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Editorial

PARISH COUNCIL NEWSLETTER July/August 2020

Editor Desma Goddard: Email: newsletter@steeplemorden.org

Editorial The gardens are again looking splendid, and the vegetable garden was very thankful for the rain. Plants that I had thought had been lost seem to have made an appearance, and things that never flowered have flowered, perhaps all thankful for the attention! How sobering to find half the year over and we are still living in a ‘sort of’ lockdown, with restrictions on who, what, where and how! However there does seem to be some movement to lift restrictions on sports, perhaps it could be extended to the odd week or weekend away, staying with friends, family or even at a b and b, it would make life a little more bearable. Obviously we will have to wait and see. The next Newsletter will be in September where we will have more news about the tree planting around the villages of both Guilden and Steeple, so make sure you fill in the enclosed form on page 4 and send a copy to Nettie with your ideas. Looking forward to ‘new new normal’ Desma

Diary for July & August

The Diary for July & August is again full of virtual events from sponsored walks, Creative Conversations, to Balloon Races, and even Church and Chapel services. Included is the cricket programme , although the game on June 17th was cancelled. Hopefully by September we may have a football programme.

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Steeple Morden Parish Council List of Councillors as at

May 2018 CLLR J CLAYTON (Chair) 5 Brook End, Steeple Morden 01763 852203

CLLR S WHEATLEY (Vice Chair) 95 Hay Street, Steeple Morden 01763 853826

CLLR G BELSON (Vice Chair) Ringdale, 2 North Brook Road, Steeple Morden 01763 852475

CLLR A DREW 76 Station Road, Steeple Morden 01763 853390

CLLR C UPCHURCH Greenway Farm, Litlington Road, SM 01763 852193 CLLR K AUSTIN Bogs Gap Lane, Steeple Morden 01763 852023 CLLR S TRAVERS-HEALY 46 Station Rd, Steeple Morden 01763 853843 CLLR N BADGER 68 Station Road, Steeple Morden 01763 852191 CLLR M BIRD Orchard House, Station Road, Steeple Morden. 01763 852469

DISTRICT CLLR MRS H. WILLIAMS 07885 774775

COUNTY CLLR MR S. KINDERSLEY 01767 651982

Great Cambridge Local Plan

Thank you for joining in with the ‘first conversation’ about the future of Greater Cambridge. With over 6,000 comments online and email and another 30,000 views on YouTube, and at the Big Debate, we have a strong sense of the range of issues that you want to see in the Plan; addressing the following Infrastructure, Climate change, Building and Public Transport. The consultation results are just part of a huge range of evidence and research that we are required to weigh up as part of developing the next stage of the Plan. We are developing and testing scenarios for how the Plan can address the challenges and opportunities for Great Cambridge, to inform the next stages of consultation when we will be asking for your views again. If you want to be kept up to date with all the latest developments on the Local Plan, please register for email updates via our website.

www.greatercambridgeplanning.org.

Front Room Repair Cafes

Since May residents have been able to get broken items seen by an experienced Cambridgeshire Repair Café repairer without leaving the house. We have 20+ Repair Cafes in our area, each Wednesday they are on hand to repair most household items, bikes, toys, jewellery, tools, clothes, battery operated electricals and software issues. It’s being done virtually using Zoom and is live so you can interact with the repairer. Details on Cambridgeshire Virtual Repair Café can be found at www.circularcambridge.org/events.

I would like to express on behalf of customers and myself a great big thank you to Linda from the Farm shop and her ‘Girls’ for looking after us so well for the last weeks. They have delivered our orders and looked after us so well. It has really been appreciated. It is really lovely to have such people looking after us all. Thank you again. Janet Oyston

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NEWS FROM YOUR PARISH COUNCIL The Full PC meets on the second Monday in the in the Cricket Pavilion (Village Hall in winter) at 7.30pm.

The meeting is listed every month in the Village Post Office window, on the Notice Board at the Recreation Ground, and in Odsey near the station.

A copy of the full minutes from the Council Meetings may be obtained by contacting the Parish Clerk, Sally Walmesley, Redwood Lodge, South Street, Litlington, Royston SG8 0QR. Telephone 01763 852137 or e-mail clerk@steeplemorden.org. Minutes can also be viewed on the Steeple Morden Village Website www.steeplemorden.org and the Village Post Office.

