Issue 200 • Friday 29 July 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
Our 200th issue!
Thanks to everyone who’s continued to open and read Queen Edith’s News every week. With a circulation of over 1700, Queen Edith’s Newsnow – amazingly – is far more widely read in the area than anything else, including local newspapers!
Launched during the first lockdown in 2020, we’ve found a weekly format that works, and to keep this email useful, all we need is for you to send us in details of performances, courses and other events that you’re organising.
Coverage is completely free, but we can only include events and news that take place in the Queen Edith’s area or have a strong Queen Edith’s connection. Just send in details to us at hello@queen-ediths.info in good time. Not everyone remembers to tell us what they’re doing, so please forward this to the organisers or secretaries of any clubs, societies, schools or anything else in the locality that you’re involved with.
Free music in the park tomorrow
The acclaimed Hook Norton Brass Band will be performing free of charge at Nightingale Recreation Ground tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 30 July). This should be a real treat, and all you have to do is turn up! Bring some water and a perhaps a picnic and enjoy some wonderful free entertainment. Some chairs for the audience will be provided; please remember that there are no toilet facilities on site. The performance starts at 2pm.
Marshall Road closed
Please note that a section of Marshall Road will be closed next week (Wednesday 3 – Friday 5 August), so there’ll be to through way for motor vehicles, and for access you’ll need to approach from the relevant end.
Anyone fancy writing an article?
We’re just putting together the September edition of Queen Edith’s magazine(delivery team, get ready!) and we could do with one or two new people to write for us. If you fancy a go at a 500–1000 word article, we have some briefs ready, we just need you to help with the research and writing. It might be particularly suitable for young people looking to get their name in print to add to a portfolio or CV. Just email Chris at hello@queen-ediths.info
Pop Up Fruit Stand
There will be one fruit stand open this weekend, tomorrow (Saturday 30 July), at 36 Kinnaird Way from 1pm. Fruit available will include Flavourcot apricots, Opal and Sanctus Hubertus plums, Golden gages and apple juice. The pop up fruit stand is run by volunteers with all profits going to the Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub.
Free entertainment at fun weekend
TLC Care Home on Cherry Hinton Road is holding a ‘Big Weekend’ of fun events, and all are welcome. There’ll be complimentary refreshments, live performances, face painting, arts and crafts, barbecue, ice creams and various stalls. It’s open from 2pm to 5pm on both Saturday (30 July) and Sunday (31). Free entry. For any further information email Amber at bdm@cherryhintoncarehome.co.uk
Bringing our solar system down to earth
One of the city event highlights of the whole summer is Our Place in Space, an epic scale model of the solar system designed by the artist Oliver Jeffers which combines a three-dimensional sculpture trail, interactive AR app and exciting learning and events programmes. It visits Cambridge throughout August, with a trail starting on Midsummer Common and ending in Waterbeach. Curious young minds will not want to miss this. There’s a big launch event at Midsummer Common this weekend (Saturday 30 and Sunday 31 July), which includes Ahmed from the Queen Edith’s based Cambridge Science Centre delivering a show called Destination Space. There’ll also be a talk with NASA astronaut Kayla Barron and space and science themed events for families. You can find the full events programme for Saturday here and for Sunday here.
Drop in for a cuppa next Tuesday
St James Church on Wulfstan Way has its next Friendship Café next Tuesday (2 August), from 2pm to 3.30pm. Drop by for a free cup of tea and a chat.
Cherry Hinton Hall park closed
A reminder that because of the Cambridge Folk Festival, Cherry Hinton Hall park (including the car park) is closed until 2pm on Tuesday (2 August). In addition, the main arena area will be closed until next Thursday (4 August).
Knit/Crochet Summer Meet Up
As part of the Cambridge Yarn Festival, Jem and Camilla are very excited to be hosting the ‘Great Big Knit/Crochet Summer Meet Up’, an afternoon of knit/crochet at Cherry Hinton Hall on Saturday week (6 August). Bring yourself, a blanket or a camping chair, some refreshments and meet some lovely like minded crafters. Register your interest here via Eventbrite.
Listen to The Dark Heals at home
If you missed the recent The Dark Heals sound experience at the Biomedical Campus, you can listen to the 15-minute piece now at home. Get those headphones on, and click the big ‘Listen Now’ button!
