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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Following the lockdown in the summer, Spike and Violet made the short move to new, much larger, air- conditioned premises in High Street, March. The Unisex Hair Studio offers a wide range of hair treatments. In addition to regular treatments they also offer special adult one-to-one hair tutorials as well as Dads and Daughters sessions where fathers can learn hair care skills. Owner Vicky Viles, from Doddington, says they were very happy to welcome back loyal customers after the enforced break, and also delighted to see some new faces. Vicky set up the business nineteen years ago and currently employs three stylists and two apprentices. Visit their website or Facebook pages for more information. Opening Times: Monday 9am –5.30pm; Tuesday 9am-5pm; Wednesday and Thursday 9am-8pm; Saturday 9am-4pm. Closed Sunday 31 High Street, March. PE15 9JA Email: spikeandviolet@hotmail.co.uk Website: www.spikeandviolet.co.uk Facebook: www.facebook.com
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Dear Residents of Doddington, This is the last Diary of the year and for the first time it is a double edition, as we will not be printing a Diary in January. If there is any news, we will publish a smaller edition on our website (like we did in the summer during the first lock-down). THANK YOU to all of our advertisers, without you there would be no Diary, and despite the uncertainties of the year we have welcomed new advertisers. The only funding the Diary receives is through advertising or fundraising so their support is vital. We would encourage our readers to consider using the local advertisers when looking for services so do let them know that you saw their advertisement in the Diary. We have no plans to increase our advertising prices for 2021 so if you would like to advertise with us, please get in touch. Full details of our prices and terms and conditions can be found on our website. THANK YOU to everyone who has supported fundraising events or donated money over the last twelve months. Whatever the amount, large or small ,every penny has gone towards our printing costs. THANK YOU to our regular contributors from community groups who have kept our readers informed of their activities. THANK YOU especially to David Edwards for his extra contributions this year. The history of the village is always a favourite. THANK YOU to Chris Richards for his continued support and the professional service he and his team always give. Finally we must say THANK YOU to all of the good ladies and gentlemen who deliver the Diaries to over 1,000 homes every month. Bringing the Diary to your door every month is a real team effort so THANK YOU to everyone involved. We hope you have enjoyed reading it and we look forward to reporting the activities of the village again next year. Merry Christmas and Stay Safe from the Diary Team 4
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Women’s Institute W O W MINCEMEAT (WALNUT, ORANGE & WHISKY) If you are making mince pies why not make your own mincemeat too? A nice relaxing task for a cold morning. Recipe makes about 1.3 kg. and 40 minutes preparation time. 450g cooking apples, peeled and chopped 225g sultanas 225g currants 115g candied peel 115g finely chopped walnuts 175g melted butter or vegetable suet 225g light soft brown sugar Juice and grated zest of 1 large orange 1 tsp ground cinnamon ½ tsp grated nutmeg ½ tsp ground cloves 4 tablespoons whisky Cook the apples with 4 tablespoons of water until pulpy. Mash down and allow to cool. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well. Allow to stand overnight. Pack into cooled, sterilised jars and cover with cellophane or lid, or store in a polythene tub with a lid. SEASONS GREETINGS From Doddington Women’s Institute. Keep well and safe and let us hope that we can all get back to the activities we are missing in 2021. Doddington Diary Deadlines and Contact Details Advertising: All copy and payment to be received by the 15th of each month Contributions: All editorials to be received by the 15th of each month Contact us by Email: doddingtondiary@gmail.com Contact us by Post: 14 Miller Close, Doddington. PE15 0NZ Doddington Diary is printed by: David J Richards Ltd, West Park Street, Chatteris 5
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Thoughts from the Rectory The Season of Cheer or of Fear? Many look forward to Christmas. People look forward to the Christmas lights being switched on in our villages, Christmas cards are sent to loved ones and friends. Christmas decorations are brought down from attic spaces and children count the number of sleeps until the big day. In past years family and friends have gathered to celebrate in one form or another, but because of Covid 19, I suspect that the gathering will not take the same form this year. But there are those who dread this time of the year. I remember meeting a woman with an alcohol addition who said she was scared of Christmas because her party friends might inadvertently encourage her to fall off the wagon. There are those who dread the financial expense that Christmas has come to mean for them and the real fear of going into debt with an already unknown New Year ahead. Some are afraid of Christmas because they find it the loneliest day of the year. For those who have lost a loved