JULY 2016

Spartan’s Success

Best Front Garden Competition

Flower Club — Ruby Anniversary

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In This IssueCouncillor Retirements 4Teenage Years in Brampton 5Picnic on the Green 6Brampton Biodiversity Project 72nd Brampton Brownie Unit 9Nature Notes — Meadows 10The Great Fen 11Spotted Flycatchers 11Best Front Garden Competition 12Women’s Institute 12Brampton Village Show 12Medieval Archaeology of Huntingdon 13Churchyard Memorial Rose Garden 13The Bramblers 14Charity bicycle ride 15The New Brampton Magazine 15Your Local Councillors 16Parish Council Meeting 17Churchyard Wall Repairs 17Brampton Flower Club — Ruby Anniversary 18Great North Road 20Brampton IT Mentoring 21Village Primary School Summer Fair 23CFRS Bulletin 24Messy Church Planner 24To God be the glory! 25Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalene 26We Will Remember Them 26Parish Churches in July 27Brampton Methodist Church 27St Hugh Catholic Church 27What Is AFIA? 28The Children’s Society 28Brampton Football Club 29Brampton Cricket Club 30Brampton Spartans Under 10s 31Childrens’ Tennis 31Netball 31What’s On Weekly 32What’s On Monthly 34Events for July 34Daily in Brampton 34Historic Theft 35

Editorial RamblingMy co-editor is away in far off lands

so I’m left to my own devices, whatcould possibly go wrong.

Firstly, a thank you to all those whohave contributed to this edition. It isvery satisfying that so many want tocontribute. And as you can see fromthe column on the right there is a widerange of subjects covered.

Secondly, the cover illustration tiesinto the article on page 20 about theGreat North Road, work on themodification and realigning of whichstarts this month, although you maynot see too much change initially. By2020 the view across the A1 on thecover will have changed considerably.

Thirdly, from the future to the past,with items about the village in the1950s and Huntingdon somewhatearlier. And for those struggling withmodern technology a helpful newservice.

Your Input

The editors look forward to yourcontinued support in providing articleand photos for publication. Please sendreports of the groups, club, andsocieties that you belong to, anythingthat you think will be of interest to thevillage or whatever you have an opinionon that you feel need airing. Details ofwhere to send are on page 35.

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Councillor Retirements

THREE LONG SERVING Councillorsdid not stand for re-election on 5May. They were:

Mrs Maureen Wigley, a Councillor for17 years,serving on allthe differentcommitteesover that time,including;Planning,Finance,Greens andFootpaths,Churchyardand Cemetery,and VillageFacilities. Shewas BramptonDay Centrerepresentativefor 5 years and10 years as Voluntary Burial Clerk! Weshall miss Maureen's excellentcontributions and wish her well for thefuture. The photo shows Simon Jordan,Chair of Brampton PC, presentingMaureen with a bouquet of flowers at thePC Meeting of 18 May 2016.

Mrs Eileen Collier, a Councillor for 12years, serving on 2 committees; Greensand Footpaths and Personnel, but moreimportantly Editor of Brampton Mattersfor many years, and managing Bramptonin Bloom (our entry into Anglia in Bloom)for many years. We received manyrecognitions, Silver and Silver Gilt Awards,finally achieving Gold in 2012.Additionally Eileen represented the PCover many years at Highways Agencymeetings for the A14/A1 Improvements,and also on behalf of many residentswith their concerns over how they maybe affected.by these major

improvements. Eileen arranged theCelebrations in 2005 for the OfficialOpening of the Memorial Centre,attended by our MPJonathan Djanogly.Eileen was not wellenough to attendthe PC Meeting on18 May and receiveda bouquet from thePC at home.

Mr John Richmond, a Councillor for 9years, serving on various committees;Finance, Churchyard and Cemetery,Village Facilities, Greens and Footpaths.John served a number of years as Chair ofChurchyard and Cemetery and for oneyear as Chair of the PC. The photo showsSimon Jordan presenting John withsome wine at the PC Meeting of 18 May2016.

Economy

The wife of a banker asked him why heseemed a bit down. He replied: "I'm awalking economy! My hairline is inrecession, my stomach is a victim ofinflation, and both of these together areputting me into a deep depression.”

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Teenage Years in Brampton in the 1950s

IN 1954 WE moved from myGrandmother’s house in the High Streetto a new council house in Olivia Road,

on the relatively new Grove Estate. Olivia

Road beyond No 8 was for several moreyears a building site, operated by Bedfordcompany Warton and Goodship, and wasa playground heaven for kids. In additionto my younger brother Simon, my earlyplaymates there, all from the estate, wereKeith Dunford, Anthony Hopcroft (whosesister Julie was one of my first “girlfriends”),Lenny Papworth and Maurice (Mo)Cannon who was tragically killed in amotorbike accident a few years later.

Games and activities included circuitsaround the Mandeville Road block, which Ithink measured about 500 metres; on foot(my best time was 1 min 30 sec), on rollerskates (all noisy metal-wheeled clamp-ons), in soap boxes for which speed of thepushers was more important than thedesign, and on bikes. We spent much timein the gravel pits between what is nowMiller Way and Belle Isle, neither of whichexisted at the time. Bonfire Night was abig annual highlight and we would startgathering branches several weeks inadvance to build a bonfire on the ground

in front of the garages on Olivia Road.Also for weeks in advance, we wouldspend all our pocket moneyaccumulating bangers which we wouldstuff into our pockets on the night andtour the village. (Health and Safety eatyour hearts out).

In 1955, I was one of three children atBrampton CP School who sat, and passed,the 11+ exam at the age of 9, under theexcellent teaching of Mr Roberts. Althoughwe were all so proud at the time, it meantthat we were always one year less maturethan our class mates (quite significant inearly teens) and in retrospect I think it wasa misguided policy. The other two 9-year-olds were Janice Windle, whose father wasin the RAF, and Stephen Morley, son of athatcher in West End. On his first day at the

new school, during the calling of his classregister, he responded to his form master’squestion: “Initials Morley ?” with: “C.I.D.”. “Ah,“Sid” pronounced Mr Charles, and Stephenbecame village character Sid Morley for therest of his life (sadly cut short by cancermany years ago).

Huntingdon Grammar School then wasa 1940s brick building, long sincedemolished, on the Brampton side of therailway station. Both French teachers, Miss(“Bunny”) Williams and the aforementionedMr Charles were close to retirement and ►

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Teenage Years in Brampton in the 1950s (continued)

both had taught my mother (then GladysHunter) a generation previously. I normallycycled to school, up Hinchinbrooke Hill andover the supposedly haunted Nun’s Bridge,both now bypassed.

Most Saturday afternoons, with myfriends we would catch the bus toHuntingdon for the matinee film at theHippodrome cinema. For the front rowsof seats the price was 9d (just under 4p).The “Hip” was one of two cinemas inHuntingdon, both in the High Street. Theother was The Grand which was rebuiltafter burning down in 1954 and waswhere I attended my first X-Rated film,the science fiction horror film called TheBlob. Being only 14 at the time, I spent aconsiderable amount of time practisingmy “walk” in front of a mirror at home totry to look 2 years older; (they weren’t toostrict about that at the Grand).

We would sometimes play on theracecourse at Brampton, a beautifulmeadow full of cowslips and other wildflowers, and the stream was deepenough for paddling, shallow swimmingand tiddler fishing. We swam in thewater jump on more than one occasion.Using this local knowledge, on race dayswe were able to get into the course freeby crossing the stream by a beam behindthe hedge some 100 yards to the right ofthe official entrance.

After school and during the holidays Iworked for several years as a delivery boyfor Sturt’s grocery shop in the HighStreet. I never enjoyed riding the tradebike which was quite unstable withheavy boxes of groceries in the front, andtyres which were seldom inflatedsufficiently. I preferred accompanyingthe full-time delivery driver in one of thetwo vans, Hubert Burton. Mr Sturt oncetook me and his (then) shop manager,Peter Aldworth in his Rover 90 to watchPeterborough United one mid-weekevening during the latter’s first season inthe Football League (1960/61). The Poshfinished top of the 4th division in thatyear, scoring 134 goals, a record whichstill stands for any division. They remainmy team for life.

