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April 2020
One copy delivered free to each household ten times per year. Available online at:
www.hilton-village.com and www.fenstanton-village.co.uk
Dear all. This edition has been a challenge for obvious, COROVIRUS, reasons. I have tried to keep the content up to date but the situation changes day to day. So if in doubt about any event please double check that it will go ahead before you set out. Thanks to the deliverers for the distribution of Spectrum. Let us hope we see an end to the crisis soon. In the mean time keep safe and well and look after family, friends and neighbours. As for next month, we will review the situation at the time. SPECTRUM team.
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USEFUL NUMBERS
Emergency: Police 101 Swavesey Surgery 01954230202 Fenstanton Surgery 01480461873 Fenstanton Pharmacy 01480495159 Out of hours doctor dial 111 To report: water leaks 08003167676 street lights not working 0800253529
Council: Fenstanton Parish Council 01480465300 Hilton Parish Council 01480830605 County Councillor 01480830250 District Councillor (Hilton) 01480388826 Churches: Fenstanton U R C Church 01480352058 Fenstanton Parish Church 01480465211 Catholic Church (St Ives) 01480462192 Hilton Methodist Chapel 01480830686 Rev Nick Witham 01480462293 Hilton Parish Church 01480 830866 830413 Rev David Busk 01480436400 The Bridge (St Ives) 01480498801 Int Prayer Palace Church 01480878450 Clubs: Beavers, Cubs & Scouts 01480831715 Fenstanton Rainbows, Brownies And Guides 07845429588 [email protected] Hilton Rainbows and Brownies 01480830156 Fenstanton WI [email protected]
Hilton WI 01480830455 Fenstanton Friendship Club 01480350677 Fenstanton Bowls 01954230471 Fenstanton Indoor Bowls 01480497202
Fenstanton Football Club 07711674591 Fenstanton Youth Football 01480395338 Fenstanton Glebe Allotments [email protected] Fenstanton Supple Strength: 07910 600077 Fenstanton Dance Aerobics: 07910 600077 Hilton Aerobics 01480832321 Hilton Art Club 01480831410 Hilton Flower Club 01480830571 Hilton Pilates 07733307475 Fenstanton Pilates 01480465117 Fenstanton Morris 01480466448 Scottish Country Dancing 01487822989 Slimming World 07772868472 St Ives Art Club 01480466155 Tai Chi for beginners 01480468701 Tennis 01954231752 Community: Hilton Feast Week 01480832329 Fenstanton Village Sports 01480370973 Fenstanton Village Hall 01480461751 Hilton Town Trust 01480830866 Hilton Neighbourhood Watch 01480831658 Fenstanton Church Centre 01954230471 Hilton Village Hall 07752678415 St Ives RBL Women’s Section 01480380882 Education: Primary School 01480375055 Fenstanton Pre-School 01480496156 Fenst. Baby & Toddler Group 01480830658 Swavesey VC 01954230366 Hilton Day Nursery Hilton 01767688715 Hilton Baby & Toddler Group 07749682229
If you run a club or are involved in a village activity and think your telephone number would be useful on this page, please let us know. Please advise us of any errors or amendments
needed to any of the above.
The FINAL deadline for copy is the 14th of the current month. Whenever possible, the Editor would prefer copy by email to:
[email protected] or if you haven’t access to email, written contributions to: Mickey Pallett, 31 Lancelot Way, Fenstanton, PE28 9LY
Any material submitted for insertion will be at the discretion of the editors, subject to editing, and will be copyright of the publisher.
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SPECTRUM TEAM Editor: Mickey Pallett Advertising Secretary: Kay Pulley Assistant Editor: Charlotte Jenner Accounts Secretary: Mickey Pallett Any inaccuracies in the content of any article submitted are the responsibility of the person submitting the article. Spectrum is produced monthly (joint issues for Dec/Jan and July/August), by volunteers. Printing costs are funded through annual advertising revenue, and donations from local clubs, individuals & organisations. Monetary donations may be sent to Mickey Pallett, 31 Lancelot Way, Fenstanton, PE28 9LY (cheques made payable to Spectrum Magazine).
Dan Lingham
Property Maintenance
All your property requirements under one roof
Domestic, Commercial and Industrial
Electrical, Kitchens, Bathrooms etc
Give Dan a call on: Mob: 07545164236 Tel: 01480 381396
Email: [email protected]
Scruff to Fluff
Dog Grooming
Text: 07704 867894
Email: [email protected]
Karen Farrington, 18 Oaklands, Fenstanton, PE28 9LS
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ADVERTISING
Please mention Spectrum if you call any of our advertisers. Thank you we appreciate your support.
Space is booked by annual subscription - the year runs from May 19 to April 20 Prospective advertisers should apply in writing to our Advertising Editor - Mrs Kay Pulley, at: Old Clayfields, Hilton Road, Fenstanton, PE28 9QX. or Tel 495308. If there is a waiting list, priority will be given to local traders. Spectrum accepts no responsibility for the standard of goods/services provided and no liability of
any loss or damage from acceptance of any of advertisers.
