Town Lights 25th November - St Neots Town Council

Prior ties
St. Neots
Old Bushmead
School
St. Neots Town Centre Initiative
Bridging the
Divide
St Neots
In Bloom
St. Neots Town Council
www.stneots-tc.gov.uk
Newsletter of the St. Neots Town Centre Initiative
and St. Neots Town Council working together
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November 2011

Priorities
St. Neots
Chairman of the
Town Centre Initiative
John Davies
Editors
Veronica Webb and Ed Reilly
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Bridging the
Divide
A momentous and memorable
event occurred in September when
Eynesbury Village Association (EVA)
and Eatons Community Association (ESCA) celebrated the
completion of the £3.5 million ‘Willow’ Cycle and Foot Bridge
across the Great River Ouse – joining the two communities.
The bridge unites the two historic settlements
of Eynesbury and Eaton Socon and their
two former counties, Huntingdonshire and
Bedfordshire. Celebrations included issuing first
day crossing passports with over 400 people
crossing over from one side to the other, or
just visiting the bridge to collect their souvenir
passports.
The more members they have the more they can do. So EVA
say why not come along to one of their monthly meetings on the
first Monday of each month (or the following Monday if there is a
bank holiday). For just £1 a year membership they will enjoy the
company of other members, quizzes and competitions etc.
The Chairman’s Column
A message from John Davies,
Chairman of St. Neots Town Centre Initiative
As I write this column we are in a mini heat
wave. By the time you read my words (hopefully
someone does) we may be walking through
the snow.
Being an optimist I will hope for a mild period to enjoy the
Christmas Lights Festival on Friday, November 25th. Then
onward to Christmas when our noble band of local retailers will
John Davies
hope to see you all darkening their doors in the festive season.
For many people this has been a tough year and the retailers
have been amongst the most effected. Remember the adage that ‘if you don’t use it
you lose it’ and that applies to your local shops. There is a lot more on offer than you
think and it will pay (not least in petrol money) to investigate what is to offer in your
own Town, or nearest Town if you live in one of our wider community of villages.
THINK LOCAL – SHOP IN
St NEOTS is the slogan for a
new campaign by our partner
organisation, the St Neots Retail
Club. The club is expanding its
activities in the light of the tough times. There will be a poster campaign using the
above slogan.
We will be putting together a package of small practical help offers, which will be in
the public domain by the time you read this edition. We are working with a number
of local partners, like Barfords and the About My Area website to put this package
together and then we will go public. Meanwhile the Retail Club are starting the third
year of a big audit of the whole retail sector in our Town Centre. We have 11 headings
against which we have to gather data which involves different teams looking at
footfall, parking and analysing every retail unit and categorising them under four
headings. This is used for local analysis but also submitted to Action For Market
Towns to benchmark us against 70 other centres around the country.
A change of subject takes us to next year’s St Neots Music and Arts Festival. We
are putting together a programme for the four nights of May 10th to the 13th , with
a close knit team growing in experience. We are all very conscious of next year’s
Queen’s Jubilee and that our events will be close to the early June celebrations. We
will be trying to choose programmes that, where possible, relate to the happy event
and also liaising with other groups, and the Town Council who are taking a lead role. If
you are organising an event please tell the Town Council so there is a central list that
could become a programme that can be put on websites etc.
They can share their ideas of
how to improve Eynesbury,
help organise village events or
email with their thoughts and
ideas, which could help make
Eynesbury a better place - or
email the Editor if they want
a letter published in the EVA
Quarterly Newsletter.
More serious events are organised like ‘The Community Safety
Meetings’ and ‘Intergenerational Project’. EVA need members of
the younger generations to join to help them
On November 26 why not go along to the CHRISTMAS BAZAAR
at the Methodist Church, Church Hall, Berkley Street. For full
details: email eva.voice@hotmail.co.uk or look at our Web site:
www.eynesburyvillageassociation.org.uk
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The Chairman’s Column
New Curator at Museum
St Neots Museum has a new curator who
says she is looking forward to the new
challenges and experiences that lie ahead.
Sara Taylor told Priorities, she has been working in
museums since 1999 and in that time has undertaken
a wide variety of roles, including tour guide, cataloguer,
delivering education workshops, exhibition design
and installation, collections management - not to mention painter and
decorator and general DIY dogsbody!
