No. 52 Sept/Oct 2017
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What's On HUNTINGDON Creative Writing Workshop Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, PE29 3PA September 20, 10.30 - 13.00 Cost: £6. Workshop with Helen Claire Gould. Getting Started. Booking required. Call 0345 045 5225 or speak to library staff. Lomax Antique Fair Hinchingbrooke House From September 23 at 10.00am to September 24 at 4.00 pm. Lomax Antiques Fairs is synonymous with quality and has earned the reputation as being one of the leading fair organisers within the UK. Free car parking – refreshments available Tel: 01379 586134 or 07906 716158 Wedding Spectacular Hinchingbrooke House Sunday 1 October. Time: 11.00 am - 3.00 pm Cost: £4.00. Everything you need to plan your special day. Fabulous fashion shows. Tel: 07738 912092 Jerome Chance - 60s, 70s, 80s and 90s covers. Sunday 1 October at The Lord Protector. An afternoon of great music with top solo act. 3pm - 6pm. Entry: FREE. Painting and Drawing Workshop with David Brow, Huntingdon Library, Princes Street, Huntingdon, PE29 3PA. Wednesday 4 October. Time: 10.30am 1.00pm or 1.30 pm - 4.00 pm. Cost: £6. Perspective. Suitable for beginners and improvers. Part of a series of art workshops. Booking essential. Please ask library staff or call 0345 045 5225 to reserve your place.
a coffee break and an opportunity to chat and ask questions. Treble Damage at The Lord Protector, Huntingdon Saturday 7 October. A night of top rock and blues tunes. 9pm - midnight. Free entry. Huntingdon’s fourth Chilli Fiesta Saturday 7 October from 10.30 pm - 5.00 pm Huntingdon Town Hall PE29 3PJ. Entrance is Free. Huntingdon is set to get a little hot under the collar with its fourth popular Chilli Fiesta! The awesome ‘Chilli Fiesta 2017’ is brought to you by Huntingdon First. Tea and Tablet Taster Session Huntingdon Library, Princes Street PE29 3PA Friday 13 October. Time: 2.00 – 4.00pm Cost: Free. Find out how to use your tablet. (And enjoy a cup of tea!) Drop-in session. Tel: 0345 045 5225 or ask library staff for information. The Hinchingbrooke Bösendorfer Piano Concerts Hinchingbrooke Performing Arts Centre, PE29 3BN. Friday 13 October at 7.30 pm. Marina Nadiradze, piano, will include in the programme music by Haydn, Chopin and Prokofiev. Tickets: adults: £15. Groups of 20+: £10 each. Pupils and students under 21: £5 Tel: 01480 375678
The 2FBS (60s, 70s, 80s and 90s covers, duo) Saturday 14 October at Huntingdon Racecourse. Gates will open at 6:30. Playing from 7pm until the film begins at sundown (approx. 8pm). The movie shown will be Dirty Dancing. A BBQ will be provided but guests are welcome to bring a picnic with them. There will be no reserved seating and guests are advised to bring blankets and collapsible chairs The 21st Century Library: EngAGE in the Afternoon. Huntingdon Library, Princes Free parking and disabled access are available. Street, PE29 3PA. Thursday 5 October. Time: Dogs on leads are welcome. Tickets are £12. 1.30pm – 3.00pm. Free talk. Booking required. Please speak to library staff or call 0345 045 Italia in Piazza, Italian Food Market Market Hill, Huntingdon PE29 3PJ Friday 5225 for a ticket. 20 October from 9.00 am and Saturday 21 October until 5pm. Organiser: BID Meditation and Mindfulness Course Living Life Lightly. Huntingdon Library, Princes Huntingdon. Information: 01480 450250 Street, PE29 3PA. Saturday 7 October. The Estrella's (Covers, 6 piece) 10.30 am – 1.00pm Cost: £15 Tel: 0345 045 5225. Everyone is welcome to at The George Hotel. Saturday 21 October, attend and no experience of meditation is 9pm - 11.30pm. Come and shake ya booty! needed. There are two one-hour sessions with Entry: FREE.
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What's On Isabelle (Covers, 5 piece) at The George Hotel, Huntingdon Friday 27 October from 9pm - 11.30pm. Entry: FREE. The Annual Halloween and Firework Festival Saturday 28 October from 5.00 - 8.30 pm. Spooks & sparkles descend on the Racecourse! Early bird prices are £5 per adult and kids go free! Tickets will be £7.00 on the gates. Midlife Crisis (Rock / Blues, 3 piece) Saturday 28 October at Golden Knight, PE29 7LB. 9pm - midnight Entry: FREE.
