Monthly Updates

Groups and Clubs

Lilyholt Road 2008 Goal - Basic Pages for all the village groups - completed!

I have now completed a page for all the village groups! Even with a new one forming I am finally on top of it all. And they are all collected under "Groups and Clubs" which is on the navigation bar. The pages still need some work; more pictures and information - but the basics are their! Hoorah!

The Notice board

New this month is the Notice Board, designed to help you all keep up-to-date with village events and happenings, there is a various amount of information which is created with Flash to be interactive. Located in a prime position on the Homepage, also on the Homepage is the small updates list; so you can track all the little updates that the site has each month.

New Pictures

As ever, a whole host of new pictures and information in all the pages.

Under the Floorboards

The feature this month is slightly delayed, whilst I research a little further and get in contact with someone pivotal to the story, I will keep you posted!

April 08 Update

Snowy Scenes... New Events... General Updates... Page on its Way!

Sorry

Well firstly sorry there was no proper update for March, I was far too busy with college coursework for my A-Levels (agh!) and so I didnt have time to get something decent done!

Parish Council Section

The Parish Council section has now been completely revamped! It is now an independent section; like the genealogy one, with a vast amount of information for you to read.

1947 Daily Express

This months flashback is to 1947, and the front cover of the Daily Express when poor Elizabeth and Ida Foster were evicted from their cottage - but not before the whole village had intervened against the bailiffs!

Results of the Poll

The results of the poll held regarding the closure of the Forty Foot in February are now on the News - Your Say page.

And on its Way..

Is the page for the Forget-Me-Nots (previously over sixties)

Pictures

As usual there is a large amount of pics, some from February and some of course of the village coated in snow! Have a look and enjoy!

February 08 Update

Genealogy...New Village Groups...More Pictures....

Genealogy Section

The first update on the site this month is the new Genealogy Section. It was created due to the number of people who have contacted me requesting help and also because genealogy is becoming a bigger things these days especially with the internet containing so many sources of information. In the genealogy section, there is everything I can find to do with past residents of the village. From extracts from the school Records, to the donations received to build the Baptist Chapel in 1874, there is also a full transcription of the Baptist Cemetery and the other two will be done in due course. The section is only small at the moment but is likely to grow and grow - especially when people get involved and help out. Click here to view the section.

Twenty Questions

This month sees Doug Rose with the prestige of answering the Twenty Questions, click here to read his answers. Also answering this month is Lyn Keppel-Spoor, who originally was meant to be answering them in the middle of the month. click here to read her answers.

Unique Village

This months flashback is the article which appeared in Cambridgeshire, Huntingdon and Peterborough Life - in September 1980, "Unique Village" by C V Awdry, an article which describes some of the History of Benwick and is very interesting to read. Click here to read the article.

About Benwick

The About Benwick page has been updated; now featuring much more information covering the whole village, and a few nice pictures to illustrate. Click here to view it.

Benwick Residents Association

The Benwick Residents Association formed in the late part of 2007, and will be working on improving the village, it consists of a number of committee members and public are invited to attend meetings; which are held in the Village Hall every second Thursday of the month. Click here to visit their page.

The Parish Plan

The Benwick Parish Plan Steering group are currently undertaking the task of creating a questionnaire which will be delivered to every household in the Parish, their page will keep you updated on the process. Click here to view it.

Benwick Junior Amateur Dramatics

Cameron Devall, A J Thomas and Cherilyn Hoffman formed the Benwick Junior Amateur Dramatics club this month, it is open to all children aged 8-18, and meets in the Village Hall every Friday night from 6-7. Click here to read more.

Guestbook

I decided to create a guestbook this month; to allow visitors from all over to leave their comments and suggestions on the site. Click here to visit it and feel free to leave a nice message saying how good I am... or however you feel!

Search

This month I have brought in a Google search to allow people to search the site for different things, results are displayed in the same window.

New Poll

This month brings back the polls I had when I first started the site, with the topic being regarding the diversion of traffic from the Forty Foot - click here to vote.

January 08 Update

Village Hall Diary

The main update of the month is the Village Hall diary. Containing all the bookings to help you know when it is available for booking, as well as enabling you to keep track of the meetings of the different organisations of the village. Click here to visit the diary

Twenty Questions

This month Kirk Devall has answered the 20 questions click here to read his answers

Flashbacks

This month I have put together a collection of photographs of St. Mary's church, click here to view them

Competition Winners

Having now ran two competitions, you can see the winners on this page. Includes the pictures from the photography competition, and the winners of the top three prizes in the Christmas treasure hunt. Click here to visit the page

Money Raised

This page was launched 1st December after the Bazaar, and has since been updated with the money raised from the photography competition and the Christmas Treasure hunt. I have now raised over £300 for the village. Click here to see how that's been done

Other Updates

As usual there are a load more photographs taken through the past month.

December 07 Update

Turf Fen...Flashbacks from The Past... and yes, more pictures!

Turf Fen

This month I have created a page about Turf Fen Charity, as many of you may know, it is the Charity which was set up to help Benwick residents in need you can read more about it here.