Recognition for local writer
Queen Edith’s based author John Phelps has been accepted as a member of the Crime Writers Association. His latest book, The Vulcan Who Got Into Print, is a whodunnit with a newspaper office as a backdrop. It’s being released at the end of next month. More here.
If you’re thinking of putting your home on the market this autumn, now is the time to call Hockeys, the estate agent that has been selling homes in the area for over 130 years. Hockeys has established an enviable reputation for selling property, setting itself apart from many competitors with a belief in ‘traditional’ value and a commitment to keeping a promise. Find out more here.
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Bullet Train; DC League of Super-Pets; Elvis; Everything Everywhere All at Once; Joyride; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; Minions: The Rise of Gru; NT Live: Prima Facie; Thor: Love and Thunder; Top Gun: Maverick; and Where The Crawdads Sing.
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too.
We need clean, half-dozen egg boxes again please! If you have any and are in the Wulfstan Way area, they can be dropped off in the porch of St James Church at any time.
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
Help with cost of living
Cambridge City Council maintains a web page listing various forms of help that are available to anyone struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. These range from additional payments from the council or discounts on things like your Council Tax, to support from partners such as food vouchers, energy grants and help managing debt. The page can be found here.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue and the street where you live. Find it here.
Queen Edith’s city councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will also highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
Issue 199 • Friday 22 July 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
Outdoor Fire Safety
Cambridgeshire Fire & Rescue Service would like to remind residents and businesses to keep fire safe during the hot weather. Head of Fire Prevention for CFRS, Group Commander Rob Olivier, said: “We urge residents to avoid lighting bonfires and garden fires this time of year, especially when the temperatures are this high. They can quickly get out of hand and spread to nearby buildings, fences and vegetation, which can cause significant damage and put people at risk. We’d also ask parents to speak to their children about the dangers of starting fires, and the serious consequences they can have.”
There are simple steps residents are asked to take, to help prevent an outdoor fire:
Ensure cigarettes are completely out before disposing of them. Do not throw cigarettes out of car windows onto grass verges or vegetation.
Keep barbecues well away from buildings, fencing and vegetation. Put disposable barbecues on bricks, do not place them directly on grass. Ensure any barbecues are completely cool before disposing of the ash.
Avoid having bonfires in these dry conditions, please use local recycling centres to get rid of unwanted rubbish and waste.
If using farming equipment, be sure to keep it well maintained and clean it regularly, especially before use, and don’t allow it to overheat.
Download the free what3words app to help emergency services pinpoint your location quicker in hard to find areas.
Folk Festival less than a week away
As visitors to Cherry Hinton Hall park will have seen, construction is well under way for the 56th Cambridge Folk Festival, which takes place next weekend (Thursday 28 – Sunday 31 July). Residents in the locality will know that with over 10,000 people in attendance as usual, it will be busy! Highlights include performances by Passenger, Seasick Steve, Clannad, St Paul & the Broken Bones, Suzanne Vega and This is the Kit. Look out too for the unmissable Spell Songs, a musical companion to The Lost Words and The Lost Spells books by local author Robert Macfarlane, featuring the renowned talents of Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris Drever, Rachel Newton, Beth Porter and Jim Molyneux. Day tickets start at £31, and there’s full information about the festival here.
Heat causes road problems
As we mentioned in our update email earlier in the week, the extreme heat has been causing problems with underground pipework, which in turn has required road closures while the problems are fixed. Major sites currently affected are the Fendon Road roundabout and Cherry Hinton Road, near the Coleridge Road junction. Works at both are likely to extend into next week, so do avoid the routes or expect delays/diversions.
Developers want our feedback
This Land, one of the developers at the new housing developments off Worts’ Causeway, is offering local residents the chance to comment on a proposed community building there. They say that it could be a flexible meeting space, pharmacy, café, farm shop, mobile GP clinic, or small library area, for example. There’s a drop-in event for anyone to pop by and see/discuss the ideas at Queen Edith Chapel, Wulfstan Way, next Friday (29 July) between 10.30am and 2.30pm. It’d be great to see some local interest. Just turn up.
