| A lovely collie enjoying the Town and Country Show |
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| The weather mainly stayed sunny and warm for the Town and Country Show on Parker's Piece this weekend.
There were wonderful things to be seen including demonstrations of how life was lived in medieval times and steam engines puttered about. A hurdle maker showed how to weave them and a man made chairs. Small children staggered about under the weight of teddy bears tweice their size.
There were several marquees full of stalls, some of which we will be seeing at Mill Road Winter Fair. A few people from Mill Road had stalls, including Taank Optometrists, who were giving away the most delicious strawberries and cream.
The music was hotting up as I came away, and met this cheerful dog showing off his excellent training (thanks to this owner for letting me take his picture). This was soon after the 'Sheep Show' exhibition of a collie rounding up some hilarious Indian Runners, a breed of duck...
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| RESIDENTS’ CALL TO MAKE MILL ROAD PLASTIC BAG FREE |
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| RESIDENTS’ CALL TO MAKE MILL ROAD PLASTIC BAG FREE
A group of residents are spearheading a campaign to make Cambridge’s most diverse shopping street plastic bag free. To read about it, click here: more... |
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| Nip-In Challenge |
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| "Nip-In Challenge"! I have heard that there is a leaderboard with a group of the time it takes to run from their front door on Mackenzie Rd, buy something from Nip In and get back to ring the door bell. They say "The shop owners are now well aware of our challenge and even help us by getting the price in to the till early when they see us running in!" 1min 6 seconds is the current record, which is held by David, closely followed by Andrew (1'31"), and Ted (!'49"). They say it is one of the many things they enjoy about Mill Road.
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| Tree of the Month - Judas Tree |
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Trees of Mill Road and Romsey - MAY
The Judas Tree (Cercis siliquastrum)
Many trees and shrub species derived from the Mediterranean grow perfectly well around Romsey and the Mill Road area. One of these is the Judas Tree - a small, but colourful and interesting tree. A young specimen can be found in flower now (8th May) along Mill Road - next to Mickey Flynn's snooker hall, by the precint between the Bath House. Other trees can be found in by Parkside swiming pool (near Mortimer Road) and there is one in Coleridge Rec.
In May it produces beautiful vivid lilac, pink flowers in clusters on bare branches before the leaves fully open. These resemble small sweet peas - the species is actually a member of the Leguminosae (pea) family. Apparently the fresh-picked flowers taste delicious in salads!
Large round leaves are formed in summer. These seem to be a favourite of a solitary leaf-cutter bee species - they cut small, very neat semi-circular notches out of the leaf edges to construct their nests - look for these signs later in the summer! Conspicuous, flat seed pods (3-4 in. long, crimson colour) are formed after July. These can persist well into the following spring and summer. You can easily grow your own tree from seed, as I did.
The tree derives its common name from an old belief that Judas Iscariot hanged himself from one of the branches after betraying Christ. The tree is a native of the eastern Mediterranean to Western Asia but was introduced into Britain in the 16th century.
(With thanks to Keith Jordan)
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| Mill Road Bridge - the story behind the mural |
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| We have often wondered how the mural on Mill Road Bridge was designed
and selected, and when Sharon Kaur (on the left of the picture), a
resident at Cambridge Youth Foyer, wrote this story, we found out! I
think you might be surprised, so please read on by clicking here: more... |
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| The Open Out Scheme |
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| The Open Out Scheme is the third party confidential reporting scheme
allowing victims and witnesses of hate crime to come forward to report their incidents. Hate Crime is when you are being discriminated because of your:
race; religion; sexuality; disability; age and gender. It has been identified that hard to reach communities tend to suffer in silence and don't report hate crime.
Rukshana Begum works as the Open Out Co-ordinator along with the Hate Crime
Unit in Parkside Police Station. Part of Rukshana's role is to carry out surgeries which will operate once a month in the Ross Street Community
Centre. These will be held between 12 - 1pm on the following dates:
· Tuesday 6th May
· Tuesday 3rd June
· Tuesday 1st July
· Tuesday 5th August
· Tuesday 2nd September
· Tuesday 7th October
· Tuesday 4th November
· Tuesday 2nd December
Rukshana's contact details are:
Rukshana Begum
Open Out Co-ordinator
Hate Crime Unit
Telephone: 01223 823552 or 07736086700 (mobex - 7111117)
rukshana.begum@cambs.pnn.police.uk |
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| NATURE UNDER OUR NOSES |
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| ROMSEY ACTION -
“NATURE UNDER OUR NOSES”
A Romsey Wildlife Stroll
Sunday 20th April, meet 2pm outside Ross St. Community Centre
Keith Jordan will be leading a 2-hour Sunday afternoon stroll around part of Romsey to explore some of the wide range of trees and wildlife living in our area
** Find out about the many native and introduced trees and shrubs growing in Romsey – from Nashi Pears, Turkish Hazels, Cherry Plums, Cappadocian Maples to Hazel, Hornbeam, Oak and Yew.**
Many species of birds, amphibians and mammals live alongside us – Long-tailed tits, Kingfishers, Great-crested Grebes, Chiff Chaffs, Toads, Foxes, Muntjak Deer are just some of the species.
