Peppard Success Story Autumn 2015

Is there anyone who has not walked or yard with a field at the back. Eventually future with hopes one day of more driven around, or even sat on a bus, and there just wasn’t enough space for all the expansion and another depot. not noticed the ubiquitous yellow stock they needed to keep and in 2001 They have weathered the recession builder’s bags or the delivery lorries with the building was leased out to The Pet because they have a loyal customer base, the yellow and black logo? That master- Barn. A small housing estate, Butler’s residing within a 15 mile radius, and their stroke of branding was one of Ru Butler’s Yard, was built on the field. byword has always been customer ser- contributions to the family business – In order to expand to meet its customers’ vice. Their customers range from jobbing Peppard Building Supplies (PBS). demands, Peppard Building Supplies builders to development companies and they are equally welcoming to any mem- ber of the public however small the re- quirement. Sadly, John Butler died in February this year but he leaves an outstanding legacy in the capable hands of his two sons and with, currently, three children between them, is it possible that there will be a sixth generation of the family running the business? Rita Hadgkiss

New Look for Peppard News The Peppard News Editorial Team is delighted to introduce our expanded and The current line-up of lorries more colourful Peppard News. An enlarged Junior Peppard News now takes Ru and his brother, Nic, are the fifth gen- moved to its current premises on the pride of place as the centre section. eration of Butlers to play a role in the lo- Phillimore Estate in Dunsden to what We would love to have your feedback. cal building industry. It began in the had been a farm; Ru remembers when 1930s with Charles Butler, a Peppard man, there were cows in the cowshed. Now who was a jobbing builder. His son, Ar- the cowsheds and an old tithe barn, kept Peppard News Publications thur, followed him into the industry and intact, are used for storage. will hold its the family firm, Arthur Butler Builders, With Nic as Managing Director and Ru AGM was born. Arthur’s son, Geoff, joined him as Sales and Marketing Director, they and then came grandson, John. The busi- now have a business with a £5.5 million on nd ness grew in the 1960s and the family turnover and 25 staff. They have Tuesday 22 September at 19:00 tried their hand at diversification with a worked together for twenty years and, in the coal merchants entity and also a funeral remarkably perhaps, they still get on Sports Pavilion directors’ but, in the end, it was the build- tremendously well. They recognise each on Stoke Row Road ing side of the business that took all the other’s skills and are comfortable in their We would like to welcome all of our time and energy. During the 1980s John roles. At the beginning there was one readers, distributors, contributors and set up the building supplies business. It 17½ ton tipper truck and they are now advertisers. was so successful that, by the end of the proud owners of four HGV crane vehi- Please join us and support the Peppard 1990s, the decision was made to close the cles and seven delivery vehicles. actual building side and concentrate on News Editorial Team with your views on An exciting new project has been the your newspaper. Peppard Building Supplies. bespoke bathroom showroom and Light refreshments will be served PBS was situated on the corner of Blounts demonstration area. They are not from 18.30 Court Road and Gravel Hill – a building complacent however, and plan for the

Peppard News is a quarterly community newspaper published by Peppard News Publications with financial support from Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council, and is distributed free within the parish of Peppard. Views expressed are not necessarily those of Peppard News Publications or of the RPPC unless stated as such. e-mail: [email protected] www.PeppardNews.co.uk Contributions accepted via e-mail or post to Jennifer Smith, Molehouse, Church Lane, RG9 5JN Advertising: Ian Fraser - phone: 01491 629631 Printed by Fericon Press Limited Page 2 www.PeppardNews.co.uk Our Schools Our Young Achievers Peppard School Peppard C of E Primary School Peppard Common RG9 5JU Another successful year at Peppard Phone: 01491 628354 Learning Karate Primary School, ended with a My palms are sweating, my heart is Headteacher wonderful performance of Bugsy Malone pounding. I can’t sit still in my seat. We Nick Steele at the Kenton Theatre. are on our way to my first ever karate During the summer we have had the Chairman of the Governors grading. As we pull up to what looks like temporary building in the playground Christine Bradbury a gym, I sink into my seat dreading going replaced. It had been in situ for over 40 in. years - a replacement was I started karate because my friend Morgan long overdue! We thank our had started only a month before and I saw neighbours for their patience a great opportunity to try something new. during this work. I joined when I was 11 and was given a Our residential trips are special suit to wear (a gi) along with a planned for the second week white belt. Since then I have been aiming in September. As usual, the for a black belt and have achieved 10 of Year 5 children will be going the 11 belts so far. I am now 14 years old. to Kilve Court in Bridgwater, My first competition was when I had a Somerset, by train but the purple belt; there were about 200 competi- Year 6 children are trying tors in a hall and I had to fight two black something new this year. Mr belts because they were the same age and Steele is taking them to height as me. The umpire began the fight Pembrokeshire to the YHA in by making us stand opposite each other Broad Haven. They will be and we both bowed to begin. I got into my visiting Pembroke Castle and fighting stance and after five minutes, I the National Coal Museum, Demolition of old classroom found I had won, surprisingly, I came 3rd as well as kayaking, coasteering and Photo by Jennifer Smith in my group and won a medal! One of the canoeing. They will also meet up with the things I love about karate is how much local primary school children for a New Classroom you put into it is how much you receive rounders match. The Banksman, Stuart Wright, said that back. Although karate seems to be all Fiona Hilton he thought his Dad had in- about punching and kicking, it really is stalled the old classroom and about self-discipline and focus. I go to he's now in his 80s! They'd karate twice a week and the Sensei (karate found a lot of rat skeletons instructors) are patient and understanding. under the building - and a Karate has given me a lot of confidence nest! and I always just try my best. Hopefully by the end of this year I will receive Apparently, when it was first YUDANSHA! ( A black belt) installed children got underneath - the Flat Edward Hudec

