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Fair dues
I was heartbroken to hear that Strawberry Fair has been cancelled due to a lack of funding. For so many of us in Cambridge and beyond, the fair is more than just an event; it’s a cherished tradition that brings the community together in a vibrant celebration of creativity and music. Over the years, Strawberry Fair has come to embody the spirit of Cambridge. Its absence will leave a noticeable gap in the city’s cultural calendar, and I can’t help but feel something special has been lost. HR Sampson, Cherry Hinton
In your round-up of architectural gems (January 2025), you missed out one of my favourite Cambridge buildings: the dramatic neoclassical frontage of 7A Jesus Lane. Designed by Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, it was built as Victorian Roman Baths in 1863, but closed just a few months after opening. It was then leased to the Pitt Club – a university association honouring prime minister William Pitt the Younger. After a spell as a Pizza Express, which closed during Covid-19, it’s now occupied by Japanese restaurant Kibou, with the cocktail lounge Hidden Rooms in its basement at 7B. Daniel Weaver, Longstanton A GEM ON JESUS LANE
So near, solar
I always enjoy (and look forward to) Cambridge Edition , but did you and your staff mean to include a photo of Lloyds Bank with a snow-white skeleton on its tower in p14 of the January issue, or was it accidental? Wishing you a fruitful 2025. Eva Ray, by email The ghost of Lloyds Bank solar farm sites are to be built: West Row and Mildenhall in Suffolk, Worlington near Mildenhall and a site near Newmarket, north of the A14. Taken together, they’ll be the size of 900 football pitches. While I’d rather turbines or solar panels than a new housing estate on my doorstep, why not put the panels on car parks, brownfield sites or commercial rooftops, rather than obscuring precious arable land? I presume they’re not worried about food security? Peter Snell, Newmarket
Given the government’s recent approval of plans to build a massive new 2,500-acre solar farm on the Cambs-Suffolk border, it seems to me that the rural character of our surrounding Cambridgeshire countryside will soon be lost for good. Three separate
Barrels of laughs
I just wanted to write in to say what a fabulous time my family and I had recently at Grantchester’s Boxing Day barrel race. I love these village events where members of the community can take part in a fun, competitive event. In this case it was barrel-rolling; teams took part in a relay race, rolling barrels up and down the high street. Keeping the barrels rolling in a straight line proved to be something of a challenge! Hilarity all round! Fran Quinney, Coton
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