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Stone, Dinton, Hartwell & Bishopstone with Aston Sandford Part of Wychert Vale Benefice September 2018 60p (£6.00 pa)
No temptation has overtaken you except what is common to mankind. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear 1 Corinthians 10:13 Wychert Vale Benefice contacts
The Revd Margot Hodson Revd Canon Dr Phil Groves Rector of Wychert Vale Benefice Associate Rector
Contact address: Benefice Office, St. Mary's Centre, Station Road, Haddenham, Aylesbury, Bucks HP17 8AJ Telephone: 01844 291108 Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact: The Parish Administrator at the Benefice Office (address above) Email: [email protected] or [email protected]
Parish contacts
Associate Dr Phil Groves 7, Badgers Rise, Stone, HP17 8RR Rector Tel: 01296 748 390 Email: [email protected]
Church Eryl Morgan, 101 Baker Street Waddesdon, HP18 0LQ Wardens: Tel: 01296 655692 Email: [email protected]
Raymond Medhurst 10 Grenville Road Aylesbury HP21 8EY Tel: 07793 541456 E: [email protected]
Rosemary Jackson, Innisfree, New Road, Dinton, HP17 8UT Tel: Tel: 01296 748655 Email: [email protected]
Neil Chudley Secretary to Sue Birrell, 7 Jakeman Way, Aylesbury. HP21 8FT the P.C.C: Tel: 01296 338163 Email: [email protected] Hon. Naomi Corbould, 6 Eythrope Yard, Eythrope, HP18 0HT Treasurer: 01296 747689. Email: [email protected] Aston Marilynne Morgan (Treasurer) Sandford Email: [email protected]
Front cover: Teddy Bear Drop, St John The Baptist, Stone
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Editorial
When the rains came
I was right about one thing last month. The long hot spell was followed by rain. Not a great surprise but how welcome it was. We had almost forgotten what rain was like. I enjoyed that smell you get when it is raining. It was amazing how quickly the parched grass sprang back to life. Almost overnight there was green growth - almost like a second Spring.
We are moving towards a favourite time of the year, Autumn, when there is a pleasant chill in the air. We look forward, if that is the right word, to the commemoration of the Armistice in November. What is it we are marking? Hardly 100 years of peace but certainly gratitude, admiration and respect for previous generations.
I expect that relatively quickly nature took back control of the trenches and battlefields. Trees grew again and farmers went back to work. Creation takes back control of life. The seasons continue to turn.
News team
Editor: David Pickup 01296 748170 [email protected] Editorial: Carole Fryer 01296 748538 [email protected] Advertising: Mike Thompson 01296 748561 [email protected] IT Producers: Mike Thompson 01296 748561 [email protected] Heather Harris 07766 086280 [email protected] Distributor: Fiona Rysdale 01296 747466 [email protected]
Parish News is a community magazine for the residents of Stone, Dinton, Ford, Upton, Bishopstone, Hartwell and Aston Sandford. We welcome news, announcements by societies and clubs, and articles on local and other issues. We do not charge for charities or personal notices such as weddings, baptisms or acknowledgments and welcome advertising by local businesses.
______Parish News 3 September 2018 Parish Services and Calendar
St Michael September St John St Peter & Stone & All the Baptist Paul Methodist Angels Stone Dinton* Chapel Aston Sandford
2nd 10.30am 10.00am 11.00am Trinity 14 All Age Holy Worship Family Communion Service
th 10.30am 6.00 pm 11.00am 9 Holy Parish Worship Trinity 15 Communion Evensong outside Hartwell Church
16th 10.30am 10.00am 11.00am 11.00am Trinity 16 Morning Morning Holy Holy Worship Worship Communion Communion Harvest Thanksgiving
rd 23 9.00am
Trinity 17 Book 4.00pm 11.00am Common ‘Messy’ Worship Prayer Church Matins
10.30am Harvest Holy Communion
th 30 10am 11.00am 6.30pm Trinity 18 Harvest United Joint Service Service Benefice Evensong St Nicholas Kingsey
______Parish News 4 September 2018 Saturday October 13th 7.30pm Dinton Church
Chiltern Concert Band
‘We’ll meet again’
A programme of favourites and memorabilia to hum along to. Tickets £12.50 And for that mellow ‘in the mood’ - a glass of wine and nibbles are included! Bar available
Details: Rosemary Jackson 748655 Janet Morgan 748645
Proceeds to Church Funds
______Parish News 5 September 2018 Welcome to our Café in the Park Jubilee Pavilion - Stone Recreation Ground
Saturday 1stSeptember 11.00am – 1.00pm
‘Café in the Park’ is all about community. It is where you will always find a warm welcome and someone to talk to. We offer refreshments and relaxation. It is a place to meet up with old friends and an opportunity to make new ones. There is no charge for refreshments ……but we gratefully accept any donations towards the running costs as we have to pay for the use of the pavilion.