Flashbacks

Gradually whilst researching the history I have uncovered great detail about different village events and moments from the past, putting all the detail I found onto the pages for them would make it harder to follow and the flow would be lost; and some information I find simply doesn't fit in with anything else! That's where the Flashbacks page comes in, each month I will look at a different moment in time, this month I started with the plane crash of 1989, and also with a bit about Gresalda - the Benwick Witch! You can read more bout this all here.

Twenty Questions

This months Twenty Questions star is Richard Emmitt click here read his answers

New Competition

Now the Photography competition has closed (thank you to the few who entered) I have launched another little draw to raise some money for our Village Hall, with 3 top prizes, and over 40 different prizes in total, its well worth entering, you can find out more here.

Contacts and Info and Links

This month I decided to separate the Contacts, Links and Information Page into two separate pages, one containing all the village contact details and also information such as Bus Timetables, and the other containing Links to different websites which may be of interest or use. You can visit the pages here and here (links).

Other Updates

As usual there are lots of little updates too, I have uploaded loads of new photos of the village taken over the last month, and with thanks to March Museum and also Mr. Martin Evans - I have even more photos of the village in the olden days. Click here to visit the current pictures, and here for the old.

I have also started trying to put names to faces with regards to the war memorial. Studying some photos I had I saw 4 of the soldiers who lost their lives in World War One, and this has started me on a mission to get a photo for each of the soldiers. You can see my progress on the page for the War Memorial.

There is also another 360 degree view of the village up and running, this one of the Village Sign - another one will be uploaded in the middle of the month when its completed. Keep checking back for constant updates!

November 07 Update

More pages... more information... and more pictures!!

360 Benwick

A brilliant idea stuck me this month – panoramic view of the village. While many of the visitors to the site are residents of Benwick; and know what the village looks like – I also have many visitors from other areas, while pictures will show them the village; they won’t really know what it looks like. The 360 views will help. By loading the flash animations; you can navigate yourself in a circle around different areas of the village; as though you were actually there! This month I have uploaded two; The War Memorial and the Park. Another will be uploaded in a week or two and more will follow regularly. Click here to look around!

Photos From Events

This month I attended the Village Hall Halloween Disco, which was a great success; raising over £200 for the Village Hall. I took loads of photos and many have been uploaded on the website. This lead to a new page especially for photos from events – I will be trying to attend many events around the village and take photos from them all. Prints of photos are available for purchase; the money going to the a village group at the end of the year or the specific cause. The sale of the photos from this event goes to the Village Hall. Click here to see

Twenty Questions

This months Twenty Questions star is Jenny Fell click here read her answers

History

This month I have spent a great deal of time researching into the history of Benwick. I spent many days down at March Library scouring every book in the Local Studies section for every scrap of Benwick information. I met it with great success and have found out plenty of history. I have also been in contact with people across the country. Benwick Baptist Chapel was something of an enigma which very few people knew information about. I e-mailed various organisations and finally ended up in contact with David Woodruff of the Strict Baptist Historical Society. He found out a great deal for me, and sent me photocopies of the Church Records. Including a brilliant little photo of the Chapel and copies of some death certificates (a few of which died in my house!). A massive thank you has to be said to him for all his help. Click here to visit the past!

Other Updates

There is also more information on the War Memorial.. I have changed the pictures page so you can browse by month; as there is getting to be a lot and the thumbnails slow the page loading. I also took time to go around the village for even more photos this can be seen on pictures page.

October 07 Update

The first monthly update of the site features many new pages, and an exciting new competition!

Photography Competition

One of the main aims of the site is to raise money for the village; the first fundraising that we will be doing is in aid of funds for the village hall. The Photography competition; as you may have seen advertised around the village; has two categories and a top prize of a brand new digital camera; which was supplied my March Stationary & Print. To find out more about the competition; visit the competitions page!

Newsletter

Lilyholtroad now has its own newsletter. Designed to keep you all up-to-date with all the updates which the site has. It will also invite you to view new web pages before they are launched onto the site; so you can offer your feedback. To find out more about the newsletter; click here.

Village Hall Page

The first new page of the month is that of the Village Hall. With help from the chair person of the village hall; I have put together a page featuring information and pictures of throughout the hall. Visit the Village Hall page now.

The Benwick Butterflies

With thanks to Jenny Fell; there is now a page about the Benwick Butterflies pre-school group. Visit their page now to see what goes on. Click here to view page.

Your View On The News

Although it was loaded onto the site mid September; it has only just been incorporated into the main navigation; it is the page for you to have your say on the news; visit it now to express yourself.

Twenty Questions

The next new page is Twenty Questions; a lighter area of the site; each month a different villager will be interviewed with twenty questions. This month to kick things off I interviewed Pat Tickner click here to read her answers

Anita Davies Artwork Page

Anita Davies has provided the site with some beautiful artwork of Benwick; as well as finding it around the site; there is also a special page dedicated to it. To see her brilliant pictures click here!

Other Updates

Other updates this October include the incorporation of the Pictures and Old Pictures into the navigation bar; making the pages accessible right across the site. Also many of the documents available will now be given in both Microsoft Word and PDF format; so that everyone can access them. I also took time to go around the village for a few more snaps which are on the pictures page.