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Page 4 www.PeppardNews.co.uk The Councils Parish Council News Action on speeding across Peppard Parish Council Common has been taken by the police As many readers may know, I became who have posted warning notices on the Chairman of the Parish Council once Chairman: Tony Cotton e-mail: [email protected] B481 and have increased the frequency of again in July. I look forward to hearing Parish Clerk: Linda Collison radar surveillance; however speeding still from residents and perhaps seeing some remains an issue within the Parish. of you at our Council meetings which are 7 Grange Avenue, Rotherfield Peppard, There have been a number of complaints held in the Sports Pavilion on Stoke Row Henley on Thames, Oxon RG9 5LD 01491 629676 about the condition of the road and pave- Road on the second Monday of the month ment near the bend on Stoke Row Road at 19:30. e-mail: [email protected] Website: www.rppc.org.uk (near the Unicorn pub) and the Council Over the spring and summer months the SODC Councillors: Charles Bailey organised that South Oxfordshire District Council has been involved in road safety [email protected] Council undertook a professional sweep and footpath issues. In May, the Council & David Nimmo-Smith of the area removing the loose road chip- organised speed checks on the B481 on [email protected] pings and the accumulation of leaf litter. Top Common and on Stoke Row Road OCC Councillor: David Bartholomew This has made a great improvement. At near the cricket pitch. This gave some 07769 808773 this time of year growing hedges are al- interesting information on the volume of [email protected] ways a problem and several roadside areas traffic and on speeds. Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council usually and footpaths have been cleared following As might be expected, the traffic on the meets on 2nd Monday of the month at 19.30 intervention from the Council. B481 is very much heavier than on Stoke in the Pavilion. Parishioners may attend and observe, and may briefly raise issues of Your Parish Council is currently two Row Road with an average peak of cars concern to them. All may attend members short of a full complement and it per hour of 323 northbound and 311 intermediate planning meetings as well - see is always good to have representatives southbound. The peak hourly averages for Diary for dates and times. from all parts of our Parish. For instance Stoke Row Road were 42 northbound and we have no one on the Council from 67 southbound  43% of vehicles exceeded the 30mph Wyfold, the Wyfold Estate or Stevens The figures were compared with those of speed limit Lane areas. an earlier survey at Bolts Cross which  10% of vehicles were travelling at If you are interested in helping to main- showed 54% of the traffic flowed north- over 40mph tain the benefits of our lovely rural area wards to Nettlebed and the M40 and the please contact the Parish Clerk, Linda  13% of vehicles were travelling at rest travelling to Henley. Collison on 01491 629676 or come to one over 40mph on Sunday This, of course, will increase when the of our meetings. We look forward to new houses are built in Sonning Common  from 18:00-08:00 the number of vehi- hearing from you. and Henley and raises concerns about the cles exceeding the speed limit in- Tony Cotton, Chairman impact of a third Reading Bridge. creased. Analysis of the vehicle speed information Stoke Row Road also had a similar pro- From John Howell, MP on the B481 showed the following: file of speeding traffic. In the constituency in the last month I  vehicles exceeded the speed limit dur- The road surveys can be viewed in full have continued to enjoy getting to as many ing all measured periods on the Council’s website: community fêtes as possible where I can www.rppc.org.uk meet people and have informal discussions on a wider range of issues. I am only sorry that I have had to miss some due to diary clashes. However as a reminder I will be undertaking my annual ‘Village Tour’ in the Conference Recess in September. My schedule will be published on my website (www.johnhowellmp.com) and via parish councils in the near future. Parliament went into recess at the end of July and, apart from trying to get some time with my family, I will be out and about in the constituency over this period. My offices in Westminster and the con- stituency remain open for business and we will continue to do our best to respond to questions and issues as best we can.

