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Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected] September 2012 1 Issue 96 Grafham Gossip Issue 97 Deadline: Midnight Thursday 20th September F F Grafham All Saints 2nd September (1st Sunday) No 11.00 Service but at 4.30pm Songs of Praise (following Flower Festival) 9th September (2nd Sunday) No ser- vice at Grafham 9.30 Eucharist at Ellington 15th September (3rd Sunday) 11.00 Eucharist 22nd September (4th Sunday) 8.00 Eucharist 29th September (5th Sunday) No 11.00 ser- vice but 10.00 Group Eucharist at Nassington (nr Oundle) - Retirement service by Bishop John Flack _______________________________________________________________ 7th October (1st Sunday) 11.00 Harvest Festi- val followed by Harvest Lunch Contacting the Clergy Fr Jonathan Young (Rector) The Rectory, Elling- ton, PE28 0AU 01480 891695 Churchwarden - Hazel Powell 01480 810326 Editors’ note... At long last we’ve had some lovely weather before the schools go back and Autumn arrives. Lets hope it lasts a bit longer! Several village events take place right at the begin- ning of September, as advertised in the August issue and again on this page, so be sure to go to them. There’s no Parish News this month as no meeting was held during August but most of the other regular articles can be found throughout this newsletter. Get reading! Editors, [email protected] All Saints Church Grafham All Saints Church Grafham All Saints Church Grafham All Saints Church Grafham Flower Festival Flower Festival Flower Festival Flower Festival Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September from 10am from 10am from 10am from 10am ‘Simply Sport’ ‘Simply Sport’ ‘Simply Sport’ ‘Simply Sport’ Tea & cakes served 11am~ 4pm Conducted tours on the history of the church Sat ~12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm Sun ~ 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm Celebration Service Sunday 4.30pm If you’d like to take part in flower arranging for the first time get in touch with Jill 810157 or Hazel 810326. No previous experi- ence with flowers necessary, just bring your imagination and we’ll help with the rest! Grafham and Ellington Grafham and Ellington Grafham and Ellington Grafham and Ellington Art Group Art Group Art Group Art Group This new group will be holding their first Art Exhibition Saturday 1st September 10am to 4pm and Sunday 2nd September 10am to 3pm at Grafham village hall Framed and unframed paintings will be on sale 10% of sales will go to Church Funds There also will be an opportunity for visitors to try their hand at pebble painting, useful as paper- weights and fun to spot when hidden in the garden! Refreshments and cakes will be available WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING In aid of MacMillan Cancer Support FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER 10.00 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M. AT THE VILLAGE HALL Do come and join us to help raise funds for this worthwhile cause Mums and Tots - Coffee and Cake Friday 14 th September 10am More details on page 2
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Website: www.grafham.org.uk E-mail: [email protected]

September 2012 1 Issue 96

Grafham Gossip Issue 97 Deadline: Midnight Thursday 20th September

FFFF

Grafham All Saints 2nd September (1st Sunday) No

11.00 Service but at 4.30pm Songs

of Praise (following Flower Festival)

9th September (2nd Sunday) No ser-

vice at Grafham 9.30 Eucharist at Ellington

15th September (3rd Sunday) 11.00 Eucharist

22nd September (4th Sunday) 8.00 Eucharist

29th September (5th Sunday) No 11.00 ser-

vice but 10.00 Group Eucharist at Nassington

(nr Oundle) - Retirement service by Bishop

John Flack _______________________________________________________________

7th October (1st Sunday) 11.00 Harvest Festi-

val followed by Harvest Lunch

Contacting the Clergy

Fr Jonathan Young (Rector) The Rectory, Elling-

ton, PE28 0AU 01480 891695

Churchwarden - Hazel Powell 01480 810326

Editors’ note... At long last we’ve had some lovely weather before the schools go back and Autumn arrives. Lets hope it lasts a bit longer!

Several village events take place right at the begin-ning of September, as advertised in the August issue and again on this page, so be sure to go to them. There’s no Parish News this month as no meeting was held during August but most of the other regular articles can be found throughout this newsletter.

Get reading!

