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Weekly: Whist Drive, 7.30pm, Mondays Social CentreWeekly: Men’s Keep Fit Club, 8pm, Mondays LVCWeekly: WEA class, 10-11.45am, Tuesdays Social CentreWeekly: Story Time, 2-2.30pm, Tuesdays LibraryWeekly: Linton Radio Race Car Club, 6-10pm, Wednesdays S CWeekly: IT Club, 7pm, Tuesdays Cathodeon CentreWeekly: Tots in Tow, 10-11.30am, Tuesdays Social CentreWeekly: Little Acorns, 10.00am-11.30am, Thursdays SCWeekly: Carpet Bowls, 7.30pm, Thursdays Social CentreWeekly: Bridge Club, 7pm, Fridays Cathodeon Centre

August3 WI, 7.30pm Social Centre3 Linton Chess Club, 7.30pm Social Centre5 Luncheon Club, 12.15pm The Crown8 Linton junior cricket match, 10.30am Pavilion8 President’s cricket match, 2pm Pavilion8 Camera club away day, 9.30am Coles Lane car park10 VIP Group, 2pm Chalklands10 Teddy bears’ picnic storytime, 2.15pm Library14 The Ceileidh All Stars, free entertainment, 1pm High Street14 History society walk, 2pm Black Bull Balsham17 Linton Chess Club, 7.30pm Social Centre18 ACE afternoon tea cruise, 1.30 for 2pm Social Centre18 CAMTAD 9am-12noon Health Centre21 Samba Spectacular, free entertainment, 1pm High Street26 Hoofbeat, free entertainment, 1pm High Street25 Rock Cafe, 1.30-3pm Social Centre25 Citizens Advice, 1.30-3pm Social Centre20 Linton Chess Club, 7.30pm Social Centre25 Councillor Surgery, 2-3pm Social Centre31 Linton Chess Club, 7.30pm Social Centre

Refuse collection: 9th, 23rd

Recycling collection: 2nd, 16th, 31st (Tuesday)

September2 Luncheon Club, 12.15pm The Crown5 Aztec Fun Day LVC5 Car boot sale, 10am-4pm Weston Colville cricket ground5 Thurlow Fayre, 1-4pm Gt, Thurlow sportsground7 WI, 7.30pm Social Centre11 Historic Churches Trust Cycle Ride, all day, telephone 89471513 Community Education Adult Class Enrolment, 7-9pm LVC14 VIP Group, 2pm Chalklands18 Friends of St Mary’s Lunch, 12.15, Chalklands

Library times: Monday Closed; Tuesday 10.30am-1pm, 2-5pm;Wednesday 2-5pm, 6-8pm; Thursday Closed; Friday 10.30am-1pm, 2pm-5pm, 6-8pm; Saturday 10am-12noon.

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SATURDAY 3rd July pro-vided a great opportunity

for the residents of Chalklandsand Paynes Meadow to get to-gether with friends from therest of the village and localdignitaries to celebrate the un-veiling of the Chalklands’Stone. This has been severalyears in preparation and therehave been difficulties to beovercome along the way, but atlast it is complete and in placeat the bottom of Chalklands!

The beautiful goldenClipsham stone was carved byLinda Richardson of Mills andEagin from a design adaptedfrom an original by MaureenWilliams of Chalklands. Thecompletion of the Arts Councilproject coincided with the 50th

year since Chalklands was builtthus giving a wonderful chanceto celebrate both events!

The stone was unveiled byCouncillors Joan Smith and

Deborah Roberts, who cut theribbon. Darryl Nantais, whohas been the instigator and co-ordinator of the project inChalklands gave a short speechof thanks to all the sponsorsand all who had been con-cerned with the Arts Project,followed by some commentsand thanks from Chalklandsresidents’ association’s lifepresident, John Franklin. Acelebratory glass of wine orsoft drink was offered with apiece of a celebratory cake!

There was an exhibition inthe community room of worksof art and craft by local resi-dents and a display of 1950smemorabilia and old post-cards of Linton along with avideo of the 1950s. Tea, coffeeand soft drinks were served aswell as sandwiches and otherlight refreshments and therewas a big raffle, which wasenthusiastically supported by

all present! Music of the 1950swas provided throughout byRoger Carder which added tothe atmosphere and kept peo-ple’s feet tapping. A small armyof residents managed the

kitchen, keeping refreshmentsflowing and doing washing up.

Despite a rather breezy starteven the weather kept fine!

Cherry Fisher892873

Residents of Chalklands and Paynes Meadow and theirfriends celebrate the unveiling of the stone.

Picture by Tracey Wilson

FROM a chance conversa-tion at a playgroup quiz

night, the Linton Junior CricketClub was conceived. Now inits second year, it has grownfrom an initial membership of40 boys and girls, aged fromseven to 13 years, to around75, and links Linton Heights,LVC, Linton Sports Centre andthe Village Cricket Club. Runby Oliver Priestley, Paul Fos-ter, Paul Herbert and NeilGardner and ably assisted byseveral others, the club nowcompetes in three leagues. Twoteams play under 11s whilstone competes at under 13 level.Matches are played on weeknights with home fixturesplayed on the recreation field.

The four founder coacheswere trained over last winterto English Cricket BoardGrade I level. They gain a lotof satisfaction from encourag-ing the youngsters to enjoy thesport, but with interest so higha few more adult supervisorswould be most appreciated.

A huge thank you must go

to the Cornerstone communitychurch and Lloyds Bank plcfor their sponsorship. We verymuch hope they will continueinto next season.

Recent successes have seenwins for the U11A’s in theirleague against teams from bothBabraham and Wilbraham,also two U11s teams contestedthe annual Abington KwikCricket competition on 11th

July. Both recorded some greatvictories before narrowly miss-ing a place in the semi-finals.Although there is no formalleague for the younger players,the under nines recently held acompetition on Linton recrea-tion ground, involving fourteams from within the club.Despite the weather, a largecrowd of parents witnessed avery successful event and cer-tificates were awarded to theeventual winners. Also severalgirls from the club represented

South Cambridgeshire in atournament on 11th July inwhich they were runners-up toa strong Cambridge City team.The icing on the cake however,was the appearance of two ofthe boys for the senior teams’2nd XI.

The club can be seen play-ing on the morning of 8th Au-gust on the recreation ground,as a run-up to the President’sXI match played the same af-ternoon. Why not make a dayof it?

If you wish to join the club,all abilities are catered for.Please call Oliver Priestley on894044 to register interest forthe President’s day competi-tion or for the planned wintersessions to follow; and nextseason. Also, the club wouldbe very pleased to hear fromany potential local match spon-sors.

Paul Foster & LNT

Some of the members of Linton Junior Cricket Club.Picture by Tracey Wilson

Practising for MichaelVaughan’s job

Picture by Tracey Wilson

LVCC President’s XI will beplaying against Vice Chair-man’s XI at 2pm on Sunday 8th

August on Linton Meadow.This year the attractions in-

clude tombola and a bouncycastle. As usual there will be abar, barbecue and Gren andNikki’s famous Pimms bar, notforgetting the cricket.