In my early teens, I left my Sturt’s jobto join Eric Beeby (a good goalie forBrampton’s football team for decades)delivering bread in the village andsometimes out to Ellington andSpaldwick for Gifford’s bakery. Eric livedin the old bakehouse in the High Streetalthough the actual baking was doneelsewhere (Alconbury I think) and Ericwould collect the bread fresh from thereearly every morning in the rickety oldvan.

In April last year we asked forinformation about three cups, storedin the church vestry, but wereunable to list all the names on themas they disappeared around thecurve of one of the cups. We havenow found these missing names andSid Morley, mentioned in Mick’s tale,won the Festival Cup in 1960. Theother winners were J Witchard 1958,and D Burton 1959.

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History

THESE DISUSED GRAVEL pits wereexcavated along with many others inthe Parish during the early 1940s. A

second pit was dug sometime in the1980s, which today has a higherproportion of open water. Thephotographs below show the two parts ofthe site; on the left the older of the twopits and on the right the more recent.

The site is a fishing lake. It has areasonable flora with a mixture of wetlandand scrub taxa. Associated with this

vegetation the sitealso has a typical selection of Butterflies,Dragonflies and Damselflies, and a smallbird population, which includes Kingfisher.

Plant records

Taxa recorded are from BSBI datarecorded in 2013. 108 species includingnine varieties/crosses/sub-species, someNon Native.

Bryophyte taxa from ditch outsideLenton Lakes

Mick Burton visited the verge andditch along the south side of the roadoutside the lakes in 2011. Only tenspecies were recorded.

These are mainly common species., Great Scented

Liverwort is a liverwort of shadedditches and riverbanks. There are in facttwo very similar species of

in the UK. The other is. The “s.l,” after the name

indicates that this second species wasnot eliminated in the identification.

is an ephemeralplant of soil at the edge of fields and ontracks. It is, in fact, the emblem of theBritish Bryological Society.

The Cambridge Bryological Groupvisited the lakes on 27th November 2013and recorded 27 taxa, three of whichwere new to the parish.

Brampton Biodiversity ProjectHOTSPOT REPORT, A1 PITS (LENTON’S LAKES)

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Bryophytes recorded from LentonLakes

As to be expected, a number of taxa(about 40%) were found in here and inthe similar pits in River Lane. However,across the two sites the taxa recordedwere a good cross section of those typicalof this habitat in Huntingdonshire.

Of these, and (River

Lane) are the least common, with onlyaround 20 records in Huntingdonshire.

is generally found infarmland but has previously been recordedfrom gravel pits across the vice-county.

has been recorded fromwoodland in addition to gravel pits inHuntingdonshire.

Butterflies:

Eight different species of butterflywere found.

Dragonflies and Damselflies

Five varieties of Dragonflies andDamselflies were recorded.

My Thanks to Mick Burton for hisbryophyte records and Adrian Arnott forallowing access.

Copies of the complete Hot SpotReport, with full listings, are availablefrom of Dr. J P Doody,jp.doody@ntlworld.com

THE 2ND BRAMPTON Brownie Unitis at full capacity with 24 Brownies.They are an enthusiastic group

supporting extra activities outside thenormal meeting venue. This includes aDivision Day at Hinchingbrooke Park withother Guide, Brownie and Rainbow units;a Badge Day in Sawtry to achieve theWater Safety and Science Investigatorbadges and some will be attending theirfirst residential to celebrate 50 Years ofGirl Guiding in Cambridgeshire West thisAutumn.

We have been busy this term withactivities including making a card for theQueen for her 90th birthday; visiting ourlocal Tesco store, going behind thescenes to work for our Farm to ForkBadge — to understanding where ourfood comes from, and having a StGeorge's Day celebration includingmaking puppets and retelling the storyof St. George. We have also beenfinishing off our Gardening badge andare now working on our Friends toAnimals badge where the Brownies havebeen finding out about biodiversitywhich we will follow up with a trip toBrampton Wood. This half term we willalso be finding out about some of the oldBrownie traditions. We hope to end theterm with an outdoor games eveningand campfire.

Finally we are aiming to have a stall atBrampton Village Primary SchoolSummer Fair which we hope will be wellsupported by the local Community.

2nd BramptonBrownie Unit

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JUNE IS THE time for meadows. Theyare present along the river valleys ofthe Great Ouse and Alconbury Brook.

Changes to the management in most ofthese grasslands has resulted in the loss ofthe rich herb flora as a result ofagricultural ‘improvement’. However, inBrampton we have one of the finestlowland meadows in England, —Portholme. Traditional management,involving a hay cut in June and Julyfollowed by aftermath grazing by cattleand sheep in autumn, takes place on a

patternprobablydating back

to the 16th

century, ifnot earlier.Snake’sHeadFritillariesappear inlate April,followed byCuckooflower andamong themanygrassesMarsh andMeadowFoxtail and

Meadow Fescue. By late June FloweringRush, Lady’s Bedstraw, Meadow Crane’s-bill, Meadow Vetchling and theuncommon Narrow-leaved Water-dropwort and Pepper-saxifrage are someof the herbs that make up the more than250 plant species.

In 1607 Camden in the last edition of‘ ’ remarked “From these Castlehils,” referring to Huntingdon, “wherethere is a goodly prospect a great way off,a man may behold below a meadow

which they call Portsholme, environedround about with the river Ouse, the sameverie exceeding large, and of all othersthat the sunne ever shone upon mostfresh and beautiful, whereof in the springtime this may be truely said:

William Camden,

http://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/text/contents_page.jsp?t_id=Camden

Nature Notes — Meadows

Call into theCommunity Centre

Friday10–12 noon

forCoffee, Cakes, and Chat

Meet your friendsMake new friends

Arranged by Brampton Befrienders

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The Great Fen

THE WILDLIFE TRUST, Huntingdon-shire Local Group, invites you toattend a walk at the Great Fen on

Sunday 10th July at 2.30pm.

Our walk will be led by Henry Stanier,who is the Great Fen Ecology andRecording Officer. We will visit the NewDecoy Farm Area which is at the heart ofthe Great Fen. We hope to see a richvariety of wildflowers, dragonflies,butterflies and birds.

The walk will last about 2 hours;shorter options will be available, butunfortunately the walk is not suitable forpushchairs or wheelchairs.

Everyone is most welcome to attend.Please meet at the Information Point onthe B660 (known locally as Long Drove).Parking is limited so visitors areencouraged to car share. There is nocharge, but donations are welcome. Formore information please contact Tim on01480 457795.

Part of the Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire,Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire.

Registered Charity No: 1000412

SPOTTED FLYCATCHERS AREattractive little migrant birds whichare summer visitors to UK village

gardens and churchyards. Although theybreed with us, they spend ten months ofthe year travelling between here andtheir wintering grounds in SouthernAfrica. This is an increasingly dangerousjourney for them, and sadly they are indeep decline. Widespread lossesamounted to a 50% decline during 1995–

2010, continuing an 88% decline since1970.

Only some fifty pairs remain breedingin Cambridgeshire, so it's now quite a rarebird, but most rural villages still have apair or two. The Cambridge Bird Club isrunning a survey this year to find andmonitor nesting pairs, and it's almostcertain that there will be additional pairsin our villages of which they are notaware.

Please let the Bird Club know.Please emailspofl@cambridgebirdclub.org.uk withany information you have, includingrecords of single birds between now andSeptember.

See alsowww.cambridgebirdclub.org.uk/spofl2016.html for details of the project and how tosend in your records.

Spotted Flycatchers

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Brampton Best Front Garden Competition

WE HAVE SOME great gardenersin Brampton and you may haveseen photographs in previous

magazines, or in the Memorial Centre, ofprevious Best Garden winners andcontenders.

