Final reminder for the Eco-Friendly Show: Saturday 19th September in Fowlmere Village Hall – doors open 2pm with tea served. Anyone can exhibit in Classes for Floral Art, Pot Plants, Fruit, Vegetables, Home Produce, Handicrafts and Photography. Also there are Classes for Children Exhibits. Show schedules are still available on sale at £1 from Thriplow Village Shop and at the Show. There will also be a tombola, a plant stall and raffles. Following the Presentation of Awards at 3.45pm, there will be an au ...Continue Reading

Please come and share coffee and cake with us in the School Hall at 9.30am on Friday 25th September ...Continue Reading

Sorry the date of the meeting is Thursday 17th, not 19th as I said yesterday. The poster details (prepared by Angela) are correct! ...Continue Reading

Next meeting is two weeks tomorrow (Thursday 19th). A talk entitled "Crossing the Cam" See poster for details ...Continue Reading

Update on Bank Holiday events at The Green Man. Friday 28th August Just to let people know that in the evening the restaurant & back garden have been fully booked out for a group event. Therefore the bar and front garden will be open for the village, but not the kitchen. Friday lunch time will be business as usual. Sunday 30th August The pub will open late as it's a bank holiday. The kitchen will stay open until 8pm and the bar until 10pm. Monday 31st August The Great Big Bank Holiday Brunch is back. Food serv ...Continue Reading

I've been told there was an old white Ford Transit van seen around Fowlmere yesterday and the driver was acting suspiciously by marking the fence outside a house with a chalk cross. Thoughts are it might be a dog thief or a prospective burglar. Be watchful. Kevin ...Continue Reading

Hi Everyone Quite a bit of news from the shop, so here goes... 1) We have a new fridge! 2) Our new business partnership with Amazon 3) Carrier Bags 4) 150 Club winners 5) Crop for the Shop 6) Record sales 1. Our new milk fridge was delivered a couple of weeks ago. The old one was leaking and needing constant attention. You will have noticed the nice shiny newness but you won’t have noticed the damage that got us a 25% discount, because when it arrived, Sue and Jenny fixed the damage reported by the supplier and sh ...Continue Reading

Margaret has asked me to remind everyone that it is the time of year for Annual Subscriptions in the shop. It's easy if you can remember while you are in the shop. Margaret will put a notice up to help. But it costs just £10 per year (more if you wish to make a donation!) and new subscribers get a certificate from the committee later on. To become a member, please give your subscription over the counter to any of our staff and they will make a note of your name. The amount we raise from subscriptions is ro ...Continue Reading

Hi everyone, lots of news, not all of it good. 1. Judy Bradshaw 2. AGM 3. Subscriptions are now due 4. New milk fridge 5. 150 Club winners for June 6. Saturday help needed 1. Judy Bradshaw died earlier this month. Judy was a founder committee member of the Shop Association and worked tirelessly for the shop, usually in a hidden way because many of the things she did were administrative and therefore not publicly visible. Judy undertook a variety of jobs including: - sorting out electricity contracts - calculating ...Continue Reading

Hello everyone I've just had a caller on the phone who knew my name and address. He said our area was going to take part in a security response exercise between today and Monday. When I asked him who he was calling from (expecting him to say "Police"), he hung up. There was no caller ID registered. It's obviously a scam so please be careful about giving anything away. Kevin ...Continue Reading