It is a fantastic day out forall the family, so come alongand support your local cricketteam.

LNT

THE SOUND OFLEATHER ON

WILLOW

LOOKING for activities to dowith your under fives duringthe summer break? Then comeon down to the Teddy Bears’Picnic summer specialstorytime at the library at2:15pm on 10th August. It willfeature all the usual fun of sto-ries, songs, rhymes and art ac-tivities, with a few extras. Thesession will be a little longerthan usual, but will still be free.All you have to do is turn up,but please bring your teddy!

Storytime runs every Tues-day 2.0-2.30pm at the library,even during school holidays,although from September itwill be running at the slightlylater time of 2.15-2.45pm.

Hilary Crooks 894373

TEDDY BEARS’PICNIC TO quote ex Linton policeman

Bill Barnett, “I humbly beg toreport” that over 30 of Linton’ssenior citizens enjoyed anothersuccessful soup and roll lunchon Friday 16th July. Bill talkedabout his time as a local police-man in Linton in the 1950s,recalling some of the charac-ters of the time, and incidentsin which he was involved. Lin-ton had three officers basedhere then, and there were mag-istrates who knew and dealtwith local miscreants, so thingswere rather different from thesituation today. From LintonBill moved to Fulbourn andthen became sergeant atSawston police station, but hasreturned to spend his retire-ment living in Linton.

More than £50 was raised atthe lunch from a raffle and do-nations which will be used tohelp finance the work of ACE.

Our next event will be thecruise on the river Cam in theriver boat ‘Georgina’ on 18th

August. A reminder for thosewho have places booked thatthe coach will be at the socialcentre at 1.30pm and leave forCambridge at 2.00pm.

Plans are in hand for futureevents including a trip to BurySt Edmunds in September, afish and chip lunch in Octoberand a garden centre/shoppingouting in November, so watchout for more information aboutthese in the next Linton News.

Janet Crofts893619

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IF any of us ever thinks we are important, we can always relyon someone to burst our bubble.On one of my travels, a gentleman stopped me and said,

“You’re that chap who writes in the Linton News”. After con-firming that indeed I was, he went on, “I never read it”. This mademe laugh all the way home.

Amongst the friendliness of the people who stop and talk, aconversation with another gentleman recently hit me very hardand I have sat and thought for ages about his words. He told me,“Linton hasn’t got any villagers anymore. Linton has got peoplewho live in a village”.

I think I know what he means. I am, as Mr Ketteridge once toldme, an ‘Old Saffron Walden boy’. Going from the town to myuncle and aunt’s cottage in Barton in the school holidays I recallhow everyone in the village seemed to know me and how keenthey were to turn me into a villager for the short time I was there.

With one set of grandparents living almost at the top of MertonPlace in Littlebury, I found myself again in the comforts ofcountry life as my nan’s health faded, and my mum took on whatwas a full-time job to help her to regain her independence. I stillremember the glorious summers where my day began by visitingthe Queen’s Head pub in the village. Mrs Brand cooked meDunmow Flitch sausages and chips, followed by very coldorange squash with freshly pumped water from the well, and yes,my mouth still waters at the memories, even after some fortyyears! I never gave a thought then to the number of people whogreeted me by my first name, or ‘Young Miff’. Everyone, itseemed knew who I was all around Littlebury.

I married and moved to Haverhill, a town where no one wasinterested in who you were. Many did not even know their next-doorneighbours. After ten years, my nine-year-old daughterCarrie died in a road accident, a week after my marriage endedand my life, as I knew it, ended too.

“What you need is some time away from that town”, a friendsuggested, and I found myself living in the old schoolmistress’scottage in Poslingford, two miles from Clare in Suffolk, oppositethe quite beautiful church. I could walk a few yards in anydirection and be in the middle of a field or in a lane leadingnowhere. Summer months were bliss; winters were hell. Thevillagers took me under their wing, almost a repeat of mychildhood days, but eventually life’s twists and turns bought mehere to Linton.

My alter ego, ‘Famous Dave’ the singer, enabled me to get toknow many people. (Do any of you still remember those week-ends in the Wagon?). But things somehow did not feel the same.The characters, the fields, the villagers were all here, but thereseemed to be extremely strong feelings, even resentment, aboutLinton and the way that new areas and people divided the village.

I think these days, few are interested in being part of theircountryside, their community, and their village. So, with all thisin mind, I have some questions for you this month.

Could we bring together all the skills and ingenuity that thepeople of Linton have, to work with each other to be a wholecommunity, to get to know the entire village, not just theimmediate area where we live?

Could we resurrect the carnival or a village fete, something tobring everyone together? I promise Famous Dave will not sing!

I would really love to be able, when I see Carrie again, to tellher that I was a villager, not someone who just happened to livein a village.

Please take care of yourselves, and I will try very hard to seeyou all next month.

FROM WHERE I’MSITTINGby TONY SMITH AFTER three years of hard

work and tender lovingcare, Robert Cole’s house onthe corner of Cole’s Lane andthe High Street is finally com-plete. Over this period, localbuilders Mallyon andDonaldson have undertaken allthe structural renovation andMr Donaldson senior all thefitting out.

The house was built around1546 for a man of some stand-ing, indicated by the high ceil-ings; most probably a Londonmerchant. It originally con-sisted of the building that facesthe High Street which is nowdivided into three houses. Thissection is built from formership’s oak timbers as HenryVIII had passed a law decree-ing that new oak could only beused to build his ships and notwasted on houses! The part ofthe property which faces Cole’sLane was built 100 years laterand there are Georgian altera-tions inside as well as 1920sand 1960s extensions.

Robert Cole, who was a lo-cal corn merchant described asa “meal man” in the records,was living in the property in

WHAT A CORNY BUSINESS1724. He was a churchwardenbut it was his nephew WilliamCole, who lodged in the villagefor a time, who acquired a de-gree of fame as an antiquarianat the University. It becameapparent that Robert Cole hadsold corn from the premiseseven though there was no shopfront because seven inches ofcorn husks were found piledunder the floor boards.

Most people will rememberthat when Gary Donaldsonbought the house it was in avery poor state; and the garretshad been unsafe for manyyears. The dormer windowswhich had been removed in the1960s have been reinstated,and this floor now consists of aquaint sloping-ceilinged bed-room with a wonderful viewalong the High Street and astudio which overlooks thesmall garden. The rest of thehouse has been beautifullyrenovated with Cambridge-shire clay tiles on the groundfloor and a modern but unfittedkitchen. There are exposedbeams everywhere and a neu-tral wall colour throughout,thus restoring the Grade two

listed house to its original char-acter with modern conveniencesand style to complement it.

Mr Donaldson senior, aformer cabinet maker, is re-sponsible for all the handsomewoodwork, and he has craftedmany pieces to fit the vagariesof this ancient house. His life-long love of wood is obvious toanyone who has observed his

painstaking skill, and all whostopped to chat during the lastthree years have been encom-passed by his enthusiasm. Anyfuture owner will doubtlesscherish the house for all thelove and effort that has beeninvested in its restoration, andRobert Cole would definitelybe impressed.

