STUNTNEY

"The Steep Island"

A SMALL EAST CAMBRIDGESHIRE VILLAGE.

News, views, events and information about Stuntney, Cambridgeshire, England.

Welcome to the Stuntney Village website which sets out to represent all interests in the village and present a window to the world.
Stuntney is a very small East Cambridgeshire village situated about one and a half miles south-east of the cathedral city of Ely.

Site last updated 3rd July 2009 - Events, The Environmentally Friendly House (Events) Village Council minutes, Coffee Mornings at the Clubrooms

SITE INDEX
Find out more about our historic village

Select (click on) subject to go to page. Frequently visited links are displayed in bold red for easy location


July 3rd. On the eve of the Dance Island Festival event, Mr Anthony Morbey (4th from left partly hidden)
gave a guided tour of the site for a party of villagers and friends

What's New

  • The successful Coffee and Books mornings at the Club will be repeated on Wednesday 15th July commencing at 10.30 am. All welcome, children catered for.
    See picture on the Social Club page.

  • June 15th. The police non-emergency call number has been changed to 0345 456 456 4. The old number 0845 456 456 4 will still work for an indefinite period but the new number should be cheaper for most to call.
    The number for Emergency (crime happening NOW calls) will continue to be 999.

  • May 29th. Members of Stuntney Village Council and friends visited the Environmentally Friendly House owned by Mr and Mrs Graeme Lockhart. Picture on the Events page.

  • A number of Stuntney residents have signed up to receive E-Cops messages from the police. These include alerts and general news information. You can go on the list by visiting https://www.cambs-police.co.uk/myneighbourhood/ecops/

  • The Stuntney Neighbourhood Watch email circulation list seems to work well, and a chain of residents (currently 25 addresses) in Stuntney quickly get updated on any crime or security issues affecting the village. If you would like to be added to the list please contact the webmaster, email address at foot of this page.
    From September 2007 the East Cambridgeshire Neighbourhood Watch Association has a new website. Stuntney NW has close ties with the Association, whose headquarters are at Ely. To go to the site select here
    One of the commonest forms of burglary these days is the Distraction/Deception scam. Criminals are constantly thinking up new cunning ways of gaining access to households in order to steal cash or other valuables. For a report from the police on the variety of ruses to watch out for select here
    For full details of the police team and contact numbers go to the 'Police & Neighbourhood Watch' page

  • The Milton Children's Hospice does wonderful work but relies heavily on charity for its funding. From time to time supporting events are held at Milton, which when received will be advertised on the Events page of this site. To find out more select here

  • See Stuntney from satellite! The Google Earth website gives amazing views of the world. You really need broadband to view this site but take a look at Stuntney as seen from space by going to our 'Links to related sites' page from INDEX above, and click on the link near the top of the page.

  • Are you one of the many people researching family history? This can be a very time consuming hobby but help is at hand from Debbie Byrne of Stuntney who has had several years experience of this subject and who knows the most helpful websites. Go to the foot of the History page for links to her recommended best sites.

  • Keep your computer safe. You should have up to date anti-virus protection and a firewall. Avast & AVG are two good free AV downloads. Windows Vista includes its own firewall and Zone Alarm firewall is available for earlier versions of Windows.
    Make sure your computer is programmed to automatically receive Microsoft Security updates. Bad people out there are constantly seeking new ways to create problems.
    'Phishing' is a method used by criminals to take charge of your computer by pretending to operate a legitimate site. To take the test to see how safe you are go to http://www.getsafeonline.org/nqcontent.cfm?a_id=1
    Follow two cardinal rules to keep nasties away from your computer:
    1. Never open e-mail attachments, even from trusted sources, unless you are sure they are genuine, ie. the text in the main body explains the attachment.
    2. Beware of clicking on any links from or to dodgy sites, these sometimes pretend to be from reputable organizations, such as banks, Inland Revenue, Amazon or E-Bay. Some pretend to give free anti-virus scans. Even clicking on the 'No thank you' button, or the close 'x' can be a trap, try Control + W to clear a pop-up box or close a doubtful site. Reputable sites do not seek information this way, so be warned!
    Spam is a curse of the internet and much of it is being sent out by innocent users whose computers have been hijacked by implanted programmes. If your computer is running very slowly or is acting in other strange ways you could be a victim. Running a virus scan with a good anti-virus programme should show up any lurking intruder.
    Also please do not pass on any chain-mail type emails containing dire warnings about supposed viruses that will wreck your computer. They are invariably hoaxes and at best clog the internet, at worst they could themselves contain a virus. Even the well intentioned jokes or pretty pictures that you are asked to forward to your friends are used to harvest email addresses, resulting in still more spam.
    For good advice on all kinds of computer questions it's hard to beat the 'Ask Bob Rankin' site, see our 'Links to Related Sites' page.

    For those who would like to learn more about computing from an online source, a very good site is at www.everydaycomputing.co.uk

    Website created and maintained by Rod Vincent
    (Silver surfer award winner 2004)

    e-mail: Stuntney Webmaster


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