one, even the sight of an empty chair on Christmas Day can be upsetting. I wonder if people were anxious when the very first Christmas took place. The Bible tells us that Joseph didn’t understand God’s purpose in sending his Son Jesus into the world; I suspect that Joseph was fearful about his responsibility in the role of Jesus’ father. As for Mary she couldn’t quite fathom God’s power in bringing about her pregnancy. Her fear was so evident that the angel had to tell her not to be afraid. As for the shepherds in the fields, they were so amazed and scared or as the King James Bible put it ‘sore afraid’, that they ran to the manger as fast as they could. But the overriding message behind God’s encounter with people on that first Christmas was ‘do not be afraid’ (Luke 1:30 NIV) and two thousand years later, that same message still stands. Whatever happens over this Christmas time and whatever restrictions we may find ourselves under because of the Covid 19 virus, remember that God came into this world in the form of his Son, Jesus, to bring hope and peace to all of us. For that reason, we don’t need to be afraid. Have a great Christmas, keep safe and keep well. Rev Ian Brady 6
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Remembrance Sunday THANK YOU to everyone who followed the national guidance and respected the request of the Parish Council and the Parochial Church Council, and observed the two minute silence at home. The short service (which was printed in our November issue) was led by the Rev Sheila Tooke. There were just four representatives there to lay the wreaths, one on each side of the memorial. Ms Ruth Hufton read out the names of the fallen. The Church bells rang at 11am to mark the beginning of the two minute silence and rang continuously for a minute to mark the end. There was also a recording of The Last Post and Reveille. Later that morning wreaths were laid by other members of the community who were unable to attend the service. The whole event was short but poignant as the village was still and quiet. Altogether a fitting tribute of remembrance in a year that none of us will forget. 7
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 History of the Lights Committee 1990 was the first time that Doddington was illuminated with Christmas lights when the late Councillor Beryl Double organised lighting around the clocks on the Clocktower with the help of electrician Kevin Casbon. In 1991 a successful request was put out to the villagers of Doddington to form a Christmas lights committee. Throughout the following years the Christmas lights display grew and grew, until 2008, when problems with insurance and not enough help to erect the lights, the remaining committee members had no choice but to disband the committee. Their bank account was frozen and Doddington would remain void of Christmas spirit until a new committee could be formed. In 2014 a few residents of the village came together to see if there was sufficient interest to form a new committee so that Doddington could once again be lit up for Christmas. A new committee was successfully elected with the help and under the watchful eye of David Curtis, who had served on the previous committee. The old lights were located and after many hours of checks and repairs, lights were erected on the Clocktower and the square around it. A small craft fair was also held to raise much needed funds. The committee elected in 2015 still remains in place today. Over the years we have raised funds, applied for many grants, spent lots of man hours repairing illuminations and we have gradually expanded the lights display by adding more silhouettes and strings. Our Christmas Event and craft fair has grown each year and has surpassed all of our expectations. We can’t thank the community and villagers enough for their continued support. The committee are very proud of what we have achieved over the past 6 years and are immensely proud of the display with something new being added every year; although this has not been possible this year due to COVID-19. Hopefully 2021 will see extra illuminations for everyone to enjoy. Our team are seen here enjoying a well earned cup of tea, very kindly supplied by a local resident. 10
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Christmas Lights Committee We are a small committee of eight, most of us are over the age of 50 and several over the age of 70. We work hard behind the scenes to bring a fabulous display of Christmas Lights to Doddington. With everyone else’s Christmas beginning in November and December, our Christmas really is all year through! We would like to take this opportunity to thank the many people who help us every year. THANK YOU to the shops of the village who support us all year through, Brian and Paul Jackson for loaning and driving the teleporter and helping us to erect the Christmas Lights in these uncertain times. THANK YOU too Adam Lavender, Roger Moyes and Michael Kilby for their help in erecting the Christmas Lights for 2020. THANK YOU to the homeowners and businesses for supplying food and refreshments to the team throughout the erection. THANK YOU to all homeowners for helping to illuminate the village by kindly donating electricity. THANK YOU to Megaplants for the donation of a Christmas tree and to Ann Southern for the kind offering of a Christmas tree. A massive THANK YOU to the community this year