A ‘virtual’ parish council meeting was held on 28th May. Malcolm Bird was co-opted and welcomed as a new member of the Parish council. Country & District Council Reports – reported on ‘virtual’ meetings, where both Councils were co-ordinating COVID-19 hubs, to help local businesses and residents in the area. The recycling centres are now open, and full bin collections are up and running. The Greater Cambridge Plan has issued its first report after receiving over 6000 comments online. You can receive updates via email at www.greatercambridgeplanning.org. Finance – the Annual Audit 2019/2020, and Annual Return 2019/2020 have been lodged. An application has been made to the LHI 2021/22 – for 40mph buffer zones on entering the village. Planning/Tree work Applications

Planning Applications Planning Ref 20/02132/FUL 27 Hay Street –Replacement Dwelling. Supported, provided development is based on the design. Planning Ref 20/01907/S73

22 North Brook End –Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of listed building consent S/1261/15/LB. Approved

Comments on Draft Section 106 Agreement - S/1887/18/OL at Station Road. Approved The Parish Council commended the excellent work being carried out by the Coronavirus Volunteer Group. All vulnerable people have been contacted in the village. The next Committee Meeting will be held on July 13th at 7.30pm

Committee Meetings for the rest of the year are 14th September, 2nd November, 11th Jan 21, and 8th Mar 21.

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Steeple Morden Parish Litter Picks Schedule 2020

All events start at 2pm and last just 60 “magic” minutes

Zone 1: Odsey Meet by the Jester carpark

Saturday 12 September 2020

Zones 2 and 3: Cheney Street from Litlington Road to Brook End to include The Green

Cheney Street from Brook End to Hay Street Junction to include Russell Close and Jubilee Way etc

Meet by the Litlington Road end of The Green

Saturday 26 September 2020

Zones 4 and 5: Station Road from allotments to Ashwell Road to include Ashwell Road and Windmill Close etc

Station Road and Hay Street to Craft Way to include Craft Way

Meet by the Station Road and Ashwell Road intersection

Saturday 10 October

Zones 6 and 7: Hay Street from Craft Way to Trap Road /North Brook End Trap Road/ Bogs Gap and Brook End

Meet by Parish Noticeboard on the rec

Saturday 24 October

Zones 2-6 Whole village sweep Meet by Parish Noticeboard on the rec

Saturday 14 November

Zone 1: Odsey Meet by the Jester carpark

Saturday 21 November

Please email SMLitterpick@yahoo.com with your full name

and which of the events you can attend.

Painted Pebbles

You can find these all over the village, if you find one, don’t take it home, just hide it in another place, so a child can have a little fun finding them. A brilliant idea to brighten up walks around the village.

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Painted Pebbles

You can find these all over the village, if you find one, don’t take it home, just hid it in

another place, so a child can have a little fun finding them. A brilliant idea to brighten up

walks round the village.

Guilden Morden Congregational Church Diary for July/August

www.guildenmordencongregationalchurch.com

Following the latest guidance from the Government all our usual activities are being suspended for the foreseeable future. Please visit our website or facebook page for updated information, or contact either Tony Frost tony,frost@live.co.uk 07415230763 or Sandy Watkins sandy@inteserv.co.uk 01763852869 This is obviously a challenging time for all of us. If you are in need of help or advice please contact us on the above numbers. Video services are on GuildenMordenCongregationalChurch facebook page. Chapel is open on June 21st 10.30 – 11.30 for private prayer.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul Church, Steeple Morden

Diary for July/August

is one of six in the Shingay Group and details of services in all the churches are published monthly

in Prospect. Our website is www.shingaychurches.co.uk

During May services have been conducted online using the Zoom app. If you would like to be involved in these please contact the Rector, Canon Shamus Williams, at shamuswilliams@waitrose.com If you are on Facebook & Twitter #ShingayChurches please do join the group St Peter & St Paul Steeple Morden to keep up with news. On the internet now there is a wide selection of resources from a large number of churches around the world. Can I recommend having a look at Ely Cathedral’s website, especially the section “Worship at Home”. To access the links below, you need to go to https://www.elycathedral.org/worship-at-home From June 15th the church will be open for single contemplation and prayer.

PROSPECT During the current period of 'lockdown', there

will be no door to door delivery of the July copy of Prospect, the

Parish magazine. However, it will be available online and can be accessed by

going to the Parish website www.shingaychurches.co.uk and

clicking on Prospect magazine.