Editors, [email protected]

All Saints Church Grafham All Saints Church Grafham All Saints Church Grafham All Saints Church Grafham

Flower FestivalFlower FestivalFlower FestivalFlower Festival Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September Sat 1st & Sun 2nd September

from 10amfrom 10amfrom 10amfrom 10am

‘Simply Sport’‘Simply Sport’‘Simply Sport’‘Simply Sport’

Tea & cakes served 11am~ 4pm

Conducted tours on the history of the church

Sat ~12pm, 1pm, 2pm, 3pm, 4pm Sun ~ 11am, 12pm, 1pm, 2pm

Celebration Service Sunday 4.30pm

If you’d like to take part in flower arranging for the first time get in touch with Jill 810157 or Hazel 810326. No previous experi-ence with flowers necessary, just bring your imagination and

we’ll help with the rest!

Grafham and EllingtonGrafham and EllingtonGrafham and EllingtonGrafham and Ellington Art GroupArt GroupArt GroupArt Group

This new group will be holding their first Art Exhibition

Saturday 1st September 10am to 4pm

and Sunday 2nd September

10am to 3pm at Grafham village hall

Framed and unframed paintings will be on sale 10% of sales will go to Church Funds

There also will be an opportunity for visitors to try their hand at pebble

painting, useful as paper-weights and fun to spot when hidden in the garden!

Refreshments and cakes will be available

WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING In aid of MacMillan Cancer Support

FRIDAY 28TH SEPTEMBER

10.00 A.M. TO 1.00 P.M.

AT THE VILLAGE HALL

Do come and join us to help raise funds for this worthwhile cause

Mums and Tots - Coffee and Cake

Friday 14th September 10am

More details on page 2

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District Councillors Peter Downes and Patricia Jordan are available at the village hall from 11.15 to 11.45 on the first Saturday of the

month. At other times contact: [email protected]

tel 398082 [email protected] tel. 457802

Beer Festival Grafham’s Inaugural Beer Festival

Friday 5th and Saturday 6th October in

the Village Hall

Up to 15 mainly Local Real Ales, plus Cider

Fresh Food available both evenings with BBQ on Saturday afternoon

Live Rock and Blues Band “ VINTAGE STUFF ” Saturday Evening

Detailed Timetable of Events will be in next month’s issue.

Supported By

Mums & Tots Mums & Tots Mums & Tots Mums & Tots

Coffee, Cake & Chat MorningCoffee, Cake & Chat MorningCoffee, Cake & Chat MorningCoffee, Cake & Chat Morning

Friday 14th September 10am at 17 Breach Road

I’m a Mum to a 2-year-old boy and a 6mth old baby girl. I would love to meet other Mums in Grafham with children of a similar age. If this is you and you enjoy coffee, cake and a chat then please join me on the above date. If you are unable to make this date but are inter-ested meeting up or attending possible future coffee morning then please contact me.

Racheal T: 07957500263 [email protected]

Grafham Oil Syndicate Update The syndicate is FREE to join and we must

keep a bulk order attractive enough to attract a discount, so help to keep more money in the village. Simply email Simon at [email protected] or call 819663.

View from the Pew! We begin September with our ever popular Flower Festival on 1st and 2nd, this year dedicated to Sport.

As well as the usual floral displays, there will be conducted tours of the church at hourly intervals by our good friend David Paul who compiled our Church Guide. These will be interspersed with live musical interludes and tea and cakes will be available to sustain you.

Trips up the Tower will be another attrac-tion. Donation of cakes to cut and serve would be most welcome. Please contact Frances 811727 or Hazel 810326 and let us know what you can bring. Songs of Praise will close the Festival on Sunday at 4.30. You may also like to visit the village hall that weekend to see the Art Exhibition by local painters.

Our services will follow the usual pattern throughout September but the 29th being the fifth Sunday there will be no service at Grafham. However, Bishop John Flack will take his retirement Eucharist at 10 am at Nassington near Oundle and all are welcome to attend.

On the first Sunday in October, the 7th, we will have our traditional Harvest Festival with

all the familiar harvest hymns. The church will be decorated by members of the Flower Club and the service is followed by lunch. Everyone is wel-come to this very pleasant event in the church's calendar when we give thanks for all good gifts around us.

The wedding of Amie and Peter took place on 28th July and we were all glad that the sun shone for the happy couple. We wish them God's blessings on their future life together.