for all of your support throughout the year and your kind words, they really do make it worthwhile. The biggest THANK YOU of this year has to go to our Chairman David Curtis. He was on the first Doddington Christmas Lights Committee and re-joined in 2014 to watch over us and to help us out. He became Vice-Chairman and then in 2018 became our Chairman. David spends many hours working on the display and is our chief repairer. If a job needs doing he is always there to support us and help in any way he can. Without David, this year more than ever, the Doddington Christmas Lights really would not have happened. Throughout the last nearly 30 years (with a little break) he has always whole heartedly supported Doddington Christmas Lights. This year we have not been able to complete the street collection or hold the Christmas switch on event, so if you would like to make a donation to the Christmas Lights, there are many ways you can do this. Collection Tubs are available in One Stop and the Newsagent. Drop off Points are: 30A High Street, Doddington, PE15 0TH 6 Manor Estate, Doddington, PE15 0TN 32 Bevills Close, Doddington, PE15 0TT We would like to take this opportunity to thank you all once again for your continued support and to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. 11
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Best Lit House and Window Competition We have listened to you this year and now it’s our turn to ask you all to help us. We are running the Best-Lit House and Window competition this year and would love as many entries as possible, but not only that, we would really love to see Doddington the brightest its ever been. If you would like to enter please contact Laura on 07950 226 723 or fill in the details below and post them back to: Laura Kilby, 30A High Street, Doddington, March, Cambridgeshire PE15 0TH, or email laurajkilby@btinternet.com. Entries should be in by Wednesday 16th December 2020 and will be judged by independent judges. Entry Details Required are Name……………………………………………………………………...……………… Address ……………………………………………………..…………………………… 12
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Census 2021 - A Snapshot of Modern Society In March all household will be asked to take part in Census 2021. The ONS have reviewed the Census plans in light of COVID19 and they are confident that everyone will be able to provide their information safely and securely. The census is a once-in-a-decade survey that gives us the most accurate estimate of all the people and households in England and Wales. It has been carried out every decade since 1801, with the exception of 1941. It will be the first run predominantly online, with households receiving a letter with a unique access code, allowing them to complete the questionnaire on their computers, phones or tablets. “A successful census will ensure everyone from local government to charities can put services and funding in the places where they are most needed,” said Iain Bell, deputy national statistician at the Office for National Statistics. “This could mean things like doctors’ surgeries, schools and new transport routes and that’s why it is so important everyone takes part. We have made it easier for people to do so online on any device, but with help and paper questionnaires for those that need them.” Census day will be on 21st March 2021, but households across the country will receive letters with online codes allowing them to take part from early March. The census will include questions about your sex, age, work, health, education, household size and ethnicity. And, for the first time, there will be a question asking people whether they have served in the armed forces, as well as voluntary questions for those aged 16 and over on sexual orientation and gender identity. Results will be available within 12 months, although personal records will be locked away for 100 years, kept safe for future generations. If you would like to get involved or apply for a temporary role working on the Census, information can be found at www.censusjobs.co.uk For further information, please contact the Census Engagement Manager, Christine Doody on 07452 942 381 or christine.doody17@field.census.gov.uk 14
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Carnival and Sports Committee This year has been a difficult year for everyone but Santa will still be visiting our village as normally as possible. The committee faced a lot of uncertainty in regards to the planning of the visit from Santa due to COVID -19 restrictions. But after discussions with Fenland District Council we have been given the go ahead as long as the necessary precautions are put in place. We look forward to seeing the whole village come out and give Santa a clap and wave, as he travels around the village over three nights. The committee wishes everyone a merry Christmas and happy new year. For more information check out our Facebook or website. 19
