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Curate Revd. Lynne Broughton 85 Richmond Rd Cambridge (01223 322014)
For local police contacts go to the East Cambs Police South Neighbourhood site
East Cambs Police South Neighbourhood team
Esast Cambs South Neighbourhood Sergeant Lindsay Harbour
Neighbourhood Watch
The East Cambs Neighbourhood Watch Association Website (created September 2007) http://eastcambsnhw.googlepages.com/home
Record your property online to aid police recover stolen items, free service www.immobilise.com
Licensed Lay Ministers Derrick Aspland 25 The Street Kirtling (01638 730405; Simon Windmill Moonacre 33 Church Street Ashley (01638 730339) Mrs Su Shaw (in training) 21 Spurling Close Cheveley 01638 730526
Authorised Lay Minister Mrs Sarah Douglas, 169 High Street, Cheveley 01638 730071
Saxon Street Methodist Minister - Revd. Shelia MacInally
Wood Ditton
Churchwardens - Mr Roy Steggles (01638 730899), Mr Simon Taylor (01638
730849); Deputy Churchwardens Mr Maurice Potter (01638 730847) Mrs Sheila Bailey (01638 730815).
District Council representatives, Rural Ward - Anthea Davidson (01638 507203); Cheveley Ward - Carl Poole (01638 668581); Urban Ward - Peter Cresswell (01638 661138)
County Council representative - Matthew Shuter (Con) (01638 508731)
M.P. for South East Cambridgeshire - James Paice (Con)
Parish Council Chairman - Mr Peter Powney-Jones (01638 730855)
Parish Clerk - John Theobald (01638 507675)
THE LINK magazine editor - Mr Derrick Aspland (01638 730405) e-mail derrick.aspland@btinternet.com or derrick.aspland@marshallaerospace.com
Wood Ditton correspondent for The Link magazine - Mr Roy Steggles (01638 730899),
Saxon Street - Mrs J Hill (01638 730740)
Wood Ditton & Saxon Street
Woman's Institute - President - Mrs Brenda Marks (01638 730244); Secretary - Mrs Sandie Harris (01638 730956)
Saxon Street Girls' Brigade, meets Wednesday
evenings in Methodist Church Hall. Organiser Mrs Marina Baldock
(Information supplied by Ely Police, updated July 2008.
Neighbourhood Police Constable PC Andy Martin
Police Community Support Officer PCSO Amy Griffin (Tel 07921 094941
Anti-Social Behaviour Co-ordinator Brian Tulley (Tel 01353 656641 mobile 07736 087016).
Mobile numbers are for non-urgent community issues only, not to report suspicious incidents or crimes.
For further information about the police team covering this sector go to https://www.cambs-police.co.uk/myneighbourhood/nhtpage.asp?teamcode=222
If you are a victim of crime and wish to report it and it is NOT happening now ring the Crime Management Unit on 0845 456 456 4
If you are witnessing a crime in progress please dial 999. The Police will assess the urgency of your call.
You can obtain the latest information direct from the Neighbourhood Policing Team by signing up to E-Cops. This is a two-way information service, go to www.cambs-police.co.uk/signup/ecops/
For local police reports select here
Neighbourhood Watch Co-ordinators, Wood
Ditton - Mrs Margaret Powney-Jones (01638 730855), Saxon Street - Mr Roy May (01638 730568).
The Garden Lodge, 11, Vicarage Lane Woodditton. Swedish log cabin style accommodation set in a country garden. Three separate en suite bedrooms each with own entrance. Contact Anna and Charles on 01638 731116 or e-mail swedishgardenlodge@hotmail.com Bed and breakfast with evening meal and picnic lunch by arrangement at The Old Farmhouse, 165 High Street Cheveley - Mrs A.M. Robinson email
amrobinson@clara.co.uk Tel.(01638 730771) [after 6 pm or weekends, or leave a message] or you can book online www.cheveleybandb.co.uk
Short term holiday letting at 'Rose Cottage' Saxon Street. This is a little semi-detached flint cottage situated in The Street - contact Mrs Amy Lamb (01638 730134)
'The Three Blackbirds' (Paul Lange). Ditton Green, 17th century pub with restaurant. (01638 730811)
'The Reindeer' The Street, Saxon Street, old village pub modernized with restaurant and large garden. (01638 730989) No smoking rule in bar and restaurant, but allowed in the garden.