POPSCENE! (BritPop, 4 piece) at Buckden Village Club, Saturday 30 September. 9pm - midnight. Entry: FREE A Britpop and indie covers band, playing all the great British sounds. Arctic Monkeys, Blur and Cast, to Stereophonics, Stone Roses and Paul Weller, Ocean Colour Scene, Oasis, Pulp. BRAMPTON
Talk: Drones, Dukes and Dormice Wednesday 13 September - 7.30 pm Brampton Memorial Hall, Thrapstone Road, Brampton PE28 4TB. Bad Wolf (Hard Rock, 4 piece) Saturday 28 October at the Market Inn, 9pm - The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife Trusts is pleased to announce the first 11.30pm. Entry free. of our Autumn indoor events.Josh Hellon will Traditional Market give an illustrated talk about the use of drones Wednesdays 8am – 3.30pm Market Square in monitoring and conservation, concentrating Saturdays 8am – 3.30pm Market Square on the work of the Ecology Groups. Entrance The range of wares on offer has undoubtedly charge £2.50 (accompanied children free). changed over the centuries but the choice and Information 01480 457795 lively atmosphere remain the same. Typical stalls include: bags and suitcases, bakers, brica-brac, butchers, cards, clothing, cut flowers, GODMANCHESTER fishmongers, fruit and vegetables, jewellery, Big 10 (Ska) phone accessories, plants, sweets, watch at Comrades Club, Godmanchester Saturday repairs. (Stalls vary depending on the day). 30 September, 9pm - 11.30pm. Tickets from the bar or online from BIG10. Entry: £8.50. Quiz Night at the Montagu Club, Hartford Road, Huntingdon PE29 3QD. First Friday of each month at 8pm. £1 per person. BUCKDEN Buckden Gardener's Association Autumn Show Saturday 9th September at 3pm. Village Hall, Burberry Road PE19 5UY. Come and have a look at the exhibits, have a chat over a cuppa and refreshments and treat yourself to something from the produce stall!
Bill Pidgley (Country) Saturday 28 October 7.30pm - 11.30pm at The Comrades Club. Bill Pidgley plays country music like you have never heard, so good LIVE !! come join us and have a great evening. Entry: £6 HEMINGFORD GREY
Hemingford Village Market takes place on the second Saturday of the month. Saturday 9 September from 9am -1pm at the Parish Centre, High Street, Hemingford Grey. PE28 9BJ. There will be a variety of stalls Buckden Towers Heritage Open Day selling food, plants and crafts, refreshments High Street, Buckden, PE19 5TA. available from the Hemingford Garden Room Sunday 10 September. 1pm - 4pm. Free Entry. See and learn about the historic and entry is FREE. buildings which make up the former palace Pavillion Pictures Cinema of the Bishop of Lincoln and explore the Recent films are screened at Hemingford 15 acres of grounds. Tours will be given by Pavilion on the second Friday evening of every members of Friends of Buckden Towers at 30 month and FREE family films on the second minute intervals, ending with the one at 3pm. Sunday of the month at 2.30pm. Information at Refreshments will be available. www.pavilionpictures.org. Live music information courtesy of www.lemonrock.com Please check with the venue before making a trip to any gig.
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What's On HOUGHTON Heritage Open Day: A Victorian Mill Houghton Mill. Saturday 9 September from 11.00 - 16.30. Come and meet some of the people who would have worked at Houghton Mill in Victorian times.
Vagabond Shoes (Blues, 4 piece) Friday 29 September at The Haywain, St Ives from 6 30 to 8 30 pm. Vagabond Shoes are back at the fantastic annual St Ives Old River Port Jazz & Blues Festival event. Entry: FREE.