There is a limited print run, and copies will be available at Steeple

Morden Post Office, and also the Litlington Post Office.

FRED ABRAM

Many people in the village will be saddened to learn that Fred Abram passed away last week. Fred was a loyal member of the congregation of Steeple Morden church. A great ‘traditionalist’, and active supporter of The Prayer Book Society he always attended services conducted from ‘The Book of Common Prayer’ and was less than enthusiastic with modern wording and change.

Fred was also a longstanding committee member of The Friends of the church. He was a champion raffle ticket seller, and always gave his enthusiastic support to fundraising events. His financial support for both the church and The Friends will be greatly missed.

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Royston’s Rotary Club is launching a virtual balloon race to help people have fun in an eco-friendly way during lockdown.

The project is part of a national event and will take off on September 14, with an aim to keep families entertained and prevent the harm to the environment posed by real balloon races.

Rotarian Tony Briar, from Bassingbourn, said: “First you buy your virtual balloon – as few or as many as you like – from the club at £3 each. You get to choose the shape, colour and helium content.

“Then it will be launched to race for seven days against, hopefully, thousands of others from around 20 fundraising causes.

“It will respond just like a real balloon to wind, temperature and weather and you can track its progress on Google Earth. Those balloons which travel the furthest in a week will be judged the winners.

“The first prize is £500, the second an Apple iPad, and there are lots of lesser prizes. And if the Royston club manages to sell more than 500 balloons, then the one from our area that goes the furthest will get an extra £50.

The balloon race follows the cancellation of the Rotary Club’s annual kite festival due to coronavirus.

Funds raised from the virtual race will go towards the Royston club’s nominated charity Home-Start (Royston, Buntingford and South Cambs). Home-Start has been supporting families sine 1983, working to support those with young children through challenging times.

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the charity has been forced to cease all face-to-face home visiting and family support group activities, but is continuing to support families via phone and video link where possible.

Balloons will not be for sale until early July, but you can find out more at the Royston Rotary Club website at www.roystonrotary.com/balloonrace.htm and fill out a form to express an interest in taking part, with no commitment to buy.

To contact Home-Start call 01763 262262 or email admin@hsrsc.org.uk.

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Organisation Contact Name Phone Number

E-mail

SM Newsletter Editor Desma Goddard 01763 852287 newsletter@steeplemorden.org First Responders Nick Badger nickmbadger@yahoo.co.uk

First Responders (co-ordinator)

Wayne Cox waynecox79@yahoo.co.uk

Primary School Tracey How, Headteacher

01763 852474 office@steeplemorden.cambs.sch.uk

Village College The Principal Ms Vickey Poulter

01763 242344 office@bassingbournvc.net

SS Peter & Paul Church Canon Shamus Williams (day off normally Monday)

01763 853067

shamuswilliams@waitrose.com

GM Cong. Church Sandy Watkins 01763 852869 sandy@inteserv.co.uk SM Village Hall Bookings Diane Knight 01763 853073 Viguersk@aol.com Scouts, Cubs & Beavers Keith Austin 01763 852023 keith@bogsgap.co.uk Brownies Debbie Fisher 01763 852811 debbie-fisher@hotmail.co.uk Guides Ann Clarke 07756 291899 debbie-fisher@hotmail.co.uk

Allotment Society Nettie Travers-Healey

01763 853843 nettieth@outlook.com

Smarties Pre-School and Out of School Club

Michele Taylor 07952 100208 or 01763 852888

Pre-School: smartiesgeneral@gmail.com Out of School Club: smartiesgeneral@gmail.com

Cricket Club Fraser Daws 01763 853008 fraser.daws@btinternet.com Football Club Pete Summers 07709258359 Morden Magpies Youth FC

Laurence Harrison

07799 625529

Bowls Club (Sec) David Holt 01763 852636 holt543@btinternet.com Tennis Club Fiona Coverdale 01763 853325 steeplemordentennis@yahoo.co.uk Waggon & Horses Mandy & Jose 01763 853311 waggonandhorses73@gmail.com Morden Players Jenny Elder 01763 852557 jennyelder@sky.com First Thursday Club Ann Thorp 01763 852848 annthorp35@icloud.com Royal British Legion Ray Leach 01763 852734 Leach.36@hotmail.com Mobile Wardens Scheme Angela Drew

Lynn Pestell 01763 853390 01763 853461

WI Joyce Stackhouse

01763 852087 joyce.stackhouse@icloud.com

Neighbourhood Watch Roy Newbury 01763 852241 Cambs Police: www.cambs.police.uk Social Car Scheme Hazel Smith 01763 852602 hcsmith@clara.co.uk

Contact Names, Numbers and E-Mail Addresses for Organisations and Groups in the Village

Please inform the editor to update with any new details.