PROFESSIONAL SERVICES
Accounts/Tax -L.A. Wells 6
Funerals -Easton & Cook 29
Home Help 29
Julie Wattiez 42
Xlpress-printers 52
VILLAGE
Fenstanton Church Centre 33
Hilton Village Hall 50
PRE-SCHOOL
Day Nursery, Hilton 8
Fenstanton Pre-School 8
FITNESS/HEALTH/HAIR
Mobility Equipment 6
Podiatry 29
Pilates 4
Slimming World 42 CLEANING SERVICES
Clean Direct 33
Riverport 38
Window Cleaner (I. Wilson) 46
ENTERTAINMENT
Dockerills Entertainment 14
GARAGES/TRANSPORT
Garage - Graveley 33
Garage - MO’s Motors 28
Garage Wilderspin 28
Z Cars Taxis 44
GARDEN SERVICES
Lawns - Greensleeves 48
Gardening, fencing CLS 8
Gardens - G.G. Landscapes 40
Gardens, Puddefoot 14 Tree surgeon - Hemingford 52
PETS
Dog Grooming 4
Vet. Surgery - Ash Croft 40
RETAIL
The Duchess 48
Fruit & Veg Oxholme Farm 6
Fruit & Veg, Ron’s Farm Shop 52
Ellis Winter Estate Agent 2
Carriages of Cambridge 2 IT/VIDEO etc
TV & Video repairs 50
IT – Resolve 42
Cambs Computer Repairs 29
TRADES PEOPLE
Build. Services - P Warmbold 8
Buttons Home Help 14
Chimney Sweep- JL Wight 6
Decorator etc- Jason Kirby 50
Decorator… P Ashmore 38
Decorator - D Moody 46
Electrics & Plaster -T.W. 4
Electrics –J Sinclair 42 Electrical - Twin 30 Flooring- R.D.B. 50 G B Builders 9 Groundworks - GCE 46 Hampton’s pest control 28
Handicrafts, Helen’s 42
Huntingdon Small Works 44
Knight’s Carpentry 9
Light Removals 40
Plastering 30
Plumb &Heat – Buckingham 40
Plumb/Heat/Gas – MDS 6
Plumbi/Heat-J Halstead 50
Plumbing - G.I. 40
Property maint.-Dan Lingham 4
Property maint.-Dave Walker 29
RDS Plumbing and heating 9
Roofing - Alpha 44
Roofing - CanDo 48
Storage, More Space 38
Storage, Gransden 44
LIST OF ADVERTISERS
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Tax returns, business accounts, bookkeeping services, VAT returns, payroll, audits
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4 Scorney, Fenstanton, Huntingdon, Cambs, PE28 9QG Tel: 01480 466197 www.lwells.co.uk
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www.orchard-mobility.com Open: Monday to Saturday
9am -5 pm
Fenstanton Road – Hilton – PE28 9JA
Frozen Raspberries
From July
Potatoes From Late September
Open Monday to Saturday
01480 830138 www.oxholmefarmproduce.co.uk
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Letters & Notices
Are you the vile and disgusting dog owner who doesn’t pick up after their dog. In this photo there are 3 piles of poo – which appear to be from the same large dog. A fourth pile had already been stepped in by some unfortunate person. I picked these
up and already there is more in the same sort of spots – same dog too by the look of it.
I have walked dogs in this village for 36 years and have never seen such an amount of blatant disregard for other people and the law with regard to dog poo. Probably at least 95% of dog owners pick up and bin so what on earth is wrong with those of
you who don’t. The picture shows that the bin is only about 10 yards away. If you can walk your dog to the field, you must be able to walk to the bin.
If you are unsure about where you can let your dogs mess freely this is a good rule to follow:- If you don’t personally own the title deeds for the land on which your dog is messing you should pick up and bin it. Could I encourage all the other responsible dog owners to keep their phones at the ready to photograph anyone (and their dog) who is not picking up so we can publish to name and shame the culprits. Obviously when you think you have spotted someone do check before sending in your picture that the dog was not just having a wee – even some male dogs will squat for that. Denise (dog owner but disgusted with the few who don't pick up).
We would like to thank our neighbours, both past and present and our friends for all the wonderful cards, gifts and well wishes we’ve received following our move from Headlands all the way to Honey Hill. We have been overwhelmed. What an amazing community we live in. Thank you again. Ray and Niki Whitby
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P. WARMBOLD Building Services
Extensions, Garage Conversions, Kitchens, Bathrooms,
Internal/External Building Maintenance, Driveways, Patios, Fencing
All Your Building Needs
No Job Too Small
Tel: 01480 464244 Mob: 07785 987563
4 Conington Road, Fenstanton Huntingdon, PE28 9LB
C.L.S. Fencing & Landscaping
7 Scotts Crescent, Hilton
01480 832329 or 07786 370486 [email protected]
• Patios & driveways new or repairs
• Fencing & gates new or repairs
• Decking
• Turfing
• All aspects of landscaping
• Garden clearance
• Shed bases constructed
• Sheds also supplied, fitted or re-felted
For a competitive friendly quote and professional service call Craig
Allowing all children to fulfil their own individual potential within a happy
environment.
www.fenstantonpreschool.org.uk [email protected]
The Mobile, School Lane,
01480 496156
9 am - 3 pm Monday - Friday
Term Time
From 2years 9 months to school age
Fenstanton PE28 9JR
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THE FEN SHANTY FOLK We are a mixed group of all ages singing shanties, folk and popular songs for pleasure. A relaxed and informal group we sing by ear and mostly unaccompanied We meet every Thursday night 7.30pm-9.30pm. The first Thursday of the month we meet in our homes the rest of the month in The Bertha Pitfield Room at Fenstanton Church Centre. If you enjoy singing in good company why not come along? We would love to see you. If you just want to come along and listen you are also most welcome. Available for bookings We specialise in entertaining clubs, societies, small groups and parties.