LNT

Robert Cole’s House in Cole’s Lane.Picture by Tracey Wilson

A STROLLAROUND THEMOUNTAINS

THIS year the Cambridgeshirelocal history society is de-lighted to invite you to accom-pany it for lunch and a leisurelystroll around the picturesquevillage of Balsham, the moun-tainous region of south Cam-bridgeshire!

The walk will be led byAnthea Robinson, Balsham’slocal historian. Meet for lunchat the Black Bull before thewalk which begins at 2pm onSaturday 14th August.

All enquiries to: Secretary 811703

SPRINGBOARD TO THE FUTURELINTON has had a successfulfirst year in its efforts to en-courage and train Britain’snext generation of gymnasts.

Dynamics Gymnastics –Linton, a club for children andyoung people, began lastSeptember with the aim ofteaching basic gymnastic skillscovering a range of disciplines.

These skills lead to thewinning of badges from theBritish GymnasticsProficiency Awards Schemeand Dynamics Gymnastics’own award scheme.

During each session,novice gymnasts have the

chance to learn skills on a variety of equipment includ-ing floor, vault, beam, bar,trampette and trampoline.

The classes take place atLinton Village College onMonday nights during termtime, with some 50 registeredgymnasts taking part.

They train under the super-vision of head coaches DianeClark and Nikki Linsdell, whoboth live in Linton, and whowould like to take this opportu-nity to thank local schools fortheir help and support in theclub’s first year.

They have both enjoyed

working with some talentedand enthusiastic young peopleand look forward to welcom-ing many more gymnasts to theclubin the future.

Classes run from 4.15pm-5.15pm for five to seven year-old beginners, and from 5.15-6.15pm for older beginners andimprovers.

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OUR THANKS

Dear EditorI would like to thank the kindpeople who nominated me foran award organised by theCambridge Evening News.

To my great surprise I wasvoted runner-up for ‘Beyondthe Call of Duty’ award. I havecollected a certificate for this,which was presented to me bythe Cambridge Evening News.

I feel that I do my job to thebest of my ability for the enjoy-ment of the elderly clients,which in turn gives me job sat-isfaction. Once again, thankyou, and also to all my well-wishers.George GloverSymonds House DayCentre Driver

Dear EditorWe would like to thank every-one who came along for ourCharity Walk. After being can-celled from the week before,we had a lovely evening, walk-ing from the Infant School toHildersham and back. We col-lected £64, which is being sentto the Childrens’ Hospice atMilton. We also collected£23.50 in coppers towardsfunds for Monday group’syoung leader to go to Mexico.

I am now updating theBrownie waiting list. If youhave a daughter who wouldlike to join, please give me aring. Starting age is seven yearsold.Daphne Brazier37a Balsham Road892276

DURING 2003 the Access1307 group had been advisedthat the County Council wouldbe undertaking a safety studyon one of its major routes, andat that time the A10 was thefavoured road.

On 8th December 2003 thegroup presented a petition of1,353 signatures to the AreaJoint Committee requestingaction to improve safety andaccess along the A1307. Thispetition prompted work to starton a ‘Route Safety Study’ forthe A1307.

This safety study has re-sulted in the collation of vastamounts of traffic flow data,analysis of accident sites andthe preparation of some pro-posed solutions. The routestudy also found that the pro-portion of fatal and serious ac-cidents is nearly 32% which issignificantly greater than thenorm for South Cambridge-shire of 19%.

In June 2004, the Area JointCommittee heard details of theproposed solutions although atraffic simulation is yet to becompleted. These proposalswill still have to compete for

funding against many differentschemes within the County, soit may be several years untilthese are implemented, but it isthe first time that a holisticapproach has been taken to theproblems on the A1307.

The proposed solutions are:a) Carriageway and access

modification in the vicinity ofthe Dalehead Food factory.

b) Interactive road signing(along the whole length).

c) Installation of streetlighting at Babraham.

d) The closure of the cen-tral reservation gaps on the dualcarriageway at Dean Roadcrossroads and the prohibitionof the right turn into and out ofHorseheath Road, integratedwith the existing proposal toconstruct a roundabout at theBartlow Road crossroads.

This last scheme shouldscore higher in the CountyCouncil’s funding than just theroundabout on its own – nextfunding bid is spring 2005.

The traffic simulation isnow being undertaken to lookat the effect of traffic flow withthe proposed solutions alongwith the new traffic lights at

HOPE FOR IMPROVEMENT TOOUR NIGHTMARE ROAD

Dear EditorI was woken at 1.00am on aSaturday morning last monthby a loud lumbering sound – itwas over the top of my house.

I opened the front door tosee what it was and a beam oflight was dashing about in thefront gardens. I quickly closedthe door as I thought it wouldbeam me up Scottie.

Did anyone else hear it?Miss I Thompson15A Hillway

Dear EditorDuring the elections I had com-plaints about non receipt of lit-erature and some people saidthat as they could not considerthe full range of views theywould choose not to vote. Ipromised to complain offi-cially to the Post Office. This Iduly did.

The reply was that no Con-servative literature was re-ceived, and that from the GreenParty was insufficient to coverall of Symonds Lane. Howeverthey asserted that Chalklands,which I particularly drew totheir attention, had receivedtheirs. I hope that coincideswith people’s experience!

I felt the matter needed air-ing since we are always hear-ing complaints about voter apa-thy. Also, all the literature forEuropean elections is paid forby us, the taxpayers.Joan Smith10 Symonds Lane

VOTING WOES THE first “Section 30order” to be issued to a

Cambridgeshire village is ex-pected to come into force inLinton at the beginning of Au-gust. The order is designed toaddress anti-social behaviourand will apply to the publicopen space at the front of theCopperfields estate and to thearea of Wheatsheaf Way fac-ing Linton Heights school.

For some time the local resi-dents have been subjected tonoise, rowdy behaviour andpersonal abuse, sometimescontinuing into the early hours,by groups of young people con-gregating in these areas.

The police are restricted inwhat they can do about movingpeople on from areas of publicopen space without having di-rect evidence of criminal ac-tivity. The Order gives themnew powers to address anti-social behaviour. Following aseries of meetings the police,District Council and the ParishCouncil have all agreed to the

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order. It gives the police thepower to move on groups oftwo or more people from anarea where local residents haveexperienced distress and har-assment. It also allows the po-lice to take home children un-der 16 who are on the streetsunsupervised after 9pm. It onlyapplies to the specified areasand will only be in force for aninitial three-month period.

I hope that this will bringsome relief to local residentsbut it is not the long-term an-swer. The underlying issuesmust be addressed. To help dothis Linton Action for Youthwill be leading an outreachyouth work project to engagethe young people concerned.The main worry has to be thatyoung people are putting them-selves at risk on our streets.The community has a respon-sibility to do what it can tokeep Linton safe, and parentsneed to take responsibility forthe actions of their children.

