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July 2011 1 Issue 83

Grafham GossipIssue 84 Early Deadline: Midnight Thursday 14th July

Editors’ note...Summer is here - maybe? And we havea twelve page bumper edition for you!Support the Grafham girls, below. Learnmore local history in ‘A Long Lost Cottage’ on page 3. Findout how the Cricket Club is doing this season on page 4 andabout the village sign in the Parish News also on page 4.Ponder over a ‘Letter to the Editors’ on page 6. Think aboutjoining the Grafham Tang Soo Do Club on page 7. Sign upfor the Grafham Oil Syndicate on page 9. Colour the pictureon page 10 and much, much more! We love to hear from you so please continue to send in allyour letters, news and notices.

Editors, [email protected]

Grafham All Saints26th June (4th Sunday) 11.00Sunday Worship with Baptism_________

3rd July (1st Sunday) 11.00 Family Service10th July (2nd Sunday) 8.00 Eucharist

(No 11.00 Service at Grafham butEucharist at Ellington 11.00)17th July (3rd Sunday) 11.00 Sunday Worship24th July (4th Sunday) 11.00 Eucharist 31st July (5th Sunday) 11.00 Patronal Festival

at Spaldwick ________7th August (1st Sunday) 11.00 Family Service

Visitors very welcome at any serviceContacting the clergy: Rector - Fr Jonathan Young The Rectory, Ellington PE 28 0AU 01480 891695Churchwarden - Hazel Powell 01480 810326

Want cheaper oil?Then let Grafham join together. More andmore communities are joining forces tomake bulk purchases. The oil companieslike this as, they can empty one truck injust one town and they pass on their sav-ings to their customers, YOU.For more details and a registration formplease look on page 9.

September NoticesThe September Grafham Gossip may not be published before the beginning of September. If you have any activi-ties in the first week or so of September, please send us the information by July 14th so we can print it in the Augustissue as well as the September issue. Thhanks! Editors, [email protected]

Glory for Grafham GirlsOn Sunday 19th June, Amy and Felicity Jenkinsonand Becca Sinfield took part in the Huntingdon 10Krun to raise money for 'Save All Saints' GrafhamChurch Restoration Fund. They had been in trainingfor some weeks and were very pleased to have put intheir best time to date on the day, despite rough ter-rain and an allergy to the rapeseed! Anyone whowould like to sponsor them, please contact SAS treas-urer, Martin 811668 or email: [email protected] total raised so far is £170. Well done girls!



A Shepherd’s Tale June 2011After the quiet of April May has been a frantic month.Exasperated by the lack of rain, I decided to cut my hay in thethird week of May. Potentially yields would be down but in theo-ry the grass would be easier to dry and the quality of the haywould be better. Things went well for the first few days but raincame just as the hay was nearly fit and the process wasknocked back a few days. We eventually made 264 bales.Although the hay was a bit wetter than I would like we did theright thing as they day after baling we had a modest "soaking".

The bales are prettyheavy so an old balesqueeze which liftedthe bales on to thetrailer was resurrected to make handling easier. Hopefully we have justenough hay now for the winter.At the same time as making hay we sheared the sheep; with so manymore to shear the shepherds set up two shearing stations and brought anovice assistant. Anyway we cracked on. The novice, when he had a go,was much slower and left a rougher finish but it’s important to encouragebeginners to learn such a basic skill. We now have the proverbial threebags of wool and the good news is that wool prices are starting to recov-er after a prolonged slump; still not enough to cover the cost of shearing,but a lot better than last year.Our final hoped for excitement was Open Farm Sunday when manyBritish farms open their doors to the public. I had been discussing the

idea with neighbouring farms and felt that it would be good to open my small flock up as a low key pilot. Dealingwith health and safety issues was a nightmare, but it did mean we had a good reason for a tidy up. Well needlessto say, it was the same day as the church fête and the cold wet weather put everyone off which was a big disap-pointment, but at least we have a tidy farm and a new outdoor sink.