Sara’s background is in archaeology and classics which she studied at
UCL. She said: “I have always been more interested in what happens to
collections after they come out of the ground and how we can use them
to understand how people lived and what they believed. Having worked
with collections ranging from ethnography, regimental, natural history,
Egyptology to agricultural, in addition to social history and archaeology,
I have learned that there are often wonderful stories attached to objects
people leave behind.” She added: “I believe it is the role of the museum
curator to share these stories.”
Sara’s last post was that of Assistant Curator at the century-old Hertford
Museum which underwent a massive redevelopment in 2009.
She said: “I am thrilled at my new post and the welcome from the staff and
volunteers has been tremendous. I am really looking forward to continuing
and enhancing the excellent programme of exhibitions and events.“
Supporting
Young People Together
St Neots Locality Team has recently undergone
a re-structure which has directly affected the
Connexions and Youth Services.
These services have now integrated and are referred to as
‘The St Neots Locality Integrated Youth Support Service (IYSS)’.
The purpose of IYSS is to support young people in St Neots with
their health, lifestyle and career aspirations to enable them to
achieve their full potential in their transition to adulthood
Examples of the work the service has been doing recently include
the summer holiday Switch Project which saw the team working
with a group of Year 7 young people from both secondary schools
to provide positive activities and opportunities for them, such as
making sculptures from breeze blocks, sports, arts and crafts,
orienteering around Hinchingbrooke Park and cycling around
Grafham Water.
Since February 2011 the team have also been conducting some
detached work at St Neots Skate Park in partnership with HDC, St
Neots Police and Hunts Community Safety Partnership.
The Skate Board Project has been a success and an event was
organised in June which was attended by over 100 young people
from the community. The project also developed a young peoples
committee that helped in the planning and running of the event.
For more information related to young people contact Darryl
McMurray, Youth Development Coordinator on 01480 376199.
Homestart Opening
Homestart, a charity providing support
and friendship to local families, opened
on October 3rd at 32 St Mary’s Street,
Eynesbury.
Homestart has been given this opportunity by
Luminus who have leased the property to them,
recognising the work they are doing in our local
communities as vitally important.
Homestart provides support for families who have
at least one child under the age of five who may feel
lonely or isolated in their community, are finding it
hard to cope with illness or death, struggling with the
emotional and physical demands of having a baby/
young children, or are looking for facilities available
for young children and parents.
If you feel that you could benefit from speaking to a
member of the Homestart team then please contact
them on 01480 700242.
Mapping the Way
FREE copies of a
new map showing
the improved
network of cycling
links, are now
available from St
Neots Library.
Along with the recently
opened £3.5 million
Willow Bridge, it will
also include the new
sections of Sustrans’
national cycle network.
Construction of Willow
Bridge, which spans
the River Great Ouse,
connecting Eaton
Socon and Eynesbury, was completed on time and
within budget, for the start of the new school term
and provides residents with a much needed, highquality
link for local schools.
The 346 metre span, steel-structured bridge features
a bow string arch design and includes a three metre
wide cycle and footpath coated with an anti-slip
surface, with lighting to allow safe use at night.
Access ramps at both ends of the bridge have been
built to a gentle gradient (1 in 20) allowing easy
access for people with disabilities.
The bridge project provides a safe off-road route to
the local schools and improves access to the green
corridor along the Great Ouse. There will be minor
landscaping and finishing work taking place over the
next few weeks, which will not affect users of the
bridge.
