Thank you to all who came along and supported the Film Night screening of X + Y at Thriplow School on Thursday 19th November. It was great to have such a good crowd and enjoy a bit of a social before sitting down to the movie. The great news is as well as having a fun night out the evening raised £350 which will be split between Thriplow Primary School and St George's Church to help fund ongoing projects and events. Thank you once again to all who bought a ticket and supported the event. Lizzie Duckworth ...Continue Reading

In the last two weeks at least two people in the village have purchased items from a man who was cold calling. The items concerned are expensive Swiss made sets of cutlery, kitchen pans and chef’s knife sets. The seller said he was Swiss (or in the second case Dutch) was young, well dressed and drove an expensive foreign registered car. In both cases he said that he had been making genuine sales in the area and had some excess stock which he wanted to sell off so he could then return home to the continent. He sold th ...Continue Reading

Hi everyone, with Christmas just around the corner, you might like to know the following... 1. Christmas Goods now on display 2. Radio Cambridge and our Hamper for the Cambridge Homeless at Christmas 3. Open on Boxing Day 4. 150 Club starts its sixth year 1. We have set up for our big Christmas Display above the wine section and along the front of the shop. On it, you will see lots of ideas for stocking fillers, last minute presents and things for the house at Christmas. Please have a browse, we are sure something ...Continue Reading

Hello everyone Just want to give you a heads up regarding some pub activities happening over Christmas & in to the New Year. Please read, we don't want you to miss a thing... Full details regarding December opening times and December specific events can be found here: http://www.thegreenmanthriplow.co.uk/december Full details regarding general upcoming events can be found here: http://www.thegreenmanthriplow.co.uk/events In a nutshell though, Sunday 29th November 2015 we will be holding the first of our Sund ...Continue Reading

Reminder Thursday 5th November 7.45pm in Fowlmere Village Hall PLANTS FOR WOODLAND AND SHADE - Roger Harvey Roger Harvey is now recognised as one of the fore-most nurserymen in the country. His family-run ‘Harvey’s Garden Plants’ in Suffolk grows an extensive range of hardy herbaceous plants. He has been awarded RHS Gold Medals at the Chelsea Flower Show on six occasions between 2006 and 2012 for displays of rare unusual shade and woodland plants. All Members and non-Members welcome. ...Continue Reading

Please see the details of the next Meeting. Note the change of date from that originally printed in the programme. ...Continue Reading

Don't let these winter evenings rob you of fun - come along to the screening of 'X+Y' at Thriplow School on Thursday 19th November. A guaranteed feel good factor enjoy some of the delicious and ecclectic drinks from the bar from 8pm with the film screening at 9pm. Catch up with friends, have a drink, eat popcorn and enjoy this brilliant, funny and inspiring film. Buy your ticket now at £5, tickets will go up to £7 from Saturday 14th November. Tickets are now on sale at Thriplow Village shop - £5 i ...Continue Reading

Reminder that there is a meeting on Thursday 5th November 7.45pm in Fowlmere Village Hall PLANTS FOR WOODLAND AND SHADE -- Roger Harvey ...Continue Reading

Daffodil Planting: Update on autumn 2015 plan The initial phase of this project is focused on creating mass displays at the gateways and on the iconic triangles only. The iconic triangles have now been cleared and replaced with new high quality topsoil. These have also had a preliminary seeding with grass. The bulb planting on these triangles and in the village gateways will now start in earnest. Peggs Close bank will receive another load of topsoil this week and will then be smoothed out prior to bulbs being pla ...Continue Reading

Thriplow Film Nights are making a long awaited return on Thursday 19th November with as ever a glamorous selection of drinks from the renowned cocktail bar that brought you Purple Pimms and Ginger Fizz followed by an epic film. For the unitiated the evening works like this; a bar opens in the school at 8pm and we have a social hour for people to mix and mingle and then the film gets shown at 9pm. The tickets cost £5 and it includes pretty much unlimited popcorn! All profits are split between St George's Church an ...Continue Reading