www.PeppardNews.co.uk Page 5 Snippets News from SODC Students Beware! Strawberry Teas Following the fire at the Crowmarsh of- A new seasonal rental fraud warning has Strawberry Teas will be held in Christ the fices, SODC moved permanently into been issued for students looking for King Church garden, Sedgewell Road on th th new offices on 29 June. Their address is: accommodation for the new term. Saturday 29 August 15:00-17:00. Come South Oxfordshire District Council, 135 and join us for strawberries and cream, tea National Fraud Intelligence Bureau wish Eastern Avenue, Milton Park, Abingdon, and cakes in the church garden (or inside to alert students to fraudsters who use a Oxfordshire, OX14 4SB. the hall if wet). Formal meetings such as planning com- variety of websites to advertise available We will also have a sale table of small mittee or a council meeting will take properties to rent at attractive rates and items, jigsaw puzzles, plants and garden place in Howbery Park, Crowmarsh. Visit convenient locations. Due to demand, produce. All in aid of church funds. www.southoxon.gov.uk for more infor- students are tempted to agree to pay up- mation. front fees to secure the property without Sue Nickson 0118 972 4520. viewing, only to discover that the fraud- High-Speed Broadband ster posing as the landlord does not own Ride For Ryder the property or there are tenants already th Arrives living there. On Sunday 20 September there will be a joint event between Sue Ryder Nettlebed As part of the Better Broadband for The advice is to use reputable letting Hospice and the Duchess of Kent Hospice Oxfordshire programme, fibre-enabled companies, research online using in Reading. cabinets are now live and ready to take Google maps to check that the property orders in parts of Peppard. This means that exists, view the property personally prior Choose from a choice of three cycle routes 294 residents and businesses in the parish to paying advance fees, be suspicious of through the Chiltern Hills including part of will be able to request an upgrade to fibre- a landlord requesting a 'holding deposit' the Tour of Britain 2014 route. Route op- enabled broadband from a range of due to high demand for the property and tions and related fees: 10 miles - £10; 25 Internet Service Providers (ISPs). In most do not hand over cash to a landlord who miles - £15; 60 miles - £20 cases, this means that residents can does not ask for references. For more information or to register call the achieve download speeds above 24Mb/s. fundraising office 01491 641384 ext. 246 Please note that improved broadband ser- Last Night of the Proms or email nettle- vices are not turned on automatically: con- The Last Night of the Proms will be [email protected] or register tact your chosen ISP or use comparison screened live from the Albert Hall in on line www.sueryder.org/ sites to find available packages. There is a London onto a big screen in the rideforrydernettlebed. list of ISPs on the Better Broadband for grounds of the Sue Ryder Nettlebed Oxfordshire website: Hospice on 12th September starting at www.betterbroadbandoxfordshire.org.uk/ Health Walks 19:00 broadband-providers The new Health Walk timetables come out Tickets cost £25 for an adult, £19 for in mid-September – they are available If you contact an ISP, please state that you children under 16 or £20 a head for from the Health Centre, the library and the wish to order ‘fibre-enabled/superfast groups of ten or more and are on sale at Herb Farm, or at broadband,’ they should also be able to www.sueryder.org/picnicattheproms. www.sonningcommonhealthwalks.co.uk. offer any technical assistance to access fibre-enabled/superfast broadband. It is A free cocktail is included with every Health walking is for fitness – and it’s also important to note, that not all prem- adult ticket. Food and drink will be friendly, fun and free! The walks are for ises will necessarily be able to order su- available for purchase on the evening everyone, whatever their age and ability, perfast speeds (above 24Mb/s). Premises but bring a blanket or something to sit and are graded accordingly. Not all of will be able to access a range of speeds – on. them are super fast: contact us (via web- some will get superfast broadband and More information from Miriam Payne, site) for advice about which one is best for others will be able to get anywhere be- Sue Ryder Hospice 01491 641384 ext. you tween 2Mb/s and 24Mb/s, depending on 270 or e-mail Rosemary Dunstan distance from the cabinet. [email protected]

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Page 6 www.PeppardNews.co.uk Our Village Over £1500 Raised Gigantic Gibraltar Swim New Layout for Local Causes I am attempting to swim the Strait of Sub-Editor or Webmaster The Community Singing Group Gibraltar in September in order to sup- Required Nottakwire’s Summer Concerts in June port the Mission Aviation Fellowship Would you like to join our friendly were sell-outs and so the group donated (MAF) – and also ‘because it is there’! Editorial Team using DTP software to £500 to local First Responders, £300 to I have an ambitious target of £5,000 to produce Peppard News? reach! Club SC, £200 to Sonning Common All software will be provided. Lunch Club, £200 to Sonning Common I am writing an account of the prepara- Magazine, £150 to the Village Gardeners, tion which can be found on Or, would you like to help design and £100 to the Skate Park, £50 to Sonning www.gibraltarswimchallenge.co.uk and develop our new website and then Common Primary School Art Club and the donation page is manage it? £50 to the school's Gardening Club. www.justgiving.com/ Full training and support gibraltarswimchallenge. Peppard Revels Film Club will be given. Peppard News have asked me to write a For more information call Rita The Film Club will be starting again in description of my swim to appear in the Hadgkiss on 01491 629996 or e-mail October in the Peppard War Memorial Winter issue. Hall at 19:00. Nigel Downing [email protected] The Constant Gardener on 16th October is a thriller by John Le Carre. A British dip- FISH Library News lomat, posted to Kenya, finds that his wife The FISH Volunteer Centre run regular This year’s Children’s Summer Reading has been murdered following her investi- door-to-door shopping trips to Tesco in Challenge (Record Breakers) ends at the gations into a drug trial conducted by a Henley every Monday morning and to end of September, so if you haven’t read large pharmaceutical company where Henley Waitrose, Henley Farmers’ six books over the summer, visited the serious side effects have been covered up. Market, Morrisons in Reading and library and collected all the free goodies, Mrs Brown on 20th November. Queen Reading Town Centre every month. time is running out! And if you’re an adult, did you complete your own Sum- Victoria has withdrawn from public life Leisure trips planned for the autumn mer Reading Challenge? You still just following Prince Albert's death. Could include visits to Lords’ Cricket Ground, have time to fill in a postcard at the John Brown, her faithful Scottish servant, Hatfield House, Imperial War Museum library to enter the prize draw. be able to coax her back into public life? at Duxford, Windsor, Thame Farmers’ However problems begin as Brown starts Market, M&S at Camberley, the Many thanks to all the volunteers who to take liberties with the sovereign. Watermill Theatre and a visit to a were involved in Storytimes during £10 for supper in a bowl, a glass of Christmas Market. The programme of August. We will continue our normal Laithwaites’ wine and the film. Licensed shopping and leisure trips for each Storytimes every Saturday at 10:00 but bar. Tickets must be booked in advance month is published and distributed on have ‘special’ Storytimes on certain Sat- from Linda Collison 0774 7762871 or the 20th of the preceding month and urdays for the rest of the year. For more [email protected] bookings are taken from that date. information call 0118 972 2448. Don’t John Hasler Copies of the programme are available forget Friendly Fridays at the library from the FISH Volunteer Centre, every week at 10:00 – come and join us! Commons News Sonning Common Library, the Christian Rosemary Dunstan At the Conservators’ last Quarterly Meet- Community Action shop, Pet Country ing in July, Tony Rancombe was asked to Supplies and on request from Carson’s Lions Club has Closed take on primary responsibility for Peppard Chemist. The monthly programme of Reluctantly, the decision has been made Common. Tony is therefore the first point trips is posted on noticeboards in both to close the Club after 34 fun years of of contact if you have any issues or Peppard and Sonning Common. Details serving people in need across South concerns relating to the upkeep and of all minibus trips can also be found on Oxfordshire. During this time the local management of the Common; for the FISH website community has always generously example, dangerous trees, inaccessible www.fishvolunteercentre.co.uk contributed at fund raising events that pathways, incidence of fly-tipping, sug- For more information and to book any have enabled the Lions to raise more than gestions or points of general interest, and trip call 0118 972 3986 any weekday £300,000 all of which has gone to so on. Please feel free to contact Tony on between 09:30 and 11:30. charitable causes with not a penny taken 01491 628887, or John Pearman out in the way of administration costs. at [email protected] . Jonathon Solman