We are grateful to Mel, Pete and Gor-don who have been standing in with cutting the grass in the churchyard while David is receiving his treatment. Please remember him in your prayers. We would still like to hear from anyone who is willing to help us with jobs in and around the church. Please contact Peter El-liott on 810550 or email: [email protected]

Our Restoration Fund continues to grow. To date we have received £3,190 in donations plus a total of £77 in monthly standing orders. We truly appreciate the thoughtful response we have had to our appeal so far. Donations may be made at any time. Please contact Hazel if you have mislaid your form and would like another. We expect to hear soon from English Heritage whether our application has passed the first stage and we will keep readers informed.

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Dorks Village Shop on Breach Road, Grafham Sam Malt

These old photos show a shop at No.35 Breach Road, Grafham and an invoice dated 1902. The shop and coal business owned by the Dorks family served our community in the late 1800s through to the 1900s. The sign above the shop door indicates James Dorks was the proprietor at that time. The invoice to Mr Brown, who was the Grafham Church warden, shows 5 shillings for coke for the church stove. I don’t know when the shop closed.

Phone Scam Warning RESIDENTS are being urged to be vigilant after two people fell victim to a telephone scam.

The victims were left hundreds of pounds out of pocket after agreeing to hand over cash to cold callers.

In one of the cases, the scam-mer had details of the victim's outstanding insurance claim and personal details.

Police are urging people not to give out personal details over the phone.

Advice includes:

· Never give out banking details.

· Do not divulge names and numbers of occupants at the address

· Do not tell the caller what times you go to work or any holiday plans

· Do not give out personal details such as date of birth or marital status

· Be suspicious of all sales calls

· If in any doubt concerning the identity of the caller, hang up and dial the telephone number on any paper-work you have from the company

To report a scam phone call, contact police on 101.

Huntingdon Stabbing - Men Sentenced A man and a teenager have been jailed for their in-volvement in a stabbing in Huntingdon.

The incident happened at around 3.30am on 12th Feb-ruary in Nene Road as the 22-year-old victim walked home.

A group of men approached him and asked if he had a cigarette. He said he had not and was then attacked and left with three stab injuries. The victim fled to a friend’s home where an ambulance was called. He suffered a punctured lung.

The adult attacker, 22yrs old, of Nene Road Hunting-don pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm at a previous hearing and was jailed for two years and eight months.

The teenager, 17yrs, of Beaton Crescent, Huntingdon pleaded guilty to causing grievous bodily harm and possession of an offensive weapon at a previous hear-ing. He was jailed for four years for the assault charge plus three years extended licence and two years, to run concurrently, for possessing an offensive weapon. They were sentenced on 17th August at Huntingdon Crown Court.

DC Liz Cooper said: "This was a nasty and unprovoked attack on an innocent member of the public and I hope these sentences sends out a strong message about the seriousness of this type of crime.”

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The Mobile Library Route H24 visits Breach Road, Grafham on the 4th Wednesday of every month from 10.40 to 11.00. The next visit is on 26th September.

For renewals or enquiries call 0845 045 5225 or visit https://ibistro.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/WEB/0/29/491/X/3

Babysitters Danielle 20yrs 811279

Kate 17yrs - babysitting course 812179 Livvy 14yrs - babysitting course 819708

Kirsty 18yrs - babysitting course 810550 Georgie 14yrs - babysitting course 432688

Harriet 16yrs 810043 Emma 17yrs 860632 Caroline 16yrs - works at after school club 812179

Holly 16yrs 810867 baby sitting and first aid courses

Olivia 20yrs -Grade B GCSE Child Development 811831

Felicity 22yrs -Grade B GCSE Child Development 812328

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Ellington and Grafham W.I. Join the growing team! We meet on the first Tuesday in the month. For details ring: Sue 896139 or Ann 891372

Grafham Social Committee invites you to a Coffee Morning at 10.30am

on Wednesday, September 12th at Philippa Patel’s

3 Field Close. This is an informal social occasion for residents of the village. Please come along for a cup of

coffee and a chat.

Do you enjoy reading? Come along and join us for informal social evenings. We are always looking for new members. Future dates of meetings are:-

Tuesday 25th September 8pm – Jackie 5 The Pightle (811557)

For more details please contact Tina 07711 012957

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 festi-vals, please let us know, we would be very grateful.

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.

Contacts: Pat or Alan Watson 01480 811166

The Parish Council Agenda is available to view in advance of the Parish Council meetings. Visit www.grafhamvillage.org.uk Click on Parish Council Agenda, in the main menu and then Latest Agenda.

