The Parish Council in increasing its share of the Great Shelford council tax bills by more than 11%. (External link)  Sign up for your Great Shelford electronic newsletter Barclays Bank in Great Shelford will not re-open. A public meeting has been called to oppose the closure. And a petition has also been started. (External links) And a blog asks if the closure of Barclays Bank is a tipping point for Great Shelford and what else we villagers can do to help our local economy stay vibrant? Volunteers are needed to help with a new community cafe. Shelford Guides urgently need a new leader, Dardan Security has opened a new head office and control room in Great Shelford. (External link) There were three burglaries in Great Shelford in January. Renewable energy system solar panels could be mounted on carports above the car parking spaces at the Babraham Park and Ride. Pimp My Fish, a new food truck, launched in Great Shelford in January. The Arthur Rank Hospice Christmas tree recycling initiative, which took place on Jan 11 and 12 collected more than 1800 trees, raising over £26,500. Two top 80s bands are headlining the 2019 Shelford Feast. The reasons behind a range of changes at the Shelford Medical Practice has been set out. A house fire in Great Shelford may have been arson. A special shed with a difference has been launched at the Arthur Rank Hospice. The Shelford Medical Practice has got a new Freephone number which is free to call from mobile ‘phones and landlines. Two people were arrested after a drugs raid in Great Shelford. There are two chances to meet your County, District and Parish Councillors in December and January. Signs asking motorists to switch off their engines while waiting have been introduced near Great Shelford station. Tools were stolen after a garage was jemmied open in Macaulay Avenue, Great Shelford between midday on Nov 8 and 7.30pm on Nov 9 More villagers are enjoying the Great Shelford Online website than at any time in its five year history. Increased buses from Great Shelford to the centre of Cambridge could be paid for by a possible Cambridge congestion charge (external link.)  The ATM at Barclays Bank in Great Shelford was stolen by ram raiders using a JCB on October 29. Photo; Pete Bassett. Great Shelford's Highways committee meeting includes potholes, engines being switched off when waiting for trains in the village and an update on the Hinton Way crossing at its November meeting. (external lnk). The Website for the Shelford Medical Practice was taken down without warning on Oct 26. The centre now has a new website.
A proposed Mass Rapid Transit road which is likely to run along the edge of Great Shelford and Stapleford has come a step closer to reality. Vandals have thrown a tin of paint over a house door in Chaston Road Great Shelford on Halloween. Shelford Deli closed its deli shop in October, and reopened several days later with a new cafe-bistro. An attempted burglary took place in Walden Way, Great Shelford between October 16 and 17. A window appears to have been forced but it is suspected that the thieves may have been disturbed. No entry was gained and nothing was stolen. The mystery of a Spitfire that crashed in Great Shelford in World War 2 flown by the well-known racing driver Alfred Fane has been solved. There have been complaints about how the Health Centre has changed its website without telling patients.  55% of local people who took part in a special poll about proposals for a new Memorial Hall and underground car park said they were in favour of the development. Meanwhile proposals for a new Memorial hall with an underground car park have taken a step forward. Zara Indian restaurant raised £1,200 through a fundraising evening to help victims of the summer floods in Kerala on October 15 involving West End actress Heather Craney. The closure of a chemists in Trumpington mean that queues are longer than normal at Boots in Woollards Lane. The Great Shelford Warden Scheme has vacancies for new members. Read about the actions and decisions at a number of Parish Council meetings; (External links) 05-09 Parish Council meeting 09-19 Parish Council Minutes 09-12 Parish Council Minutes 09-18 Planning Committee Minutes A stolen bike was recovered after the thief was chased in Maris Green. Barkers Butchers have created a special sausage to celebrate their 175th anniversary which includes Pork, herbs pepper and apple.  "What is the point of these parking restrictions", says Lesley Smith. A chain saw has been stolen after thieves smashed a garage window in Bridge Close between 4pm on September 18 and 6.30am on September 19. Someone has climbed on top of a gatepost in Station Road, Great Shelford and pushed off a mounted stone sphere causing it to damage brickwork on the ground below between 10.30 pm on Sept 1st and 11am on the 2nd. Great and Little Shelford school is looking for a new caretaker. Double and single yellow line changes have been proposed by the Parish Council for nine roads in Great Shelford. Two village shops have introduced environmental initiatives. Can you help solve the mystery of a Spitfire that crashed near Great Shelford in World War 2? Affordable housing and development on the Green Belt are on the Parish Council agenda on September 5 (external link).  A new 20 MPH zone is now in place in Mingle Lane and other parts of Stapleford. See a map of the Stapleford roads affected by the new 20mph zone. (Photo; John Wakefield). There has been one burglary and one attempted break-in in Great Shelford in the last month. The opening hours at the Shelford Medical Practice will be restricted in early September due to computer changes. Scotsdales have been shortlisted to win 'Best Multiple Garden Centre'. Vote on http://bit.ly/2vWFR4G Did you know Barkers Butchers are happy if you take a Tupperware container in when buying ham, sausages and cheese? The Parish Council held a special meeting after a number of incidents on the Recreation Ground in Woollards Lane. Is writer Allison Pearson leaving Great Shelford? Her home has just gone on the market for £2.5m (external link). Two people who ran off after failing to pay for their taxi in Station Road, Great Shelford between 3.45am and 6am on August 5 have been arrested. Green groups in the Shelfords and Stapleford have a new website. (external link) The actions and decisions by the Parish Council at their July meeting have been published. A number of events are being organised in September to mark the 175th anniversary of Great and Little Shelford School. Shelford and Stapleford Rainbows need a new leader. Almost 150 acres of agricultural land with "long-term development potential" is on sale at Shelford Bottom for £2m.  More than £6,000 has now been raised for the MS Trust by Former Arsenal footballer Steve Morrow who lives in Great Shelford and David Martin after a £307 donation from the Great Shelford Country Market (pictured). The pair cycled the 380 miles from London to Amsterdam. (external link) Up to £560 from ice cream sales were stolen after thieves broke through sunroof in Woollards Lane, Great Shelford at 7pm on July 14. There is a question mark over the future of the buildings used for Rainbow and Wacky clubs at Great and Little Shelford School. A Citroen dispatch vehicle had its tyres slashed in Macaulay Square, Great Shelford, between 11.30pm on July 9 and 8am on July 10. Three deep scratches were caused to a Jaguar car and the tyre of a Mini Cooper car was punctured in Granta Terrace, Great Shelford between 6pm on July 9 and 1pm on July 10. Great Shelford Parochial Charities has launched its own website. Revised proposals to switch the Co-op store to High Green have been opposed by the Parish Council's planning committee. (External link). A complaint about cricket balls landing in the garden of a resident living near the recreation ground has been received by the Parish Council.