For details: call 01480 537244 email [email protected] or visit Fen Shanty Folk on Facebook
The new bowls season starts at Fenstanton on
Saturday 18th
April at 2:30pm. Everyone is welcome, as always. Fenstanton Bowls Club is a mixed friendly club with lots of league and friendly games throughout the
season, at all levels of ability. With such a busy schedule ahead, we are keen to welcome new members to the club. Experienced bowlers are, of course, always welcome. Free coaching is available from qualified coaches for anyone wishing to just have a go, without obligation. Equipment is available at the club - we just ask that you wear flat shoes. Bowls is a very sociable sport and players of all ages compete at all levels. You are never too young or too old to play bowls but, beware, it can become addictive! Please check out our website www.fenstantonbowlsclub.co.uk for contact numbers. For those without access to the Internet please ring Barry Ward on 07541 968125 for further information. If you are unable to come on open day, but would like to visit the club, please ring Barry who will arrange for you to meet up with other members at a time suitable for you. We look forward to seeing you.
Fenstanton Bowls Club
Temporary changes to bus services in Cambridgeshire, are being introduced by Stagecoach from Monday March 30, 2020 following new government advice around social contact and non-essential travel to help combat the coronavirus. A reduced timetable will operate across the region until further notice. The timetables have been carefully created to ensure that critical routes are maintained wherever possible. Please find the link here to our website: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/east/east-covid19-service-changes
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TRAIN AS REFEREES FOR HOME GAMES Earn between £15 and £25 per game
ALL TRAINING COSTS COVERED MUST BE 14 YEARS OR OVER
************************************************ VE DAY CELEBRATIONS
VETERANS FOOTBALL MATCH FENSTANTON V HILTON
(players from both villages) SUNDAY 10 MAY 11:30 ko
ROLLING SUBS (DEPENDANT ON NUMBERS)
************************************************ FOOTBALL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING SESSIONS with Over &
In 24 APRIL to 17 JULY
Tots 3-4 years, Fridays 2 – 2:30pm Hampton Park Youth 5-7 years, Fridays 5-6pm Hall Green Lane
To book go to
WWW.OVERANDIN.COM/FOOTBALL/BOOK-DEVELOPMENTCOACHING
************************************************ 2020/2021 SEASON PLAYERS NEEDED
U8/U9/U10/U11/U12/U18/MENS REGISTER NOW IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE VILLAGE OR
LOOKING FOR A CLUB CHANGE Email [email protected] for all of the above
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Church Services
I have received an email from our minister to say that all Methodist church services are to be suspended for the foreseeable time. All services are suspended until further notice. Please check the noticeboard outside the church incase of any changes in guidelines due to the coronavirus. Kind regards Sandy Monk
HILTON METHODIST CHURCH FAIR TRADE COFFEE MORNING
Saturday, 7th March 10.00am - 12.00 noon.
in the Church Hall
There will be the usual FAIRTRADE coffee morning on Saturday 1st February from 10am
until noon. All the lovely FAIRTRADE groceries and gifts will be on sale. Do come and join
us for a tea or coffee and a chat. You will be most welcome.
The church has raised £300 from refreshments throughout the year and this money has
been sent to EACH, the children’s’ hospice.
Hilton Methodist Church April
ROVING SUPPER The Churches’ Roving Supper will take place on Saturday 4
th April. Please contact Heather
Woods on 830660 or Peter Blake on 830317 if you would like to join in with this popular event.
CHURCHES IN HILTON LENT LUNCHES. These will be held on Wednesdays throughout Lent and this year will be for Huntingdonshire Society For The Blind – often a forgotten charity. Dates are:- Wednesday 1
st April – 7 Chequers Croft -
Heather Woods All lunches start at 12 30 and finish at 2pm.
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Hilton Parish Church - April
Contact information: Rev’d David Busk on 01480 436400 or [email protected] (for weddings, baptisms, funerals and matters of pastoral concern), Rachel Wood 01480 830866 (general enquiries) or Jenny Broom 01480 830413
Wednesday 1st
Hilton 12.30 – 2 Lent Lunch – see poster for details
Saturday 4th
Hilton Evening Roving supper
Sunday 5th
Palm Sunday
Hilton 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
Hilton 10.00am Children’s Church
Friday 10th
Good Friday
Hilton 11.45am Good Friday service
Sunday 12th
Easter Sunday
Hilton 11.15am United Communion Service at PC with children’s activities in church
Sunday 19th
Easter 2
Hilton 8.00am Holy Communion
Sunday 26th
Easter 3
Hilton 11.15am Holy Communion
Sunday 3rd
May Easter 4
Hilton 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP)
Hilton 10.00am Children’s Church
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Spectrum – Rector’s letter for April 2020 Hello! How are you doing? Since I last wrote to you, sooooooo much has happened. I am now Rector instead of Priest-In-Charge (a legal difference, it is still “me”), coronavirus arrived, followed by the cancellation of meetings, gatherings, clubs and groups, then the suspension of all pubic services of worship and the closure of schools. By the time you read this letter, of course, that may have all changed but just at the moment, this is what we know. Although the Parish Church is not holding services at the moment, the church is open during daylight hours for private prayer and quiet thought for anyone who wishes to do so. We are thinking about new ways of helping our community here in Fenstanton. If we can help you, then please let us know. We are working with others, the Parish Council for example, to make sure that anyone who is isolating themselves, or their household, can receive support or help. Our aim is to endeavour to make sure that everyone who needs support in some way, is just a phone call away. Our “Care for one another” flier has more information and contact details. It was with sadness that I postponed the Fenstanton Community Café meeting, especially having received such an enthusiastic response. PLEASE let us keep the momentum going. Stay in touch so I can make a list of enquirers, add your details to my list of possible volunteers, let me know your thoughts about how often the café should meet and on which day or time. I would like to set up a Facebook Group and I will get that done as soon as I can. But if Facebook is not your thing and you can drop me a note through the Vicarage letterbox (virus and self-isolation permitting) or an email to [email