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Volume 12, Issue No. 4 - August/ September 2012

The information in The Longstanton Life is provided in good faith and we have tried to ensure that it is accurate and correct. However, neither the editorial team nor the contributors can be held responsible for any inaccuracies or omissions or any consequential losses of any form whatsoever arising there from.

Editorial team were Tony Cowley, Pam Buckridge, Ines Smith, Sarah Ballard, Ruth Kilcullen and Natasha Chambers.

The Longstanton Life newsletter is Copyright © 2000 -2012 The Editorial Team. All Rights Reserved. Cover graphics copyright ©

All Done with a Chainsaw! - full story inside pages ... Photograph courtesy of Pam Buckridge

In this issue… The Jubilee Celebrations that were rained off. Olympic Torch comes to Cambridge Bringing the Bronze Home! Badgers Holt Badger Plus our regular features including… Shona Johnson’s Important report on recent Northstowe consultation Pavilion Report Wild Life Feature LDHS Update Sports News Surgery Updates eCops, etc

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* It should be noted that the Village Institute is available for hiring for a variety of functions; the manager is Dr William Sellwood who should be contacted for all bookings on 0755 2688243 or by email: villageinstitute@googlemail.com.

Sun. 0930-1030 Sunday School The Rectory, High St. Susan Meah 781258

1100 Tennis Club The Pavilion Sarah Ballard 07985 938959 3rd of month 1600-1800 Messy Church Village Institute* Susan Meah 781258

Mon. 1800-2000 Bowls Club The Pavilion Marion Edwards 780118 1930-2030 Jazzercise Hatton Park School Tina Chasse 01487 841811 2nd of month 1000-1130 Mother and Baby Clinic Village Institute* Hilary Stroude 782560 2nd of month 1930 Parish Council Village Institute* (Open meeting) 3rd of month 1945 W.I. Village Institute* Dorothy Peel 780381 Tues. 1030-1115 Mini JAFFAs (pre-schoolers) All Saints’ Church Susan Meah 781258

1800-2100 Judo for all ages (call for details) Hatton Park School Ian Slack 201169 1800 Tennis Club night The Pavilion Sarah Ballard 07985 938959

Adult Cricket training Call for details Paul Rodgers 781610

1900-2130 ATC (Air Training Corps) Cadet Centre 781180 Weds. 10.15-11.15 Music Madness (0-3yrs) Village Institute* Kari Law 789008 1900 Bridge Village Institute* Margaret Sayers 230121 1910-2130 Army Cadet Force (12-18yrs) Cadet Centre Lt . Bill Badcock 01223 503950 1900-2100 Bell ringers practice All Saints’ Church Mike Cartwright 781275 1930-2030 Jazzercise Hatton Park School Tina Chasse 01487 841811 Thurs. 1000-1100 Rainbow Club (bump-1yr) Village Institute* Susan Meah 781258

1900 Football training Recreation Ground Luke McAvoy 07795 321494

1900-2130 ATC (Air Training Corps) Cadet Centre 781180

TBA Longstanton Art Group TBA Christine Shephard 781625

Fri. 0930-1130 Little Leprechauns playgroup (0-4) Village Institute* Andrea Todman 07931 772697

Junior Cricket training Call for details Paul Rodgers 781610

1800 Tennis Club night The Pavilion Sarah Ballard 07985 938959

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1900-2100 Cambridge Freestyle Martial Arts Village Institute* Rory / Martin 07523 854251 07535 646234

1900-2000 Ballroom Dancers, beginners Hatton Park School Mike Cartwright 781275 2000-Onward Ballroom Dancer, advance Hatton Park School Mike Cartwright 781275

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Where: Longstanton Station’s goods yard, located close to where the present guided bus crosses the B1050 near the present park and ride site. When: 1907.

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Contents Sports News Football, Colts 5, 6 Bowls 6 Tennis 7 Cricket, Junior 8 Judo 9 Community Concerns Hatton Park -Academy Status 7 Shona Johnson 13 Alex Riley 14 Parish Council 14 Pavilion Report 15 Longstanton’s New Website 15 ECOPS 18 Features Badgers Holt Badger 4, 17, 18 Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Cancelled 10 Olympic Torch Comes to Cambridge 11 Wild Life - Dragon Flies 12 Bringing Home the Bronze 24 Regular Items Memory Lane 2 ‘So You Think You Know Longstanton?’ 3 Ballroom dancing 4 Bell ringing 9 Poets Corner 10 LDHS Update 12 Doctors’ surgeries 16 Letters 17 Church Times 18 Messy Church 18 Advertising Line ads 19 Ads 19 - 23

Dear Readers,

Amazingly we have had enough rain since the last issue to lift the hosepipe ban so much in fact that some farmers reported crops water logged. Sadly rain also brought about cancellation of those Diamond Jubilee celebrations that were planned on Longstanton recreation ground for Monday 4th June. However, some children’s entertainment was staged at the Pavilion, which at least gave them their own memory of the day. Live adult music was provided by ‘Freddie and Friends’ band and the bar was open. Happily, we have once again Tom Eaton to thank for a photographic record, featured on page 10. Rain also threatened to dampen the spirits for the historical arrival of the Olympic torch in Cambridge on Saturday 7th July, however, a member of own LLife editorial team brought back some nice images that she has shared with us on Page 11. Great news about our success at the ‘Village Newsletter Oscar’s’, see back page, the LLife won a Bronze Award. As Pam Buckridge reports, we have many thanks to offer to all of you that make this magazine truly a community effort. However, it all starts with your letters, articles and photographs that have allowed LLife to reach it’s 12th year of continuous publication. Please keep them coming. While the temporary closure of the Pavilion, see Gill Ashby’s report on page 15, is the subject of great sadness the hope of better days ahead is to be welcomed, as the individual sport clubs come together to restore the community facilities.

Your LLife Editorial Team

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Please note that the copy deadline for the October/ November edition of LLife is

5.00pm on Wed 29th August, 2012 Contributions for next issue: by email to

longstantonlife@hotmail.com or drop off at the Post Office

SO YOU THINK YOU KNOW LONGSTANTON (From the roof lines)?

There is another £10 cheque in it for the first correct answer pulled out of the 'Editorial Hat' (Editorial decision final). So do you think you know the name and location of this building? Please e-mail your answer to: longstantonlife@hotmail.co.uk together with your name and contact details or drop them into the Longstanton Life Box in the Post Office before the next editorial deadline which is Wednesday 29th August, 2012. The correct answer for the previous edition was the roof line of Melrose House, seen from

School Lane. The winning entry was submitted by Mr C Stone of Magdalene Close, who again wins our prize of

£10.00.

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A “Beautiful” story from Badgers Holt Mobile Home Park.

