We have a great selection of books for all ages including children’s books and large print items.
We also distribute free NHS hearing aid batteries and walking sick ferrules.
The Mobile Library visits Whittlesford on the Second Wednesday of each month as follows:
West End / Ascham Lane from: 11.40am – 12.00pm
Mill Lane from 12.05pm – 12.30pm
Royston Road from 12.35pm – 1.00pm
For general information on the mobile library services please email:
With Spring on its way we start to think about getting out to walk in the beautiful English countryside again, but where to find new and interesting walks ?
Walking in Cambridgeshire http://www.walkinginengland.co.uk/cambridge has loads of walks to download and print for free, it also has books of walks, details of all walking groups in the county and much more. Whether you want to walk on your own or with a group all the information is there in one place.
There is so much walking information on the web but is often difficult to find. Walking in Cambridgeshire (part of the Walking in England website) has brought it together in one placeso whether you are walking from home, or away on holiday, you will be able to find a walk suitable for you.
With walks from half a mile to twelve miles plus long, and a note of suitability for pushchairs and wheelchairs, everyone can find a walk to enjoy.
So at home or away, check out the websites and get walking!
http://www.walkinginengland.co.uk
You can also email me with any questions:
Regards
John Harris
SAWSTON, WHITTLESFORD, PAMPISFORD, DUXFORD, HINXTON & ICKLETON COMMUNITY WARDEN SCHEME
Are you ages 60 or over ?
Would you like help to continue to live independently in your own home ?
The Community Warden Scheme is able to offer assistance by providing a daily phone call (Monday – Friday) and support such as :
Making drinks and light meals
A home visit
Collecting Prescriptions
Small items of shopping
A listening ear
Helping with paperwork and making appointments
Signposting to other services where appropriate
If you are interested in this servicer and would like more information
please call on : 07812 496004
or email :
There is a FREE 2 week trial and then a small weekly fee afterwards if you wish to remain on the scheme.
A useful link to sign up to for local crime information
By registering with eCops, you receive news and appeals, local crime information and crime prevention advice – direct to you as an e-mail. The service is completely free and works alongside Neighbourhood Watch, to bring you messages about your local area. It also allows you to feedback information to your local policing team, to help us police your neighbourhood effectively.
Messages can include crime prevention advice, details of incidents and appeals for your help in reducing crime in the county. So why not sign up to eCops for direct and easy access to your local policing team at a time convenient to you?
Where are we at with the Neighbourhood Plan ?
The Neighbourhood plan website will give you all the information you require
Have you ever wondered why our village sign says the words…. STICK TO THE TROTHE?
A recently asked question by a parishioner, prompted me to learn the history behind the village sign.
It was a question that I could not answer, so I decided to do some research on it, and thanks to Ann Strange, and her late husband, Keith Strange’s numerous village artifacts, this is what we found……
Whittlesford Village Sign – Stick to the Trothe
Photograph by Marie Swann
Situated on the east side of North Road, opposite the Manor House, facing traffic approaching from Cambridge.
The Centre Panel – The important river crossing, one of several in the immediate area used by travellers from the very early times to the present.
Archaeological finds confirm that the Icknield Way was used by Stone Age man and the particular crossing near the Moat House has yielded Roman artifacts.
The Medieval Bridge – Is Intended to emphasise Whittlesford’s position on the River cam during later centuries.
The left-hand figure – Shows Nicholas Swallow, farmer and benefactor of the village, whose name is commemorated in the village charity along with others, including Lettice Martin, the benefactress from Chishill, who gave money for the aged and poor of surrounding parishes. She is now remembered in the housing estate on the Lawn ….. The Lettice Martin Croft.
The right-hand figure – Shows a Charity Schoolgirl and is intended to remind villagers of the gift of William Westley, the Cambridge grocer whose lands provided funds for the schooling of Whittlesford Children.
Below the sign – The village’s association with Roger Ascham, (tutor to the first Queen Elizabeth), who married Margaret Howe of the parish.
It is recalled by a quotation from his writings – Stick to the Trothe.
The Shield – Carries a Maunch – The heraldic emblem of a sleeve worn by ladies in the reign of Henry 1, having a long lappet hanging from the cuff, often awarded as a knightly ”favour”. This forms part of the armorial bearing of the present Lord of the Manor.
This sign was designed by Tony Carter, Resident of Whittlesford, carved by his father, Harry Carter – famous Norfolk sign carver, and then unveiled by the third generation, David Carter. David still maintains the sign to this day and has carved a few signs of his own in the other near by villages of Pampisford and Thriplow.
I hope the next time you pass the village sign, you will look up, and remember the history behind it.