protected] then please do. We are thinking creatively and imaginatively about ways to stay in touch. So do look at our website or Facebook page or look out for a newsletter from us. I would like to have a community event where we can celebrate all the positive things we have been doing. Maybe you will have some poetry, or you used the time to write that book or those memoirs you hadn’t got around to yet. Perhaps you created a masterpiece a la Monet or Van Gogh. Or you knitted, embroidered or did some sewing. What photos did you take, which books did you read, what music did you listen to? What special meals did you cook, using the ingredients you found in your cupboard! Just how many cupboards did you clear out, how many times did you mow the grass? You get the idea. Start making a note now so that when we do go ahead with our community event, you know you will be able to provide something to celebrate or to add some humour. In closing, I would have been inviting you to join us for our Easter services. Instead I invite you to be part of the Easter Acclamation, with these words for Easter Sunday morning, in your homes: Alleluia. Christ is risen. He is risen indeed. Alleluia. God bless, and please be assured of my prayers for you, the street where you live, your family, friends and neighbours. Rev Rosie
Fenstanton Parish Church - April
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Fenstanton Parish Church - April
As you may already be aware, in the light of latest Government advice to cease public gatherings, the guidance from the Church of England is that our usual pattern of Sunday services and other mid-week gatherings must be put on hold immediately. This means that no public services of worship on Sundays or weekdays can take place. Our Parish Church, St Peter & St Paul, Fenstanton, will be open as usual during daylight hours for private prayer and quiet thought, for anyone who wishes to do so. Everyone is welcome to visit, but please take care for your own safety as we are unable to ensure that surfaces, door handles etc are free from viruses or other contamination, neither can we offer hand cleansers at present. Please be assured we are finding new ways of “being the church” at this difficult time and we are thinking of alternative ways that we can help each other to stay in touch with one another. If you would like to receive a weekly email, or need help and/or support in other ways then please contact: Rev Rosie 01480 467393 email: [email protected] Or Churchwarden: Philip Blunt 01480 461751 Or Churchwarden: Ian Hucklesby 01480 465211 Or PCC Secretary Ian McKellar [email protected] We plan to produce some church resources as well as some community support to be available for anyone. We will share news on: Fen Drayton with Fenstanton Parish Churches Facebook page and www.fenstantonparishchurch.org.uk Please be assured of our prayers for you, the street where you live, your neighbours, family and friends.
Contact information: For Fen Drayton with Fenstanton: We look forward to welcoming you at any of our services. All enquiries regarding baptisms (christenings) and weddings (including Banns of Marriage) should be made in the first instance to our Rector Revd Rosie Tallowin, 01480 467393. Email: [email protected] Funerals are usually made known to us via a Funeral Director. For general church matters please contact the Churchwardens Philip Blunt 01480 461751 or Ian Hucklesby 01480 465211. For pastoral conversations please contact the Vicar or either of our Licensed Lay Ministers - Niki Whitby on 07841 599492 or Harvey Marshall on 01480 533301. For more information about our Community Fund, or to make an application for financial help, please email [email protected] Why not visit our website http://www.fenstantonparishchurch.org.uk, or find us on Facebook - Fen Drayton with Fenstanton Parish Churches.
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Fenstanton Parish Church - April
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PREACHING PLAN FOR APRIL
Our Services start at 9-30 am
April 5th Rev Derek Newton
April 10th Rev Derek Newton
2-00pm Good Friday
April 12th Rev Dr Catherine Ball
Easter Sunday
Holy Communion
April 14th Meditation 2-30pm
April 19th Mrs Pauline Zahner
April 26th Rev Chris Baker
ALL WELCOME
Fenstanton United Reformed Church - April
Please note there will be no Book Sale, Knitters and natters etc. events scheduled this month due to CORONA Virus precautions.
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ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH St Ives Church of the Sacred Heart,
19 Needingworth Rd.
Parish Priest: Rev Thomas J Walton Tel 01480 462192,
www.sacredheart-stives.org
Mass Times: Saturday 17.00,
Sunday 08.00 and 11.00
Papworth Everard, at the Parish Church, Saturday Mass 18.00
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The Particular Baptist Chapel Church Lane, Fenstanton, PE28 9JW
There has been a witness to the worship of God here over the years since 1643
Services are on Sundays at 10.30am and 2.30pm
and on Thursday evenings at 7.15pm
We still use the Authorised, King James Bible, believe in Particular Redemption
and the traditional manner of worship.
All are welcome Pastor: BE Izzard (01480 830142)
Sunday Services start at 10.30am at 2, Burrel Road, (off Marley Road and near to the Co-op Store) St. Ives, PE27 3LE. Come along to our lovely church building for some lively worship; hear about God's love for us and how we can put it into practice in our lives. We also meet together in Small Groups during the week, where we build friendships and grow together as a family in our faith. We hold a monthly church Prayer Meeting, bi-monthly Men’s Breakfast Fellowship and also a bi-monthly Woman’s Breakfast Fellowship. We also hold a bi-monthly Men’s’ Curry Night at a local restaurant. There is a Youth Group for 11 to 18 year olds which meet on Friday nights in term-time between 7 to 9 pm. The Babies and Toddlers Group meet at 9.30am on Thursdays in term-time. A Craft Club meets at 2pm on alternate Thursday afternoons. A Woman’s Weekly Bible Study group meets each Tuesday at 10am. We would love to welcome you to any of these events. The Separate Children’s church at the Bridge is a fun, exciting and safe place where children can learn about God in a meeting especially designed for them. The mornings are jam-packed with activities in a contemporary style, relevant to the culture in which today’s children are growing up. Why not encourage your children to come along from 10.15 am on a Sunday morning. For further details of the above and other events please see the website or ring the Church Office on 01480 498801. www.thebridgechurch.co.uk
The Bridge Church
Serving St Ives and the surrounding communities.