City Care Services in Great Shelford are looking for local people that are interested in becoming a Carer or domestic cleaner. Call them on 01223 842100. Full training given but transport essential. Proposals for the 7a bus to no longer pick passengers up in Great Shelford from July 30 have been changed after being highlighted on Great Shelford Online.  Maybe it would be a good time for owners to pull down these converted 'old sheds' that hark back to the days of the old Shelford Corn and Coal Company, and replace them with a modern attractive office unit set back further thus allowing the very narrow footpath at this point to be widened. Report and pic John Wakefield The Your Hospice Lottery for Arthur Rank Hospice Charity may soon have helped raise £1 million for the Hospice. A black and silver ‘Giant’ hybrid bicycle was stolen from a driveway in Abberley Wood, Great Shelford between 10pm on 21st June and 7am on 22nd June Four gardening metal planters were stolen from the front garden of a property in Coppice Avenue, Great Shelford and the flowers strewn around between 9am and 6pm 21st June. At around 7am on June 20 a white van pulled on to a drive in Ashen Green, when a roll of electrical wire was stolen. The Shelford Support group, which provides vital services for needy villagers, is in danger of closing. The Playscape proposals for a new playground at the Rec have been given planning permission. A turquoise ladies Raleigh pedal cycle with a pannier has been taken outside Great Shelford train station between 9am and 3pm on June 11. A man has been jailed for two years after ramming a police car following a chase through Great Shelford. (External link)  (pic John Wakefield) Malcolm Watson is the new Vice Chair of Great Shelford Parish Council. A meeting is being held to discuss the need for and possible provision of more affordable housing in Great Shelford on June 20. Read about the decisions and actions at the May Parish Council meeting (external link) Free wifi is now available near the Memorial Hall, called GSFreewifi. The password is GreatShelford. It is expected to be expanded over the next few months. A revised timetable for the 7a bus has been announced. The Liberal Democrats won the two seats in the District Council elections in Great Shelford on May 3. Meanwhile the list of new Parish Councillors has been published.  Read the headlines from Great Shelford Annual Parish meeting in April. (external link) Over 30 pairs of glasses have been collected by The Shelfords WI for people in Malawi. An attempted house burglary in Great Shelford is one of six break-ins in South Cambridgeshire where police say the homes were targeted. The Co-op's proposals to move to High Green is being opposed by the Parish Council unless changes are made. Private security patrols have been introduced to minimise anti-social behaviour around the Recreation Ground and the Pavilion in Woollards Lane. Christopher Grey will be the new Headteacher at Great and Little Shelford School from September 2018 following the departure of current head Alison Evans. He was Interim Head of School at St Felix RC Primary School in Haverhill. The Parish Council's share of the Council tax bills is going up 17%. The Council has published a statement explaining the increase. Parish Council Vice Chairman Bridgid Hodge has resigned. Read the full minutes of the January Great Shelford Parish Council meeting. As part of plans to improve journeys times and congestion along the A1307 and A1301, the Greater Cambridge Partnership is looking to hear the views of residents in Great Shelford and Stapleford . One option consists of a new segregated Mass Rapid Transit Route from the A11 via Sawston, Stapleford and Great Shelford to the Cambridge Biomedical Campus. Almost 150 people who attended a meeting about the future of the Shelford Medical Practice were told that the proposed merger will retain, maintain & improve their presence and service in Great Shelford. Lloyds Bank in Great Shelford closed in 2018 it has been revealed. A new Park & Ride is considered for Hauxton, to be built west of Junction 11. (external link) A Great Shelford couple have won £1 million compensation after a Nigerian prince pulled out of a deal to buy their former London home. (External link). Great Shelford Co-op is moving out of the centre of the village. Shelford Feast has given out almost £23,000 to village groups. Great Shelford school is one of the best in the county according to the latest Key Stage Two results (external link.) Zara Indian restaurant has been shortlisted in the British Curry Awards (external link.)  The unusual sun captured over the Shelfords by Ruth Shah on October 16.  A 180 home development in Great Shelford and Stapleford including a "care village" is being marketed online. A hi-tech home in Great Shelford has gone on sale for almost £4m. (external link) The Zara Indian restaurant has a new website. (external link). McColl's news agents on Woollards Lane closed on July 14 2017.  A Memorial stone for a Nazi spy buried in Great Shelford has been given the go ahead by the Parish Council. See the other Council decisions from their May meeting.  The new Great Shelford Post Office was formally opened by MP Heidi Allen on March 24. Pictured (left to right are: Mike Nettleton, Chair, Great Shelford parish Council Kash and his wife Jayshri who run the new Post Office, MP Heidi Allen and District Councillor Charles Nightingale. Meanwhile its emerged another village shop is closing.  TV celebrity Gloria Hunniford formally opened the Cambridge Care Home in Great Shelford on March 25. She is pictured with home Founding Director Helena Jeffery and MD Rob Jeffery.There’s a new website for a science park called Cambridge South behind Shelford Rugby Club  The Tour de France came to Great Shelford on July 7 2014. A former Arsenal star has moved into Great Shelford. Stapleford Online website Little Shelford Online website |  Barkers the butchers in High Street are now selling fresh fruit and veg. This is a welcome addition to the village which lost Tony's fruit and veg shop in the 'tin shed' in Woollards Lane when School Court was developed. The Shelford Deli then took it on but stopped doing it when they changed to a cafe last last year. John Wakefield.. "In the past month, when walking the footpath from Church Street to Hauxton, after dark, I have twice seen a pair of otters in the fields beside the river. They were caught in my torch beam, and stood staring back for a minute or so." Nick Humphrey.    Could you do all your Christmas shopping at the Arthur Rank Hospice in Great Shelford? (External link) A villager claims in a letter that the new policy about prescriptions at the Shelford Medical Practice might be contrary to the BMA’s advice. A plea has been made for more people to use the village bus service. Great Shelford artist John Minton has been celebrated in a documentary by Mark Gatiss on BBC. Read a profile of the Great Shelford born artist here.  This old photo of Hinton Way from around 1917 was sold in 2018 on Ebay. There are lots of other old postcards in a special gallery. A dog owner wants a need dog bin in the village. 