Shearing 2011

District Councillors Peter Downes andPatricia Jordan are available at the vil-

lage hall from 11.15 to 11.45 on the first Saturday of the month.

At other times contact: [email protected]

tel 398082 [email protected]

tel 457802

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Moving hay

Grafham Community Allotmentand Gardening Association

A door to door survey was undertaken by two mem-bers of the Grafham Allotment Commitee to update thelist of people wishing to rent potential allotments. If youwere unavailable and wish to add your name to the listplease email:

MelissaDavis@[email protected]’d like to establish how many plots we need.

Many thanks, Melissa Davis Chairperson of GCAGA



NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHJune 2011There will be a full report of the annu-al meeting, held on Tuesday June21st, in the next issue of the GrafhamGossip.There were no incidents reported inGrafham in June.Boiler Room Scams Boiler Rooms are businesses that use high pressuresales techniques to sell "sure thing" investments withthe promise of massive returns. In fact, what they're sell-ing is worthless stock, in often unquoted companies thatare either overvalued or simply don't exist at all.Boiler Room operatives generally cold call their targets,using phone numbers from publicly available sharehold-er lists. Because it is against the law to cold call in theUK, they tend to be based abroad (often Spain,Switzerland or the US) where they're beyond the juris-diction of the Financial Services Authority (FSA). Theycan approach anyone, anywhere.The caller will sound legitimate and may mention com-panies you've heard of, give themselves a UK addressor phone number and have a professional looking web-site.If you are called contact the FSA contact centre on 0845606 1234 or more information can be found on the FSAwebsite: www.fsa.gov.ukCambridgeshire Police Authority has details of a freeproperty registration scheme and the facility to list allvaluables - of particular interest for our location is theregistration of bicycles.Details on www.cambs.police.ukor www.immobilise.com

All emergencies 999Police Control Centre 0345 456 4564Minicom for hard of hearing 01480 422493 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 (anonymous)Anti-social behaviour 01480 388379To stop unwanted mail 0845 703 459 9 To stop unwanted phone calls 0845 070 070 7To reoprt anti-social behaviour in Grafham

01480 388379 / 387097 or e-mail: [email protected] or [email protected]

James Snell 07951 069 565email: [email protected]

Church FêteHow unlucky was that, the first wetday for weeks and it happened to befête day! A big “Thank You” to all youhardy folk who braved the rain andcold to help us raise approximately £560, so it wasdefinitely not a wash out. Grateful thanks to: ourstallholders and games organisers; our behind thescenes guys Gordon, John, Jim and Mel; and toeveryone who donated prizes and cakes etc. Itwould not have happened without you. (Sorry thatthe advertised bouncy castle fell victim to theweather). See you all next year.

Ann Wright Secretary Parochial Church Council

Huntingdon Conservative Association (Grafham Branch)

Summer BBQSunday 31st July from 12.30 to 16.00

at Braefield House, 18 Church Road,Grafham All are welcome

Tickets £12.50 available from above addressor ring 01480 811727

A Long Lost CottageA cottage in a beautiful rural setting once stood on topof Grafham Hill in Ellington Thorpe, just before theentrance to Redwood Lodge Farm. This homely littlecottage fell into disrepair and in the mid 1960s it wasdemolished by Mr Nicholls who owned the farm at thetime. Mr and Mrs Thompson Wales were the lastoccupiers of the cottage when they owned the farm,as Redwood farm house was damaged be fire in themid 1930s. Sam Malt