John Batchelor 892111

the Village College entrance.The results should be availablein September.

All schemes will be judgedon an accident scoring schemeand it is therefore importantthat any injury accidents arereported to the Police. An acci-dent where a cyclist or occu-pant of a vehicle suffers abruise or even a cut scores 1point, however a fatal accidentscores just 4.

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TWO new members and three visitors

joined us for a fascinatingand lively evening. It was goodto have our secretary, BrendaSmith, back with us, who isnow recovering well from herrecent knee operation. Presi-dent Tricia Lewis was goinginto hospital the followingmorning for her knee operationand the rest of the committeehope this isn’t obligatory foroffering to go on committee!

Sadly, an older member haddied recently and a minute’ssilence was held to allow us toremember her and to think ofher family.

After three successful fund-raisers recently, another is ar-ranged for 29th July; a MadHatters’ Tea Party, which is tobe held at the home of Mrs

Impey. Hats must be worn!Glamorous or woolly depend-ing on the weather, thoughhopefully summer will havereturned by then.

The Harvest Supper in Sep-tember will be a ‘Bring and

SIX INTO ONE WILL GOShare’. A vote was taken re-garding our Christmas supper,the majority in favour of self-catering this year. Therefore acatering sub-committee will beformed.

Our speaker Mrs FranSaltmarsh, chairperson ofDenman College, but as shesaid, basically she is a memberof Chippenham WI, waswarmly welcomed. An excel-lent talk followed illustrating,by a very clever basic costume,the Six Wives of Henry VIII.As Mrs Saltmarsh adroitlyadded different accessories shegave a brief resumé of eachwife and our history knowl-edge sprang to life.Needlewomen in the audiencewere no doubt particularly im-pressed, but everyone enjoyedit and Fran’s friendly personal-ity.

Next meeting is 7.30pm onAugust 3rd at the Social Centrewhen there will be a talk on‘Trading Standards’.

Clare Neville893251

A MAJOR disruption wascaused by this large lorry whichhad jack-knifed on the A1307at Little Abington early in themorning of 29th June. Thedriver was taken to

Addenbrooke’s hospital.The police closed the road

all morning causing variousdiversions and a good deal ofinconvenience in the area.

Jim Cracknell

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Page 4 August 2004

YOU will have seen pressarticles and heard rumours

about proposals for another18,000 homes, forced upon usby central Government. Theseare in addition to the 22,000that are already planned inSouth Cambs to provide hous-ing as our region develops overthe next 12 years.

Why so many new homes;18,000 is a town almost twicethe size of Haverhill? The an-swer is that they are largely tosupport Stansted expansionand Greater London housingneeds. Not to support localgrowth or housing needs.

The current facts are:-•The push for the extra

18,000 homes is from the Of-fice of the Deputy Prime Min-ister (ODPM) and JohnPrescott.

•The ODPM has appointeda firm of specialist consultantsto compile the necessary dataand make recommendations asto the location of these housesand a report should have beenpublished at the end of July.These are the same consultantsthat reported on the implica-tions of the original Stansteddevelopment in September2003.

•The homes are to be builtin the London-Stansted-Cam-bridge-Peterborough “M11corridor”. Regardless of lackof local support there has beenpressure to focus on our area.

•After the consultant’s

report a draft Regional SpatialStrategy will be presented tolocal councils – this could beproduced by autumn of thisyear. There will then be at least12 weeks for consultation. Thefinal strategy may be decidedby mid 2006.

This development wouldhave a massive impact on ourlives, and even if the 18,000homes were to be split intosmaller projects (such as beingspread amongst the Abingtonsor other villages close to theM11 / A505) it is way beyondan acceptable level of expan-sion. Our road systems for onecould not cope.

So what can you do?It is not too late to add yourobjections by writing to thefollowing:

Roland Hancock,Policy Advisor,Growth Area Division,ODPM,1 / C5 Eland HouseBressenden PlaceLondon, SW1E 5PU

Do not delay. The more localpeople who write and protestthe better.

Once the report is availablethere will be more specific rec-ommendations that we mustfocus on.

Your local ConservativeMPs - led by Jim Paice - arealready fighting this proposalat every level. Peter Phase

892564 www.peter@phase4consulting.co.uk

18,000 HOUSES INABINGTON, WHAT YOU

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ST MARY’S church Linton isto benefit this year from a £200donation given by local estateagent Kevin Henry. The giftbrings to £600 the amount thatthe firm has given to St Mary’sover the past two years.

Linton is one of a number ofparishes in the Saffron Walden

area which benefits annuallyfrom the generosity of this es-tate agent. Over the past tenyears Kevin Henry has donatedthousands of pounds. “It is ourway of giving something backto the community,” said KevinHenry partner Henry Rowe.

LNT

Gift Aid: Henry Rose and the lucky parish representativesPicture by Saffron Walden Reporter

£600 BOOST FOR ST MARY’S

SUMMERBy Sonny Smith, father of ‘from where I’m sitting’ Tony

Where oh where did our summer go?Did we get what was promised? Oh dear no!Instead of suntan what did we get?Brollies and wellies, and quite a bit wet

Children at home for six weeks or moreMum going spare ’cos they can’t get outdoorDad had his holiday, all went to the seaEverybody looking forward to a fish and chip tea

“What a grey day”, they all said to mother“Hope it brightens up soon” said one to another,So off we started our amusement to seek“Make the best of it”, said Mum, “We’re here for a week.”

But after two days of cold winds and rainTrudging about gave us all a painNo use going down to play with the sandOr listen to music because there was no band

Dad said that’s enough, pack up your thingsMight as well be home, and the comfort it bringsSo here we all are, what a so and soJust where, oh where, did our summer go? WHEN George Peake met

Ann Austin in 1942, itwas for them a bright momentduring the dark days of WorldWar Two.

They were both working inthe War Office in London,George as an army clerical of-ficer and Ann as a typist.

They fell in love and twoyears later were married ....and now, on 26th August thisyear, they are celebrating a life-time together with their dia-mond wedding anniversary.

After the war, George andAnn set up home in WoodGreen where they raised theirthree daughters.

In the early 1980s, they bothretired and in 1983, they moved

to Linton to be near theiryoungest daughter and her hus-band.

To mark the diamond anni-versary, there will be a familycelebration at Quy Mill withtwo of their daughters and theirhusbands and two grandsons.

The third daughter lives inSouth Africa with her family,and later George and Ann willbe flying to Johannesburg forsome more celebrations.

While there, two specialevents are in store — a visit tosee their first great grandson,who should have been born on19th July, the day beforeGeorge’s 90th birthday, and themarriage of their granddaugh-ter early in September. LNT

A DIAMOND COUPLE

George and Ann Peake and inset, on their wedding dayPicture by Ann Prue

THE Alpha course is a highlyacclaimed study programmewhich is especially designed tohelp people find out about theteachings of Christianitywithin a friendly, hospitablegroup setting.Most Alpha courses consist often sessions. Over the past fewyears the churches in Lintonhave hosted a number of Alphacourses which have been wellattended by a very wide rangeof people.