Major new research centre opens
The new Heart and Lung Institute has opened at the Biomedical Campus, bringing together the largest concentration of scientists and clinicians in heart and lung medicine in Europe. The building will see more than 380 staff from the University of Cambridge and Royal Papworth housed under one roof, all working together to tackle some of the world’s major killers. Read the full story here.
Open Studios continue this weekend
This is the final weekend of Cambridge Open Studios. Here are some of the local artists exhibiting this weekend:
Chill out to the sounds of Skylark Jazz tomorrow afternoon (Saturday 23 July) at St Johns Church, Hills Road, between 3pm and 5pm. Free entry, and there’s tea and cake too. Just turn up.
Holiday Bushcraft for 5-12 year olds
Holiday Bushcraft at Wandlebury is designed for children aged 5-12 and is run by experienced qualified teachers from Wild Thyme & Embers. The holiday club, which takes place next Monday (25 July) to Thursday (28 July) at Wandlebury Country Park, will inspire children and share their knowledge and skills of surviving in the wild. The sessions focus on practical bushcraft and survival skills and follow a forest school approach encouraging self-confidence and sense of achievement. There are similar events in August. More details here.
Glow-worms at East Pit
There’s a guided, late-evening walk at Cherry Hinton Chalk Pits’ East Pit on Monday (25 July) to search for glow-worms, led by Anita Joysey and Dave Seilly of The Wildlife Trust for Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Northamptonshire. The largest of the three chalk pits at Cherry Hinton, East Pit is now a Wildlife Trust reserve, home to a healthy population of glow-worms. If you haven’t seen these amazing insects (or the East Pit!) before, you’re in for a treat. Anyone is welcome. More information here.
Yoga classes at Netherhall
Yoga Sessions run by Vedanta Wellness are moving to the Netherhall School from next month, from Morley School. Hatha Yoga – Beginners and Medium Level will take place on Thursdays at 7.15pm. All are welcome to join, including beginners, children (aged 7+) and senior citizens. Find out more about Vedanta Wellness here.
Join in an exciting nature project at the library
Charles Darwin exchanged over 15,000 letters to over 2,000 people all over the world, seeking their observations of the natural world. As part of an exhibition and programme of events hosted by Cambridge University Library called Darwin in Conversation, Cambridgeshire Libraries and The New York Public Library are running the Nature Exchange programme. This will connect members of Rock Road Library to the members of New York Public Libraries. You are invited exchange a postcard every two months with a ‘pen pal’ from New York, to share seasonal changes and notes about the natural world around you! The project will run from August 2022 to August 2023. To sign up for the project, visit Rock Road Library and ask for an expression of interest form before 30 August. Places on the project are limited, so don’t delay.
Band concert in the park: help needed
Next week we’ll bring you full details of a concert by the visiting Hook Norton Brass Band in Nightingale Park. You may want to make a note of the date and time: Saturday 30 July, 2pm, so you can come down for some wonderful free entertainment. In the meantime, we could do with one or two volunteers to help with chairs and marshalling on the day – if you’d be willing to join in, just drop us an email.
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Gutter, fascia and conservatory cleaning
In addition to being the Queen Edith’s area’s most popular window cleaning service, Shortle ProClean can also offer professional, safe and fully insured gutter, fascia and conservatory cleaning. Find out more and request a visit for a quote at shortleproclean.co.uk
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Elvis; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; Minions: The Rise of Gru; NT Live: Prima Facie; Shamshera (Hindi); Sonic The Hedgehog 2; The Railway Children Return; Thor: Love and Thunder; Top Gun: Maverick and Where The Crawdads Sing.
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes Martin Kemp’s Back To The Eighties; Arts & Minds Creative Café; Wing’s Studio: Come Fly With Me; and the Steve Rothery Band.
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too.
We need clean, half-dozen egg boxes again please! If you have any and are in the Wulfstan Way area, they can be dropped off in the porch of St James Church at any time.
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
Help with cost of living
Cambridge City Council maintains a web page listing various forms of help that are available to anyone struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. These range from additional payments from the council or discounts on things like your Council Tax, to support from partners such as food vouchers, energy grants and help managing debt. The page can be found here.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue and the street where you live. Find it here.