  A 1950s milk bottle from Robinson's dairy of Great Shelford sold for £9.71 on Ebay   A Great Shelford woman has published a book about her 1,000 mile cycle ride from land's End to John O' Groats. Zara in Great Shelford won 2 awards at the Euro Asia curry awards that took place in London in November - Best Restaurant in Cambridgeshire (2nd Year Running) and The Chef of the year 2017. (External link). In the finals of the British Curry awards 2017 (“the curry oscars”) Zara was one of the runners up for best spice restaurant in the Midlands - the only Cambridgeshire restaurant to achieve this in 2017. Great Shelford author Nicholas Best has revealed how his books have come within a whisker of being made into movies in a fascinating blog. (External link). How Hard Can It Be, the new book by Great Shelford writer Allison Pearson was published in September 2017.  Sunset on the new Arthur Rank Hospice at Shelford Bottom on Jan 18 2017.  James Newman has spent 4 years and £40,000 building a giant computer inside his Great Shelford home which has made headlines from the BBC to the Daily Mail.  
The Parish Council made the suggestion because Leopold (known as Tom) Fletcher’s business, Fletcher and Sons, occupied the site prior to Welch. He ran the business with his sons Leopold junior and Charlie, was well known in Shelford and lived to a great age. On the left is an old photo showing one of his trucks outside the Fletcher & Sons depot. See more photos of the original Fletchers site.   A blue plaque has been unveiled at Shelford Railway station in memory of a local retired railwayman.  Great Shelford Online has a dedicated section on Facebook, where new stories will be posted.  The Great Shelford house that was the setting for the children's book Tom's Midnight Garden has been sold. An early version of rock legends Pink Floyd played two concerts in Great Shelford in the 1960s.  A fascinating book about the history of Great and Little Shelford has been republished - and you have a chance to buy your own copy. It would make a great Christmas present for history lovers. The number of people living in Great Shelford has grown to 4233 according to the 2011 Census. Disclaimer Considerable efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of all information and adverts shown on the Great Shelford website at www.greatshelford.info. All information is believed to be correct at the time of publishing. However no responsibility or liability whatsoever can be accepted from any consequence of acting on advice or instructions given or inferred. All information on the website is subject to change at any time without notice. Any logos or trademarks displayed on the website are the rights and property of their respective owners. All information on the website and text is copyright of www.greatshelford.info and any reproduction of this without express permission is strictly prohibited. WWW.greatshelford.info and Great Shelford Online is an independent Great Shelford website. David Martin is the editor in chief and the main writer. He was a NCTJ trained journalist before becoming the Managing Editor of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire and the creator of BBC Cambridgeshire Online. 4,233 people live in Great Shelford according to the 2011 Census. Writers Allison Pearson and Adele Geras live in Great Shelford. Famous people who have lived in Great Shelford include Julie Deane OBE, founder of the Cambridge Satchel Company, painter John Minton, writers Phillipa Pearce and Tom Sharpe, Sir Peter Hall, the theatrical director and former Arsenal footballer Steve Morrow who also captained Northern Ireland. The Shelford Feast festival takes place every July. Shelford Rugby Club currently play in the National League 2 South. Great Shelford is twinned with Verneuil-en-Halatte in France. The village has links to Pink Floyd. An early version of Pink Floyd played two concerts in Great Shelford. Trinity House at 11 Cambridge Road was the setting for a party which was