This is just advance warning that the‘Best Garden Team’ will be cycling aroundthe village again this summer looking forthe best front gardens, hanging basketsand planters.

It doesn’t matter if you have only a tinyplot or just a few pots — we are looking forgood choice of plants, colour and impact.So get out the trowels and the compostand get planting!

Prizes will be presented at the VillageShow on Saturday, 3rd September, andwinners will be notified in advance.

Women’s Institute

ON TUESDAY 5TH July there willbe our monthly meeting ofBrampton WI in the Community

Centre, High St, Brampton, starting at7.30pm.

Bob Scott is coming to demonstratethe art of Glass Blowing. He will bedonating five of the glass products hecreates to the raffle. Furthermore we willbe given a 10% discount on anything webuy from Bob… early Christmas gift ideas,perhaps?

We also serve tea and biscuits whilstwe have a social natter.

Contact Hazel Day athazel.day7@gmail.com or telephone01480 414623 for any extra details.Otherwise, just come along and meet uson the 5th. You will be very welcome.

Brampton Village Show

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS of lastyear’s show with over 200 entries inthe various classes — vegetables,

cookery, jams and marmalades, art,photography, craft, flowers, etc. and somedelightful entries from the children in theirclasses we are going to do another showthis year. This will be on the 3rd September2016 in the Brampton Community Centre.

Look out for entry forms which will beavailable from early July at various venuesaround the village including the PostOffice, the Memorial Centre ThrapstonRoad, various shops around the village, theallotments and Frosts who are once againsponsoring the prizes.

We hope too that Lynne will do herstrawberry teas again and the BritishLegion their fund raising raffle.

The organisers as last year will be AnneSaunders, Pat Prince and Billie Leightonalong with a team of very willing helpers.

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I was beginning to wonder if I couldaccommodate all the BramptonHistorical Society (BHS) members andvisitors that turned up for our regular bi-monthly, May, meeting at the StockerRoom of the Brampton Institute — theyjust kept coming and coming! The title ofour talk, ‘

delivered by Mr ChrisThatcher I am sure inspired such support— or was it just a bad night on the Telly!

However, I do not think that theaudience was disappointed. Have youwondered what was going on behind theshutters at the end of Edison Bell Way! Itwas only from our talk that I found thatan archaeological survey was beingundertaken prior to the site being built on— Aldi? Chris explained in great detail themethodology and great care required toconduct an effective study. This particularsite is adjacent Ermine Street which Iassume, we all know is of Roman origin.Chris and his colleagues were hoping thatthey would find further proof but, theywere not 100% sure. After careful removalof the top soil they discovered a series ofpits and post holes. Detailed study of thevarying colours of the soil layers led themto believe that some type of industrialprocessing had been undertaken —possibly leather tanning. There was alsoevidence of the stabling of horses, theskeleton of a horse being unearthed withremnants of horse accoutrements. Chrisalso showed a picture of some humanremains! A smashed skull, legs, spine andelbow he said that only carbon datingwould confirm their age. Also found weresome fragments of pottery and smallitems made from bone; a toggle, pin andpart of a scabbard. I had the impressionthat Chris was a little disappointed thatnothing substantial or ‘earth shattering’was found, however, hope springs eternal

so as they are stilldigging you neverknow what may yetbe discovered!

Huntingdon andits environs is wellknown for its history andthis splendid talk by Chris reminded themembers that we are lucky to live in suchan area. The aim of the BHS is toencourage and foster an interest in thepast and this particular talk did just that.

The next meeting of the BHS isWednesday 27th July when a talk entitled:

’ will be given byMr Donald Chiswell.

The Medieval Archaeology of Huntingdon

Churchyard MemorialRose Garden

DID YOU KNOW that there is alovely avenue of rose trees justbehind the church in the church-

yard? They were planted in 2009/2010with each tree sponsored in memory of aloved one who is no longer with us.

Although one or two people trim andweed around their tree the other 40+ arelooked after by two volunteers. We havenow reached the stage where we are inneed of some more help during thesummer months when everything growsmuch faster.

Is there anyone who could spare anhour a week or even a couple of hours amonth to help keep the memorial rosegarden weed free and edged — we sprayand prune them.

We have all the necessary tools so ifyou could help please contact :-BILLIE LEIGHTON on 01480 454453 orbillieleighton@aol.com

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The Bramblers —

THE BRAMBLERS HAVE now hadfour Wednesday evening walks. Thefirst two were around Brampton,

one taking in Hinchingbrooke Park andthe other going by the river and roundthe RAF camp. We had a very good walkfrom Kimbolton with views over thevalleys to the east and west, and anotheraround Paxton Pits Nature Reserve.Several of us also joined Dr Pat Doody’swildlife walk on 28th May — see photo.

As a change from Wednesday the firstJuly walk will be on Tuesday 12th, a 4.6 mileroute starting from near the Elephant andCastle at Woodwalton at 7pm. We’ll meetoutside the village centre shops at 6.30 toarrange car sharing or people can go directto Woodwalton.

The second July walk is still to bearranged but we’ll meet at the Black Bullon Wednesday 27th ready for a 6.45 start.

Three of our members have attended aHealth Walks leader training day. HealthWalks are intended to be accessible for all.They will last a maximum of 45 minutes,depending on the participants and will beat a gentle pace along structured pathways.This makes them suitable for those pushingbuggies and for those using walking aids.They are a means of regaining fitnessfollowing an illness or as a generalreintroduction to light exercise. All walkerswill be responsible for themselves, howeverthe walks will be led by trained walking

leaders and are a group exercise as they arealso intended to be sociable events.

They will take place weekly, everyThursday at 10 a.m. The first walk will beon Thursday 7th July. All those interestedplease meet John and Sue Breslin in thecar park at the Memorial Hall on theplaying fields wearing suitable shoes andclothing for walking. Please arrive by9.50am to allow for introductions andprompt start. Feel free to come along toas many or few walks as you wish.

If you are interested in going on a oneday training course to become a HealthWalks leader please contact GeoffStratton, 436126 or by email ongeoffreystratton@gmail.com.

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THANK YOU TO everyone who hassupported my lone charity bike rideto Santander in Spain for Macmillan

Cancer Support. So far your donationshave helped me raise more than £1,900for a charity that does such great worksupporting individuals and familiesaffected by cancer.

It you wanted to make a small on-line donation but have not quite gotaround to doing so it is still not too late:Go to: www.justgiving.com/John-Morris10

Some of the highlights of my ride:• 1,100 miles cycled• 90 most miles cycled in a single day• 39.1 top speed (mph) going down hill in the

Basque Country to San Sebastián.• 22 days 3 days extra than planned

due to a cancelled return ferry whichmeant I had to cycle 2 more daysback to Bilbao from Santander tocatch a ferry back to Portsmouth

• 7 ferry crossings• 3 the number of bananas that fell out

of my back pack, never to be eatenby a hungry cyclist

• 2 the number of times I fell off my bike• 0 number of punctures — thanks to my

bullet proof tyres!

To find out more about my ride, withpictures, go to www.justgiving.com/John-Morris10Cllr John MorrisHuntingdonshire District Councillor forBrampton, Grafham & PerryTel: 01480 458818 / 07788 977092Twitter: @johnmbrampton

Charity bicycle ride to Spain — Thank you!

WHEN JULY'S EDITION of the newvillage magazine drops throughyour letterbox it will be one of

2,100 delivered to every house inBRAMPTON. This is the third edition of thenewly presented magazine edited byJudith Chitty and Viv Jenkins so well doneto them both for all their efforts in putting ittogether with events, articles, adverts etc.and meeting the printers deadline in orderto deliver it to you prior the start of themonth.

A special thanks must go to all the 70+people who put the magazine throughevery letterbox. There are 76+ roads in thevillage plus those at Brampton Park —

formally RAF Brampton — and over 2,100houses. All are volunteers often with fulltime jobs and do a 'sterling' job. A thankyou must also go to the six volunteers whoinitially collate the magazines into areasready for the deliverers.

