St George's Church (Clive Hayward)
Edited highlights of the Friends of Little Thetford’s St George’s Church 2011 flower festival video.
View or download the video from here …
Photographs & video produced by Clive Hayward. If you do download the full video, consider offering a donation to the Friends of St George’s Church. Otherwise contact us to purchase a copy of the DVD.
Amber brooch about 1 inch across. Victorian or older?
A Little Thetford villager has shown us some finds obtained over the years from in and around his back garden. We have suggested to the villager that he should take a selection of these to the museum of Archaeology and Anthropology in Cambridge or perhaps the Ely museum for a professional identification. In the meantime, if you can help identify one or more of these artefacts our villager would, we are sure, appreciate it. The villager does not wish to be named. However, should you wish to know who this is, please do ask using the comment form below.
EDIT April 2012: Richard Ashford tells us that “One of [the coins] looks like a Dutch Counting Token/Jeton which is a 1586-1635 Hans Krauwincel II Rose orb Jeton normally inscribed HANNS KRAVWINCKEL IN N minted in Nuremburg. Better picture and description can be found on the UKDFD Ref 12931”
 Beads of various ages. We think the blue one may be Saxon? |
 Coins and spoon. Obverse |
 Coins and spoon. Reverse |
 Modern or older tunic buttons? |
 Lead curse? |
 Stone practise shot? |
 Tooth and bone from what animal? |
Grace Turnbull gave away some photos before she died last year.
Victory in Europe day 12-8-1995 at the village memorial. Present Mr Dickenson, Rev. Riglia, Peter Cockerton and Lady Bulger
Demolition of village post office and shop February/March 1994
Round House March 1994. After old post office and shop demolished
See also our recent request for information.
We have received an email letter from America about contacting Grace Turnbull’s sons Vernon and Wynford. Can anybody supply the contact details? Grace died in the middle of 2011.
Use the contact queries part of this form to contact us and we will pass on your details.
Lloyd McCullough using hands-on British Sign Language at the Touching Art exhibition, Arts Depot, London June 2011
Lloyd McCullough of Little Thetford exhibits his digital artwork in a London gallery between 13 December 2011 and 20 January 2012 supported by the UK charity, Sense. Thirty year old Lloyd, who trained at Anglia-Ruskin University, Cambridge, has Usher syndrome. He has been deaf since birth and is gradually losing his sight. This has not stopped his dedication to a visual art which he produces digitally on specially adapted computer equipment. The exhibition titled Secret Window is at the Reading Room Gallery, 65-66 Frith Street,
Soho, London W1D 3JR which is open Monday to Friday 9am to 6pm.
Photographer Ian Treherne, who has Usher too, joins Lloyd at this two-man exhibition.
See also
Update: 8 December 2011—added link to The Independent article
The latest village newsletter is now online. If you’re in the village – a printed copy should have already come through your door.
Can you identify the people in this photo and when it was taken? We think two of these people are Cyril and Norah Bedford but who are the others? Click on the photo to see those already identified and follow the instructions to add the names of people you recognise. Thank you in advance for your help.
Cyril & Norah Bedford and others unknown date
You may think it a little early but I am told that this is the time of year to plant trees so the Rt. Hon Jim Paice M.P. will be with us next Friday November 4th at around 1pm to plant a London Plane tree on the second section of Holt Fen (see map) opposite the entrance to no 11. You will be very welcome to attend this short ceremony and if you are a member of a local organisation and have the opportunity to make it known among your colleagues please do.
Dress code may be wellies and umbrellas but as it is only a short ceremony don’t let it deter you! The tree has been funded by the Parish Council and we are grateful to our M.P for finding this slot in his diary to ‘plant’ it for us.
Further information if needed from Jenny Staines or Cllr Robert Bullen.
Jennifer Edwards née Dewsbury from Australia has been in touch. She has sent us three old school photographs from the 1930’s showing Nadine Dewsbury.
Location of new recycling centre
As we reported briefly last month, a brand new state of the art recycling centre at Witchford near Ely will open its doors for the first time at 9am on Thursday 3 November.
The new Cambridgeshire County Council facility will replace the old, small, open air site at Grunty Fen which will close at midday on Wednesday 2 November.
The new centre will open from 9-6, seven days a week with a late night opening until 7pm on Wednesdays to make it even easier for you to recycle.
It will be under cover so you can use it in all weathers, and split-level which means you won’t have to climb steps to deposit your waste.
The centre, which will be run by AmeyCespa on behalf of the County Council, will offer lots of opportunities to recycle everyday household items from paper, glass and plastic bottles, to less commonplace items like cooking oil, paint and electrical goods.
The new facility is part of Cambridgeshire County Council’s drive to offer the best services for local communities and to increase recycling and reduce landfill.
Councillor Mathew Shuter, lead member for Enterprise and Waste at Cambridgeshire County Council, said:
This brand new facility is the first of its kind in the county and we believe it will change recycling for residents in East Cambridgeshire.
Not only will it make recycling more comfortable and convenient, but it will also help residents recycle things like large rigid plastics,
cooking oil and plasterboard. I want to encourage residents to visit the new centre with their recycling and help us reduce waste going to landfill.
Chairman of the local liaison group, Councillor Bill Hunt, said:
I am really pleased to announce the opening of this new recycling centre. The last three years have been a great example of the County Council doing things “with” the local community not “to” them. It speaks volumes for the hard work and commitment of the local community of Witchford, local businesses, local members and officers from the County Council that this fantastic new building is about to open its doors. I’m sure it will make a real difference for the residents of East Cambridgeshire.
You can find out more information on the new recycling centre and what you can do to reduce waste going to landfill, or go to www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/environment/recycling and follow the links.
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