Work is due to start on the new playground on June 25. Jewellery has been stolen in a burglary at a Little Shelford home. Two deer heads have been found down Bradmere Lane. A new bus service linking Little Shelford with Trumpington park and ride is expected to launch in September.  A man has been jailed for two years after ramming a police car following a chase through Little Shelford. (External link) The Liberal Democrats won the two District Council seats in the elections on May 3. Work is due to start soon on the new Playground now campaigners have reached their £84,000 target. A Ford Transit parked in Whittlesford Road, Little Shelford, had the near side front window smashed. Nothing was taken from inside the vehicle. This happened between 11am and 2.20pm on April 21. Local groups who want a stall at the Just for Fun village show need to get in touch with Gail Pilkington.  Fungus spotted in Bradmere Lane - photo by Dave Pate.  New speed monitors have been introduced in the village to encourage drivers not to speed through Little Shelford. Three vehicles in Moor Close had their wing mirrors completely broken between 10.am on March 16 and 2pm on March 18.  25 bags of rubbish were collected around the village volunteers on Feb 25. A microwave and an in-date credit card were among the items picked up. Parish Council Chairman David Martin and former Arsenal footballer Steve Morrow are holding a special quiz in Little Shelford to raise money for the MS Trust. Little Shelford's good neighbours group met for the first time in March. . Have you reported an ankle deep pothole on the High Street? A fellow motorist might want to hear from you.
Little Shelford Parish Council January headlines included; PCSO Chris Wiseman asked people to ring 101 and report cars blocking the pavement or parked too close to a junction. The Parish Council has agreed to spend up to £8,000 on lighting for the track leading to the Sports Pavilion. The Council is increasing its share of the Council Tax bills by just under 2%. Do you fancy becoming a "spotholer" to ensure there are improvements with our local roads? Great and Little Shelford school head teacher Alison Evans is leaving later this year. A professor from the Medical Research Council who lives in Little Shelford was knocked off his scooter outside the school on Saturday morning by a car overtaking the parked cars. He's got a broken leg and two brain bleeds. A new Park & Ride is considered for Hauxton, to be built west of Junction 11. (external link) The new playground is likely to go ahead in 2018, the Parish Council heard at its November meeting. More than £60,000 has already been raised. NASA technology is being used by Little Shelford firm Walero to make special suits for racing drivers . (External link) Lloyds Bank in Great Shelford is closing in 2018 it has been revealed. Shelford Medical Practice could merge with the larger Granta Group in 2018. More than 80% of people who took part in a survey said they would be happy to pay something extra towards the cost of maintaining Shelford library. There's plans for a new house in Little Shelford. Three sheds have been broken into in the village. Feedback on proposals to change the priorities at the junction of Whittlesford Road, Church Street and Bridge Lane has now been published.  Your vote could help raise up to £1,000 for the new playground. (external link) Several thousand pounds were taken in a burglary at Winners' Chinese restaurant between September 13 and 14. A new bus service linking Little Shelford with the Trumpington park and ride will be launched early in 2018. A villager's car was written off outside their home after it was hit by a commuter's car, the Parish Council heard. Changes in priorities are being considered for the Whittlesford Road/ Church Street/ Bridge Lane junction after a cyclist was seriously injured there in the summer. Two new homes in Church Street are on the market for more than £1m. Two cars have been broken into in Little Shelford. The Parish Council 2016/17 audit has been published.  The iconic milestone in Whittlesford Road has been beautifully repainted by village volunteer Bill Savin. The passenger side window of a vehicle was smashed between 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm on August 16 on Hauxton Road, Little Shelford. The Parish Council is opposing 5,000 new homes at Great Chesterford. Proposals to increase protection for Camping Close have fallen on deaf ears.  