THE POPPY APPEAL IN HILTON
Within the last Poppy Appeal our fantastic door- to – door collectors raised £812.47 from your donations but due sadly to the current crisis , our instructions do not allow them to do so in 2020. The income nationally for this year will clearly be much reduced but the Legion still have over 6million past and present service men and women and their families in our care so every donation will be even more hugely appreciated than ever.
HOWEVER, due to the very goodwill of the owners of the businesses listed below and in return for your donations you will be able to acquire poppies, wooden crosses, and VE Day 75 and 2020 pins, together with appropriate sanitising arrangements for your safety: -
Simon – Prince of Wales
Sunil - Hilton Shop and P/ O
Roland – Monach Farm
Lindsey – Barkley Grange
Also : - Margaret Shardlow – 4 Mill Hill End
Julie Briggs – 5 Flackdale Road
DATES
Saturday 31st October to Saturday November 7 th
(NB not the usual fortnight )
Thank you for your patience everyone.
Margaret and Julie
(Please note correct information for donations is on page 26 November Spectrum, ignore page 37 )
Fireworks and Animals
Please can we ask that if you are planning any fireworks displays no matter how small that you kindly text or WhatsApp us at Monach Farm to let us know the day & time, or even just give us a 30 minute warning.
Our number is 07483 147218
There are 40 horses & ponies at the farm, as well as over 60 goats, 30 sheep & 10 cows, many of our farm animals are in early pregnancy. More information ca be found HERE
Village Bonfire
Although there will be no village 5th Nov Fireworks and Bonfire this year it is still proposed to open access to the wilderness to enable the village to dispose of any suitable burnable garden waste as they have done in previous years, this is aimed at those who are unable to dispose of it in other ways and rely on this service.
The gate to the wilderness will be open on Saturday the 7th November from 9am to 1pm to allow residents to drop off their garden waste.
Experimental Traffic Regulation Order request - Final Outcome
Thank you to everyone who wrote to the CCC councillors in support of this request
9. COVID 19 TEMPORARY CYCLING PROPOSALS It was unanimously resolved:
a) To ask Officers to take away the B1040 Lorry ban proposal and consult with the Department of Transport for further consideration of whether it, and any further schemes ,are appropriate for inclusion in the current tranche 2 list, with any final decision on the B1040 proposal, to be in consultation with the Vice Chairman, with the involvement of Councillor Harford.
Bonfire Night & Fireworks
Regretfully, Hilton Parish Council have decided not to hold a Bonfire Night event this year due to the regulations regarding large gatherings of people and the social responsibility implications.
Community Gritting Scheme
Cambridgeshire County Council are looking for volunteers to participate in the Community Gritting Scheme. This is a scheme where local volunteers can help to keep their communities moving in freezing weather. Please find further information in the documents below.
Community Gritting Training Pack
Community Gritting Word Form
Trim Trail Survey Results
In light of the results of the survey (copy HERE), the Parish Council have resolved to take this proposal no further.
Thanks you to all those who completed this.
Hilton Parish Council will be holding meetings for the forseeable future online via Zoom.
The full council meeting was held online via Zoom on Monday 5th Oct 2020 at 7:30pm
A video recording of this meeting can be found HERE
IMPORTANT Coronavirus Information
The Parish Council has already been in discussion with many community groups such as the Town Trust, WI, the Church community and the Hilton Village Hall Committee to provide support and friendship to those in need over the coming weeks/months.
Nicola Webster, Clerk to the Council, would be delighted to hear from anyone who can offer to help in any way. Tel:- 830605 or email -
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I will place information HERE that may be useful for you during the Coronavirus Pandemic. Will be both national information sources, but also for local help and support
Keep coming back as this information is likely to be updated regularly
If you have any helpful information to share with villagers of other local initiatives, please let me know in order to keep the website updated. As many of you know I have a village mailing list that I only use for important information dissemination, if you would like to be added to that list, please let me know.
If you have ANY question please fo not hesitate to contact me
Hilton Community Website Editor
Please click HERE for information that you may find useful for support during the current Covid-19 Pandemic
Keep safe, look after yourselves and your neighbours and be kind.
Raptor Foundation Appeal
Please support your local charities who are all under financial pressure during these uncertain times. CLICK HERE for more info
Stolen/Lost Bike
Found unlocked and hidden in village
Please contact Website editor if you beleive it is yours
*** Womens Institute 2020 Programme ***
Click HERE for more details
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A candid story of Papwoth Hospital from 1988 - 2016 by Stephen Bridge former CEO - More info HERE
Copies are available from
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at £5.50, including 50p donation to Papworth Hospital Charity.
The full council meeting was held online via Zoom on Monday 7th Sept 2020 at 7:30pm
A video recording of this meeting can be found HERE
The full council meeting was held online via Zoom on Monday 6th July 2020 at 7:30pm
A video recording of this meeting can be found HERE
Proposed House Building in Hilton
I thought you may be interested to know that a planning applications for building up to 18 houses on the land on the corner of Church End and Potton Road, has been made.
Hilton Parish Council has been consulted on this outline planning application and it was discussed at the planning committee meeting on Tuesday 18th February 2020. (video below)
Further documents can be found on the Huntingdonshire District Council planning portal - HDC Planning Portal LINK HERE where public comments on this application can be made by 24th Feb 2020
PC Planning Meeting video HERE
Proposed Site Layout.HERE
3D View HERE
A villager (David Ruddy) produced an excellent set of arguments as basis for objections for this development, which, as those that were at the PC Planning Committee meeting on the 18th, heard and he said that he would make availble for anyone who was interested. Please see below link to that document,
Objection re planning proposal for Wychwood
Feast Week 2020 Cancelled
For more information please click HERE
WHAT'S NEW
Hilton Village Hall
A pantomime of errors
Hiltons Pantomime
A modern-day Cinderella
We would like to thank everyone who came out and supported the first pantomime in Hilton in living memory for a sell-out run. It seemed like everyone had a great time (including the cast!) and made a great contribution to the upkeep of our village hall, one of our greatest, but often undervalued asset.
A video of the final night's performance can be viewed HERE
The afternoon performance can be viewed HERE
Community Coffee Stop
2020 dates
Our first cafe for the year will be open this Thursday 9 Jan for the usual delicious tea/coffee and cakes. Please note new time of 2pm - 3.30pm. Do pop down and see us and meet your friends for a chat over a cuppa. Date coincides with mobile library visit.
Jan 9; Feb 13; Mar 12; Apr 9; May 14; June 11;
July 9; Aug 13; Sep 10; Oct 8; Nov 12; Dec 10
2pm - 3.30pm.
Fenstanton Bowls Club
If anyone is interested in coming down on our Open Day – free taster session – when we can help them – bowling is a good exercise to help keep our limbs and heart working and we are a small friendly club.
More Useful Village Links
NOTE: Archive Links have now been updated following closure of Google's Picasa Web Album
Hilton Feature on Radio Cambridgeshire Devine County
9th December 2018
Click HERE to hear excerpts
What was Hilton like eighty years ago at the beginning of the second world war? A National Register compiled on 29th September 1939 provides a remarkable insight into every household in Hilton. Evacuees had already arrived, but there was not enough room in the village school. The National Farm Survey, two years later, gives a detailed account of farming in the parish. There is so much which can be found out about Hilton at a critical point in its development.
I have brought all this together in a book so that everyone can share what I have discovered. If you would like a copy (£7 to help cover printing costs), please contact me at 3, Mill Hill End, or phone 07484 650209 |