This is first class team work and theyall deserve our thanks.

N.B. As the houses at Brampton Parkbecome occupied we will needvolunteers living there to take on themonthly delivery. If you can help — it willtake less than an hour a month — pleasecontact me on 01480 454453

The New Brampton Magazine

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Your Local CouncillorsYour Parish CouncillorsSimon Jordan (Chairman) 383632 pcsimonjordan@googlemail.com

John R Childs 453922 john@londonhousesigns.co.uk Jon Chitty 437977 jc@jonchitty.com

Linda Ellerbeck 07974 121597 Margaret Footner 52759 footner@btinternet.com Michael Gladwin 399659 495mfg@gmail.com Jane King 417555 kingbrampton@ntlworld.com Billie Leighton 454453 billieleighton@aol.com Nigel Maggs 432294 maggs.nigel@yahoo.co.uk Elizabeth Ruston 434621 e.a.ruston@talk21.com Mike Shellens 456555 shellens@waitrose.com Anne Saunders 456985 klanky39@hotmail.com Lin Sinclair 457807 sinclair878@icloud.com Rev’d Jason Taylor 453341 revjasontaylor@gmail.com

Clerk to the Parish CouncilJanet Innes-Clarke 454441 clerkbrampton.pc@gmail.com

Assistant Clerk to the Parish CouncilDebbie Steel 454441 depbrampton.pc@gmail.com

Bookings ClerkDebbie Steel 384694 bramptonpc1@gmail.com

Burial ClerkRamune Mimiene 532239 r.mimiene@googlemail.com

Your Huntingdonshire District Councillors for Brampton, Grafham & PerryJohn Morris 458818 john.morris@huntingdonshire.gov.uk

Patricia Jordan 457802 patricia.jordan@huntingdonshire.gov.uk

Your Cambridgeshire County CouncillorPeter Downes 07765-833486 peter.downes@cambridgeshire.gov.uk

All telephone number area codes are 01480 unless otherwise stated.

Parish Council minutes, names, addresses and telephone numbers ofcouncillors, and other parish notices are displayed on the two village noticeboards, at the Memorial Centre and near the shops. The information alsoappears on our official Parish Council website at www.brampton-cambs-pc.gov.uk together with lots of other useful information about Brampton

Brampton Memorial Centre, Thrapston Road, Brampton, Huntingdon, PE28 4TB

Councillors’ SurgeriesThese are held on the first Saturday in each month

10–11 amin the Scout HQ behind the shops in the High Street

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The PC is newly elected, 5 May 2016,uncontested filling 12 of the 15 seats.

At the May meeting 2 people were co-opted to the Council;❖ Cllr Mrs Lin Sinclair❖ Cllr Mrs Linda Ellerbeck.

This leaves the PC with one unfilledvacancy — if anyone is interested more infoavailable for the Clerk; Janet Innes-Clarke,01480 454441, clerkbrampton.pc@gmail.com❖ During the Open Surgery Session Andy

Girvan, Campbell Buchanan, updatedmembers on the latest developmentsfor Brampton Park.

❖ We also heard proposals for aforthcoming planning application for66 new dwellings in Thrapston Road.

❖ Simon Jordan was elected as Chair withNigel Maggs and Mike Shellens bothelected as Vice Chairs.

❖ Committee and Groups Membershipswere reviewed

❖ The council agreed in principle to partfunding a Youth Worker to engage withyoung people of Brampton notcurrently in a youth club and to look atmerging the 2 Youth Clubs in the villageinto one.

❖ There was some discussion about thelimitations of accessing the onlineplanning applications on HDC website.

❖ A notice board is installed on theAllotments which can accommodatetenant’s notices.

❖ There is to be a Picnic on The Green on2 July.

❖ Various Community Groups/Activitiesare ongoing; Walking, Cycling, 2017Village Fête, Time Banking.

❖ The new monthly magazine is goingwell, contributions most welcome.

❖ Date of next meeting is Wed 15 June2016, 7.15pm, Brampton MemorialCentre.

Churchyard Wall Repairs

THE LONG AWAITED Churchyard WallRepairs are completed.

The photos show you would hardlynotice the difference.

We have had to work with the ElyDiocese through Rev Jason Taylor, theChurch Architect and the StructuralEngineer before even a brick wasremoved and replaced. Once all thepermissions and work processes were inplace we then had to wait for the winterfrosts to finish before the project couldstart.

Nevertheless, it all now looks splendid.

Many thanks are due to Sharon of theBlack Bull whose permissions andassistance were invaluable.

Parish CouncilMeeting, Wednesday 18 May 2016

Post Office — Opening TimesMonday 09.00–17.30Tuesday 09.00–17.30Wednesday 09.00–17.30Thursday 09.00–17.30Friday 09.00–17.30Saturday 09.00–17.30Sunday ClosedLast collection:Weekdays 17.00Saturday 12.00

The nice thing about living in a smalltown is that when you don't knowwhat you're doing, somebody elsealways does.

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THE HIGHLIGHT OF our 40th year willbe a special open meeting on

Saturday afternoon on 8th Octoberat the Performing Arts Theatre atHinchingbrooke School with Alan Smithand Lee Berrill entitled “Let’s Celebrate”.Both are fabulous flower arrangers intheir own right but together they make avery talented and entertaining team.

Looking back to when the Clubbegan in the early 80’s, the foundermembers were 6 ladies who cametogether, meeting in each other’s houseswith a joint interest in arranging flowerand plant materials in a creative andpleasing way. As numbers increased theymet in the Church Hall, later transferringto the Community Centre in the HighStreet as numbers continued to grow.We still meet at the Community Centreat 7.30pm on the 1st Wednesday eachmonth. Members pay £33 annually andguests pay £6 for the evening.

Inevitably, over the years, things havechanged; from the use of flowers andfoliage from the ladies own gardens, toflowers now flown in from all over theWorld. (The British are now promoting“Grown not Flown” to cut costs.) Gardenfoliage has always been treasured, mostlytaken from our own gardens and sharedwith friends. Crushed chicken wire or pinholders were originally used before wehad Oasis, which has now madearranging much easier. Accessories wereused in the early days, for examplefigurines, now we are encouraged to letthe plant material tell the story.

Administration has also changed.Everything was hand written; now wehave computers and our own websitewww.bramptonflowerclub.com

The Club has been very active overthe years supporting local charities.Many of our members have taken theirCity and Guilds examinations. In 2002we were invited to compete at ChelseaFlower Show and 2 of our memberssuccessfully won a silver gilt medal.

We regularly take part in festivals,arranging flowers in various localchurches including our own, and haveexhibited at Ely and Bury St. Edmundscathedrals. We have summer outingsonce or twice a year to places of interest,grand houses and gardens and wintertrips to shows.

We now have over 80 members(including a couple of gentlemen!) andwelcome new members and guests — docome and visit our friendly club — youwill enjoy the experience.

Brampton Flower Club

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Great North Road

HISTORICALLY THERE ARE tworoads which leave London for thenorth which used to meet at

Alconbury, at The Wheatsheaf pub,demolished when the A1 became theA1(M) in 1998. One comes via Hatfield,Baldock and Biggleswade; the other viaWare, Royston and Caxton. Both havebeen described as ‘Great North Road’ butour road is signposted all the way withthat name, although at one time it wasknown locally as the York Road. It was agreat coaching road and saw as many astwo dozen coaches a day travelling alongthis section; it is still one of the busiestsections of the road.

The A1 is part of the EU’s EuropeanTransport Network and as such isnumbered E15. It is the longest road in theUK at 396 miles, connecting the capitalsof two constituent countries.

The section through Huntingdonshirewas upgraded and part of a 1928 report inthe Industrial Daily News stated:

“From St. Neots there is an excellentrun of highway which includes asurprisingly small number of gradientsand which continues for a distance ofapproximately 29 miles to the town ofWansford. It is at this point that theHuntingdonshire County meets theboundary of the Soke of Peterborough.”

