St Ives-a new millennium - Flipbook - Page 77
St Ives-a new millennium
4/10/02
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Left: Annie Waters
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Pentax MX
Annie came to live in Needingworth in 1981
with husband Robin and two young children.
She was active in village affairs, with the
Wellworth Players, the Church, the playgroup,
the school PTA, as a Trustee of the Village Hall
and a school governor.
When her children were older the family
moved to St Ives where Annie was already the
Administrator of the Broad Leas community
and youth centre. She now works for
Connexions (previously Cambridgeshire
Careers Guidance), the new service with
headquarters in Meadow Lane that caters for
13–19 year olds in all aspects of their
transition to adulthood.
Annie is also a governor of St Ivo School and
was elected to the Town Council as a Liberal
Democrat in 2001. She is deeply convinced
that education and learning are the key to
opening doors for young people and adults
alike. She enjoys the theatre and reading, and
loves pottering around her garden.
Above: Debbie Townsend
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Pentax MX
Debbie was only a baby when her parents came to live in Huntingdon. Her father, Charles Jacques, became a Town and
District Councillor in Huntingdon during the 1970s, and she moved to St. Ives in 1990 after meeting her husband Peter.
She is probably best known for her tireless work as Secretary to the St Ives Millennium Committee (1997-2000), which
resurrected the St Ives Carnival and organised the Millennium celebrations in Market Hill on New Year’s Eve 1999.
Debbie takes a keen interest in local politics and stood for the Town Council at a by election in 2001. Then in 2002, she
contested the St Ives North District Council seat held by Jean Chandler and nearly pulled off a shock win for the Liberal
Democrats. She is pictured here (on the right) during the election campaign canvassing Mary Eaton.
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