Queen Edith’s city councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will also highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
Issue 198 • Friday 15 July 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
Photographic exhibition launches in library
Rock Road Library is now exhibiting photographs by local resident Justin Perkins. Over the pandemic, when not furloughed, Justin travelled for work to London, Paris, Lille and Brussels as a train manager. The exhibition shows the strangeness of the pandemic from a very different perspective, with photos of Kings Cross at what should be rush hour, empty punts on the Cam on a spring evening, and outside yoga on the banks of the River Seine as life began to return to a new normality. The exhibition is in the library’s community room from today during library opening hours.
Help your street trees survive!
There’s no doubt that there’s a heatwave on, so do think of the street trees if you have any newly planted ones near your house. For their first three years, trees need a little extra care and attention to help them get established. The most critical element is to keep them well watered while they adjust to their new surroundings. One big drink a week is best, but more often is fine during very hot weather. Ideally, try to give at least 20 litres per watering – although anything you can manage is great. Tap water, rain water or even dishwater is fine! There are some helpful guidelines from the City Council here.
Discover new writing at the Junction
This year’s Hotbed Festival of new writing takes place at Cambridge Junction over the next three days. At the heart of the festival is an extraordinary verbatim piece from Ukraine – The Summer Before Everything. Written by Bohdan Tokarskyi and Maria Montague, this is a play created from the words of Ukrainians, taking us inside the tumultuous 2014 revolution and war. The testimonies of three Ukrainians on the ground are extraordinary stories of flight, fight and survival, sounding an unheeded warning of the invasion to come. Shows suitable for families this year include guest productions Time Travelling with the Jazz Queens following the stories of greatest divas of Jazz, and a beautiful new piece Joshua (and Me), from Rachel Hammond, about living with a sibling with autism. More information here.
Open Studios continue this weekend
Featuring 370 artists, Cambridge Open Studios runs at weekends throughout this month. The artists will be in residence (many at their own studios) at 230 venues across the county, including several homes in Queen Edith’s. Just drop by at any time they’re open to have a look – entry is always free. See the whole lineup of artists and much more at the Open Studios website.
Here are some of the local artists exhibiting this weekend:
Both local fruit stalls will be open again this Saturday (16 July) at 253 Hills Road from 10.30am and at 36 Kinnaird Way from 2pm. They will be selling Regina and Penny cherries plus the first apricots sourced from the Heath Fruit Farm in Bluntisham, with all profits going to the Community Food Hub.
Open events at Hills Road 6th Form College
Prospective current year 10 students can drop in to Hills Road Sixth Form College on Saturday 16 July from 10am to 4pm or Monday 18 July from 5pm to 8pm for this summer’s Open Events. Helpful student guides will be on hand to show visitors around the site. To ensure everyone has the space to speak to teachers, tutors and students, tickets are limited to three per family. More details here.
Bring & Buy Sale at St James
The next Bring & Buy Sale at St James Church on Wulfstan Way is tomorrow (16 July) from 10am to 12noon. There’ll be books, cakes, bric-a-brac and a raffle, all held outside if weather permits. Come and get yourself a bargain!
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This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Elvis; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; Minions: The Rise of Gru; The Black Phone; Thor: Love and Thunder and Top Gun: Maverick.
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes Barbara; Bloody Yesterday; I Am Drums; Joshua (And Me); Making Verbatim Theatre; Martin Kemp: Back To The 80s; Niknak: Sankofa; Obituary. (Work-In-Progress); Paradise Circus; Penned Up; Post; Splinter; The Beat; The Cut-Price Woman And Fly Green Socks; The Green Knight; The Ice Monologues; The Summer Before Everything; Theatre Producer’s Workshop; Time Travelling With The Jazz Queens; Valoris And The Expansions; and What Is The Truth But A Lie Agreed Upon.
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too.
We need clean, half-dozen egg boxes again please! If you have any and are in the Wulfstan Way area, they can be dropped off in the porch of St James Church at any time.
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
A review of the road classifications in Cambridge will consider how roads and streets are classified based on the type of vehicles and traffic that they are used by in the future. Full details and a link to the survey of your views can be found on the consultation web page here.(Open until 18 July)
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
Help with cost of living
Cambridge City Council maintains a web page listing various forms of help that are available to anyone struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. These range from additional payments from the council or discounts on things like your Council Tax, to support from partners such as food vouchers, energy grants and help managing debt. The page can be found here.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue and the street where you live. Find it here.