Intelligent Anticipation.“The reconstruction and widening of

this section of the road was an example of“intelligent anticipation,” so far as theGreat Trunk Road Project was concerned,by the County Council and the CountySurveyor, Mr. Herbert Leete, who severalyears previously had prepared plans forvery considerable improvements to theroad. The council adopted the scheme in1921, and in 1922 the first contracts wereplaced, five years before the Ministry of

Transport brought in its Trunk RoadScheme.

“By April, 1924, the work on theHuntingdonshire section was finished; thework being carried out in short lengths fromfour to five miles in extent. Mr. Leete’s plansprovided for widening the carriageway to 21feet. Other than this the work consisted ofscarifying, laying of concrete haunch andkerbs each side, and surfacing with a 2-inchasphalt carpet.”

Removing Dangerous Crossing.“In his plans the County surveyor

introduced necessary and welcomeimprovements to users of the road, atpoints where there were dangerousintersections. The first of these was atBrampton Hut, and improvement ofconditions at this point was acomparatively simple task.”

Later

In the 1960s the road was made dualcarriageway and the Brampton Hut junctionhad a roundabout installed. This junctionwas again modified to the present bridgeand roundabout (the site of the earlierroundabout is under the northbound offramp) when the A1–M1 link was made in1986. The A1 was straitened, the GrafhamRoad crossing was stopped up and a bridgeinstalled (see cover). Each carriageway of thecurrent road is about 23 feet wide. Morerecently traffic signals were installed atthe roundabout.

Third in a series giving the back-ground to the village roads.

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Great North Road (continued)

And now

The Highways Agency of the D of Tproposed in 1990 to upgrade the A1 tomotorway standard between Baldock andAlconbury as part of the strategy toprovide a motorway route from London toTyneside; locally only the section north ofBrampton to Peterborough was done.

At the turn of the century a newconsultation (the CHUMMS study)concurrent with a similar, London & WestMidlands study, was made for upgrading

the A14 which included changes to the A1west of Brampton. If these plans had beencompleted the changes to the A1 wouldhave been completed in 2015.

A £1.5 billion upgrade to the A14 hasnow been given the go ahead and thisincludes changes to the A1. Work to buildconstruction compounds (at BramptonHut and at the Buckden Road junction)will begin this month.

Our thanks to John Hinsby for the twohistoric photographs, opposite and on thecover.

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WOULD YOU LIKE to know how touse a computer or already knowand want to extend your

knowledge? In our Village CommunityLed Survey over 100 people indicated thatthey would.

Come and have a chat with us on 16thJuly between 10.15am and noon in the villageMemorial Centre Community Room on theplaying fields. If you decide to go ahead wewill arrange and design a course just for you.You will be mentored by a volunteer at yourown pace and there is no cost.

Some of the areas we can cover are:💻 Switching on a computer or tablet

💻 Using a mouse and keyboard

💻 Using the Internet safely

💻 Using email

💻 Searching for information on theinternet

💻 Connecting to BBC radio and TV andITV to listen to or see missed programs

💻 Shopping Online safely

💻 Changing your gas and electricitysupplier to save money

💻 Using a Mobile phone

💻 Using Skype to call and see family andfriends in their own homes and or

Facebook to keep in touch with familyand friends

💻 Using a Word Processor to write letters

💻 Using a Spreadsheet to analyse andstore data

💻 Exploring interests and hobbiesthrough forums eg gardening, cricket,embroidery etc and podcasts

If we have not listed an area that youare interested in tell us and we will try toinclude it.

If you want to know more about ITMentoring or want to join our team of ITMentors contact Peter, telephone 01480456396 or email p.menczer@sky.com.

Brampton IT Mentoring

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24 THE Brampton MAGAZINE

WE ARE STARTING to see the firstglimpses of summer and thehot weather — long may it

continue.

Cambridgeshire Fire and RescueService hopes you have all been stayingfire safe with your latest outdooractivities, but just in case, here are ourfirefighters’ top tips:� When out camping or using a tent,

never use candles inside or nearby andalways discourage smoking nearby.Never cook inside a tent either.

� If cooking outdoors, keep barbequeson level ground, never pour acceleranton it and use it well away from fences,sheds and foliage.

� If you have a bonfire, build it well awayfrom buildings, tents or otherflammable objects and make sure it isproperly out when you leave.

� When out in the countryside,extinguish cigarettes properly anddispose of them responsibly — neverthrow a lit cigarette into a field orwooded area.

� Don’t forget to stay safe around ourcounty’s waterways and if you seesomeone in trouble in water, call 999immediately with clear details of yourlocation.

For the latest news, incidentsand safety advice, or to contact us,log on to www.cambsfire.gov.uk orcall 01480 444500. Sign up to emailalerts and find us on Twitter, Instagram,YouTube and Facebook.

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To God be the glory!

I WAS REMINDED THIS morning of acartoon I saw in a church newspaper. Aclergyman is busy gardening when a

passing parishioner stops and says, “Goodmorning, vicar, busy about the Lord’s workI see!” the cleric looks up and says, “Wellyou should have seen the state it was inwhen I left him to get on with it himself!”

As I type this article I am doing so rathermore gently than usual as my finger tips aresore and my left hand has a huge blister on it— both from gardening. If you are familiarwith my garden you will perhaps haveobserved its natural, organic appearance! It’sa very large space and I don’t have a lot oftime to attend to it but both my wife and Iare making a renewed effort this year andwe are already seeing results. The gardenlooks better and I at least have discoveredsome aching muscles in places I wasn’tpreviously sure muscles were located.

The fact is that pretty gardens withwell-manicured beds and lawns requirequite a lot of hard work and effort. Noeffort means no results. Having made theeffort in our garden, my wife and I are alsohaving to compete with the snackinghabits of both rabbits and muntjac deer —they have entirely consumed thegeraniums and lobelia I planted as well asa host of other plants which we carefullyput in place.

The lessons learnt in the garden alsoapply to other ventures in life. If you wantto see good results you will probably haveto work hard and those looking at theend result will not necessarily appreciatethe blood, sweat and tears expended. Youwill also face set-backs along the way. Butdoing nothing will only worsen thedecline. This is also true of church life.

Grafham church is about to come tothe end of a phase of restoration work.The roof has been attended to as has theinterior and it’s looking rather lovely.

There has been much hardwork and not a few set-backsalong the way but I wouldlike to pay tribute here toHazel Powell and others atGrafham Church who have worked sohard on this project. I would also like tothank the villagers of Grafham who havecontributed financially and in other waysto the scheme and, finally, thanks are alsodue to the Cambridge Historic ChurchesTrust as well as other donors for generousgrants that have made the restorationpossible.

When the scaffold comes down in afew weeks’ time we will be holding aweekend of celebrations (July 16‒17) andthe hard work will be (mostly) forgottenas we celebrate what has been achieved.Please try to visit the church if you canover the weekend as there will be lotshappening, including a flower festival,fête and a ‘bring and share’ lunch in theVillage Hall after the 11:00 a.m. SundayService on the 17th.

As many of you will know, I look afterthree Grade I listed buildings and there ismuch to do to maintain them and toensure they are fit for purpose in thefuture. There will be more hard work andeffort but with support and encourage-ment like that shown by the good peopleof Grafham I’m sure much can and will beachieved. The ‘work’ will involve morethan just building of course, there ismuch to do, but it brings me joy to knowso many of you support us in what we do— thank you!

I want to finish with a quote I readrecently: “We miss so many of our greatestopportunities because they comedisguised as hard work!” To God be theglory!

