you have any skills or hobbies which you would like to share with us, please contact me on: 01763 261443 or email: melbournguides@gmail.com Hilary Marsh

Melbourn Dynamos Football Club For Boys and Girls aged 4–16 years old All welcome! www.melbourndynamos.co.uk MDFC is a friendly community football club which gives boys and girls the opportunity to play regular football regardless of their experience or ability.

We have squads in all age groups from U7 to U16 and have a permanent base at Melbourn Village College, where we hold our training and home matches in beautiful surroundings. Our squads train weekly and play matches at weekends in the Royston Crow Youth League. Our younger members play 7 a side football on small pitches, moving through to 11 a side on bigger pitches for the older players. Our current U11 squad is pictured right.

It has been another exciting year for us. At the end of last season, our U12 coach, Dee Patel, was awarded the prestigious Cambridgeshire FA Coach of the Year award in recognition of his dedication and commitment to the squad. Back in 2007 Dee gave up watching his son play football in order to coach the Club’s U8 team, who were without a manager. During the 2008-09 melbournmagazine

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season Dee was diagnosed with a serious heart condition and was eventually fitted with a pacemaker. Understandably Dee took a back seat to recover but it wasn’t long before he was back on the touchline.

Dee has also been fundamental to the development of the Club’s Dynamites, committing a chunk of each Saturday towards coaching a large number of young boys and girls in readiness for transition into the U7 squad.

Dee’s biggest challenge is now staying fit and healthy enough to delay a heart transplant so he can continue coaching.

Club Chairman Blake Carrington said of Dee’s award – ‘This is a fantastic achievement for Dee and rightly recognises an individual who has shown that at all times he puts the players first. Dee’s commitment to the Club and it’s players is plain to see and following the fitting of his pacemaker it was those same players that gave him the motivation to recover. Dee puts a huge amount of his time into the Club and I know I speak for everyone by thanking him for that and for the effort he puts into the Club’s development.’

Our U16 squad is also achieving great success, having won through to the finals of two prestigious regional competitions – the Cambridgeshire County Cup Final, which will be played at Histon FC, and the Royston Crow League Cup Final. A fantastic season for them and their manager, Steve Richardson.

Congratulations to them all.

MDFC always welcome new girls and boys to our squads, with or without football experience.

For the younger ones aged 4–5 years, we run a ‘Dynamites’ Saturday morning ‘pay as you go’ fun football session in Melbourn. All welcome.

If you are interested in finding out more about MDFC, please contact Nicky Patel on 07951 590139 or email us on melbourndynamos@aol.com All of our coaches are CRB checked and qualified to a minimum of F.A. Level 1 standard. We are also recognised as a Charter Status Club which means that we have all the correct people and practices in place to operate in line with government requirements.

Melbourn Bowls Club This year marks our 90th Anniversary and by the time you read this we will have had our Open Day (which marks the beginning of the outdoor season) and also our Anniversary dance held at Foxton Village Hall.

We are looking forward to a successful season and would welcome any of you who might be interested to visit the club.

In addition to the matches against other clubs, both friendly and league matches, we hold informal ‘roll ups’ every Monday afternoon to which we would welcome any prospective members. Coaching will be available for those new to bowling and we would just ask that you bring flat shoes, other equipment can be provided. For further information contact Arthur Andrews 261990.

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to know some of the present members is invited to come to these mornings.

There is usually the opportunity to be introduced to the game of Bowls with tuition by one of the members on these mornings in addition to coffee and conversation.

The notes below are my interpretation of conversations with Muriel Cooper in which she recalled some of the main events concerning the Bowls Club during her life and her time as a member of the Club. I apologise in advance to Muriel if I have misunderstood anything she said or missed out anything I should have included. Clearly she would not claim to have been present when the Club was founded!

Melbourn Bowls Club was formed in 1912 in Mortlock Street with two rinks, one each side of the old Church Hall (current primary school car park) The Bowls Club moved to the present site on the Moor in the late 1940s.