Queen Edith’s city councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will also highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
Issue 197 • Friday 8 July 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
5G mast approved on appeal
Despite campaigning from our local city councillors and residents, and unanimous rejection by the council’s planning committee, a government inspector has approved the construction of a 15m-high mobile telephone mast outside Wulfstan Way shops. Unlike the councillors, the inspector does not believe the mast will lead to an “erosion of character and appearance” of the area, and that the associated cabinets will be “relatively small” and therefore would not have a “notable effect” on the open area. There’s a full Cambridge News story on the decision here.
Open Studios continue this weekend
Featuring 370 artists, Cambridge Open Studios runs at weekends throughout this month. The artists will be in residence (many at their own studios) at 230 venues across the county, including several homes in Queen Edith’s. Just drop by at any time they’re open to have a look – entry is always free. See the whole lineup of artists and much more at the Open Studios website.
Here are some of the local artists exhibiting this weekend:
Two fruit stalls will be open this Saturday (9 July), at 253 Hills Road from 10.30am and at 36 Kinnaird Way from 2pm. They will be selling Kordia and Stella cherries, sourced from the family owned Heath Fruit Farm in Bluntisham, with all profits going to the Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub.
Community Choir celebration concert
The Sing! Community Choir will be celebrating 10 years tomorrow evening (9 July) at the Netherhall School. They promise an evening full of fun, music, cakes, bunting and balloons. Tickets are £10 on the door (free for under-10s) and proceeds will be in support of the Romsey Mill charity. Find out more details here.
Summer Fairs at local primary schools
After a two year break, the Friends of the Spinney School (Hayster Drive, Cherry Hinton) is pleased to announce the Summer Fair is back, this Sunday (10 July) from 2.30pm. They promise an exciting afternoon of traditional games stalls, tombola, sports activities with Premier Sports, raffle, inflatable fun and more! Entrance is £1 and this includes a fantastic show with Magic Roman at 3pm. Also this weekend (9 July) is the Morley School fete.
‘Immersive soundscape’ on the Biomedical Campus
Next Tuesday (12 July) sees the premiere of The Dark Heals – “an immersive soundscape reflecting people’s experience of the last 2 years during the pandemic”. It takes place at The Green & The Gardens public space on the Biomedical Campus, underneath the flags of the ‘In Memoriam’ art installation. Each attendee will be provided with silent disco wireless headphones and sleep masks to listen to a 20-minute ‘spherical sound’ installation created by artist in residence on the campus, Andrea Cockerton, entirely in the dark. The piece has been created to reflect what it’s been like for people living at, working on, or being treated at the campus during COVID-19. During the past six months, staff, patients and the general public have been contributing writing, pictures, sounds and videos to give voice to their experience during the pandemic; as well as inspiring the final piece, all submissions will be visible in an online ‘digital wall’, going live on the same day. The free event takes place three times, at 6.30pm, 7.30pm and 8.30pm. Head to the event website to book your ticket. Spaces are limited.
Walk with a Warden at Wandlebury
There’s a gentle guided walk with a Warden to explore the wildlife and history of Wandlebury Country Park next Wednesday (13 July). This is also a great opportunity to see and learn about the work that the charity does to protect and improve the park for nature, heritage and people (including the Highland cattle). More details here.
Find out about Oakes College
Oakes College (formerly the Netherhall Sixth Form Centre) on Queen Edith’s Way has its Summer Open Evening next Wednesday (13 July). No booking is required. More information is available here.
Wellbeing activities for 12-17 year olds
Wild Minds aims to support young people who are seeking help for mild to moderate mental health difficulties, such as young people who are currently experiencing anxiety, low mood, problems with confidence or self-esteem. There are sessions this summer at Wandlebury Country Park, and there’s more information here.
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Inspired by Wimbledon?
What better time to get playing more tennis? Cocks and Hens Cambridge Tennis is a really friendly tennis club which welcomes players of all ages and levels at its new courts and new clubhouse. It offers full, junior and family memberships and a community built around tennis, to which all are welcome. The emphasis is on fun! Find out more at the club’s website here.