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Parish Church of St. Mary Magdalenewww.stmarym.co.uk

Who’s Who

Rector: Revd Jason Taylor The Rectory, 15 Church Road 453341 rector@stmarym.co.uk

If you would like to meet with, or speak to, the Rector please contact himusing the details provided. His rest day is Friday

Associate Minister & Lead Chaplain of Hinchingbrooke Hospital Revd Scott Watts JP 411141 scott@stmarym.co.uk

Adventurers’ Sunday School (3–10s) during the 11am service Karen Large 433922 children@stmarym.co.ukYouth Club for years 6–8 Thursday 6.30–7.45pm youth@stmarym.co.ukPastoral Assistant Jan Edwards, 417380

Churchwardens Ian Stracey 457525 ian.stracey@stmarym.co.uk Ken Mackenzie 434374 ken@stmarym.co.ukP.C.C. Treasurer Tony Page treasurer@stmarym.co.ukP.C.C. Secretary Karen Large 433922 pccsec@stmarym.co.ukMothers’ Union Branch Leader Elizabeth Arkle 434924 mu@stmarym.co.uk 2nd Tuesday 8pm Church Hall — 3rd Tuesday 2.30pm Hilary LodgeTower Bells Tower Captain Ian Stracey 457525 ian@stmarym.co.uk Practice Monday 7.30–9.00 pmChurch Hall Booking Secretary 434374 hall@stmarym.co.ukChurch Mission Society Coordinator 433220Bible Study Notes Jean Carter 436846

House groups provide an opportunity for people to meet, tolearn, and to help each other as Christians. We have a numberof groups which meet and we welcome new people. For moreinformation, contact Revd Jason Taylor.

Ellington normally 1st and 3rd Tuesday evening. Contact Jean Clark 890033

We Will Remember Them

CHARLES WILLIAM PEACOCK was born in Brampton in 1887, a son of CharlesOwen Peacock and Annie Peacock of Factory House; his father was proprietorof William Peacock & Sons, plumbers. He enlisted, and served in "D" Squadron,

Bedford Yeomanry. He was killed in action near Maricourt on the Somme 24th July1916, aged 29, and is buried in Peronne Road, Cemetery, Maricourt. His two brothersalso served but survived the war.

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BramptonMethodist

ChurchOn The Green

Rev Matt Finch, 19 AudleyClose, St IvesPE27 6UJ — 462293

Mrs Rosemary Marchant 01354-677779

Mrs Myra Prior 414353e-mail: norma_nil2000@yahoo.co.uk

Mrs B Rands 52852

3 Mr David Bushby 10 Mr Derek Rutherford 17 Mr Tony Sainsbury 24 Rev Matt Finch (Church anniversary) 31 Dr Barbara Spencer (Churms)

This is interdenom-inational, not a Methodist Fellowship. You donot need to attend a Church on Sunday tocome along. Everyone welcome at 2.30 pm.

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6 Coffee Morning 10 am–12.00 13 Emmaus Bible Study 2.15 20 Shared Lunch 12.30 27 Emmaus Bible Study 2.15

Emmaus is sometimes cancelled ifinsufficient numbers

St HughCatholic Church

Buckden

Fr. Chris Newman CMF Tel: 810344

Saturday 6.30 pm Vigil MassSunday 9.45 am Family MassDays of Obligation

12 pm and 7.30 pm Mass

for children Sunday from 10.30 am

Before Mass when required

Disability Information ServiceHuntingdonshire

Offers free, confidential, impartial adviceand information to all disabled people

and their carers.Pendrill Court, Papworth Everard, Cambs.

CB23 3UYTel: 01480 830833

Open Monday to Thursday 9.30–2.30info@dish.org.uk

Parish Churches in July3 July Trinity 6 9.15 Holy Communion, Brampton 11.00 Holy Communion, Brampton 11.00 Service of the Word, Grafham

10 July Trinity 7 9.15 Holy Communion, Brampton 11.00 Service of the Word, Brampton 11.00 Service of the Word, Ellington

17 July Trinity 8 9.15 Holy Communion, Brampton 11.00 Service of the Word, Brampton 11.00 Holy Communion, Grafham

24 July Trinity 9 9.15 Service of the Word, Brampton 11.00 Service of the Word, Brampton 11.00 Holy Communion, Ellington

31 July Trinity 10 10.16 Holy Communion

Huntingdon C A BAdvice Helpline: 08442 451292Monday, Tuesday & Thursday

9.30–3.30Advice via email

http://www.ruralcambscab.org.uk/advice/

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THE HOLIDAY SEASON has begun.Some of us have already tasted therelaxation a holiday brings, the

chance to unwind, get away from it alland have some fun. For many families inthe UK, a holiday is only a dream. Whenfinances are tight, bills have to be paidand a holiday is an unaffordable luxury.Through disability, long-termunemployment or the death of thefamily bread-winner also make going onholiday an impossibility.

So the MU has set up an amazingproject called “Away From It All” holidays.In the Ely diocese we fund a few daysaway on a caravan site in Hunstanton forneedy families. It is heart-breaking torealise that some of the families whohave taken advantage of this project,have children who have never been onholiday! So if you know of a family youthink would benefit from a few daysAway From It All, please contact the MU

and we can put their names forward toour representative.

On 12 July our evening meeting willbe a Summer Social and on 19 July weare holding our Summer Garden Party at3.00pm in my garden, 46 Miller Way.There will be a raffle at the Garden Partyin support of AFIA.

What Is AFIA?

IN 2016, 3.7 million children live in povertyacross the UK: 70,000 children will run-away from home, and 1 in 13 teenagers will

self-harm by the age of 16. AcrossCambridgeshire, 28,000 children have beendeemed as vulnerable and in need.

For over 130 years, the Children’s Society hasbeen supporting and protecting vulnerablechildren and young adults. Get involved andhelp us change the world for children. We havea number of exciting volunteer roles, whichmeans you can give as much, or as little time asyou feel is appropriate.

are urgentlyrequired to organise their own events, fromcake baking to coffee mornings.

arerequired: 4 to 6 like-minded people can forma group, bring their community closertogether, whilst raising more for a good cause.

Totalk about the work of the Children’sSociety in schools, businesses andchurches, promoting our vision, valuesand support for vulnerable children.

No experience is required for any ofthese roles: You will however need somedrive and tenacity. Full training, resourcesand materials will be provided.

If you want to help, please contactRussell Rolph (Regional FundraisingManager) on 07713 101897 or 01480456065, or atRussell.rolph@childrenssociety.org.uk.

Just £20.00 will enable a ProjectWorker to give immediate support to aneglected child: Together we can makea difference.

The Children’s Society

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Brampton Little Fishes

A CUPPA, CHAT WITH songs, story andprayers for under 5s, in the MethodistChurch, 9 for 9.30 am start. Finish by

10 am. We meet each Tuesday in Term Time.All babies and young childrenwelcome.

Contact:         .Rosemary Parsons

(454910)Come along!

Mid-week CommunionThere is Holy Communion each

week in Hinchingbrooke HospitalChapel at 3pm on Thursday

THE BREAKFROM football,both national

and local seems to geteven shorter, and thissummer during whatwould normally be theclose season we havethe European Cup to

contend with. If you hate football there's along season ahead of you ! As for theBrampton adult teams, we shall be startingto train for the new season at the beginningof July and potential new members of theright standard will be welcome to attend atthe Memorial Playing Fields. More detailsavailable towards the end of June from meat 01480 370996.

Our two teams both finished in the topten of their respective divisions and a fewmore points at the beginning of the seasonwould have seen both in the top fivefollowing a storming finish towards the end.The first team won silverware for the first

time in many years by beating Warboys Townby 2–1 in the Hunts FA Intermediate Cup Final,a trophy which they narrowly lost out on theprevious year.

On 21st May the Club held its dinnerand presentation evening at BramptonPark Golf Club when Player of the Yearshields were presented, among others toGareth Owens (Firsts) and Adam Green(Reserves). Leading goal scorer this yearwas Danny Cain (pictured) with 32 goalswhich positioned him as runner up in theCambs FA Premier Division as well.

The Club recently acquired some newroll-on goalposts and nets which, if you usethe playing fields you will have seenstanding under the trees near theMemorial Garden. We would like to thankthe Parish Council for their support in thisand also David and Terry, the groundsmenwho prepare the pitch to a good standard.