This was instigated under the Parish Council Recreation Scheme. There was a purpose built ‘hut’ used as the Club House, half of which was used for bowls teas and the other half housed the mowers and bowls paraphernalia.

The hut was smaller than the present Club House. There were two small gas burners for boiling kettles, and tables and chairs, which left very little room to move. It was very cosy. Although this was small it must have seemed like a palace compared to the old green where there were no facilities at all. There was now a tap on site but toilets were opposite at Mr. Stanford’s house. For larger functions the Scout hut across the road was used and cars were parked in the field opposite which belongs to the council.

When the Scout hut was in use for other functions we used the British Legion hut in Melbourn High Street, which is now a public garden, the hut having been demolished some years ago.

This was obviously not an ideal situation so it was decided to build a new Club House. Socials were held in the Village College Youth Centre, and jumble sales were held in the Primary School in order to raise money for this purpose. Ada and Bob Wilson, who were bowlers, left some money to the bowls club in their will.

Once we had enough money to start, the building of the new Club House commenced. As is the norm with Melbourn Bowls Club it was all done by members themselves. Eric Chamberlain, Rodney Plumb, Len Chamberlain, Peter Cooper, Roger Mead, Alan Genockey and many others. The old Club House was then used as a store. The New club House was opened on 5 July 1986

by Mrs L Jarman who was British Isles Indoor Bowls Champion that year and who lived in Steeple Morden.

In those days of the the club only played in one league called the Dyne Elin League. This is now the Meldreth League. In addition friendlies were played during the week and at weekends.

There were social fixtures one of which was a coach outing to Brantham Bowls Club where families were invited to join the trip and those not playing went to the seaside.

Hunstanton was another days outing where we played indoor bowls after a walk by the sea and lunch in an hotel.

One more recollection of bowling in the early days was, if a match had to be cancelled, which it often was due to rain, someone had to travel round to players houses to let them know of the cancellation. In those days few people had telephones at home let alone mobiles Currently there are about 60 members. We now have teams in the Cambridge and District League (div. 2 and 5), the Foxton League (played on weekday afternoons), and Business House League. We continue to play friendlies, predominantly at the weekends.

By the time you read this we will be well into the league matches and also the internal club tournaments will be well under way. I hope to update you on this in the next issue of the Magazine.

Arthur Andrews

Melbourn and District Gardening Club Are you interested in gardening? Why not join the Melbourn and District Gardening Club on a regular or occasional basis.

We meet at 7.30p.m on the second Tuesday each month, at the All Saints’

Community Hall, behind All Saints’ Church (near traffic lights, lane by telephone box) 2012 So far this year we have had talks on Britain’s Wonderful Wildlife, Fun with Herbaceous Plants, Clematis and Container Gardening.

We are trying something new in June – an evening of flower arranging. Come and join us!

Tuesday 12 June 2012 – 7.30 Summer Flower Arranging – Round & Round The Garden Demonstration By Crazy Daisy Flowers From Buntingford All Floral Arrangements To Be Raffled Visitors £3.00 including refreshments 10th July 2012 – Local Outing An evening visit to Hopleys Nursery and Gardens at Much Hadham, near Ware.

Travel by car.

11th September 2012 – Autumn & Recycling Garden Waste A talk and slides by Richard Todd, Head Gardener at Anglesey Abbey August 2012 Tea in the Garden – Date to be arranged 11th September 2012 Autumn & Recycling Garden Waste New members and visitors very welcome.

For more information – ring Helen 01763 245887 or Angela 01763 262793

Melbourn Bridge Club Sadly we have to report the closing down of Bassingbourn Bridge Club, but delighted that several of their members have joined us at Melbourn. We are now regularly playing with 24 /28 and have reached as many as 38 players.

Tony Allan, whom many of you will remember as a local dentist, was a founder member of Melbourn B.C.and has been very active with getting the e.mails out with the scores and has been doing a sterling job as director for many of the evenings.