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Fenstanton and Rationing in WW2: Just when I thought that I had finished with WW2 another essay came to mind! John Deeks When the Second World War began in September
1939, petrol was the first commodity to be rationed. On
the 8th January 1940, bacon, butter and sugar
were rationed. Meat, tea, jam, biscuits, breakfast
cereals, cheese, eggs, lard, milk, canned and dried
fruit were rationed subsequently but not all at once.
Rationing was a means of ensuring the fair distribution
of food and commodities when they were scarce.
From May 1940 World War Two really got started and the residents of Fenstanton began digging up their gardens and planting vegetables, fruit and salads. The three High Street grocery stores had earlier stockpiled food items and the two village butcher’s shops were able to supply meats from local farms. Everyone expected the war to be over in a year, so they were not concerned about the long term supply of food. In 1941 onwards clothes were rationed and a year later so were soap, sugar, tea, rice etc. Although things started to be tight in 1941, being in the heart of farming country Fenstanton people never went without the basics of life. Most villagers benefited from the proximity of nearby farms for their milk, eggs, butter, and vegetables. Meat was another matter as the meat supply was strictly controlled by the Ministry of Food who had an inspector in each region whose task it was to ensure that all meat went through the rationing system. But with the proximity of the fens with its wild life such as rabbits, game birds, and fish, locals were never seriously short of meat. The men will go out into the fens to trap and shoot for the pot. Shotguns were plentiful in the village and most men were never without their shotgun. Our village Ministry of Supply food officer obviously took his work very seriously as a local farmer was sent to prison for 4-months for killing a bullock without the food officer’s permission! Then in 1942 things changed for the better. The USA joined in the war and we started to see convoys of trucks filled with US soldiers and airmen driving through the village. Then shortly after we had some of their officers billeted in the village. They were friendly and generous so at last there was no shortage of sugar, tea, coffee, sweets and rice. Mind you, it was suspected that some of the village ladies were a little too friendly with them!
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People who were alive in that period have said that it was funny
to see the local children gather at the side of the High Street
and as a convoy passed by they would shout out to the
GIs for sweets and gum. The children thoroughly enjoy the
game and the sweets.
Then in early 1944 the Australian army set up camp in the
village and these also were found to be very friendly. They
were here until they departed for D day in June 1944.They
would pass large tins of fruit to the children whose mothers
shared them around the village.
So, in all, rationing appears not to have been a major problem in Fenstanton.
Mind you, it was a different story after 1945 when many of the American troops
went home. The village children’s sweet supply was cut off and it was back to the
basic ration plus the few extra that they could scrounge.
The village children and those adults with a sweet-tooth were overjoyed on the
3rd
February 1953 when the rationing of sweets ended in Britain. Chocolate and
sweets had been rationed for over 10 years, only 12oz a month was permitted to
be purchased until the rationing was abolish.
Fourteen years of food rationing in Britain ended at midnight on 4 July 1954,
when the final restrictions on the sale and purchase of meat and bacon were lift-
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Wilderspin Garage Oaktree Road Fen Drayton CB24 4SS Tel: 01954 230273 [email protected]
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We offer a tailored, discreet, pest control service to local homes and businesses.
All of our professional pest control operatives are BPCA (British Pest Control Association)
certified.
Using integrated Pest Management, we ensure a complete monitoring service with customised
and cost-effective solutions.
PROFESSINAL RELIABLE EFFECTIVE
Tel:01480 274848 Email: [email protected]
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House need a bit of work?
I can help!
Internal & external Refurbishment
Repairs & Maintenance for
Your home or Business
Dave Walker Building Services 17 Chequer Street, Fenstanton
[email protected] tel: 07810 485523
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Twin Electrical Services
All work undertaken no matter how small
• Sockets, lighting
• Fault finding
• Rewires
• Fuse board upgrades
• Testing & Inspection
Call Phil on 07796492953
S. Jeffery – PLASTERER
Over 25 YEARS Experience in all Plaster
work
For Quotes CONTACT Steve on 01480 468373
or Mobile 07975611547
Fenstanton Friendship Club We send our love and support to the family of Rhona Bailey who passed away recently. We have missed her since she left to live in Girton. She was such a sweet lady and a pleasure to spend time with. She will be remembered with affection.
To MOLLIE GILDERSLEVE. We hope you enjoy your 100th birthday although celebrations have been put on hold. Congratulations We appreciate all that you have done, and still do, by being a member of the club. Thank you.
26th February Stepping in at the last moment we were entertained by, "The Rocking Ukulele 's". Very upbeat, we enjoyed the afternoon very much and will invite them back late 11th March We held our AGM and discussed what we had done last year and our future plans. This was followed by a quiz (all about body parts!!!) and then 3 games of Bingo. We left hoping to meet on 25th March but are now faced with three months suspension of the club meetings. This is very sad, but we must all pull together to combat the spread of this virus. Please keep in touch with each other and let me know of any needs you may have. Take care, keep well and be active as much as is possible. With love
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Fenstanton Community Hub
The Trustees of Fenstanton Village Hall were delighted to welcome to our AGM 32 Fenstanton residents to join the eight Trustees present and we thank them all for their attendance. It made for a much more representative meeting and we hope we were able to answer everyone’s questions fully about our activities over the past year including our continuing negotiations with Morris Homes over the handover of allocated land under the S106 agreement whereby they were given planning permission for their development. Our latest plans for the hall were on display. We asked everyone to vote on what we would call the new building, Fenstanton Village Hall or Fenstanton Community Hub, and the outcome was for Fenstanton Community Hub by 27 votes to 11 with 2 abstentions. We will, however, continue to be registered with the Charity Commission as Fenstanton Village Hall Trust. I have given a year’s notice of my intention to stand down as Chair of Trustees and so we are now looking for my replacement within the village – the sooner someone comes forward the more hand-over time there will be! Jane Blunt
Fenstanton Village Hall Trust
Fenstanton Village Hall Trust
Fenstanton Garage Sale
If you would like to have your garage put on the
Fenstanton map on Sunday, 7
th June, please register an interest at
[email protected] or call 07793546841,
giving your name, address and contact details.