The Navigator is now open lunchtimes and evenings, seven days a week under a new manager. Have your say about the future of Great Shelford library. A cyclist was taken to hospital after he collided with a vehicle at the junction of Whittlesford Road, Church Street and Bridge Lane on July 11. There are now calls for changes at the junction. A new storage shed has been installed on the Wale Recreation Ground. Hundreds of people attended a rave on the Little Shelford borders near the Wale Memorial (external link). Read about the action and decisions of the Parish Council at the July meeting. Have you lost a set of house and car keys with a distinctive cornish pasty key ring? They have been found in the High Street. Jobs are available at the Navigator pub. Red kites have been seen flying over Little Shelford. A Neighbourhood Watch network for Little Shelford is expected to be in place by the end of the summer. There has been an attempted burglary in Little Shelford. Almost £3,000 raised at the 2016 Fun Week-end has been given out to local groups in Little Shelford. There were 14 burglaries in Little Shelford in the last year. The Parish Council now wants Neighbourhood Watch schemes in every street. A drone flight around the nearby obelisk has emerged. A home in Little Shelford was the most expensive house sold in the Cambridge area in April. (external link) Homeowners whose hedges or trees are overhanging the pavements are about to receive letters from the Parish Council. A Little Shelford scientist has become made a Fellow of the Royal Society. Little Shelford has two new county councillors. The mystery of plants being dead-headed in Little Shelford has been solved. Stop press; The deer involved in the mystery has now been found dead in a garden in Beech Close. Little Shelford playground project has been chosen for the Tesco 5p bag community funding.  The water pump in High Street has been spruced up by villager Bill Savin. A house, and 5 outbuildings and garages in Little Shelford have been burgled. Egrets and an otter have been spotted during March at the Little Shelford Recreation Ground. Actions from the March Little Shelford Parish Council meeting included a push for Neighbourhood Watch schemes across the village and £3,400 for a new speed camera. Jewellry has been stolen in a Little Shelford burglary.  A van caught fire at the junction of Newton Road and Hauxton Road. New helpers are needed for the Little Shelford fun weekend. The new Great Shelford Post Office has opened in Hinton Way.  A new gate has been installed at the Wale Recreation Ground. More than 80% of people in Little Shelford are very or quite concerned about the speed of traffic in the village according to a new traffic survey.  A winter's day in Little Shelford by Ruth Shah. Little Shelford writer Sarah Vaughan's third novel has been involved in a major bidding  There's a new Vice Chairman of the Parish Council. Little Shelford has received a £900 grant. The official opening of what is probably the smallest village green in England and the new sign by our MP Heidi Allen made headlines in the Cambridge News. See our photo gallery of the opening.  Parish Councillor David Munro is pictured with the new Defibrillator he has helped organise for the village - its been installed on the wall of the Navigator. A bid to restore a footpath in Little Shelford have failed. More than 40 people turned up for the Little Shelford footpath inquiry which took place in January. If you are interested in having an allotment in Little Shelford, email littleshelfordparishclerk@aol.com
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Little Shelford has grown slowly over the centuries. In 1801, Litle Shelford's population was 220. In 1861 it was 474 and in 1891 494. In 1901 it was 441. By 1961 the population of Little Shelford was 717. | Little Shelford Parish Council invites villagers to inspect their accounts including the annual return and the annual governance statement.   World War One manoeuvres by troops in Little Shelford have been highlighted in a new book.  Little Shelford writer Sarah Vaughan's new novel, Anatomy of a Scandal, was published on January 11th 2018. She's written a great blog about her experiences on publication day.  The village sign on the smallest village green in England photographed by Ruth Shah at sunrise on Jan 2 2018. See more of Ruth's Little Shelford photos here. Little Shelford Online has a fascinating new section, focussing on cultural offerings in and around the village.     A photo of Fanny Wale, Little Shelford's first historian who died in 1936, has emerged. She wrote and illustrated a book called A Record of Shelford Parva between 1908 and 1919.  You can read about the hall on the Little Shelford history website.  Doug Walker from Little Shelford who received a telegram from the Queen to mark his 100th birthday in April.   More than 300 people turned up to see former England cricket captain Tony Lewis (pictured left) open the new £380,000 sports pavilion. Read the background story of how the Pavilion was created and how to book it here.  The village pub The Navigator has a new outside terrace.
This newly-discovered photo of the High Street in Little Shelford, complete with horses and carts, in one of dozens of old photos on the village's history website.  A fascinating book about the history of 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.
Details have emerged of a visit by Edward VII to Little Shelford. The episode is included in a book that has just emerged called A Record of the Shelfords Manga and Parva in Cambridgeshire. |
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