Grafham and Ellington Art GroupGrafham and Ellington Art GroupGrafham and Ellington Art Group Grafham Village Hall, Every Tuesday 1.30-4pm Calling all those who want to meet and paint with like minded people on a regular basis. Beginners and those with more skills are all more than welcome.

Cost: Expected to be about £2 to cover hall hire and refreshments.

Come along with your paints and equipment! Please ring me if you’d like further details. Jackie Woods 01480 890279

Grafham Community Allotment and Gardening Association The committee meets for about an hour on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30 in the Cinnamon restaurant. We are looking for new members, so please get in touch if you are interested in joining the committee. If you’d like to add your name to the list of people wishing to rent allotments, please email: Melissa Davis [email protected]

Open from 7.30am Breakfast club 2 ½ -11yrs

Playgroup 2½ - 5 yrs

Mucky Pups (parent /toddlers)

For details tel: 01480 890077

www.playtimesplaygroup.co.uk

Do you have any events to advertise? Email the details to [email protected] and copy to [email protected] We’ll print them in the Grafham Gossip and add them to the Village Diary on the web site.

YOUR COUNTRYSIDE NEEDS YOU

http://www.grafhamconservationgroup.btik.com

Join Grafham Wildlife and

Conservation Group Call Sam Malt on

01480 810844 daytime 01480 811654 evenings

Regional winners of the British Trust for Conservation

Volunteers Green Award 2006 & 2007

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Save All Saints Thanks to everybody who supported the Tina May con-cert on the 21st July – it was a great evening – and Save All Saints raised £1500 to-wards church restoration. Photographs of the evening – taken by Spaldwick’s Mark Heath – can be found by clicking on the link on the Grafham web site – www.grafham.org.uk Here are some of them.

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ANGELS Frances Knight Delicious home cooking for every occasion

parties, buffets, dinner parties, christenings, weddings and funerals

Tel: 01480 810457 Mob: 07759438178 Email: [email protected]

NOW OPEN AT GRAFHAM WATER

(NEXT TO THE VISITOR CENTRE)

WIDE RANGE AT LOW PRICES

OPEN WEDNESDAY-SUNDAY 09.00-17.30

TEL:01480 819730

FREE DELIVERY ON ALL ORDERS

PET & WILD BIRD FOOD

www.petfoodsdirect2u.co.uk

The Cinnamon Bar and Indian Restaurant, Grafham

• Enjoy a ‘Cinnamon Special’ ( a pint of Mongoose or a glass of wine and a starter for just £5) in our dedicated bar area... or just drop in for a drink

• The Cinnamon now has a dedicated bar area, children’s play area too

• Every Thursday night is Banquet Night - a 3 course meal for £10.90

• 15% discount for takeaways

• Remote catering service

Please call Shamim on 812211 to book a table, order a takeaway or to arrange a function

The Plant Stall in the church porch has a fine selection of herbaceous perennials and other plants at very reasonable prices. Offers of plants for sale and spare plant pots, please phone: Jill Tyack 810857 or Ann 810223

£6 PER

STALL

• Stalls set up from 7am - Can arrive on the day

• Opens to public at 8am

• All stalls are priced £6 each

• No inappropriate sale items, e.g. weapons, adult nature items, counterfeit items etc.

• Car Boot Sales every Saturday until 30th September

• Genuine Car Booters, No new retail Items

£2 PARKING FEE APPLIES

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Grafham Cricket Club It is often said, that winning the toss often wins the game, especially when the condition of the pitch or the weath-er are big factors in that winning. The home match against the Prime Minis-ters, had the prelude of a short sharp heavy shower, followed by a warming sun that dried the shower deluged bat-ting track. Grafham lost the toss; were put into bat and were soon put to the sword, with Gareth Knowles (17) and Josh Owen (9) raising any resistance. Grafham were all out for 53.

The Prime Ministers reply was steady; the only wicket to fall was the Prime Ministers’s captain who could not be-lieve the movement Adi Love achieved in rounding his orthodox forward defensive stroke and hitting his wick-ets. The Prime Ministers scored the winning run on the first ball of the 16th over; winning the game by 9 wickets.