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New Editors As Kaan and I will be leaving school this term we had to find replacements to become editors for Peppard News. The children in year four who were in- terested were asked to write a report about something they had done at school. We had ten applicants so we had to make a shortlist to interview some of them. We asked Mrs Nickson if she would come in to help us and we interviewed two girls and two boys. They were all very good and it took us a good half an hour of tough decision making. We decided that Lois Powell and Charlie Upsher were the best for the job. Kaan and I have really enjoyed being editors and now that we have three pages we know it will be a lot of hard work for the the new editors but hope that Finley and Marie will help them to Lois Powell and Charlie Upsher really have fun with it. We both wish them luck. Bugsy Malone Kaan and Lillibeth This year our end of term production was Bugsy Malone . We found out back in June when the whole school were taken to the Regal cinema in Henley. We didn't know what we were going to see until our teacher announced it before the film started. We then had to audition for the main parts and after a few days we all found out who we were going to be. There was then a lot of excitement when we were told we would be using real splurge guns. We worked really hard at rehearsing and finally the day came. We spent all day in the Kenton Theatre sorting out the lights and setting up all the props and had to come back at 6.30pm ready for the evening per- formance. The play was a huge success, no lines were forgotten and splurge went everywhere. We all had so much fun and the audience seemed to really enjoy it.

Junior Peppard News is published by Peppard News Publications with financial support from Friends of Peppard School and Rotherfield Peppard Parish Council, and is distributed free to almost all households in the ecclesiastical and civil parishes of Peppard. It is also available by e-mail. Editors: Marie Guthrie, Lois Powell, Finley Robertson and Charlie Upsher, c/o Peppard C of E School, Church Lane, Rotherfield Peppard, RG9 5JU e-mail: [email protected] website:www.PeppardNews.co.uk Advertising: Ian Fraser - phone: 01491 629631 Printed by Fericon Press Limited Page 8 www.PeppardNews.co.uk Junior Peppard News cont’d.

Greys Class Trip to Tesco This term Greys class have been learning about the similarities and differences between the UK and Kenya. As part of our topic we had to compare the foods we would find in both countries. So, we went to Tesco on a 'Farm to Fork' trip where we got to go on a Grocery Hunt looking for tea, coffee, dried mango, co- conut milk and sweetcorn. We then tasted a variety of cheeses which were extremely tasty and also touched and tasted fruits and vegetables that would be grown in Kenya. Some of us had never tasted mango, grapefruit and sharan fruit before and really enjoyed it, much better than the lemon which was rather sour! We have had lots of fun with this topic and have founds out lots of fascinating facts and created some super art work and African clay pots and beads in class.

Splurging on the Common The day after our performance of Bugsy Malone our teacher, Miss Ballantyne, played a trick on us. We had just had playtime on the common and were asked to line up by another teacher for a photo- graph. What we didn't know was that Sally our school cook and Miss Ballantyne were creeping up be- hind us with the left over splurge from the play. They covered us and then we all had a big splurge bat- tle on the common. It was great fun.

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Whole School Trip to London On Thursday 16th July the whole school went to London for the day. Each class explored differ- ent places. Peppard and Greys class went to the zoo for the day and Highmoor class visited The Tower of London and took a boat ride along the Thames. Our class went to the Globe Theatre. We had studied A Midsummers Nights Dream earlier in the year and our teacher had arranged for us to take part in a workshop with an actress. After a tour of the theatre which was very interesting we went into a room under the theatre and acted out several parts of the play. It was great fun and made us all understand the characters’ per- sonalities a lot more. We had a lovely picnic on the South Bank before it was time to go home. Although our journey home took a long time we all had a great day. By Kitty and Tabitha .

Sports Day On Friday 26th June we had our Sports Day. We had spent Thursday afternoon practising the different races. The evening started with a heavy rain shower but we carried on and then the sun started to shine. There were lots of dif- ferent races including dressing up, sprints, egg and spoon and obstacle. When we had finished all of the races we gath- ered together for the results. Everyone was very excited to find out which of our four teams had won. This year it was Beech team. Finley

Highmoor Nursery School Babes in the Wood Toddler Sessions Our private nursery is located in the rural village of Highmoor and  Stay and play group at Stoke Row Pavilion, RG9 5PS offers exceptionally high standards of childcare and education.  Three mornings and one afternoon session per week  Open Monday to Friday during term-time  Soft play, a baby area and a wide variety of toys and books  Full and part-time places  Fully government funded sessions available  Run by Highmoor Nursery School staff, paediatric first-aid  Children taken from age 2 trained and DBS checked Please send e-mail to [email protected] Please contact Gwen Pragnell for more information on or telephone 01491 642162 to arrange a show round. [email protected] or 01491 681837 Page 10 www.PeppardNews.co.uk Our Village cont’d.

