As you will know if you’re a milton-chat subscriber the mud left by Pretoria Energy after they harvested their bio-fuel maize on Sunday (rather later than originally planned) has been the cause of quite a lot of comment. Paul Oldham met with Linda Kirby, Agriculture Director at the farm college, on site on Tuesday and […]
Maintenance Committee
Your parish council Maintenance Committee meets on Monday (16/12) at 7:45pm in the Bowls Pavilion. The parish council web site has the full agenda online . They will be considering a variety of issues including matters arising at the cemetery, various issues relating to the allotments including whether to close one of the two entrances […]
Christmas Services at All Saints’
Unsurprisingly All Saints’ have a full programme of services over the next week or so. This Sunday (15/12) at 6:30pm they have Carols by Candlelight: favourite carols and readings followed by seasonal refreshments. On Christmas Eve there’s a crib service at 3pm for younger children and families followed by midnight Holy Communion starting at 11:30pm. […]
Christmas opening hours for County Council
Our mobile library service is not affected by the Christmas holidays but some other services provided by are. All of the Household Recycling Centres, including the one on Butt Lane, will be open during the festive period except Christmas, Boxing and New Year’s Day – they will also close early at 1pm on Christmas Eve. […]
Green Dragon Bridge Closed
The Green Dragon bridge is closed for the next ten weeks or so while contractors grit blast the metal structure and repair the ironwork before the bridge is repainted with a specialist, long lasting paint finish – the British Racing Green colour scheme was chosen in consultation with the local community. As a first stage, […]
Grant Grabber Service
A new “grant grabber” search facility has been launched to help communities across South Cambridgeshire gain easier access to funding for projects. The new self-serve search facility on ‘s website allows voluntary organisations, community groups or parish councils to access thousands of pounds of funding from the Council and beyond. The facility also allows groups […]
eBook upgrade for Cambridgeshire Libraries
A recent upgrade has given a new look and feel to the eBook service search facility and navigation – making it much easier to use. There’s now quick catalogue access meaning customers do not need to login to browse titles and the option to preview a title before downloading it. Customers can also create a […]
CamSAR Santa
After the success of last year’s outing Cambridge Search and Rescue are bringing Santa back to Milton this Friday and Saturday evenings (6th and 7th December). According to their map (see below (Apologies for the poor quality, as you can see they’d just printed out a Google Map and then written on it. We had […]
Cats Shot with Air Rifle
Readers of milton-chat will already be aware that someone in the village is taking pot shots at cats in the Willow Crescent area with an air rifle. Sadly they have now succeeded in killing one cat. A reminder from the RSPCA that: Whoever carries out these attacks needs to understand that they are illegal and […]
Carol Singing at the Lion & Lamb
On a happier note Sally and Lawrence of the Lion & Lamb pub have organised the village carol singers to come and sing from 6:30pm on Friday (6/12) under their Christmas tree. They would like to send an open invitation to all in the village to come and join them for this event from 6:30pm. […]
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Thu, 7 August | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 14 August | Green Bin Collection |
Thu, 14 August | Blue Bin Collection |
Thu, 21 August | Black Bin Collection |
Thu, 28 August | Green Bin Collection |