What would you do if your once beautiful Ash tree was considered a danger, for it had all the signs of disease? If you were the Calladine family you get your thinking caps on and consider the possibilities. They had visited lots of Country shows. They had always been fascinated to watch the wood sculptures in the making. Having the idea was as good as “job done!”. They turned their vision into reality when they found an artistic Chainsaw Sculptor, by the name of Tim Atkins who lives at Exning. Our pictures here show the amazing transformation of how the stump of the beautiful Ash is now a beautiful wood-sculptured Badger, who will live on the site for many years to come for everyone to see! Our picture on the front cover show the three generations of the Calladines, i.e. Mr Calladine senior, his son and two grandsons together with Tin Atkins. The Calladine’s also own Falcon Park. Will there be a sequel to this story? What do you think ?!

Badgers Holt Badger (Birth of a Rural Masterpiece or Damien Hirst, Eat Your Heart Out!)

Photographs here courtesy of Pam Buckridge, more by Harriet Ledger on pages 17 & 18

Old joke, small child,“How did Mr Atkins know there was a badger inside that tree, mummy?”

Ball Room Dancing Well that’s another dancing year over, our not so novice dancers are now well equipped to take to the dance floor/patio/ cruise ship/ hotel knowing they are dancers and are able to dance the Waltz, Quickstep, Slow Rhythm, Ballroom Jive, and a couple of the Latin American dances. Not bad since they only started 8 months ago. My thanks goes to Maureen, our dance teacher, for her endless patience and determi-nation to turn us into “Dancers” . I have been smitten by the Argentine Tango after going to the show Midnight Tango earlier this month. I am hoping that I might just manage to get a teacher specializing in this dance to visit us for a short course (introduction) to this stunning dance. The club restarts on Thursday 6th September and everybody is welcome.

Email mikec321@btinternet.com Mike Cartwright

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FOOTBALL NEWS You would be forgiven for thinking that the Football never ends! As we wave goodbye to an entertaining European Championships we say hello to a once-in-a-lifetime event as a British side take to the field in the Olympics. The good news is that as the Gold Medal match (Brazil Vs Spain for my money) takes place on the 11th of August, the English Premier League once again takes centre-stage on the 18th.

So why doesn’t the ‘best’ league in the world produce the best national side? Please don’t get me wrong; the Premiership is a fantastic League offering great entertainment. I would love the domestic league of my own birthplace to be anywhere near as healthy (Scotland, for those that don’t know me). The issue is that the England Team does not profit from the buoyancy of the English League nearly as much as you would expect it to. Although there was a general malaise surrounding the England Team before the tournament, it did not take long for the hopes to rise out of all proportion to the performances that had gone before. The keen-eyed amongst you may have noted that FIFA’s ranking system deemed that England were worthy of a rise from 6th to 4th in the world rankings following the tournament. To put that in to context, Portugal are 5th, Italy are 6th and Brazil are 11th. We will all have our opinions as to what the issues are, but as I have no Longstanton games to write about this month I’m going to offer my own simple views. SKY – When SKY signed their first TV deal and was integral in the creation of the Premiership, the top-flight in England was a very different place to the one we find ourselves in now. More money than ever has flooded into the game, millionaires were created overnight and new revenue streams opened up, as the league was marketed across the globe in direct competition to the leaders of the day, the Spanish La Liga and Italian Serie A. It gave the English clubs a hitherto unknown spending power and brought many foreign stars in to the league. Recent analysis showed that while Italian and Spanish clubs averaged seven domestic players in their starting line-ups, English teams fielded four. That would give the England Manager around 80 players to select his squad from. Fear – Managers know that if they don’t win for three games, their job is on the line. Where is their incentive to play a young domestic player of potential when a ready-made player can be brought in? Interestingly, only five of the 15 players who are under 23 in the Olympic squad are 1st Team regulars with their clubs.

You Don’t Have to Win to ‘Win’ – Success for 14 of the 20 clubs in the Premiership is to be in the Premiership the following season. Wolves, who were relegated having won five of their 38 games, received the lowest payment from the TV Pot of a paltry £39m last year. Clubs will now field weakened sides in FA Cup or League Cup games, because silverware is less important than the TV cash. For the five or six teams that are competing at the top of the league, only three realistically have their eyes on the title. To be fair, this is actually not too far from the situation in many of the top leagues across Europe, but those teams at the top in Germany, Spain and Italy are fielding more of their home-grown talent. Premiership Exertions – Not many people would argue that a great deal of the excitement generated by the Premiership is down to the pace and physicality of the game. The demands are higher and the scope for the type of football that creates success at international level is much lower than some of the other big leagues in Europe, notably the Italians and Spanish. It is fairly easy to see how the tempo and skills displayed in those leagues translate into the style of their national sides. How easy is it to do the same with a premiership that is dominated by others nationalities? Successful England Team or Successful Club Side? If you support any of the clubs who finished in the top six last year and were given the choice, would you back your clubs owner and manager if they told you that they were going to reduce the amount of signings they made of ready-made international talent and concentrate on developing English talent? The result could benefit the national side, but you would have to accept that competing at the top-end of the league and challenging for Champions league honours would not be a realistic ambition for the next four years. As many of the owners and managers are not English, is the scenario ever likely to arise? So there you go! As I said, these are just some of my own thoughts and I certainly don’t profess to any magical insight or to have broken any new ground. There are many more knowledgeable people up and down the country who are working towards the future of the game in England and the development of the players who will carry the hopes of a nation in Brazil, Russia and Qatar. All I can hope is that it has been an interesting five minute read and that it has either had you nodding in agreement, shaking your head in disagreement or perhaps a little bit of both. It would be great if it spurred even one of you to write in to the next edition of the Life with your own views on the relationship of the premiership and the England Team or your thoughts on how we can change the way in which we coach and develop young talent in the UK. Enjoy the rest of the ‘Life and I’ll be back to all things Longstanton FC in the next issue.

Andrew Jeffrey

LDHS PROGRAMME OF TALKS for Autumn, 2012 Friday 7 September, (short AGM first, all welcome,) then ‘Longstanton and it’s Railway ’ - Roy Stoner Friday 5 October, TBA Friday 2 November TBA

All talks to be held at 7.30pm in the Village Institute, High Street, Longstanton. Everyone welcome - members are free - non-members £2.00. Tea and biscuits served after.

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LONGSTANTON BOWLS CLUB

Despite the weather in May and June we managed to play most of our matches in the dry. Often it had been raining during the day, meaning the green was wet and heavy, but the rain eased off in the early evenings so we did not have to play in waterproofs. Somewhat against form in recent years, Longstanton has actually done very well in the first half of the season! In fact it is such an unusual sight that I record here for posterity the mid-season CandD division 4 league table from the Cambridge News:

Our division 5 side is in a very creditable 7th place out of 11 teams with 21 points. We have a number of new players in the club this season who are playing their first bowls matches in the division 5 team, so this is a very good result. In contrast our two Business Houses teams are not doing so well so far. Our Mixed team is joint bottom with Abington with 4 points and our Men’s team is third from bottom with 13 points. Having said that, I know for a fact (because I played in the match) that the Mixed team had a 6-0 win over Abington recently, so the tables posted on http://www.bowls247.co.uk have not yet been updated with the latest results. We are always on the lookout for new bowlers, even part way through the season. The club is friendly and welcoming and has regular roll-ups on Monday evenings at the recreation ground on Over Road. If you think you might want to give bowls a try just come down to the bowls green on a Monday evening from 6pm. We have spare sets of bowls you can use, just wear flat shoes.