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 DODDINGTON PARISH COUNCIL PROPOSED CONSULTATION WITH REGARD TO INSTALLING A PEDESTRIAN CROSSING ON THE HIGH STREET OUTSIDE THE LIONEL WALDEN SCHOOL. Your Parish Council have been in consultation with Cambridgeshire County Council for nearly two years, to establish whether we could pursue installing a pedestrian crossing on the High Street, outside the Lionel Walden School. We have established that a traffic light controlled crossing would cost us circa £55.000.00, have been accruing monies to enable us to do this, and are still looking for additional funding. We have commissioned traffic and footfall surveys, which served to prove that a crossing was needed, both for ensuring that children and parents accessing the school were safe and also offering all our residents an established crossing place. The Parish Council are now giving notice that we will conduct a consultation to gain residents views on this project in March 2021. Hopefully, Covid19 restrictions permitting, we will hold an open public meeting, but if this is not possible, we will use voting forms in the Doddington Diary, a number of Zoom video meetings for those able to join on line, and give out telephone numbers for those parishioners who would like a one to one consultation, in order to gain your input. More information on this will be given nearer the time, in the Doddington Diary. A plan of the proposed crossing, together with a Google earth image of the site are on the opposite page, for your information. Ruth Hufton, Chair Doddington Parish Council Roger Wilkin, Clerk to Doddington Parish Council December 2020 21
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 1st Doddington Scout Group I imagine we are all wondering what 2021 will bring…for the Scout Group we hope to return to some element of normality and resume some face to face Scouting for all our sections. The Scout motto is “Be Prepared” but 2020 was a year that took us all by surprise, bringing sadness and challenge. But our adult leaders and Young People carried on Scouting, albeit in a virtual way! At the end of October, we held our AGM and have welcomed new Executive Committee members to help oversee the running of the Group and development for the future, as well as new section leaders joining as well. Thank you to all our adult volunteers – without them Scouting would not be available within the village. During November we held an online Remembrance Service for both Scouting and Guiding members, so we were able to pay tribute in our own way to the fallen and have time to reflect. Usually our young people would parade and lay wreaths; Scouting this year was represented by an adult leader in each of four local villages - Doddington, Wimblington, Manea and Benwick; the leaders took videos of wreath laying which formed part of our online service. During our last week of term in December, we enjoyed Jack and the Beanstalk – an Online Pantomime, starring Peter Duncan (you remember….from Blue Peter!) who created the pantomime in his garden during the first lockdown in 2020! Our young people continued to have fun during our online meetings as well as earned more badges. They have learnt about fire safety, undertaken personal challenges such as learning to iron, feeding a pet daily, or completing Couch to 5K (one of our Scouts has written about her running experience for the Diary!). We have explored fake news, played Just a Minute and Among Us, we have met reptiles online, made and played musical instruments, and run “Cub Olympics” including the need to be able to quickly pair socks (learning #SkillsForLife can definitely be fun!!), and the Beavers have been designing and building machines to “help at home”. During 2020 our section members have continued to earn badges, and we were very proud to be able to award Chief Scout Bronze Awards, Chief Scout Silver Awards, and also a Gold Award (the highest badge you can earn in the Scout Troop). We hope that 2021 will see many more badges and awards earned as well as us enjoying all the fun, friendship and development of Life Skills that Scouting has to offer. If you have a child aged between 5 ¾ and 14 who is interested in joining, or if you would like to become an adult volunteer and join in the fun, please contact us! www.doddingtonscouts.org.uk 23
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 My Couch to 5K, by Izzy – Scout aged 13y Like many others during lockdown, I wasn’t doing very much. I decided enough was enough and that I had done too much sitting around the past six months and I needed to change something. I am not ashamed to admit that I was a terrible runner. I hated it. My excuse had always been “but I love swimming” and I didn’t have the right muscles to run because of the amount of swimming I did. So, I started the nine-week couch to 5K running program The programme starts with a five-minute warm up walk followed by intervals of walking and running. Over time, the running increases and the walking decreases. The hardest run was in week 6. This seemed impossible. I had to run for twenty minutes with no walking. The run was hard, but my mum came with me to keep me motivated. The weeks went quickly and before I knew it, I was in my final week about to finish all my hard work. Thirty minutes running was what stood between me and completing the couch to 5K. I put my everything into the final run. My parents cheered me on from the front drive as I sprinted up the road back to the house. The couch to 5K is the hardest thing I have done, but completely worth it. I would say to anyone thinking of doing it to go for it! Find out more: www.nhs.uk/live-well/exercise/ couch-to-5k-week-by-week 24