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Christmas in St Neots
Churches in St Neots - Christmas Services
St Neots Parish Church
November 27th
3.00pm Brownies and Guides Christingle
6.30pm Advent Carol Service
December 11th
4.00pm Christingle Service
December 20th
7.30pm A Quiet Service for those who find Christmas difficult
December 23rd
4.00pm Love’s Farm Crib Service, Round House School
Christmas Eve
6.00pm Carol Service
11.30pm Midnight Mass of the Nativity
Christmas Day
8.00am Holy Communion
10.00am Family Communion
Eaton Socon Parish Church
December 4th
10.30am Children’s Nativity Play
December 6th
6.30pm Uniformed Organisations’ Carol Service
December 12th
2.15pm Crosshall Infants’ Christingle
December 16th
1.30pm Bushmead School Carol Service
December 18th
6.30pm Candlelit Carol Service
December 21st
2.00pm Retired/Senior Citizens’ Carol Service with the
Bishop of Bedford
Christmas Eve
3.00pm and 5.00pm Family Carol Services
11.30pm Midnight Holy Communion
Christmas Day
10.30am Christmas Day Family Communion
January 15th
4.00pm Christingle Service
Eynesbury Parish Church
December 19th
7.00pm Carols around the organ
Christmas Eve
5.30pm Children’s Crib & Carol Service by candlelight
11.00pm Midnight Mass by candlelight
Christmas Day
9.30am Sung Mass of the Nativity
The Open Door Church (at the Priory Centre)
December 18th
6.00pm Family Carol Service
St Joseph’s Catholic Church
Christmas Eve
5.30pm Mass for Children with Carols
11.30pm Carols followed by Midnight Mass
Christmas Day
8.00am Christmas Mass
11.15am Christmas Mass
Berkley Street Methodist Church
December 18th
10.30am Informal Nativity Service
6.00pm Carol Service
Christmas Eve
11.30pm Christmas Eve Holy Communion at the
United Reformed Church
Christmas Day
10.30am United Christmas Day Service
Eaton Ford Methodist Church
December 18th
10.30am Christmas Carol Service
Christmas Eve
11.30pm Christmas Eve Holy Communion at the
United Reformed Church
Christmas Day
10.30am at Berkley Street Methodist Church
The United Reformed Church
December 18th
4.00pm Festival Service for Christmas
Christmas Eve
11.30pm Christmas Eve Holy Communion
Christmas Day
10.30am Christmas Day Service
New Street Baptist Church
December 11th
11.00am Christmas Production/Family Service
December 18th
6.30pm Carols by Candlelight
Christmas Day
11.15am -12 noon Christmas Morning Celebration
6.30pm Christmas Night Service
St Neots Evangelical Church
December 4th
9.15am and 11.00am Family Advent Service –
Looking Forward to Christmas
Christmas Eve
6.00pm Christmas Eve Service
Christmas Day
10.30am Christmas Day Service
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This Christmas, the award winning St Neots
Players will be bringing a brand new production
of another timeless classic to audiences in St
Neots and Sawtry. Three years on from the hugely
popular and successful production of A Christmas
Carol, the same production team has been reassembled
to bring to life another of Charles
Dickens’ classic tales – Oliver Twist.
Oliver Twist is the story of an orphan who finds
himself caught up in an unfortunate series of
events. A well-known tale for most, this is a brand new, never before
staged, production of this famous Dickens story which is guaranteed
to entertain and captivate audiences of all ages.
If you missed A Christmas Carol you won’t want to miss this as this
time you’ll get a whole lot MORE!
Oliver Twist will be showing at Sawtry (9-10 December) and St Neots
(15-17 December). For tickets and further information, visit www.
stneotsplayers.co.uk.
In addition, track our progress by watch exclusive backstage rehearsal
footage and other video updates on the St Neots Players website.
The Priory Centre
Bring your party
to our party!
Throughout December The Priory Centre will be
hosting their funtastic Christmas Party Nights
However large or small your group, these nights let
you celebrate the festivities with your work
colleagues and friends in style
Our packages include a three course dinner, coffee & mints,
Christmas Crackers and our very own Priory Disco
Whilst Christmas 2011 may seem a long way off
these evenings are hugely popular so book early to
avoid disappointment
Arrive 6.30pm to 7.00pm
Dinner
7.30pm
Bar Closes 11.30pm
Music
till Midnight
Friday 2nd December
Thursday 8th December
Saturday 17th December
Wednesday 21st December
£25.00
Price Per Person (over 18s only)
For more details and to book please contact our
functions team on 01480 388922 or email
priory.centre@stneots-tc.gov.uk
Church Festival
Christmas is coming so why not make a note to visit the United
Reformed Church in the High Street, St Neots, during the festive
season.
A Christmas Tree Festival will be held in the recently refurbished
church on December 9th, 10th and 11th.
This is a community event where many of the clubs and
organisations in the town will be displaying a tree and publicising
their group and activities. The event, which should appeal to
people of all ages, will show that St Neots and District is a
vibrant and interesting place to be.
On Friday the 9th and Saturday 10th December, the event will
be open from 10am to 4pm and from 12 noon to 4pm on the
Sunday.
There is no admission fee, and you will be able to vote for
the tree you like the best. The tree with the most votes will be
awarded a small monetary prize.
Refreshments will be available throughout the three days, and
there will be a Christmas Craft Stall and a raffle.
*Access without steps to the United Reformed Church is at the
rear of the building near to Argos. Parking is available in Tebbutts
Road, behind the Church.