For more information visit contact Marion

Edwards on 01954 780118 or email to marionedwards1@btinternet.com

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Longstanton 10 6 42.5Isleham 9 5 37Steeple Morden 9 7 35Univ Press 9 4 32Barton 9 5 31Coleridge A 9 4 28Coton A 9 4 27Coton 8 3 25.5Gt Shelford 8 3 19Abington 6 1 12Willingham withdrawn

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As the 2012/13 season gets underway, it’s amazing to think where we have come in just a few years. We have gone from just a couple of teams to five teams with over 80 children participating with ages ranging from under 6’s to under 13’s. This season the under 8’s to under 11’s teams will be taking part in the Cambridgeshire Mini Soccer league, and the under 12’s and 13’s will participate in the Cambridge and District Colts League. The under 7’s will not participate in a league but there will be some friendly matches and training most Saturday mornings during the season. We would like to thank the team managers and coaching assistants, referees and committee members for making the last season so successful. There are so many people involved it isn’t easy to thank everyone, however there are some key members of the team that deserve their own special mention: Ben Lee who steps down as Club Chairman after two years to be replaced by Michael Binks, Gordon Wood who steps down as Club Treasurer to be replaced by Sue Parsons, and Louise Gamon, who has very kindly agreed to

continue in the unenviable position of Club Secretary. One of our key aims for this season will be to increase parent and guardian participation. There are all sorts activities that we can always use help with, such as marking out lines on the pitch, taking children to away matches, setting up goals on match days, running the line, and fundraising events. We would also love to see more parents, guardians, grandparents and other family members and friends supporting the teams on match days. If you would like to get involved, please do email me at kim.hutchinson@hds.com The club’s finances are in good order thanks to some very well attended fundraising events last season, and thanks to the local businesses that very kindly sponsored us. This season we will be looking to increase the number of fundraising events and, of course, we are always looking out for new sponsors from the local business community. Please do let us know if you have a fundraising idea or would like to sponsor us. We will make announcement s regarding fundraising events via email and fliers which will be on the notice boards at the Longstanton Pavilion. We hope to see you at a match day soon!

Kim Hutchinson – Club Welfare Officer

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VILLAGE SPORTING ACTIVITIESVILLAGE SPORTING ACTIVITIES Longstanton Tennis Club Well, what a Summer; has it stopped raining yet?! Thankfully the weather hasn’t dampened the spirits of many of our more hardy members, who have still managed to make it down to the courts on a regular basis. This ‘carry on regardless’ attitude was never more evident than during our Summer Tournament on Wimbledon men’s final day.

Play started at 10am and we finally threw in the towel at a p p r o x 1 0 : 3 8 a m , h a v i n g played at least one game in the torrential rain and with the

courts rapidly becoming a swimming pool. We retreated to The Pavilion for a heart-warming coffee, followed by a BBQ (cooked in the kitchen on the grill, as British BBQs often are) with strawberries and cream. Thank you to everyone involved for an extremely fun day, and especially to The Pavilion for the fantastic food. Rain didn’t stop play on Wimbledon’s Centre Court, so we were treated to an afternoon of superb quality tennis on the big screen; just a pity that Andy Murray didn’t win! Following the tournament we also said farewell and thank you to our Chairman David Clode and his wife Joyce. David has been a member of the tennis club for 21 years, joining shortly after moving

to Over in 1990. During that time he has served as both Treasurer and then Chairman for a total of almost 10 years, as well as Men’s Captain. The most significant undertaking during David’s chairmanship was the resurfacing of the courts and, although membership has fluctuated over the years, David is happy to be finishing with the club in good shape. We’d like to thank David and Joyce for all their time and effort over the years, and wish them every success for their new lives in Hastings. Hopefully we’ll be able to arrange a couple of home and away fixtures for next year; I know they have already checked out the local tennis club! Our men’s and mixed teams have both been trying to play against other local clubs in the Business Houses leagues, although with so many matches rained off we might still be playing them well into September. Thank you to the captains of both teams for arranging (and re-arranging) all of the fixtures and getting teams out, especially when hampered by the weather. To find out more about all that’s going on at the club, or to download a membership form, visit our website www.longstantontennis.co.uk. You’ll find details of matches against other clubs, the singles league, and also a photo gallery with pictures from recent events. Alternatively, why not pop down to one of our club sessions and meet some of the other members? Club nights are Tuesdays and Fridays from 6pm, Saturday afternoons from 2pm and Sunday mornings from 11am. Hope to see you there!

Sarah Ballard

The formal consultation period on conversion to an academy ended on Monday 25th June 2012. The consultation included a meeting at the School which was open to all parents and carers, staff and the local community. The Governors presented an overview of the reasons for considering academy status and the potential impact on the School, as well as answering questions that had been submitted in advance and taking additional questions from the participants at the meeting. A document containing all the questions and the answers provided can be found on the School website at www.hattonparkschool.co.uk. The School’s Governing Body met on Tuesday 26th June 2012. After a thorough reflection on the consultation process and consideration of all the issues raised the Governors further discussed and debated the issue of conversion to Academy status. Following this a formal vote was held and the Governing Body of Hatton Park Community Primary School voted in favour of conversion to an Academy sponsored by Histon and Impington Junior School. Histon and Impington Junior School’s Governing Body met on Thursday 28th June and they have voted in favour of conversion to an Academy, sponsoring Hatton Park School in the process. Histon and Impington Infant School’s Governing Body also met on 26th June and voted in favour of conversion to an Academy. The three schools will form a Multi-Academy Trust.

The next step will be for all three schools to work together to appoint lawyers, and with support from the Department for Education, will consider the formation of the Trust. We will ensure that the schools are embedded firmly in our community and will share news of progress with you all throughout the process. We intend to continue with a programme of engagement with the community and are confident that we can rely on everybody to work together to ensure that we achieve the right governance for the school and to put a structure in place that will deliver benefits to our community, particularly our children. May I take this opportunity to thank all concerned for their considerable and valued input into the consultation process and say that we look forward to working together to move our schools forward collaboratively so as to pursue excellence. Should you have any comments in the meantime, please email me at prodgers@hattonpark.cambs.sch.uk.

I would also like to take this opportunity to announce the appointment of Mr Matthew Try as Head of School with effect from 1st September 2012. Matthew will work alongside Mrs Lesley Birch who will continue in her role as Executive Headteacher at Hatton Park. We welcome Matthew and wish him every success in his new role.

Dr Paul Rodgers, Chair of Governors

Hatton Park Primary School Academy Update

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Hatton Park Primary School Cricket Team

The school entered two teams into the Asda Kwik Cricket competition this year.

The “A” team players were: Ellis Reynolds (captain), Liam Beagin, Dawson Wooldridge, Jack Heyes, Lilah Wooldridge, Domenica Heyes, Aiden Bailey and Calum Lee.