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PARISH NEWS...June 2011Your recently elected Parish Council has startedto discuss business. First on the agenda was theallocation of areas of responsibility. There are fifteendifferent areas for councillors to take on and the resultof the discussion was as follows:Philip Allingham will deal with village hall and PCC liai-son.Ian Gardener takes on policies and regulations, plan-ning matters and neighbourhood watch liaison.Tracie Lord has responsibility for issues concerningyoung people and older people in the village.Alastair Watson will liaise with the emergency servicesand the allotment society.David King continues his work with the environment,footpaths and highways.Andrew Duckworth takes on Signage and health andsafety.Kevin Sharp will liaise with Luminus Homes andCambridgeshire ACRE.It was good to see Peter Downes at the latest meeting.His responsibilities in the new Council mean that he islikely to be able to attend our monthly meetings morefrequently. A summary of the results of the Parish Plan has been

sent to the Parish Council. There are severalissues about which everyone feels quite strongly.These are the issues that the Parish Council willneed to try to address over the forthcoming termof office. It will not surprise you to know that

these include traffic speeds through the village, the pro-vision of a shop and a pub, various unpleasant smellsin the air and the provisions of allotments.The long-awaited village sign will soon be erected atthe junction of Breach, Buckden and Church Roads. Inorder to erect it to best advantage, it will be necessaryto remove a tree on the site. However, the Council issensitive to the issues surrounding the removal of treesand intends to plant at least three new trees in differentareas around the village.The Council were very pleased with the success of theRoyal Wedding Party, thanks to those who wereinvolved in its organisation. In 2012, the country willcelebrate 60 years of the reign of Queen Elizabeth,perhaps another party is on the agenda.Please remember that there is time given to the publicprior to the beginning of every Parish Council meeting.If you have any concerns or questions, please comeand talk to your council. The next meeting of the council is on 12th July 2011.

Margaret Life, Parish Clerk 01480 819477 [email protected]

Philip Allingham Chairman 01480 811516 [email protected]

Ian GardenerVice Chair 01480 812821 [email protected] King 01480 812430 [email protected]

Tracie Lord [email protected] Watson [email protected] Sharp [email protected] Duckworth [email protected]

You may contact your parish councillors through the clerk or directly by using the details below.

Grafham Cricket ClubIt seems that keeping your fingers crossed works, asGrafham finally started it's cricket season at KempstonPark against Bedford Hospital Wanderers, but sad tosay with a loss. Grafham were all out for 100, with RobForsdick top scoring on 26, with Tom Chester being themost successful bowler with 2 wkts for 20 runs off 4overs. The Hospital Wanderers scored their winningruns in the seventeenth over; winning the match by 7wkts.The following game at home against the Bedford Lionswas entirely different. 4 wkts by Chris Brown for 13 runsoff 7.1 overs, and Adi Love 4 wkts for 47 off 9 oversreduced the Bedford Lions to being all out for 129 runs.Grafham's opening partnership of Colin Grundy andChris Brown, scored the runs required in 19.4 overs,with Colin top scoring with 68 not out, and Chris 30 notout; Grafham winning the match by 10wkts.The game against the Prime Ministers: (a Pub side, notex residents of No: 10) was played in a strong wind. ThePMs batted first and were all out for 135, with MattChester being the outstanding bowler for Grafham with

4 wkts for 33 off 10 overs, with back upsupport from Duncan Palmer 3 wktsfor 42 runs off 10 overs. Grafham'sexceptional batting of the previousweek was not repeated against thePMs; being all out for 101, with RobForsdick top scoring on 25.The next home game was against Newnham, whereGrafham won the toss and elected to bat. Top score ofthe Grafham innings was made by Josh Owen 60, ablysupported by Duncan Palmer 33 and Gareth Knowlesalso 33, with Grafham all out for 197. Apart from theiropening batsmen who scored 24, Newnham were quick-ly in trouble, with wickets falling at regular intervals, andfinally being all out at 71. All Grafham bowlers playedtheir part with Adi Love and Chris Dighton taking 2 wktsapiece, being the main wicket takers.Of the 4 games played to date; Grafham have won 2,and lost 2.Homes Games in July:16th July: Pilgrims Oakley: and23rd July: Bedford Hospital Wanderers

Chris Dighton, Club Chairman


Grafham Social Committee invites you to a Coffee Morning at10.30am on Wednesday, July 13th atDiana Thomas' Wesley House. This isan informal social occasion for residentsof the village. Please come along for acup of coffee and a chat.