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Gladys Gittings beginners tournament in Trumpington, and no one disgraced themselves, all being in the top half at the end of the day.

Royston and District Family History Society Our New Year Social was, as expected, very sociable! And in February we all enjoyed a talk by the members of the Meldreth Local History Group. Those of us with local ancestors found much to interest us.

We are now beginning to plan this summer’s project, the transcribing of the monumental inscriptions in the Orchard Road Cemetery, Melbourn. Our Project Manager Eddie, and Paul, his excellent assistant, have already photographed the plans in the Parish Office and are drawing up a working plan for us. Paul has also photographed a lot of the headstones so that we have something to work on in inclement weather. This is a much larger project than Little Kelshall, which we did last summer. There are approximately 1,000 gravestones to be read, and then checked, so we shall be hoping that a lot of the members will be prepared to get involved.

Our Programme for the next few meetings is as follows: June 18th A.G.M. with cheese and wine July Summer outing TBA Sept 17th The History of Addenbrooke’s Hospital by Hilary Ritchie, the Hospital Archivist.

Oct 15th A talk by Paul Ravenscroft, a member Nov 19th A talk by Neville Chuck, our Vice Chairman and long time photographer for the Royston Crow.

Dec 17th A members’ evening with a Christmas theme.

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Church Marriages (1662-1812) and banns (1754-1837) and three volumes of the ‘Births, Marriages and Deaths’ as published in the ‘Royston Crow’, they are Vol 1 1876-1886, Vol 2 1887-1899, and Vol 3 1900-1910. All these are available on our bookstall at meetings, from our website www.roystonfhs.org.uk or from the Parish Chest website, www. parishchest.com.

All our meetings, unless otherwise stated, take place on the third Monday of the month at All Saints Community Hall, Melbourn with doors opening for chat and a look at the bookstall at 7.30 pm and talks commencing at 8pm.

We are always happy to see new faces and can assure you of a warm welcome. We could also use some younger blood, if only to crawl about in those graveyards!

Avril Emery Chair/Editor Royston & District FHS.

Melbourn And District Photographic Club The 2011/2012 year ended on a high note with a stimulating Melbourn Trophy final on Saturday 17th March at Foxton Village Hall including the annual display of members’ prints. Cambridge retained the trophy. The final is the result of a knock out competition, starting in October, between local photographic clubs. Sue Dobson provided informed

judging of a varied range of excellent images, and homemade cakes were enjoyed by all.

The 2011/2012 season continued the success of recent years with high membership and attendance including a group of enthusiastic young members from the local village college. As well as the competitions members enjoyed a programme of informative and imaginative talks by local photographic experts and the workshop sessions, conducted by experienced club members, provided a valuable opportunity to exchange practical tips and learn new techniques.

Allan Hale won the digital projected Image of the year competition with his atmospheric picture of a snowy Therfield Heath. Allan also won print of the year.

Other winners were: Chairman’s Trophy (highest total of points in all competitions) – Keith Truman Annual projected image (highest annual total for projected images) – Keith Truman Annual print (highest annual total for prints) – Allan Hale Points of View – David Gray The 2012/13 season will start on Tuesday 18th September 2012 at 7.30 at Foxton Village Hall. New members, of any skill level, will be warmly welcomed.

For further information please ring Bruce Huett (Secretary) 01763 232855.

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What’s on Cambridgeshire Competes 2012 taster day

10am – 3pm, Saturday 14 July Melbourn Sports Centre Drop in for free sports and arts taster sessions at Melbourn Sports Centre. You can see the Cambridgeshire Competes exhibition and also record your own Olympic memories as part of the project.