______Parish News 6 September 2018 SEPTEMBER GARDENING 2018 has in many ways been a very strange year for gardeners. The start of the gardening year got off to a very rough and late start, the weather changed and the conditions were near perfect. Everything in the garden was lovely right up until the end of May. Then complete lack of rain and higher and higher temperatures, which may continue well into September, (I am writing this at the end of July) which will make for an early Autumn. Soft fruit has cropped really well and the fruiting shoots from loganberries and similar plants need to be cut off and the new shoots which have grown well tied in their places. Black and red currants are treated differently. Remove most of the fruiting branches of the black currants, but red currants which fruit on old growth only need a trim of the new shoots. An ideal time to tidy and dig the vegetable plot, digging in any manure or compost you may have. Flower beds which have probably suffered in the heat and drought can be tidied, cut off all the dead heads, remove any dead annuals, and hope for different and better weather next year. If as sometimes happens, shrubs and other plants look as if they have died. Do not be into much of a hurry to dig them out as sometimes they may recover. PS. PS Remember to increase the “height of cut” when mowing lawns!!
WEA West Bucks Villages Branch
A course in Stone at the Chapel, Eythrope Road
WORLD HERITAGE ARCHITECTURE IN ENGLAND with Keith Hasted 7 2-hour sessions starting on Thursday October 4th at 10.30
There are 17 World Heritage Sites in England and this course will examine the architecture of places as varied as the Tower of London, maritime Greenwich, Durham Castle, Blenheim Palace, Saltaire – and the Palace of Westminster, now facing a major and controversial restoration. Fee £60.20 ______
Long Crendon. Dalila Castelijn’s 8 week course on Florence and the Medici will start on Monday September 24 at 1.30 pm in Church House, High St. Fee £68.
Haddenham. There is a day school on The Family of Queen Victoria with Colin Parrish at Haddenham Methodist Church on Friday October 12, 10.00 – 4.00 Fee £26
Ring Carole on 01296 748538 or Annette on 01865 768289 for booking info.
______Parish News 7 September 2018 Letter from Aston Sandford The funeral of Margaret (Peggy) Haswell was held at Aston Sandford on 20th July 2018. She died, at home in Haddenham, on 10th July, just 18 days after her 101st birthday. Peggy and her great friend Shirley Gratwick had lived in Haddenham for many years and were regular members of our congregation. The service was led by David Robinson LLM, who gave the Address; Adrian Collier read the prayers. The reading was by Nick Park. The closing music was Fleetwood Mac’s Albatross, a great favourite of Peggy’s. Shirley was unable to attend the service, but personal tributes to Peggy were made by Shirley’s daughter Jane Park and by Jane’s son Paul
th Peggy at her 90 birthday party
The following account of Peggy’s quite remarkable life was given by Peggy’s goddaughter, Beth Flintoff, Jane’s daughter -
Margaret Rosary Haswell was born on 22nd June 1917 in London with a cleft palate. She was admitted to Great Ormond Street Hospital, where her surgeon declared ‘this child will never lead a public life.’ In fact Peggy travelled the world studying our planet’s poorest people in the hope that she could help them. She wrote 13 books. She was awarded an MBE, received the Distinguished Leadership Award for Outstanding Service to Third World Countries, and lectured for many years at Oxford University. Nobody knows what became of the surgeon. When she was 17 her 12 year old sister Pam died unexpectedly, a death which she said left her family shattered. ‘My mother suffered a total breakdown. My ______Parish News 8 September 2018 father had become unpredictable and given to wild fits of temper.’ Although Peggy was in a special class at school reserved for bright students who could go to university, her father removed her from education altogether. She was forced to work on a farm. ‘I did not want to be doing what had been decided for me. I longed to be back at school … Instead I was on the payroll.’. Her next job was as secretary to the portrait painter, Gerald Kelly, who painted the Queen. When he went to work in Paris, she went too, and she was there in 1939 when war broke out. So she was called back to England and trained up to become the Manager of Yorkshire's East Riding Flax mill, which made fibre for army uniforms. When the war ended, she was desperate to travel and get back to her career. In the spring of 1947, she flew to the Gambia to work as an Agronomist. She was part of a team of three, working alongside a medic and a nutritionist. It was an extremely complicated journey that took 3 days. The plane crashed upon landing at Bordeaux, and a large gorilla guarded the village of Jenyr, where they were to live. Local women ran away, because they were scared of white-skinned people. They had to negotiate poisonous snakes, crocodiles, and scorpions. The plan was for them to stay for 3 years in Jenyr, but in fact this was, for Peggy, the start of a 50 year relationship with this remote village, and the beginning of a friendship with a young local man who worked as her assistant, called Ebou. After returning briefly to England to get some equipment, she discovered the medic and the nutritionist had upped sticks and gone home - she was all alone in the village. Any sensible woman might have gone home too, but this is Peggy, and she hadn’t finished the job yet. So she stayed and began to build a life there. She was given an African name by the villagers. A young man researching birds came out to the village, called Dean, with whom she briefly fell in love. And a man named John Gratwick arrived as Peggy's new assistant. Before Christmas, his wife Shirley came out too, with her six month old baby, my mother Jane. Peggy later told me that she first met Shirley struggling with suitcases at the airport. In 1949 her contract with the Colonial Government finished, and around the same time, Shirley and John parted ways. So Peggy and Shirley set up a home together, an arrangement that never came to an end. You could say that at this point, Peggy chose her own family, and we became it. They conducted their lives together for nearly 70 years. In 1952, aged 35, Peggy finally got the academic career she longed for. She was admitted to St Hilda’s Oxford, and gained a Masters in Agricultural Economics. On graduating she worked for a year in Tanzania, and then as a researcher for Cambridge University. In 1959 she returned to Oxford where she stayed as a lecturer for many years. In 1961 she took a sabbatical after 'exhaustive planning' for an extensive tour of the Indian sub-continent, from Delhi to Bangalore, south to Madras, east to Calcutta. A white woman travelling alone was unheard of, but she teamed up with an Indian woman who was desperate to travel, called Meenakshi, and together they made their way to Madras.
