Due to the corvid-19 crisis, the club is not able to hold meetings. However, the club’s committee have put together a programme of talks on Zoom for the next few months and would be happy to welcome non-members who wish to join us. Our talks are as follows: Monday 18 January. John Anderson, the Keeper of Gardens at Windsor Great…
High Street pavement resurfacing
This now looks like it will start on Tuesday 11 August and will possibly take 4 days to complete. People are asked not to park on the street during the day. Hopefully the Village Hall car parks will be available for people to use during this period.
CHURCH SERVICES
We are very pleased to be starting face-to-face services from August onwards, with services inside some of our church buildings and also open air worship. Following government guidelines there will be restrictions on the amount of people who may attend these services and please note that with services inside a church building, people will be required to wear a mask.…
West Wickham – Balsham Road Closure.
This road is being resurfaced in August. The expected start date is 8 August and the road will be closed 7.30am – 6pm, for approximately 4 days. The work is weather dependent so the dates could change. There will be a diversion in place via West Wratting so people living in the High Street and Burton End can expect an…
Daisy Chains Pre-School re-opening
Daisy Chains has re-opened and will be available between 09:30 to 13:00 on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday of each week. During these opening times there will be some activities taking place outside the Village Hall. The Parish Council obtained advice that the playground could be used if a section was fenced off for the exclusive use of Daisy Chains Pre-School.…
Household Recycling Centres
The County Council, who run the household recycling centre’s in Cambridgeshire, have a plan in place to reopen the centres on Monday 11th May. There will, of course, be restrictions in place to keep social distancing. Full detail can be found here – https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/news/re-opening-of-household-recycling-centres
Granta Medical Practice – Prescriptions
All prescriptions from Linton Health Centre can be ordered over the phone; there is no need to take your paper prescription to the Health Centre. If you can pick them up, you can instruct the pharmacist and your medication can be sent to Balsham PO where it can be delivered to you if you wish. To contact the Pharmacy phone…
ONLINE CHURCH SERVICES
The Granta Vale group of churches are currently streaming two services a week online; Evening Prayer (Compline) on Thursdays at 9.00pm, and a service at 10.00am each Sunday, Time for Prayer. Details of how to access these services are sent out in the twice weekly church newsletter.If you would like to start receiving the newsletter please contact Cazzy Walshe, Parish…
THE LOCAL HISTORY CLUB AND THE GARDENING CLUB ARE HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS
Being at home and looking out of your window or walking about the village more doing your daily exercise you might be looking around you and beginning to have questions like: How old is my house? Who lived here in the past? Why are there farmhouses in the middle of the fields? Have the fields always been there? Which is…
Red Lion, Horseheath meat boxes
This might be of interest to villagers. Update21 March. Out of stock and not taking any more orders but will be ordering more supplies next week. Try phoning them.