This autumn, the churchesin Linton will be working to-gether in hosting a number of

Alpha courses, probably anafternoon course, an eveningcourse and one designed foryouth. We would like to extenda warm invitation to all readersof the Linton News to be part ofan Alpha group.

If you are interested or ifyou would like more informa-tion, please call one of the fol-lowing numbers: 891291,892991 or 01799 584483.

Specific course details willbe publicised nearer the time.

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A NUMBER of meetings havebeen held in the last few weeksin order to coordinate opposi-tion to the Government’s plansto impose a further 18,000houses on our area. The parishcouncils are getting together topresent a united front, and lo-cally we are looking to ‘StopAbington New Town’(SANT), the Abington pres-sure group, to lead the fight.

The decision about the allo-cation of these houses will betaken by the East of England

...AND WHAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONERegional Assembly (EERA), agroup of appointed (not di-rectly elected) councillors. Theprocess is already well ad-vanced: the consultants haveeffectively finished their work;the final report has been deliv-ered to the regional authorities.The Regional Planning Panelwill consider the report on 10th

September and the decisionwill be taken by EERA at theirmeeting in October.

Joan Smith and PatrickOrme have delivered petitions

from Abington and Linton tothe Office Of The DeputyPrime Minister, and a responsehas been received, unfortu-nately denying all responsibil-ity and pointing the finger atthe regional authority! For themoment we have done all wecan. In September we willknow what the recommenda-tion is. We are organised andready to defend our area if itbecomes necessary.

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LINTON AREAPOOL PROJECTA MEETING to decide theterms of the feasibility studywith the County and the ParishCouncil representative washeld on 28th July. Hopefullythere will be a report on this innext month’s Linton New.

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LEARNING through playis the practical philoso-

phy of Little Hands nurseryschool, Linton which is sched-uled to open its doors for busi-ness on 6th September. Ideallysituated for Linton and the sur-rounding villages the nurseryschool offers a unique “build-ing block” approach to the pro-vision of childcare so parentscan select those sessions mostsuited to them and their child.

Located in the formerstationmaster’s house in whatwas Linton railway station onStation Road, this charismaticbuilding comprises large airyrooms adjoing the entrance hallwith direct access to the fullyequipped and totally enclosedoutdoor play area on the groundfloor and a dedicated pre-school room on the first.

Sessions offered are generalnursery school sessions, musicand movement and lunch ses-sions with a more structuredpre-school session for childrenthe year before school entry.Parents may book as few or asmany sessions as they wish.

“Little Hands” started lifein 1991 as a home based play-group in Duxford and quicklyout growing that setting moved

to Newton Hall before expand-ing into Melbourn, Bourn andnow Linton.

“Little Hands” providesquality nursery school educa-tion for children from two yearsold as we have one member ofstaff to every four children. Weare therefore a particularly suit-able setting for quieter or moretimid children and we special-ise in providing mainstreameducation for those with spe-cial needs, giving one to onehelp where needed.

All of our nursery schoolsare Ofsted inspected and ap-proved for the Early YearsEducation Funding Scheme.

In April 2004 Little HandsNursery School Newton wasinspected by Ofsted who cat-egorised the standard of care asgood which is the highest at-tainable and the effectivenessof the nursery education as verygood which again is the high-est attainable, and measurablydemonstrates the quality of ourchildcare provision.

To see what we have to offerchildren, parents and prospec-tive staff please contact:

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THE ‘Midsummer Mad-ness’ evening, organised

on behalf of both Linton Grantaand Chestnuts playgroups onceagain proved to be a big suc-cess. Held at the HeightsSchool in June, the event wasattended by parents and carersof children from both play-groups. A fun casino, games,disco, pop quiz and raffle werejust some of the activities en-joyed at this popular event.

The money raised will besplit between both playgroupsto fund new materials andequipment.

Kate Clark 894638

IT’S OFFICIAL, WE’RE GREATFOLLOWING the recentOfsted Inspection of ChestnutPlaygroup, we are pleased thatit has been given an excellentreport. Established over 30years ago it currently has 47children from two to four yearsold attending its sessions. Italso supports a number of chil-dren with special needs andchildren who speak English asan additional language.

The report highlightedseven specific areas of assess-ment. In all areas, the Ofstedjudgment awarded was verygood, which is the highest at-tainable rating!

Chestnut playgroup alsoachieved an ‘aspect of out-standing practice’, which wasthe excellent outdoor areawhere staff and children havecreated their own garden sothat children can discover andexplore the natural world.

In addition, the leadershipand management by AnyaBrooks was highly praised aswas the teaching of the eightpart-time members of staff who“build very good relationshipswith the children”.

The playgroup also buildsvery good relationships withboth parents and the localschool.

The staff and committee atthe playgroup are delighted

Fun and education in the gardenPicture by John Keeble

with the outcome of the in-spection. They feel that this isa reflection of the enthusiasmand dedication of a well-trained staff team and of theongoing strong support of theparent committee. It is so ex-citing to achieve an area ofoutstanding practice for ouroutdoor play and we hope to beable to increase this; it wouldbe great to have some involve-ment with the local commu-nity in sharing our vision forthis and anyone who may wishto be involved may like to con-tact us.

The parent committeewould particularly like to thankAnya and all the staff for their

hard work and commitment tomake the playgroup such anamazing success!

Chestnut playgroup alsoruns the Acorn toddler group atthe social centre on Tuesdayand Thursday mornings. Thishas been a huge success andanyone wishing to attend canphone Kate on 894638 for de-tails. As a reminder, Tuesdayssessions for 18 months andolder runs from 10–11.30amduring term time and Thurs-days sessions for under twosrun term times and all throughthe holidays from 10–11.30am.Older siblings up to five yearsare welcome during holidays.

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At the interval we had verytasty chicken and chip and fishand chip suppers, supplied byChippies of Haverhill. We hadour usual bar, which was very

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popular.In response to several re-

quests, our next planned eventwill be another wine tastingwith wines from around theworld supplied by HedleyWright (Wine Merchants)Limited. The date for this is19th November.

The Farmers’ market hasbeen at the College for six

months now and continues tobe very popular. It is well worthmaking a visit and if you do,come and see us in the tea-room!

Friends of Linton VillageCollege wish you a happy sum-mer break and hope to be backlater in the year.

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ENLIST FOR THE PEOPLE’SWAR

IN last month’s Linton Newsyou may have read that the

IT Club is offering to helpreaders document their remi-niscences of World War twofor inclusion onto the BBC’sPeople’s War web site.

If you cannot get to the ITClub, Granta Grapevine, Lin-ton’s Talking Newspaper canassist by coming to you andmaking a short recording whichcan be converted to text for theIT Club’s BBC project, or usedon the magazine side of ourmonthly tape.

We are always interested intext or spoken material for thetape, which has been produced

for partially sighted listenersin the Linton area for the last14 years.