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Doddington – Christmas Past by David Edwards This is a look at some events that have happened in Doddington during Christmas and the New Year in the last 200 years. The first account we have is of Christmas at the Workhouse in 1839. The Workhouse opened in the summer of 1839, so this was the first Christmas. The 250 inmates were “supplied with a sufficiency of beef and plum pudding, and a pint of ale each. They are exceedingly thankful to the Guardians, whose good health they most cordially and cheerfully drank”. The Rev Algernon Peyton, who was rector of Doddington from 1811 until his death in 1868, gave gifts to the poor of his parish, which then included March, Benwick and Wimblington, every Christmas during this period. The gifts included warm clothing, blankets, coal and beef. In 1820 he gave 150st (950kg) of beef to 500 families. In 1857 “several hundred” received “bedding and clothing of a very superior description, consisting of blankets, rugs, sheets, flannels, gowns, stockings, shirtings etc; and also, furnishing from his own table, several of his poor neighbours with an excellent dinner on Christmas Day”. This year the Workhouse inmates received roast beef, plum puddings and ale for Christmas dinner, with plum cake for tea and nuts and oranges for the women and children. (Picture: Workhouse Christmas dinner 1927) After Rev Peyton’s death in 1868 his son, Major General Francis Peyton, provided an annual gift of around £5 which was usually used to buy coal for the older villagers. This was continued by his wife, after his death in 1905, until her own death in 1921. In her will she left £2000 to provide an annual gift of 10s [50p] to the elderly residents at Christmas, which continued until the 1980s. At Christmas 1865 the district was hit by an outbreak of cattle plague, now known as foot and mouth disease. A number of cattle had to be destroyed and restrictions on the movement of cattle were in place for two months. Pits were dug on the Turf fen to bury the dead cattle. In 1868 The Workhouse residents received their usual Christmas dinner, but an additional feature for the first time this year was a Christmas tree with 200 gifts for the children. 28
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 In 1873 a Christmas lecture was given by Mr Robinson of Chatteris on optical illusions. The evening also included some musical items by Mr and Miss Sanders of Benwick and songs by Miss Southwell and Miss Annie Wilson. The event was held in the Schoolroom. In 1881 the children of the Church Sunday School were given a treat at the School. A Christmas tree was loaded with prizes and decorated with coloured candles and Chinese lanterns. Nearly every child received a prize in addition to buns, lemonade, nuts, sweets etc. The rector and teachers appeared in gaily coloured costumes much to the amusement of the children. Songs were sung culminating in the National Anthem. In 1887 conditions were right for a skating match and a meeting was held at the Tuns to form a Skating Association. The match was held on the Turf fen with 16 entrants. 500 people watched Elijah Skeels of Wimblington beat John Heaps of Doddington in the final heat. The first Parish Council meeting was held on New Years Eve 1894 with the recently elected councillors in attendance: Rev FC Marshall (elected Chairman), John Tibbett jun, John Welcher, Robert Vawser, Robert Wade, William Bellamy, William Neville, John Butcher and Isaac Fovargue. Mr Fovargue declined to accept the office and Mr William Miller was appointed to replace him. The Church Rooms were opened at Christmas 1895. The first event held was a talk by Col TW Harding on his visit to Egypt, illustrated by magic lantern slides. At New Year 1903 the school children performed the operetta “Golden Hair and the Three Bears”. Doddington’s popular rector, Rev Frederick Marshall, died on Christmas Day 1914. He had been rector for 27 years. He had begun a tradition of ringing in the New Year, after which the bell ringers were treated to supper at the rectory. A tradition carried on by several of his successors. In 1922 a demonstration of the Wireless was given in the Church Rooms. Fossett’s Circus also visited the village. The village was lit by electric street lighting for the first time at Christmas 1931, replacing the previous oil lamps.. 29
Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 At Christmas 1933 the Church Sunday School put on a performance of “Alice in Wonderland”. This fell foul of the Inland Revenue when Rev Ridge failed to get the necessary entertainments tax exemption certificate. An official even attended the performance and began taking names and addresses of members of the audience, before the indignant rector intervened and the problem was resolved with the issue of a retrospective certificate. The British Legion Hall, the old village hall, was built during 1936 with the first dance held on December 28th and a party on New Year’s Eve at which Mr TW Hudson played “Old Father Time” and a young Rossie Southon “Miss 1937”. The hall served as the village’s main entertainment venue for the next 65 years. The current hall was built on the same site in 2001. (Picture: Nativity Play 1937) In 1942 a New Year party was held in the hall for 200 children including 90 evacuees. An annual children’s Christmas or New Year party was organized by the WI for many years from its foundation in 1919. (Picture: WI Party 1949) New Years Honours List – In 1955 Mr Bertram Smith of Brankley House, New Street, received an M.B.E. for services to the Ministry of Food. In 1959 Mr AD Burton of Askham House received an M.B.E. for services to local government. He was also the last Doddington resident to be appointed High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire, in 1949/50. Geoffrey Harper received a C.B.E. in 1995 for services to the Conservative Party. Jonnie Peacock received his M.B.E. in 2013. At Christmas 1972, Mr Stanley Payne retired as Headmaster of Doddington School, a post he had held since 1936. At Christmas 1974 a fire devastated the 7 acre green house site in Benwick Road, then owned by the David Johnson Group. 1990 saw the Christmas street lights go up for the first time. 30
