The Mill Road Society

It is that time once more.  The Mill Road Society would like to invite you to its annual AGM.  It will be held at Hot Numbers Café on the 30^th January 2013.

We are pleased to be able to offer refreshments in the form of coffee and snacks from the Hot Numbers café and live music from the fabulous Heather McVey!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tkTNKVZAvEs 

If you love Mill Road and want to see its vibrant and independent nature continue please come along. We are an active campaigning group. Millycard scheme has 850 local resident cardholders and many traders involved. We aim to support our small independent shops and businesses and community vitality to ensure a sustainable future. Independent trading is a positive alternative to multinational chain stores. This is your opportunity to get involved and take part in your local community.

We look forward to sharing the evening with you!

Feeling the stress of Christmas and the New Year?  Worried about fare increases? don’t worry the Mill Road Society is here to help.  Milly is pleased to announce a discount for all Milly Card members for therapeutic massage at Bamboo Hairdressing, 202 Mill Rd on a Monday. Offer will entitle card holders to a 30 % discount for first treatment. Any further treatments will have a 10% discount applied. Just ask for Emma to make an appointment.

click on poster to download

Mill Road Society is hosting a public meeting about the proposed Business Improvement District (BID) for Cambridge City centre. Please see poster above for your information. If you would like to discuss the proposal and find out what the city council has in store for your city centre this is your opportunity to find out. I look forward to seeing you there.

The new mill road society mugs are now in.  Funkier, and every one different, these mugs a still made of the high quality bone china of the previous batch and get our NO CLONE ZONE/MILL ROAD ROCKS message over whilst being even more desirable than the last batch. HOW GOOD IS THAT!

IDEAL GIFT FOR THE DISCERNING ROMSEY/PERTERSFIELD SHOPPER

Mugs are available from Urban Larder, Sea Tree, or by contacting MRS at info@millroadsociety.org.

GO ON YOU KNOW YOU WANT TO.

Milly will be at this years Mill Road Winter Fair, 3.12.11.  Milly will be at Donkey Green, by the swimming pool.  Please feel free to pop along and join in the fun.  We will be (obviously) selling more of our great community discount cards, our wonderful No Clone Zone Mugs and be passing out other information regards to Milly and the Mill Road Society in general.  Please do drop by and say “Hi”

LOOK OUT FOR SPECIAL WINTER FAIR MILLY DISCOUNTS AT THESE PLACES.

Shops and businesses include;  Snakatak, Accupuncture (special discount on some items, please ask in shop for details), Limoncello (free or reduced Italian pastry), Hall’s Locksmiths, Vishemael’s Leather (Misfits, ‘Milly Bag 30%off on fair day), Himalaya, Inspirations, Ian James, Balv’s Wigs, Claud Butler, Cafe Brazil (20% of certain cakes), Taank (20% off glasses purchased on the day), Black Cat (Special Milly Latte for £2.20), The Sea Tree, Urban Larder, The Meze Bar, Hope Yard (various discounts from different business’, Donaldson’s Bakers (Special Milly Cookies (yum) and other offers on the day), Petersfield Pharmacy, Cambridge Wine Merchants, Hot Numbers Coffee, Arjuna Organic Foods.

At  East Area Committee meeting the Sainsbury’s proposal for change of use from leisure to retail use for Mickey Flynns was soundly defeated by 8 votes to 1.  Thanks to everyone who turned up at the meeting, all the committee members and other volunteers who helped with the gathering of information and helping keep Mill Road free from another large supermarket chain opening on Mill Road.  It is more than likely that Sainsbury’s will appeal the decision, but as it stands at the moment;

WE HAVE STOPPED THEM TAKING THE MICKEY! 

Please click on the following links to see copies of our response to the planning officers report, our official objection to Sainsbury’s application and our submission to the East Area Committee meeting.  

Response to planning officer’s report

MRS Objection 240711

Speech to EAC

As you will see from these documents the amount of work gone into them by various members of the society has been phenominal.  Our thanks go to those who helped draft these documents, to all the volunteers and individuals who have helped keep this issue in the public eye and everyone who signed the petition and supported our campaign to keep Mill Road from becoming just another cloned street bereft of all character and individuality

The East Area Committee is holding the planning meeting this Tuesday at 7.00 pm at the Guildhall.  This is our chance to show the local communities depth of opposition to the proposed siting on Sainsbury’s on Mill Road.  Hope to see you there.

Just incase you have forgotten that the vote for chancellor of Cambridge University is this week, here’s a couple of reminders.

with thanks to Margaret Scratcher

The Mill Road Society will be holding its annual general meeting at 7.00 at St Barnabas Church, Mill Road, 12/10/2011.  All welcome come and see how the Mill Road Society carries out its work on behalf of your community.

NO CLONE ZONE/MILL ROAD ROCKS mugs are now available.  Bone China and made to our design by Stokes Croft China, Bristol.  £6.00 each, available at Urban Larder the AGM and other Mill Road Society events.

This video of Suzy Oakes funeral was created by Luke Gillow and Beverley Carpenter.