The following week, also at home Grafham faced the league leaders; The Aryans. Grafham took to the field with 10 men; several key players were on holiday. The Aryans opened the batting, with Adie Love and Tom Chester bowling well, and keeping the Aryans scoring rate low and slow. A steady fall of Aryan wickets meant that the Aryans never really developed a lasting partner-ship. The main stay of the Aryan innings was S Safi who scored 51 runs. Tom Chester finished on 7 overs 4 maid-ens 30runs for 5 wkts; Adi Love 10 overs 1 maiden 40runs 2 wkts, and Matt Chester 4 Overs 25 runs for 2 wkts. The Aryans were all out for 139 runs.

Grafham started well with Jack Sene opening, scoring 28, with Colin Grundy 14; and Tom Chester 19, along with some prolific wide bowling gave Grafham a basis to achieve the Aryan total, but the optimism faded as Grafham’s last man was out 8 runs short of the Aryan total.

The final home game of the season is on :-

Saturday 1st September Grafham vrs Mowsbury Park

Chris Dighton, Club Chairman

NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH No reported incidents in the village this month.

Please note that the police control number previously advised (0345 456 4564) has been withdrawn and all calls should be made to 101 with immediate effect.

On 29th All emergencies 999

Non-emergencies 101 Cambridge Constabulary HQ 01480 456111 Minicom for hard of hearing 01480 422493 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 (anonymous) Anti-social behaviour 01480 388379 To stop unwanted mail 0845 703 459 9 To stop unwanted phone calls 0845 070 070 7 To reoprt anti-social behaviour in Grafham 01480 388379 / 387097 or e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

James Snell 07951 069 565

Paperback books in good condition

If you have any unwanted paper-backs In good condition, we would be pleased to accept them to stock our church bookstall. Please leave in the church porch.

Many thanks!

Get your Grafham Gossip by email To read the Grafham Gossip as soon as possible after it is published on the village website,

• Visit www.grafham.org.uk

• Put your email address in the box under the right hand side menu

• Click subscribe

• You will receive an email with a link to the web site

• Click on the link and confirm your subscription

• You’ll receive an email every month enabling you to read the Grafham Gossip on line. Ed.

Getting Grafham Connected We promised that we'd keep you updated on progress on the Con-necting Cambridgeshire initiative.

We're delighted to report that by 10th August, almost 50% of the homes in Grafham had registered. This is a fantastic achievement, but it is important that we continue this progress. Some villages in Cambridgeshire are now close to 90% registration!

So, if you haven’t already done so, please fill in the form at the Cambridgeshire County Council website (http://www.connectingcambridgeshire.co.uk/). It takes no more than two minutes and there is absolutely no further obligation. Or you can fill out the form that was posted through your door recently and hand that into either of the village broadband champions Alastair Brydon or Chris Bulow.

Chris Bulow

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To advertise, email: [email protected]

Community notices are free;

business adverts are priced according to size,

payable in advance. They start at £3.00 per

advert, 50p of which goes to the

Restoration Fund of All Saints,

Grafham

Does your dog need walking? 30 minute walk: £6, 1 hour: £10

Feeding of small pets: £1 Large dog (Labrador, German Shepherd, Husky etc.) extra £2

Responsible 14 year old girl is interested in earning some extra pocket money and loves animals. She has a dog of her own is happy to walk, feed and play with your dog.

Just call Lucy Gaskin 01480 811514

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Do you have some

�me to spare for

helping a good cause?

We are looking for volunteers to join the busy team in our

onsite shop. It’s rewarding work for those who like to

meet new people.

You need to be:

• Ac!ve • Capable of li#ing • Able to handle cash

If you’d like to help our pa!ents and staff, please contact

Helen Daniel on 01480 364955 or

email [email protected]

Registered Charity No: 1049224

Church Cleaning If you’d like to help with church cleaning we would be most grateful. Two members of our team are a little overloaded. It is not a very arduous task, mainly sweeping and washing the porch floor, dusting the pews and windowsills and a little hoover-ing. Please get in touch with Hazel 810326 if you could spare an hour or two on alternate months, she’d be delighted to hear from you

Heating oil and gas – getting the right measure At the time of writing we’re having a mini heatwave, so you might not thank me for turning your thoughts to the winter months! But sometimes time flies far more quick-ly than we like, and in our British climate who knows how early a cold snap will arrive. Some of you may therefore be considering buying in your fuel for those cold months.

In Cambridgeshire, Trading Standards work closely with heating oil and bulk gas suppliers to help them ensure their tankers are measuring and dispensing fuel accu-rately. This helps to ensure that you, the customer, can be sure you’re getting what you’ve paid for. When it comes to bottled gas, local Trading Standards services check the meters at the bottling plants to ensure they are accurate. We provide support for businesses to make it easier for them to meet regulations and provide good customer service too.

