Royal British Legion

The Swavesey & District RBL Annual Dinner dance took place on Saturday 26th January. Good food, excellent company and a band in the perfect mode made this a very successful evening. Tony Pepper and his wife were our guests. Tony is the RBL County Field Officer and his presentation to Pip Gill of a medal and certificate for his 40 years of collecting for the Poppy Appeal, gave the evening a sense of occasion. Later in the evening the arrival of Max
Miller (Bill Smart) was a surprise but all agreed that Bill has missed his vocation. A collection for the Max Miller Statue Fund raised £33.72.

 
A collection for the Max Miller Statue
RBL County Field Officer Tony Pepper making
the presentation to Pip Gill.

Golden Jubilee Brigade

The Swavesey Branch of The Royal British Legion are hoping to hold a parade through Swavesey on Sunday 2nd June as part of the celebrations for the Golden Jubilee of HM Queen Elizabeth II. They are looking for village organisations to take part and if you think that your organisation would be interested then please contact Clive Hines on 01954 232428 as soon as possible.


Childcare in Swavesey
  • Are you looking for local childcare for your children aged between 0 and 14?
  • Would you like information about childminders in Swavesey, about a local pre-school, day nursery, out-of-school club or holiday scheme?
  • Do you need advice about choosing childcare, information about free early education for 3 & 4 year olds or help with calculating Working Families Tax Credit?
  • Are you interested in a career in childcare?

The Care & Education Partnership can help! The Partnership aims to support and develop high quality services across Cambridgeshire for children, young people & their families. It supports the childminders, pre-schools, day nurseries & out-of-school clubs in Swavesey with Development Worker visits; access to specialist support; help with expansion, quality assurance and much more. To find out more about the work of the Partnership, you can ring the Partnership Childcare Advisers on 01954 273372, e-mail info@cambs-ce-partnership.org.uk or log onto www.cambs-ce-partnership.org.uk.

Opportunity Links is the Children's Information Service for Cambridgeshire & Peterborough and can provide information on local childcare & how to choose it. It also has details of jobs and training opportunities for people interested in working in childcare. You can contact Opportunity Links by telephoning 0800 29 89 121, by e-mailing info@opp-links.org.uk or by logging onto www.opportunity-links.org.uk.

Whether you're looking for work in childcare or looking for childcare to allow you to get back to work, to train or to give your child time to learn and socialise, you can get information and support from the Care & Education Partnership and its partners.

Swavesey Institute Football Club - JAN/FEB 02

First Team

Phil Baines’s side continued to perform inconsistently in the league, but have maintained their
position just below halfway in Division 1B. The team is looking to consolidate it’s Division
1 status during the remainder of the season after last year’s successful promotion campaign.
Despite losing out in the latter stages of the Junior Invitation Cup, outstanding performances
in the Creake Shield have seen them through to the semi-finals.
Latest results:
v. Haddenham (H) (Cup) Lost 2-3 (Land, Stokes)
v. Romsey Mill (A) (Cup) Won 2-1 (Blake(2))
v. Over Sports Res (A) Lost 0-2
v. Stretham Hotspurs (H) Won 3-2 (Little(2), Till)
v. Soham Utd Res (H) Lost 2-3 (Till, Little)

Reserves
After cruising through the latter part of 2001, the Reserves started to stutter in the New Year.
Despite defeats against their main promotion rivals Mark Lewin’s side enter the last third of
the season in second place in the league with a game in hand over the teams below them.
Maximum points from their remaining fixtures will guarantee promotion to Division 4B.
Latest results:
v. Littleport Town ‘A’ (A) Lost 1-3 (Pettingel)
v. Huntingdon Town ‘A’ (A) Won 3-1 (Carless(2), Pettingel)
v. Bluntisham ‘A’ (H) Lost 3-4 (Oldham, Coulson, Lewin)
v. Sutton Utd Res (H) Won 4-1 (Harrower, Hyusein(3))

Veterans
An improved performance from the “Over 35s” saw them narrowly lose their only game in
2002 to date, 0-2, against Cambridge Veterans.

Social
A big thank you to everyone who supported the successful Ibiza Semi-uncovered evening on
9 Feb. Monies raised will be added to the fund set up to improve the current facilities and
to help to develop football at all levels within the village.
The next two events are a Quiz/Bingo Evening in the White Horse on 12 Apr and the Chair-man’s
Annual Presentation Dinner at Wood Green on 1 Jun. As usual both events are open to
everyone, tickets and further details are available from Jim Foster on 01954 232842.

Sponsorship
Opportunities still exist for sponsorship of the football club. Any ideas on how you would
like to support your village football club would be welcomed by Jim Foster on 01954 232842.
Alternatively Jim would be pleased to advise how existing sponsorship schemes could
benefit you and your business.


Swavesey & District History Society

The meeting held on February 19th in the Swavesey Village College was well attended. Mrs Honor Ridout talked about the Stourbridge Fair in Cambridge which was held every September for a month spanning seven centuries closing in 1933.

Mrs Ridout talked mainly about the 18th century. This important fair was held in Garlic Row off the Newmarket Rd. Booths were built to house the many wares to be sold such as items made of pewter and china
materials. There would be a Horse Fair and other attractions. People came from all over the country to attend. Together with slides showing the dress and travel of these times, also advertisements in old newspapers, the speaker was able to give a real insight of the fair at this time.

After question time Mrs Carole Shaw thanked Mrs Ridout for a very interesting talk.


Library News

During the months of December and January Swavesey Library has been delighted to host an exhibition of photographs displayed by Swavesey Camera Club. Our visitors were very impressed by their superb and interesting pictures. If anyone would like any information on the club’s activities, why not pop into the library where their itinerary is displayed?

For those of you who don’t already know, the Cambridgeshire Library Service is in a serious financial position. Whilst the Service has been very successful in obtaining grants for various projects, the budget for the last 12 years has remained the same, ignoring the population explosion in Cambridgeshire and causing severe problems. Fortunately for
Swavesey, because it is a “single-staffed” library, possible closures will be minimal; the larger libraries are the most affected.

On a more optimistic note:-
Coming soon are the People’s Network* and a long awaited photocopier!

Swavesey Library is open for:-
Books, Internet, CD Rom Player, Adult and Junior Videos, Fax, Book Sales.We also provide a doorstep delivery for the housebound.

Opening Times:-
Tuesday + Wednesday 6.00 pm – 8.00pm
Thursday + Friday 2.30 pm – 5.00pm
Saturday 10.00 am – 12 noon

* The People’s Network
This is a national project intended to make the Internet available to all. It is part of the Governments commitment to give everyone in the UK the opportunity to get on line. It involves funding for many additional computers in all public libraries throughout the country and will also provide faster Internet connections for these libraries.Cambridgeshire libraries received a grant of just over £1 million to deliver the People’s Network


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