PRICKWILLOW VILLAGE CIC EVENTS
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
ANNUAL CHRISTMAS QUIZ, Saturday 13th December at 7.30pm for 8.00pm start
Prickwillow Village Hall (note change of venue)
Teams of 3-6 people. £3.00 per person, prizes for the winners and losers!
If you have no team, please come along to be assigned to one!
Bring your own booze and snacks
Christmas raffle. Prize donations.
Thank you to all who attended the Picnic-in-the-Park, on Sunday 24th August. It was lovely to have so many families and children sharing social time. The funds raised will go towards the renovating of plants at the war memorial.
Thank you to all who attended the event Harvest Supper and ‘Prickwillow Celebrates – Jubilees and Coronations from Queen Victoria to Queen Elizabeth’, a slide show by Chris Jakes.
An amount of £407 was raised towards the maintenance of the defibrillator and running costs of the council.
Remembrance Service Sunday, 9th November 2025, 10.30am, War Memorial
We shared the backgrounds of 3 named soldiers, stories and poems, laid a wreath and observed 2 minutes silence.
For the Fallen by Laurence Binyon
They went with songs to the battle, they were young,
Straight of limb, true of eye, steady and aglow.
They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,
They fell with their faces to the foe.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
PRICKWILLOW VILLAGE CIC – EVENT REPORT
AIR CRASH MEMORIAL EVENT & OFFICIAL UNVEILING OF STONE PLAQUE – 80th Anniversary
Saturday 8th February at 2.30pm at the War Memorial site and afterwards in the village hall.
A formal service was held at the War Memorial with an opening speech from the Deputy Lord Lieutenant, Colonel Roger Herriot, OBE, the telling of the story by Chris Jakes, long-standing resident and local historian, the unveiling of the plaque by Maureen and Beverley Scott, descendants of the victims, dedication and prayers by the reverend Canon Jeremy James, the laying of a wreath by Staff Sergeant Zaddis Walker of the USAAF from RAF Mildenhall, the Act of Remembrance by the British Legion and City of Ely Military Band, with the US and UK versions of the Last Post played by Laurine and Phil Green. The National Anthem was played at the end and our Mayor of Ely, Chris Phillips, closed the ceremony with a moving summary. We all had tea and cake afterwards in the village hall, prepared and served by the committee members of PV CIC, where a display of articles, photographs and memoirs could be seen and read.
With the plaque now in place, we feel assured that the story of the victims will not be forgotten by the Prickwillow residents, past, present and future.
PRICKWILLOW BOOK CLUB- Ladies only book/wine club – via Facebook page:
Next meeting – Christmas Social, Tuesday, 16th December at 8.00pm at Heather’s house. Books to read are for the January meeting: –
‘Fenwomen’ by Mary Chamberlain and ‘The Glassmaker’ by Tracy Chevalier
Prickwillow Amateur Photography Club – centred around the village and surrounds – via Facebook
Mobile Library – Route M23
The Cambridgeshire mobile library service visits Prickwillow monthly, every 4th Tuesday. It parks at the Phonebox by the old Baptist Chapel and is available between 12.35-12.55pm.
For further details, including how to request specific books, go to https://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/residents/libraries-leisure-culture/libraries/mobiles, or visit the library on it’s next visit.
Please note that you will need to be a member of the library service.