St Ives-a new millennium - Flipbook - Page 88
St Ives-a new millennium
4/10/02
3:55 pm
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Above: Peter Milbank, microlight flier
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Ricoh XR7
Peter, who lives at Over, can often be seen (and
heard) buzzing about the skies near St Ives in his
microlight. He has been flying for 5 years, an interest
sparked by the ATC and his father, who served in the
Royal Flying Corps in the first World War. He belongs
to the Cambridgeshire Microlight Club, based at
Sutton Meadow Airfield, and was taught by David
Garrison and Martin Aris at Pegasus Flight Training.
The club has nearly 50 members from all over the
county.
The microlight, dubbed ‘the motor bike of the skies’,
is inexpensive to run - costing about the same as
keeping a Mini on the road, says Peter. In working life
he is a chiropractor with a practice in Cambridge. His
partner Renata is also an enthusiastic flier.
Peter kindly collaborated in the preparation of this
book by flying a photo mission enabling the author to
take aerial pictures of St Ives.
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Right: Godfrey Horsford, golf captain
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Pentax MX
Godfrey was born into a farming family at Stow Longa and
started his working life at the old St Ives cattle auctions.
Subsequently he owned and ran Sports & Fashions in
Huntingdon High Street and the Alconbury Hill Hotel. Now
retired, he captained St Ives Golf Club for the 2000-2001
season, having played the course for 40 years. His wife
Diana is also a playing member.
The club originally played on a short course in St Audrey
Lane. Its present 9-hole course was laid out in 1923-4 on
the site of an old brickworks, making good use of the
different levels. The transformation has created 52 acres
of attractive parkland with a superb, modern clubhouse
and pro-shop. At the start of the Millennium the club had
high hopes of acquiring neighbouring land and expanding
the course to 18 holes, and was anxiously awaiting the
outcome of a public inquiry.