The Mobile Libraryroute H24 visits Breach Road, Grafhamon the 4th Wednesday of every monthfrom 10.40 to 11.00 (Next visit - 28th July.) Forrenewals or enquiries call 0845 045 5225 or visithttps://ibistro.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/uhtbin/cgisirsi/x/WEB/0/29/491/X/3

Ellington and Grafham W.I.Join the growing team! We meet on thefirst Tuesday in the month. For details ring:Sue 896139 or Ann 891372

Do you have any events to advertise? Email the detailsto [email protected] (or [email protected])We’ll add them to the Village Diaryon the web site.


Open from 7.30amBreakfast club 2 ½ -11yrsPlaygroup 2½ - 5 yrs Mucky Pups (parent /toddlers) For details tel: 01480 890077

www.playtimesplaygroup.co.uk

Grafham Church Flower ClubWe are available to decorate the churchfor weddings and other church occasions. Floral arrangements for:- Pedestal, Altar,Font, Windowsills, Pew Ends, Pillars. Please contact Hazel Powell on 01480 810326 fordetails and quotes.

GRAFHAM VILLAGE HALLhas a Public Entertainments Licence for music,dancing, performing arts and can accommodate92 guests seated in rows or 150 at a dance/disco- an ideal venue for children's and family parties.There is a playing field for sports activities andthe hall has small changing rooms with shower facilities. Contacts: Pat or Alan Watson 01480 811166

The Parish CouncilAgenda is available toview in advance of theParish Council meetings. Visit www.grafhamvillage.org.ukClick on Parish Council Agenda, in the main menuand then Latest Agenda.

Babysitters Olivia 20yrs - Grade B GCSE Child Development 811831Felicity 22yrs -Grade B GCSE Child Development 812328 Marie-Claire 17yrs -GCSE Child Development 811279Bryony 17yrs 812354 experienced with newborn -14yr oldsKirsty 18yrs - babysitting course 810550Kate 17yrs - babysitting course 812179Livvy 14yrs - babysitting course 819708Georgie 14yrs- babysitting course 432688Caroline 14yrs 812179Harriet 16yrs 810043 Emma 17yrs 860632Holly 16yrs 810867 baby sitting and first aid coursesAmie 22yrs 810463 day or evening at short notice

Danielle 20yrs 811279

Babysitters Wanted Please email your nameand phone number to: [email protected] you live in Grafham and are available to babysit.

Do you enjoy reading?Come along and join us for informalsocial evenings. The next few meetingsare:

Tuesday 28th June, 8pm at Sue Kelley’s 3 Church Lane Tel: 01480 812179

Tuesday 26 July, 8pm with Linda & Robin Yeoman,10 Tort Hill, Sawtry Tel: 01487 832092

There is no August meeting and the Septemberdates will be advised in the August Grafham Gossip.We are always looking for new members, if you would like to joinin, please feel free to contact any of the above members.

For more information please contactTina on 07711 012957

Wanted! Do you have any unwanted books?Grafham All Saints Church is looking tore-stock the book-stall in the church porchand would be pleased to accept donationsof books; preferably in good condition.Please leave in the church porch. Many thanks!

Send your news, views and gossip to: [email protected]

