The Field Theatre Group Presents…

Posted on 1st December 201522nd December 2015 by Littleport Life

The Field Theatre Group are delighted to announce that they have received a Heritage Lottery grant for activities to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Littleport and Ely Riots. Following on from the success of our recent community projects, Littleport Festival Fourteen and The Horseman’s Word, residents are invited to participate in a variety of fascinating project strands. The project, entitled Riot in the Blood will involve the creation of a ‘digital narrative’ which will…

Littleport Community Primary School

Posted on 1st December 201523rd December 2015 by watchthedot

When The Rugby World Cup came to Littleport! We all enjoyed our Rugby World Cup activities in October. It was a wonderful experience with children learning a huge amount about all the countries taking part. Each class ‘adopted’ a country and then learnt about the language, food, geography and culture of countries from Samoa to Argentina and from Fiji to South Africa. On the Friday we all travelled ‘around the world’ visiting each country and…

The Lee Family of Littleport

Posted on 1st December 201522nd December 2015 by Elaine Lee

Here we bring you a tale of one family’s life and times during the 20th Century…Elaine Lee tells us this is In Memory of Jack Lee, General Builder, Station Road, Littleport It was February 28th 1912 when Nellie Lee gave birth to her sixth child, a boy they named Jack. The labour was long and the birth difficult, and Susie who was 13 was running in and out of the room obeying orders given by…

The Story Behind Coleby’s, the Shop in Granby Street

Posted on 1st December 201522nd December 2015 by Cathy Gibb

When July arrives, I always know that I will be volunteering myself for stewarding the Littleport 10k run which starts off and finishes at the Leisure Centre, writes Cathy Gibb. During one of my stewarding patches for the 2015 run, which happened to be the final stretch of the route on Camel Road, I encountered an enthusiastic spectator who asked if I had seen his brother Harry run past yet after describing him to me….

A Letter from Ollie

Posted on 1st December 201522nd December 2015 by Littleport Life

Hello everyone – do you remember my last letter to Littleport Life? I’m the rather handsome black Labrador who wears a purple coat and I’ve come to live in the centre of Littleport with my ‘partner’ Ruth. I’m a Canine Partner who was specially trained to help Ruth live an independent life. She tells me I’m very clever as I load the washing machine and help her shop at the supermarket. We’ve been together for…

Littleport Rotary Club — Quarterly Update

Posted on 1st December 201523rd December 2015 by watchthedot

Our President, Bram Holland, known to many, as the leader of the Salvation Army Church, presided over Race Night. Bram’s wife Loraine, with her culinary skills played a major role in the provision of Supper Clive Webber wife Jo and team produced another great Race Night Race Night The Annual Littleport Rotary Club race night proved yet again that the generosity of the Littleport residents remains as steadfast as ever despite these austere times. Over…

Raising Funds for Charity at Camelot Creature Comforts

Posted on 1st December 201523rd December 2015 by Littleport Life

John and Alison Bushe the friendly proprietors of Camelot Creature Comforts, the pet, poultry and equine provision vendors are a hard working pair who run this family business catering for the needs of all kinds of animals. They stock a vast range of pet food, accessories and supplies which you can also buy in bulk and get value for money. As well as other fund-raising efforts, like the annual fun dog show that this summer…

Vision For All

Posted on 1st December 201523rd December 2015 by Littleport Life

In her 1925 address to the Lions International Convention in Cedar Point, Ohio, USA, Helen Keller challenged Lions to be “Knights of the Blind in the Crusade against Darkness” Since then, Lions have dedicated themselves to preventing blindness, restoring sight and improving eye care services. Since its inception in 1990 and through the involvement of Lions, the Sight First programme has helped to restore sight to 30 million people around the world. Sight First grants…

A Message from St George’s Church

Posted on 1st December 201523rd December 2015 by Rev Howard Robson

Following on from my message in the last Littleport Life, I’m pleased to report that a great time was had by all at our two open weekends. Teddies & the Tower went very well with all teddies descending in either a ‘plane or a hot air balloon. And our very first Pet Service was huge fun with the dogs, the cat, the guinea pig, the tortoise and the bull… yes, a bull called Shaun who…

Musical Littleport: God Hates Astronauts

Posted on 1st December 201523rd December 2015 by Cathy Gibb

There is a comic book series called ‘God Hates Astronauts’ and it’s now the name of a Littleport group of talented musicians, keyboard and lead vocalist singer Christopher France and drummer Jordan Powell aged 17 and 18 respectively. Christopher and Jordan explained that the name of their group doesn’t portray their opinions or their genre of music and they don’t wish to be pigeonholed either.Jordan says he prefers not to have their own music-making labelled,…

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