“A” team – played 3 won 2 lost 1 (by 1 run) The “B” players were: Meadow Wooldridge (captain), Jordan Bradford, Fraser Beach, Max Blyth –Smith, Joshua Craddock, Lewis Jones, Hazel Bailey and Ty Wilson. “B” team - played 4 won 1 lost 3 (2 by 1 run)

Hatton Park has formed a partnership with Longstanton Grasshoppers Cricket Club who provided two coaches, Richard Heyes and Paul Rodgers, for an after-school club. Richard said: “I’m delighted to say that the children did really well and amongst great excitement the “A” team won both their league and the overall tournament and qualified for the County finals at Clare College Sports Ground. I was however most pleased with the efforts of the “B” team which was made up of players only recently taken up the game and most were a year younger than the other teams, they won their first game and lost 2 games by only 1 run!” The “A” team were presented with a trophy at a school “celebration assembly” and then took their place in the County finals where they did the school proud but found it a much tougher challenge. However, virtually all of the Hatton Park players will be eligible to take part again next year when they will be a year older and more experienced. Richard and I are expecting great things again next year. We’d like to thank all the parents/carers who helped with the event this year.

Paul Rodgers

Longstanton Grasshoppers Cricket Club As I write this, our senior cricket teams are sitting mid table and due to the weather we have probably missed as many games as we have played. Our junior section is thriving and to date we have enjoyed a very exciting and successful season in all the age groups. Looking ahead to next season we are planning to have a ladies’ team. This will be a team of all ages and abilities, initially playing friendly matches, but we hope to progress to a more formal structure with, potentially, a couple of teams. Anyone interested please contact me in the first instance. As always everyone is welcome to come along and join us and we have a few events and games where you can play with us even if you are registered with other clubs. We would like to get to know anyone in the village who plays or aspires to play cricket.

If you would like to know more about playing or helping with the club, please contact me as below.

Kevin Salaman kevin@salaman.co.uk| 01954 201701

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Wow! What can I say, some very hard fought bouts and everyone doing themselves proud.

Under 10, less than 25kg Gold - Steffanie Jenkins Silver - Tomas Jenkins Bronze - Daniel Batey 4th - Amani Hajee 5th- Owen Hughes and Graydon McLeod Fleming.

Excellent results for newcomers Steffanie and Tomos, brother v. sister in the final. Resilient fighting by Daniel and Graydon, with Amani and Owen managing to talk and giggle through most of their bouts and still fight well! Under 10, over 25kg Gold - Peter Hughes Silver - Ben Brevoort Bronze - Hazel Bailey 4th - Alison Meah 5th - Daniel Rutter and Malcom McLeod Fleming Consistent performance throughout by Peter, an excellent seionage by Ben scoring wazari (7 points), intelligent fighting by Hazel and Alison, Daniel won a bout and Malcolm fought bravely to the end.

Under 16, less than 40kg Gold - Peter Meah Silver - Jack Smith Bronze - Hussain Ali 4th - Aiden Bailey 5th - Georgina Marshal and Toby Meah Peter sneaked throught to the final but produced the goods when required. Jack Smith won two bouts with thrown ippons (seionage) on his way to the final. Hussain fought cleverly, Aiden fought very well considering he is still just under ten. Toby fought well in his first competition and Georgina deservedly won a bout on posture. Under 16, over 40kg Gold - Hassan Ali Silver - Hannah Cartwright Bronze - Jasmine Cartwright 4th - Jae Slack

Hassan won all of his bouts with solid groundwork. Hannah showed sisterly love in strangling Jasmine. Jazz actually scored against her big sis beforehand. Jae was the lightest (and youngest) by far in this group so deserves a special mention.

Senior Men Gold - Neil Younger Silver - Steve Bailey Bronze - Riz Ali Thunderous bouts from our senior men. Scoring sacrifices from Steve (rice bail throw) and Riz (ura nage - rear throw) were both trumped by kesa gatame by Neil.

Cho Wa Judo Club Spring Championships 2012

Jack Smith receiving the Stylist Award for his seionage ippons

Many thanks to Aedan for scoring, Jeremy and Hannah for timekeeping, Tania and Mel for refreshments. Sensei Ian Slack.

All Saints Bell Ringers

. I am pleased to say our tower band is going from strength to strength our practice nights are well attended and our ringing skills are improving. Since our new competent Bell Ringer joined us our ringing skills have improved dramatically. Instead of the usual crash bang wallop we now have a melodious and steady ‘’ding dong ‘’. We have 4 weddings coming up 2 in August and 2 in September. I am always pleased to hear from anyone interested in learning to ring the bells at All Saints. Practice night is Wednesday at 7.30pm.

Email mikec321@btinternet.com Michael Cartwright

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Diamond Jubilee Celebrations Cancelled but the Pavilion provided a venue to allow children's show to go on for them

to remember ... Photos by Tom Eaton

Poets corner

We all use water everyday, At home, at Work, at School, and Play. To wash and clean our pots and pans, To flush the loo and wash our hands. And if it never rained again, This world would never be the same. So use it carefully everyday Or in the end our lives will pay.

by Audrey Benstead

Monday 4th June, 2012CANCELLED DUE TO RAIN

On Friday 6th July the Village Pantry donated a cheque for £450-00, this will go towards the Senior Citizens Christmas Party. The organisers of this event would like to thank the Pantry on behalf the senior citizens of Longstanton. Receiving the cheque on behalf or the committee from William Sellwood is Hazel Minett, Rachel Dale and Margaret Hunt.

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Olympic Torch Comes to Cambridge Rain once more threatened to dampen spirits but ...

A moment to remember ... Ines and Lena, her daughter, photographed with one of the torch bearers, Claire, who completed her part of the relay in Haverhill before the celebrations on Parkers Piece.

Not quite a torch but it helps pass the time!

Longstanton Life was there to record the event!

Patience is a virtue

It’s Here!

“Hold it, just like that”

“Smile please, say cheese” Stage show on Parkers Piece

Is it coming?

An impressive collection of Olympic torches on display.

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Longstanton Wild life by Jeff Harrison

www.jeffharrisonphotography.co.uk

In recent weeks (and between the showers!) Dragonflies and Damselflies have been increasingly active in and around our garden ponds and the flying skills of these fascinating creatures are quite incredible. A couple of summers ago and at the invitation of some farmer friends I spent many hours watching and photographing Dragonfly nymphs emerging from a local farm pond and slowly making the miraculous transformation into Dragonflies.

This transformation – in the space of a few hours – from a rather ugly black ‘creepy crawly’ into a magnificent and brightly coloured four-winged beauty is just one of nature’s many miracles. And their incredible compound eyes – each made up of some 30,000 facets (or lenses) - give them 360 degree vision, making it very difficult to sneak up on them! Some 52 species of Dragonflies and Damselflies have been recorded in the British Isles and, contrary to popular belief, they do not sting. So do keep your eyes out for them on local ponds, lakes and watercourses. Finally, if you have any stories or reports of unusual wildlife activity in the area please get in touch with me by e-mail at harrisons@hotmail.co.uk or via my website. Here are some images showing some of the stages in that

transformation:

Here the dragonfly is drying its fully stretched wings in readiness for its first flight.