For a fee of £6 you won’t have the bother of transporting your items.
We will sell the maps for £2 from the Clock Tower area from 9am onwards.
Enjoy your garage shopping!
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Picture of sunset over Hilton church by Simone Pietersz
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Our Knowledge Based Music curriculum is progressive, inclusive, broad, rich and ensures that all our children will experience a change in their long-term memory through remembering and learning. Since becoming subject leaders for Music at the beginning of this academic year, we have made many changes, thanks in part to our Knowledge based Curriculum which builds on knowledge taught from Early Years right through to year 6. We have introduced instrument lessons for every child, either Djembe drums or Recorders. We have the opportunity to use our wonderful, revamped music room, for our peripatetic music lessons which is now a pleasure to use. We have introduced the children to many composers, past and present and are teaching them the Interrelated Dimensions of Music- pitch, dynamics, rhythm, tempo, timbre, pulse, structure, texture and notation. This year is the 250
th Anniversary of Beethoven’s birth and our Year
6 children have been lucky enough to hear The Athena Ensemble perform his Septet Opus 20. We are planning a music festival in the summer term and would love to hear from any parishioners who play instruments and feel confident enough to come along and show us what you can do. It will be a celebration of a year’s hard work and hopefully be a joyous, (dry?) day. If you would like to get involved please contact the school office and they will put you in touch with one of us. Vanessa Turner, Samantha Flinders, Lucy Smith and Nicky O’Hare Higher Level Teaching Assistants
Fenstanton and Hilton Primary School
Temporary changes to bus services in Cambridgeshire, Bedfordshire and Peterborough are being introduced by Stagecoach from Monday March 30, 2020 following new government advice around social contact and non-essential travel to help combat the coronavirus. A reduced timetable will operate across the region until further notice. The timetables have been carefully created to ensure that critical routes are maintained wherever possible. It follows extensive action by bus operators to enhance cleaning regimes and protect the safety and well-being of customers and bus workers. Please find the link here to our website: https://www.stagecoachbus.com/promos-and-offers/east/east-covid19-service-changes Covid-19 FAQs https://www.stagecoachbus.com/coronavirus
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HILTON SPEEDWATCH TEAM The Hilton Speedwatch team are a friendly group of volunteers working together to help to bring ´speed awareness ´ to the motorists who use our roads. If you can spare some time, as little as an hour a month, to join us, you will be made most welcome. Please contact Nicola Webster e mail: [email protected]
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Hilton Parish Council
Report from the Meeting of the Council dated Monday 2nd
March 2020
Councillor Vacancy
Councillor Sara Partridge has resigned, and the appropriate notice of vacancy has been issued. No requests for an election were received so the Council is now able to co-opt a new Councillor. The Council resolved to issue an advertisement to invite applications from candidates for co-option and the deadline for response was agreed as Saturday 28
th March.
Environmental and Monitoring Checks on the B1040
In 2012/13, the Parish Council commissioned monitoring and a report on the emissions, vibration and noise caused by the traffic on the B1040. The Council have agreed in principle to repeat this analysis at a cost of £530, subject to the other Parish Councils in the group also agreeing.
Website Content Accessibility Guidelines 2.1 in accordance with The Public Sector Bodies (Website and Mobile Applications No.2) Accessibility Regulations 2018
The Media working group met to discuss the actions required in respect of these regulations and presented the options to the Council. The Council have agreed to instruct an expert to audit the current website at a cost of £395 and advise the Council regarding where the website is non-compliant, and the actions required to rectify the issues.
A428 Black Cat to Caxton Gibbet Improvements
The Council have been invited to attend the Eastern Area Community Forum to discuss the proposed changes to the A428. The Clerk will attend on behalf of the Council.
Damage to the path between Church Lane and the churchyard
The Council have asked the Clerk and the Green Open Spaces working group to look at options for repairing this footpath.
Tree planting between the Ford and the Lych Gate
The Council resolved to plant two trees in this area to replace the ones recently removed.
Great British Spring Clean for Keep Britain Tidy
The Council resolved to participate in the Great British Spring Clean and organise a volunteer event on Saturday 4
th April. Keep an eye on the website
and the noticeboards for further information.
Village Hall Car Park
The Council discussed the damage to the surface in the village hall car park and have asked the Green Open Spaces working group to look at remedial actions to repair the surface.
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Hilton Parish Council Maintenance Person
Hilton Parish Council is recruiting a Maintenance Person for 3 hours per week. Further information will be available on the website and noticeboards. If you are interested in this position, please contact the Clerk.
The next Parish Council meeting will be held on Monday 6th April 2020 in the
Village Hall. Agendas will be issued in advance on the village notice boards and the Council’s website www.hiltonparishcouncil.com. Parishioners are welcome to speak at council meetings on agenda items.
HILTON & FENSTANTON SINGLETONS
We hope to meet on Friday April 3rd
at noon at the George and Dragon Elsworth. Please contact me if you are able to attend. Jenny . Telephone 01480 831581.