The Club is still looking foradministrative support in the shape ofsecretarial assistance. More Saturdaysupporters would be good to see too.

Brampton Football Club

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Brampton got off to a winning start intheir first game back in Division 4. Castor& Ailsworth batted first and regularly lostwickets in their score of 184 for 9 in theirallotted 45 overs. The wickets wereshared around the bowlers withdebutants Darren Boucker (2 for 34) andNick Long (2 for 41) both getting amongstthe wicket-takers as did old boys AndyCanham (2 for 29) and Duncan McGregor(2 for 41). Brampton batted well keepingup with the run rate and timed itperfectly to get past the post in the 42ndover for the loss of only 2 wickets. StuartHenderson (69 not out) carried on wherehe left off last season and new boyDarren Boucker (38) proved he was anall-rounder by producing with the bat aswell as the ball.

Brampton carried on their good formwith a close-fought 4 wicket win.Brampton restricted Orton to 152 for 7from their 45 overs with Nick Longposting bowling figures of 5 for 33 andJack Wardale getting his first wicket forthe club. Brampton got off to a shakystart in their reply and was struggling on32 for 3, but a captain’s innings from IanPurser (49) helped steady the ship. Somesensible batting from John Parker (37 notout) and Duncan McGregor at the end,carried Brampton over the line with just11 balls remaining for the loss of 6 wickets.

Brampton remained unbeaten so farthis season, but due to the weatherrather than a good display. WithBrampton missing most of their bowlers,the worst case scenario occurred andBretton won the toss and batted first.

Brampton struggled throughout the45 overs having to call on part-timebowlers, even wicketkeeper Andy Wattshad to dispense with his pads and glovesafter 35 overs, having some successfinishing with figures of 2 for 26. Brettonamassed a massive 297 for 6. Bramptondidn't fair too much better after tea andwere on 69 for 5 when rain called a haltto proceedings. The game wasabandoned with the teams sharing thepoints, and Brampton breathed a sigh ofrelief.

Brampton lost their unbeaten recordin their first home game of the season.Batting first, Brampton set a competitivetotal with Stuart Henderson (57), AndyPegram (51) and Andy Watts (45 not out)being the main run scorers in a total of209 for 5 wickets. However, it was alwaysgoing to be tough in the field asBrampton were missing all of their mainstrike bowlers for one reason or another.Ickwell went past Brampton’s total in the38th over for the loss of only 4 wicketswith John Parker finishing with figures of2 for 40.

Stuart Henderson:Innings 4, runs 140, N/O 1, average 46.6

Andrew Watts:Innings 4, runs 78, N/O 3, average 78

Ian Purser:Innings 3, runs 63, average 21

Nick Long:16 overs, 74 runs, 7 wickets, best 5/33

Duncan McGregor:29 overs, 123 runs, 4 wickets, best 2/41

Andy Canham:23.3 overs, 99 runs, 3 wickets, best 2/29

Brampton Cricket ClubReports of the season’s first four games

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THE BRAMPTON SPARTANS Under10s are pictured after winning theHuntingdonshire Mini-Soccer

League U10 plate final at Jubilee Park.The team in their fourth seasontogether, won the trophy after a cup runboasting 10 goals scored and only 1conceded, culminating in the victoryagainst St. Neots Town Youth Navy inthe final.  Pictured are Charlie Taylor,Conal Geraghty, Tom Tyers, JosephRyan, Thomas Talbot, Adam Petts,Zachary Boddington, Samuel Rix, HenryMcCormack, Mason Leete and SamuelPiddington along with managers MarkRix and Matthew Petts.

In a fantastic season for the club, theUnder 15s won both their league and cupcompetitions whilst the Under 16s alsoreached a cup final.  Brampton Spartans,who play at the Memorial Fields have aSaturday Soccer School for Under 5s and6s and teams from Under 7s to Under 16s,are looking for players to continue theirsuccess next season.  The club is opento  boys and girls of all abilities — any

players interested in joining the clubshould contact Dave Copson atdavecopson@tesco.net.

Brampton Spartans Under 10s

NETBALL HAS STARTED again onMonday evenings and we werefortunate to have a glorious

summer evening for our first session. Westill need more players whether you haveplayed recently or as for most of us manyyears ago! It takes place on the multi usegames area on the playing fields onThrapston Road from 7.30–8.30pm. So docome along whatever age or level you are— you will be most welcome.

If you want any more details call BillieLeighton on 01480 454453 or the parishcouncil office on 01480 454441.

Netball

Childrens’ Tennis

A DAY FOR CHILDREN’S tenniscoaching has been arranged forthe summer holidays. Nick

Leighton from Halton Tennis Centre whotook the sessions at the launch of theMUGA a few years ago will be takingthem again and will bring balls andracquets for those who need them.

The date is Tuesday 16th August witha reserve day for the 23rd in case theweather isn’t fit for tennis. There will befour sessions for different age groups: 5–7years 10.00–11.00; 8–9 years 11.15–12.15; 10–11years 1.00–2.00; 12–16 years 2.15–3.15.

The sessions are free andrefreshments will be available. We arehoping to have a ‘Brampton Tennis T-shirt’ for everyone.

As there will be only 10 places per agegroup it will be necessary to book a slotbeforehand. Please call Billie Leighton on454453 if your child/children would liketo take part.

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Brampton Mums and Tots GroupCC 9.15–11.15Rebeccastockham@yahoo.com

PilatesMC 9.30–10.30zarawalters@gmail.com

Health and Fitness Class Keep Fit 60+CC 2.00–3.30alisonmount@btconnect.com 810805

DMJ Children’s DancingMC 5.30–6.30dmjdancing.co.uk Debbie 458522

Beavers 6–8 yrsScout Hut 6.00–7.15gsl@1stbramptonscouts.org.uk

Guides 1st Brampton, girls aged 10–146.15–8.00Laura 07796 331036

Gi Jo Fitness Bootcamp BMFMFP 6.15–7.15gi-jofitness@hotmail.co.uk 07894 534317

GET FIT WITH VIC Fitness PilatesMC 6.45–7.45, 07966 660028vicki.hughes.100@hotmail.co.uk

Bridge ClubMC 7.15–10.30Yvonne Palfrey 456462

Tower Bell RingersParish Church 7.45–9.00ian.stracey@gmail.com 457525

Ladies NetballMC MUGA 7.30–8.30Billie Leighton 454453

Brampton Thrift Shop37 Park Lane, Brampton Camp 9.30–1.00Judith 437977

Day Centre Tuesday ClubMC 10.00–3.00 Transport can be arrangedSylvia Kirby 433220

Little FishesBrampton Methodist Church 9.00–10.00Rosemary, DPBrampton@aol.com 454910

Topaz Health TrainingMC 10.30–11.30 Suzi Gibbs-Chalmersinfo@topazhealth.co.uk 456333

Slimming WorldMC 5.30 or 7.30Mandy, mandyreeve@aol.com 472086

Brownies 2nd Bramptongirls aged 7–10, 5.30–7.00Sue 07880883032

Metafit HIITCC 7.00–7.30gi-jofitness@hotmail.co.uk 07894 534317

Scouts 10.5–14 yrsScout Hut 7.15–9.00gsl@1stbramptonscouts.org.uk

Air Cadets 73 (Huntingdon) Sqn1 Hubbard Close, Brampton 7.00–9.4573@aircadets.org Flt Lt. Adam Cook

Iyengar Yoga MC 8.00–9.30Pre-book with Mark Issacs 01733 253615karmacorneryoga@yahoo.co.uk

YogaPrimary School Hall 7.30–9.00To pre book contact Jane 07958 757076

Stay and Play 0–5 years 9.15–10.45Brampton Childrens’ Centre, The Greencambridgeshirechildrenscentres.org.uk 376191

BodyBlitz Fitness PilatesMC 9.30–10.30 07812 243378imelda.zumba@gmail.com

What’s On Weekly

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Fitness is FunCC 10.00–11.00heathersteer@btinternet.com 840046

