Please make a note in your diary that this year’s Annual Show will be held in the Village Hall on Saturday, 13th August. The Schedule can be found here. Show Schedule 2022 There are 2 Children’s Classes, 15 Vegetable & Fruit Classes, 10 Flower & Pot Plant Classes including, for the first time, a best scented flower class where everyone…
Reminder: Resumption of Green Bin Collections Tues 18th Jan
This is a reminder that the green bins will be collected from West Wickham and Streetly End on Tuesday 18th January, along with the Blue Bins.
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
Cancelled: Road Closure, Streetly End, 7th-11th Feb 2022
Due to further works required other than just the new water and electrical connections, the original road closure application in Streetly End for 7th-11th February 2022 has been cancelled. There will be no closure for these works in February. Once a contractor has been appointed to complete the sewerage connection and the driveway alterations, planning for the road closure will…
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.
Coffee Morning – 20th January
We will be holding another coffee morning from 10.30 on Thursday, 20th January in West Wickham Village Hall. There will be a variety of tea, coffee, cakes and biscuits to enjoy. A fine opportunity to meet your neighbours so do come along. More information from Di Licence (290434) and Sue Thurston (897811)
COFFEE MORNING – this Monday, 13th December
The coffee morning, planned for this Monday, 13th December, 10.30 at the Village Hall is still going ahead so please come along and enjoy a tea, coffee, mince pies and other Christmassy treats with your friends and neighbours. Please bring a book or magazine to swap and let us know if you’d like this to become a regular event .…
Green Bin Collection Suspended
Our green bin collection has been suspended from Monday 13th December. Our next Green Bin collection will be on Tuesday 18th January 2022, along with our Blue Bin collection. During the green bin suspension, the advice for garden waste is to store this in the green bin or in a pile in the garden, or home compost, until collections resume.…
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,…
Christmas Hub News
Thanks for all your continued support, due to recent Covid developments we feel it is in everyone’s best interests to cancel Decembers Hub Night. As a festive thank you for your support we have donated this month to Crisis at Christmas. The last two months we have made donations to The Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2021 and BBC Children…