(refreshments afterwards at the centre, approx 4pm) |
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| Cemetery Spring Clean |
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| Come along to lovely Mill Road Cemetery at 2.00 on Sunday 6th April and help with the annual Spring Clean up. Bring gloves! It is your efforts thay keep the Cemetery as gorgeous as it is. |
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| 27th March - Italian Wine Tasting at Cambridge Wine Merchants |
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| Cambridge Wine Merchants will be having an Italian wine tasting at 8pm on Thursday 27th March at 'The Vinotech' (thier new tasting room at their new branch - 42 Mill Road).
The theme is Northern Italy. This is a fascinating and diverse region, and as usual your guides will make the evening fun, informative, and above all, impart essential knowledge for any wine enthusiast. Appropriate Italian nibbles will be served.
They will be taking a look at why the North is considered to be the producer of most of Italy's finest wines.
Explore the regions of Piedmont, Friuli, Veneto, Soave, Valpolicella, and taste some Amarone, Barolo, innovative and interesting whites (no, not a Pinot Grigio in sight) perhaps a Prosecco, oh and what about a shot of Grappa to finish?
Tickets will be £15 per person. Please book up for this event as it will fill up extremely quickly. Call 01223 568993, or email mill@cambridgewine.com
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| 26th March, 7.00 pm - Meeting of No Mill Road Tesco Campaign |
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| You will have seen the press coverage about the success of the Campaign whne the Planning Committee refused the application made by Tesco, on strong planning grounds.
The fight is by no means over. There will be a meeting on Wednesday, 26th March at 7.00 in the Baptist Church Mill Road. All are welcome.
They will be able to update you on the latest situation regarding planning matters as well as discussing the next steps for the campaign.
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| What is happening at the old Post Office in Petersfield? |
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| Rumours abound that there is to be a Chinese supermarket at the old Petersfield Pharmacy/Post Office premises at 34 Mill Road. However, one of the builders seemed to give the impression that it will be a takeaway. People are keeping an eye on this to see what happens and we will keep this report up to date. |
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| 6th March - Planning Committee turns down application by Tesco |
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| last night, at a packed St Philip's Church on Mill Road, the Planning Committee of the City Council turned down an application from Tesco for an extension to the old Wilco premises. Tesco had said that their wish to come to Mill Road was dependent upon this application being successful. The No Mill Road Tesco Campaign carried out detailed research on other local Tesco Express shops to record numbers of deliveries and numbers of cars parking, both legally and illegally, while their owners shopped at those shops. The results showed greater numbers of deliveries than had been anticipated by Tesco for the proposed Mill Road store. The campaign addressed the planning issues with great seriousness, and were successful in persuading the Planning Committee that there would be dangers to pedestrians, cyclists and motorists trying to negotiate up to 9 deliveries daily, each one taking in excess of one hour. There was jubilation in the Church when the unanimous decision of the Planning Committee was declared. So, Round One to the No Mill Road Tesco Campaign, but Tesco has already put in an appeal to the Secretary of State. Let us hope that the Secretary of State is well-informed about these genuine safety issues and takes into account that Tesco already has 51% of the market share in Cambridge, making us 9th on the list of Tesco-dominated cities in the country. more... |
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| Tree to be felled in Cemetery |
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| A tree is to be felled in Mill Road Cemetery. Many people may be familiar with the tree behind the copper beech in a corner of the Cemetery near the Pye Site yard off Gwydir Street. The tree is particularly well known as a place where kids coming out of school play and where they have set up swings and so on. We called the Council officer with responsibility for this tree, who was very helpful in explaining why it would need to come down. If you get down to ground level you will see that there is decay right the way through the trunk. Although the tree seems stable and survived the gales around Christmas time, it is nonetheless in a state which means that it could come down and cause damage or injury. On that basis, and with great reluctance, the Council has decided that the tree needs to come down. |
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| Bruno's Brasserie has closed |
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| Bruno's Brasserie closed on 22nd February. Goodbye to Patrick and Lee who have fed us so well over the years and best wishes for their retirement. |
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| 'Visions of Romsey' Meeting on 26th February |
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| There will be a celebration of Romsey at the Ross Street Centre at 7.30 pm on 26th February called 'Visions of Romsey'. Speakers will be Allan Brigham, Keith Jordan and Daisy Zoll - and most importantly - your views will be sought. There will local musicians and artists, food and drink. |
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| Cambridge Wine Merchants celebrate their move with a wine tasting |
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| Cambridge Wine Merchants will be celebrating their move to 42 Mill Road, near Sally Ann's, with a wine tasting on 27th February at 8.00 pm |
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| After six weeks off line, mill-road.com is back |
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| Technical changes have allowed the relaunch of mill-road.com, which is now back on-line with some of your favourites, like the Nature Page, the Newspaper, links to local weather and all the information you could wish for about local businesses, shops, charities and support groups. Enjoy browsing mill-road.com; look at the business directory and type in the name of a shop or business to find out the opening hours and telephone number, or find out amazing things about your neighbourhood by typing in 'cemetery' or 'support'. And please let us know if you would like to put something in the newspaper, or let us know about a local event, by e-mailing us at info@mill-road.com. If you have images of the Mill Road area to add to the gallery, please e-mail them to info@mill-road.com or let us know that you have them and we can arrange to scan them for you. |
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| Exhibition by artists including Sam Motherwell |
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| Don't miss the exhibition at Williams Art & Antiques at Dales Brewery. Sam Motherwell, who provided a linocut of the bridge for the Mill Road Winter Fair, is one of the artists, along with Alison Litherland, another local artist, Naruba Yedigaroff, Dan Aston and Alison Read. |
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