Peppard War Memorial Hall We have also spent time clearing and widening some of the paths, to make Your community hall continues to enjoy a them more accessible. While working on good number of bookings through the the common we have seen many com- summer and we are currently taking book- mon butterflies, including ringlets, ings for the autumn/winter. meadow browns, peacocks, commas, If you are thinking of organising any large skippers and even two male Silver event that could be held in the hall we washed fritillaries. A grass snake and really look forward to hearing from you. some funnel-web spiders have also been This autumn we are looking forward to seen by members of our group. welcoming back the Peppard Revels Film We have work parties planned in Sep- Night and Peppard Unplugged (see more tember, October and November (see details on our website - Peppard Diary for dates). The work www.peppardwarmemorialhall.btik.com). parties run from 09:30-12:30, and Work is progressing on researching op- volunteers are welcome for all or any tions for our roof project with regard both part of that time. For more details please to the retiling of the roof and with contact [email protected]. providing better insulation to make the Sheri Kinghorn hall more environmentally friendly (and save us money on the heating bills !!) Sonning Common We are currently redecorating the entrance Business Collaboration lobby and hope to show off a collection of We meet every six weeks. Next meeting prints portraying the history of the hall. If will be on Monday 14th September with you have any photographs that we could Guest Speaker Alice Elliot from The Peppard Bowls Club either borrow or copy we would love to Fairy Blog Mother. The topic is ‘Why hear from you. Please bear with us whilst blogging is so important to your busi- Our bowling season passed quickly but this work goes on. ness’. Our second anniversary will be we managed to turn out teams for all our Clive Mills on Monday 19th October. Meetings are scheduled fixtures. Fortunately, we had held at The Butchers Arms, Blounts reasonably good weather this summer KPCV Court Road, time 10:30 – 12:00. which always helps! We were delighted that we could, once again, hold our popu- The Kingwood and Peppard Common The talk is for the first 30-45 minutes, Volunteers (KPCV) are a friendly group lar Gala Day in August when some 18 then time to network. Open to all sole teams from around the area joined us for a of conservation volunteers who meet traders and small businesses in Peppard twice a month to work on Kingwood and knock-out competition. The visitors were and immediate surrounding villages. treated to a delicious lunch and tea. Con- Peppard Commons (located between the Meet like-minded people and get to B481 and Stoke Row Road). Over the past gratulations to Palmer Parker who won know the local business community for the trophy at the conclusion. Finals Week- three months we have concentrated on support, advice and help referrals. th th clearing brambles and bracken from sev- end will take place on 5 and 6 For any further information or to book eral of the glades on Kingwood Common, September – visitors will be welcome and your free space, please contact Kathryn - to allow the heather and other species, the Club Bar will be open. 07958 371 770 or kathrynfellphotogra- including wood avens (also known as herb A warm welcome still awaits potential [email protected]. We are also on bennett), slender St John’s-wort, tormen- new bowlers. Why not give the game a try Facebook as Sonning Common Business til, common hemp nettle and foxgloves, to before the end of our season and autumn Collaboration and Twitter @SCBCRG4 flourish. Although this requires that we draws in? Please give Jenny, our Member- Kathryn Fell revisit the glades regularly to remove ship Secretary, a ring on 0ll8 924 2617 to regrowth, the results are satisfying. arrange a complimentary taster session. Jenny Wingrove

www.PeppardNews.co.uk Page 11 Peppard People overseas. However, he is still acts as a professional expertise for the benefit of Nigel Wooding consultant to them and finds this is a the community. It was when Nigel and his wife, Sheena, a perfect compromise as he remains Perhaps his talent for involvement and teacher, walked their toddler daughter involved, goes to meetings and gives leadership are inherited traits. Nigel along the pavement in her pushchair, advice. Even though he was a recently learnt that his Great Great Uncle breathing in all the car exhaust fumes in Conservator during the, sometimes was Herbert Henry Asquith, the former Balham, South London, that they decided heated, debate over grazing he wouldn’t Liberal Prime Minister who led the it was time to move. Sheena’s sister lived like to see any dramatic changes to the country into the First World War. in Highmoor so they knew and liked the commons – he would like them to stay area. That was back in 1991. open and accessible to all. He believes Further research into the family tree has revealed connections to the local Bonham Having moved to Peppard, Nigel the paths need to be maintained and that the Kingwood and Peppard Commons Carter family and that he is a distant continued commuting into London for his cousin of the actress, Helena. work as an architect. It was really the Volunteers and the Green Gym do obvious career choice. He is creative and excellent work. In the years that Nigel and Sheena have artistic but, at the same time, he lived in Peppard, their daughter has is very practical. He had wanted grown up and is now working, their to be an architect since child- eldest son has just graduated and hood: like most children he their second son is settled at drew houses but he went on to university. draw buildings - and chairs too. Nigel is currently living in Bahrain, Always hopeless at Maths, it is working for a large Reading-based ironic that it was his Maths American company refurbishing a teacher who, spotting Nigel’s university in Saudi and hence has drawing of a chair, expressed had to give up his involvement in relief that there was actually local organisations. This is something that he could do, ad- his second stint of working in the mired it, and set him on his fu- Middle East – it provides the ture path. opportunity of working on the big He enjoys large architectural projects that he enjoys. projects such as hospitals and He returns home for a break every airports – he designed an MRI 12 weeks and the family has all Unit at the John Radcliffe and been to stay with him there on was part of the team that different occasions. He anticipates designed Heathrow Terminal 5. being involved locally again once he In fact, during the course of this returns home. project he crossed paths with the His love of the outdoors means late Lord Silsoe – fellow resi- walking and cycling on the dent of Peppard and leading QC commons are favourite activities, Nigel Wooding - photobombed by a camel! at the Terminal 5 Inquiry. but he still cycles when in Bahrain (in With an eclectic taste in architecture, The one thing that upsets him is the, temperatures sometimes over 50oC). As a Nigel admires many of the famous new seemingly insoluble, problem of fly- family, they have spent many happy buildings in London, for example, the tipping on the commons. He finds it holidays camping and walking in both the Gherkin and the Shard, although he dis- very depressing that anyone should want UK and France. He would love to likes the Walkie Talkie. to despoil our lovely commons in this venture further afield and has a long-term way. Once settled in to Peppard, Nigel ambition to go to Brasilia, capital of developed a love of the commons. He Not content with being a Conservator, Brazil, to admire the architecture. regularly walked or cycled on the Nigel also gave his time and energy to One thing is certain, however much Nigel commons and encouraged his children to being a Parish Councillor. For twelve likes the modernist style of architecture, if run wild, play and build dens on the years he worked alongside five different he has anything to do with it we will commons. This love of the commons chairmen, was Vice-Chairman himself never find ourselves with an office block prompted him to become more involved for seven years and was Chairman of the built on the commons! and he became a Commons Conservator – Planning Committee. There had always Rita Hadgkiss he remained a Conservator for 14 years, been a Conservator on the Parish was Chairman for 2½ years, and only Council so he found that the two roles resigned last year because of working dovetailed as well as using his