However, for added peace of mind there are a few checks you can make yourself, at the time of delivery, to ensure you are getting the fuel you paid for.

Heating oil and bulk gas

On most tankers there is an automatic ticket printer that records and prints the quantity of fuel dispensed into your tank. You should be given a copy of this delivery ticket. If you want to make absolutely sure it is correct, you can take the following steps:

• For heating oil, observe the fuel being dispensed from start to finish. (For safety reasons we do not ad-vise this for bulk gas).

• Inspect the ticket before it is put in the printer and

before the fuel is dispensed to make sure it is yours and that it remains in place until it is printed again on com-pletion.

• When the ticket is inserted, make sure the meter shows ‘zero’.

At the end of the delivery, check the reading on the me-ter is the same as on your ticket.

A small number of oil tankers still use a dipstick to measure fuel being dispensed. This is harder for you to check as your own dipstick or sight tube may not be as accurate.

Bottled gas

Bottled gas is sold by the weight of its contents which should be clearly marked on the cylinder. If you want to be sure that you have received the correct amount of gas, you can take the following steps:

• Check the amount marked on the cylinders adds up

to the amount on the delivery note and both match the amount ordered.

Where fitted, check the plastic seals are in place and that the essential safety information is stamped or painted on the side.

If you have concerns or issues with any products that you have purchased, you can contact our partner, Citi-zens Advice Consumer Service, on 08454 04

Trading Standards PO Box 450 Cambridge City CB23 6ZR

Start Now is a new website to help people plan and publicise events to bring communities to-gether. We hope that readers will find it in-formative and useful. www.startnow.org.uk Supporting Businesses and Communities

Staying independent, safe and well Library visitors will have chance to find out about local services to help them stay independent, safe and well. The Adult Social Care Roadshow will visit the following libraries in Huntingdonshire:

St Neots 29th October – 24th November

For more information, tel: 01223 699650

or visit : www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/leisure/libraries

or email: [email protected]

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JJ WINDOW CLEANERS TRADITIONAL WINDOW CLEANING - NO WATER FED POLES

DOMESTIC AND COMMERCIAL

GUTTERS, UPVC FASCIA AND SOFFIT BOARDS CLEANED MASTER TRADESMAN PUBLIC LIABILITY INSURANCE

01480-812788 47 CRANFIELD WAY, BUCKDEN, CAMBS PE19 5TJ

• We stock all parts for every oil boiler - so never a delay, we'll fix it every time

• OFTEC registered engineers

• Oil tank installations

• Family business, established 1971, fast and efficient service

• Service & Breakdown contract available

Tel: 01234 824400 www.cm-heating.co.uk

Reg. No. C4348

01480 810844 (work) 01480 811654 (home)

Logs (Fully Seasoned) By the load or half load By the net or the bag Kindling and fire-starters

Computer repairs arranged by appointment

Car repairs Servicing Welding MOT preparation Blacksmithing No VAT!

Malt Acre, Church Road, Grafham, PE28 0BB

To advertise, email: [email protected]

Community notices are free;

business adverts are priced according to size,

payable in advance. They start at £3.00 per

advert, 50p of which goes to the

Restoration Fund of All Saints,

Grafham

£6 PER

STALL £2 PARKING FEE APPLIES

• Stalls set up from 7am - Can arrive on the day

• Opens to public at 8am

• All stalls are priced £6 each

• No inappropriate sale items, e.g. weapons,

adult nature items, counterfeit items etc.

• Car Boot Sales every Saturday until 30th September

• Genuine Car Booters, No new retail Items

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The next deadline is

Midnight on Thursday 20th September

[email protected]

Ready to Kick Ash? During October Camquit, your local stop smoking support

services will have addi!onal day !me and evening clinics

available to help you stop smoking.

Camquit are a team of professional support advisors who

understand that qui5ng smoking is different for everyone.

They can arrange Nico!ne Replacement therapies at pre-

scrip!on only cost and for those who don’t pay prescrip-

!ons these are free.

Call Camquit today to register on 0800 018 4304 or visit our

website at www.camquit.nhs.uk

Scarification and Over Seeding Special Offer - 25% off this month Ask for a quote for a Lawn Renovation - 25% off this month

LAWN CARE IN SEPTEMBER • Scarify lawn and overseed. Remove the thatch, the dead and the weak grass, and

open up the surface to allow the lawn to breathe and overseed with a quality grass seed.

