Cllr Roy Gerstner – Community Activist

After the reported burst water main Halcroft/A605 last Friday – confusion, frustration and very annoyed residents and road users.
Our Councillors were well contacted by Saturday morning and were trying desperately to make contact with Cambs CC Highways.

Sunday and Monday ongoing issues – All I was told was contact was still trying to be made.
Water main fixed, but Road Closure and signage still in place – which caused even more complaints…..

You know how it works…..
One team come to assess the job.
One team (not the same) come to put signs & traffic lights up
One team digs the holes.
One team fixes the problem.
Another team fills in the holes.
Another team checks the works.
Another team takes the signage & traffic lights away.
I am just as frustrated…..

Surprised !!!!- no one calls or tells me when the road is clear?
Checked early this morning and all repairs completed and Yes – the Road Signage has been taken away – all of it – none left behind – thank you.

Unbeknown to me and most residents, was there were (2) events held at The War Memorial last week, (1) a minutes silence to honor the Queens passing and another (2) w minutes silence at 4pm on Monday.
I am a very big supporter of the Royal British Legion, who I understand had ‘organised’ these events…..No good saying it was put on Facebook™ ….many do not follow certain social media sites…..This was a very poor communication and has left many of us disappointed that we were unable to take part.

Please find below summaries of the latest news from our courts over the last week – click on each headline to read the full story.

Cambridge: 

• Prolific burglar strikes again
• Man jailed for child sex offences

Peterborough:

• Jail for thief who broke into fruit and veg stall
• Jail for man caught with a knife
• Disqualified driver led police on high-speed pursuit 

Huntingdonshire: 

• Text message led police to drug dealer

You can find more news from the force online here.

Do you know someone who might be interested in a career in policing now or in future?

If you do, please spread the word about our careers open evening at force HQ in Huntingdon between 6pm and 9pm on 13 October.

There will be representatives from the many specialist areas in policing and officers who can take you through the routes to becoming a police officer.

We will have the dog and road policing units, the Force Control Room and Demand Hub, the Armed Policing Unit, the Operational Support Unit, and scenes of crime officers.

There will also be representatives from our many support networks.

You can register your interest here: Cambridgeshire Constabulary Careers Open Evening Tickets, Thu 13 Oct 2022 at 18:00 | Eventbrite 

Kind regards

Cambridgeshire Constabulary

25 years ago, I ‘inherited’ a special print of ‘The Queen’ by the artist Pietro Annigoni.
I gave it to Sir Harry Smith School in 1997 and it hung in/around the Headmasters Office for many years. When Principal Jonathan Digby retired 3 years ago, I asked him whether they still had it, he said it had been put in storage whilst the school underwent renovations.
All history now – pity I didn’t take a photo at the time.
RIP

The 1955 painting was commissioned by the City of London livery company, the Worshipful Company of Fishmongers. It was first displayed in 1955 and later loaned by the Fishmonger’s Company in 1958 and 1986 before the National Portrait Gallery’s 2012 exhibition. It is displayed at their livery hall, Fishmongers’ Hall, adjacent to London Bridge
(© Wikipedia)

https://www.royal.uk/

The A149 from Kings Lynn was heavy traffic in both directions, this was at 11:00am
Took around an hour from KL to getting parked.
Returning 15:30 usual Friday traffic around KL.

Connie and I visited Sandringham today, unable and not viable to visit London.
Joining us, around a thousand members of the public paid respects to our departed Queen. We were fortunate that the queue was only around 10 minutes walk to the Gates.
The floral tributes went for 50 metres beyond the Norwich Gate.
Very well organised.
(Click on pictures to enlarge)