YOUR COUNTRYSIDE NEEDS YOURegional winnersof the British Trustfor Conservation

Volunteers Green Award 2006 & 2007

http://www.grafhamconservationgroup.btik.com

Join Grafham Wildlife and

Conservation GroupCall Sam Malt on

01480 810844 daytime01480 811654 evenings



Letter to the Editors...PPlleeaassee uussee lleeggaall ffoooottppaatthhssAt Redwood Lodge Farm we have been improving wildlife conservation for over ten years. Our projects haveincluded planting thousands of trees, shrubs and miles of new hedges. This has included an avenue of treesfrom the corner of the playing field to join up with the old railway line, in the large field at the rear of The Wyvernand the Brampton Road. Unfortunately. some people are regularly walking various routes in and around this fieldincluding through to the old railway line. This is causing damage to plants, mainly from dogs, and great distur-bance to the wildlife.We are trying to improve the visual outlook for Grafham people and their chance of seeing wildlife around the vil-lage. These routes are not public rights of way and we politely ask that the law is respected and only legal foot-paths are used. The only legal footpath in this field is the bridleway that commences almost half a mile out of thevillage on the Ellington road and runs down to Brampton Wood.We do not want to have to plough this land in order to stop this happening and would appreciate your assistancein this matter.

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Buckden Surgery Patients Association(BSPA) I am the Buckden Surgery representative on theHuntingdon Patient Congress (HPC) and as such I havein the past requested feedback from patients on a varietyof issues - alas with little or no result. Patient views andopinions are increasingly being sought and will have aninfluence on how future clinical services are deliveredlocally. The HPC, both Doctors Consortia andHinchingbrooke Hospital are anxious for ideas and con-structive suggestions on how best to develop primarycare policy with patients needs at the centre. Healthcareprofessionals remain determined to deliver clinically safe,high quality care in these financially very straitenedtimes. Would anyone interested in providing their viewsplease contact me in the first instance. Of especial valuewould be the ideas of those with chronic medical condi-tions and those with experience of elderly care services. Our consortium of GPs, Hunts Care Partnership, is thelargest in the Huntingdon area with many more surgeriesoutside looking to join. Mutual goals are also being dis-cussed with Hunts Health as logicdictates they will eventually amal-gamate and speak with one power-ful voice to deliver economy ofscale in commissioning and astreamlined service.As I write, damaging delays to the signing of the contractto manage Hinchingbrooke Hospital are proving hugelyfrustrating for Circle and hospital staff. Speculationabounds but it would appear this delay originates withinthe coalition at Westminster. It is vital that momentumshould not be lost and this is definitely not in the interestsof hospital staff morale or of the people in the Huntingdonarea.

Sue Paul 01480 811650

FIVE PARISH AUTUMN FAIRChange of date

toSaturday 24 September

atGrafham Village Hall

The Five Parish Autumn Fair is now to beheld a fortnight later than originally planned,on Saturday 24 September, in GrafhamVillage Hall.Offers of help will be very welcome. Can you run a stall? Can you help with refreshments?Can you organise a game or competition?Can you look out raffle prizes, tombola andbottle stall prizes? In fact, start looking out for anything usefulthat we can sell to make the occasion thebest ever!

Offers and ideas toSue on 453350.


Looking back to last year's July issue it was notedthat "Summer had at last arrived." This year weappear to have had summer early but unfortu-nately it lapsed somewhat on the day of our fête! You will read a full report within these pages and

we echo thanks to all who braved theweather on that wet and windy day. Asomewhat bedraggled and chilled congre-gation were nevertheless in good voicefor the service afterwards in the churchand not outdoors as planned. The themeof the readings and hymns was of

Pentecost when we were reminded of those disciplesreceiving the Holy Spirit and speaking in many tongues.The PCC is currently seeking advice on how to achievegrant funding for the restoration project. We will keepyou informed of progress.The pattern of our services is still under review but ourFamily Service on the first Sunday of each month is afixture and we look forward to especially welcoming all

ages on those days. There will be a special guestat our family service on 3rd July when we willlearn about the presentation of Maundy moneythis Easter. We will also welcome back an oldfriend to take the service (old infriendship, not in years!)As we enter the holiday season

we wish everyone safe journeys andhappy days. Please bear in mind ourFlower Festival on the weekend of 10thand 11th September when the theme willbe Hats. Several entries have already been booked soplease get in touch with Jill 810157 or Hazel 810326 withyour ideas.Thereafter, on 24th September a five parish Autumn Fairin the village hall will replace the usual Advent Fair. SueYoung will be looking for help on that day so do contacther if you are able to contribute.Lastly, I am delighted to say we do have a new memberon the church cleaning rota. However, one lady would beglad of assistance on the third week of alternate monthsso do contact Hazel if you can help.