The equipment that GrantaGrapevine uses for itsrecordings can be seen at aspecial display at their AGM at2.30pm on WednesdayOctober 13th at Chalklands.

Please get in touch if youhave anything that you wouldlike recorded or if you can helpwith articles for the tape.

Contact Clare Neville on893251, Janet Conochie on894460, Derek Birch of the ITClub on 892607 or myself:

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WANTED: A TREASURERREWARD: knowing that youare doing something for yourcommunity by keeping thefunds of the Linton News onthe straight and narrow. Ourtreasurer is moving on to aneven more beautiful part of thecountry, and apart from

envying him and wishing wewere going too, we are goingto miss his excellent skills.

If you would like to take hisplace and join this very smallteam, please contact us. Seeback page for details.

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WESTON Colville recreactiongroup is raising funds for aplayground in the village. Acar boot sale will held onWeston Colville cricketmeadow from 10am - 4pm onSunday 5th September. Spacesare limited so it is best to bookearly.

For further details and tobook your pitch please contactme:

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THIS year’s Thurlow Fayretakes place from 1pm-4pm onSunday 5th September at thesportsground, Great Thurlowand combines traditional coun-tryside pursuits like long net-ting and sheepherding, withmore modern activities likekiddies go-karts and a bouncyarmy assault course.

With bungee jumping, tug-of-war, morris dancing andmaypole dancing, face paint-ing, crockery smashing, trac-tor rides, toddler rides andmuch much more, not forget-ting the tea tent, licensed barand BBQ, there is somethingfor everyone. Even a fun dogshow to ensure that your petwill not be left out of the fun.Parking is free; so see youthere.

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Road, Linton. 1 x 5 bay mobile building to provide changingroom facilities until completion of sports centre redevelop-ment in September 2005.

S/1297/04/LB Mr & Mrs Reimann, Emson’s Farmhouse, 18Bartlow Road, Linton. Alterations - replacement ofbeam & strengthening of wall in basement of stairtower & construction of brick extension for porch &shower room. New dwarf wall & steps.

S/1298/04/F Mr & Mrs Reimann, Emson’s Farmhouse, 18Bartlow Road, Linton. Extension.

S/1334/04/LB Greene King Pub. Partners, The Dog & Duck, 63High Street, Linton. Alterations - replacement of areas oftimber frame in restaurant (retrospective) & injection oftimber treatment for eradication of death watch beetle inbedroom 1.

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REMEMBER the Alamo.On the fourth day of July

the moon appeared as a goldendollar. Shining and slipping outfrom behind a velvety pocketof clouds into full view at amoment before midnight. Thelazy beams pined over Lintonand the newly carved stone, asedimentary rock dug from aGrantham quarry now on thecorner of Chalklands, glowedlike a giant nugget.

You see, there are those thatknow, and those that only thinkthey know. But those thatknow, know that those whoonly think they know, thinkthat those that do know, don’tknow that those who only thinkthey know, don’t know! Stillwith me, or is this the famousstone that turneth all to gold?

You see, at five in themorning a kestrel hovered highabove the carving in progressbut nevertheless, having neverseen one here before, I found ithard not to consider its sym-bolic power, after all it was thenearest thing to a golden eaglethat day!

My mother, though English,was a good third Indian and myfather was reputed to be aFrench-Canadian from Que-bec. I took to speaking Frenchand eating snails for manyyears of my life like well, likea frog to water. Spotting troutand noting minute changes in astream was as my late friendGuy would say ‘uncannily sec-ond nature’, and there is nobetter place than the tinklingriver Granta that runs throughour village like a ribbon of silkto do just that!

Listening to the natural worldthrough a kind of spiritual con-templation can hardly fail tofascinate and is probably somehand-me-down consciousnessfrom our ancestors! The speedof the fresh water shrimps orthe sharpness of spines on thesticklebacks are words of pro-found importance to those whowish to read the whole andcoded story of our natural

world.The kestrel Falco

tinnunculus hovered twenty orso feet in the air with quiveringwings and beady eyes fixed onsome quarry. An ability to re-main steady, even in blusteryweather has given rise to thekestrel also being known as a‘windhover’. Suddenly thewide tail closed and with wingsfolded he dived. A flip and aturn almost too fast for our busybrains to process accurately he

came feet first, scooping some-thing alive out of the grass.

Later, Linda Richardsonunrolled a bag full of pristinechisels and handed me one to-gether with a small brass ham-mer! “There you go” she saidafter giving the tool a few gen-tle rubs upon a diamond pad,and we both began chippingaway in unison. It must havesounded like the firing of agatling gun, but as we tired thechip-chip-chip resembled thatof a thrush smashing a snailshell upon a stone anvil. Allaround us were blackbirdsreaping a good harvest ofworms and next morning a fewremains of snail shells had beenleft upon the Clipsham rock.

Unbeknown to all but fiveuntil now, buried within

the deep foundations ofthe stone has beenplaced a small paintingof a local view with ashort message to a fu-ture generation.

Judging by recentnews, some have for-gotten to rememberthe Alamo even onthe fourth of July. It

was built originally as a schoolto teach, among other trades,stone masonry. Jim Bowie didin fact deliver the orders for thedestruction of the Alamo al-though nobody carried themout.

However, upon our stone arecarved the words ‘All you canimagine is possible’ just in casewe forget to defend what sus-tains our fellow creatures, ourlives within our green andpleasant village.

AFTER a wet and windy weeksix members of the camera clubwent to the Botanic gardens forour monthly away meeting.The Cambridge UniversityBotanic Gardens was estab-lished by Professor J S Henlowon land acquired by the Uni-versity in 1831 to provide forteaching and research. It re-placed a much smaller gardenof five acres, which had ex-isted in the city centre since1762.The present garden was openedin 1846 and holds a plant col-lection comprising about 8,000different species set in land-scape of 33 acres.

The many features include arock garden displaying alpine

plants, autumn and wintergardens, tropical rainforest andseasonal displays in the glass-houses, historic systematicbeds, which were a little bat-tered by the high winds thatweek, a scented garden, andthe finest collection of trees inthe East of England.

It is a highly recommendedplace to visit, and so close toLinton. The next awayday willbe to the Shuttleworth Collec-tion and Swiss Gardens at OldWarden Biggleswade. depart-ing from Coles Lane car park at9.30am Sunday 8th August.

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The little I knew about Wordand Excel was picked up atwork. I really missed the officehelper when I left. Members ofthe Linton computer club aregood at finding answers butthat’s only on Tuesday nights.

The answer came in a flyerthrough the door, which foronce wasn’t dumped straightin the bin.

Free computer training isavailable at Haverhill IT learn-ing centre, 1st Floor, 46a QueenStreet, Haverhill. That meansfree to everyone over 16 who isnot in full time education. Cen-tre manager, Katie Hart saysthe courses are to give confi-dence to use the computer.

