The Warbler is published every three months in March, June, September and December with a production run of over 500 copies distributed to every household in Great Wilbraham, Little Wilbraham and Six Mile Bottom.
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Contributions of articles, photos and letters are always welcome. Again contact one of the editors.
Caroline Bird
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John Torode
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Issue Winter 2024
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4,Editorial 5, Letters 6, Arthur Rank 7, Clean Water March 9, Social Club 10, On the Farm 11, Friends of St Johns 14, Bottisham and Burwell Photographic 1, WI 18, Untold Stories 20, Little Wilbraham Windmill 23, JBL Trust 24, Choir 25, Wandlebury 26, Around the Roundel 27, Swifts 28, Community Groups 30, Notice Board 31, St Nicholas Church Annual Report 33, Memorial Hall 34, Gt Wilbraham Parish Council 37, Over 60’s 39, Bottisham Medical Practice 40, CPRE 42, Gt Wilbraham Primary Academy 44, Weenie Warblers 45, What’s Going On? 47, WEG 50, Have your Say 53, Football 54, Cricket 55.Issue Summer 2024
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, In Memoriam 6, View from the Garden 10, The Wonder of Weeds 11, On the Farm 13, Accordion club 14, Bottisham Air Museum / A page of Poetry 15, Calling all women / Johnson Bede Lane 18, A new bus service? 18, Community Choir 21, The Saint Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 22, The Feast / WI 24, Friends of St John’s 25, Untold Stories 26, Good news from St John’s church 28, Little Wilbraham PC 29, Luke Hames-Brown 32, Rubbish 34, Great Wilbraham PC 39, A beginners guide to Hedgerows 41, Memorial Hall 43,
Mow and throw / Wilbraham Sport 47, Over Sixties / Red to Green 48, PTFA 49, Temple End 50, Vegetable Flower and Produce show 52, Budding Photographer 54, Railroad / Village Encounters 55, Cambridge’s first country park 56, WRPS 58, WEG 61, Well Brahams 64, Cambridge Open Studios 65, Wilbrahams' Social club 68.
Issue Spring 2024
Content with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4.Editorial 5, Letters 6, Bottisham Air field Museum 6, In Memoria 7, Temple End 8, View from the Garden 10, View from the Soil 11, Cover 60’s 13, Poem 13, Arthur Rank 14, Bottisham Medical Practice 18, Friends of St John 22, Wilbrahams' River Protection Society 23, Community Choir 25, Easter Services 25, Great Wilbraham PC 26, Film Club 27, Figures Facts and Plans 28, Apology 30, Budding Photographers 30, Highways Transport Cycleways 38, 2026 Celebrations 38, Gt Wilbraham School 40, Memorial Hall 42, Watch out 45 St Nicholas 45, Untold Stories 48, Pure Clean Water 50, Wilbrahams' Environment Group 53, Well-brahams 55, WI 56, Winter Wonderland Walk 57, Flower and Vegetable Show 60Issue Winter 2023
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, In Memoria 6, Parcel Theft 6, Pit crew Challenge 8, All Souls Service 9, A view from the Garden 11, On the farm 11, Bottisham Airfield Museum 13, From Heavens Above 14, A message from the Kulakov Family 16, Bottisham Medical Practice 17, Children's Society / Over 60’s 20, Some Chicken / Wilbrahams' Community Choir 22, WCC Down…… 23, Wilbrahams' River Protection Society 24, Untold Stories 27, Sounds Of the Night 32, Lucy Frazer MP 34, Gt Wilbraham Parish Council 39, Ellie Dances Her Way to Disneyland 41, Friends Of St John 42, Pastoral Assistant 43, Churches Website 44, Fireworks 46, Farewell With a Bang 47, Lighting the Star 47, Memorial Hall 49, Harvest Festival 51, MVAS 52, Who is That Man 54, Gt Wilbraham Primary 56, Bridge Club 59, Wilbrahams' Environment Group 62, Well-brahams 64, WI 66Issue Autumn 2023
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 2, Editorial 3,Letters 4,In Memoria 4,Little Wilbraham Anglo Saxon Cemetery 8,Bottisham Airfield Museum 9, St Nicholas Trust 10, Speeding 11, Hockey Gold 14, Cricket 14, Poem 15, On the Farm 15, Fulbourn WI 16, Library 17, Hole in The Wall 18, Parish Assistant 21, Bottisham Medical Practice 23, CCTV 24, Dementia 25, Fireworks 26, River Protection Society 29, Wilbrahams' Environment Group 31, Community Choir 37, Untold Stories 38, Memorial Hall 41, Over 60s 43, Great Wilbraham PC 44, Flower and Vegetable Show 46, Johnson Bede Lane Trust 49, Past Present Future 50, Photo Competition 52, Social Club 55, Well-brahams 57, Wilbrahams' Refugee Society 59, CPRE 61, Lucy Frazer MP 62, Claire Daunton, County Councillor 64
Issue Summer 2023
