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WELCOME
TO THE OVER VILLAGE NOTICE BOARD
This page has been set up for
the community to advertise events, missing, lost and found, items to sell and
items wanted and a whole lot more.
( If
you would like to place an advert on the Web Village Notice Board then contact
us with the details - use this Notice Board as you currently do with the Post
Office and other Notice Boards throughout the village )
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Details |
Contact |
| Clubs and Societies
in the Village can advertise FREE on this Website, for more details
e-mail or call. |
contact@overvillage.co.uk
Tel: 01954 232789 |
| Attention
Local Businesses don't just have your business listed under the Contact
page, get noticed by having a full page Ad. A one page Ad on
the Web is an inexpensive alternative to a Website and it will also enable your Business to have
a presence on the World Wide Web! |
contact@overvillage.co.uk
Tel: 01954 232789 |
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WANTED
Local
musicians and music groups!
Local musicians and groups are being invited to perform at the most
widespread UK Cultural Olympiad event. The Bandstand Marathon is
taking place at over 400 bandstands and open spaces in the UK,
including the Queen’s bandstand at Blenheim Palace.
In South Cambridgeshire, Milton Country Park will be hosting the
Music in the Park event on Sunday 26 September. There will be an
afternoon of music-making and performances around the park. If you
are part of a music group who would like to perform you can book a
slot on the programme. All genres and abilities welcome - the only
requirement is that you must be able to play acoustically as there
will be no amplification. |
To find out
more please get in touch with local Arts Development Manager Amy
Wormald on 01954 288748 or
amy@start-arts.org.uk
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Over
Parish Plan
Over Parish Plan
Steering Group – Final Report - see link. Bill Wilson
Chair
Steering Group
Bill
Wilson ( Chairman ) - Brian
Chapman ( Secretary ) |
For
further details on the Over Parish Plan Steering Group click the link below:
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Over Parish Council
Over Parish Council now have a
page on the village website, here you will find Parish Council
member details and minutes from council meetings. |
If you
would like further information, please click below.
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Over Parish Plan - Transport
The Parish Council are now
responsible for taking forward the proposed action, one of the
area's to be looked at under TRANSPORT is to set up a register of
those people prepared to share transport to reduce the number of
single occupant journeys.
If you are an Over resident and would like to register, please click
on the link and enter your details/register on the Over Village
discussion board.
(After registering as an OVER RESIDENT you will need to wait
24 hour before you are able to post a message to the board) |
To
register your interest in car sharing, please click below.
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Sports Development Plan For Over
One of the recommendations of the Parish Plan was for a Sports
Development Plan to be produced for Over. The purpose of a
Development Plan is to provide an overview of sports provision in
the village, identify gaps in provision, help and support clubs to
overcome the challenges they face in achieving their objectives, to
identify priorities for action including co-ordinating bids for
grant aid where there is a benefit for more than one club, and
bring potential members and sponsors attention to what is available.
The consultation documents are now
available for review.
Full details, covering meetings and
progress reports, will be available on the Village website.
Helen Hyde
Chairman Sports and Recreation Group. |
For
further details on Sports Development for Over, click the link below:
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Over Village Blog
Jane Lovett has started a blog on Over Village, featuring people,
activities, groups, etc. You can visit the blog at
http://overvillageblog.blogspot.com |
For more
information on the 'blog' or if you have a comment, please
e-mail Jane at
JaneASLovett@aol.com
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COMMUNITY
ENGAGEMENT & COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
My
name is Heidi Weight and I am the new Community Engagement and
Communications Officer at South Cambridgeshire District
Council. I work around the Major Growth sites to engage local
people, and hopefully get their views on issues which effect
them. I am in the process of organising a series of community
events in and around the local area as part of the Northstowe
Consultation process.
If anyone is interested in attending
such events or would like more information then please contact
me
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LOCAL
POLICE INFORMATION
The police are aware
that some crimes and incidents occur and that these are NOT being
reported because the victims believe that these crimes will not be investigated
and/or detected.
The police STRONGLY urge you to report ALL incidents of crime and
anti-social behaviour - this information is essential to the police
who need to be aware of problems within the village. |
Parkside
Police Station
01223 358966
PCSO
(Police Community Officer)
for Over:
Diana Neill
e-mail
diana.neill@cambs.pnn.police.uk |
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
LINK
The new Cambridgeshire LINk (Local
Involvement Network) which was established on 25 September 2008
as part of a new Government initiative to help communities have a
stronger voice in their Health and Social Care services is now
up and running.
The
LINK will:
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Ask local people what they think
about local care services and provide
a chance to suggest ideas to help improve services
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Investigate specific issues of
concern to the communities
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Use its powers to hold services to
account and get results
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Ask for information and get an
answer within a specified amount of time
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Carry our spot checks to see if
services are working well
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Make reports and recommendations and
receive a response
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VILLAGE EVENT
1) Every Saturday evening whist drive at
Elm Court, 7.30 pm start. Everyone welcome. £2.00
including raffle and refreshments. (This is open to anyone who
would like to come along - Elm Court kindly provide the venue).
