The week in pictures: Rockets, Hallowe’en creations and a sad farewell in Cambridge
Catch up with some of the week’s events through the lens of our photographers.
It is always an event when a new Dinky Doors creation lands.
And this time around, the cult Cambridge artists dropped a rocket on us.
Green Street is the home of this delightful creation, which Dinky Doors told us, they built “to help find the alien Supreme Leader” who - as you'll know if you have been following the story - set them the task of cheering up humanity.
You’ll be cheered if you look inside the porthole too. We won’t spoil it, but you’ll find something lovely inside.
On the subject of fun and quirky creations, we spotted this crochet on a postbox in Ely, helping all letter-writers get in the mood for Hallowe’en.
There was a more sombre mood back in Cambridge, where it was last orders at The Flying Pig pub.
A community favourite known for its music, the pub has closed ahead of development of the area in Hills Road by Pace Investments.
The developer is appealing against the refusal by Cambridge City Council of its plans that would alter the pub.
Pace has warned it may rely on an earlier granted planning application, which would demolish the pub, if the appeal is unsuccessful.
Campaigners, who feel it should be left as it is with the planned office development behind adapted, are wondering when - or indeed if - the Pig will fly again.
We have it on good authority that this drink, below, was the very last served at The Flying Pig before it closed, and its landlords had to leave, on Saturday.
Ahead of the COP26 climate conference, there has been much focus on sustainability.
Here in Cambridge, we may have glimpsed the future of green food delivery. No, not lettuces and and the like, but food from independent restaurants brough to your door by Foodstuff using these unique little 28mph three-seater electric vehicles from GOGO Green.
The Cambridge start-up tells us that the vehicles are five times more efficient than a standard electrical vehicle.
So you can eat your meal without worrying about emissions. Well... unless its Mexican refried beans we suppose.
Perhaps the oddest story of the week (in case the tales of mini rockets in the street and crochet on postboxes were too mainstream for your tastes) came from an unlikely source: the Greater Cambridge Partnership.
It caused an entirely unnecessary furore when it announced on social media that it was about to close the Abbey-Chesterton bridge in Cambridge for the week to put up bird netting - yes, that much-maligned method of stopping birds nesting, which can actually kill them by trapping them in the legs. It transpired that they didn't mean bird netting at all, but a hard mesh which doesn’t cause such problems.
The purpose of installing the mesh, we were told, is because bird poo is corrosive. Almost as damaging as a misplaced tweet.
Prior to the schools breaking up for half-term, it was time for St Mary’s School in Cambridge to hold its charity day, raising funds for charities local, national and international. The theme this year was musicals, and pupils dressed to impress.
Meanwhile, half-term brought the first opportunity for those aged 12-15 to get their Covid jab in one of the county’s large-scale vaccination centres, amid the slower-than-hoped roll-out of vaccines at our schools.
Thomas here was one of the first to take up the opportunity to book his slot via the NHS booking website, and said it was the right thing to do. Thumbs up to you.
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