______Parish News 9 September 2018 Then her publishing career began, with a book on the economics of Development in Village India. And two years later she travelled again for work, this time to Bangladesh, Thailand, and the Philippines. In Bangkok, during the Vietnam war, she had a near encounter with the Khmer Rouge while trying to take a picture of an elephant, she went searching for illegal opium growers and was frequently stopped by soldiers baffled at her explanations for what on earth she was doing in their country. In 1970 she was made a Fellow of St Hugh's Oxford, she visited Saigon and travelled around Manila. When she got home, she realised some films of rural life in the Philippines which she had sent home in a diplomatic bag had been stolen. The following year when she went back she received an anonymous death threat by telephone telling her to leave the country within 24 hours. She flew out of Manila just within the deadline, convinced she was being followed. However, in true Peggy fashion, she did not go home. She instead went to another of the Philippine islands, met a friend and laughed heartily at having outwitted a potential assassin. When she came home from this trip, while visiting an aunt, she accidentally came across the faded will of her great-great-great grandfather and discovered he had been a rich landowner in South Carolina. He had gained his wealth from rice grown on swamps, “gained it with the sweat and toil of black slave labour out of Africa”. To someone whose entire life was focused on alleviating poverty, this was a horrible discovery. She never quite got over it, and later visited South Carolina and wrote two novels set on a Plantation about an aristocratic southern belle, called Maria. Peggy returned to Jenyr with Ebou many times. During one trip the water had been polluted and she contracted hepatitis. She knew she needed to get home as she would die without treatment. So she rushed to the airport and found the plane was full. She was “rapidly turning yellow' – and beginning to despair when luckily another passenger saw her and gave up his seat. She made it home but it took her a year to recover. During another trip in the 80s, she discovered the younger villagers had cut down all the mangrove. She wrote ‘When I walked across to the rice swamps I had an awful shock: I stood aghast! Before my eyes was a vast wasteland, salt pans, stagnant pools of acrid mud flats.’. Ebou and Peggy drew up a plan to try and help - Peggy would send seed from Banjul, the capital. But when she came to leave, the villagers summoned her for a stony- faced meeting: ‘you have written a book about us. What have you done for us?’. So she set up a link with the village of Yate in England - the Yate Genieri Community Link [www.yategenierilink.org.uk. www.yategenierilink.org.uk]. It’s still going strong today, and 10 years later, approaching 80, she made one last trip with Ebou. In 2001, Peggy received an MBE for Services to Rural Development in Africa. After taking a taxi with Shirley, Jane and Paul to the centre of London and arriving in plenty of time, she wanted the taxi driver to come and have breakfast with them. The driver became so excited by the whole thing that he lost the entrance to Buckingham Palace and they nearly missed the entire ceremony. I feel that this ______Parish News 10 September 2018 sums up key aspects of Peggy’s personality: generosity, and a tendency to lateness! Peggy’s last writing was a series of autobiographies about her travels. When I visited once to make an audio-recording of my grandmother talking about her life, I asked if she would like to make one too. She shook her head and gave a sort of secret smile – ‘I’m writing it all down’ she said. So I’ll let her describe how she feels when she says goodbye. This is her last night in the Gambia. “I walked down to the river. I was quite alone in the fading light. I had to say goodbye to this Africa which had been the heartbeat of my life. I gazed across the still waters of the mighty Gambia lapping at my feet where nothing stirred to unmask its deep secrets. As I stood alone, the setting sun turned red across the sky and the ripples of gold danced upon the silent waters.” As Jane Park expressed it, ‘Peggy would be amazed (and I think secretly rather pleased) at the reaction of the parish and all the people at the funeral to the story of her life.’ I am grateful to the Park family for allowing me to share it more widely.