Brownies 1st Brampton, girls aged 7–105.30 –7.00 Contact Lesley 07557 341398

Music Hall SocietyCC 7.30–9.30 Jul, Aug, Sept onlyNoreen 01487 822443

Fitness PilatesMC 8.00–8.50, 07715 235770chloesquirrell@hotmail.co.uk

Art Class with Teresa GabrielMC 9.15–11.30 term time 07814 289885teresa.gabriel.4@gmail.com

Brampton Thrift Shop37 Park Lane, Brampton Camp 9.30–1.00Judith 437977

Hatha YogaCC 10.00–11.30lindatongue@yahoo.co.uk 350345

Weight WatchersMC 5.30–7.15, 07789 918366sandrews@weight-watchers.co.uk

Rainbows 1st Brampton, girls 5–7 yrs4.45–5.45 Vicky 07899 942868

Cubs, 8–10.5 yrsScout Hut 6.30–8.00gsl@1stbramptonscouts.org.uk

Connect2 Youth Club, Yrs 6–8Church Hall 6.30–7.45Hannah Arkle youth@stmarym.co.uk

Youth ClubMC 6.45–9.15Tony Evans 07432 070425

GET FIT WITH VIC KettlebellsCC 7.30–8.30, 07966 660028vicki.hughes.100@hotmail.co.uk

Befrienders, drop in sessionCC 10.00–12.00 Jan Edwards 417380

Shotokan KarateMC 6.45–7.45Sensei Jon Chitty 437977

Air Cadets 73 (Huntingdon) Sqn1 Hubbard Close, Brampton 7.00–9.4573@aircadets.org Flt Lt. Adam Cook

GET FIT WITH VIC Fitness PilatesMC 9.00–10.00, 07966 660028vicki.hughes.100@hotmail.co.uk

Martial ArtsCC 9.30–11.30sensei@toraseishin.co.uk

Huntingdon Caledonian Society, 1 to 3events held Sept to May. For details ofthese and other meets Pat 453774

Brampton Cricket ClubMPF afternoon matches May to Augradlermass8@gmail.com 07460 470615

Brampton Senior Football ClubMPF afternoon matches Aug to Mayfrancisburnley@yahoo.co.uk 370996

International Tang Soo Do – Martial ArtMC 10.30–12.00Alan Miller 07708 879973

Missio DeiMC 3.30–6.00damiangmitchell@gmail.com

Adventurers Junior ChurchSt Marys 11.00karen@stmary.co.uk 433922

CC Community Centre High StreetMC Memorial Centre Thrapston RdMPF Memorial Playing Fields

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Women’s Institute1st Tuesday CC 7.30hazel.day7@gmail.com 414623

Cromwell Quilters1st Wed. MC 7.00–10.00 International speakersand workshops Jane 417455

Brampton Flower Club1st Wednesday CC 7.30bramptonflowerclub.com

RAF Association Huntingdon and DistrictBranch, RAF Wyton Officers’ Mess1st Wednesday 7.30. Advance notice for RAFWyton entrance needed, contact Tony Perry-man 465395. WRAF and WAAF welcome

Distric/County Councillors’ Surgery1st Saturday, Scout Hut 10.00–11.00

Mothers’ Union2nd Tuesday, Church Hall 8.003rd Tuesday, Hilary Lodge 2.30–4.00Elizabeth, mu@stmarym.co.uk 434924

Mobile Library2nd Wednesday, Hanover Court 10.25–10.553rd Friday, Hilary Lodge 11.05–11.35

Huntingdonshire Group of Wildlife TrustMC 7.30 Talks Sept to March Outdoorevents May to Aug. timpfryer@gmail.com457795

Trefoil Guild, 18+ Scouting and Guiding2nd Thursday, Scout Hut 2.00–4.00jeanmking@outlook.com 890901

Brampton Ladies Social Group3rd Monday 8pmLeslie Morris 458818

Brampton Historical Society4th Wednesday odd monthsBrampton Institute 7.45pat.last465@btinternet.com 451514

Brown String, pop-up shopThe Forge. 1st weekend Fri to Monjulieleach24@gmail.com

2nd Picnic on the Green. Midday–3pm Brampton Village Event

2nd Cricket Match MPF 13.00

2nd Messy Church Community Centre 3.30

2nd Quiz Night Brampton Institute

1–4th Brown String pop up shop The Forge various times

9th Summer Fair 11-2pm Brampton Primary School

9th Cricket Match MPF 13.00

9th Forever Diamond B. Institute

10th Wildlife Trust Walk Great Fen 2.30 Info Point on B660

12th Brampton Walking Club 6.30

16th Cricket Match MPF 13.00

23rd Cricket Match MPF 13.00

27th Brampton Walking Club 6.45 from the Black Bull

27th Historical Society Talk: The Life of Edith Cavelle

30th Summer Ball Brampton Institute

Daily in BramptonBrampton Pre school & Playgroup, 2–4Church Hall, Mon–Wed 9–3, Fri 9–1 termtime. Maxine Repath 350588bramptonmanager1@gmail.com

Carolyn Parker School of BalletCecchetti Ballet & Contemporary DanceMC various days kangyparker@yahoo.co.uk

CC Community Centre High StreetMC Memorial Centre Thrapston RdMPF Memorial Playing Fields

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THE ARTICLE IN last monthsmagazine reminded me of anearlier theft from the church, from

over a century age. A report from theHunts Post of 2 July 1904.

“A scandalous act of sacrilege hasbeen perpetrated at Brampton Church.The beautiful gold lace that adorned thecommunion table has been stolen, andtwo linen serviettes edged with valuablelace are also missing. The exact time atwhich the robbery was effected is notknown. The Church is open at all hours ofthe day. Considerable violence had beenused to detach the gold lace from theborder of the table, the altar cloth beingtorn in several places. The police were atonce communicated with, and theneighbourhood has been diligentlywatched, but no traces of the thief have

been discovered. The lace was anexquisite specimen of art and is worthfully £50, much of the value being, ofcourse, in the workmanship. Similar theftshave been reported at Peterborough andneighbourhood.”

Harrods on the Doorstep!Have you shopped at the Brampton Thrift

Shop yet? Everyone is welcome. The shop islocated within the old Brampton Camp at 37Park Lane, PE28 4QD.

It is now much easier for you to visit:just arrive at the camp and let the guardknow you are going to the shop. We areopen every Tuesday and Thursday from9.30 until 12.30.

We sell all sorts of things, including lady’s,men’s and children’s clothing, shoes andaccessories; household goods and bric-a-brac;toys and games, books and DVDs.

We even have designer labels and every-thing is always at impressively low prices.

If you haven’t transport and would liketo visit, we can arrange a lift for you onThursdays. Please ring me for furtherdetails on 437977.

We can even serve you coffee while youshop. Please come soon and hopefullyyou’ll pick up a bargain.

See you there, Judith.

The Small Print is happy to print letters or

any other article from its readers. We may printthem anonymously on request, but for legal rea-sons they must contain a contact name and ad-dress (not necessarily for publication). We cannotguarantee date of publication.Please do not re-publish information from this maga-zine without first contacting the editors. Anything sopublished, could be in contravention of copyright. Thisparticularly applies to material re-posted on Social Net-works such as Facebook. Copies of articles and photosnot specifically credited are available on request.External advertising in this magazine does not im-ply an endorsement or promotion of the advertise-ment, nor its content, products or services, and thepublisher can take no responsibility for the qualityof goods or services offered.The new Brampton magazine is published by theParish Council as a community service. Opinions ex-pressed are not necessarily those of the Council or theEditors. Items for consideration for inclusion to theEditors by the 6th of the month prior to the cover date.Viv Jenkins, 12 Glebe Road, PE28 4PH, 451163,bpn@stmarym.co.ukJudith Chitty, 3 Riddiford Crescent PE28 4YH,437977, judithchitty@gmail.comAdvertisements: depbrampton.pc@gmail.comDistribution: billieleighton@aol.comPrinted by B&H Digital

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