All Saints’ church are holding a lunchtime carol service tomorrow (Tuesday, 18th December) from 1-1:30pm especially for those who work in Milton or are at home during the day. The 30 minute service will include favourite carols and Christmas readings and all are welcome.

David Chamberlin reports that about twenty brave souls defied the horrible weather on Sunday lunchtime to get a look at 60009 Union of South Africa as it passed the level crossing at Fen Road. His photos, taken from very close to the line, are online here (you’ll need Flash to view them). For a view […]

Council meets on Monday night and there’s a long agenda. Items of note include Mereham, a proposal to invest £2,500 in preparing a Parish Plan, and deciding what to ask of Cambridge Sport Lakes if they are going to take on Tomkin’s Mead along with the rest of the Country Park.

Our old friend the Union of South Africa, LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 no 60009, will be passing through Milton this Sunday on its way to Ely. You may remember a previous visit in February 2006. You can find timing online here and it looks to me like it’s due to pass the Fen Road crossing […]

The South Cambs District Council’s Climate Change Working Group are holding an informal public meeting this Monday (10th December) to discuss how villages across South Cambridgeshire can tackle climate change. If anyone is interested in going please contact our district councillor Hazel Smith by email as hazel.smith@miltonvillage.org.uk or phone her on 860752. The full text […]

It looks like within a year we may be able to recycle our plastic bottles just by putting them out with the rest of the rubbish. At their meeting on 13th December, SCDC’s cabinet are considering a recommendation to add the collection of plastic bottles to its kerbside recycling scheme from October 2008. It would […]

Tickets for the Panto – which is definitely “Frosty the Snowman” – are nearly sold out and tomorrow is the last day for buying them at the Community Centre, before 10am!

The next meeting of the club is being held tonight at 7:45 pm in the Church Hall in Church Lane. This will be a “Show and Tell” meeting with the subject being “your holiday pictures”. All welcome. £1 each. Apologies for the extremely late notice on this one.

Try your hand at a range of Christmas crafts, enjoy mulled wine & mince pies and meet new friends from your village on Monday 26 November from 7:30pm to 9:30pm in All Saints’ Church Hall in Church Lane. A festive evening for adults and accompanied young people aged 11+. Cost £4. To book your place […]