2) Singles dining group - second
Sunday in each month, Sunday lunch at various local pubs, at
village pub if shortage of drivers. Lunch usually booked
for 1pm. This is open to anyone who is on their own, and
aged over 55. Our current 'membership' stands at about 20.
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If anyone is interested in either of
these events, please contact Jane Lovett on 01954 232375 for
more information.
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Walking in
Cambridgeshire
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RSPB news - August-September 2010
Firstly,
apologies to some readers who spotted in the last issue of Over
News that we were running a willow weaving workshop at Fen
Drayton Lakes. The workshop filled up quickly, and we weren’t
able to accommodate everyone. We have another one scheduled for
November, and many of the people who were disappointed to miss
out on the July workshop have booked places for it, and by the
middle of July, that was is almost full too!
Although we
have masses of willow growing around the Lakes, none of it could
be used for an additional workshop. The willow used for basket
weaving needs to be cut in winter, dried and stored, then soaked
just prior to working. Freshly-cut willow can be woven, but as
it dries out, stems split, and you end up with a wonky, scruffy
basket. We have a waiting list, and intend to run more
workshops next year.
Two students
from Swavesey Village College have done their Work Experience
fortnight with us this year. I’m not sure that either will want
a full time job as a nature reserve warden, but they’ve had a go
at a variety of outdoor tasks, using different tools, working
with different members of the RSPB team.
Our common
terns have raised chicks on rafts again this year, although they
had fewer admirers. I’m not sure if visitor numbers in late
June and early July were down on 2009 because of the very hot
weather or the amount of international sporting events on TV.
We were
disappointed that marsh harriers didn’t nest this year,
following their first attempt last year. In 2009 we could watch
all their activity from the car park, and for a time, everything
looked promising for 2010. We had a mature female, probably the
one from 2009, and an immature male, but they didn’t become a
pair.
A male
bittern was very vocal in May and June, but apparently didn’t
attract a female. However, we did have obliging lapwings and
ringed plovers nesting on the gravelly ground in the field by
the car park, so we had nice views of those.
There will be 11 family events at Fen
Drayton Lakes during August – too many to list in the space
here. Fliers were sent to Over Primary school, but you can also
find out in our events leaflet (available from us at the Lakes)
and at
www.rspb.org.uk/reserves/guide/f/fendraytonlakes/events
Bookings are
required so we can ensure the children get plenty of help and
have lots of fun. For pond dipping, we have a range of start
times for you to choose from. Please book on 01954 233260 for
all family events – places are limited on each of these.
We have two
evening events coming up – a walk to see little egrets coming to
roost on 28 August and a Bats and Moths evening on 4 September.
Later, on 22 September, we’ll do a walk from the Swavesey Guided
Bus stop (10am start). This will be free to anyone who doesn’t
arrive in a car.
Neil
Renwick, Community Projects Officer,
T: 01954 233267
or E:
neil.renwick@rspb.org.uk
Our address is RSPB, The Grange,
20 Market Street, Swavesey, Cambridgeshire CB24 4QG
The Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) is a
registered charity: England and Wales no. 207076, Scotland no.
SCO37654
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Contact: Neil Renwick
Community Projects Officer
RSPB Fen Drayton Lakes nature reserve,
T:
01954 233267
M: 07739
921459
e-mail: neil.renwick@rspb.org.uk
www.rspb.org.uk |
East Anglia's Children's Hospices
East Anglia's Children's Hospices
(EACH) offers a range of services to support children and young
people with life-limiting or life-threatening conditions and their
families.
Care and support is provided within the hospices, the family home
and in other settings.
EACH have hospices at Quidenham (Norfolk), Ipswich and Milton
(Cambs)
For further information, please contact the EACH
fundraising office on 01223 205180 or funding@each.org.uk |
For
further details please visit the Website.
Click
here
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Tutor
Private tuition provided by high qualified &
experience KS1/2 teacher |
For more
information or to book sessions, please call
Sue Tucker - 01954 202056
or
E-mail
suetucker_5@hotmail.com |
UNEARTHING
THE PAST
Stepping back through
TIME |
The Over
Monuments Group at Hanson's Needingworth Quarry. Visit the website.
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It’s 'yours' !!!
Over has it’s own
Skate Park located on the New Recreation ground near the all
weathers surface.
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If you
are interested in finding out about this project, click below
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It's
play time............ for the under 12's
Over's
super-duper play
area for the under 12's on the
Recreation Ground is ready for you to play on. |
If you
are interested in finding out about this project, click below
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THE
CENTRE AT OVER
Your Community Centre
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To find
out more on what the Centre has to offer please call the Centre on
01954 206600 or
Click below to visit the website.
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ALL
OVER PARISHIONERS
Please make every effort to keep all trees,
bushes, hedges etc., trimmed so that they do not make paths narrower
or obstruct the view of motorists.