Marilynne A Morgan Treasurer Aston Sandford
Evensong Sunday 9th September 2018 at 6 pm By kind permission of Hartwell House, Oxford Rd. Aylesbury, HP17 8NR
This spectacular and romantic mid-18th-century church is built in the 'Gothic’ style. The church was built between 1753 and 1755 to a design by Henry Keene for Sir William Lee. It has two towers and sits in the landscaped grounds of Hartwell House, now a luxurious country hotel. Henry Keene designed the church for Sir William Lee. It is octagonal with east and west towers, and is thought to echo the chapter house at York Minster. Please bring your own chair
______Parish News 11 September 2018 STONE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP Tuesday September 18 at 7.30 at Stone Village Hall
COUNTRY HOUSES AND THE GREAT WAR with Adam Smith
Social and architectural historian Adam worked as a museum curator for fifteen years before becoming a regular lecturer on English country houses, the families and servants who lived in them and the effect on these estates of social and political events and changes.
The cataclysm of the First World War affected great houses and their families in many ways: estates were requisitioned by the military or the government as offices or military training facilities (Halton); many more became hospitals, nursing or convalescent homes, often run by the ladies of the house. Many families lost husbands and sons in the war which affected inheritance and continuity.
Sunday October 7: Visit to London for a guided walk in the East End with Colin Oakes. Please ring Carole on 01296 748538 or Joan, 01296 748530 for more information
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Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2018 For the last four years Parish News has been commemorating the casualties of the First World War. November will mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice in 1918. There will be many events locally and nationally. The Poppy Appeal seems to come around quicker and quicker each year. We always need more help with static sales at the shop, places that will host a collecting box such as businesses in the parish and door to door collecting. If you can help – or would like to help preparing or distributing boxes please let me know. David Pickup 01296 748170 [email protected]
Parish websites
Church www.stonedintonhartwell.com
Stone www.stonevillage.org.uk
Jubilee Pavilion www.jubileepavilion.co.uk
Bishopstone www.bishopstone.info
Dinton PC www.dinton.org
Dinton News www.dinton.info
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SERVING PLOUGHMAN’S LUNCHES including TEA/COFFEE/SQUASH/ CAKE
Do come along for a tasty lunch in friendly company
SUNDAY AFTERNOON TEAS FOR 2018 STONE VILLAGE HALL
Sunday, 30 th September Sunday, 25 th November
3.00pm to 5.00pm
An array of delicious home-made cakes
All proceeds to Action Medical Research and Stone Village Hall
______Parish News 14 September 2018 Simply Walk in Stone & Haddenham
Come, don’t be shy – by yourself or with a friend And walk with us for an hour or so in the countryside On alternate Wednesdays throughout the year from:
Methodist Chapel, Eythrope Road – STONE Wednesday 12th and 26th September
Bradmoor Farm (rear) car park, Stanbridge Road – HADDENHAM Wednesday 5th and 19th September
We meet in the morning for 10.30 It’s friendly, fun and free We change the walk routes for variety But not the coffee or tea!
Walking for Health with Simply Walk Further dates/details visit www.buckscc.gov.uk/simplywalk Or contact Fiona Broadbent on 01494 475367.
FOURTH TUESDAY FELLOWSHIP Non-denominational Meeting in the Methodist Chapel, Eythrope Road
DO COME ALONG to the meeting on 25th September at 2.30 p.m. HARVEST-TIME SPECIAL
Hymns, poems, readings, prayers, reminiscences all about harvest
Please support A SPECIAL BRING & BUY @ this meeting to help the Harvest appeal for WATERAID bringing clean water and sanitation to everyone, everywhere. ______Parish News 15 September 2018
Stone Local History Group EXHIBITION and EVENT
To mark the centenary of the Armistice and the end of WWI
Sponsored by Stone Bishopstone and Hartwell Parish Council and Stone Village Hall Committee
THE GREAT WAR IN AND AROUND STONE
Stone Village Hall. Saturday 10th and Sunday 11th November 2018 12.00 noon – 5.00 pm
The home front and how we survived How the villagers supported the war effort. Memories of our men who fought and those who fell. Photographs, letters from the front, diaries, obituaries. Family mementos, post-war memorials. Books, music, films, paintings and textiles inspired by the centenary. Refreshments.
Please can you help us?
If you would like to help with research or presentation or If you have any family memorabilia we might include in the exhibition, even if you have recently come to the area, please ring Carole. 01296 748538 or email [email protected]
______Parish News 16 September 2018 An A – Z of Dinton: Addendum
C is for Conservation Area. Dinton and Westlington, and separately Gibraltar, were first designated as conservation areas in 1989. The designation was updated in 2008, with some sizeable extensions to the area covered, but also some exclusions, mainly of modern properties. Planning restrictions are somewhat tighter for properties inside the conservation area compared with those outside. But the restrictions extend to other areas, for instance trees – any work to a tree (above a minimum size) situated within a conservation area requires planning permission. If you do such work, without permission, the penalties are potentially significant.
C is for Carol Singing. In 1984 or 1985, four mothers with their children and some husbands, went around parts of Dinton carol singing for about an hour on Christmas Eve. Funds raised were donated to the Children’s Society. The event grew in popularity and has continued ever since. The four mothers have now either moved away from Dinton, or “retired” but others have carried on the tradition. It is a great community event, usually with drinks and mince pies afterwards.
