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August 2018 1 Issue 161

Grafham Gossip Issue 162 Deadline: Midnight Thursday 16th August

Contents Church Services and View from the Pew……......…..

Parish News/Parish Cllrs details………...………...…..

County Cllr/District Cllr details………..………………..

View from the Pew…………………………...……………….

Notices/ Village Hall Activities………………….…..………….

Talking Shop………………….………..……..…………..

Notices/ Has the bin man bin, Mam?.....................................

Time for Growth - Mike……….……...…………………….....

Some items from East Leightonstone newsletter…...........

Notices/ Make a will month……...…………………………...

Times Gone By - Dave Anthony and A14 Update…..……..

Adverts/Notices/Useful Phone Nos…………...…...…...…

Beer Festival thanks and photos…………………………..

Calling all Flower Arrangers………………………………….

Adverts...……………………….…….. …………….……..…

Three little tales- David Cudby / Team Irwin’s 100km run….

Annual Art Exhibition………………………………………….

Action Points from Traffic Safety Meeting……………...……

Local Activities………………………………………....……..

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Editors’ note… Will the hot, sunny weather

last for the school summer

holidays, which are almost

with us? According to the

online long term forecast, yes it will! So, all school

age students, get your cameras and phones at the

ready to take part in the Summer Photography Com-

petition as described on page 2.

Choosing ‘Must reads’ this month is more difficult

than usual, there’s at least one on every double

page! You’ll just have to start at page one and read

carefully through to the end.

We’d welcome more contributions from our readers, so

if you see a great film or read a good book that you

could review, know a fool proof recipe or have a story or

anything else to share, please send it to us and we’ll

print it in the Grafham Gossip.

Send your news, views and gossip in good time for the

next deadline, midnight on Thursday 16th August. It’s

always difficult delivering the paper copies over holiday

periods so please be aware that the September issue

may be delivered after the first of the month. The online

version should be on the village website and the link

sent out to the mailing list by the end of August.

Have fun!

Editors, [email protected]

Increase in traffic through Grafham On 3rd July a meeting, held in Grafham Village Hall,

was attended by villagers from Grafham and

Ellington in order to discuss the speed and increase

in traffic, including HGVs, travelling through both

villages as a result of the diverted A14 works.

Read the Action Points arising from the

meeting on page 15.

Pop Up Pub with a full bar and a quiz Friday 3rd August

Grafham Village Hall 7pm-11pm

Find out about the

Summer Photography Competition for School Age Students

on page 2

Grafham and Ellington Art Group

Annual Art Exhibition 2018

Saturday 11th August 10am to 5pm

and

Sunday 12th August 10am to 5pm

More details on page 14

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All Sunday morning services in the three churches of Grafham, Ellington and Brampton

begin at 10.30.

On Fourth Sundays, an ‘All Together’ Holy Communion Service rotates between

the three churches throughout the year.

For more information on church services and other events, visit www.eastleightonstone.com and click on Calendar

Grafham All Saints Services

Every Wednesday morning 08.45 - 09.15 Morning Prayer– a short service open to all ------------------------------------------------------------

5th August (1st Sunday) 10.30 Family Service - Lay led

----------------------------------------------------------- 2nd September (1st Sunday) 10.30 Family Service - Lay led

23rd September (4th Sunday) 10.30 All Together Service with Holy Communion

Contacting the Clergy Revd Jason Taylor (Rector) Rectory, 15 Church Road, Brampton PE28 4PF [email protected] 01480 453341 or 07807 118070

Mike Bigg [email protected] 07380 809377

Grafham’s County Councillor Grafham’s District Councillor

Peter Downes

07765 833486

peter.downes@ cambridgeshire.gov.uk

Darren Tysoe 01480 388310 [email protected]

Grove Cottage, Malting Lane, Ellington, PE28 0AA Follow me on Twitter@darrentysoe and twitter.com/darrentysoe Receive my updates on Facebook www.facebook.com/cllrdmtysoe

PARISH NEWS

The Parish Council meeting scheduled for 10th July has been postponed.

The meeting will now be held on 24th July at 7.30 in Grafham Village Hall.