Collision Carnival at Parklife 12pm – 6pm, Sunday 15 July, Milton Country Park Meldreth Manor and Melbourn Village College students will be taking part in carnival workshops for district wide project, Collision carnival culminating in the carnival parade at the Parklife event in Milton Country Park. Parklife includes free carnival arts, live music and sports activities for all ages with the parade taking place at 3.30pm

Arts Development If your part of a group interested in working with an artist, hosting an arts event or if you run an arts related group and need some support then contact your local Arts Development Manager, Kirstin Bicknell. She can support with everything from marketing and fundraising advice to contracting an artist.

Kirstin is part of the stART partnership between village colleges and South Cambridgeshire District Council. StART run a number of district wide initiatives including an equipment bank and mobile cinema for community groups to hire. See their website www.start-arts.org.uk for more information or contact Kirstin, phone 07770 643165, email Kirstin@start-arts.org.uk

Calling all artists a date for your diary Whittlesford Parish Church is holding the fifth ART EXHIBITION & SALE in Whittlesford Parish Church on 13th and 14th October 2012 11.00am – 4.30pm If you would be interested in exhibiting, for more information, call Catherine Ravenscroft on 01223 834397 Or e-mail c_ravenscroft@yahoo.co.uk 9 High St, Whittlesford, Cambridge, CB22 4LT

The Tavern Gallery Meldreth June: Roger Phillipo from Harston ‘Ceramics and Glass engraving’ July: George Meliniotis from Melbourn ‘Oils and Acrylics’

Late July: Svetlana Baibkova from Cambridge ’Oils and Sculptural pieces’.

Early August: show of work by the students from Meldreth Manor and Scope.

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Swaffham Bulbeck Summer Theatre proudly presents ‘Iolanthe’ by Gilbert and Sullivan Wednesday 13th – Saturday 16th June 2012 Evening performances at 7.30pm and a Saturday matinée at 2.30pm Downing Farm, Station Road, Swaffham Bulbeck, Cambridge CB25 0NB Ticket prices Wednesday and Thursday £9, Friday and Saturday £10, matinée £6, via our website www.sbst.uk.com www.sbst.uk.com or from Kari Karolia 01638 745490; e-mail kari.karolia@gmail.com On-site parking; facilities for wheelchair users; licensed bar For further information contact Ruth Dennis on 01638 508171 or info@sbsummertheatr

Cambridgeshire Competes Exhibition 9th – 22nd July and 17th August – end September Melbourn Sports Centre As part of a county wide series, Melbourn Sports Centre will be hosting an exhibition including local Olympic hopefuls and some Olympic history.

See www.cambridgeshirecompetes.org.uk

Get on your bike for charity!

The Big Bike Ride charity cycle event is being staged on Sunday 8th July – the day after the Olympic torch arrives in Cambridge – and, in keeping with the theme, there will be a silver route of 20.12 kilometres (12.5 miles) and a gold route covering 201.2 kilometres (125 miles).

All money raised from the event which is being organised by the Cambridge News with support from Cambridgeshire County Council, will go to Arthur Rank Hospice Charity, the East Anglia Children’s Hospice at Milton and Press Relief: the News Community Fund.

Entry is £12.50 for the silver route and £30 for gold. Under eighteens can take part in the silver route for free when accompanied by a paying adult.

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Melbourn’s own Olympics!

In glass!

The All Saints Community Hall in Melbourn has had a unique event!

Over the weekend, Saturday and Sunday 1pm till 5pm of the first weekend in June there is an event organized by three local artists which had been planned for over a year. The event is called ‘Olympic Progress’ which is a reference to John Bunyan whose face appears on our village sign. The Contemporary Glass Society, a national group and recognised by the Arts Council, initiated the move to encourage glass artists to make work for their own event with an Olympic theme.

The artists Katharine Edwards, Jane Edwards and Phyllis Dunseth have tried to fulfil this remit at the same time as pushing the boundaries of this exciting medium. If the magazine arrives before the Saturday and Sunday please come! Work includes fused and sandblasted work, drawings, strange lollipop trees, noughts and crosses and snakes and ladders as well as a chasing sculpture. Perhaps more will be on show if only work ‘in progress’.

