Unlike Anna Sewell, who wrote Black Beauty, I do not know the early days of Gingerbread. She came into my life one hot, dusty August, after a friend had told me how, while he waited for the London train, he gave his lunch to a thin little chestnut pony living by the railway station, that always seemed hungry. I decided to investigate and found a small, bony but very pretty 10 hand chestnut mare in…
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NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCH UPDATE FREE – Street Signs To establish a Neighbourhood Watch scheme is very easy and normally there is just one cost involved; that of providing the street signs that usually are placed on convenient lampposts. For most schemes two signs are required at the cost of £12 each. Littleport Parish Council has kindly donated money so that residents within the Parish of Littleport can establish a scheme without this additional cost. Although the…
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Back in November, a second meeting was convened to discuss ways to go forward with the regeneration of the land at the back of Parsons Lane and Limes Close that belongs to the Sanctuary Housing Association. Sanctuary were looking at building more houses some years ago but decided against it, thus leaving this land as nature intended. A grant was made to enable some fruit trees to be planted but with access becoming difficult for…
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Welcome to your latest issue of Littleport Life! This time of year we are pleased to cover the high days and holy days for all Littleport’s residents; with the celebrations including the annual pantomime by the very excellent Littleport Players! As you can learn from our feature, you can catch them at more than one venue in the village – like the Ex-Services Club as well as the Village Hall. Back in the summer we…
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A big thank you for everyone who has been supporting Littleport’s new community market. You have been coming out in your droves to support this new town centre initiative and it has been fantastic to see the town look so busy. People have made some lovely comments on social media and it is great that so many residents have had the chance to see inside the beautiful Heritage Centre which is the perfect setting for…
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Over this last year we have reflected on the various times and seasons. Spring, Summer, Autumn and now we are in Winter! Littleport is now surrounded by fields that have been harvested: some already planted and the first green shoots showing signs of life for a New Year, the earth looking forward and waiting for the rain,sun and heat to go through another season At the Vine , in October ,we as one local newspaper…
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It all started in 1994 when Littleport resident and pantomime script writer Gladys Rose wanted to stage Aladdin. Keen actor Paul Allingham, who had an impressive acting record going back to the days when he started out with a group in Croydon called The Magdalen Players, felt confident enough to produce the show. Money to cover the production costs was hard to come by, but everyone chipped in and rallied round. Haddenham Drama Group lent…
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Do you own a camera, but never quite get the photographs you aimed for? Why not come to our camera club which meets in the library on the first Tuesday afternoon of every month at 1pm. We’re a small group of Littleport people with varied knowledge which we share among the group. At the moment we’re collating a 2015/16 photographic archive of the village with each member choosing a few streets to photograph. This is…
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It has been a while since our last update but during all of this time it has been business as usual dealing with an array of emergencies, leading to a very busy year so far. During this year we have had a couple of changes to our crew which has now given us vacancies to fill. Want to be an on call firefighter? In order to apply you must live or work within 5 minutes…
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As Jesus was recorded as saying by his follower John, God is a Spirit and those who worship Him must worship Him in spirit and in truth. This statement is at the heart of our Spiritualist philosophy. And as Paul stated some years later after Jesus had been killed by the Roman occupiers of his country, Israel, we are all spirit beings here in the physical body. What is more, Paul also reiterated that there…
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