This is an informal way to keep people up to date with what is happening with the Tower Appeal at St Andrews Church Cherry Hinton in Cambridge. You can find details about the building and the problems it is having with its Tower on the main website. This is something many old churches are facing. Time has eroded the fabric of the Tower and it needs a large sum of money to put it right. Hopefully it wont fall down before that!!!

The maintenance of the church is the responsibility of the congregation, but it impossible for the congregation to meet the large bills - hence the fundraising activities.

We have just had a stall on the Cherry Hinton Festival Weekend on the recreation ground at Cherry Hinton. It was a fantastic weekend - glorious weather and the fun of seeing the large variety of stalls and meeting the people in Cherry Hinton who had come together to make this weekend a resounding success.

St Andrews had a small stall, but there were lots of fun things to do to keep people interested. Do you remember those games we had as a child - covering the coin in a bucket of water and highest score for the old fashioned bagatelle game? Well those went down a treat for the old and the young. There was a paper quiz and shoulder massages for 40p to relieve any tensions.



A large board showed pictures of things happening with the church community.
The Tower Appeal brochures were handed out and many people were interested about the problems with the Tower and many kindly put a donation in the box provided.

I came away from the weekend with the feeling of fun and happiness - the atmosphere was great and everyone felt they had gained a lot from the experience. The Festival Committee deserve a large gold star!!