'The Red Lion' 214, The Street, Kirtling, 18th century village pub with restaurant (English and Spanish food).
'The Red Lion', 218 High Street Cheveley, real ales and home cooked food, restaurant open 7 nights a week, closed lunchtimes Mon. - Fri. (01638 730233).
'The Dyke's End' Pub, Reach (at the northern end of the Devil's Ditch walk). Bar meals and restaurant. (01638 743816)
'The Boot', Dullingham, (Kevin and Dianne McDonnell). About the nearest you can get these days to the old style village pub. Simple, good value bar meals Tuesdays to Saturdays. Free house including Adnams Ale. (01638 507327).
The Ellesmere Community Centre Stetchworth - Shop & post office (01638 508212)
Post Office and shop Cheveley. This useful MACE shop and Post Office is nearly opposite the Red Lion, High Street Cheveley. Frozen Foods, wines snacks etc.
La Hogue Farm Shop & delicatessen, Chippenham. This is just off the A.11 about 4 miles N.E. of Newmarket. A family run business with an attractive range of foods and wines. They have their own website at www.lahogue.co.uk
Bus routes passing through Wood Ditton & Saxon Street
Service 47 - Peak Service operates Mondays - Fridays; Dullingham, Stetchworth, Wood Ditton (Blackbirds 07.25 & 08.10), Saxon Street (Lower Chapel 07.35 & 08.200), Kirtling, Cheveley, Ashley, Newmarket. Returns same route from Newmarket Bus Station at 17.40
Melvyn's Travel of Dullingham. Private Hire Taxi and 7 seater minibus - distance no object. (Tel 01638 508140 or fax 01638 508402)
Darrens Taxi (1 - 6 Seater) (01638 609119 or Mob 07721 650931)
Dial A Ride - operated by The Voluntary Network.
Rail Stations - Newmarket or Dullingham, both approximately 3½ miles from Ditton Green. (Train information 08457 748 49 50)
'A Tanner Will Do' - A well illustrated and humorous account of village life in Wood Ditton in the nineteen thirties and forties by Rodney H Vincent. After sales of nearly 600 copies a new edition was published in November 2006, for details select here
'A History of Kirtling & Upend' by Dr C.P.
Lewis
The above mentioned books are available from Tindalls
Booksellers, High Street Newmarket (01638 561760) - e-mail Newmarket@hendersonsgroup.co.uk
'The Link' book of country walks, cycle rides and local attractions around Wood Ditton with Saxon Street and further afield - compiled by John Fenton and edited by Derrick Aspland. Derrick has a few copies of this helpful little booklet available at just £2. Contact him on 01638 730405.
Visit the Garden Lodge website at www.gardenlodge.net
October2005: Spanish chef Jose Alvarez-Meijide has joined The Red Lion in Kirtling and now runs the pub along the lines of his successful 'Jose El Gallego' Spanish restaurant and Tapas bar. Along with an extensive menu of over 70 freshly prepared Tapas items jose has a smaller international menu offering foods from the humble filled baguette, to the popular Newmarket sausage & mash and the more unusual Bison steak! Future plans hope to develop a Spanish Bodegas, along with the traditional hanging cured meats, and possibly Salsa lessons, subject to licensing! The bar continues to welcome people for drinks alone, and the restaurants remain non-smoking.
The new opening times are as follow;
Mon - Fri 12-3 & 5-11, Sat 12-11pm and Sun 12-10.30pm
Bookings and info : 01638-731976 - kirtlinglion@lycos.co.uk jose_el_gallego@btinternet.co.uk
This is run largely by voluntary help and provides a welcome service to the local community - open Mondays - Fridays 9am - 1pm. The shop stocks a good range of groceries and has fresh vegetables on Tuesdays and fresh bread on Mondays and Thursdays. Their Dunmow ham alone is worth a visit! Go to Ellesmere Centre page
Select the Newmarket Web Logo for links to hotels, restaurants and other services in the Newmarket area.
Faulty streetlights can be reported to Ringway Highway Services Ltd on freephone
0800 25 35 29 quoting the CCC or PC light number. The contracts can be confirmed by Cambs CC Street Lighting Section 01223 717748 - contact Chris Sproston
For a list of independently recommended tradesmen operating locally select here
The Ellesmere Centre - see above.