F is for Fireworks. Like the Carol Singing, the annual bonfire and firework display started off, probably in the late 1980’s or early 1990’s, very much as a do it yourself affair. It grew steadily over the years to be an extremely popular event, with a wonderful firework display and also a BBQ and drinks tent. Being free, the event attracted visitors from outside the Parish, so car parking on the narrow village roads became an issue. The event did not take place in 2017.
F is for Footpaths. Dinton Parish is blessed with over 50 footpaths, so there are plenty of opportunities for walking in the countryside. Bucks County Council maintains a definitive map of all footpaths in the county and those in Dinton have the DFU (Dinton Ford and Upton) prefix. Such footpaths are marked on Ordnance Survey maps. Pedestrians have the right to walk on footpaths, although the path itself remains the property of the landowner. At field boundaries and where footpaths meet roads you will find stiles (of varying quality) and wooden or metal kissing gates. The Aylesbury Ring and The Wychert Way both pass through the Parish.
G is for Gibraltar. In an earlier issue, I referred to a serious outbreak of cholera in Gibraltar, which involved a significant loss of life. I understand that there is a plaque in Cuddington churchyard which refers to this event. Gibraltar used to be part of Cuddington Parish and was transferred to Dinton relatively recently – either the late 1970’s or early 1980’s I believe. I wonder if they had a referendum.
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H is for Hovel. On the patch of land next to the sewage pumping station in Boot Lane, used to be a “hovel”. The Oxford Dictionary describes this as a miserable dwelling. A one-time village resident described to one of my sons how, when he was much younger, he helped to demolish the hovel, probably shortly post-war, with the wood going to High Wycombe for furniture making. The site was later used as garaging for a coal lorry. I once did some research into a quite separate matter, involving reviewing enclosure and census documents; these confirmed that there was a residence there and named the residents. L is for Listed Buildings. Listed buildings are those with architectural or historical merit. The finest are Grade 1 – about 2% of the total in England. The church is our only Grade 1 building. Next in importance are Grade 2 * (i.e. starred) buildings, which represent about 8% of the total. Dinton Hall is Grade 2 starred. The remaining 90% are Grade 2, with many of the cottages in the parish falling into this category. L is for Litter. With 3 principal roads through the Parish (A 418, C63 and the Portway), Dinton seems to be an excellent place for depositing litter, that is, based on the litter that is regularly found at the side of these roads. In the early 1980’s, AVDC encouraged parish councils to have an annual “Litter Blitz” and Dinton, and Ford, have done so in most years since then. (But not in 2018 in Dinton, due to snow). A wide range of items is deposited at the side of our roads – plastic bottles, fast food containers, beer cans and bottles, wine and spirit bottles, and much more. Most of these items are casually discarded. But some things are more deliberate – garden waste, often in black plastic sacks and building waste. Less frequently there are larger items such as furniture, or maybe a bath. P is for Putlog Holes. I suspect that not many readers will have seen a putlog hole, or even know what one is. When Dinton church tower was built, wooden scaffolding was used, both internally and externally. Wooden beams to support the scaffolding were built into the walls, and when the work was complete the beams were removed but the holes, at least the internal ones, were never filled in. So, the upper part of the inside of the tower has lots of these putlog holes. T is for Tunnel. There is a story, told to me by an old Dintonian, about a secret tunnel from Dinton Hall to Dinton Folly. He has not seen the tunnel himself, but was told of its existence by an even older resident, now no longer with us. It would be easy to dismiss such stories as groundless folklore, but such tunnels do exist, e.g. at Calke Abbey in Derbyshire, where a long tunnel kept the servants out of sight of the gentry as they strolled through their grounds.
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LET’S CHANGE LIVES WITH EVERY SLICE
PLEASE come along to CLOWESBOURNE, UPTON [H17 8UA for your sat nav] FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER 10 – 12 Coffee time 2 – 4 Tea time BRING & BUY & RAFFLE
Offers of prizes/cakes EXTREMELY WELCOME
Be part of the world’s Biggest Coffee Morning in aid of MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT One in three of us will face cancer – help Macmillan make sure no-one faces it alone
Contact SUE SPINKS 748369 [email protected]
______Parish News 19 September 2018 1918 The Final days
We are now commemorating the last 100 days of World War One. As we shall see it was a period of intense fighting and many casualties. Despite the gains achieved in late Summer people still thought the war would go on well into 1919.
Frank HOLLYMAN Private 39122 Royal Berkshire Regiment 8th Battalion Aylesbury
Died 09 Sep 1918 aged 19
Buried at Dinton Churchyard
Born 1899
Commemorated at Dinton War Memorial
Photo by Peter Underwood
His parents were James & Sarah Hollyman. Jim was a stockman on a farm at Westlington. A letter from the vicar of Dinton, Rev Stukeley said he had been badly wounded in both legs, but lived long enough to be brought to a London hospital where he died.
