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July 7 Plants, Books, Coffee, Cakes…

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On Saturday 7th July there will be a Coffee Morning with delicious homemade cakes, together with a Sale of Plants and Quality Books at the URC, running from 10am to 12 Noon

Admission free.

Plant sales have been doing very well this year and it hopes to see many of its regular customers again as well as some new ones.  On the book front it will have out the top end of the stock, with prices running from £1 each for quality paperbacks up to £5 and including books of local interest and a big collection of Sci-Fi paperbacks.

The URC is looking forward to an enjoyable morning, with proceeds divided between the church and our 2018 charities: Bereavement Care, SENSE [The National Deafblind and Rubella Association], The British Heart Foundation and Water Aid.

Hope to see you there!

If you have things to donate please bring them to the church between 3pm and 7pm on Friday 6th July or phone Richard Piper on 01895 634348 for collection.

HS2 vs LBH 3rd July 10am public hearing. Can you come?

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Can you get to a public hearing in the Civic Centre on July 3rd starting @ 10:00 to consider HS2’s Appeal against LBH for refusing to approve its wetland mitigation proposal?

HS2 is attempting to mitigate bulldozing 27ha wet woodland and chalk rivers, home to over 2400 species, by replacing it with a 0.85ha pond and basking bank set up for great crested newt and grass snake.

It claims NO NET LOSS to biodiversity. Hopefully the image below will help set the perspective.

Please come if you can and support the Council and everyone wanting to preserve this special area.

Thanks

HS2 despoilation

Bank Holiday Fun Day

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ICKENHAM CRICKET CLUB – FAMILY FUN DAY

Bank Holiday Monday 28 May – 11am to 5pm, come rain or shine: Oak Avenue, Ickenham UB10 8UT

Children’s Rides, Games and Bouncy Castle, Lucky Dip, Hook a Duck, Bar-B-Q, all-day Bar, Coffee and Cakes, Tombola, Raffle, Games, plus lots more.

FREE ENTRY

What a load of rubbish…

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We are indebted to David Porter for this report:

What a load of rubbish….

Yes, that’s right, rubbish, rubbish everywhere. Bottles, cans, sweetie papers, credit cards (credit cards? Yes even valid credit cards are discarded) cigarette butts, newspaper, glasses,  fag cartons, crisps packets, rope, the list is endless. Even car hubcaps are chucked over fences to lie in the undergrowth for years. Some of the above mentioned items were bagged up by litter picking volunteers who gave up their Saturday morning to make Ickenham High Road a tidier place.

So well done to (l to r) John, Erica, Jackie, Graham, Emma, Corinna, Simon, Nathan (champion litter picker on the day).  And not in picture Jake.

Such effort moves Ickenham towards being Britain’s first litter free neighbourhood. Now all we need is for all citizens to dispose of their rubbish responsibly either by taking it home with them or putting it in a bin.