Category: One Off

Come along for the great atmosphere of the Friends of the Rec’s October Quiz for a fun evening at the Rec Centre in aid of Recreation Ground funds. Teams of up to 6 are welcome.

This is a good opportunity for anyone with a surplus of apples or pears to turn them into juice. This year we’d be very grateful for donations of fruit as the trees in the orchard are still very young and so have not started producing much fruit yet. Histon and Impington Community Orchard Project (HICOP) will provide the relevant juice making equipment including two traditional apple presses. Everyone is invited to help with chopping and macerating the apples and operating the presses. It is a great family event and children are particularly welcome. If you would like to take some juice home with you then please bring some containers; plastic milk bottles or screw-top wine bottles are ideal. The juice will keep in the fridge for 3–4 days and if frozen will keep considerably longer.

Rutter ‘Gloria’

Sweelinck ‘Hodie Christus natus est’

Peter Britton (conductor)

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with contributions from ‘Ten Sing’ and the Chesterton Singers 

Present and former members of Choir 2000 will perform a concert in memory of the late Grayston Burgess, its first musical director.

Grayston lived in retirement in Histon after an international singing career. In the year 2000 he initially took on the challenge of performing a concert to celebrate the Millennium with a group of people, many of whom had very little or no experience in singing classical music. Very soon the group decided to continue after the ‘Concert for the Millennium’ and established itself as Choir 2000. During his seven years as Musical Director Grayston was instrumental in laying the foundations for its continued success and we wish to honour his memory with a selection of music we performed under his baton.

Grayston Burgess was also choirmaster for St Andrew’s Church Choir.

Histon Handmade is holding its fifth event on Saturday 30 November with an exceptional line up of 23 leading local designers/makers.

Alongside jewellery from founder Claire Howieson (Oakington), the event will showcase prints and cards from Elizabeth Fraser (Histon), Sarah Vigliotti (Histon), David Mitchell, and Alison Hullyer, ceramics by Daniela Stief (Impington), Sarah Went, and Amanda MacPhail, baskets by Nadine Anderson, glass by Jutta Robinson and Katie Lynn (AKA Molten Wonky), collage from Emma Bennett, books from children’s illustrator Nicola Killen, hand woven scarves and shawls by Nikki Grant, paintings and illustrations from Roxana de Rond, handmade hats by Sally Wilding (AKA Hedkase), decorative woodwork from Jeremy Nicholls, metal clocks by Rebecca Stark, fibre art from Zenia (The Lady Moth), handmade books from Sue Day and Helen Perry, mosaics from Terry Chance, and jewellery by Abi Cochran and Becky Convey. There will also be some tasty treats on offer from Bitesize Bakehouse.

Popularity for this event continually grows and the last event attracted 1,200 visitors. It is recommended to visit in the second half if you would prefer to avoid the crowds!

For more information please visit our website at www.histonhandmade.com or contact Claire Howieson, Tel: 07870 276088, Email: histonhandmade@hotmail.com.

Stay
healthy with the Mediterranean diet – a free Firs House Surgery Patient
Participation Group event.

Dr Simon Poole is a local GP, author, and broadcaster. He’s an internationally-acclaimed authority on the Mediterranean diet and is returning to Cottenham to answer the question: can the Med diet reduce the risk of diabetes, dementia, heart disease and some cancers?

We will
be joined by Mike Willis, who will bring his experiences of setting up a
support group for people in Histon and Impington with type 2 diabetes.

Swishing is coming to Histon!

Everyone is invited to Histon’s first Swish (clothes swapping party) being organised by Histon and Impington Sustainability Group for Saturday 5 October, 11am-1.15pm at St Andrew’s Centre. 30% of our clothes are never worn so why not swap them for something new to you? The clothing industry accounts for around 10% of global greenhouse emissions and is the world’s second biggest industrial polluter, so swapping is a brilliant way to help cut your footprint.

Women’s, men’s and children’s clothes and accessories must be in good, clean condition. You can bring and take as much as you like, entry is free but donations to Histon and Impington Sustainability Group will be welcomed. There will be homemade cake, teas etc to enjoy whilst your clothes are being sorted between 11am-11.45am.

The Cambridge Community Wardrobe Swish Kit will be launched at the event, thanks to generous funding from South Cambridge District Council’s Community Chest Grant. The Swish Kit can be borrowed by local groups interested in hosting their own clothes swapping parties – come and talk to us if you are curious. Any queries about Histon’s first Swish, please email nicole@cambridgecarbonfootprint.org

HI HUB Meeting – Thursday 26 September 7.30pm, Community Room, Histon & Impington Recreation Ground