______Parish News 20 September 2018 Private 202677 George Wixon 5th Battalion Oxford & Bucks Light Infantry Died 21 Sep 1918 aged 36
Buried at Niederzwehren Cemetery Kassel Hessen Germany
Born 1882
Commemorated at Bishopstone War Memorial and Stone War Memorial Gates
He was born in 1882 at Bishopstone and baptised on 23rd April 1882. His parents were Daniel and Sarah Wixon of Ford Lane. Bishopstone. George died of wounds, probably as a prisoner of war.
Niederzwehren Cemetery was begun by the Germans in 1915 for the burial of prisoners of war who died at the local camp. During the war almost 3,000 Allied soldiers and civilians, including French, Russian and Commonwealth, were buried there. In 1922-23 it was decided that the graves of Commonwealth servicemen who had died all over Germany should be brought together into four permanent cemeteries. Niederzwehren was one of those chosen and in the following four years, more than 1,500 graves were brought into the cemetery from 190 burial grounds in Baden, Bavaria, Hanover, Hesse and Saxony.
There are now 1,796 First World War servicemen buried or commemorated in the Commonwealth plot at Niederzwehren. This total includes special memorials to 13 casualties buried in other cemeteries in Germany whose graves could not be found.
Private 68338 Cyril JEFFERY Devonshire Regiment 4th Battalion Died 09 Sep 1918 aged 19 Buried at St Sever Cemetery Extension, Rouen, France R.11.U.6 Commemorated at Stone Hospital Memorial
He was born in Aylesbury in 1899 where he enlisted. His parents were Alfred & Jane Jeffrey. Alf was an agricultural labourer of Joiners Lane, Chalfont St Peter ______Parish News 21 September 2018 Lance Sergeant 165808 Thomas Richard Seaton 101st (Bucks & Beds) Battalion Machine Gun Corps Died 28th September 1918 age 23
Buried at Perth Cemetery (China Wall) Leper Belgium I.K.17
Commemorated at Stone War Memorial Gates
He had joined Bucks Hussars and went with them to Egypt on the outbreak of war. He was twice wounded in Gallipoli and was later transferred to the Machine Gun Corps. He had had some leave with his family before his death. He was killed in action. He was born 12th August 1894 at Stone and baptised there 18th April 1897. His parents were Thomas and Gertrude Seaton. Thomas was a farmer at Manor Farm Stone
Stone Home Guard
Photo taken between 1939-1945, does anyone recognise anyone?
______Parish News 22 September 2018 Aunt Em and the Summer Picnic
Our resident village cook writes,
There is still time to catch a late Summer picnic. Time then to get out the picnic hamper and chairs with folding legs. Remember to bring a checked tablecloth.
There are fresh foods on offer which are plentiful such as English tomatoes, new potatoes and sweet corn. Why not make fresh potato salad and real coleslaw. Just grate a white cabbage, carrots and mix with mayonnaise?
It is important to keep those unwelcome guests away. Bring insect repellent and ointment for stings.
Mademoiselle our resident couture expert writes, Wear bright but subtle colours. Gingham if you want to look like a table cloth. Something light and cool but keep arms covered. Gentlemen should wear slacks and only shorts if they are with their own family and their family is forgiving. Cardigans (never call them jumpers) should be worn over the shoulder. All men think they look smart in a hat but rarely do.
Saturday 29th September
Over the past three years thousands of communities in the UK, and across the world, have taken part in the National Prayer Weekend. Christians have covered their local areas in prayer. We joined this prayer movement in Stone in 2016.
The good news is that we will be taking part again this year, and everyone who wants to be involved can be! We will be ‘prayer walking’ around the village on Saturday 29th September. That means we will be bringing prayer for our community out into our streets and if you would like to come with us just turn up at St John Baptist Church at 10.30am as we are setting out from there. Christians of all denominations and backgrounds are welcome. We will be out and about for roughly two hours. Further details: Jenny Pickup - tel. no: 748170 [email protected] www.stonedintonhartwell.com
______Parish News 23 September 2018 OPEN DAY AT DINTON WINES VINEYARD
Come and join us for a glass of Dinton Folly at our annual open day on Sunday 9th September. We’ll be near picking season so you can wander through the vineyard to see our three types of grapes – Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier – before we harvest later in the year. And then relax with a glass of sparkling wine looking across the beautiful Chiltern Hills in the distance.
The launch is from 11am until 1pm. You will be able to meet the wine grower and get your orders in before the Christmas rush. We will be accepting debit and credit cards as well as cash if you want to take a bottle or case home with you. Please see the map on our web site for the location. We look forward to seeing you there. For further details go to our website dintonwines.com
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______Parish News 24 September 2018 Would you like a Shoebox for Christmas? Probably not high on your list! But for some families in Eastern Europe a shoebox packed with basic items [plus a few little luxuries] is a wonderful and life-enhancing gift. So….. It’s not too early to be thinking of CHRISTMAS !
