Whilst still a fair way off, please put Sunday 16th September in your diary as that’s the date we shall celebrate the traditional Harvest Festival Thanksgiving. This year it will be slightly different for two reasons. Firstly the service will take place in the morning at St
Read more →Many congratulations to Mary Read on ringing her first Quarter Peal ‘inside’ of Plain Bob and Grandsire Doubles. A Quarter Peal is about 45 minutes continuous bell ringing requiring a high level of concentration and ringing skill. Mary was one of six ringers who rang at Holywell
Read more →The Mobile Library will now visit the villages every 3rd Thursday of each month. Books can be renewd by telephone on 0345 045 5225. Location: Chapel End, Great Gidding Start Time: 12:40, End Time: 13:00
Read more →Title: Village Show Location: Great Gidding Village Hall Description: Village produce and flower show Date: 2012-09-01 Contact: Sue Jarvis
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Welcome to The Great Gidding Close up Quiz. If you lived in the village at the time of the Golden Jubilee celebration in 2002 you will recall that we offered a paper based quiz that asked you to identify close up photographs of certain locations around the Parish
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Aunt Sally The outdoor pub game is back at the Fox & Hounds on Wednesday 11th July. This will be a warm up evening so everyone welcome to come and have a go. The caveat is that it is weather related and given the miserable summer so
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Presentation by BT about rural broadband An open invitation to Parishioners to attend a presentation by BT concerning the issues of rural broadband supply to Great Gidding. The meeting is set for Friday22nd June starting at 7pm at the Village Hall. If you have a question to ask but cant
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For the Queens Jubilee the Parish Council had applied for a Fields in Trust grant to safeguard the village recreation ground. So all of the legal paperwork has been done (for free) and now the recreation field can officially be called a Queen Elizabeth II Field (www.qe2fields.com).
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After a very wet Sunday (see Michael’s Jubilee Wood report) we were all glad to see a glimmer of blue sky for the Diamond Jubilee Big Lunch and village rounders match on the Recreation Field. With a marquee to shelter from the predicted showers the villagers tucked
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A few more photos of the Diamond Jubilee Dinner Dance kindly supplied by Michelle Woodley.
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