described in the book " A Pink Floyd fan's Illustrated Guide to Cambridge" as one of "two important Floyd episodes." It was also used for the cover of the Pink Floyd album Ummagumma. Areas and issues covered by this Great Shelford website, Great Shelford Online: This community website for Great Shelford includes details about the Great Shelford medical centre aka the Great Shelford doctors, the Great Shelford rugby club, the new Great Shelford post office, Great Shelford FC, Great Shelford football club, Great Shelford school, the Great Shelford dentist, Great and Little Shelford primary school, Great Shelford library, the Great Shelford calendar, Great Shelford Parish Council and details about Great Shelford history as well as Restaurants in Great Shelford including the best places to eat in Great Shelford including the Indian restaurant Zara, and the Chinese restaurant Forum House, Great Shelford estate agents including Haart, Tucker Gardner , Redmayne, and Sharman Quinney, Great Shelford businesses including , Great Shelford deli, Davies Solicitors Pipedream plumbing, Great Shelford dental surgery, Shops in Great Shelford including Great Shelford deli, Barkers the butchers, Hair Solutions Great Shelford and Great Shelford Post Office as well as Pubs in Great Shelford including the Plough and Square and Compasses, builders in Great Shelford, plumbers in Great Shelford, Great Shelford churches including Great Shelford St Mary's Church, Great Shelford Free Church and Great Shelford community groups including Great Shelford Tennis Club, and Great Shelford WI. The Great Shelford website Great Shelford Online also includes details about Great Shelford events including the Great Shelford Feast, Great Shelford camping, bed and breakfast and hotel information. There is also a page on Great Shelford community groups, Great Shelford planning and the Great Shelford village plan as well as regular updates on the Great Shelford fun run, the Cambridge South development , news about MP Heidi Allen, updates on the Arthur Rank hospice and information about Pink Floyd playing in Great Shelford. This community website for Shelford, Great Shelford Online, includes details about the Shelford Medical centre, Shelford rugby, Shelford post office, Shelford FC, Shelford football club, Shelford school, the shelford dentist, Shelford primary school, Shelford library, the Shelford calendar, Shelford parish council and details about Shelford history as well as a list of Restaurants in Shelford including Zara, and Forum House, Shelford estate agents including Haart, Tucker Gardner and Sharman Quinney, Shelford businesses including , Shelford Deli, Davies Solicitors, Pipedream plumbing, Shelford dental surgery, Shops in shelford including Shelford deli, Barkers the butchers, Cambridge Cycle Company, Hair solutions Shelford and shelford post office as well as Pubs in shelford including the Plough and Square and Compasses, Builders in shelford, Plumbers in shelford, Shelford churches including Shelford St mary's church, Shelford free church and Shelford community groups including Shelford tennis club, and Shelford WI. The Shelford website also includes details about Shelford events including the Shelford Feast, shelford camping, bed and breakfast and hotel information. There is also a page on Shelford community groups, Shelford planning and the Shelford village plan as well as regular updates on the Shelford fun run, the Cambridge South development , news about MP Heidi Allen, updates on the Shelford hospice, also known as the Arthur Rank hospice and information about pink floyd playing in Shelford. Great Shelford planning and planning applications Great Shelford community groups Great Shelford blogs and emails Estate agents in Great Shelford Great Shelford bed & breakfast bed & breakfast in Great Shelford Great Shelford computer repairs computer repairs in Great Shelford electricians in Great Shelford photographer in Great Shelford |
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