And here the wings are being extended by blood being pumped into them -

Dragonfly breaking out of its nymph casing and beginning to open its delicate wings –

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A £6m memorial to the 55,573 airmen of Bomber Command who died during World War II has been unveiled by the Queen on Friday 29 June. The impressive group bronze statue depicts a typical 4 engined bomber crew who have safely returned from a raid. The entire cost of this was met by private funding. One of the main instigators in this regard was Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees who died from cancer only weeks before and did not live to see the unveiling. At the ceremony in London's Green Park, Chief of the Air Staff Sir Stephen Dalton said Bomber Command's "service and raw courage" had been recognised. Some 6,000 veterans and families of the deceased watched a Lancaster bomber drop thousands of poppies in a flypast. Criticism of large-scale area

bombing by the RAF near the end of WWII had stalled plans for a memorial for years. Veterans from Australia, New Zealand, Canada and other countries who served alongside the British crew also attended the ceremony. LDHS’s 3min Aural Address to SCDC On Friday 20 July, Hilary Stroude, LDHS’s secretary, in company with several other concerned local organisations, delivered 3 minute aural statement to the Northstowe Steering Committee at SCDC. Our contention was that before any Phase 1 planning application can be entertained, a Northstowe Masterplan should be approved, as the set out as a legal requirement in the Northstowe Area Action Plan, as approved by SCDC in 2007. Bob Jopling’s request for information In July, we received this e-mail, from Bob Jopling, former well respected teacher a Hatton Park Primary, who is currently transcribing the old Long Stanton school, wartime log books ... “I’ve valued the Longstanton 39/45 entries, and use them each year in our village school when we study WW2. Sadly we have only poor wartime records of our own. If you get the chance, could you find out what sort of Shelter the school eventually had? At one point the logbook mentions concrete, at another it talks of trenches. Any ex-pupil of my age should remember. Wally Crisp, perhaps? And also – who were the London school the Logbook mentions? It seems they didn’t need to share premises for long; does anyone know where they went? Soon there won’t be people around to ask; it would be useful to record such things while we still can. Best wishes, Bob Jopling.”

RAF Bomber Command Memorial at last after 70 Years!

LDHS UPDATE AUGUST – SEPTEMBER, 2012

Tony Cowley Chairman, Longstanton and District Heritage Society, The Manor, Woodside, Longstanton, Cambridge. CB24 3BU For more information on any of the above, please contact us on: Tel: 01954 250819 or e-mail ldhssec@hotmail.co.uk

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FROM YOUR COUNTY JOTTINGS Those of you who are regular bus users will know that the Citi 5 service has been amended, with a new service from June that no longer continues to St Ives. Another consequence is that Fen Drayton no longer has a bus service of any description and since the spring I have been working with my fellow County Councillor for Swavesey and Fen Drayton and the local parish clerks to see what options might be available to

fill the gap. Before we can make any decisions we need to see what the need for the area is and what services people want. so there is a questionnaire available on-line. It asks what services you currently use and what you would like to see. Please take a few minutes to complete it and return it to me at the address below, so that we can gain a good understanding of the local need. If you would like an electronic copy, please e-mail me and I will send it to you. On a more positive note, Stagecoach have just registered further improvements to both the A and B service on the Busway, so that each service will now run four times per hour rather than three. It makes for a rather more complicated timetable than currently, but eight Stagecoach buses per hour plus the Whippet service is to be welcomed.

Although the closing date for comments on the Northstowe planning application was in April it was not until the 22 May that it was considered by the County Council’s cabinet. I am reproducing the comments that I made at the time below: Transport: Not going to talk about the A14 – other than to say that lack of capacity and accident rates are already of major concern to my constituents and this application does nothing to solve the problem. As far as the B1050 is concerned, I am pleased to note cabinet support for the provision of a cycleway between Longstanton and Bar Hill. This has long been requested by my constituents and will support the aims of better connectivity by sustainable means. I am very concerned at the proposal for so many junctions on the B1050 and their likely design. Four additional junctions (no doubt signalled) on top of the two existing sets of traffic lights for the Busway and Park and Ride site will give the appearance of a permanent display of Christmas lights. I am also very concerned that these junctions will be hopelessly over-engineered, which does nothing to encourage cycling and walking. Please do not let the B1050 become another Kings Hedges Road, or Long Road. Consider the size of Phase 1 – the same size as Willingham, yet Willingham manages well with just one set of lights and standard junctions which let people walk and cycle. My other concern about transport relates to the Airfield Road. Unless measures are put in place to stop this road becoming even more of a rat run than it already is. Unless traffic is somehow required to remain on the B1050 and not cut through Longstanton High Street, it is not just the Airfield Road that will become a rat run. I hope that cabinet will consider an amendment to their response to the application to include the need to address this particularly thorny problem. Education: Very glad to see the inclusion of a primary school from the start, but concerned about provision of secondary education. As it stands, the current application only commits to providing access to a secondary school in phase 2, so no

commitment to a secondary school as such. I believe there is a need to look at the whole problem, not just Northstowe. Swavesey Village College is already at capacity. A secondary school at Northstowe would enable students from Hatton Park in Longstanton to transfer there, rather than Swavesey, taking pressure off Swavesey but also providing vital social capital at the beginning of the development. In the light of the comments made by the scrutiny committee, I would urge cabinet to look at this again, with a view to bringing forward an earlier start to the secondary school.

Further, missing from the application is provision for post-16 education and also early years provision. Lack of early years and out of school provision will mean mothers being required to stay at home, leading to potential isolation and mental health issues (which we have seen in other new developments). Investment in a good quality children’s centre from the outset will reap benefits in the longer term and improve outcomes for families. Health: Whilst accepting that this is outside the scope of the county council, I am concerned at the assumption that health facilities can be provided from Longstanton. The surgery is not physically big enough and it is a long way from phase 1 – requiring the use of a car, which goes against the principles of sustainable transport. Can we think creatively and use one of the early houses to locate a GP surgery – as indeed was the case in many villages before dedicated premises were built. It would again provide a focal point, or hub where people can meet within the settlement, which will be vital for community cohesion. Energy and Water: I am disappointed with the plans for energy and water as set out in the planning application. The intention had always been to have a combined heat and power plant for Northstowe and I am concerned that it is not included. I understand viability issues, but if alternative arrangements are made for Phase 1, then I question whether future phases would ever be viable. Likewise, the water strategy falls far short of what might be expected from an exemplar. Given the description of Northstowe as an exemplar, at the very least a rain water harvesting and greywater recycling strategy should be in place. By the time Longstanton Life is printed the Northstowe Joint Development Control Committee will have considered the Development Framework Document. The meeting is on 20 July and I have expressed a view that the rules on public speaking should be relaxed as far as possible to enable local councillors and others to have an opportunity to address the committee. I can be reached at the address or telephone number below.