View from the Pew!

Grafham Tang Soo Do ClubIt has been a successful year for members of Grafham Tang Soo Do Club. In the last twelve months we havewon trophies at both regional and national level and had several promotions through the belts system.Topping the trophies list is Simone Tauber, better known to most of us as "Riley". At the recent UK NationalChampionship she not only won all the three categories that she entered (Forms, Weapons and Sparring), shewas also picked out as the UK Grand Champion. This is an outstanding achievement and all done just one and ahalf years after she started Tang Soo Do.Amongst the promotions in the belt system are William King, Ryan Atkins and Martin Graves, all of whom havereached the rank of Cho Dan Bo. This is where they have passed through the ten levels of coloured belt and arenow being considered as black belt candidates.Father and son, Martin and Tim Doughty, were already at Cho Dan Bo level a year ago and they both successful-ly completed the eight hours of pre-testing and full testing to reach Black Belt level. This raises the number of"home grown" Black Belts in the club to five, with the likelihood of more to come.Tang Soo Do is a traditional Korean martial art and is suitable for all ages, in fact our members range in age from7 to 50+. If you would like to find out more then why not come to one of our classes in the village hall. We meetevery Wednesday and Friday evenings from 7:00 until 8:30.



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Welcome to your Grafham Oil Syndicate. More and more communities are joining forces to get a lower oil price though bulk buying

. There are 9 regional suppliers who are willing to offer quotes to our syndicate

. Deliveries are planned for August, October, December, January, March (not set in stone)

. Look out for email reminders and the Grafham Gossip for delivery dates

. Email [email protected] or call with your order if required

. I will aggregate the order and negotiate on behalf of the syndicate

. Then email the outcome with the best price along with comparisons

. Minimum delivery is 500 litres, maximum, fill up

. Each household pays the same rate regardless of order size

. The successful company will contact each household to arrange delivery and payment

It is important to note that I will not be liable for payment and am simply managing the processthat results in a bulk order. You will therefore need to settle directly with the successful compa-ny for that particular delivery according to their guidelines.

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Grafham Oil Syndicate Registration - to register your interest please simply email the detailsbelow to: [email protected]

or call Simon Johnson on 01480 819663, or cut this out and drop it into 5 Chestnut Close.

Name:

Address:

Postcode:

Landline phone (01480): Mobile phone number:

Email:



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Perry StoresInterested in a paper round?

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for the first available round.01480 811743

ANGELSFrances Knight

Delicious home cooking for every occasion parties, buffets, dinner parties, christenings,

weddings and funeralsTel: 01480 810457 Mob: 07759438178

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Grafham Plastering ServicesLocal Family Business

All aspects of Plastering, Skimming & DecoratingFor a FREE quote please call, text or emailPhil Atkinson tel: 01480 819 585mob: 07716 330 300email: [email protected]

The Plant Stall in the church porch has a fine selection of herbacious perennials and other plants at very reasonable prices. Offersof plants for sale andspare plant pots, pleasephone: Jill Tyack 810857 or Ann 810223

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bedding and basket plantsSituated between Ellington and Grafham

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J Arthur Bower multi- purposecompost 3 for £12 or 4 for £15

September NoticesThe SeptemberGrafham Gossipmay not be pub-

lished before the beginningof September. If you haveany activities in the first weekor so of September, pleasesend us the information byJuly 14th so we can print it inthe August issue as well asthe September issue.

Thanks!Editors, [email protected]



Views outlined in the Grafham Gossip, including past issues, are not necessarily ours.

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Grafham Plumbing and Heating ServicesClint Thomas-Morgan

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