Shoeboxes of gifts for the Link to Hope Appeal that is You may be thinking, “Yes, I want to help, but I can’t afford it?”
Answer (1) Buy one or more individual items and bring to me so they can be combined to pack one more shoebox Answer (2) make a cash donation which I will spend for you Answer (3) join with friends and share the cost
Now is the time to begin to search for special offers, bargains and BOGOFs to help spread the cost.
Each shoebox ideally contains :- Sweets/chocolates Brush/comb Gloves/scarf/woolly hat (adult/child) Small scissors/Sewing kit Socks/tights (man, woman, child) Soap/flannel Pens/crayons/felt tips Safety razors Colouring book/plain paper Shampoo (max. 300ml) Small games Shower gel (max. 300 ml) (Draughts, dominoes, playing cards) Small toy e.g. yo yo, skipping rope Toothpaste/toothbrush Small teddy, soft toy or doll Small packs tissues/hankies Solar powered simple calculator Screwdriver/tape measure Wind up torch Reading glasses Candles and holders Small mirror PLEASE REMEMBER : EACH BOX IS INTENDED FOR A FAMILY – SO THINK OF DAD AND MUM TOO NOTHING THAT NEEDS BATTERIES – SELDOM OBTAINABLE EACH BOX NEEDS A TRANSPORT FEE OF £2.00, SO CASH DONATIONS ARE VERY WELCOME Give me a call to collect details and packing leaflet Sue Spinks, 748369 [email protected]
______Parish News 25 September 2018 NEWSFLASH !!!!
ATTENTION ALL KNITTERS !!! URGENT !!!
SCARVES, HATS, GLOVES NEEDED FOR GROWN UPS for the Shoebox appeal
STONE THURSDAY CLUB [for the over-60s – especially those who live alone or find it difficult to get about]
Meeting in the Methodist Chapel, Eythrope Road on the second Thursday each month Subs are just £2.00 per meeting
At the September meeting on Thursday 13th : 2 – 3.30 p.m. it’s COOK-A-RAMA TIME Bring along your favourite recipes; cookery books – prize for the oldest; what did you cook in the War, Gran? tell of your kitchen triumphs [or disasters!]
Followed of course by the usual traditional tea Come and bring your friends – for transport please contact Dee James 01296 747671
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SPONSORED ‘RIDE & STRIDE’ CYCLE, HORSE RIDE and WALK
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST on Saturday 8th September 10.00am – 6.00pm
Ride + Stride is an event like no other why not take part this year and find out for yourself what extraordinary things lie quietly behind the churchyard gates and creaking doors of Buckinghamshire’s many churches and chapels.
Do join in Ride + Stride 2018 on Saturday 8th September – we promise you an unusual and enjoyable day.
Walk, cycle or horse ride between the churches of your choice to raise money to help repair our ancient churches and chapels.
Money raised goes half to the church of your choice and half to the Trust for the repair of churches.
Ride & Stride is open to walkers as well as horse-riders and cyclists – in fact to anyone using a non-mechanical form of transport.
For more information and sponsorship forms contact 07784 869430 or [email protected]
Come and join the fun!
www.bucks-historic-churches.org/ride-stride
______Parish News 27 September 2018 NEWS FROM CHAPEL HILL Methodist Chapel, Eythrope Road, Stone, HP17 8PH Minister: Revd. Keith Edwards Tel: 01296 423363 [email protected] Village contact: Mrs. Sue Spinks, Clowesbourne, Upton, HP17 8UA Tel: 01296 748369 [email protected]
During this month’s Services the following will be remembered in prayer: 2nd – Sedrup; 9th – St John’s Drive; 16th –, Stonecroft; 23rd The Glebe –and 30th - The Spiert Your prayer requests are very welcome – anonymous if you wish Please just leave a note in the Chapel post box
COME ALONG TO CELEBRATE HARVEST THANKSGIVING at the Methodist Chapel
11 a.m. 16th September
Your garden or store cupboard gifts would be very welcome: bring along between 2 and 4 p.m. on Saturday OR on Sunday morning
After the Service enjoy a cup of coffee as all gifts are sold in support of WATER AID bringing clean water and healthy sanitation across the world
If you are unable to come to the Service you are more than welcome to pop in at 12 o’clock for coffee and the SALE
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Are you stressed? Feeling overwhelmed? Anxious?
With experience of working with adults and young people, I can offer you a safe space to explore these feelings without judgement. I can help facilitate change in your life and enable you to uncover and resolve any troubling issues. Phone: 07519 329 293 Email: [email protected]
www.fionabaikiecounselling.com
______Parish News 30 September 2018 News-Direct Newspapers & magazines delivered to your door every morning All newspapers accounts can be settled by switch/cards using our
Freephone No.