The Microsoft Office Suitecourses cover internet, e-mail,desktop publishing, presenta-tion graphics, word process-ing, spreadsheets and database.They are self-paced from easyto read books and there is nopressure to hurry. The tutorsare always ready to help andcheerfully answer even themost basic questions.

The centre is open for two

hourly sessions starting at 9am,six days a week. The last ses-sion starts at 7 pm on Mondaysto Thursdays and at 3 pm onFridays and Saturdays.

Registration is just a matterof calling 01440 764909 to ar-range a date for an inductioncourse which commits you tonothing until you decide to signon.

The atmosphere is relaxedand friendly, but I did hesitateover a ‘See Me’ school-likecomment on the signing-insheet. When I dared to follow itup, it was only for a chat with atutor about an assessment re-sult; I wasn’t handed any linesor black marks.

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THE unseasonably wetweather failed to dampen thespirits at the Friends of LintonHeights summer fair, whichproduced a record profit of£2,450. Much of this was dueto the efforts of the childrenthemselves, who came up withtheir usual selection of weirdand wacky stalls. From nailpainting and beat-the-goalie tothe sale of handmade ceramiccoasters, the children’s stallsmade an amazing £415 whichwill go directly towards newplayground equipment for nextterm.

The summer fair was the

A GOOD YEAR FOR FRIENDS OFLINTON HEIGHTS

climax to a successful year forthe Friends, bringing the totalraised for the year to almost£10,000.

The Friends have been ableto support the school by pro-viding money for new interac-tive white boards, as well as anew cover for the swimmingpool and a lovely mosaic cre-ated by the children during artweek.

The Friends’ would like tothank all those who have madethis possible by their generoussupport of Friends eventsthroughout the year.

Tony Kelly

LINTON Granta playgroupand toddlers will hold a specialsummer playgroup during theschool holidays. The sessionsare open to all children underfive and will include lots of funactivities suitable for all weath-ers. The sessions will run from10am-12noon on Wednesdays11th, 18th and 25th August in theyouth centre at LVC. Therewill be a small charge whichwill include refreshments.

This is an ideal opportunityfor children starting playgroupin September to participate insome of the playgroup activi-ties and meet some of the staffwho will be running the ses-sions.

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WE HAVE lost space thismonth due to the number ofadverts, showing how healthyour local economy is. How-ever, do we really need another18,000 houses in the area(probably based aroundAbington), or are we creatingthe slums of the future whenthe biotech boom lapses? I haveseen this before, in my nativeDurham, with the death ofheavy industry.

We might be wary of thedevelopments at Stansted, butthe aircraft from the Duxfordair show were a reminder ofpast bravery and glory. Lintonwas honoured by a jet fighter,which wiggled its wings overus! Then, we were on our ter-race as all the veteran planespassed directly above us – ourown fly past. I hope our appre-ciative waving was noticed.Bill Barnett gave a fine talk atthe last ACE’s meeting on hislife in the police force and thechanges he has seen. Frequentmutterings of agreementshowed that that form of lawenforcement is much missed.The respect and proper behav-iour that resulted seems a farcry from what we see today.

The lessons of history arethere to be learned, not re-peated. Not all change is forthe better; the planners shouldrealise this and listen to theexperienced local voice. Per-haps we have no alternativebut to be like Voltaire and sim-ply tend our own gardens.There is at least some satisfac-tion to be had in that. Perhaps.But if we do, we can be surethat the concrete and asphaltworld will keep expanding allaround us; more traffic, morecrime and ever fewer police. Ifwe don’t say no, and mean it,the garden won’t be worthsitting in. Enid Bald

VIEW FROM THECHAIR

THE RECENT changes to rub-bish collection and recyclingin Linton has, on the whole,been a huge success. We havehelped our District Council gofrom one of the worst recy-cling areas in the country toone of the best! South CambsDistrict Council has recentlyreported that 40% of all house-hold refuse is now being recy-cled. Quite an achievement.But…. And there is always a‘but’….. we could do even bet-ter.

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RECYCLING IN LINTON SET TO EXPAND

your black wheelie bin is fullof plastic? Well, Linton hasbeen chosen as one of only 16sites in the District to have itsown ‘plastic’ recycling bankand it should be in place bySeptember. More informationas to exactly what types of plas-tic can be recycled will beavailable in the next issue ofthe South Cambs magazine dueout in September.

For the really keenrecycler’s and the technicallyminded, you could start check-ing now. The numbers to lookout for, usually printed on thebottom of any containers, arePOET/1, HDPE/2 and PVC/3.This should mean that plasticmilk bottles, fizzy drinks andeven some food wrappings willbe able to be recycled. In orderto get the maximum use out ofthe bank, it would be helpful ifeveryone could ‘crush’ theirbottles down as small as possi-ble before bringing them to thebank.

The new plastics bank willbe positioned in the public carpark off Coles Lane. As you

can imagine it will be quitelarge and will still need to beemptied much more frequentlythan the other banks currentlyhoused there.

SCDC are organising for itto be emptied up to three timesa week.

It is a clear indication ofhow well Linton has adapted tothe recent changes that, despitethe green wheelie bins andgreen boxes that every house-hold should have, the recyclingbanks in the Coles Lane carpark are still well used. Thesebanks, currently for waste pa-per, cans, glass and clothing,have been in the process ofbeing moved from the east dieof the car park to the westernedge. This is to afford morespace, for the plastics bank,without losing car parkingspaces, and to ease the empty-ing process for the large lor-ries. So if you have visited thecar park area recently andthought the banks hadgone……. Not so! Just moved.

If you are having any prob-lems with your rubbish collec-

tion – i.e. lack of correct bins orboxes, not sure which bin toput out, or need advice on whatgoes where? Please contact ei-ther Gill or Dawn at the Parishoffice ( contact number andemail address at bottom of pageoverleaf) or indeed, contactSCDC direct on 08450450500.

If you have a specific com-plaint you can also contact yourlocal District Councillor, JoanSmith, who has volunteered todeal with any problems.

Happy recycling!

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Page 8 July 2004

THIRTEEN Councillors at-tended the meeting held onThursday 1st July, 2004 at 8pm.

The minutes of the previousmeeting duly agreed, Cllr

Batchelor reported with regardyouth problems identified atCopperfields in Linton. Ameeting had been held withsenior police officers whichhad also been attended by Cllr

Hickford, and it had now beenagreed to proceed with a ‘Sec-tion 30’ order for the area. Itwas now essential to obtainDistrict Council approval andbacking. Cllr Batchelor agreedto keep Council updated.TheChairman thanked Cllr

Batchelor for his efforts in thisrespect.

The Planning and Financeminutes were considered withno queries.

In the reports from Co-ordinators: Cllr Kenyon notedthat weeds in the river had beencut back and ‘dumped’ onthe river bank and the wil-low tree close to the rec-reation ground gateslooked ‘ill’. She also re-ported that there had beenfurther problems withscooters and mopeds be-ing driven on the grass.The Chairman thanked Cllr

Kenyon for her report andnoted that Linton GrantaCricket Club was seekingnew players.