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Let’s Work Together
Yes, there was triumph for St Neots at In Bloom Awards. A fourth
Silver Gilt Award and the regional Environment Award – not a bad
result for St Neots, considering the Anglia in Bloom judges visited
on a market day!
However, in the wake of the latest success, the St Neots in Bloom team are asking: ‘So
where do we go from here?
According to the judges’ report there is a need to build on the current success and to
do that we need YOUR help.
Why? Because floral displays don’t create themselves and they are only part of the ‘In
Bloom’ campaign.
We, the local community, need to work together to improve the town’s visual
impact to the world at large and make its daily operations as sustainable as
possible. Here are just a few ideas of how you can help.
• Create a lovely floral display that everyone can enjoy.
• Keep the area around your property free of litter.
• Help the cash-strapped councils and pull out the weeds in footpaths around
your home or office. Remember to compost them too.
• If you see litter gathering behind shops and buildings in town, help us by
asking the shop keepers to take some pride and clean up!
• Keep us at St Neots in Bloom, up-to-date with any activities you may be
involved in, which help to improve our environment, no matter how small it
may be.
• Become a St Neots in Bloom volunteer.
We will do our best to include your efforts in our portfolio which show all the
year-round activities the Anglia in Bloom judges can’t see during their three hour
visit.
Above all, be proud of our town - It’s a great place to live!
Contact the St Neots in Bloom team via Lin Buck at lin.buck@ntlworld.com
Hidden Jewel in St Neots’ Green Corridor?
Have you visited Sudbury Meadow yet? It is a Green Flag Community
Award® conservation site on Crosshall Road, Eaton Ford. Friends of
Sudbury Meadow celebrated receiving the national award in July.
It recognises high quality green spaces in England and Wales, which
are managed by voluntary and community groups and is valid for
twelve months.
St Neots in Bloom also recognised
Sudbury Meadow’s contribution to local
wildlife, by nominating it for an Anglia in
Bloom Special Award for Biodiversity, an
award which it won in 2007. No repeat
this year, however, but it did make the
top six finalists in the Anglia region.
Friends of Sudbury Meadow has
managed the Huntingdonshire District
Council owned site for ten years.
We depend heavily on volunteers
to maintain and improve the wildlife
habitats, which include three gardens.
Meeting twice a month (Wednesday and
Saturday) for 2-3 hours, we all enjoy
getting together in the fresh air and
doing something positive for our local
wildlife.
If you would like to help, come
along to one of our meetings or
contact me, Alison Pearson, at
general@sudburymeadow.org.uk or
01480 374792, for more details.
See our website for more details too -
www.sudburymeadow.org.uk.
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Bushmead was the First!
Longsands College has just celebrated its 50th
birthday and I am sure that we all wish it well for
the future.
It claimed to be the first school for secondary age children in
St Neots, but in fact the first school to be built for secondary
age pupils in the present town of St Neots was Eaton Socon
Secondary School, eventually known as Bushmead, which
opened in January 1958 - three years before Longsands.
The school took pupils from Eaton Socon, Wyboston, Roxton,
Chawston, Colmworth and Great Barford.
Bedfordshire County Council had wanted to build the school in
Great Barford but Raymond Smith, county councillor for Eaton
Socon, persuaded them to build a two form entry school in
Eaton Socon. School lessons, being a rural secondary school,
History of Love’s Farm
A detailed 14 page booklet about the
Archaeological Excavations at Love’s
Farm has been published revealing
extraordinary findings.
Oxford Archaeology East, on behalf of JJ
Gallagher Ltd, undertook excavations and
research between 2005-2008 in advance of development of the site
for housing .
Archaeological examination of this scale has never taken place
before within the Cambridgeshire region and the results have
completely transformed our understanding of the earliest inhabitants
of the areas around St Neots.
Archaeologists believed that the ‘cold clay lands’ of the River
Ouse Valley were largely uninhabited until the 18th century. This
assumption has been transformed and evidence of settlement and
associated activity spanning over 5000 years has been uncovered.
The booklet offers an insight into the ancient and diverse landscape,
including housing, farming, industry and trade, ritual and religion.
Some of the most ancient finds included Neolithic pottery, a
polished stone axe from 3500 BC and a Bronze Age field system
dating from 1500 BC.
From 200 BC to around the 5th or 6th century AD the site was
occupied by an agricultural community who created many of the
landscape features we still see today.