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Rector: Revd Canon Graham Foulis Brown 0118 972 3987 Bicester area. After his formal arrival in All Saints’ Associate Priest Revd Susan Cooper 0118 437 5734 Peppard on All Saints’ Day 2002, Graham Church of England had the task of overseeing the creation of Churchwardens: Adrienne Heriot 01491 629254 the new Benefice of Rotherfield Peppard www.allsaintspeppard.org.uk Margaret Woodward 0118 972 2296 and Kidmore End & Sonning Common. He has been Rector of the two parishes the reception could bring a plate of finger From All Saints’ since 2003. For five years, Graham was food please, nut free. Food can be left at also Area Dean of Henley. He was made As we return from summer holidays, the school prior to the service. All are an Honorary Canon of Christ Church, hopefully refreshed and re-energised, we welcome. Oxford in 2011. For many years Graham look ahead to celebrate Harvest Festival served as an Oxfordshire JP. As a school- as we move into these ‘Seasons of mists The Reverend Canon boy, he began a connection with the Wor- and mellow fruitfulness’ as the poet, John Graham Foulis Brown shipful Company of Coopers and has Keats, phrased it. It is a time of great given long service as Chaplain of the Coo- change for us as we bid farewell to our pers’ Company in the City of London. dear Rector, Revd Canon Graham Foulis- Graham is a very capable parish priest and Brown. He has served this parish for is known as a man you can depend on. He many years and we all have cause to likes to get to the crux of a matter and we thank him for his care and guidance in have benefited from his sure grasp of both church and community. I have been many church issues and diocesan intrica- particularly grateful for his wisdom and cies. At heart a traditionalist, Graham has patience since I settled into this welcom- been a reassuring presence for those ing community after several years based caught up in the personal highs and lows in New Zealand. As we move into an in- of weddings and funerals and Remem- terregnum and await the appointment of brance Days and other formal occasions. Father Graham’s successor, I’d like to His love of tradition and understanding of assure you that services will continue as ceremony can be seen in his long devotion before and that we are here for the needs to the Coopers’ Company. He is a good of this community; nothing changes there! preacher (perhaps because he enjoys Father Graham’s final service as Rector th preaching). His sermons convey a clear will be on 20 September at the Church of message, are original, thoughtful, wide- St. John the Baptist, Kidmore End. We ranging, with a dash of humour at the wish him a happy retirement and ask right time. Graham has taken particular God’s blessing on him for all that he has care to involve the children in church ser- given to us over the years. vices and is an unwavering supporter of Rev’d Susan Cooper Our Peppard Rector will retire in Septem- ber. He moved to South Oxfordshire in the music in the church. Graham will be 1990 to be Vicar of Kidmore End and was greatly missed. It is a blessing to have a Special Last Service then made responsible also for Rotherfield rector with so clear a dedication to the The Rev’d Canon Graham Foulis Brown Peppard Parish in 2002, following the priesthood, secure as other faithful priests will soon be leaving us to retire. Sunday retirement of ‘Bob’ Butler-Smith. in their ‘reasonable, quiet, unpretentious, 20th September is Graham’s last service, Graham was born in Renfrewshire and, sober faith in God’. and will be an opportunity for the whole after education in Glasgow and London, We are very grateful for all Graham has Church family to worship together in a followed a career as a teacher before contributed as Rector of Peppard. His for- joint Benefice Service at St John the training for the ministry at St. Stephen’s mer colleague, Barry Olsen, has reminded Baptist, Kidmore End at 11:00 followed by House, Oxford. He was ordained in 1982, us of the hilarious occasion at a Harvest a buffet reception in Kidmore End School. served as a curate in Berkshire and Ox- Lunch when he and Graham and Hugh It would be appreciated if those attending fordshire and worked as a vicar in the Warwick, suitably costumed, took to the

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stage as The Three Ladies of the Church. Fellowship of St. Birinus Primary School. A service will be held at Graham has at times been described as a Dorchester Abbey on Sunday 27th Septem- wicked mimic – perhaps the stage will Richard Gough and Ian Heriot have both ber. This is an honorary fellowship now beckon! been invited into membership of the Fel- awarded by the Bishop of Dorchester to lowship of St. Birinus. Richard in recog- We offer our very best wishes to Graham individuals who have made outstanding nition of the work he has done over the contributions over a period of time. There and his family. May God bless him in his years for the Church and Ian for his in- retirement. will be no service of Evening Prayer on volvement as Governor with Peppard this Sunday.