Shona Johnstone Highfield

5 Lowburyholme Road Over

CB24 5NP Tel: 01954 230565

e-mail: shona.johnstone@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

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District Councillor Notes Northstowe decision time On Friday 20 July the Northstowe Committee is due to decide whether or not to accept the master plan produced by Gallagher’s and the Homes and Communities Agency. I will be there and will be keeping the village informed on the outcome via email. A new Local Plan for South Cambs! Believe it or not, South Cambs has just (12 July) started a public consultation on where they should build the additional houses they reckon they will need between 2016 and 2031. You may think that Longstanton has surely already more than done its bit, but they are suggesting that the land south of the guided busway and west of the B1050 could take another 900 houses. The consultation continues until 28 September and there is a travelling roadshow which will call at our Village Institute on Monday 3 September. The only real way to get involved in the consultation is via the South Cambs website. Enter www.scambs.gov.uk/ldf/localplan and then go to Interactive Local Plan Issues and Options Report. If the system remembers you from earlier consultations and you can remember your password you can then start looking at the 116 questions, most of which are not relevant to us. If you have forgotten your password the website tells you how to reset it.

I will be emailing information on which questions are of significance to Longstanton. If you would like to be kept informed, drop me a line at cllr.riley@scambs.gov.uk . New Village Website At the Longstanton Parish Council meeting of July 9th, a presentation was given by Bahman Farzad, a local resident who has put his company's resources to work to create a new village website. The website is donated to the village and the maintenance, hosting and advertising will also be done by his company during the next twelve months trial for the benefit of the Parish. All advertising revenue will go to the Parish Council and the site will clearly provide an ideal market for local businesses who want to advertise their services to the local community. He has already had one definite contract for one year's advertising slot and expects many more enquiries over the next few weeks. Try it: www.longstanton.org He suggests that we try it out and sendfeedback to admin@longstanton.org See page 15.

Please contact me on cllr.riley@scambs.gov.uk or ring me on 01954 208000 and I will do my best to help.

Alex Riley, District Councillor

Important Parish Council Update Annual Parish Meeting: Held in May, the first item was to elect a Chairman, their were 2 nominees and Cllr Mick Yarrow won the casting vote. Cllr Bill Johnson got the casting vote for vice Chairman. The chairman said that he thought that there is 3 main issue to attend with, Planning applications, Accounts and the Pavilion. The members of the public in attendance wanted to see the annual accounts and asked why they were not available. The Chairman said, as this was his first meeting he didn’t know the answer and that he was frustrated as they were, he said that they will be available at the June meeting. All Cllrs present were given specific duties and committee were set up, a full listing of contacts will be made available. That was in May. The June Meeting came, still no accounts, more time is required before a presentation to the public. The Clerk was given special leave and at time of writing is on sick leave. The external auditor is aware of our difficulties and has given the Council a further extension.

An Overview: With no clerk all members have taken on various tasks. Cllr Ashby, for example, is on the Pavilions case in all its entirety, 2 members are separating the VAT invoices from Council documents, Mick Yarrow is doing agendas and office duties. Other Cllrs are doing the “nuts and bolts” to keep the village working. Cllr Riley is meeting developers of Homefarm and will recommend action that the Council could take. The council will

be more involved when the difficulties are resolved. The Council must have a clerk at all meetings. We therefore have contacted an agency who supplies clerks as and when we need someone, we are then legal. Brookfield Groundcare are doing extra work like clearing branches from footways and maintaining, giving some grassed areas extra cuts at no further expense. In early 2010 the Council, and I was Chairman, decided to give notice to the Sports and Social club and run the premises as a community centre, this way we could apply for grants to modernise. For reasons unknown grants were not forthcoming. Initially taken over these premises worked, (In May of 2011 I resigned from the council). However, as time went on things got worse, perhaps if another format was more recently followed then things could be different. The final loss for this venture will be known later in the year. Councils should work in the best interest of the residents, sometimes they get it wrong. It is easy to cast blame, the council is not a paid body; at the recent election there were only 14 candidates who have the spare time to serve on the council. There is a vacancy on the Council. In order to save costs I would have preferred co-option, however, if 10 ratepayers of the village want an election, that is their right. We have a lot of residents who would like to do their bit, contact me with your details.

Mick Yarrow, Chairman. If by the time you read this we are still without a clerk, please contact me on mick.yarrow1@gmail.com or 782323, and I will divert your query to the person responsible.

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CCOMMUNITYOMMUNITY CCONCERNSONCERNS Parish Council News about the Pavilion.

At the meeting of the Parish Council on the 9th July the following difficult news was announced. This is an abridged version of the full report: Acting in the best interests of the Parish, we have had to make some very serious decisions to deal with a financial emergency that concerns the Pavilion. The situation that we as a council find ourselves in is that we are legally responsible for unpaid VAT going back to October 2010. The letter received from HMRC (Revenue and Customs) confirms the legal requirement which has not been handled correctly for the past 18 months. The turnover of the Pavilion from October 2010 to June 2012 was approx £250,000. The VAT threshold is £77,000 (that is the turnover level at which VAT is due), which was probably about April 2011. We are probably looking at a VAT bill of approx, £21,000 plus a 10% fine. We will also have a visit from the VAT Inspector. So How Has This Come About? 1) Poor planning and financial management, no business plan to provide a structure to operate to and little accountability. 2) Poor decision making over facilities that were needed. Consultation and research should have been carried out before decisions were taken to ensure that what was being proposed held up to financial scrutiny. 3) There was no review of the Pavilion business at any point, which could have reduced the losses that we now face.

The Consequence Is: The Pavilion will no longer be operated by the LPC and will be closed from the end of July. This has meant that unfortunately we had to lay off the staff. When peoples’ livelihoods are at stake serious questions of accountability should be asked. By taking this hard action we have at least prevented the catastrophic financial losses of recent months estimated at £1,000+ per month We are looking at an additional loss of approx. £34,000 if we include the loans made by LPC to the Pavilion by previous council.

Present Action The council is looking to put the Pavilion out to tender under a lease with a view to getting some money back for the village over a number of years. A meeting has been called between the Council and the Sports User Group. Leases will also be arranged with the Sports groups for the use of the sport facilities. A Bookkeeper is already employed to rebuild the accounts of the Pavilion separate from the LPC accounts to determine the exact figure due to HMRC. Unfortunately we are left with the strong possibility of having to raise the village rates next year to cope with the outstanding VAT debt brought about by action of previous Councils. This is a very serious issue and for a new council it has been a hard decision to take. We feel we have acted quickly and effectively and it is unfortunate that we now head for an election called for one seat on the council at a further cost of £1500 to the Parish.

Cllr. Gill Ashby on behalf of Longstanton Parish Council

Longstanton Village Website Your New Website is at www.longstanton.org

The whole village, including the sports and social clubs, societies, associations, village organisations

and businesses are invited to make contributions and comments. This project is intended to provide a useful

communication tool for the whole village so please let us know your views and comments.