As a result of Parliamentary Inclosure in 1770, Adam Love was
allotted the “farm”, hence “Love’s Farm”.
As well as improving our understanding of the landscape, the site
offered many interesting artefacts, including extremely rare shoes
from the 4th/5th century, a bronze bust of the Goddess Minerva and
the fragment of a military armilla-a Roman Centurion award.
Ritual and religion features strongly with evidence of a 1st Century
monument and symbolic animal burial including a dog buried with
a stone in its eye and careful placement of red deer antlers within a
5th century well.
Copies of the booklet are available from Katie Baldwin, Love’s Farms
Community Development Officer. You can contact Katie on
01480 403813 or email katie.baldwin@bpha.org.uk.
*We thank J J Gallagher Ltd for their permission to reproduce the above and Oxford
Archaeology East for the use of the front cover image.
included aspects of rural science, such as chicken and bee
keeping, as well as carpentry and the usual secondary subjects.
There was also an active Young Farmers Club.
When Eaton Socon changed counties and became part of the
town of St Neots in 1965, the school continued for a few years,
until it was decided to move the children and some of the
teachers from Bushmead to Longsands in 1969.
The school buildings in Bushmead Road were then adapted for
use as a primary school and those children moved gradually into
there from the older school buildings in School Lane.
In 1977 a purpose-built Infant School was built behind the older
secondary school buildings which was sadly demolished in 2002.
Sue Jarrett,
ESCA Chairman and History Co-ordinator
Residents Take Action
Following reports of
litter, dog fouling and
damage to residents’
homes in the area
by the inconsiderate
playing of ball
games, Luminus and other partner agencies held a
neighbourhood action day in Eaton Socon.
Those who participated included the local Neighbourhood
Policing Team, Luminus Neighbourhood Wardens, employees
from Luminus, the Community Safety Team at Huntingdonshire
District Council, a representative from the Eaton Socon
Community Association, local residents and enthusiastic children
– resulting in eight bags of rubbish being picked up.
Luminus, with partner agencies, was also able to raise awareness
about the Street Representative Scheme they are in the process
of launching which encourages residents to become involved in
addressing issues of concern in the area they live.
Councillor Tom Sanderson, Executive Councillor for Community
Safety said: “It is great to see that local people care about the
areas where they live and as a result, were keen to participate in
the action day. Hopefully this activity will continue to grow.”
Luminus Group Chief Executive, Chan Abraham said: “We carry
out events like these because we want to encourage communities
to believe they can make the difference. The Eaton Socon Action
Day is a great example of how small actions can have a big
impact. I applaud all who gave up their free time.”
Those who participated in the event were entered in a prize draw
which saw a local girl win a family ticket for four to the cinema,
provided by the Huntingdonshire Community Safety Partnership.
Residents interested in becoming involved in future events
that will help address issues of crime, disorder and antisocial
behaviour can contact the Community Safety Team at
Huntingdonshire District Council on 01480 388233 or visit
www.huntingdonshire.gov.uk.
For information about the Luminus Street Representatives
Scheme, please contact Andre Fourie on 01480 428546 or
andre.fourie@luminus.org.uk.