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Dr. Who: Classic Movie Double Bill; Elvis; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; London Nahi Jaunga; Minions: The Rise of Gru; Sonic The Hedgehog 2; The Black Phone; Thor: Love and Thunder and Top Gun: Maverick.
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes An Evening Of Cabaret In Support Of Walk The Walk; Arts & Minds: Creative Café; Barbara; I Am Drums; Le Vent Du Nord; Paradise Circus; Seska: Tootyfrooty; and xThe Summer Before Everything
This year’s Hotbed Festival at Cambridge Junction is next weekend (15–17 July). The annual festival of new plays is in its 21st year, and features a stunningly powerful verbatim piece from Ukraine – The Summer Before Everything, directed by Queen Edith’s resident Patrick Morris. This is a play created from the words of Ukrainians, taking us inside the tumultuous 2014 revolution and war. The testimonies of three people on the ground are extraordinary stories of flight, fight and survival. The performance on Saturday 16 July will include a talkback with the writers and Ukrainian experts. All proceeds from ticket sales will go towards supporting humanitarian charities in Ukraine. Download the full brochure here.
Coronavirus Update
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too.
We need clean, half-dozen egg boxes again please! If you have any and are in the Wulfstan Way area, they can be dropped off in the porch of St James Church at any time.
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
A review of the road classifications in Cambridge will consider how roads and streets are classified based on the type of vehicles and traffic that they are used by in the future. Full details and a link to the survey of your views can be found on the consultation web page here.(Open until 18 July)
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
Help with cost of living
Cambridge City Council maintains a web page listing various forms of help that are available to anyone struggling to cope with the rising cost of living. These range from additional payments from the council or discounts on things like your Council Tax, to support from partners such as food vouchers, energy grants and help managing debt. The page can be found here.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue and the street where you live. Find it here.
Queen Edith’s city councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will also highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
Issue 196 • Friday 1 July 2022 Emailed to over 1,700 local homes
New Indian café open for business
Locally-owned Urbanchai has opened on Cherry Hinton Road, offering “the finest cup of Chai” (the Hindi term for tea) with a menu that “dates back to the cafes of old India, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner, the way they did back home” …but all in a very modern style. There’s a whole range of all-day breakfasts, stuffed parathas, and of course more tea options than you can imagine. Urbanchai is open from 9am to 11pm, seven days a week, and you can see the full menu and more here.
Speed monitoring volunteers needed
A Queen Edith’s Community Speedwatch initiative has recently had approval from the police and is now in a position to start to recruit eager volunteers! The initial goal would be to periodically run speed monitoring on Queen Edith’s Way in a bid to help maintain our pleasant area. There will be no obligation on the amount of time needed and at this stage just a show of interest would be sufficient. If you think this is something you would like to be involved with (in any capacity), or wish to find out more, please contact Henry Gomersall at qe-speedwatch@mailbox.org.
Open Studios throughout July
Featuring 370 artists, Cambridge Open Studios starts this weekend (2–3 July) and continues for four weekends in total. The artists will be in residence (many at their own studios) at 230 venues across the county, including several homes in Queen Edith’s. Just drop by at any time they’re open to have a look – entry is always free. Here are some of the local artists exhibiting:
The Pop Up Fruit Stand at 253 Hills Road will return for the new season tomorrow (Saturday 1 July) at 10.30am, selling Kordia cherries in punnets or trays. This is a voluntary effort to support local fruit farms with all profits going to the Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub. Do pop by!
Open Evenings at Long Road Sixth Form College
Long Road Sixth Form College has two open evenings next week for Year 10 students (Tuesday 5 and Wednesday 6 July). It’s the best opportunity to find out about A levels, practical Diplomas or GCSE re-sits at the college, starting September 2023. Tickets are required and there’s more information about the events here.
Boosting resilience and protecting well-being
A Biomedical Campus Wellness Campaign webinar with Lucy Faulks-Barnard next week will look at a host of tools and skills for boosting resilience and protecting our mental wellbeing. Particiapants will learn practical skills for real-time resilience, including identifying stress triggers and self-care strategies, building awareness around negative thinking traps which inhibit resilience and add to stress, encouraging resilient thinking using sentence starters as well as creating their own master resilience plan. it’s open to all and there’s more information here.
