Where There’s a NEED, There’s a LION Whenever a Lions club gets together, problems get smaller. And communities get better. That’s because we help where help is needed – in our own communities and around the world – with unmatched integrity and energy. The World’s Largest Service Club Organisation Our 46,000 clubs and 1.4+ million members make us the world’s largest service club organisation. We’re also one of the most effective. Our members do whatever…
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Were you aware that there are people in the village who may turn up to help you should you call for an ambulance? We are known as Community First Responders or CFR’s. What are Community First Responders? We are people who all have an interest in caring and supporting those of you that are experiencing medical emergencies that require an ambulance crew to assess you. From the recent news reports you will be aware of…
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8th February 1943 – 19th September 2016 Littleport lost a popular and well-known member of its community in September. Maureen Cox, much loved mother of Darren and Sam, and beloved wife of District and Parish Councillor Paul Cox, passed away after a short illness bravely born. Maureen came to live in Littleport from Southery on her marriage to Paul, and soon afterwards they built the house they have lived in ever since. When their children…
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It’s always nice to hear about new businesses and services in the village – and to include any extra information about them that comes to light! Well, the new taxi service in Littleport run by David Allen is one such. When someone needed to be conveyed to Littleport Village Hall from Chettisham on a Thursday night to attend the Spiritualist meeting there, this taxi firm came up trumps! The fare in question was disabled curate,…
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ThePort youth group celebrated its 1st year of providing a wonderful service to the youth of Littleport last August! Almost 800 people turned out to support the day, a £1000 plus fund-raiser for ThePort organised by Joanne Coe. They continue to meet regularly every week to give youngsters some old-fashioned sociable fun.
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My late Mum was a genius at cryptic crosswords and had an extraordinary gift for numbers. I too love word puzzles but alas did not inherit a head for maths, my sister Alison got rather more of those genes I think. Acrostic poems and puzzles are an ancient literary device in which the first letter of each line spells out a word or phrase. Acrostics were used in the Bible’s Old Testament particularly in the…
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In 2014 the well-loved JH Adams Ironmongery shop was transformed into Littleport’s very own Heritage Centre The Adams Heritage Centre is Littleport’s only dedicated venue for exhibitions and displays highlighting all aspects of our town’s history. So what can you expect when you come through the door? Adams has hosted an exciting range of special events, exhibitions and displays in the two short years since it opened. The centre also holds a community archive of…
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The annual Remembrance Day parade and service is on Sunday November 13th and will march off as it does every year after assembling at the Littleport Ex- Servicemen’s Club in the morning. All community groups and parish councillors participate, with Littleport Brass Band leading the way. The band rehearses all year round of course, and apart from other distinguished concert appearances is always more high profile during the week in which Remembrance Sunday and Armistice…
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This was the day after a very special memorial service held in Ely on the anniversary weekend of a day of remembrance for the five Littleport Martyrs hung 200 years before for their part in what had been a fenland wide uprising. These were spontaneous protests at the starvation and privatisation everyone who relied on work from the land was suffering after the end of the Napoleonic wars. A riot started in Littleport and became…
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By Roger Rudderham, on behalf of The Littleport Society An extract from an article by the late James Wentworth-Day “A farm wagon, drawn by four black horses lumbers towards the city of Ely. Four muzzle loading punt guns, each eight feet long and loaded with a pound of swan shot, stick fore and aft out of the wagon like the long guns in a battleship’s turret. Behind the wagon march along the rugged peaty road,…
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