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, New Editor 6, In Memorium Ian Everitt 7, A View from The Garden 7, On The Farm 8, Allegiance 11, Little Wilbraham and Six Mile Bottom Parish Council 13, Ring for the King 15, Escaping the Horrors part 2 15, Bottisham Medical Practice 19, Great Wilbraham Primary School PTFA 21, Great Wilbraham Primary School 23, Great Wilbraham Annual Parish Meeting 26, Great Wilbraham Parish Council 28, They are back! 31, The Village pond 33, Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 38, The Wilbrahams’ Social Club 39, St Nicholas Trust 40, Community Choir 43, Cambridge Open Studios 43, Untold Stories 45, Well-brahams 47, Fulbourn WI 48, The Wilbrahams and Six Mile Bottom Vegetable, Flower and Produce Show 50, Over 60s 53, Swaffham Bulbeck Theatre 53, How to protect our green spaces 54, Speed Awareness 56, Why Keep our Churches standing 57, Potholes 58, River Protection Society 59, Wilbrahams' Environment Group 61, Running the London Marathon 63, Dementia 64Issue Spring 2023
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, Well-brahams 8, Leslie Fabb 9, Stephen Harmer 11, Escaping the Horrors 12, War in Europe 15, View from the Garden 17, Down to earth 17, Wilbrahams Causewayed Camp 19, Farmer Kiddy 21, Coronation Celebrations 22, Bottisham Medical Practice 24, Wilbrahams Collection 25, Memorial Hall 27, Social Club 30, Vegetables Flower and Produce show 38, Spud in a Bucket 40, Little Wilbraham and Six Mile Bottom PC 41, Gt Wilbraham PC 44, Claire Daunton 47, Choir 50, Untold Stories 52, Winter Wonder Walk 2022 53, Bell Ringing 55, Bridge Club 55, Johnson Bede Lane Trust 56, Velvateen Rabbit 57, Swifts 58, Photographic Group 59, Wilbrahams River Protection Society 59, Mobile Library 62, Advertisers 65.Issue Winter 2022
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, Great Wilbraham Parish Council 9, Soup and Pud 11, Little Wilbraham Parish Council 12, Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 14, Great Wilbraham School 17, Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 21, Death of Queen Elizabeth 23, What’s going on in the Wilbrahams and Six Mile Bottom? 24, Happy 10th Anniversary 25, Wilbrahams Enviromental Group 27, Well-brahams 29, Notice Board 32/33, Untold Stories 35, Not enough limbs 38, The St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 41, Cricket 43, December Concerts at Holy Trinity Church Bottisham 44, Wilbraham River Protection Society 45, Fulbourn Arts 45, A View from the Garden 47, WI Fulbourn 47, Wilbrahams’ Choir 49, Supporting Ukrainian Refugees 51, The Origins of Father Christmas 52, Over 60’s 53, Bollards by the School 54, The Wilbrahams’ Winter Wonder Walk 2022 54, Maggie’s Cambridge 55, Visit to the Houses of Parliament 57, Christmas Services, Carols & Nativity 57, Lucy Fraser MP 59, Joseph Pilates: Contrology 60, Advertisers 61Issue Autumn 2022
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, Great Wilbraham Parish Council 8, Community Led Plan for Great Wilbraham 9, Gates for the Wilbrahams 10, Wilbrahams’ Choir 11, Bottisham Carpet Bowls Club 11, Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 12, MUGC little Wilbraham 14, Over 60’s 17, Traffic Survey 18, Wilbrahams’ Social Club 19, Great Wilbraham School 21, Wilbraham Chapel Postcard 22, Bottisham Medical Practice Dispensary Newsletter 23, Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 25, Wildlife in the Churchyard 27, Hands : Claire Daunton 28, Untold Stories 30, Notice Board 34/35, Jubilee Celebrations & Jubilee Picnic 37, Fulbourn WI 39, Commemorative Coins 40, Great Wilbraham Graves Survey 41, Litter Picking in Six Mile Bottom 41, Alex from Ukraine 42, Newmarket no. 18 bus 44, Photographic Competition 45, Meeting Royalty, part 2 47, Flower and Produce Show 2022 48, Gardening Club 51, The St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 53, Fulbourn Village Library 54, A View from the Garden 55, Cricket 57, Wilbrahams Enviromental Group 58, Help for St John’s and St George’s 61, Cantilena Singers 63, Coffee & Cakes Concerts 64, Advertisers 65, Bus Timetable, 3 & 18 66Issue Summer 2022
Contents with page numbers
Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, In Memoriam Derek Fabb 6, In Memoriam Keith James Precious 7, Letters 9, 41 Years in Wilbraham 10, Over 60’s 11, Great Wilbraham Parish Council 13, Great Wilbraham Parish Council Election Results 15, Little Wilbraham & Six Mile Bottom Parish Council 17, Cycle Paths Update 17, The Children’s Society 18, The St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 19, Great Wilbraham School 21, Wilbrahams’ Choir 23, Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 24, Meeting Royalty 27, Notice Board 34/35, St John the Evangelist, Little Wilbraham 37, RENEW 38, Untold Stories 39, Bottisham BowlingClub 42, Wilbrahams Memorial Hall 43, Flower and Produce Show 2022 47, Local Highways Improvement (LHI) for Great Wilbraham 49, Wilbrahams Enviromental Group 51, Well-brahams 53, Counting Lorries 55, Feet : Claire Daunton 57, From our MP Lucy Fraser 59, Swaffham Bulbeck Summer Theatre 61, Cambridge Nature Festival 61, Homes for Ukraine 62, Down to Earth on the Farm 63, Advertisers 65, Bus Timetable, 3 & 18 66,
Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations Centre pull out by Emma Adams and Chris Fell