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WILLINGHAM/ LONGSTANTON SURGERIES

Reception Tel: Willingham 260230 Longstanton 207600 Dispensary 260073

Out of hours cover: Urgent Care Cambridgeshire 0330 123 9131

Blood test results Please can we ask you to take responsibility for ringing for your test results unless you have a follow-up appointment with a doctor to discuss these. The doctor or nurse will advise you at the time your blood tests are taken and if you have an appointment with the doctor you do not need to ring for the results. Due to the sheer volume of test results the surgery can contact only those patients whose results need urgent attention. Phoning for lab results Some results can take up to a week whilst others may be back sooner, depending on the type of test requested. Results are received electronically at the surgery by lunchtime. Doctors are able to view these after the morning surgery and home visits. Please ring for results after 2.30pm to allow time for these to be processed and filed in your computer records. The telephones are also less busy in the afternoons. Blood tests taken in readiness for Drug Reviews will be discussed at your Drug Review appointment with the doctor. Specimens Please label all specimens clearly and enclose any necessary information. Specimens can be left in the box at reception or can be placed in the letterbox (suitably wrapped) before surgery. Specimen containers can be obtained from reception and we ask you not to use glass containers for health and safety reasons. Samples are delivered by courier to the laboratories at least twice daily.

Confidentiality If you wish another party (eg spouse, partner, parent, etc) to enquire on your behalf we will need your consent to release this information. Please tell nurse or doctor at the time of the test so that they can enter your consent on the computer. Mobile phone numbers In the event that the surgery may need to contact you by phone or by text message, please can you ensure that we have your up-to-date mobile phone number on record. Going to Sixth Form or University in September? Often a change in environment can lead to outbreaks of preventable diseases such as mumps and measles. Our nurses would be happy to check your immunisation status and provide any routine vaccinations needed. Just book a nurse appointment or ask for a telephone consultation with a nurse to check your vaccination status. Acknowledgements Our thanks go to family and friends of Lloyd Jeeps of Willingham and also to the family of Dorothy Wayman from Longstanton, who have kindly donated money towards our Surgery Equipment Fund in memory of their loved ones who have recently passed away. Donations to the Surgery Equipment Fund have enabled us to purchase a new sigmoidoscope and we are now able to offer sigmoidoscopies at both our surgeries. This means that patients no longer have to travel to hospital for this service.

Cynthia Bidwell – Practice Manager – August 2012 PS Parking at Longstanton Branch Surgery The car parking spaces at the front of the surgery are owned by the practice and are specifically for the use of patients using the surgery. Whilst we have no objection to residents using the car parking spaces outside surgery hours we respectively request that vehicles are removed by 8.30am Monday – Friday. Please can everyone respect the spaces allocated for disabled parking.

Over Surgery News August Bank Holiday

Both Surgery and Pharmacy will be closed on Monday 27th August but other than that we will be open as normal.

Patient Confidentiality

We take the confidentiality of your medical notes very seriously. Everyone that works here signs a confidentiality agreement when they join the surgery / pharmacy, and we will not discuss any aspect of you or your medical history with anyone without your specific permission – this includes other family members. If anyone asks you for personal medical details, whether they be doctor, nurse, pharmacist, dispenser or receptionist you can rest assured that the information you provide will be held in the strictest confidence.

Repeat Medication Requests

Now that our new surgery computer system is installed, we have been able to improve our online repeat prescription request service. The new version is very easy to use – it has a list of all your repeat medication so you just have to tick the ones you need. It also makes our lives much easier at this end – so if you could switch from using the answerphone, fax or postbox to using this online service you would be doing us a favour too!

All you need to do to sign up for this service is ask for an online User Name and Password from reception the next time that you are in the surgery, and then follow the link from the “Order Repeat Medication” page on our website www.oversurgery.nhs.uk.

New Patients

You can register as a patient here by visiting www.oversurgery.nhs.uk and clicking on the “New Patient – Register with us…” link at the top left of the screen.

AandE Attendances

An AandE attendance costs the NHS £125 on average, compared with a GP consultation which costs the NHS about £32. We are going to start to contact our patients who attend AandE while the surgery is open to find out why they went to AandE rather than coming here.

The purpose of this exercise is to see whether the surgery needs to change the way it provides its services to make a visit to the surgery a more attractive option than going to AandE. If you are contacted we would really appreciate a few minutes of your time to help us understand the reasons for your A & E attendance.

Andrew Kennedy – Practice Manager

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LettersLettersLettersLetters Dear Longstanton Life, I'd like to share with you just how some of our residents celebrated the Queens Diamond Jubilee. One or two of us have problems getting about, but we were very lucky and didn't miss out because our ex-warden, Val Robertson, as she so often does, came to our rescue and arranged a Mystery Tour for those of us who like to join in. Sadly, not many did, but those who did had a lovely day out. We left The Dale at 11.30am and the driver took a route through many of the pretty Norfolk villages. We stopped at the Boathouse Hotel, Thornham for lunch, which had all been pre-booked. After our meal we drove to "Sunny Hunny" which wasn't very sunny at all, so we kept going on to Sandringham for tea. (My, was it busy!) We had a walk about to stretch our legs and then a scenic drive home. It was a great day out, thanks to Val and Andy who still share with us and keep us on our toes.

Sylvia Skinner

Dear LLife Editorial Team, We would like to say a very BIG THANK YOU to all those that sponsored us for our National 3 Peak Challenge. It certainly was a challenge and we managed to raise a whopping £1,302.50 for Alzheimers Research which is absolutely FANTASTIC! A special thank you to Chou and Andy at the Black Bull for letting us hassle their customers for sponsorship. Your generosity was very much appreciated. Thank you,

Netty, Lorraine, Debbie and Brian

P.S. We would be very grateful if you could include the photo's, if not the two then, the one with the four of us in please. The other is Snowden!

LLLife comments. Lorraine, we are only too delighted to print your photos and your letter of thanks. Perhaps, you could write a short article about your experiences on the ‘3 Peaks Challenge’, for our next issue? We are only too delighted to receive stories from anyone local, about their or group’s adventures or achievements. So please e-mail these accounts of your activities to our hotmail account longstanton@hotmail.co.uk or drop hard copy into our mail box in the village Post Office, preferably together with any photographs that are relevant.

Photo sequence by Harriet Ledger . More next page!

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Catholic Sunday Mass Cambridge: (OLEM) Our Lady and English Martyrs, Hills Rd, Cambridge CB2 1JR Tel: 01223 350787 www.olem.org.uk Bar Hill: (serviced from OLEM)

St Ives: The Sacred Heart, Needingworth Rd, St. Ives. Tel: 01480-462192 www.sacredheart-stives.org

Need home communion for the sick or house bound? Contact: Fr Edward Tredota 01480 462192

Welcome to Willingham Tabernacle Baptist

Church, George Street, Willingham

We welcome visitors at all meetings so please feel free to come along. If you have any initial enquiries please contact Trevor Rowe (Pastor) 01954 261193 or Hilary Wyllie (Church Secretary) 01954 260051 or look at our web site: www.willinghambaptist.org

Church Times All Saints’ Church, Longstanton For exact dates and details of activities being held please refer to the church notice board or go to the website: http://friends-of-all-saints-church-longstanton.org.uk/foascl/

Our FAMILY HARVEST FESTIVAL SERVICE is on Sunday 23rd September at 9.30 a.m. - an informal service (lasting about 45 minutes) for adults and children of all ages. A more formal HARVEST PRAISE takes place at 6 p.m.