St Michael’s Catholic Church During the day there will be guided bols, and pointing out some features of tours of the church, lively, informal historical significance; 11:00 A talk by Fr Father Paul Rowan 0118 972 3418 talks by our parish priest Fr Paul, who Paul Rowan: The Catholic faith in today’s Deacon Francis Andrews 0118 972 2354 will be explaining what the Catholic society debunking the myths; 14:00 repeat Deacon Brian Theobald 0118 972 2796 faith is about in today’s society and de- of tour; 15:00 repeat of talk; 17:30 Mass e-mail: [email protected] bunking some of the myths. There will for Sunday will be celebrated; 19:30 also be an opportunity for private medi- Pangbourne Silver Band Concert - tickets An Invitation tation/prayer and, of course, free re- £5. St Michael’s invites you to a special freshments throughout the day. St Michael’s is situated on the Peppard Open Day which will form part of the As a finale to the day we have a per- Road in Sonning Common, next door to annual parish weekend celebrations to formance by the ever-popular Pang- the petrol station. For further information mark the feast day of our patron, St Mi- bourne Silver Band. So, if you are a please check our website th chael. On Saturday 26 September, St local resident who would like to see www.saintmichaelsonningcommon.org.uk Michael’s will open its doors and every- what the inside of the church looks like, or contact the Parish Office on 0118 972 one is welcome to come inside and find or maybe someone who has lost touch 3418 out more about us and the projects we run with a church community, or a Catholic in the community. This is a wonderful family recently moved into the area and opportunity to meet some of our parish- not discovered us yet, please do come St Michael's Church Hall ioners, find out about the work that we do along to all or some of the events, and At rear of St Michael's, the hall is avail- in the wider community, find out what most definitely join us for a cup of tea/ able for hire daytime and evenings at actually goes on inside the church and coffee and cake. The programme for the competitive rates. Contact Sarah Woodage perhaps see if there is something that we day: 10:00 A guided tour of the church 0788 5468959 e-mail puppylove- do that would appeal to you. explaining some of the Catholic sym- [email protected]

it important?’, ‘ is being right the same as Geraldine Witcher was coffee or tea or juice to drink. Add a pile of paper and pens and you can see being righteous?’, ‘ is faith a protection – 0118 972 4519 www.springwater.org.uk it’s not what you would normally expect from what?’ and many other issues which in church on a Sunday morning. Because impact on our Christian life. It has been an we wanted to celebrate the summer holi- interesting and enjoyable way of ‘doing days by giving our children’s workers, church’ over the summer and it may well If you came into Springwater Church on and our preachers, a well earned break, be something we do again sometime. And Blounts Court Road any Sunday in Au- we decided to have discussion and feed- if you want to give it a try there’s still a gust, you might have been surprised at back sessions in place of sermons. We chance as the last of our summer series is what you saw. No rows of chairs, but ta- th took the theme of the armour of God in on 6 September – and I promise there bles surrounded by chairs, café style. On Ephesians 6:10-18 and have wrestled will be croissants even if the strawberry the tables: plates of pain au chocolat and with such topics as ‘what is truth and is season is over! croissants, strawberries and grapes. There Geraldine Witcher PEMBROKE GLASS

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extremely high standard throughout the Peppard Stoke Row whole team and our bowling attack has Year-Round Tennis Under 13s Cricket Club looked dangerous and threatening every Coaching over. By the end of the season, our Teach Me Tennis run an extensive term catching was matching the high stan- time coaching programme for children dard of our fielding. But on top of all of from the age of three. Sessions run all year this, our team spirit has been our great- round every day (except Sunday) at est strength. It’s been a great season and Peppard Tennis Club, with a maximum of I hope we can deliver as well next year. six players per coach. Edward Bruun Two Open Invitations As part of the NFWI Centenary Celebra- tions, Women’s Institutes throughout the country are being encouraged to take part in The Biggest Tea Party Ever on WI Day – Wednesday 16th September. Edward in Action All readers of Peppard News of which- ever sex or whatever age, are invited to What a season! This year, Peppard Stoke join us from 14:00 for an afternoon of Row CC U13s have been met with a chal- musical entertainment supplied by Tim lenge. One we accepted and I’d like to say Valentine followed by a cream tea. It is we passed! With only two U13 players in all free of charge. You may, however, our U12 dominant squad, we have had to like to bring some loose change to gam- play mainly against the year above. As ble on our Rainbow Tombola well as this, our children’s teams have Also join us for our Open Meeting on only been in the leagues for the two Oliver Hewes Wednesday 14th October at 14:00 to hear previous years. Our coach, Andy Watts, renowned speaker Stewart Linford on has led us through a tough season using We are passionate that tennis is more than his experience and knowledge to help us The Art of Chair Making. Stewart will just a fair weather hobby. It can be a fan- improve. Also, Ronnie Brock has aided us bring samples of his chairs and some of tastic lifetime sport but does contain quite on our run at the title. Despite losing our his tools. Again, you are invited to join a lot of technical and tactical information, first and last game, we only lost one other us for a Bottle Raffle and also afternoon that does not restrict other sports. Because game in between these two matches, tea, free of charge. of this, repetition and practice become placing us third. We look forward to welcoming you to even more vital. Not playing for several months a year will undo the hard work For me, the best match of the year was the both of these Centenary Celebrations to that players put in throughout the summer local derby between us and Kidmore End. be held in Peppard War Memorial Hall. and will leave them having to relearn We posted a score of 123 and, after ten Irene Lindsay rather than continue their development. overs, we looked down and out of it. New players are invited to book a trial However, we conjured up a gutsy Peppard Lunch Club performance and took lots of wickets and session, providing a chance to ensure that th bowled them out to defend our total and After our lunch on 16 September (WI they like it before booking in for the term! win by five runs. Credit goes to the boys Day), we are invited to join Peppard WI For more information and to view the for displaying great performances and for a cream tea as part of the Centenary coaching sessions available please visit showing courage to get us out of some Celebration of the Women’s Institute. www.teachmetennis.co.uk or phone 01491 sticky situations. The batting is at an All Peppard people are welcome. 728080. Betty Butler Louise Fry Computer Problems? Is your PC misbehaving? Fault Diagnosis, Maintenance & Upgrades, Broadband, Networking, Data Recovery & Migration, Virus Cleaning, and much more.