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Let’s Pull Together Although the coronavirus is bound to cause anxiety, there is a great community spirit in this parish. The Wagon & Horses (853311), and the Three Tuns, Guilden (853377 ) are offering a selection of take-away meals. Catering by Paolo has offered to make deliveries to those in difficulty. If you would like to contribute essential supplies for those unable to access them or help in other ways, please speak to or email Lizzie Glanville – 07984 549272. lizzieglanville@hotmail.co.uk or join the Facebook group Steeple Morden and Villages vs Corona virus. Phone or email Alex da Costs – 07496 163453 alexdacosta@me.com who will work with Lizzie to put you in touch with someone willing to help. (If you get voicemail she promises to call back after 6pm) The Parish Council in Steeple Morden is also offering help. Please contact: Jeremy Clayton 01763 853855 or 07957 822623, email: smcovidsos@yahoo.com or via the facebook group named above.

Find the help that suits you If you are shielding and need support the Countywide Hub – offers support from volunteers with food parcels, medicine and keeping you connected. communitycv@cambridgeshire.gov/uk (0345 045 5219). For residents not on the shielding list but who nevertheless need some support with errands or keeping in touch your local parish council or District Councillor with be able to connect you with the community groups that are co-ordinating support in your village. Duty.communitie@scambs.gov.uk 01954 713 398.

For further information contact www.scambs.gov.uk/coronavirus

Join our Strava Club and Support Home-Start

Do you like to keep fit? Maybe you’re keen to expand your exercise as part of your lockdown routine? Maybe you already use Strava, the activity tracker? This app, if you aren’t already using it, allows you to track the routes you take when you exercise, share your activities with your friends and colleagues and even compete with them, even when you can’t socialise. Home-Start’s own Strava club, HSRBSC Giving Tuesdays has been set up to help our friends, volunteers, supporters and families come together in a virtual way, to get fit together and raise funds for Home-Start’s work in the local area. If you’re already on Strava, why not come and join the HSRBSC club? It’s called “Giving Tuesdays” as it’s part of our lockdown campaign, Giving Tuesdays. Every Tuesday between 7th April and 1st December, we’ll be posting new activities for everyone to take part in on our Home-Start website. The Strava Club is part of this campaign. We’re hoping to see lots of activity from our supporters on the page, so come along and join in! If you’re not already a Strava user, why not sign up? It’s free to use and a really great way to track your fitness, make new friends among our supporters, and connect with other people in the area. You can create virtual challenges for yourself – and others – and all we’re asking is that you donate to Home-Start every time you achieve a personal goal. What could be simpler? If you’d like to know more, you can hop, skip and jump along to our website and click on the Fitness Challenge link: https://www.hsrsc.org.uk/week-4-fitness-challenge/ Or, if you’d like to join the Home-Start club on Strava, head over to our club page: https://www.strava.com/clubs/637391 Or send us an email to learn more: admin@hsrsc.org.uk Hopefully, we’ll see you online soon! The Home-Start Team

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Creative Conversations

You might already be aware of our lockdown campaign, Giving Tuesdays, which sees us posting a new activity every Tuesday until 1st December. If you haven’t yet tried out any of our activities, why not pop along to our website and see what’s on offer!

Next week, 2nd June, is the 9th week of our Giving Tuesdays campaign, and it’s a big one! Sophie Hannah, best-selling author of The Monogram Murders, a new Hercule Poirot novel and a whole series of million-selling crime thrillers, is in conversation with our poet-in-residence Jude Simpson. In this exclusive interview, Sophie and Jude discuss Sophie’s latest book, 'Haven’t They Grown', which is due out in August, along with Sophie’s other work on her DreamAuthor life-coaching course.To give you a taste of the event, take a look at a clip from the interview, which we published as part of Mental Health Awareness Week on 19th May.

Home-Start has been running Literary Lunch events in Royston since 2018, featuring Jude in conversation with a wide range of authors. Sadly, these live events cannot go ahead at the moment, but we believe that this virtual format will provide a platform for us to carry on offering similar events – from the comfort of your own sofa!

