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BROUGHTON VILLAGE,
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
BROUGHTON VILLAGE,
CAMBRIDGESHIRE
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Recent events
Centenary of WW1 end - 11th November 2018 Church service followed by lighting of beacon and ringing of bells |
Wreaths in church |
'There but not there' |
Margaret Webb memorabilia
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Lighting the beacon |
Beacon (made by Pete Upshall) |
Watchers |
Broughton Village Players BBQ 2nd Sept 2018 Photos by Kay Coope
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Summer Lunch July 2018 at Illings Farm Photos by Kay Coope |
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Flower Festival & Open Gardens June 2018
Some of the gardens on display . . . . .
and the church flower arrangements . . . . .
and classic cars . . . . .
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Opening of playpark 30th March 2018 Pictures courtesy of Hunts Post
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On Saturday 30th March 2018 Broughton’s refurbished play park was officially opened by Russell Payne, Chairman of the Red Tile Wind Farm Trust.
Welcoming everyone to the opening John Ray, Chairman of Broughton Parish Council, said, “First off all we express our thanks to Luminus for donating this area of land to the Parish Council when they did their redevelopment of this site. Without this the project would not have got started. Secondly, we are immensely grateful for the generous grants we have received from the Lottery Fund and The Red Tile Wind Farm Trust. Without these our vision would have remained just that – an unfulfilled dream. Thirdly, we owe an enormous “thank you” to Simon Beeley for his tenacity and dogged determination and the many hours he spent pursuing and procuring these grants, for meeting representatives of playpark equip-ment firms, for choosing the equipment, for supervising its installation and for all the maintenance work he has carried out on the site – Simon you are a star!!!” He then introduced Russell Payne who responded by saying he was delighted to be asked to open the play-park and how good it was to see where their grant had been so well spent. It was not very often that they got this opportunity. After this he cut the ribbon and the children went off on an Easter Egg Hunt around the playpark and the adults participated in celebratory refreshments of sparkly drink and a specially made cake decorated to represent the playpark. 
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Archaeology THIS PROJECT SEEMS TO HAVE COME TO A COMPLETE HALT
Michael Saxby, once of No 2, School Road, has written in to tell us of his experience at Broughton moat in 1974 when, after a storm had blown down an oak tree, he found a tunnel. He entered and after about 50 yards there was a wooden door with a hole and an iron cross in it. Looking through, he could see some things stacked by the wall but he got scared and left. The next day he filled the hole in.
Michael came over in late August 2018 and we walked across to where the hole had been - completely overgrown now. More information will be posted in due course.
I wonder whether anyone else has information about this intriguing story.
Please feel free to use the CONTACT form on this website if you have anything to add.
Sybil Tabbit has written in, saying she is interested in the above. She used to live at No 1 The Causeway (house now gone) and played in the moat field with her sister Christine.
Michael Saxby, once of No 2, School Road, has written in to tell us of his experience at Broughton moat in 1974 when, after a storm had blown down an oak tree, he found a tunnel. He entered and after about 50 yards there was a wooden door with a hole and an iron cross in it. Looking through, he could see some things stacked by the wall but he got scared and left. The next day he filled the hole in.
Michael came over in late August 2018 and we walked across to where the hole had been - completely overgrown now. More information will be posted in due course.
I wonder whether anyone else has information about this intriguing story.
Please feel free to use the CONTACT form on this website if you have anything to add.
Sybil Tabbit has written in, saying she is interested in the above. She used to live at No 1 The Causeway (house now gone) and played in the moat field with her sister Christine.
Well done, Broughton, for Macmillan!