The County Chairman of the Royal British Legion, Mr Alan Scott, has
asked us to publicise his following statement. “The Royal British Legion is the leading charity for the welfare of serving and former members of the UK Armed Services and their dependants. The St Ives branch of the Legion is here to help members of the service family, whatever their needs. You can contact us at our monthly Pop-In centre in the St. Ives public Library, from 11.00 to 13.00hrs on the third Monday of every month. If you are, or know of, a service veteran who might need our help, please pop in and see us Alternatively, you can call our contact centre on 0808 802 8080. Calls are free from most landlines and there will be someone to talk to you 7 days a week from 0800 to 20.00 hrs. Finally, you
can email us at [email protected] We'd love to hear from you.” As you know, we have provided this information in previous issues of Spectrum but Chairman Scott's message at this time of serious national crisis is a correct and timely reminder for us all to be aware of difficulties and misfortunes of others around us and to act if we can. Clearly, all routine monthly meetings and events of the St Ives branches of the Legion and Women's section are cancelled until further notice, but never our support which is needed now more than ever. Keep well and be optimistic. As always, our numbers are:- Margaret (831186) and Julie (830580)
Hilton British Legion
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TELEPHONE HOME: 01480 468013 MOBILE: 07905354306
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It wasn’t a jungle, but it was certainly populated by plants. The house I grew up in had plants on windowsills, in fireplaces, (after central heating came in), suspended from walls and taking pride of place in the sitting-room. Curiously their common names and in some cases their botanical names were rather negative. Upright and sharp on the sills were the Sanseviera, or Mother-in-Law’s tongues. Comedians had for a long time cast these poor women as critics of their daughters-in-law. Tredescantia plants were in the fireplaces as their variegated foliage with purple under leaves seemed to attract the gaze. Tredescantia zabrina was the commonest, known for its trailing habit. Chlorophytum, better known as The Spider Plant, dangled from picture-hooks on walls, some in macrame holders, fashionable at the time. The common name caught on because it produces plantlets on slim pale shoots which resemble the silk and the spiders sliding down. These plants caused a queasy feeling in me as a child not unlike the mild arachnophobia evoked by the real thing. Finally, the piece de resistance was the delicate monster as we called it, taking up a generous corner in the sitting room. Its botanical name is monstera deliciosa. As children do, I misheard the second word. However, it was neither delicate nor delicious. Its widely used moniker is the Swiss Cheese Plant, as its large glossy leaves are deeply indented or sliced through like Emmental. This plant managed eventually to flower and fruit but then sickened and died, decluttering the room wonderfully. Perhaps the rather irreverent nicknames reflect the familiarity of these plants then and now. They seem to work well with unpatterned rooms and minimalist décor generally, softening the bareness and offsetting the plain colours with lush green. Current taste inclines to the Scandi model of elegant simplicity eschewing the chintz and patterns of the Laura Ashley years. As well as suiting modern furnishings, the current resurgence of houseplants has also been attributed to the smaller gardens of new properties, the paving over of green spaces to provide car parking and the long working hours. Keeper of His Majesty Charles 1’s Gardens, Vines and Silkworms in 1630, John Tredescant was a fascinating man: horticulturist, plant-hunter and curator. He was first appointed Head Gardener at Hatfield House in 1610 and his employer Robert Cecil sent him abroad to collect fruit trees. He travelled widely, to the Low Countries, the Levant and Russia collecting seeds and bulbs which he kept in a large house called The Ark, in Lambeth and many species (see above) bear his name. His collection of plants, his “Cabinet of Curiosities” became the first museum open to the public. He is buried in the churchyard of St.Mary-at-Lambeth. The de-consecrated church next to Lambeth Palace has become The Museum of Garden History and fittingly the restored tomb of John Tradescant has been incorporated into the museum’s courtyard garden. On the tomb is a poem by John Aubrey praising the work of the Tredescants (father and son) and their collection of “what is rare in land, in sea, in air”. Mr. Tredescant would have been disappointed by our plants with his name. Although Baby Bio was always in the kitchen as a plant tonic, watering was erratic, and I recall rather dusty dessicated leaves and poor growth in the darker recess of the hearth. However, the monster thrived on neglect. If the Produce Show goes ahead this year, we are planning to have a HOUSE PLANT STALL where we can display our indoor plants. If we have to wait until 2021, there is more time for green fingers to activate good growth. In these extraordinary times many of us will be cultivating our plants and gardens as a therapeutic activity. We have already sprung into action and plan to make our house and garden the cleanest and tidiest they ever have been. CS
Hilton Produce Show “What’s in a name?”….
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Hilton Baby & Toddler Group We are a friendly group with babies and toddlers of all ages. We have a great range of toys and a well stocked biscuit tin so feel free to come along and have a chat while the little ones burn off some energy! Sessions cost £2.50 and run from 10.00am -11.30am every Tuesday, excluding school holidays. Contact Abi Halstead - [email protected] / 07749 682229 for further information. Find Us on Facebook
Hilton Flower Club Our MARCH meeting was a great success, TIM MEEKIN was our demonstrator, he did 8 wonderful arrangements which 8 lucky ladies took home. He also gave us some great ideas on what to do with just a few flowers and foliage that could still look stunning. It was an enjoyable afternoon; I am sure we will be asking Tim back again. APRIL 6th is our workshop, DONT FORGET YOUR SCISSORS. MAY 4th BEVERLEY and JUNE will be doing the flower demonstration, they will be doing 2 or 3 arrangements each so you could be a lucky winner and take an arrangement home. MAY 4th will be our last meeting before our FLOWER FESTIVAL in August, so we will be ironing out the final details . Look forward to seeing you all HILTON VILLAGE HALL 2pm ----4pm Entrance £5.00 (includes tea/biscuits) Raffle £1.00 Beverley HILTON FLOWER CLUB Our APRIL WORKSHOP and MAY meeting has been cancelled due to the coronavirus. JUNE OUTING and TEA PARTY will be reviewed in MAY FLOWER FESTIVAL in AUGUST has been postponed until next year. We hope you will all take care of yourselves in these difficult times. Our next meeting at HILTON Village Hall is SEPTEMBER 7TH BEVERLEY 830 571 JUNE 830 306
GOLDEN GAMERS. Hopefully we will meet on Tuesday April 14
th and
Tuesday April 28th.