Dog owners carry on using the dog bins - it has made a difference to
the paths, thank you. Those who do not use the dog
bins - please do so, it's your village too, help to keep it clean. |
Chairman
Over Parish Council |
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BOOK TRACES LOCAL FAMILY HISTORY OVER FOUR AND A HALF CENTURIES
Bicheno, a family from Over,
Cambridgeshire, is a new work that traces the history of a family
back to 1558 – a family centred on Over, Cambridgeshire, but which
had strong links with many nearby villages and towns such as
Elsworth, Cottenham, St Ives and Cambridge and as far afield as the
USA and Tasmania, where there is a town and a bird named after it.
The authors are Jean Nelson and Eileen Webster, who are both
connected to the extended Bicheno family.
They have taken the combined contents of two documents they created
about a decade ago and have brought the information up to date by
adding newly-found data and have also corrected some of the
references found by delving into the Public Records offices in
Cambridge and London, wills, manorial and church records and rarer
ones such as the old hearth tax.
“The curious thing is that today there isn’t anyone named
Bicheno living in Over or Elsworth, though there is at least one
family in Cottenham, one in Cambridge and one in Melbourn, near
Royston,” said Eileen Webster.
The furthest back that Jean Nelson and Eileen Webster have been able
to trace the family is to William Bychenor, who died in 1558 and
left a will that showed he was a husbandman (that is, a farmer) who
had three daughters and a son. William’s brother John died in 1587
and his cousin William in 1601.
The name had many variants over the years including Beecheno,
Bichener, Bickeno, Brecheno, Brichener, Bricheno, Brichenoe,
Britchener, Brichenor, Brichiner, Britchenor and Bychener.
The name Bicheno seems to stem from the lost place name Byccenho or
Birchenhoe, meaning land with beech trees on it by a river, on the
borders of Northamptonshire and Buckinghamshire. The river there is
a tributary of the River Great Ouse, which today forms the northern
boundary of Over parish. So it seems that the name Bicheno came
‘down the river’ to Over.
Today, whilst there is no-one named Bicheno living in or near Over
there are people living in the village who are descended from the
family. Eileen Webster is the granddaughter of Hephzibah Kirby,
whose mother Lucy Bicheno married William Kirby in 1854, and John
Doggett.
Jean Nelson is the three-times great granddaughter of Hemington
Bicheno, one of Lucy’s nine brothers.
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The
book is available from Eileen Webster at 1 Longstanton Road, Over,
telephone (01954) 230839 for £16 plus £1.50 post and packing |
Manart
Landscaping and Property Services
We are a
small, honest and reliable Over based company.
Constructionline registered, we are your ideal contact for
all types of work inside and out; including: fencing, patios,
driveways, garden clearances and alterations, hedge trimming,
tiling and any number of other services.
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If you would like a free quotation
for any work please call
Andy Smart
01954 202242
Mobile
07813
071192
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Church and
Town Lands Charity, Over
A Registered Charity
Town Hall Bookings
Local Groups & Societies only £2
Local Family Parties £7.50 (3 hours)
Commercial or Business Use £5 per hour. |
For details
on charges & availability contact
Miss Natalie Hawketts Tel: 01954 230412
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Natural
Health
Orthopaedic pillows as recommended by physiotherapists
You will find me under Trade
and Services - Natural Health |
For
advice and price please contact:
julie@jryder.co.uk.
www.jryder.co.uk |
OVER
NETBALL CLUB
Like to play Netball - Come and join Over Netball Club - All standards
welcome.
Weekly on Wednesday Evenings from 7.30pm
AT
SWAVESEY VILLAGE COLLEGE |
If you would
like to know more please call.
Sheila on
01954 202313 |
TOUCH
RUGBY
Come and join us
for a sociable hour of Touch Rugby on Wednesday Evenings
9-10pm at the Community Centre
Absolutely no talent required
All shapes and sizes welcome |
If you would
like to know more please call.
Andy Jones on 01954 201788 or Tom Ashworth on 07974 449431
or visit the website
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CYCLING CLUB
New Cycling Club for
people in local villagers
Come and join us |
If you would
like to know more please call.
Tom Ashworth on 07974 449431 or visit the website
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BADMINTON
We will be running two weekly
sections on Tuesdays 8-11pm and Thursday 9-11pm at the Community Centre |
If you would
like to know more please call.
Jacky Miller on 01954 202361 |
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Over Gardening Club
If you
would like an information sheet about the club and details of our Annual
Competitions please contact us.
Anyone interested in gardening is
welcome - no need to be an expert! |
If you would like further
information please call
Pam Allars
01954 202024 |
OVER YOUTH CLUB
Over Community Centre
All
young people aged 11-17 welcome from 7.00 till
9.00pm.
(THURSDAYS Only)
New Members always welcome.
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For more
information please contact
Zoe Neale - Chairman Over
Youth Club
07976 183325
zoezoe79@hotmail.com
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Freddie & Friends New Orleans Jazz
Band HOT JAZZ & GREAT ENTERTAINMENT for all
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Freddie
Whipp
01954 203607
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Centre
12.00am till 11.00pm - Mon to Sat + 12noon till 10.30pm Sunday.
Office
9.30am to 5.00pm - Mon to Fri
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below to visit the website.
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here
or
Call the Centre on
01954 206600 |
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