The next village Big Tidy Up is taking place on Saturday 5th March from 9am to 12pm.
The organiser will be in the village centre car park (access opposite Tylers Estate Agents) from 9am to hand out any equipment required for litter picking. Complimentary refreshments from Histon Smokehouse.
If you would like to help, please contact Cedric Foster by email (cedric.jl.foster1944@btinternet.com) to be allocated an area and run through health and safety.
After two years, Impington Music Society is back with a concert on Friday 4th March from 7.30pm to 9.30pm at Impington Village College.
The concert will be given by the international guitar duo of Daniela Rossi from Argentina and Kevin Loh from Singapore. They will perform a wide-ranging selection of music.
Concerts will be roughly once a month from March to June and are usually held in the Brackenbury Room at Impington Village College.
Tickets for non-members are £10 at the door, or book in advance at https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/impington-music-society/ (plus £0.84 booking fee)
You are invited to a talk by David Oates on the heritage aspects of Cross Close Set-Aside (CCSA) by Zoom on Monday 28th February at 7.30pm.
Many people think of CCSA as a magical 11 acres of wilderness, woodland, and open areas on the edge of Histon – but it also played an important part in early settlement.
It is the oldest recorded individual field in Histon, mentioned in a 1251 deed. Laser airborne radar shows that the field is crossed by two ancient double-ditched probably pre-historic tracks for driving cattle to and from Westwick. This land has probably been at the heart of local activity and settlement until the 16th century.
Flier for the Talk. The zoom link is https://ukri.zoom.us/j/99798947790 . The talk is free.
You may like to consider a donation that will contribute to helping Histon & Impington Green Spaces Charity secure the land for the community in perpetuity. Donations can be made through JustGiving at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/abbeyfields-ccsatalk or on the website at https://abbeyfields.online/
This is the first of a series of talks – future talks will focus on the flora and fauna aspects of the landscape.
Kawaii Kubs are holding a play session on Sunday 20th March at the Royal British Legion.
Activities will include making giant snowflakes to take home, exploring winter playtrays, taking part in a giant snowball fight, and building a snowman!
Session at 1pm especially for babies (supported sitting up to toddling) and the 2:30pm session is mixed, so ideal for families to buy tickets for babies and older siblings. The remaining sessions are for toddlers and walkers aged up to 5 years old. Sessions need to be booked in advance.
Histon and Impington Garden Club are holding their monthly meeting on Tuesday 12th April at 7.30pm at the Methodist Hall.
Colin Bell, the owner of Southview Apiary, will talk about bees, their importance, how to attract them to the garden and look after them once they have arrived.
All meetings are free for Garden Club members. Visitors are welcome to attend meetings for a fee of £2.50.
Contact Richard Ackroyd for more information. Tel. 01223 236314.
Histon and Impington Garden Club will be holding its monthly meeting on Tuesday 8th March at 7.30pm at the Methodist Hall.
The talk will be led by Ian Limmer, Nursery Manager for Peter Beales Roses for 43 years. It will include information on planting and pruning correctly, a little about the nursery gardens for Chelsea and differences between climbers and ramblers.
Meetings are free for Garden Club members (£10/yr membership fee). Visitors are welcome to attend meetings for a fee of £2.50.
For further details please contact Richard Ackroyd. Tel. 01223 236315.
The next Histon and Impington Archaeology Group talk will held by Zoom on Monday 14th March at 7.30 p.m and will be given by Paul Clarkson (Bournemouth University).
Journeying from Mesolithic hunters to Neolithic farmers, and from Roman towns in Norfolk to small frogs in pre-medieval Dorset, the talk will explore animal-human interactions and what they tell us about how people lived. The talk will explain how we recover, identify, and interpret the bones we find to show how people lived, and the effect they had on animals.
Paul has a MSc in Osteoarchaeology from Bournemouth University where he is currently researching microfauna recovered from a wide range of archaeological sites in Turkey
Use www.hiarchaeology.wordpress.com/contact to register for this free talk: a Zoom link will be sent in advance. HIAG members receive the Zoom link automatically.
Winter Wassailing will take place at the Community Orchard on Saturday 26th February at 5pm.
Everyone is welcome. Once again people will gather to wake the trees from their winter slumber and sing a toast to the apple trees in the Community Orchard. The Impingtones will be there to lead the singing.
Please bring your own refreshments.
Consider bringing musical instruments (drums, whistles, rattles etc) or pots and pans to make noise to help wake the sleeping trees.
It is recommended that you dress appropriately for the conditions and weather, as it may be muddy. Do bring a torch or a lantern to light the way.
If the weather is very poor the event may be postponed or cancelled.
Local band, Moses Carter, make their debut at Histon Smokehouse on Sunday 27th February from 11am.
Brunch menu starts at 9.30am until 2.30pm with 241 cocktails 1-3pm.
Histon and Impington Women’s Institute is holding a talk on Thursday 17th February at 7.30pm at Histon Methodist Church Hall.
Keith Day will talk about the old family recipes and remedies his Gran has written about in this little heirloom book.
If you would like to attend this meeting, please email hisimpwi@gmail.com. Visitors and new member welcome.