Margaret Life Parish Clerk

07780 119311 [email protected]

(The July Parish News will be available to read on the village website www.grafham.org.uk and we hope to get the link to it included in the email to the mailing list at the end of July. Ed)

Contact Details for our Grafham Parish Councillors

You may contact your parish councillors through the

parish clerk or directly by using the details below.

Philip Allingham Chairman 01480 811516 [email protected]

Ian Gardener Vice Chair 01480 812821 [email protected]

David Russell [email protected]

Alastair Watson [email protected]

Jo Dunn [email protected]

Claire Hodder [email protected]

Roy Harold [email protected]

Young People’s Photo Competition! A photo competition for school age students during the Summer holiday

‘Summer in Grafham’ Prizes and best photos to be printed in the Gossip

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View from the Pew

On 30th June many of us from our three churches at-

tended Ely Cathedral to support Mike at his ordination. It

was an inspiring service. Readers may remember that

Mike was ordained as deacon this time last year. The

role of deacon is to serve the community, sharing God's

love. Now ordained as a priest, this role is much more

church focussed, to bless the people and announce

God's forgiveness. For us it also means we have Mike to

administer Holy Communion and to marry people. Mike

tells us that, "Ordination is part of God's way of helping

me become the person he's made me to be, in order to

be a blessing to others." On 1st July Mike presided at

his first Holy Communion at

Brampton. We all wish him well

for the future in his Ministry.

In response to requests, Mike is

planning to hold monthly mid-

week Holy Communion services

at Grafham, probably on a Thursday morning. We

would welcome anyone to these services which we hope to make an

informal and social occasion.

Look out for further details in the September Grafham Gossip.

The last "All Together" service at Grafham

was well attended by members of the three

churches.

Unfortunately we will have no musicians at

our first Sunday service on 5th August, un-

less a willing soul comes forward to play for

us. However, we are sure that a few well

known hymns will not be beyond us to sing

unaccompanied.

It was delightful to see Jessica and Sam

married on 14th July. The couple looked

the picture of happiness and Jessica and

her bridesmaids were radiant in their lovely

dresses. The sun certainly shone on the

whole proceedings. It was wonderful to see

the church full to overflowing on this special

happy day and the flower club had worked

their magic on the flowers Jessica had cho-

sen. We wish Jessica and Sam God's

blessings on a long and happy marriage.





Grafham Village Hall

Activities & Classes 2018

Mondays Yoga 6.15pm

Line Dancing 7.30pm

Tuesdays Pilates 9.45am

Art Club 1.30pm

Wednesdays Little Fishes (pre-school children)

10.00am

Karate 7.30pm

Thursdays Kick Boxing 7.00pm

Saturdays Chinese Martial Arts 10.30am

For enquiries about classes and about booking the hall, please telephone 07711 769911

Read more about village hall activities on page 16

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Sat 8.00 - 5.00 Sun 9.00 - 2.00

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Playtimes Pre-school Ferriman Road, Spaldwick PE28 0TQ

Tel: 01480 890077 www.playtimesplaygroup.co.uk

We have spaces available for 15 and 30 hours free government funding!

We offer: Breakfast club 8 - 9am Preschool 9am- 3pm Out of school club 3.30 - 6pm

The Huntingdonshire Local Group of the Wildlife

Trust has a break for August, but starts again

with our autumn programme on Wednesday 12th

September at 7.30 in Brampton Memorial Hall.

Our first talk is Otters in Cambridgeshire and

our second is A Tale of Trees, the Battle to

Save Britain’s Ancient Woodland.

Look out for more details in the September issue

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Talking Shop What a fantastic summer we’re having so far. Fingers crossed it continues right through the school summer holidays. We’ve seen lots of activity in the shop recent-ly with the influx of visitors to the caravan park and also walkers and cyclists who flock to Grafham Water. We really appreciate the support visitors to the village bring to the shop and this sets us up for the winter months which are a challenge.

With school holidays fast approaching, don’t forget we have a range of children’s activities in the shop, includ-ing colouring books, chalks and bubbles. We also have a selection of stationery for when thoughts turn to the new school year.

