The Osteria Italian restaurant opened for business at the Waggon & Horses last Friday. They don’t have a web site yet but they do have a Facebook page and they are also on Twitter as @OsteriaWH where they tweeted photos of their opening night menu. Opinions on milton-chat from those people who have tried it […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Parish Council
Your parish council meets this Monday night (3/11) at the Bowls Pavilion starting at 7:30pm. The agenda can be found on their web site. No planning applications are being considered. The council will be discussing the ongoing issues relating to North Lodge Park, problems at the cemetery, a proposal to move the bus stop opposite […]
Carnet Tickets on Stagecoach Cambus
Stagecoach Cambus have finally introduced a carnet style scheme for travel on their buses using their Dayrider or Dayrider Plus tickets. The system is a bit like the London Oyster card, but with some drawbacks. To begin with you need one of their Smart Cards. If you don’t have one already then you can order […]
More Ticket Machines at the P&R
Extra ticket machines are due to be installed at Cambridge’s Park and Ride sites to make it quicker and easier for the millions of customers using the sites each year. Since parking charges were introduced there have been queues to use the machines at busy times, so the Council have ordered more machines, which are […]
Milton Buy & Sell on Facebook
It’s been a while now since we first mentioned the Milton Buy & Sell (Cambridge, UK) group on Facebook which does what it says on the tin: providing a forum for buying and selling things in Milton. Back then the group had 210 members, a year and a half later and today it has 710! […]
Searching the milton-chat Archive
We now have almost ten years of postings in the milton-chat mailing list archive so, to make it easier to find old postings, we’ve finally got around to adding an Archive Search using the Google search engine.
Quiz Night at All Saints’
Back by popular demand, the MU is running another quiz night at All Saints’ Church Hall at 7:30pm on Saturday, 15th November with quiz master Gerry Metcalfe. Tea, coffee and nibbles will be provided. Please bring any other refreshment that you might require. Entry is free however there will be an opportunity to contribute to […]
Talk from High Hopes for Children
Milton M U invite you to a talk on Tuesday (4/11) at 7:30 pm in All Saints’ Church hall. Lynda Baxter from High Hopes for Children will be speaking about her experiences of working in Kigezi Diocese in Uganda where the charity has set up a unit for disabled children within a mainstream primary school. […]
Local Fireworks Displays
Bonfire night is on a Wednesday this year and there are various displays you might want to go to or be aware of happening during the week. White Horse The are having a Halloween party this Friday (31/10) with fireworks which they intend letting off at around 9pm. Milton School The big one in the […]
Zombies in the Country Park
Another themed race is taking place in this Saturday (25/10). This time it’s a Zombie Evacuation Race called Contagion in Cambridge, a 5K theatrical fun run with ‘waves’ of racers setting off between 11am and approximately 4pm. Spectators are welcome at the event. The format is a ‘theatrical race’ whereby participants race through a number […]
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