Come along to Great Gidding’s Swing Night in aid of St Michael’s Church. Tickets are £15 per head and you can book a circular table for up to 10 people.
The music will be live Swing with a singer (Lyn Jones!) and 16 piece band.
Dinner and bar
Tickets £15.00 per person
Location: Great Gidding Village Hall (done up to the 9’s)
Start Time: 19:30
Date: 25th Jan 2014
Book a table today!
Telephone Sue Shepherd on 01832 293479 or email shepnsue@btinternet.com
Crime does happen in Great Gidding.
A Gidding resident has just had their car stolen from their drive during the night. Be alert!
Are you worried about crime or becoming a victim of crime?
Come and find out how Neighbourhood Watch works and how we can all help protect ourselves and our property. Join us for a short presentation by Brian Wilson from Community Safety & Chief Inspector Laura Hunt from Cambridgeshire Police.
Everyone welcome.
7pm Tuesday 19th November 2013
The Village Hall, Main Street, Great Gidding
Great Gidding History Group
The group meets on the third Wednesday of each month between September and April. 7.30PM start time. The meetings are very informal – chatting and exchanging memories, sometimes photos or objects are brought in for discussion.
The next meeting dates are:
Wednesday 18th September
Wednesday 16th October
Wednesday 20st November
Wednesday 18th December
Wednesday 15th January
Wednesday 26th February
Wednesday 19th March
Wednesday 16th April
The venue will be the Village Hall unless otherwise stated.
Latest posts first, scroll down for show schedule.
June 2013
Only 3 months to go and the pressure is on. The weather is at last trying to help and plants are in catch up mode.
April
1 Carrots 3
2 Potatoes (white) 5 on a plate
3 Potatoes (coloured) 5 on a plate
4 Courgettes 2
5 Shallots 5
6 Onions 3 – each under 225 g
7 Onions 3 – each over 225 g
8 Runner Beans 6
9 Longest Runner Bean 1
10 Leeks 3
11 Dwarf French Beans 6
12 Beetroot 3
13 Sweetcorn 2
14 Tomatoes 5
15 Cherry Tomatoes 8
16 Vegetable marrow 1
17 Apples (dessert) 5
18 Apples (cooking) 5
19 Pears 5
20 Plums 5
21 Collection of cut herbs, 4 varieties in one container
22 Biggest Pumpkin
23 Largest Onion
24 Largest Marrow
25 Top Tray, collection of 3 kinds of vegetables on a tray, selected from the following, number as indicated in brackets. Onions(3) Potatoes(3) Runner Beans(6) Tomatoes(6) Carrots with tops(6) Parsnips with tops (3)
1 Three decorative Dahlias
2 Cut Chrysanthemum – single stem
3 Five cut Roses
4 Gladioloi – 3 stems of same variety
5 Gladioli -5 stems of any varieties
6 Vase of Crocosmia – 3 stems
7 Agapanthus single stem
8 Cactus or Succulent – 1 specimen
9 Best Pot-Plant
10 Top Vase – between 5 and 10 stems of at least 2 varieties
1 Jam Any fruit
2 Jelly Any fruit
3 Chutney All ingredients to be listed on label
Ingredients
METHOD
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas4. Grease a deep 23-24cm springform cake tin and line with baking paper. Peel, core and cut the apples into 1cm pieces, and toss with the lemon juice. 2. Using an electric hand whisk, cream together the butter, caster sugar and lemon zest in a bowl until pale and fluffy. Beat in the eggs, 1 at a time, adding a little flour with each addition to keep the mixture smooth. 3. Sift the remaining flour and the baking powder into the bowl and fold in with the ground almonds. Drain the apple pieces well, then stir into the mixture. 4. Spoon into the prepared cake tin, lightly level the top and sprinkle with the demerara sugar. Bake in the oven for 1 hour or until well-risen, brown and a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. If the cake starts to look a little too brown, cover with a sheet of baking paper after about 45 minutes. 5. Leave to cool in the tin for 10 minutes. Remove the cake from the tin and place on a serving plate. Dredge heavily with the extra caster sugar. |
| 2 Fruit cake – any size /type of fruit3 Plain Scones 5 on a plate4 Cheese Scones 5 on a plate
5 Sausage Rolls 5 on a plate – shortcrust pastry 6 Bread – 5 White rolls,made by hand 7 Bread – Wholemeal loaf made by machine 8 Shortcake 5 on a plate |
1 Knitted handicraft item completed since last year
2 Hard handicraft item completed since last year[woodwork/pottery/metal]
3 An item of patchwork or quilting
4 A hand-made greetings card.
5 Any sewn item, including clothes
1 Six Brown eggs
2 Six White eggs
3 Bottle of Home made wine
4 Bottle of home made sloe gin. Made in last 2 years
1a Tallest sunflower Age up to and including 10 years
1b Tallest sunflower Age 11 and over
2 Animal made from vegetables and/or flowers
3 A scarecrow (as big as you like)
4 A decorated cup cake Age up to and including 10 years
5 A decorated cup cake made by entrant Age 11 and over
6 A decorated hard boiled eg
7 Something made from a kit eg. Woodwork,models,
Soft toy
March
All the details to follow.