Contact Jenny on 01480 831581.
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Helens Handy Crafts
for your sewing and alterations Contact: Helen
Tel: 01480 831607 email: [email protected]
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FENSTANTON
Fenstanton United Reformed Church
Chequer Street
Tuesdays 5.30pm & 7.30pm
Tel: Kathie 07772 868472
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Gransden Self Storage
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We had another enjoyable meeting in March, first with the usual business and a sales table with items sold donating 10 per cent to our
funds. Hilton WI was first formed in 1920 but with two earlier breaks before establishing its present continuity we are celebrating the centenary of our original formation. With this in mind and at the invitation of the Feast Week committee we are looking forward to co-operating with a part of this summer's Feast Week featuring 'Then and Now' which we believe will be an interesting display. Of course, this will be coronavirus crisis permitting. Our speaker was Alan Hiscox, the director of the British Horse Society and formerly of the Metropolitan Mounted Police for many years. Alan gave us an entertaining and
very amusing account of his experiences and the horses' lives but throughout there was a serious and evident thread showing the deep trust and enormous courage that exists between them. Sometimes our tears were not far away on seeing his power point pictures of past and more recent dangerous situations. Historically, policing horses were first used from 1758 for delivering messages and as Turnpikes (we later had to Google them!) and with horses joining the Metropolitan force in 1889. In more modern times they have been involved in the riots of the 1930s, in wartime and countless more occasions of crowd control. Alan has travelled to many countries in co-operation with other national forces and in seeking to buy potentially suitable horses. Police horses are chosen specifically for their colour and consequent roles, a height of 16-17 hands and for their temperament. They must be steady, bold and trainable with a need for character and presence, also to have the strength and stamina to bear the weight of both the rider and his equipment. Once trained they can be ridden by any member of the mounted police, a training that has to cover every possible experience so it is as careful and gradual as necessary in learning to face up to anything from fire and very loud noises to people who might sadly be hostile to horse or rider. Alan ended with a short video by a young lady whose much beloved horse was killed and herself badly injured by a speeding driver. With 87 horses killed on our roads last year this was a seriously powerful reminder for all car drivers to pass riders and horses on the roads with respect and care. After
such an informative talk we were pleased to make a donation in support of the work of the British Horse Society, a very enjoyable talk reminding us of our pride in police horses and their riders who so bravely help to keep the peace
Since the outbreak of Covid-19 the WI Committee have quickly been in touch with
Members to offer support, advice and reassurance that they will all be supported as far as possible by a team of willing members and they should never feel alone and
isolated...assistance has been offered for setting up social media apps, "whatsapp" chat groups are starting, and someone is on the end of the phone for them if needed. A regular
newsletter will be emailed each fortnight with information, humour, articles and quizzes written by the Members. The message is "Keep Calm and Carry On"...
Hilton WI
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We hope that, by the time you get this edition of ‘Spectrum’ we have very much got through the
worst of the last few months and can all begin to get on with important things in life. Like most of our village neighbours, the Village Hall Management C’tee have ‘been keeping calm and carrying on’! So much so, that we can now pre-warn you about dates coming up throughout the year: The first event is our AGM to be held on 18th May, with any neighbours coming along at 8 o/clock for drinks/nibbles/chats after listening to what has been happening in the Hall over the last year.
The next event will be on 27th June SUMMER SUPPER. There will be a DOG SHOW on The Green, on 31st August i.e. the Bank Holiday Finally, after several disappointed people from last year, we are pleased to say there WILL be a PIE & MASH in November. COFFEE STOP - this is proving to be a popular afternoon event every 2nd Thursday of the month. If there is anyone in the Village who would like to come along but are finding it difficult - maybe with actually getting to the Hall OR you are a little bit unsure/shy - please call Doreen 830250, and I will be more than happy to come and collect you, settle you in with a nice cup of tea and a delicious slice of home-made cake and introduce you to others around - you may even bump into one of your neighbours, who knows? Give it a try. Please keep checking our VH web, notice boards and, of course, ‘Spectrum’. Doreen Bates
Hilton Village Hall
Hilton Art Club We had an interesting workshop with Caroline Furlong. The subject was Acrylic Mediums, Inks and Watercolours and Caroline brought many different products with her and share with us and explained how we could use them to add texture, as well as ideas with things we may already have, like bubble wrap, clingfilm, tissue paper and stencils. We got down to having a go ourselves, some painting full pictures, others just trying things out and having fun. Unfortunately, there will be no Art Club until September, due to the Covid19 virus, in line with government advice to avoid social contact and to protect the health of everyone in the Club. We will be back!
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HILTON VILLAGE HALL
Available for Functions DAY, EVENING, CONTRACT BOOKINGS.
Single Function Fees
Before 7.00 pm £15.00 per hour After 7.00 pm £20.00 per hour
Contract Bookings
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TELEPHONE NUMBER TO BOOK HALL
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What’s on in April
Dates of future events: If you know of any local event not listed - no matter how far ahead - send us a
note with the date and we will include it in ‘Dates of Future Events’
I apologise for not keeping this section up to date but, as I am sure you understand, events cannot be made certain until the CORONA virus situation is given the all clear. Keep up to date with the Churches and Clubs notices. Please keep well and let us get back to normal ASAP. Spectrum Team
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