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Who to contact at the
St Neots Town Council
WARD COUNCILLORS
Eaton Ford
Bob Farrer
151a Crosshall Court, Eaton Ford,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 7GB
01480 404014 / 07710 335848
bob.farrer@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
David Harty
10 Sambar Close, Eaton Socon,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 8QG
01480 477202
david@davidharty.co.uk
Colin Thompson
28 Cornwall Court, Eaton Socon,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 8PR
01480 477401
28ck.thompson@vwclub.net
Graham Welton
17 Lottings Way, Eaton Ford,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 7QX
07732 131563
eatonfordgraham@gmail.com
Neal Weston
3 Green Gables, Eaton Ford,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 7SL
01480 403495
nealweston.eatonford@gmail.com
Eaton SOCON
Stephen Davison
31 Viceroy Close, Eaton Socon,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 8DG
07752 264983
stephen.davisonintown@hotmail.co.uk
Christopher Duck
2 Anson Place, Eaton Socon,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 8NH
01480 210740 / 07980 668070
chrisduckstneots@gmail.com
Roger Harrison
55 Bushmead Road, Eaton Socon,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 8GQ
07717 666238
harrison.roger@talk21.com
Andrew Jennings
3 Green Gables, Eaton Ford,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 7SL
01480 403495
PRIORY PARK
Robina Hooper
4 High Street, Yelling,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 6SD
07915 072162
robina.j.hooper@gmail.com
Brian Allen
21 Childs Pond Road,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 1TU
07902 929754
drbad@hotmail.com
Barry Chapman
6 Kipling Place, Eaton Ford,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 7RG
01480 212540 / 07050 374217
barry.chapman@ntlworld.com
Ian Gardener
5 Haycraft Close, Grafham,
Huntingdon, Cambs PE28 0GA
07970 613498
idg@asc-geomatics.co.uk
St Neots East
Carl Jones
63 Lannesbury Crescent,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 6AG
07771 802566
carl.jones63@talktalk.net
EYNESBURY
Adrian Usher
21 Luke Street, Eynesbury,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 2TW
01480 391221
Adrian.usher@ntlworld.com
Catherine Hutton
22 St Mary’s Street, Eynesbury,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 2TA
01480 219653
catherine.hutton@cambridgeshire.gov.uk
Karl Wainwright
8 Berkley Street, Eynesbury
St Neots, Cambs PE19 2ND
01480 406373
karl.wainwright@btopenworld.com
David Ruck
1 Barnard Close, Eynesbury,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 2UP
01480 472239
david.sntc@druck.org.uk
Andrea Ruck
1 Barnard Close, Eynesbury,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 2UP
01480 472239
louie.sntc@druck.org.uk
Paul Ursell
12 Luke Street, Eynesbury,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 2TP
07770 645046
pk.ursell@ntlworld.com
Andrew Hansard
78 Potton Road, Eynesbury,
St Neots, Cambs PE19 2NN
01480 350577
andrew.hansard@huntsdc.gov.uk
Council Offices, The Priory,
St. Neots, Cambs PE19 2BH
mail@stneots-tc.gov.uk www.
stneots-tc.gov.uk
Acting Town Clerk
Ed Reilly 01480 388911
Finance Officer
Peter Edwards 01480 388912
Operations Manager
Kevin Matthews 01480 407774
Office Manager
Donna Cooke 01480 388916
Mayor’s Secretary/Admin
Assistant
Karen Pollecutt 01480 388911
Office Hours:
9am – 1pm & 2pm – 5pm Monday to Thursday,
9am – 1pm & 2pm – 4.30pm Friday
Power Station Upgrade
The main upgrade works to Little Barford Power
Station are due to commence in January 2012.
The upgrade will deliver improvements in the efficiency, output
and reliability of Little Barford, whilst offering improvements in
environmental emissions. These benefits will secure the future
of the Power Station out to 2024.
The two existing 9F gas turbines will be upgraded to incorporate
latest gas turbine technology. This requires the complete
strip down and rebuild of the gas turbines and work on many
of the auxiliary systems. We are also installing new fuel gas
performance heating equipment, which will use hot water
from the heat recovery steam generator to pre-heat the main
gas supply to the turbines to 185°C. This preheating offers an
overall efficiency improvement.
Alongside the above work a significant programme of work
will take place including upgrade to the overall power station
control system (DCS), rewind of the steam turbine generator
stator, upgrade to the auxiliary cooling systems, replacement
of the gas turbine start-up equipment and partial re-tube of the
steam turbine condenser.
The overall monetary investment of approximately £100 million
will deliver the following key benefits:
• An increase in electrical output of 52MW (for the whole
Power Station) – enough power for around 90,000 homes.
• An increase in net efficiency of at least 1.5%(pt) – from 53.1
to 54.6% (this is roughly equivalent to about 20MW increase
in output for the same fuel flow – enough power for about
34,000 homes).
• A reduction in NOx emissions to as low as 30mg/Nm3 level
The station will shut-down on 2nd Jan 2012 for the start of the
implementation phase and will reopen following an anticipated
seven month programme.
New Year’s Eve Party
at The Priory Centre
This New Years Eve is guaranteed to be another sell out for
The Soul Patrol who are back by popular demand to The Priory
Centre.
Take yourself back in time, big hair, flared trousers and even
BIGGER platforms...The Soul Patrol faithfully reproduce
well-known and well loved tunes, with a dynamic stage show
including costume changes. The 10 piece professional outfit
performs classic floor fillers from the Motown, Stax & Disco era
which every age group can enjoy.
Book your tickets (£20 each) early to avoid disappointment.
(over 18’s only)
Box Office 01480 388922
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Priorities November 2011