Kirtling Village Hall, this new Hall offers excellent facilities - Contact Mrs C.A.Bailey 01638 730253
Saxon Street Methodist Church Hall - Contact Les Jaggard 01638 730396
Burtons Coaches Ltd operate Monday to Saturday services (except Bank Holidays) to Newmarket from Kirtling, Wood Ditton, Saxon Street and Cheveley and to Bury St Edmunds from Wood Ditton & Saxon Street on Wednesdays. (Tel. 01440 702257)
Service 902 - Shopper Circular Operates Mon, Tue, Thurs, Fri, Sat; Kirtling, Wood Ditton (Crossroads Mon 09.48; Tue 09.03; Thurs 11.23; Fri & Sat 10.48). Returns same route from Newmarket Bus Station Mon 12.35 Tues 12.00 Thurs 14.15 Fri & Sat 13.30
Service 905 - Burrough Green - Bury St Edmunds; Wednesday only. Wood Ditton, Ditton Road 09.21, Saxon Street, The Street 09.23. Returns same route from Bury St Edmunds Bus Station 13.15
Personal Taxi Service - Airports & long distance journeys (01638 663431 or 07979 410469)
Dial a Ride is a
community transport scheme run by The Voluntary Network which provides a
door to door accessible minibus service for people who find it difficult to
use public transport.
The Dial a Ride vehicles are fully equipped to carry
wheelchairs and operate from Monday through to Friday.
All passengers are required to become members at a cost of £5.00 per annum.
The cost of a return journey from Wood Ditton to Newmarket is £5.00,
although fares are currently charged at half price for concessionary bus
pass holders.
For full details and a membership application pack please call 01638 60 80 22, or visit the Voluntary Network office - Cleveland House, 39 Old Station
Road, Newmarket, Suffolk CB8 8QE or go to the website www.thevoluntarynetwork.org/
These are provided by ECOL (East Cambs on Line) at Kirtling (The Red Lion), Saxon Street (The Methodist Church Hall), Ditton Green (The Three Blackbirds) Stetchworth (The Ellesmere Community Centre) Cheveley (Somerset Court), Dullingham (The Taylor Hall) also at Burrough Green and Ashley.
Enquiries can be made at the Ellesmere (01638 508212), or ring Barbara Bendon (07919 057332).
A small nursery with a good reputation run by qualified teacher Yvonne Murrell, based on a family home. Enquiries to Yvonne at Valence House, West End, Wood Ditton. 01638 730875.
DUCKLINGS COMMUNITY PRE-SCHOOL
We are based at Taylor Hall, Dullingham, and are open Mon - Fri 9.15 - 12 noon, £5.00 per session, and also operate a lunch club Mon. and Thurs. @ £2.50. Our Mobile Contact No. 07789 410037 can be used any time.
We are a registered Charity, with a Pre-school leader and two Pre-school Assistants. We take children from the age of Two to Start of School.
The Pre-School is guided by a committee, mainly of current and previous Mums! Juliette Sampson - Treasurer, Alice Farrant - Chairwoman, Rebecca France - Secretary. All of us have children who have attended and thoroughly enjoyed Ducklings!
Website www.Ducklingscommunitypreschool.co.uk
E-mail: info@ducklingscommunitypreschool.co.uk
'Cheveley Brownies meet weekly during term time and welcome girls from 7 to 11 years old please contact Claire de Boehmler (Brown Owl) 01953 861361 or Mrs. Catherine Hedgecott (Tawny Owl), 01638 730687.
Claire also runs 1st Newmarket Guides for girls age 10+ please ring for full details or email cmatthews5@toucansurf.com
'Newmarket Town & Turf - A Pictorial Tour' A useful souvenir book with many pictures, some in colour, of Newmarket and surrounding villages (including Wood Ditton) as they are today, together with some historical background.
Newmarket Town & Turf is also available from W.H. Smith, 84-86 High Street Newmarket
'One Afternoon in February' - The story of the tragic air raid on Newmarket on Tuesday February 18th 1941, published by the Newmarket Local History Society to mark the 60th anniversary of the event. This book has now sold out from its final print, but is available on loan for members of the Newmarket Local History Society (see the Society's page for meetings dates).
'Hints and Tips for Silver Surfers' by Keith Paterson, B.A. Dip. V.G. An excellent booklet for P.C. users, both beginners and the more experienced. See Keith's site listed on Links page for purchase details.
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