Domino Nursery School bingo night

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Fulbourn Village Pump: correction

Fulbourn Village Pump – correction. The January edition of Fulbourn Village Pump, which has just been circulated to all households in the village, gives the wrong e mail address for the Parish Clerk on the back page. The correct e mail address is clerk.fpc@btconnect.com. If you have e mailed the clerk about any of the articles in the Village Pump or sent any photographs please resend them using the above email address.

The Mill: Thank You!

The December/Christmas edition of the Mill having been delivered free to every household in Fulbourn, I'd like to take this opportunity to say a BIG thank-you to everybody who helped assemble the individual parts of the issue and to everybody who took part in delivering it. Thank you!

Christmas Craft Morning for Children!

Christmas Craft Morning for children!

Dec 17th at 10am-12pm at Great Wilbraham church (St Nicholas, across Church Street from Great Wilbraham Primary School).

We now need to find people to volunteer as helpers for this event. Each activity will need a leader and also we may need a tea/coffee/juice/snack person too.

Craft 1: Christmas Cards
Craft 2: Christmas decorations
Craft 3: Advent wreaths/ Christmas tree decorating
Craft 4: Nativity puppets


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for the forces: Royal Wooton Bassett rocks!

This is a cover of the Green Day song Wake me up when September ends by the community of Royal Wooton Bassett, made with the band's blessing, in aid of various charities for former forces personnel and their families. If you like it - or even if it's not quite your thing but you appreciate the reason it was made - there's details at the end about how you can make a donation to these charities. I realise it's a big ask after Children in Need, but we as a nation have made a big ask of the forces.

Enjoy!

in pictures: 2 minutes' silence in Fulbourn

November 11: a meditation

In the last century there were two world wars, allegedly, "wars to end all wars". Yet still wars rage across the globe and our Armed Forces are involved, with the inevitable loss of life and horrific injuries. Here is something I would like to pass on as we prepare once more to remember those who gave there all.

During the Second World War a young Scots Commando, stationed in the South of England, was among a group of men who were handed orders for a special operation.

There was to be a daring raid on occupied France …so daring that the young Scot realised that his chances of returning from it were slim.

As it turned out, his fears were not unfounded, for though the mission itself was successful. Not one of the party survived the raid.

Late, the operational order paper he had been given was found among his belongings. And across the top of it he had written, in a firm hand, these words: -

"I go forward not knowing the things which shall befall me, but I know in whom I believe."

The unit commander was so impressed that on every operation his men carried out after that, he saw to it that these words were printed across their orders. They became a comfort and guiding light to the brave men who paved the way to victory.

May it never be said that we have forgotten such courage.

Brian Scullion