Have you tried our Grasmere products yet? We have recently added this range to our stock and it is proving to be very popular. We have smoked and unsmoked bacon, sausages, meat pies, cold meats including ham and haslet and a range of snack food including sau-sage rolls, pork pies, scotch eggs and salami.

We also have some new cheeses from Blunham Dairy which include Double Gloucester, Red Leicester and Caerphilly.

Our freezer contains a new selection of ready meals for those days when you’re just too busy and need something quick. Along with our usual items we now have Pasta Alfredo, Chicken Curry and Traditional Chicken Dinner. These are also perfect if you’re cook-ing for one.

As you can imagine, our cold drinks have been flying out of the shop in this recent hot weather. Do you know we stock fruit flavoured water alongside all the usual canned drinks? We’re now stocking Fruity Pots Jelly Squeeze in two flavours which are made with real fruit juice and contain no artificial colours or preserva-tives. Find them in our fridge.

Over the past 18 months, thanks to the kindness of people shopping in the community shop, we've man-aged to donate over 20 bags of groceries to the local food bank. That's a great effort and we'd encourage you all to keep on adding an item to the donation box whenever you feel able. We will deliver to the food bank when the box is full and we really don't mind making multiple journeys, if you're feeling very gener-ous. Thanks again for your help to date.

We were recently invited by Magpas to a champagne reception in recognition of our fundraising efforts. To date we have raised over £860 through your generosi-ty in sponsoring us to walk around Grafham Water and dropping your spare change into our charity box on the counter. Thank you to everyone who has supported us. As well as the fun side to the evening we also learned of the brilliant work the air ambulance crew do and heard from some people whose lives had been saved by them. It is a truly worthwhile cause.

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Sun 9.00 - 2.00

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Has the bin man bin Mam?” Wednesdays Blue bin (recycling) and Black bin (refuse) - alternate weeks

Every other Thursday - Green bin (garden waste)

If you require any further advice or information about waste and recycling services, call 01480 388640 be-tween 8.45am and 5.00pm Monday to Thursday and 8.45am and 4.30pm on Fridays or visit www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk/bins

Can you spare an hour every few months? We’re very short of helpers

to clean the church. If you

could take a turn just two

or three times a year,

please get in touch. A few more

volunteers would make it easier for us

to keep the church looking bright and

welcoming for all.

Please contact:

[email protected]

The Labour Party in Huntingdon

Our next monthly meeting is Monday 20th August at 7.30pm

at The Medway Centre More details on Facebook

https://www.facebook.com/HuntingdonLabourParty/

or via the website: http://www.huntingdonlabourparty.org.uk

Come along and get involved in helping your

neighbours and the community!

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Just like the natural world, Christian life goes in sea-sons. As I write the sun continues to shine as it has done for weeks. Things are growing in the garden (although the grass is struggling). There are a few things that are a bit too enthusiastic in their growth and need cutting back. Right now, everything seems very much alive.

But I know that in a few months the leaves will be start-ing to fall from the trees. The plants that are so vigorous now will be preparing for winter. By January much will look like it is dead. Seeds will have fallen to the ground and won’t seem to be doing much. And yet the spring will come, and life will emerge again from the lifeless ground.

The church has seasons too. As autumn gives way to winter we have the season of Advent; a time of waiting, preparing and reflecting on our own mortality. At Christ-mas we celebrate God planting the seed of Jesus in the cold ground of our lives. At Easter we celebrate in the springtime good news that life has broken through death and the summer is coming.

And now we have what we call “ordinary time”. It’s a time of growth. It’s a time of getting on with living our lives. A time to live the message of Good News that, irrespective of our failings God loves us and seeks to bring about righteousness and justice in the world.

It’s a long stretch that lasts all the way to All Saints Day (1st November), and I’m glad that we can spend a good section of the year remembering that much of life is

about “just getting on with it”. However, I’m always a little relieved when All Saints rolls round again and there’s something else to focus on. Just as the plants have seasons for growth and seasons for dying back (ready for new growth), so human beings need a rhythm of life to keep us moving without racing ahead into burnout.

