Coffee With A Cop – 15 June 2024
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Coffee with a Cop – 15th June, 10am to 11.30am at the village hall.
Join your local officer here for a coffee and a chat.
Fen Drayton village meeting – 10 June 2024
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Your invitation to the 2024 Fen Drayton village meeting.
Monday 10th June at 7.30pm. In the Village hall.
Your village meeting is a great opportunity to discover what’s going on in Fen Drayton.
It is also your chance to engage with parish, district and county councillors, ask questions and express opinions about the future of Fen Drayton.
The evening will open with brief reports from councillors and local groups on matters affecting the village. Afterwards, you are invited to join the parish council for refreshments, when you will have the opportunity to chat with the speakers.
All village residents are welcome
Fen Drayton flood resilience day – 11 May 2024
Saturday 11th May. 10am to 4pm in the village hall car park
The Floodmobile will be in the village hall car park on Saturday 11 May from 10 am to 4 pm. The free event is hosted by Cambridgeshire County Council, providing help and advice to householders.
The Floodmobile vehicle contains samples of over 50 practical flood protection measures for visitors to explore while chatting to flood resilience experts.
The Community Cafe is also open from 10.30 to 12.30. So you can pop in there for a coffee and delicious homemade cake too!
Joseph Ellis Foundation Trust
The Trust was founded in 1728 by the will of Joseph Ellis. The objective of the Trust is to assist students who are residents of Fenstanton and FenDrayton with the purchase of books for their further/higher education. If you would appreciate help then apply to this Trust. The fund is not a large one, but every little helps.
Any student interested should apply to the Clerk of the Trustees:
Mrs C Collison, Holly Lodge The Fen Fenstanton PE289JT
Email: c.e.collison@googlemail.com
All correspondence is in strict confidence.
History of LSA
You may be aware that the Land Settlement Association built an estate of 43 small-holdings on land at Fen Drayton in the late 1930s. This was one of over 20 such estates around the country, established to provide employment opportunities for long-term unemployed men and their families from depressed industrial areas.
I have just completed a history of the LSA from its formation in 1934 to its closure in 1983, and realise that those living on or close to those former estates may like to know how they can obtain copies.
I have also written a book Newbourne in short trousers relating my experience of growing up on another LSA estate during the 1940s and 1950s. This may also be of interest in that it describes family and working life for LSA tenants during the early years of the scheme.
Anyone interested in either or both publications can contact me using the details below.
Leigh Belcham
45a Western Avenue
Felixstowe
IP11 9SL
01394 285674 lbelcham1@aol.com