Split Whiskers (Blues Rock, 5 piece) The Golden Lion Hotel Friday 29 September Scone Baking Day 8pm - 11pm. Looking forward to returning Houghton Mill. Saturday 7 October to as part of the Old Riverport Jazz & Blues from 11.00 - 16.00 Find out how we make Festival. There's music all over the town all our delicious scones using Houghton Mill weekend from Thursday to Sunday. Entry Free. stoneground wholemeal flour and have a go at Martin McNeill, Bottleneck Blues making one yourself. Saturday 30 September 1pm - 3pm at Oana's, St Ives. Goodtime blues from slide OFFORD D'ARCY guitarist and singer Martin McNeill. Entry free. Heritage Open Day: St Peter's Church JACK (Rock / Blues, 4 piece) St Peter’s Church, High Street, Offord Darcy, Saturday 30 September at The Quay, St Ives. PE19 5RH. Saturday 9 September: 1-5 pm. 2pm - 5pm. Free entry. 'JACK' are happy to be Sunday 10 September 1-6pm. Free Entry. The church shows the four styles of English part of the Old Riverport Jazz & Blues Festival. church architecture. There is much to see The Feelgood Band including a mystery stone effigy, memorial (Rhythm & Blues, 4 piece) at Golden Lion brasses, carved corbel faces and a possibly Hotel at 7.30pm - 11pm. Entry free. unique William Glasby stained glass window with memorial plaques below, which together ARC Rock Band (Classic Rock, 4 piece) Saturday 30 September at The Royal Oak, form the Offord D'Arcy war memorial. St Ives at 9pm. Entry free. ST IVES RPM (Classic Rock, 4 piece) The Silverbacks Blues Band (Rhythm & Blues, 6 piece) Thursday 7 September, 9pm - 11pm. At the Oliver Cromwell. Entry: FREE.
Dynamite Chicken (Rock Covers, 4 piece) Saturday 16 September, 9pm - midnight. at The Royal Oak, St Ives. Entry: FREE Rock Q (Tribute Band, 4 piece) Saturday 23 September 9pm - 11pm at The Royal Oak, St Ives. Free Entry. Wildlife Talk at St Ives Free Church Market Hill, St Ives PE27 5AL Wednesday 27 September at 7.30pm Wildlife presenter Chris Ward talks about exciting mammals and birds of Kruger, Mkuze Game Reserve and high altitude grasslands, plus the Drakensburg mountains. Everyone is welcome, non-members pay £3. The talk includes an intermission with tea, coffee and refreshments. Call Martyn on 01487 710456.
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Saturday 7 October at The Royal Oak. 9pm midnight. Playing rock covers from 60s to 90s, Free Entry. All Along The River Art Exhibition Pastels and oil paintings produced on location Summer 2017 by Virginia Mayo. Terrace bar of The Dolphin Hotel, St Ives, Saturday 28th October 1pm - 8pm. Sunday 29th October 11am - 5pm. ST NEOTS
St. Neots and District Camera Club Tuesday 19th September at St. Neots Bowling Club PE19 1AP (beside the Tennis Courts) Time: 7.30pm. No charge for the Open Evening. The first evening of our new season and we endeavour to make it an informative and friendly event. No photographic experience is necessary and along with any established photographers, all will be most welcome.
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Theatre HUNTINGDON’S PROFESSIONAL PANTO MOVES TO A NEW HOME! KD Theatre Productions, the team behind the last 3 years of Huntingdon’s professional Pantomime are delighted to be presenting their 4th pantomime this Christmas Season, ‘The Wizard Of Oz.’ Due to the closure of the Commemoration Hall for refurbishment, there was some concern over the pantomime’s future, however, the theatre company are delighted to be moving to the fantastic Performing Arts Centre at Hinchingbrooke School.
Performing Arts Centre to bring Huntingdon’s biggest professional pantomime to date! Not only will the move allow us to do more but also accommodate over twice as many people due to the larger auditorium.'
Daniel Bell, the producer says ‘We are delighted we will be working closely with the
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The Wizard Of Oz will feature a fully professional cast, live band, spectacular costumes and scenery. The show will run from the 6th - 14th January 2018 at The Performing Arts Centre, Hinchingbrooke.
Tickets are on sale now available online at www.kdtheatre.co.uk or by calling the Box Office on 01353 725026
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Ferrars Hall Care Home recently welcomed some unusual new residents, fourteen birds! The Huntingdon care home has had a fabulous outdoor aviary built complete with nesting area, feeders, shelter and landscaped garden. There are new fourteen birds in total, including colourful canaries and some Bengalese Finches. The birds will add interest to the garden and encourage residents to spend time outside and enjoying
resident Horace gave a speech and presented Paul with the name plaque to finish the aviary. The birds were donated by Home Manager Julie Britten. “The aviary is already very popular with the residents” said Julie “it’s been lovely to see people coming outside to see the birds and talk to them, they’ve enjoyed seeing the birds settle into their new home”.