• Aerate lawn. Soil compaction is a frequent cause of turf deterioration and moss invasion; this is the process whereby 10 – 15cm (4-6 ”) holes are “mechanically punched” in to the lawn allowing air in to the roots of the grass encouraging a more vigorous and greener lawn.

• Combine an Autumn feed with an early moss control. Our fertiliser is high in phosphate and potassium with additional Iron for that dark green look and moss prevention.

• Raise cutting height to 1 ½ inches (3.5-4 cm)

For more information about ProLawnCare Ltd services on offer

Call Deborah or Richard on 01480 812393, e-mail - [email protected]

Got a Question? Ask the Lawn Ranger on www.prolawncare.co.uk/askranger.asp

Lawn fact: The turf laid for the Olympics will remain a legacy to the games and provide recreational and environmental benefits in London.

CALLING ALL SECRETARIES! The Parochial Church Council are in urgent need of a Minutes Secretary to take the minutes at our monthly meetings, type them back and distribute them to PCC mem-bers with agendas for the next meeting. If anyone would be interested in helping us in this way, please contact Hazel 810326 who would be pleased to hear from you.

HCCA GRAFHAM BRANCH 2012 EVENTS

Saturday 6th October

Winter Event

7.30pm - 11pm Huntingdon Constituency Conservative Association

Grafham Village Friends...on Facebook

The Facebook page, Grafham Village Friends, is now up and running, thanks to Sue.

Have a look and let us know what you think! Here’s the link http://www.facebook.com/pages/Grafham-

Village-Friends/228758953876944

Send your news, views and gossip to:

[email protected]

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September 2012 12 Issue 96

Grafham Plumbing and Heating Services Clint Thomas-Morgan

All work guaranteed - 24hr call-out Professional, friendly and reliable

01480 812590 - 07799 640476 [email protected]

Oftec trained and registered technician New high efficiency condensing boilers fitted

New bunded oil tanks fitted, including concrete bases Disposal of old tanks

Boiler service (standard or condensing) Improve your central heating system now - save money in the future

CATWORTH FINE FOODS Purveyors of Quality Fine Foods

open 6 days a week

41a High Street, Catworth

01832 710237

Minx nails now available

www.ctheresults.co.uk

Claire Long 01480 819201 or 07900 403396

Beauty Treatments from the comfort of your own home

Deadline Date The next Grafham Gossip deadline date is midnight

on Thursday:

20th Sept To advertise e-mail us:

[email protected]

Community notices are free;

business adverts are priced

according to size, payable

in advance. They start at

£3.00 per advert, 50p of

which goes to the

Restoration Fund of All

Saints, Grafham

Paul's Private Hire and Chauffeur Service Van Diemens Way, Grafham,

Huntingdon, Cambs. PE28 0GB

Tel. 01480 811594 Mobile 07795 296281 Email [email protected]

Travel in style via Mercedes cars to your destinations

JEZ ASHCROFT Coving & Artexing Any Pattern

Plastering & Decorating

FREE ESTIMATES

Tel: home 01480 812461 mob: 07708031493

Printed by Easiprint 01480 718270

Garden Maintenance and Homecare � Get your garden into shape with a general tidy

� Any outdoor maintenance: fencing, painting, gutter and yard clearance

� Strimming, mowing, clipping, borders and pruning

� On-going reliable lawn & garden maintenance programmes

Local, thorough, £competitive and reliable service

Call Simon Johnson

07887 628528

[email protected]

To advertise, email: [email protected]

BSM Driving Instructor DSA Approved, Pass Plus Registered Living locally in Grafham Call John Sisseman for details

Tel. 07806 941675

BSM

D.J. PERRYMAN General Builder 40 years experience

Painting and decorating

Living locally in Grafham

Tel: 01480 812623 - 07748432378

Purchases, re-mortgages, buy to let, life cover, critical illness cover, health insurance, unemployment

cover, buildings and contents insurance

FIX OR TRACK? IT WON’T COST YOU A PENNY FOR MY ADVICE

BUT COULD SAVE YOU THOUSANDS!

Tel: 01480 819 478 Mob: 07739 814714 Email: [email protected]

FREE independent advice in the privacy of your own home