This interview is free for you to access (via our Giving Tuesday page), and we’d love for you to share it with your friends and family. Previous Literary Lunches have been restricted to those living within the Royston area, but with our new, virtual versions, this is no longer the case.

We really hope you’ll enjoy this and future events being offered by Home-Start. If you would like to support Home-Start’s work, helping families in the Royston, Buntingford and

SouthCambridgeshire area, they can be contacted:

: Home-Start Royston, Buntingford & South Cambridgeshire (incorporated as Home-Start Royston & South

Cambridgeshire), Unit 6, Valley Farm, Station Road, Meldreth, Royston, Hertfordshire SG8 6JP, United Kingdom,

Ph: 01763 262262 Charity No: 1105385

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www.mordenmagpies.co.uk

A family-friendly club seeking players for U6, U7, U8 U9 & U10 age groups.

Boys and girls of any ability welcome.

Morden Magpies football club has a long history in local junior football. The club restarted in September 2012 and gain Charter status in 2014. This is a family club that enjoys the support of the senior Steeple Morden Football Club. Above all we want young players to have fun, enjoy and learn about the game and be part of a team. If you would like your son or daughter to join the club or would like to find out more please contact any of the following FA-qualified coaches: Under 6 - Kevin Donnelley - 07860 607416. kevin@donnelly.tv

Under 7 - Martin Holt – 07740215874. martin.holt@arjconstruction.co.uk

Under 8 - Laurence Harrison – 07799625529. laurence.harrison@digitalradiouk.com

Under 9 - Andrew Holt – 07850801899. andrew.holt@arjconstruction.co.uk

Under 10 - Pete Summers – 07709258359. peter@summerselectricalltd.co.uk

Steeple Morden Cricket Club Steeple Morden Cricket Club had a successful season and 2019 and narrowly missed out on promotion. For the 2020 season, if and when it starts we will be in Division 4 South & East of the Cambs league. The league matches start in early May and finish at the end of August, and are all played on a Saturday. In addition we have also entered a midweek 20/20 league with 8 games which were due to be played during June and July. In addition to these were to have a few friendly fixtures played on Sunday. Our first fixture was due to be played on the 26th April, which was a friendly against Whaddon, with the league starting the next Saturday. We are still looking for additional players of all ages and abilities as we are looking to add further friendly matches to our fixture list. If you are interested in joining our small and friendly club or if you require any further information please contact Fraser Daws, by email - fraser.daws@btinternet.com or on -1763 853008.

FIXTURES FOR 2020

Wed 17th June 17.45 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Newton CC Cancelled

Sat 27th June 13.30 Elmdon CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl

Sat 11th July 13.30 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Linton Village CC

Sat 18th July 13.30 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Balsham CC

Sat 1st August 13.30 Balsham CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl

Sat 8th August 13.30 Abingdon CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl

Sat 15th August 13.30 Steeple Morden 1st Xl v Elmdon CC

Sat 29th August 13.30 Barley CC v Steeple Morden 1st Xl

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The Village Wheelchair

There is a manual wheelchair available for short term use by anyone in the village. For

more information and availability please contact Trish at the Post Office.

MOBILE LIBRARY The Mobile Library

stops in the village on the first Tuesday

of every month.

It stops at Russell Close between 10.20 am and 11.05 am. The next calling date is Tuesday 7th July 20.

Contributions sent to the editor prior to the newsletter deadline will normally be printed in the next available edition.

The deadline for September edition is 12 noon on 19th August.

Contact details for the editor are at the bottom of the first page of the Newsletter

Don’t forget you can view this issue and back issues of the Newsletter online at www.steeplemorden.org

STEEPLE MORDEN VILLAGE HALL

Steeple Morden Village Hall is available for hiring for parties, wedding receptions, club and social activities.

It comprises: Tables, Seating for 120, Bar, Kitchen, Cooker, Fridge, Stage, Parking. There is also limited

Crockery & Cutlery Projector and screen available and Induction Loop Equipment – ask our booking clerk for more details.

For bookings and prices please contact:

Diane Knight 33 Cheyney Street, Steeple Morden, SG8 0LR

Tel 01763 853073 (please don't phone between the hours of 6 - 7 p.m.) email: Viguersk@aol.com

www.steeplemordenvillagehall.co.uk

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