the sights and sounds of the birds. Residents at the luxury Huntingdon care home will be able to feed the birds which will help to give them a sense of purpose and increase wellbeing. The aviary was built by the home’s maintenance manager, Paul Roddis, the residents and staff at the home were so impressed by his handy work that they have named the aviary ‘Roddis Hall’ in his honour. The care home held a naming ceremony and
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It has been shown that caring for animals and birds can be very beneficial to residents living with dementia as they can have a calming effect. The aviary is just one of the dementia friendly activities at Ferrars Hall Care Home. For more information about our dementia care and our care home please get in touch with Home Manager, Julie Britten, who will be happy to speak to you in confidence.
Ferrars Hall Care Home,
Ferrars Road, Huntingdon PE29 3DQ. Tel: 01480 456 359
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CHIMNEY SWEEP James Wakeling, T: 01954 211 590 E: jimmy_18@hotmail.co.uk
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CHIROPODY Leonard Kirkby Mobile Chiropodist and Podiatrist T: 10480 451493 M: 07870 983347
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PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL Stageworks Studio and Cambridgeshire Youth Ballet Company E: info@ stageworksstudio.co.uk T: 01480 223331
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SOLICITORS Copleys Solicitors 28 High Street PE29 3TH T: 01480 456191 Email: huntingdon@copleys.net THEATRE SCHOOLS Theatre Artz Ballet, Modern, Jazz, Tap. T: 01487 824 460 www.theatreartz.co.uk TREES AND GARDENS Bousfield Tree and Landscape M: 07534 707100 T: 01480 414808 or email: danbousfield@hotmail.co.uk Four Seasons Tree Services Qualified and professional tree care. T: 01353 721 665 M: 07771 707 921 WILDLIFE PARKS Shepreth Wildlife Park Station Road, Shepreth Hertfordshire SG8 6PZ. T: 01763 262226 WILL WRITING Wills and Estate Planning Richard Woodward T: 01480 290060 www.thewillwriter.biz Wills and Probate Services T: 01223 636436 www.cambridgewillsand probate.co.uk
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The Kitten's Whiskers “Thanks for rescuing the kitten” shouted Monique out of the car window as she passed me in the lane. “So glad its ok” I shouted back, this was the first I had heard about its fate and I continued on my way, happy in the knowledge that all’s well that ends well, when it struck me to wonder how on earth she knew about my involvement in the incident. I was putting out the recycling box at the end of our lane, when my distracted mind registered the sound of a cat crying in the hedge over the road, it wasn’t until I was getting back in the car (longish way to the end of our lane) that my brain engaged and I realised that this was a bit unusual. Sighing wearily, I exited the car, crossed the road and peered into the hedge much to the interest of passing traffic. The road at the end of the lane is a country road, but fairly busy at that time of the day. After spending some time talking to the hedge in a coaxing and wheedling fashion, it rewarded my efforts by suddenly expelling a wild eyed and bristling tabby kitten. I tried to pick it up, “no way” it yowled and fled back to the spikey embrace of the hedge. Well I was involved now and couldn’t leave the ungrateful thing to its own paranoid devices and the dangers
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a story by Lynn Batten
of the busy evening road, so I had another word with the hedge and this time when the kitten eventually appeared I managed to herd it some way up a much quieter side road. Where I gently tried to convince it that there was nothing scary about me. Every time I walked towards it, it ran away and jumped into the nearest hedge, it certainly loved hedges. Every time I walked away it jumped out of the hedge and ran towards me crying “don’t leave me, don’t leave me.” That kitten is one conflicted animal. Eventually I had to leave it, it was getting dark! I had done all I could but hours later was still worried about the annoying little beast. On the way home I had asked my nearest neighbour if she had lost a kitten, she asked someone, who asked someone and eventually… happy ending! It took Monique hours to catch it though! The jungle drums of community in action, don’t you just love them?