I wonder what your “rhythm of life” is like. I wonder how you know when to move forward, full steam ahead, and when to take stock and reflect. Is there anything that will force you to stop and think before you get into something ill advised? Is there something to help you prune yourself back as well as to help you move for-ward?

The word “religion” comes from the Latin “religio”, which means something like: “I bind back together” (think re[ as in “again”] and ligio [as in ligament]). Christians have spent the last 2,000 years practising a religion that provides patterns and rhythms for life that help us to work with God in binding our broken lives back togeth-er. I find it a great help!

Mike(Contact details for Mike can be found on page 2. Ed)

A time for growth

The Parish of East Leightonstone Brampton, Ellington and Grafham

Church Quiet Day: Saturday 1st September. An opportunity to get away from the busy-

ness of life for the day in order to reflect, pray and spend some time in fellowship. The day

will run from around 9:30am to 4pm and will include times of teaching, quiet prayer, lunch

and a short service of Holy Communion. We have booked Ferrar House a beautiful, restful

venue in Little Gidding, which is well-known as being a favourite place of TS Eliot. The day

will cost between £20-£25 per person which includes tea/coffee/biscuits as well as a light

lunch. It is open to anybody from our three villages, but we don't have the ability to cater for

children during the day. Please don't let transport be an issue - we hope to be able to share

lifts to Little Gidding.

Email or phone Dee Wormald if you'd like to put your name down: [email protected] or 01480 386242

and let us know by the end of July, at the latest if you'd like to come.

Please ask Mike: [email protected] if you have any questions.

The Foodbank at Godmanchester has asked for donations of toiletries, especially toothbrushes, toothpaste, sham-

poo and single bars of soap. Perhaps you could pick something extra up the next time you are shopping and help

local families that are struggling to buy essentials.

Working with children and young people: We are busy making plans for both Youth Club and Junior Church for

September. Both of these forms of ministry have been growing successfully throughout this year and so we're always

looking for new volunteers to expand what we can do. It's great fun and a great opportunity to nurture young people.

You don't need to be specially trained in any way, but do need to have a heart for young people, If you're interested

in helping with Junior Church then please contact Katy: [email protected] and if you're interested in helping with

Youth Club please contact Natasha: [email protected] Please note that any positions of responsibility

involving children will require a DBS check and other safeguarding checks.

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Times gone by! On my return to Norway in 1963, after six weeks on

sick leave, (‘Times Gone By’ July 2018 Grafham Gos-

sip,) I found that I had been promoted in my ab-

sence. OC (Officer Commanding,) now Major Sellars,

decided to have a leg pull and had me marched into

his office for being improperly dressed, (no rank

badge on my No.2 uniform,) which I knew nothing

about. I went to the tailor’s shop post haste and then

made a quick run to NCO's (Non Commissioned Of-

ficer’s) mess to buy the first round of drinks before it

got too crowded (and so more expensive). My first

duty was Battery Duty NCO. That was baptism by

fire! Drink fuelled an argument in Rammer Bar! I

needed to call the Night Guard to quell the trouble. As

I remember, the Guard Room had eight cells but

needed to fit in twelve troublemakers. A quick call to

the Scot's Guards at nearby Iserlohn settled the prob-

lem. It was quite entertaining watching their faces

when they realised they were in a Guard's nick which

was a lot more regimental than the Artillery! One or

two were sent to Colchester for 56 days "Holiday." It

was a learning curve for me when I escorted them

into confinement. I swore to myself I would never put

myself into that sort of trouble! I forgot to mention the

promotion came on Friday 13th!

Shortly after these events we went on a two week

exercise in the American Zone at Grafenwhor, which

is not far from Frankfurt. I had a great time working

with the American and German artillery units. There

was quite a lot of inter - unit fun and games in the

various BX (Base Exchange), NAAFI (Navy, Army

and Airforce Institutes) and German bars. We made a

great effort, as they all did to outdrink each other.

How we managed to complete the exercises is still a

mystery to me. Although there was nearly a nasty

incident when the German Artillery unit fired their 8"

Howitzers the next day. Somehow they misread their

co-ordinates and Fire Orders. Instead of firing at the

true target they fired on our positions and we had to

take cover - quickly I think! I remember diving under

the Command Post (Saracen ACP) and thinking, "

Wonder how thick is the Armour?" Fortunately no-

one was hurt except the German Colonel's pride,

which was soon settled!