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SEPTEMBER Tue 1 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Tue 13 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Thu 3 Peppard School term starts Wed 14 WI Open Mtg/Art of Chair Making/PWMH/14:00 Sat 5 Peppard Unplugged/PWMH/19:30/01189723609 Chiltern Players/Play Rdg/Butchers Arms/20:00 Sun 6 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15:30-17:00/01491 641199 Fri 16 Revels Film Club/The Constant Gardener/PWMH/19:00 Mon 7 Kgwd/Pepp Com Vols/09:30-12:30/[email protected] Sat 17 Kgwd/Pepp Com Vols/09:30-12:30/[email protected] Wed 9 WI/The Oregon Trail/PWMH/14:00 Mon 19 SC Business Collab/2nd Anni/Butchers Arms/10:30-12:00 Chiltern Players/Play Rdg/Butchers Arms/20:00 Wed 21 Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491 628644 Sat 12 Sue Ryder/Last Night of the Proms/19:00 Fri 23 Peppard School term ends Mon 14 RPPCMeeting/19:30/Planning/21:30/Pavilion Sat 24 RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00 SC Business Collab/Butchers Arms/10:30-12:00 Tue 27 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Tue 15 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Sat 31 Sue Ryder Sale/10:30-12:30 Wed 16 Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491 628644 NOVEMBER WI Day Open Mtg/Tea Party/PWMH/14:00 Sun 1 All Saints' Patronal Festival Sat 19 Sue Ryder Sale/10:30-12:30 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15:30-17:00/01491 641199 Kgwd/Pepp Com Vols/09:30-12:30/[email protected] Mon 2 Peppard School term starts Chiltern Players/Breakfast for One/Butcher Arms/20:00 Kgwd/Pepp Com Vols/09:30-12:30/[email protected] Sun 20 Ride for Ryder/01491 641384 Sat 7 Peppard Unplugged/PWMH/19:30/01189723609 Tue 22 Peppard News Publications AGM/Pavilion/19:00 Sun 8 All Saints' Service of Remembrance/10:45 Wed 23 Chiltern Players/Breakfast for One/The Reformation/20:00 Mon 9 RPPCMeeting/19:30/Planning/21:30/Pavilion Sat 26 St Michael's Open Day from 10:00 Tue 10 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00 Wed 11 WI/Rebuilding of Whitchurch Bridge/PWMH/14:00 Sun 27 All Saints' Harvest Thanksgiving/10:30 Chiltern Players/Play Rdg/Butchers Arms/20:00 Tue 29 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Wed 18 Peppard Lunch Club/PWMH/12:00/01491 628644 OCTOBER Fri 20 Revels Film Club/Mrs Brown/PWMH/19:00 Sat 3 Peppard Unplugged/PWMH/19:30/01189723609 Sat 21 Kgwd/Pepp Com Vols/09:30-12:30/[email protected] Sun 4 Circle Dancing/Christ the King/15:30-17:00/01491 641199 RPPC/Planning/Pavilion/10:00 Mon 5 Kgwd/Pepp Com Vols/09:30-12:30/[email protected] Sue Ryder Sale/10:30-12:30 Sat 10 Sue Ryder Sale/10:30-12:30 Tue 24 Mobile Library/Peppard School/11:45-11:55 Mon 12 RPPCMeeting/19:30/Planning/21:30/Pavilion FISH Office: 0118 972 3986 (Mon-Fri, 09:30-11:30) SC & Peppard Table Tennis Club/Mem Hall/Juniors – Mon 17.00/0118 946 3191 Rotherfield United Football Club/U5s/Sat.0930-10.30

Church Services Sunday Services SEPTEMBER OCTOBER NOVEMBER NOTES at All Saints’ 6 13 20 27 4 11 18 25 1 8 15 22 29 Harvest Thanksgiving – 27th September 09.00 Communion       B A Sung Eucharist at Kidmore End at 11.00 - Bishop of Dorchester 10.30 Communion (sung)   A        F B No Service C Service of Remembrance 10.30 Matins         C   st 10.30 Family Service             All Saints’ Patronal Festival – 1 November 10.30 Sunday School            D Festal Evensong E Advent Sequence 18.30 Evensong   B  D  E F Sung Eucharist at Kidmore End at 11.00

Sunday Services at Springwater Mass at St Michael’s Roman Catholic Church (Peppard Congregational Church) Monday-Friday 09.00 Family Service: 10.30 - 11.45  Sunday School 10.30 - 11.30 Saturday 17.30  Sunday 09.00 & 10.30

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