Manager of the Littleport Leisure Centre Andy Rutterford replies – No! As I am getting a lot closer to my pension date, I think to myself should I still be participating in sport, is it time for me to sit back and relax? Well when I look at the number of participants who regularly take part in our Mature & Active sessions and I realise that many of them are 10 – 20 years older…
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The Women’s Institute has had a busy time of late, as this is the Centenary Year of the Women’s Institute in this country. The idea for the WI came from Canada in 1915 and Littleport Women’s Institute started in 1922, writes Pat Ollive To mark the centenary we held a garden party with members of other Institutes in the Ely Federation invited; and it was a lovely day with beautiful weather. We held an exhibition…
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The next meeting will be on 18 September at 7pm -7.30pm when the club will welcome Penny Vincent who will be demonstrating ‘It’s a Booty’. On 16 October the club looks forward to meeting Fiona Franklin who will demonstrate ‘ Calendar Girls’. The 20 November meeting will be the Christmas Demonstration when the club welcomes back Dulcie Lofting who will demonstrate a ‘Spirit of Christmas’. The Christmas Practical evening will be on Friday 10 December….
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Here we take a look at nafas history Flower arranging clubs and societies joined together in 1959 and formed the National Association of Flower Arrangement Societies (NAFAS) with help and advice from the Royal Horticultural Society. The Association has been a unifying and guiding influence to thousands of men, women and juniors whose love of flowers has opened up a new world of creativity. Within the United Kingdom there are 21 Areas, each autonomous…
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With class act Mark Tunstall Mark Tunstall has been a professional actor for over twenty years, including lead roles in television, film, theatre and radio. You may be aware if you’re a soap fan that he played Adam Leigh in Brookside. Recently Mark was Head of Drama at The Pauline Quirke Academy and this included teaching voice and speech lessons, acting techniques, monologue work, movement, modern and classical text work, sight reading, warm-up skills and…
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On March 24th Littleport Library played host to its first Arts Alive in Libraries event, a performance of two M R James ghost stories by local actor, Robert Lloyd Parry. I am delighted to say that the feedback from the forty seven strong audience was also extremely positive; “Excellent, atmospheric, very entertaining and spine chilling!”; “So nice to come to something local and affordable.”; “Really enjoyable performance. Extremely good value!”; “Hope there are more events…
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The Littleport Players have been a feature and focus in the village for many years, but the focus on our local group has been on a national level recently, when they won a prestigious National Operatic Dramatic Association award. The theatre group picked up the award for Best Technical (costumes, set and make- up) for their production of The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe. Several members attended the awards ceremony in St Ives to…
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Littleport Life congratulates this organisation that has done so much for the village since the Women’s Institute began 100 years ago. The members have lent their strength to national campaigns that have been of concern specially to women such as equal pay, gaps in midwifery provision and domestic and other violence against women initiatives and non-specific such as ‘care not custody’ and organ donation. Of course on the home front, cookery skills have always been…
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From Monday 20th July to Sunday 2nd August 2015, come and take part in OuseFest, a whole fortnight of over 50 local events celebrating the Ouse Washes Landscape and Communities! There’s plenty happening at a variety of venues right on our doorsteps, spanning from Downham Market to St Ives. It’s a perfect opportunity to learn more about the history of our fascinating Ouse Washes area, local wildlife and habitats and traditional Fenland life. OuseFest is…
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Anybody noticed a subtle change in our club’s title? We get confused with Littleport Lions Korfball club, they are very nice people too, but it was confusing when Facebook and others got it wrong so hence the slight change. We are still the same club working at raising funds for charities and individuals be it Local, National or Internationally. We have supported Littleport Leisure’s Fun Day on Sunday 7th June by having a “Win Every…
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