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If you have an event coming up, or there is something that you want to tell the whole village about, just email me the details and I'll put it on the site.
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Chishill Bygones

Slide Show
Peter Wiseman's Photos of the village.
13th March, 7pm,
Village Hall
Tickets £7.50 including supper.
Bar
Raffle
Tickets available from
Peter Wiseman 838263
Janet Crouch 838301
Phil Maynard 838311
Proceeds to Village Hall & Bell Fund

Gardening Hints and Tips

A new feature on our website, Jill Foxley gives us advice on what we should be doing in the garden now. Gardening Pages

Winter Warnings

Gritting A national shortage of salt and a new countrywide rationing system means that Cambridgeshire has had to review its gritting operation. For us in the Chishills this means that apart from the Barley Road there will be no gritting in the area! Not only will New Road and Heydon Road not be gritted, but Fowlmere Road Heydon will not be done either. Map showing new gritting plan.
It may be a mistake, but it appears from the map that a section of the A505 around Royston will not be gritted! South Cambs Info Page

Oil Deliveries Due to the cold weather most of us are using more oil for our central heating. On 4th of January Jim Brearley ordered oil from 'BOILER JUICE' who claim to give a 1 to 7 day delivery. However, the 1 to 7 day delivery excludes weekends and the order commences only when they have placed your order with their supplier! Jim phoned the supplier to ask for help as he was out of oil and had no heating. By the 15th of January he still had no oil and was told it will not be delivered that day. This raises a concern especially for the elderly in our community who probably will not complain and just accept this poor service. So if you are in need of oil please allow for longer lead-times.
Church Vandalism

There have been three separate incidents of church vandalism recently. These were at Ickleton Church in Mid November and then again on 4th January. The second incident was at Strethall Church and the third was on Tuesday 12th January some time between 9am and 4pm at St. Mary’s Church in Newport. Please keep a close eye on your local church and if you see anything suspicious going on, please dial 999 immediately.
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Sunrise 5th Jan 2010 Photo J Brearley

'Red Sky in the Morning....'

With snow forecast for later, this sunrise photo was taken on Tuesday 5th January 2010.
More local photos


Feature
"If there's ice in November to bear a duck, there'll be nothing after but sludge and muck"
Country Notes from Wurzel

Fancy a Walk?
Circular Walks from Great Chishill 13.3Km
or
7.4Km

The Pheasant

Notes from one of the focal points of the village


Barley Shop Opening Times

Normal opening hours
Mon to Fri 7am to 7pm
Sat and Sun 7am to 2pm

Tel 848288

History
Read an extract from 'A tale of two villages' by the late Lorna Prior together with the Doomsday Book entry
Jazz!
An evening of big band swing with the Duxford Saturday Workshop Jazz Band
Saturday 6th March 7.30pm
Village Hall
Tickets £7.50 including supper (bring your own drinks)       Poster
Tickets in advance from Liz Halliday 838699 or the Church Office 837272

SPORT RELIEF returns to Great Chishill
The event will take place on the playing fields for a third time!
Find out how you or your organisation can join in and rise to the challenge or Click here to sign up.

Stephen Saunders

Judy Saunders and her family would like to thank all those people who sent letters and cards following Stephen’s death. We have all drawn great comfort in the kind words that have been written and been touched by the tremendous support that has been shown to us all over the last couple of weeks. Thank you all so much.
Village Email Directory

We have set up a village email and telephone directory which now has a few entries on it.

Access to this directory is limited to those people who supply their own details. Access is via a username and password, issued after you have supplied your details.

Click here to register your details.

If you have registered you can go to the directory here


St Swithun's
Benefice Church Services

Sunday 14th February

9am Heydon
10.40am Great Chishill
6pm Elmdon

Other Benefice activities, news etc.available here


United Reformed Church

Services at 9.30 on 2nd and 4th Sunday of the month
next service 14th February

Diary Dates

Mobile LibraryFriday 12th February

February 2010 Chishills Newsletter now available to view or download
Back numbers of Newsletters here

Forthcoming events

Wine Circle Friday 26th February

Jazz evening Saturday 6th March,7.30pm, Village Hall

Sloe Gin Competition Friday 12th March

Great Chishill in the Past
13th March, 7pm, Village Hall

Sports Relief Sunday 21st March
 
Get your event listed here by emailing webmaster@greatchishill.org.ukor phone 838311


Melbourn Library: Under Fives Story Time

If you are the parent or carer of children under the age of five, you might like to go along to the newly established Story Time at Melbourn Library, located in The Moor, adjacent to the front entrance of Melbourn Village College (follow signs from the High Street). This takes places on Thursdays, 10-10:45, during term time and is free! More Details

Bin Collections
- Fridays unless noted below
12/02/2010 : Green Bin and Box
19/02/2010 : Black Bin
26/02/2010 : Green Bin and Box

Thriplow Dump
Gravel Pit Hill, Thriplow, Cambridgeshire SG8 7HZ
Tel: (01223) 839001
Opening hours:
8am - 4pm Monday to Sunday (Winter) (1 October - 31 March)