In our final steam train visit of the year the “The Cathedrals Express” will be passing Milton again this Monday (19/12) again hauled by the 2008 built LNER Peppercorn A1 Pacific No. 60163 “Tornado”. It will pass the Fen Road level crossing heading north at about 12:40 and will pass again heading south at about […]
Author: Paul Oldham
Planning and Staffing Committees
Your parish council Planning Committee meets at 7pm on Monday (19/12) in the Bowls Pavilion. The parish council web site has the agenda online online. The following applications are being considered relating to properties in Milton village: 15 Humphries Way – two storey side extension and single storey front porch Storage Yard, Cambridge Road – […]
Mobile Library
Apparently the mobile library has broken down and so won’t be visiting the village on Monday (19/12). The next scheduled visit is now on Friday, 6th January.
Christmas Bin Collections
Our bin collections by over the next few weeks shifted a bit because of Christmas and New Year. As usual if you forget you can always check by looking on the village web site home page where the next collection is shown in a box on the left hand side, and it’s also shown at […]
Park & Ride News
Officers are putting forward a number of recommendations to the Cabinet of Cambridgeshire County Council on Tuesday relating to the Park & Ride service. These include: Concessionary pass holders should continue to be eligible for free travel on the Park & Ride service Parking charges should be introduced at the Babraham site but only for […]
Milton Photographic Club
The next meeting of the club will be on Wednesday (16/11) at 7:45pm in the church hall. This will be a practical evening where we will be photographing water droplets with flash. Please bring your cameras, tripods and flashes. All welcome. Please bring £2 as a contribution for use of the hall.
Milton Photographic Club
The next meeting of the club will be on Wednesday (14/12) at 7:45pm in the church hall. This will be a Show and Tell with the subject of Milton. Please bring any photos you have of the village and its surroundings, old or new. A selection of the images from the evening will be published […]
More Early Steam
If getting the Fen Road level crossing by 08:15 on Thursday in time to catch Oliver Cromwell on Thursday was hard then this Saturday’s steam visit is not for you. LNER A4 Class 4-6-2 no 60019 Bittern, which has visited us before is currently running as 4492 Dominion of New Zealand in full LNER garter […]
Oliver Cromwell back again
Our old friend Britannia Pacific 70013 Oliver Cromwell (pictured below on a previous outing past Milton) is steaming south past Milton this Thursday (8/12) morning at about 08:25 hauling “The Cathedrals Express” from Ely to Oxford. It will return after dark at about 22:15. It also has to get to Ely before this all starts […]
Christmas Services at All Saints’
Unsurprisingly All Saints’ have a full programme of services over the next week. This Sunday (18/12) at 7pm they have Carols by Candlelight: favourite carols and readings followed by seasonal refreshments. On Christmas Eve there’s a crib service at 3pm for younger children and families followed by midnight Holy Communion starting at 11:30pm. On Christmas […]