Whilst in Grafenwhor, I was told my second promo-

tion had come through. That meant another long night

in the various unit bars! When we returned to

Menden, I was told I was on Attachment to 69th USA

Missile Detachment. They were responsible for ser-

vicing our nuclear capability, and we were tasked to

provide the transport, manpower, and armament sup-

port. I had a fantastic time with this unit and made

some really good friends, unfortunately some of them

lost their lives in Vietnam at later date. Whilst with

them we were requested to give extra cover by es-

corting them to various locations in Luxemburg, Bonn,

Rome and Naples. There was the usual forest of

hands raised when requests were made for volunteer

drivers! I had headaches sorting out who last jour-

neyed where.

Sometimes I was lucky. I made a really good friend in

Bob Weaver and managed to get into some "scrapes"

with him. I had some good laughs with Bob when we

met up in 2011 in Pittsburgh where he lives. That was

the first time we had met since 1965! A long time

passing but true friendships never fade. We have

been in constant contact since he managed to trace

my whereabouts through the British Embassy in

Washington DC in 1970. Previous to that the last time

I saw Bob was wen I took him to Frankfurt for his de-

mob.

The very next day, again Friday the 13th, I was pro-

moted again! I kept a very low profile that night as

the Barracks were crowded. The 69th Detachment

were based in a Canadian Barracks and that night the

Canadian Unit taking over was (PPCLI) Princess Pa-

tricia's Canadian Light Infantry, although as we called

them, Please Protect Canada's Little Indians (which

was not acceptable!) The American's taught us that

rhyme!

More next month … Dave Anthony

A14 Cambridge to Huntingdon Improvement Scheme

As the Grafham Gossip is published once a month, we are not able to keep you updated with the planned road closures and diversions.

You can find them on the village web site www.grafham.org.uk and also the Grafham Village Friends facebook page https://www.facebook.com/groups/Grafhamvillagefriends/

Also for more information visit www.highways.gov.uk/A14C2H or stay updated by following https://twitter.com/a14c2h and https://en-gb.facebook.com/A14C2H

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Minicom for hard of hearing 01480 422493

Action Fraud 0300 123 2040

Crimestoppers 0800 555111 (anonymous)

To report anti-social behaviour in Grafham 01480 388379 or 387097 or email: [email protected] or [email protected]

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The book stall is a fantastic fund-raiser for our village church, but we‘ve found that we can sell only good quality, clean paperbacks and find it difficult to lift, carry and dispose of other items.

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Grafham Beer Festival

Thank you to everyone who came to the Beer Festival

and also to everyone involved in organising and funding the event.

We hope you all had a good time!

Calling all experienced and ‘would be’ flower arrangers

Would you like to help or learn how

to arrange flowers for events and

festivals? Hazel and Jill would be

delighted to hear from experienced

flower arrangers or beginners and

are very willing to show

anyone interested how to

go about it. Enthusiasm

and a love of flowers is all

that‘s necessary. It’s easi-

er than you might think!

Call Hazel 810326 or

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Three little tales Each summer I get some little wildlife surprises just

because it is hot (it has been and still is hot this sum-

mer) and we open doors and windows whose purpose

is to keep out the winter wet and cold. A few days ago

we opened our kitchen double doors and went about

our business. Then my wife called me to say that there

was a bird sitting on our kitchen floor. We regularly

feed the birds so there are usually several around.

Most are common species but entertaining for all that.

This little visitor was about as common as our garden

offers - only a blue tit, but pristine. I wonder if it was

dazed because it

let me pick it up

without any appar-

ent concern. It

was probably

newly fledged as

its feathers were

perfect. I was sur-

prised by how it

felt in my hand. It

felt firm and tight

like a tiny body

builder. Maybe it

was tense through

fear I don’t know,

but I took it out-

side and released

it, off it went none

the worse. It was

a privilege.

A day or two later I was lazing in my chair on another

hot and energy sapping day, windows wide open. My

attention was drawn to something buzzing and bum-

bling about at the window beside an open window.