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Classical Ballet, Modern / Jazz and Tap Dance British Theatre Dance Association examinations and medal tests Roz Clark - 01487 824 460 / 07793 973 380 theatreartz@hotmail.com www.theatreartz.co.uk
Queen Elizabeth Hall, Godmanchester (Mon and Weds) Dance Studios at St. Ivo School, High leys, St Ives (Saturdays)
Longstowe Village Hall CB23 2UJ In memory of Mitchell Bailey • Entry fees - £1.50 per class • Rosettes to 5th place • Entries from 10 am • Judging from 11 am • Judge: Lorraine Ames (Thenamy) • Light refreshments available • Stalls and Raffle • Scurry - 50p a go! • Entries on the day
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Burgess Hall Events For tickets or further information about any of the Burgess Hall events listed please visit: www.burgesshall.net or call One Leisure on 01480 388500
A Show Fit For the Mayor
90s Paradise - ft. Five
Tea Dance
Indoor Car Boot sale
Dogs Don’t Do Ballet
(Centre Theatre Players) Friday 6 October 8pm to 1am (no Monday 23 October. 2pm to Friday 15 and Saturday 16 Septem- admittance after 10.30pm) Tickets 4.30pm. £4.75 per person (inber. Doors 7.15, Show 8pm. cludes tea or coffee and biscuits) £15 in advance. Tickets £10.
Bringing On Back the 60’s
Friday 22 September. Doors open 6.45pm, Show starts 7.30pm. Tickets £19.50.
IPMS Brampton Annual Scale Model Show
A Blunderbus production Sunday 8 October. 8am to 12pm Thursday 26 October. 11.30pm and £7 for 6ft stall, £12 for 12ft stall. 50p admission. FREE for under 16's. 2.30pm (55 min.show) Doors 20 minutes before show.Tickets £8.50 An Evening With Geoffrey single ticket. £30 for a family of 4.
Boycott
Tuesday 10 October. Doors 6.45pm Show 7.30pm, ends Sunday 24 September, 10am to 4pm. Adults £1.50 Concessions 50p 9.50pm. Tickets £25 per person.
Jesterlarf Comedy Club
An Evening of Dirty Dancing Burgess Bingo Wednesday 11 October. Doors The Tribute Show Friday 29 September Doors open 6.45pm / Show starts 7.30pm / End 9.40pm approx. Tickets £20 per person
Kerry Godliman: Stick or Twist
open 7pm, Bingo starts 7.30pm ends 9.30pm approx. FREE admission. Only £10 for 10 games.
Steve Parrish: MAD Tour
Friday 13 October. Doors 6.45pm, Show 7.30pm, ends 9.30pm Tickets £20 per person.
Boogie Nite
Saturday 14 October. 8pm to 1am Tickets £8 in advance (18+)
CAMRA Beer Festival Saturday 30 September
Doors 7.30pm / Show 8pm-10pm. Tickets £15 per person (includes a £1.50 booking fee)
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Thursday 19 to Saturday 21 October, Thursday and Friday noon 10.30 pm. Saturday noon - 10pm. Tickets available on the door only
Friday 27 October. 8pm-10pm Tickets £12 in advance, £14 on the door.
Indoor Car Boot
Sunday 29 October. 8am to 12pm. £7 for 6ft stall. £12 for 12ft stall 50p admission. FREE for under 16's
Ladies Pamper and Shopping Day Sunday 5 November. 10am to 4pm. £2 on the door
Psychic Sally, Kisses to Heaven Tour Monday 6 November. Show 7.30pm, Tickets £25.
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Charity Event
St Ives Festival of Motorcycles
St Ives Festival of Motorcycles committee present cheques to representatives of MAGPAS and Royal British Legion Bikers with St Ives Mayor Phil Pope.
Charity Cheque Presentation
More than 3,500 motorcycles were counted in to the main bike park in St Ives on the 25th June, it was an amazing sight to see. Families and bikers from all over the county and further afield came to watch celebrity motorcyclists Steve Parrish and Rhys Lawrey chatting about their exploits on the stage. There were live bands
entertaining the crowds throughout the day. In the afternoon Mr Parrish awarded trophies to winners in the showbike competition. Many businesses and
Rhys Lawry (left) and Steve Parrish on stage
motorcycle dealerships were represented in the stands lining the market square and the Two Brothers Racing Stunt Team performed in the cattle market car park. Everyone who performed, marshalled, carried collection buckets and organised the event volunteered their time so that all the money raised went to the charities The Poppy Appeal and MAGPAS Air Ambulance, whose volunteers were also present on the day. A total of ÂŁ7,150 was raised and shared between the two.
To see videos and photographs from the day visit the Facebook page at @stivfom or the website, www.sifom.org
The committee are already working on plans for St Ives Festival of Motorcycles 2018 and would be grateful for your support. Please contact Simon@sifom.org to get involved.
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My Friend Huntingdon’s local magazine
No. 47 Christmas 2016
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