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Village Shop Celebrates its 10th Anniversary Bowls Bi-Us in Doddington celebrates its 10th Anniversary in December. It’s hard to believe that it was 10 years ago since the Elmore family decided to go on a new adventure and open a Bowls Equipment Shop. All members of the Family played the sport in the various formats of the game including Short Mat, Indoor & Outdoor Lawn Bowls competing at club, county, National and International level for a number of years prior to opening. Back in 2010 they felt there was demand locally for such a shop and therefore decided to take up a new challenge and open Bowls Bi-Us. Giving the shop a name was one of the biggest decisions that needed to be made, so where did the name come from? Those who play the sport will know that one of the biggest characteristics of a Bowl is it’s bias (the part of the bowl that makes the bowl turn) so a play with the letters is how the name was made. Over the last 10 years this name has become well established and the shop now supplies Bowls and equipment all over the UK through its retail shop in the village, on its Roadshows and via the online website. The support from the leading suppliers and Bowls manufactures who were all willing to supply their products enabled the business to launch and open its doors to the public on 1st December 2010. Back then the shop stocked the basic essential bowling requirements but over the years this has developed and it now stocks a wide range of products from the top brands in the market. Bowls Bi- Us gives all its customers a personal service when it comes to choosing equipment. There are several things to consider when choosing a set of bowls in particular and therefore it is important for customers to make the right purchase so they enjoy the sport and give them the best chance of success on the green. Thanks go to all the local bowlers and customers from the surrounding area who supported the shop when the doors opened back in 2010, along with everyone across the country, some who have travelled a number of miles to visit the village shop. All these customers have made Bowls Bi-Us a well known name in the market today. To celebrate this special anniversary Bowls Bi-Us will be giving away a brand new set of bowls in December to one lucky customer. Full details of this offer can be found on the Facebook page or website (www.bowlsbi-us.co.uk). It’s not only bowls that the store stocks, Christmas Items and gifts continue to be sold leading up to the festive period. Finally, this 10th year of trading is not only a milestone the shop is delighted to hit but is also a perfect time to launch into another market. With immediate effect Bowls Bi-Us is delighted to announce it will now be Darts stockists including brands such as Winmau, Target and Unicorn. All your Darts requirements can now be purchased or ordered in store. Keep an eye on Facebook to see the latest releases!! 32
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Doddington Diary Dec 20 / Jan 21 Neighbourhood Watch Trust this finds everyone keeping well and, where you can, looking after those who are vulnerable and isolated during these crazy times. A phone call or a wave through the window would be most welcome particularly at this time of the year. Local crime and incidents are still quite low but no doubt these will increase as the opportunists do their ‘Christmas shopping’ around and about! Please remember to always report any suspicious or actual criminal activity direct to the police by ringing 101 or if a crime is in progress, 999. Don't forget you can also easily report online at www.cambs.police.uk/report; the more incidents reported the easier the crime patterns are to establish. Repeating incidents should be reported on each occasion. Unfortunately, some of our NHW signs on the lamp posts in Wimblington have been cut down. Yes cut! Sad but there you go. If anyone does see this happening, please, please do report it to the police. With Speedwatch patrols again suspended during lockdown we have to wait to resume. But with no volunteers coming forward we might well be struggling. We’re sure you’ve noticed that speeds of cars has noticeably increased particularly on the through road. Patrols do help, however small that may appear, but more volunteers would mean more patrols and a bigger difference. The whole future of this scheme is in your hands so it’s up to you. The training is simple, taking only about an hour. For further information the NHW or how to join contact Andrea Harrison 07766 658701 or email Community Speedwatch at csw.wimblington@hotmail.com. 35
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