New shed schedule
Would you like to learn a new skill or hobby? Or simply meet new people? There are free sessions on clay, card-making, paper-crafts and astronomy at Arthurs Shed, the purpose-built studio at the Arthur Rank Hospice Charity site at Shelford Bottom. Open to the public, the venue’s July and August calendars are now ready. To find out more, take a look at the website.
Drop by for a coffee at Wulfstan Way
There’s a Friendship Café at St James Church next Tuesday afternoon (5 July) from 2pm to 3.30pm. Call in for a sit-down with a free cuppa – outside in the garden if weather permits! Everybody welcome: just turn up.
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Your local professional chauffeur service
Cambridge Premier Chauffeur Agency is an executive chauffeur company based in Cherry Hinton, providing exceptional chauffeur services at surprisingly affordable prices, from professional, friendly and courteous drivers. Offering airport transfers, corporate travel, wedding transport and more, you can get an instant quote at www.cpchauffeurs.co.uk
This Week at The Light Cinema
★ Our multi-screen cinema’s lineup of films this week include Downton Abbey: A New Era; Elvis; Everything Everywhere All At Once; Good Luck To You, Leo Grande; Jurassic World Dominion; Lightyear; Minions; Sonic The Hedgehog 2; The Bad Guys; The Black Phone; The Railway Children and Top Gun: Maverick.
★ The Cambridge Junction lineup this week includes The Kite Trust – Queer Prom; Oliver!; Wifi Wars; The Utopia Strong ; Bandstravaganza; A Shakespearean Showcase (see above); and Antenatal Classes With Bump And Baby Club.
The government’s recommended steps to reduce the risk of catching and spreading COVID-19 are as follows: get vaccinated; let fresh air in if meeting indoors, or meet outside; and consider wearing a face covering in crowded, enclosed spaces.
For details of how to book first, second or booster vaccinations, please visit The Vaccinators website and click on your age group.
This week’s government data on COVID-19 for this area can be found here.
Alarming case rates in this area
With the end to free testing, case data is now rather unreliable, but the national regional figures are nevertheless very alarming for Cambridge and South Cambs, which are the only areas outside of Scotland with a case rate of over 1 in 300 people (see table below from The Guardian). Please continue to take care.
Food Hub news
The Queen Edith’s Community Food Hub is open tomorrow (Saturday) as usual, from 10.30am to 12noon at St James Church on Wulfstan Way. All in need are welcome, no questions asked. The Coffee Chat is open too.
We need clean, half-dozen egg boxes again please! If you have any and are in the Wulfstan Way area, they can be dropped off in the porch of St James Church at any time.
Food donations may be brought to the church on Saturday mornings from 10.00am to 10.30am. The team tells us it’s usually particularly in need of tinned beans (not baked beans) and tinned fish, but all contributions are welcome.
A review of the road classifications in Cambridge will consider how roads and streets are classified based on the type of vehicles and traffic that they are used by in the future. Full details and a link to the survey of your views can be found on the consultation web page here.(Open until 18 July)
We’re all being encouraged to take part in a consultation on the region’s transport future from the Combined Authority. There’s lots of information, including a link to the survey, at the Local Transport & Connectivity Plan website here. The draft plan is here.(Open until 4 August)
One.network is the website which shows current and forthcoming road works. You can see the map here. Click the ‘Today’ box and select ‘Next two weeks’ for future works.
Welcome to our guests from Ukraine
Ukrainian families are arriving in Queen Edith’s. Welcome! And thank you to the households who have offered to act as hosts. Here is some information that might help.
How to contact our local councillors
The Queen Edith’s Community Forum guide to our local councillors will ensure you contact the right one depending on your issue and the street where you live. Find it here.
Queen Edith’s city councillor Sam Davies writes a weekly email discussing what she’s been doing and what issues have come up in the area. You can add yourself to the circulation of Sam’s free email here. If our other councillors produce anything similar we will also highlight it here.
Queen Edith’s News is produced by the Queen Edith’s magazine team, part of the Queen Edith’s Community Forum, chaired by Sam Davies. Contact Sam by email at hello@queen-ediths.info
Email us at hello@queen-ediths.info if you have any news you’d like to see included, or any updates to the information above.
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