Calendar
Saturday 3rd January 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Saturday 20th December from 3pm
In Kingston Village Hall.
Come to the village hall for a joyful festive get-together with mulled wine and mince pies.. Santa will arrive at 4pm with gifts for the children. (Please let Femke know by 5th December if you are coming with children so the elves can be prepared.)
More information: Femke Cole
Wednesday 17th December
Meeting outside the Village Hall at 6.30pm.
Carol sheets are prvided, but please bring a torch.
Refreshments afterwards at the village hall.
All contributions to Kingston Parish Church gratefully received (a donation envelope has been distributed to all households).
Please contact Janet Clear to let her know if you would like to sing, or would like the group to come and sing at your door.
Tuesdays 10am to 11am
In the village hall.
More information: Jacqui Smith
Wednesday 10.30 to 11.30am
In the village hall. Donation of 20p, or as you wish.
NB not on Wednesday 24th or 31st December.
More information: Miki Ellar
2nd Thursday of the month
1pm to 1.30pm at the crossroads in Kingston
More information on the County Council website
Fridays 10am to 11am
In the village hall.
More information: Jacqui Smith
Contact telephone numbers are not normally given on the website for reasons of personal privacy. However they are available in the monthly Kingston Parish and Church Magazine which is delivered free to all local households.
Alternatively you can email the webmaster
Saturday 6th December 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Thursday 27th November at 7pm for 7.30pm
In the Village Hall.
Keith Tan will present "Jazz Genres" , a walk through (and listen to) different jazz sub-genres.
Bar open at 7pm; music from 7.30pm.
More information: Simon Draper and Keith Tan
Thursday 13th November at 8pm
in the village hall.
Paul Wright will give an illustrated talk on his expeditions to map the soils of unexplored and uninhabited Borneo rainforest in the early 1970s.
The bar will be open.
More information: Paul Wright
Saturday 1st November 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Saturday 11th October
4pm Harvest tea in the Village Hall
6pm Harvest Festival In All Saints and St Andrew’s Church, Kingston
Thursday 9th October at 8pm
In the Village Hall.
A talk by Kingston resident Mark Nicholls (St Johns College fellow in History).
Licensed bar available.
More information: Mark Nicholls
Saturday 4th October 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Doors open 6.30pm (free entry). Music by the Mike Rudge Folk Band from 7.30pm.
Pizzas available - pre-order from John Easy
More information: Simon Draper
Week commencing Saturday 27th September
Theme: Movies
Entries: £10
All funds raised will go to the Playground and Hinchingbrooke paediatric ward
More information: harriet.pirie@gmail.com
Saturday 6th September 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Wednesday 6th August 7pm
In Kingston Village Hall
The third annual University of the Third Age Art and Folk event. The art exhibition opens at 7pm. Jeremy Harmer's performance, singing his own songs to guitar accompaniment, will start at about 8 pm.
More information: Simon Draper
Saturday 2nd August 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Thursday 10th July 7.30pm
In Kingston Village Hall
Following such helpful feedback in their first talk, Rachel and Victoria would like to invite everyone to the
second talk in their series “Why micromuseums are marvellous”. This talk explains why they think small
museums of local history have so much potential. It will be the same format as before – the talk will be about 45 minutes and then there will be time for Q&A.
More information: Rachel Hooper
Wednesday 9th and Thursday 10th July
The chimney sweep will be in Kingston on these days, and as usual will give us a discount for our village block booking.
More information and to book: Pat Draper
Monday 7th to Sunday 13th July from 1.30pm
Tennis will be showing on the TV in the village hall for any villagers and their friends who want to come along.
Coffee, tea and barley water cordial will be available. Bring your own snacks.
More information: Jill Coleman
Saturday 5th July
At South Sea House (by the kind invitation of Janet Clear).
Selection of barbecued meat
Bread roll and selection of salads
Delicious desserts to follow
Veggie/vegan options
fully licensed bar
Tickets in advance only, available until 28 June from Suzy Stokes or Femke Cole
Adults £15; Child 6-14 £6; Child 0-5 free; Family (2A, up to 3C) £40
Sunday 29th June 2.30pm - 5pm
The garden at Kingston Wood Manor will be open on the afternoon of 29th June by kind invitation of Julian and Sara Metherell, with all proceeds going to Kingston church. Everyone is welcome to come and view the garden and enjoy an afternoon Tea, with the opportunity to buy homemade cakes and plants to take home.
