Winter 2017

Contents

Public Service Contact Details 4

Editorial 5

Letters 6

First Place Nationally for The Warbler 7

Great Wilbraham Parish Council 9

Little Wilbraham & Six Mile Bottom Parish Council 11

A View from the Garden 13

The Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 14

Country Music Evenings 16

Table Tennis in the Wilbrahams’ Hall 16

Wilbrahams Autumn Food and Craft Fair 17

Chapel Dental Open in Great Wilbraham 19

Great Wilbraham Primary School 21

Vic Franklin 23

Over the farm gate 24

Ammonite inspired Quilt wins highly commended 27

St Nicholas’ Church Bells – Can you Hear Them? 29

Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 30

St Nicholas Trust Auction 24 February 2018 32

Over 60 Club 33

Wilbrahams’ Bridge Club 34

Calendar 36/37

Cambridge Camera Club Carry Home the Bacon 40

Making my way at HEADWAY 41

Wilbraham River Protection Society 43

Watercolour Discovery Workshop 44

Wilbrahams’ Cricket Club 2017 45

Six Mile Bottom Sports and Social Club 46

Strange life forms spotted on Temple End 49

RENEW 51

End of Year Update from Lucy Frazer MP 52

A Day in the Life of a Newly Qualified Social Worker 57

Summer Volunteers for the Churchyard Crew 59

Bottisham & Burwell Photographic Club 59

The Adventures of Frizby and Blowpipe 61

Your Remedy for Post-Christmas Blues – Cinderella 63

The Wilbrahams’ Gardening Club 65

Village Characters 65

Crossword 67

Advertisers 68

Community Group Contact Details 69

Bus Timetable, 17& 18 70