The Salvation Army Silver Street, Willingham

Everyone is welcome to join all our meetings.

Please ring Daphne Watts on 07919024857 or Sergeant Major Gordon Spackman 01954 260066 for more information.

Games – Crafts – Food - Songs ..... and more!

A monthly occasion when families can come together to sing, play games, learn about the Christian faith, enjoy crafts and eat together.

Organised by All Saints' Church, Longstanton. Contact Rev. Malcolm Organised by All Saints' Church, Longstanton. Contact Rev. Malcolm Organised by All Saints' Church, Longstanton. Contact Rev. Malcolm Organised by All Saints' Church, Longstanton. Contact Rev. Malcolm Raby for more information. Telephone 01954 230329Raby for more information. Telephone 01954 230329Raby for more information. Telephone 01954 230329Raby for more information. Telephone 01954 230329

Messy Church starts again on Sunday 16th September from 4 - 6pm in the Village Institute

We are now in our 6th year and new families are always welcome

Written for this edition of Longstanton Life by PCSO 7049 Lee Page, Longstanton and Swavesey beats: Dear all, It has been a very busy, hot, cold, wet and windy few months since my last article, but what can we expect, we live in England! I am pleased to say all is well in Longstanton at this time. My colleagues and I have recently spent time speaking to Pub landlords in many villages regarding the Euro 2012. Also, we are still looking at problems and reports of door to door traders that are not licensed and anyone who decides to steal metal. This, coupled with road safety and speed patrols as well as my foot patrols, have all helped reduce some of the rural crime so far this year. I thank you all for your help and guidance and friendly approach whenever I have met and talked to anyone in the village. Cycle thefts from the Longstanton guided bus cycle racks have unfortunately increased dramatically and I have been in contact with the guided bus company, the victims of the crimes and I have now installed a talking warning sign at the location. With regards to cycle safety, this is the most recent “Police advisory” diagram and information we have been sending out to residents or victims of crime.

Please use “Gold or Silver” standard “D” type locks. The picture above shows the most secure level of cycle security available. It has been good to continue to meet and chat with those of you that have seen me, I look forward to seeing you in the months ahead. “Stay safe for now and take care”.

Regards PCSO Lee Page.Histon Safer Neighbourhoods Team.

Footnote:Longstanton Life have asked our local bike shop who recommends that bike owners check with their insurers as to what standard of bike security they require.

Email: lee.page@cambs.pnn.police.uk Telephone : 101 ext 7111026 (mobex)

Police non urgent c 101

Photo sequence by Harriet Ledger

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Bringing Home the Bronze!

This year the annual Community Magazine Awards ceremony took place on 5th July, clashing with our Editorial meeting. I attended on behalf of Longstanton Life and received our Bronze Certificate from Chris Elliot, Senior Reporter at The Cambridge News who presented all the Awards. After it finished I dashed over to Tony Cowley’s home where our Editorial meeting was taking place to share the excitement of our success. Of course, we don’t do it alone. I make no apology if our thank you list reads like an Oscar winner’s speech: For we must thank everybody involved. Our thanks to Margaret Hunt and the team of Longstanton Life deliverers who give us such a prompt door-to-door delivery service; to all of you who submit the copy and the photographs; to Mimeo who generously prints the magazine to such a high quality whilst keeping the costs low and to our advertisers, who by advertising with us, enable us to cover these costs. Together we serve the Community. A special mention must go to Louise Gamon who was on the Editorial team until October 2011. If you are reading this, Louise, we would like to thank you - you really do deserve the Award for all the hard work you put in over the years. Finally, who better to tell you all about the evening itself than The Cambridge Building Society who hosted the event. The extract below taken from their website is printed with their kind permission.

Pam Buckridge, for Longstanton Life:

“Local editors and publishers came together last night as The Cambridge Building Society hosted its 14th annual Community Magazine Awards. The awards ceremony, which adopted a traditional tea party theme, took place at the Cambridge Union Rugby Club. Guests were greeted by music played by students from Bottisham Village College. Fifty local community magazines entered this year’s awards and they were judged over ten individual categories. Two new categories had been added to help recognise local charities and colleges that have been producing magazines and newsletters during 2011. All ten categories had been formed to recognise the wide variety of community magazines in East Anglia. The categories included: Best Charity, Best College, Best Photo, Best Editorial, Best Front Page, Best Specialist Magazine, Most Improved Magazine, Previous Winner, High Frequency Magazine and Low Frequency Magazine. Judges, Chris Elliot, Senior Reporter at The Cambridge News and Louise Bateman, Head of People at The Cambridge were joined by three new judges this year; Rob Bryant, Managing Director at Mobas, Phil Robinson, Lecturer in Marketing at Anglia Ruskin University and Anne Bullman, Federation Treasurer for the Cambridge Federation of the Women’s Institution. Andy Lucas, Commercial Director at The Cambridge who opened the awards said: “We’re pleased to once again support these awards and recognise the work going on our local communities. This year we decided to refresh the awards and we feel they have been enhanced with the inclusion of new judges and categories. “The annual awards have become an important event in the calendar and prove very popular every year. The magazines that these editors and publishers produce are really important to the local communities and we are pleased to be able to recognise this as part of our commitment to the communities that we operate in.

The winners of the awards were as follows: Best Front Page - The Link Best Editorial - The Phoenix (Hills Road Sixth Form College) Best Photo - Fen Drayton Magazine Best Charity - The Voice (National Childbirth Trust) Best College - The Phoenix (Hills Road Sixth Form College) Best Specialist Magazine Bronze: Village Voices. Silver: The Mill. Gold: Goba News. Most Improved – Sawston Scene Previous Winner – Within Reach Low Frequency Magazine Bronze: Longstanton Life Silver: Littleport Life Gold: Sawston Scene High Frequency Magazine Bronze: Great Shelford Village News Silver: Comberton Contact Gold: Fen Drayton Magazine Andy Lucas adds: “I would like to personally congratulate all of the winners and thank everyone who entered the awards, the judges for their support and colleagues from The Cambridge Building Society who helped out at the ceremony.”

Pam Buckridge receiving the Bronze Certificate from Chris Elliot, Senior Reporter at The Cambridge News.

All smiles around the editorial table, after receiving the Bronze Certificate. From the left, Sarah Ballard, Natasha Chambers, Tony Cowley, Ruth Kilcullen, holding the award, and Ines Smith.

Group photograph time back at the awards ceremony, Pam 2nd from the right on the front row

N.B. Low Frequency refers to the frequency of the publication. e.g. 6 times a year as opposed to once a month.