Further information: Lee Steele (for Kingston Parochial Church Council)
Saturday 7th June 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Tuesday 27th May 7.30pm
In the Village Hall.
All welcome to attend to discuss village activities and topics of local interest. Refreshments available. There are reports from local organisations, and an Open Forum at the end.
More information: Parish Council clerk (Sue Dalgleish)
Thursday 8th May 7.30pm
In the Village Hall
Be the first audience for this free introductory talk - give your feedback!
Coffee, tea and light snacks provided.
More information: Rachel Hooper
Saturday 3rd May 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Wednesday 23rd April 7pm
In All Saints and St Andrew’s Church, Kingston
These are public meetings and everyone is warmly invited to attend.
1. Annual meeting of the parishioners to elect two churchwardens.
It is the ancient right of all registered electors in the parish – irrespective of their religious allegiance – to nominate and vote for candidates at this meeting.
2. Annual parochial church meeting to elect members of the Parochial Church Council (PCC). Voting is by those attending who are registered on the church’s electoral roll.
Kingston PCC: Revd Nigel Pearson, Kay Forsythe, Peter Reynolds, Linda Rimmer, Lee Steele.
The elections are followed by annual reports, including the presentation of the church’s annual accounts.
More information: Peter Reynolds
Saturday 19th April 10.30am
In All Saints and St Andrew’s Church, Kingston
Flower arranging in the church, with coffee.
Saturday 1st March 6.30pm to 10pm
In the village hall.
A selection of folk tunes will be played by the newly named Mike Rudge Folk Band at Pub Night in Kingston Village Hall.
Drawing from a group of 17 musicians, we play English, Scottish and Irish folk music,
with occasional numbers from further afield including the USA. Some of our songs are
drawn from the Playford compendium, which was first published in 1651, others are
more recent including the ballad Da Slockit Light, a haunting lament from the Shetland
Isles, and Ashoken Farewell, a beautiful 1982 composition by Jay Ungar. The song
Johnny Todd will be familiar as the theme tune to TV's Z cars and many will recognise
Whiskey in the Jar and Mairi's Wedding. We also play several tunes composed by a
member of the band and many foot-tapping jigs and reels that are always popular.
Playing in and around Cambridge, including at Wimpole Hall, the mix of instruments varies but often includes fiddles, guitar, flute, mandolin, whistle, piccolo, djembe drum and percussion, accordion and bass.
A wonderful selection of pizzas will be available, as usual, produced on the spot by the
Easy family.
More information: Simon Draper
Thursday 30 January 2025 at 8pm
In the Village Hall
As in recent years, this will be an open meeting at which we will welcome contributions from residents.
A major item for discussion was be fundraising. As you are aware, a number of planned village events, not just those connected to the Village Hall, were cancelled this year mainly because of lack of support. Meanwhile, more casual, drop-in events such as pub evening, coffee morning and art and music nights continue to flourish. The Quiz and Chips is also a sell-out. Therefore, we need to look critically at our traditional main fundraising events, notably the BBQ and Christmas Fair, to examine how they might be refocused or replaced.
We do need a new generation of committee members (trustees) to begin to shadow the key posts of chair, secretary, treasurer and clerk of works. Apart from that of the treasurer, those posts are held by people of advanced years and this is not sustainable. Without these key posts filled, the hall would have to close, as has happened elsewhere in the county.
More information: Paul Wright paulwright8@btinternet.com
Saturday 25 January 2025
In the Village Hall
Mark and Katherine Stalham kindly agreed to present the annual quiz. We had nine tables, lots of fun, drinks from the bar and food from Fish'n Chicken in Cambourne.
Saturday 4th January 6.30pm to 10pm
In the village hall.
Friday 13th December at 7.30pm
In All Saints and St Andrew’s Church, Kingston
The evening starts with Mendelssohn’s Quartet in D opus 44 no 1, followed by a lovely carols fantasy by John Halsey.
Then the Bingham String Quartet, with Jeremy Harmer narrating, will perform a spellbinding version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. Commissioned by Steve Bingham and Brenda Stewart, two founder members of the quartet, to raise money for the Great Ormond Street Children’s hospital which successfully treated their little baby son many years ago, A Christmas Carol by Richard and Thomas Allain enchants with its ingenuity and pathos.
