After a month’s rest, we welcome back the Adams Community Market which is now on the first Saturday of the month. For our opening market on the 3rd February, we welcomed our regular traders back to provide you with: Award winning pies and truckle style cheeses Selection of local vegetables and eggs A Variety of traditionally reared pork, lamb, beef and poultry Locally produced apple juice Fresh cut flowers In addition, our two Guest Stalls…
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One day, twelve months ago, I spoke with the manager of the Littleport Leisure & Community Centre, Andy Rutterford, and warned him that unless we were prepared to make a few changes, the Centre would have to close that afternoon. I have witnessed, during the last year, the hard work, dedication and real passion for the Leisure Centre, by the staff. A never ending stream of volunteers are gradually helping to turn our primary community…
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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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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…
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ECDC Corporate Plan A new Corporate Plan covering the next four years has now been agreed by the ECDC Full Council. The document builds on the authority’s 100 Day commitment to bring more detail to how the Council will improve the district for residents and businesses in East Cambridgeshire through the following six priorities: Delivering a financially sound and well managed Council Genuinely affordable housing A fantastic place to live Improving local transport Improving infrastructure…
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I should like to extend a very warm welcome to staff, children and parents who are new to Millfield; I hope very much that by the time you read this, the new members of our school community will feel very happy and settled. We are all enjoying our newly expanded building and loving the additional space it has given us. Just one week before the start of the new academic year, the builders left our…
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On Saturday September 26th Main Street was buzzing. The new Farmers Market was being held in the Heritage Centre, the usual shops were open for business, and a new continental pavement style cafe, ‘The Copper Cup’ opened its doors in the old butcher’s shop premises.
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Adams Community Market Launching Saturday 26th September, 9 am to 1 pm, and running every Saturday at the Littleport Heritage Centre, Main Street, Littleport. Traders now confirmed as: Gourmet Brownie – Delicious selection of homemade brownies The Shed Farm Shop – Various artisan mustards, preserves, sauces, dressings, oils, curds and cordials plus local eggs Cheese and Pie Mam – Wide range of cheeses including local brands plus award winning pies Watergull Orchards – Selection of…
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Now that the election is a distant memory the hard work now begins in earnest. Going forward we will be giving you a regular report on news from across the District, and in particular decisions and projects that directly affect our community. The Littleport Station Gateway We are extremely pleased to report that this project has been made a priority and we are pushing for a resolution to this. The Littleport Schools Planning approval was…
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Market Survey You may recall that we conducted a survey in March 2015 via an article in Littleport Life as well as having the survey available as picks ups in several shops. A total of 76 responded to the survey and the results were as follows: Overwhelming support that Littleport should have a market There was divided opinion as to whether it should be indoor or outdoor The most popular day came out as a…
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