It was queried when thenew Youth Shelter was to beerected. The Clerk reported itwas a ‘one-day’ installationduring week commencing 2nd

August.There was no specific re-

port for the Cemetery but Cllr

Alper reported that the surfaceof Back Road in general wasextremely poor, but outside theCemetery gates it was appall-ing. The Clerk was to pass thison to CC/Highways.

Cllr Rossiter reported that therecent article in Parish Mattersregarding possible changes tosome footpaths had been re-sponded to by Hadstock PC.She now proposed to consult inthe same way regarding theother small changes being pro-

posed. Once the consultationhad taken place it would betime to organise another localmeeting to discuss the way for-ward. The Clerk was to organ-ise this. Cllr Rossiter then re-ported further with regard thequestionnaire mentioned at thelast meeting. Discussion tookplace and it was agreed that Cllr

Alper would assist by complet-ing the section for businessusers and Cllr Rossiter wouldseek the assistance of the pro-prietors of the Dog and Duck.The Clerk then reported on amessage from John Copper,Parish Paths Officer at CCC,regarding the erection of a gateacross Hollow Road (FP No.7)in that he was now in discus-sion with the landowner re-garding the maintenance of apedestrian right of way. Anumber of residents had re-cently expressed concern overthis gate.

The payments due list wascirculated. It was agreed thepayments listed would be madewith Cllrs Cox and Gore sign-ing the cheques.

Councillors were then givenan update on the County Coun-cil planning application for theSpecial Needs School at LVC.Cllr Urwin reported that, fur-ther to the decision taken byCouncil at the last meeting tocontinue to object to certainaspects of this application, aletter of concern with associ-ated documents had now beentaken by hand to the govern-ment department GoEast whowould have the final decision,known as a Directions Deci-sion. The letter had detailedinformation regarding Coun-cil’s concerns over proceduralissues and land usage, and in-cluded photographs, some pro-vided by Mr Crofts . This hadinvolved a considerable

amount of work over lastweekend involving Cllr’s

Gore, Bald, Urwin, Mr

Crofts and the Clerk.GoEast now had until 7th

July for this decision.Council had requested no-tification of the decision.The Chairman thanked allconcerned for their ef-forts, including residentswho had taken time to or-ganise the relevant photo-graphs.

Council then consid-ered the Annual Return, whichincluded the accounts for theyear ended 31st March 2004. Itwas noted these had been re-viewed by the Independent In-ternal Auditor and signed offaccordingly. The Clerk readout the Statement of Assur-ance. All Councillors had re-ceipt of a copy of the accounts.The Annual Return had beencompleted and verified. Dis-cussion took place regardingthis and as a result Cllr Alperproposed that the Annual Re-turn and Statement of Assur-ance be signed off by the Chair-man. This was seconded by Cllr

Cox and agreed unanimouslyby the meeting.

Councillors were then due

to consider the formal adotpionof the Churchyard. However,Cllr Gore reported that infor-mation required for delibera-tion of this item was not yet tohand. As a result it was agreedthis item would be deferred tothe next meeting.

The Correspondence listwas then reviewed. Of particu-lar interest:-

The agenda for the nextCCC Area Joint Committeemeeting on Transport – it wasnoted that this meeting hadnow been held and a full reportwould be brought to the nextCouncil Meeting.

There had been a letter of

investigate the cost.Council noted a reply from

Mr Impey regarding the lack ofa fence between his propertyand the Recreation Ground. Mr

Impey’s response was 1.5pages but had not actuallystated when the fence wouldbe replaced. The Clerk was towrite again seeking this par-ticular answer.

A letter had been receivedfrom Foxton PC inviting a rep-resentative to a meeting atSouth Cambs District Councilheadquarters, regarding thegovernment’s proposal for18,000 houses, possibly inAbington. The Chairman vol-

egory. Well done Linton!The Chairman further re-

ported that Saturday 3rd Julywould see the unveiling of theChalklands Art work. All wel-come to attend.

Cllr Cox queried what feed-back had been received regard-ing the replacement Police of-ficer for the village. Cllr

Hickford reported that a meet-ing had been held recentlywithin the Force to seek a re-placement but no further newswas available at this time.

Cllr Rossiter reported attend-ance at the recent CALC meet-ing during which items for theagenda for the forthcomingAGM were sought. She hadsuggested ‘Speed Limitswithin the County’.

Cllr Cox reported the Chair-man had sight of the mink alongthe river bank recently and thathe had noted crayfish (Ameri-can variety) in the river. Dis-cussion took place regardingthe mink and it was agreed thatthis Council had no objectionto traps being set for this crea-ture which was currentlywreaking havoc amongst thebaby ducklings, voles andshrews.

Cllr Cornell reported havingnoted a newspaper article re-garding police speed checksand where they would occur.Throughout the Sawston Sec-tor, it appeared that every vil-lage except Linton was men-tioned. It was agreed the Clerkwould write seeking confirma-tion that Linton would indeedbe on the list.

The meeting closed at 21.05.

Council minutescouncilminutescouncilminutescouncilminutescouncilmin

Cllr Hammett reported thatthe cargo net in the VenturePlayground area was damagedand the caps required were stillawaited. The Clerk was in-structed to organise repairs ac-cordingly. Cllr Cox reported that HogsHolme Field had still not beencut this year. However walk-able pathways had been cut.The Clerk was to check thecontract for when this was dueand ensure contractor compli-ance.

Cllr Rossiter reported that aquestionnaire had been re-ceived, being compiled for theACRE conference. After dis-cussion this was devolved toCllr Rossiter to complete.

concern from a resident re-garding the Recreation groundgates. Discussion took placeregarding the current prob-lems. Cllr Potter advised theywere repairable with assist-ance. Cllr Cox volunteered hisassistance. It was also notedthat quotations for varyingtreatments of replacementgates had recently been chosenfrom the Wish List and theClerk was working on this withresults to come back to Coun-cil in due course. During dis-cussion it was noted there hadbeen increased parking, andassociated problems due tothis, recently. As a result ofdiscussion it was agreed theClerk would write to LGCCand enquire as to source ofproblem.

Councillors then noted anadvertisement for a Speed Gunsimilar to those used by thePolice. Discussion took placeregarding the potential usageof one of theseGuns. It wasagreed that the Clerk would

unteered to attend this meetingand report back.

The Countryside Agencyhad forwarded a copy of theprovisional map for Rights ofWay across the county.

A letter from CCC notingfurther alterations to Service13. Cllr Gore reported that theonly alteration toService 13’swas the withdrawal of twoearly morning buses at week-ends.

In any other business theChairman noted two Lintonresidents who had recentlybeen recipients of Awardsthrough the CambridgeEvening News. Karen Normanin the ‘Nurse/Careworker’ cat-egory, and George Glover inthe ‘Beyond the Call of Duty’category. Both should be heart-ily congratulated on their ef-forts. Linton Activities andCare for the Elderly (ACE) alsoreceived recognition with asmall cash award toward serv-ices provided in the ‘Age Sup-port and Special Needs’ cat-

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