Hopefully the protracted winter will relent soon so that we can get seeds and plants under-way but heading up to Easter 2013 it doesn’t look promising especially for those new potato planters who use Easter as a calendar reference for sowing
Don’t despair take a look at this website for inspiration on how to grow show veg and here for everyday veg
Not to be left out for the cooks amongst you, some baking tips from down under and a taster from Jam World
The winner of the Giddings website competition ‘Find José’ was announced at last nights Beer and Skittles event held in The Village Hall.
The winning entry was drawn from José’s sombrero by Andrew Alexander. The lucky recipient of the bottle of ‘bubbly’ was Michael Trolove who had managed to find all five hidden José’s around the website. A big thank you to all the entrants and better luck next time.
Staying with the Americas(!)… Here’s a report of the beer and skittles evening by Michael Trolove.
You missed a real treat this evening . Our American theme beers was a monster hit. You can rest assured that our USA cousins over the pond so to speak have mastered the craft brewing to a fine art. I would implore you to seek out the following beers as a fine tribute to Uncle Sams brewing ability: Jeremiah Weed, Root Brew, a hint of ginger in the tasting and serve with an ice cube; Jeremiah Weed, Sour Mash Brew, a complex beer of hidden tastes but explode on the taste buds; A couple of wheat beers including 312. Not an ITV game show but a craft beer of typical wheat brew taste, sort of flat but not fizzy flat.
Selection of American beers
A reminder that the end of season bash will now be on Saturday 13th April.
A big ‘thank you’ to everyone who contributed to making the Chilli Evening with the “Auction of Promises” such a huge success. It was a really enjoyable evening, mainly as a result of the wonderful food and drink, followed by the excellent performance of our auctioneer who succeeded in persuading people to bid generously (and occasionally unwittingly!) for the many items up for auction. We were delighted to welcome friends from Winwick and to be able to “get our own back” – in the nicest possible way! The evening raised the staggering sum of over £2000 for church funds.
None of this would have happened but for the hard work of Mary Read, Sue Shepherd, Jane Edwards, Anthea Keck and all the team who organised the event. Yet this effort would have been for nothing had not the evening received the tremendous support it did from people far and wide.
Once again thank you to everyone for your time, generosity and support.
Revd Mary Jepp, Lois Jordan & John DeVal
“AY CARAMBA!” If you were passing down Main Street on the rainy Saturday night of 26 January, you may have noticed the odd sombrero wearing stranger approaching the village hall. You may have heard the strumming of Mexican music, the faint waft of chilli. This was the spectacular ‘Chilli Night and Auction of Promises’ put on on behalf of St Michael’s Church to boost much needed funds.
It was difficult to tell if the occasional tear in people’s eyes were caused by the extra helping of the jalepino sauce, by awe and wonder at the superb Photoshop Mexican montage of images of Gidding scenes (plus occasional residents) or indeed the eye watering generosity of guests bidding for trailer loads of manure or sacks of local potatoes through to cakes and wine or a ride on a train.
The gifts and ‘promises’ were varied and wondrous. The food was generously donated and delicious – the auctioneer was both focused and funny.
The organisers would like to thank everybody who took such an active part and made it such a fun evening. Special thanks to the odd strangers from Winwick who ventured over the border and dug deep into their pockets to help us all raise over £2000 for our Church. We could not have done it without you, whether as guests or helping with contributions towards the food and promises. So Muchas Gracias and Adios Amigos!
Report by Mary Read
Blast away the winter blues with a night of chilli and tequila, and auction of promises, at the village hall on Saturday 26th January.
The bar opens at 7pm, followed by a chilli meal (mince or veggie option if you prefer), and then the bidding begins!
Tickets cost £7.50, price includes entrance and evening meal; contact Sue Shepherd, tel: (01832) 293479; email: shepnsue@btinternet.com
In aid of St Michael’s Church.
Due to the recent continuous deluge, it was decided that this year the Giddings Wassail celebrations would be run in a slightly different format.
This not only prevented participants from being sucked into the cold and unwelcoming mud of the Jubilee Wood and the allotments, but also meant we could all keep relatively upright in the warmth of the village hall. It all depended on how much mulled cider you had of course.
Refreshments including homemade nibbles, and beer and cider went down very well and we finally remembered to berate one of the crab apple trees in the car park which should bring us all a plentiful supply of jam next year even if we don’t get any eating apples.
The highlights of the evening included another very eloquent poem from the Giddings Bard, our very own Paul Burgess, who was able to make us smile and nod our heads at the memories of 2012 and that took some doing!
It was amazing to see how quickly recipients of a table tennis bat took to the challenge and almost as quickly remembered the excesses of Christmas as they staggered back to their seats for some light refreshments and bottled oxygen.
Could the Wassail evening encourage the return of the table tennis club we wonder????
Sue Jarvis, January 2013