Katharine Edwards creates drawings and paintings, which record an emotional response to nature and an exploration of line and colour.

Having worked for several years with her sister Jane, she has found a visual language with the medium of fused glass. She has exhibited widely and her work is in private collections in the UK and Europe.

Jane Edwards is an artist who trained as a ceramicist but after discovering the joys of glass now works in fused glass. For the last ten years she has collaborated with her sister Katharine and they work together as well as separately. (www.jazkatglass.com) Jane’s work is inspired by particular details found within landscape, pattern and colour and her journeys in meditation. She also has exhibited widely and has work in private collections in the USA, New Zealand and Europe.

Phyllis Dunseth, who lives in Melbourn, has always worked in glass although she also works in painting and sculpture. She often likes to include recycled items in her work which are sometimes humorous.

Her paintings are informed by ideas and universal concepts. She was a teacher which might explain the various games in the exhibition. Like Katharine and Jane, she also has exhibited widely in the UK and has work in Minneapolis, USA. www.phyllisdunseth@btinternet.com

Cambridge Open Studios comes to Melbourn In the early 1960’s Cambridge was one of the first counties in the country to throw open its studio doors and invite local people in to discover how original works of art and crafts are made. Since then the yellow flags flying outside each venue have become a fixture in the cultural landscape, and every July more than 250 artists in over 200 locations take part each year.

For the first time, Melbourn based artist Val Pettifer will be welcoming visitors to her home studio to view her working methods and a display of paintings.

Val only started painting 6 years ago, but now sells her work in numerous local exhibitions and tutors painting work-shops and holidays. She works in a variety of mediums, including pastel, collage/mixed media, acrylics and watercolour. Her subjects range from semi-abstracted urban and harbour studies, to detailed wildlife paintings in Chromacolour.

A gallery of her work can be viewed at www.camopenstudios.co.uk Entry is free and complimentary refreshments will be served through-out two weekends, the 14th – 15th and 21st – 22nd July from 11am to 6pm each day at 66 Beechwood Avenue, Melbourn, SG8 6BW For more information about Cambridgeshire Open Studios visit the website given above.

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The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Tuesday June 5th

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Working in and around Cambridge, Royston, Saffron Walden, Newmarket and Huntingdon.

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The Queen is head of state of 15 Commonwealth realms in addition to the UK, and to celebrate her long reign many events have been planned to take place over the weekend in many parts of the world. For many people in the UK this will be will be a 4 day weekend as the late May Bank Holiday has been moved to Monday June 5th. There will be Church Services, street parties fancy dress and games in cities, towns and villages. It will be interesting to see what takes place in our area and we shall be happy to feature your photos in the next issue.

Not since Queen Victoria was on the throne has a monarch reigned for 60 years. Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897 was celebrated all over the Commonwealth and was made a festival of the British Empire. The Prime Ministers of all the self-governing dominions were invited and the Queen’s Jubilee procession included troops from all over the Empire.

The parade paused for an open-air service outside St Paul’s Cathedral, and there was a great outpouring of affection for the elderly Queen.

Victoria was the longest reigning British Monarch and the longest reigning Queen in world history; a total of 63 years, seven months and two days.

The official emblem for The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee in 2012 is the winning design following a national competition for children aged between 6 and 14. It was drawn by 10-year-old Katherine Dewar, from Chester.

The Queen had Silver Jubilee celebrations in 1977 marking 25 years on the throne, when Melbourn had an Elizabethan pageant, with concerts and various events at the Primary School and Village College. At the Golden Jubilee Celebrations in 2002, specially minted coins, bearing the Queen’s Head and ‘Golden Jubilee 2002’, with the South Cambs crest on the other side, were presented to residents.

‘Jubilee’ is one of several concepts (such as ‘celebration’ and ‘holiday’) that had their origins in some solemn religious occasion, but have since come to mean also some sort of secular jollification.

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