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
carolinebird17@gmail.com
Martin Gienke
martin@gienke.co.uk
John Torode
johnboy_torode@hotmail.com
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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
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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
Issue Spring 2022
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 7, Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 8 Great Wilbraham Parish Council 11, Highways Matters: Limits & Zones, Lines & Signs 13, Little Wilbraham Parish Council 15, Over 60’s 15, Great Wilbraham School 16, Wilbrahams’ Winter Wonder Walk 2021 18, Wilbrahams’ Choir 19, Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 21, Her Majesty the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Celebrations 23, A Little Piece of History 25, Over the farm gate 27, Wilbrahams’ River Protection Society 28, To the memory of Pauline Waters 29, The Community Orchard 29, Patchwork & Quilting Group 31, Wilbrahams’ Gardening Club 31, Great Wilbraham School Early 1900’s 32, Notice Board 34/35, Flower and Produce Show 2022 37, Photography at the Vegetable, Flower and Produce Show 41, Well-brahams 43, Bruce Springsteen and Other Matters 45, Red2Green land Co-op Community Fund 47, Wilbrahams' Social Club 48, Tilly 48, The Carpenters Arms 51, Wilbrahams’ Environment Group 51, Wilbrahams’ Cricket Club 52, Time to get walking again! 53, A view from the garden 55, The St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 55, Highways Code changes 57, Wordchain 59, Wilbrahams’ Transport Working Group 60, Local Highways Improvement (LHI) Application 62, Maggies 63, Advertisers 65, Bus Timetable, 3 & 18 66Issue Warbler Winter 2021
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, Over 60’s 8, Great Wilbraham Parish Council 9, Churchyard Conservation Award 12, Wilbrahams’ Cycling Routes 13, Wilbrahams’ Environment Group 15, Little Wilbraham Parish Council 16, Christmas : It can still be a good one 17, Great Wilbraham School 18, Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 20, Over the farm gate 23, Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 24, Covid Support Group 27, Success at the National Dahlia Society Show 28 Notice Board 30/31, The Wilbrahams’ Choir 33, Scary Faces 33, The Wilbraham Bridgers 34, The Library Presents 34, Well-brahams 35, Wilbrahams’ River Protection Society 37, The St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 39, 20mph limit in Great Wilbraham 40, A view from the garden 41, Councillor Claire Daunton 42, Proposed New Transport Options for Our Area 44, Churchyard Trees 44, Untold Stories 45, Poulters in the Poor House 49, Fulbourn Winter Festival 49, Judge’s Comments 50, Wilbrahams’ Gardening Club 51, 400 Trees Planted for Jubilee 52, Wordsearch 53, Wilbrahams' Social Club 54, Wilbrahams’ Cricket Club 55, Wilbrahams’ Football Club 56, Advertisers 57, Bus Timetable Nos 3 & 18 58Issue Warbler Autumn 2021
Contents with page numbers Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, Little Wilbraham Parish Council 9, Great Wilbraham Parish Council 9, Well-brahams 11, The Wilbraham’ Flower and Produce Show 13, The Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 17, Little Wilbraham Recreation Ground Tennis Court 19, Six Mile Bottom 21, Great Wilbraham Church Ready for Winter 24, Wilbrahams and Six Mile Bottom Covid Support Group 25, Bell Ringing 27, Anne Ward and Benstead Trust 27, Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 28, Know Your Neighbour 30, Nature Notes 31, Wilbrahams’ River Protection Society 32, Notice Board 34/35, Councillor Claire Daunton 37, Wilbrahams’ Gardening Club 40, Over the farm gate 41, Spotted Flycatchers 42, Over 60’s 42, Wilbraham Runners 43, St John’s Church Little Wilbraham 45, The St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 46, Pubs Galore in Great Wilbraham 47, A view from the garden 47, The Wilbraham Bridger Club 48, Gigabit broadband for Wilbrahams 49, The Wilbrahams’ Choir 49, The Wilbrahams Website 52, WEG and Bulb Bombing 55, The Carpenters Arms 57, Village Stories 57, 20mph, If not now When? 59, Transport Working Group 61, Speed Awareness Team 63, Advertisers 64, Community Group Contact Details 65, Bus Timetable, 3 & 18 66Issue Warbler Summer 2021
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Public Service Contact Details 4, Editorial 5, Letters 6, Great Wilbraham Parish Council 8, Gigabit broadband for Wilbrahams 10, Bottisham Medical Practice Patients’ Group 12, Bottisham Airfield Museum 13, Great Wilbraham Primary School 15, The Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 17, Noisy and Smelly Little Wilbraham 19, The Wilbraham’ Flower and Produce Show 21, Well-brahams Planting 22, Over the farm gate 24 Swifts over the Wilbrahams 25, Lockdown Information 26, Patchwork and Quilting Group 27, Wilbrahams’ Gardening Club 28, Untold Stories 29, Notice Board 34/35, From St Nicholas’s, Glebe Holdings 37, Thanks to Litter Pickers 40, Red2Green 41, PTFA 42, Transport Working Group 45, Down to Earth on the Farm 46, The Wilbrahams’ Choir 47, Open Studios 49, The Wilbrahams Social Club 51, Wilbrahams’ Environment Group 51, Wilbrahams’ River Protection Society 53, The St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 54, The Wilbraham Bridgers 55, I have a little list 57, Wilbrahams and Six Mile Bottom Covid Support Group 58,The Children’s Society 59, Singing can help with breathing difficulties 60, A view from the garden 61, Cambridge Sustainable Food 62, Wilbrahams Website 63, Advertisers 64, Community Group Contact Details 65, Bus Timetable, 3 & 18 66Issue Warbler Spring 2021
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Contact details 2, Notice Board 3, Wordsearch 3, Letters 4, Covid-19 Support Group 6, District Councillor 8, Bottisham Medical Practice 9, Great Wilbraham PC 11, Great Wilbraham Primary School 12, Wilbrahams’ Environment Group 13, Untold Stories 14, Christmas tree collection 15, Positive Thinking 16, Speed Awareness Campaign 16, HGV’s 17, Photo competition 17, Over the Farm gate 18, St Nicholas Great Wilbraham Trust 18, Know Your Neighbour 19, Down to Earth on the Farm 19, Vegetable Flower and Produce Show 20, The Wilbrahams’ Choir 21, A View from the Garden 21, The Wilbrahams’ Memorial Hall 22, The Bird, the Bough and the Ivied Tree 23, Fr Miles Pateman 23, Tree Planting 24, WRPS 24, Red2Green 25, Wel-brahams 25, Gardening Club 26, Little Wilbraham & Six Mile Bottom PC 27, Regular advertisers 27, Beer Delivery 28