Something had wondered in and was doing the usual

insect thing of trying to escape through the glass. It

was large and black like a very big fly. It even swished

up and down and side to side rapidly in the manner of

a large fly. I left my chair and went to investigate. It

didn’t give me long to observe it, certainly no time to

fetch a camera. It was larger than any fly I was used

to. It was plain black but its body was segmented. I

only had a few seconds to take a brain picture. Its ap-

pearance and its darting movements and the tone of

its buzzing sent me for my Field Studies Council,

Guide to Bees of Britain. My conclusion was that it had

been a Hairy-footed flower bee, (Anthophora plumipes)

a female. I didn’t examine the feet so I don’t have a

mental reference for the level of hairiness of a Hairy-

footed flower bee. They aren’t rare but a new one to

me. Thanks for visiting.

Yesterday, my wife and I made an early start to drive

and collect some new honeybee colonies to replace

those that I lost during the winter. They are called nu-

cleus colonies in a nuc box on just five frames (a colo-

ny normally exists on a larger box with eleven frames).

The idea is to bring them home and transfer them into

full sized brood boxes of hives and hopefully they will

expand to become full colonies. My bee buddy, (the

mentor I had when I first took up beekeeping,) produc-

es nucs. He has 30 – 40 colonies of his own and had

just returned from looking at some hives that he had

transferred to pollinate a borage crop. It makes good

honey. Borage is grown commercially for its seed, the

oil being extracted for use in cosmetics and herbal

medicines. My bee buddy was sad to report that an

adjacent farmer had sprayed his fields and the honey

bees had foraged beyond the borage and brought poi-

son from the spray back to the hives and killed his

bees. Yes it still happens.

David Cudby

Photo: Robin Williams: Bees, Wasps & Ants Recording

Society Anthophora plumipes. http://www.bwars.com/

content/beginners-bees-and-wasps-anthophora-plumipes Accessed 16th July 2018

Team Irwin take on 100 km! Make-A-Wish UK grants magical wishes to enrich

the lives of children and young people fighting life-

threatening conditions. Granting their wish provides

seriously ill children with hope for the future,

strength to cope and resilience to fight their condi-

tion. They’re given quality time away from the daily

realities of living with their condition and given the

chance to make magical memories they can treas-

ure forever – whatever their future may hold. We

want to transform the lives of children this year by

granting their One True Wish!

On the 8th September we will

be taking on the 100km

Thames Path Challenge run

and we could really do with

any support you could give us

to support this amazing charity.

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ACTION POINTS arising from a village meeting on 3rd July 2018

Villagers from Grafham and Ellington concerned about both the increase in the traffic as a result of the

diverted A14 works and a general perception of excessive speeding through Grafham and Ellington,

attended a meeting in Grafham Village Hall. Here are the Action Points following the meeting.

We are now a ‘rat-run.’ Our campaign is an attempt to remove, as much as possible, the attractive-

ness of our village(s) and road as a short-cut, to reduce average speeds and to increase safety in the

village by:

Contacting PCSO Hodgson and Police to ask for speed van to be positioned in village.

AIM: prosecute speeding drivers and have this publicised.

Approaching A14 team to get money and re-surfacing (A14 Heritage Fund) work AIM: have them

fund the damage and problems caused by their works and provide “Your speed is...” cameras. Also

gates etc in consultation with Highways.

Approaching CCC Highways AIM: to ask what’s possible and legal, incuding moving speed signs

further out of village, painted lines on the road and similar ‘nudges.’

Investigating cost of village gates AIM: to reduce speeds and indicate that drivers are approaching

a rural village.

Contacting Anglian Water AIM: to see if they’re able to help in the campaign; their visitors are both

part of the problem and also are at risk.

Co-ordinating Speedwatch AIM: increase number of village volunteers, get training in place and

work with Ellington to run campaigns.

Speaking to local press (and national press) AIM: to publicise and become “the squeaky hinge” to

get campaign noticed by organisations we want to influence.

Upping our social media presence. AIM: draw attention of operators to problems caused.