Tickets £18 (£16 concessions) on the door or in advance from jeremy.harmer.bandcamp.com/merch
Wednesday 13th November CANCELLED
In the Village Hall
Peter Holly will present an evening of music from his current playlist titled “Misty Blue” which focuses on various strands of world music and covers such artists as Joni Mitchell, Bob Marley, the Fugees, Playing for Change, Joss Stone, and Christine and the Queens. As always, the bar will be open and all are welcome.
More information: Simon Draper
Thursday 7th November at 7.30pm
In the Village Hall
Fen Song, created by Penni McLaren Walker (songwriter) and Clare Crossman (poet) blends words and music in an enchanting sequence to evoke the strange magic of this East Anglian world.
Sadly, Clare Crossman is no longer with us so her poetry will be read by Jeremy Harmer. Penni (voice and guitar) is joined by husband Bryan Causton (mandolin) Cam Armer (bass) and Fran Broady (violin) to bring Fen Song gloriously back to life.
Complementing this wonderful event the evocative Fen photographs of Torrie Smith together with the art of Simon Draper will be on display in the hall.
Tickets £10, on sale from jeremyharmer.bandcamp.com/merch
More information: Simon Draper
Saturday 2nd November 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Delicious 'Easy Pizzas' will be available. Please pre-order your pizza from John Easy.
Wednesday 16th October at 7.30pm (bar open 7.15pm)
In the Village Hall
Miki Ellar will present an evening of music featuring female singers
More information: Simon Draper
Saturday 5th October 6.30pm to 10pm
In the Village Hall.
Delicious hot pasties will be available. Please pre-order your pasty with Chris Reid at chris-reid@lineone.net or 07768 472776.
Pasty (meat, cheese or veggie) with baked beans: £7
Pasty, beans and a beer: combo price £10
Friday 27th September 7.30pm
In All Saints and St Andrew’s Church, Kingston
String quartet music by Haydn, Froberger and Mozart
Tickets £12 and £18 from 'Ticket Source' for Harcamlow Music (click to go to external website)
More information: Gwen Owen Robinson and Hartmut Kuhlmann
https://www.harcamlow-music.org/post/upcoming-september-27-2024-the-london-haydn-quartet
Saturday 21st Septembe 2.30-3.30pm
In All Saints and St Andrew’s Church, Kingston.
You are invited to meet Alewijn Slingerland the silversmith, and to see the new chalice and paten which he and his colleague, Jonny Stokes, have made for us to replace those stolen in 2022.
Refreshments will be served.
More information: Kingston Parochial Church Council
Saturday 7th September 6.30pm to 10pm
In the village hall.
Wednesday 7th August from 7pm (doors and bar open)
In the village hall
Following last year’s successful art exhibition and preview evening, the event will run
again this year with five exhibiting artists and tutors from the University of the Third
Age, Cambridge. There will be a focus on modernism featuring a mix of abstract and
representational work. Paintings and limited-edition prints will be offered for sale,
including work short-listed for the Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London. After
an opportunity to view the artwork and meet the artists, there will follow a musical
interlude featuring Jeremy Harmer. Jeremy is an accomplished guitarist and
songwriter, well-known around East Anglia. He also plays at locations abroad,
including South America. The doors and bar open at 7.00 pm.
More information: Simon Draper
Saturday 3rd August 6.30pm to 10pm
In the village hall.
Saturday 6th July 6.30pm to 10pm
In the village hall.
Saturday 6th July 2pm to 4pm
(Planned for the Village Orchard, but switched to the Village Hall because of wet weather.)
To raise funds for Kingston Parish Church. The church will be open during the afternoon for everyone to visit to see the renovation work that has been carried out over the past year.
We are planning a selection of traditional children's games such as hop-scotch at the back of the Orchard.
Bring-your-own picnics. Tea and scones available
Friday 21st June 7.30pm
In All Saints and St Andrew’s Church, Kingston
Flute quartet music by Mozart, Devienne and Danzi
Tickets £14 and £18 from 'Ticket Source' for Harcamlow Music (click to go to external website)
More information: Gwen Owen Robinson and Hartmut Kuhlmann
Kingston Parish Clerk Susan Dalgleish
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