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11-12 June – St George’s Church flower festival

Sunday 5 June 2011 John McCullough Comments off

St George's Church

The 2011 Flower Festival, organised by The Friends of St George’s, will be held in St George’s Church over the weekend of 11–12 June. The theme is 20th Century life in Little Thetford and we have ten different subjects, including, the school, the church, the chapel, the Womens Institute, transport, the village feast, farming, as well as the two world wars.

The event will be open from 10:00 am and close at 5:00 pm on Saturday followed by a talk given by local historian Mike Petty starting at 7:30 pm. The talk is titled “20th century village life”. Tickets are £5 including a complimentary glass of wine. On Sunday the festival opens at 11:00 am and closes at 4:00 pm. A Songs of Praise service will follow at 4:30 pm.

All the proceeds from the weekend will be used for repairs to this grade II* listed building. We presently have works in excess of £17,000 in the pipeline, with work hopefully starting in July 2011.

Parish newsletter

Thursday 2 June 2011 John McCullough Comments off

The latest village newsletter is now online. If you’re in the village – a printed copy should have already come through your door.

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Local history: Reminisces of the Round House from Mrs Florence Parish

Wednesday 25 May 2011 John McCullough Comments off

Round House c. 1945

The photograph is about 1945. At that time two families lived in the Round House before Mr Cox brought it. One was that of Lil Dewsbury (her brother Eric was killed in the First World War at Newville-Vitasse aged 23). The other family were evacuees, the Markhams.

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Local history: BBC Domesday and Little Thetford

Tuesday 24 May 2011 John McCullough Comments off

Domesday Book engraving 1900

To mark the 900th anniversary of the Domesday Book, the BBC commissioned one million volunteers from industry and schools to record a snapshot of everyday life in 1986. The resulting BBC Domesday Project was stored on two of the now obsolete Laser-Discs (LV-ROM) and intended to be viewed on the also obsolete BBC Master, an improved version of the BBC Micro.

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Archaeology: Winged chape

Thursday 19 May 2011 John McCullough Comments off

Winged chape

The Little Thetford winged chape was found by David Fletcher within an acre of the site of Harrimere Chapel. According to Mike Young, it is a rare artifact. A chape is a metal plate or mounting of a scabbard or sheath. A winged chape is indicative of later European Bronze-Age cavalry warfare. The location of this find around the Harrimere area suggests it may have been part of a ritual or sacrifice.

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Wildlife: Grass snake

Thursday 19 May 2011 John McCullough Comments off

Grass snake
(Natrix natrix)

Brian Marston of Little Thetford tells us he recently saw a five–six foot (1.5–2 m) grass snake (Natrix natrix) swimming in the catch-water drain at the back of his house.

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St George’s flower festival

Tuesday 10 May 2011 John McCullough Comments off

The 2011 Flower Festival, organised by The Friends of St George’s, will be held in St George’s Church over the weekend of 11–12 June. The theme is 20th Century life in Little Thetford and we have ten different subjects, including, the school, the church, the chapel, the Womens Institute, transport, the village feast, farming, as well as the two world wars.

The event will be open from 10:00 am and close at 5:00 pm on Saturday followed by a talk given by local historian Mike Petty starting at 7:30 pm. The talk is titled “20th century village life”. Tickets are £5 including a complimentary glass of wine. On Sunday the festival opens at 11:00 am and closes at 4:00 pm. A Songs of Praise service will follow at 4:30 pm.

All the proceeds from the weekend will be used for repairs to this grade II* listed building. We presently have works in excess of £17,000 in the pipeline, with work hopefully starting in July 2011.

Wildlife: Squirrel steals hole

Monday 25 April 2011 John McCullough Comments off

A pleasant walk around Bob Youngs garden this afternoon revealed a natural history delight. Examining the recently excavated woodpecker hole high up in the tree we saw an eye looking sheepishly at us down below. A few seconds later, a head poked out. It was not a woodpecker at all! It was a squirrel. As we said in another post, what comes out of a woodpecker hole may not be a woodpecker. We never imagined a squirrel!

Great spotted woodpecker. Photo Steffen Hannert

Gray squirrel. Photo CC-BY-SA from Wikipedia

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Recreation: Karate for families

Saturday 23 April 2011 John McCullough Comments off

Sensei Lee Nash tells us of his family oriented Karate class held in the Little Thetford village hall on Tuesdays 7—8 pm.

Archaeology: Burnt flint

Tuesday 19 April 2011 John McCullough Comments off

Local archaeologist David Jacques discovered this burnt flint whilst rooting close to the woodpecker chippings in Robert Young’s garden on Sunday, 17 April 2011. Burnt flints have been found all over the area including Soham and Cambourne. Such finds provide evidence of human occupation from the late Neolithic through to the Bronze-Age. It is believed that the flint was put into the fire overnight and used to heat water in the morning.

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11-12 June – St George’s Church flower festival

Parish newsletter

Local history: Reminisces of the Round House from Mrs Florence Parish

Local history: BBC Domesday and Little Thetford

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Wildlife: Grass snake

St George’s flower festival

Wildlife: Squirrel steals hole

Recreation: Karate for families

Archaeology: Burnt flint