Engaging support from elected representatives at all levels (Parish, District, County and Parliamen-

tary) AIM: to apply pressure from ‘on high’ as well as grass roots level.

Asking Highways and A14 about current diversion signage AIM: improve inadequate and confusing

signs as well as reduce HGV traffic through village.

Speaking to Highways regarding current weight limits AIM: to have them reduced and managed i.e.

prosecute offenders.

Speaking again to Renhold PC. AIM: more detail on works needed and costs to get speed camera

linked to police.

Looking at additional road paint and mirrors on the corner of Brampton/Breach Rd AIM: improve

safety and visibility of traffic for all.

Letter writing campaign to stakeholder organisations AIM: again, become the “village with a prob-

lem to be solved” to shut us up.

‘Civil disobedience’ i.e. making Breach Rd impassable to HGV traffic at certain times. This is The

Last Resort as this will be hugely unpopular with Police, Highways and possibly even locals.

For more information contact [email protected]

Team Irwin take on 100 km! Continued from page 13

There's no doubt this is going to be a ridiculously hard challenge, but knowing we are

helping to give children magical experiences will help us to keep going.

Thanks for all your support!

Alice, David, George and Alastair

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Across the Churches Bible Study We are a small group meeting twice a month (Tuesdays 7.30pm) for Bible study, prayer and fellowship. We come from different churches and are always happy to welcome new members.

For more information, please contact Rob or Jean Clark 01480 890033.

Babysitters Bryony 22 yrs 812354 experienced with newborn to 14yrs

Mya 14 yrs 819326 Nicci 17 yrs 811279

GRAFHAM VILLAGE HALL has a Public Entertainments Licence for music, dancing, performing arts and can accommodate 92 guests seated in rows or 150 at a dance/disco - an ideal venue for children's and family parties. There is a playing field for sports activities and the hall has small changing rooms with shower facilities.

For details or to book, tel: 07711 769911

Grafham and Ellington Art GroupGrafham and Ellington Art GroupGrafham and Ellington Art Group http://grafhamandellingtonart.weebly.com/ Grafham Village Hall, Every Tuesday 1.30-4pm Calling all who want to meet and paint with like minded people on a regular basis.

Beginners and those with more skills are all very welcome.

Cost: About £2 to cover hall hire/refreshments. Come along with your paints and equipment!

Please ring me for more details.

Jackie Woods 01480 890279

Grafham Church Flower Club We are available to decorate the church for weddings and other church occasions.

Floral arrangements for: pedestal,

altar, font, windowsills, pew ends, pillars.

Please contact Hazel Powell on

01480 810326 for details and quotes.

If anyone in the village has foliage in their garden that they would be willing to donate for church decoration for festivals, please let us know, we would be very grateful.

The Mobile Library Route H24 visits Breach Road, Grafham on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 10.40 to 11.00. Next visits - 22nd August.

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Regional winners of the British Trust for Conservation

Volunteers Green Award 2006 & 2007

Join Grafham Wildlife and Conservation Group

Call Sam Malt on

01480 811654 or 07849 082870

[email protected]

.Come and join the

GRAFHAM LINE DANCERS Beginners are welcome

Monday evenings in the Village Hall

7.30 – 9.00pm

For more information ring Julia 01480 811613 or Text Penny 07986 509481

East Leightonstone Parish - Brampton, Ellington, Grafham

Little Fishes Stay + Play Tots Session

Grafham Village Hall

Wednesdays 10.00 to 11.20

Term time only

Just turn up on the day

Sessions include free-play, craft activities, a Bible story and sing-along. Babies welcome too

Contact Jean Clark 01480 890033 [email protected]

Coffee Morning Grafham Social Committee invites you to Coffee Mornings at 10.30am on the third Wednesday of the month:

15th August - Karen Stewart, 2 Home Close

This is an informal social occasion for residents of the village. Please come along for a cup of coffee and a chat.

Ellington and Grafham WI

meets on the first Tuesday of the month in Ellington

village hall. Membership is £41 per annum but you are

most welcome to come as a visitor. The programme

for 2018 is varied and interesting with speakers or

events every month.

August A local event is to be arranged September the Man from the Pru - Adventures of an Insurance Rep.

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