Monday 21 March: Growing for showing. Talk by show judge Nigel Start. 7.30pm, Village Hall
West Wickham & District Gardening Club
Monday 21 February: Climate change in our gardens – effects and affects. Talk and discussion, led by Sue & Clive Boase. 7.30pm, West Wickham Village Hall
West Wickham & District Local History Club
NEXT MEETING Monday 14 February These are a few of my favourite things A very personal selection from the collections of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Talk by Andrew Morris 7.30pm, West Wickham Village Hall NEW MEMBERS AND VISITORS ALWAYS WELCOME
West Wickham & District Gardening Club
Monday 17 January, 7.30pm: Ferns and companions. Talk by George Lockwood. STOP PRESS. This will now be an online zoom presentation. Please contact the Chairman for details of how to join this talk. See below for contact details Arthur Mawby. Tel: 01223 290474. Email: arthur.mawby@mypostoffice.co.uk
West Wickham & District Local History Club
The Club is still planning to hold our meeting on Monday 10 January, as usual – 7.30pm in the Village Hall. We will be showing a film about Henry Morris who was responsible for ‘creating’ village colleges. It lasts about 50 minutes.
Greater Cambridge Partnership Transport Consultation
Regretfully this information arrived too late to be included in the Village Voice. The Greater Cambridge Partnership are currently consulting on proposals for greener travel in and around the city of Cambridge. The proposals can be seen and commented upon here – https://consultcambs.uk.engagementhq.com/making-connections-2021 – interestingly, for those villages off the A1307, there is a proposal for a new, more regular,…
West Wickham & District Gardening Club talk – Monday 18 October
FLAMES & FEATHERS A talk on tulip appreciation and obsession. By Andrew Morris 7.30pm Village Hall The extensively illustrated talk will cover the history of how the tulip was brought from its homeland in central Asia to become the national symbol of the Ottoman Empire, before being exported to Western Europe in the 17th century. Here people went wild…
West Wickham & District Local History Club talk – Monday 11 October
We’re back! We will be starting our programme of talks in October and all are welcome. We are grateful to the Village Hall Committee for allowing us to use the whole Hall so there will be plenty of room to space out. The Covid protocols require much extra work, so we will not be serving our usual refreshments after the…
West Wickham Neighbourhood Plan Consultation: just 1 week remaining.
Thank you to everyone who has already taken part in the Neighbourhood Plan consultation. If you haven’t responded yet, it isn’t too late but time is running out. The deadline for submissions is midnight on 30 June 2021.You can read all about the consultation and how to respond at:https://westwickham.org/plan_reg14 Make sure that your views on future development in the Parish…
CHURCH FETE, BBQ AND DOG SHOW 3 July at 1pm at Manor Farm
I am appealing again to your generosity. Last year we were unable to fundraise and as church attendance was affected, so weekly collections have gone down considerably. As you can appreciate, the fete is a very important fund raising event, with all proceeds and donations going towards the upkeep of the Church.If you have any good bric-a-brac, a bottle for…