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Mothering Sunday at St Mary’s Church – CHANGE OF STARTING TIME
Our Mothering Sunday service is at 10.30am on Sunday 30th March, this is a service suitable for all and there will be an opportunity to take home a small gift of flowers. Please note the change of starting time.
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Willingham Medical Practice – March Newsletter
Willingham 01954 260230 Longstanton 01954 207600 Dispensary 01954 207602 Website: www.willinghammedicalpractice.nhs.net District Nurse Team: 0330 726 0077 Health Visitors: 0300 029 5050 A&E is not an alternative to a GP appointment. When the surgery is closed please call 111 for medical assistance, or 999 for a life threatening emergency. For urgent mental health support, please call 111 and select option 2 Surgery Closure Please note the surgery will be CLOSED from 1pm on WEDNESDAY 19th MARCH for whole staff training. Please plan ahead and make sure you have enough medication to last, remembering to order your repeats at least THREE working days before collection. Cancelling Appointments We understand that sometimes…
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Report from Cambridgeshire County Councillor Firouz Thompson – February 2025
Dear Residents, As February turns to March, the days are getting longer, and signs of spring are emerging. If you’re walking, cycling, or wheeling, please stay visible in low light to keep our roads safe for everyone. Here is my monthly update, which is an edited version of the full report that I provide to the parish councils in my ward. HIGHWAYS As part of the 2025/26 maintenance programme, several roads and footpaths in our area will undergo surface treatment to improve durability and safety. Road Surface Treatments for 2025/26: Gravel Bridge Road & Longstanton Road will receive Gripfibre Treatment this summer, with final pre-patching work due before then, some…
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Memory Cafe and Saturday Lunch Club – February 22 2025
Our next Memory Café features live music from a 3 piece band, ‘The Good Times’ and chair based exercise to ballroom, in the Day Centre to start at 10:00am this Saturday, February 22. All are welcome, please do come along. For more information please visit our facebook page https://www.facebook.com/OverMemoryCafe Following our Memory Café, please do book your place for lunch at our Saturday Lunch Club. Bookings can be made online, by phone or in person at the Day Centre – please see our website for more information: https://www.overdaycentre.co.uk/what…/saturday-lunch-club/
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The Big Sing with Over Singers and Drummers
The Over Community Singers and Drummers would like to invite you to a fun musical fundraising event in aid of the fabulous Over Day Centre. Our Drummers play traditional West African and Caribbean rhythms and our Singers bring you uplifting harmonies from all around the globe. There will be plenty of opportunities for our audience to join in with us too! The Big Sing with Drums will take place at the Over Community Centre on Sunday, 23 March, from 3pm. We are also hoping to run a raffle. Entry is free with donations invited. Supporting Over Day Centre is very close to our hearts.
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Swavesey & District History Society – An Introduction
Swavesey & District History Society (The outstanding group to join). In the autumn of 1975 John Shepperson, BEM, of Boxworth End Farm, who had a very keen interest in the history of Swavesey and the surrounding area, formed Swavesey & District History Society. Fifty years later this well-established, popular and lively group continues to meet monthly. A full year’s membership costs £15, with a relaxed attitude to charging casual visitors. The season of meetings lasts from September to June with each subject and speaker listed in the Calendar section of Over Village News. At least half of our members live in Over, including our Secretary. The History Society meets at…
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Swavesey and District History Society – February meeting report
A week earlier than usual, 30 members and visitors attended a talk by David Duker from St Neots entitled “One of Our Own”, telling the story of Battle of Britain fighter pilot, Victor Ekins, MBE, DFC. When David was a child, his grandad told him stories of his wartime experience, especially in North Africa. In due course, with his interest focused on the Battle Of Britain pilots, David spent 10 years meeting and interviewing many of the fighter pilots who took part when they were typically about 20 years old. A chance discovery of an online document mentioned Victor Ekins, also from St Neots. David eventually found the Ekins family…
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Business Spotlight: All Eyes
Over Village News is proud to be supported by a number of local businesses who help make it possible for our volunteer-led organisation to continue to serve our village. Over the coming weeks, we’re excited to feature these local businesses in our ‘Business Spotlight’, to share a little more about their work and their place in our community. For the full list of local businesses supporting Over Village news, click here: Businesses – Over Village News Set up in 1987 as a lens wholesaler, dealing directly with opticians, this local gem evolved to dealing directly with the public 20 years ago. All Eyes do not perform eye tests. This means…
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Book Now: Men’s Breakfast at Over Baptist Church
You’re invited to a Men’s Breakfast at the Over Baptist Church (junction of Glover Street and New Road) on Saturday 22nd February from 8.30 to 10.00am. Following a cooked breakfast, our special guest, Giles Cornell will tell us briefly why he is a Christian and how his faith has affected his life and work. Giles has been married for 30 years and has two grown-up children. He has been the Senior Pastor of the Lighthouse Church in Ely for nearly 20 years. The church works hard in the Ely community and has projects to help those facing isolation, loneliness, homelessness and addictions. The church also provides space for young people…
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Gardening Club – upcoming meeting
The next Gardening Club meeting is on Wednesday 19th February at 7.30pm in the Over Community Centre Main Hall. The speaker will be Patricia from Oakington Garden Centre talking about their family-run business and their plans for the future. There will be free refreshments available at the start of the meeting. We will have our usual Raffle and the popular Flower of the Month Competition. The tubers for our Growing Potatoes in a Pot Competition will be handed out on the night. Visitors are welcome £3.