0800 917 3076 Monday – Friday 6 am – 7 pm
Saturdays & Sundays 6am – 2pm
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VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Proprietor: Dennis Cook
BLOCKED DRAINS CLEARED REASONABLE RATES NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR EVENING, WEEKEND OR BANK HOLIDAY CALL-OUTS 24 HOUR POLlTE, COURTEOUS SERVICE_ C.C.T.V. DRAIN SURVEYS
9am-6pm Tel: 07850 635 844
All other times 01296 624221 Full Public Liability Insurance
DOMESTIC DRAIN SERVICE
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ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A VENUE FOR YOUR GROUP/MEETING/ CHILDREN’S PARTY
LOOK NO FURTHER!
The Chapel Hall is available for hire at very reasonable rates Electric cooker/kettles/cutlery/ crockery all on site. Please contact Sue Spinks on 01296 748369 [email protected]
CIRCUITS CLASS STONE VILLAGE HALL Thursday evenings 7.30 -8.15pm For all ages and abilities If you are looking at trying to lose weight, increase your fitness or just want to work out with friends come along
For more information call Cat! 07966182425 or email me at [email protected] I am a fully qualified level 3 Personal Trainer and I want to help you achieve your goals
______Parish News 33 September 2018 Waterperry Gardens
September AT WATERPERRY Summer Fairy Tale Trail 14 July - 2 September: Orienteering fun in the gardens, £3 per child. Children must be accompanied by an adult paying the standard garden entrance fee Michaelmas Daisy Weekends 1 5/16 and 22/23 September: Visit our gardens to see our famous herbaceous border in all its late summer glory as it bursts back into life with Michaelmas Daisies (Asters). There will be a huge range of Waterperry grown varieties on sale in the plant centre and our experts will be on hand to give advice about these wonderful plants.
The gardens are open in aid of the National Garden Scheme on Sunday 16th September. For more info and booking details please visit www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
YOUR PARISH MAGAZINE NEEDS YOU
Vacancy for Advertising Co-ordinator (voluntary role)
We have a vacancy on the Editorial Committee for the Parish Magazine This is a vital role and includes,
Dealing with enquiries from advertisers and selling advertising. Most advertising is annual but we sometimes sell space for shorter periods. Approaching potential new local advertisers. Preparing, sending and chasing invoices. Post or deliver copies to advertisers. Attend monthly meetings.
The magazine is a community resource for all the residents of the parish. Please contact me if you can help or have any queries about advertising in the magazine.
David Pickup Email: [email protected]. ______Parish News 34 September 2018
The Bugle Horn WINDMILL SERVICES Tel 01296 747594 Anna and her team would like to welcome you to the Bugle Horn to enjoy a Great British Pub, we are proud to serve great PROPERTY MAINTENANCE food from around the world in a distinctly AND British manner all day, every day. General Building Work Try our extensive range of wines from around the world or Telephone 01844 279519 one of our traditional cask ales Just pop in even if it is FREEPHONE 0800 7837194
just for coffee Email: [email protected] Oxford Rd, Hartwell, Aylesbury, Website: www.windmill-services.co.uk Bucks HP17 8QP
Beauty Treatments include:
Jessica GELeration A manicure or pedicure that can last up to 2 weeks Over 180C colours Over 50 Colour Changing Gels
Manicures & Pedicures including standard, deluxe & Thai
Hydrotherm Massage, Swedish Body Massage, Indian Head Massage
Body Waxing – Male & Female
Male Manicures & Pedicures ------Kuticle @ Starbank House, Stars Lane, Dinton HP17 8UL www.kuticle.com
[email protected][ Call Debbie today to make an appointment 07740 348479
______Parish News 35 September 2018 Crash-2000.com Ltd Computer Services PC and Laptop Repairs Computer Running Slow? Computer will not start? Virus or popups? Strange messages or Toolbars? Still located in Email Hacked? Bishopstone! Replacement or Upgrade advice?
Telephone 01296 749133 We are a local company with 25 years’ experience. We can service/repair your PC or Laptop without affecting your Manufacturer’s Warranty. Crash-2000.com Ltd are proud of the area and actively support local events
Hearts Interiors & Flowers
Bishopstone
Flowers delivered daily All Occasions – no job too small Tel No: 01296 709017 Mobile: 07932 606536
www.hearts-interiors.co.uk
Email: [email protected] www.facebook.com/heartsandflowersuk/
Call Debbie or Order On-line
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______Parish News 37 September 2018 Bartlett's Residential Home A beautiful Victorian country house set in over 18 acres of tranquil park and gardens Individuals and couples, those wishing to make a home here and those wanting a shorter stay are all welcome. Highly qualified and caring staff to look after your every need.
Excellent facilities for recreational activities, therapies and companionship. Award winning chef who uses local produce. Intimate and welcoming offering you a little bit extra. Part of the Peverel Court group of care homes. Tel: Mibell Hernandez on 01296 747000 Email: [email protected] www.peverelcourt.co.uk Peverel Court, Portway Road, Stone, Bucks, HP17 8RP
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T & B Ric Lee Private Car Hire “Handyman”
General House Maintenance 01844 261116 Painting and Decorating Mob: 07831882694 Flat Pack Furniture Assembly Email: Bespoke shelving, cupboards and [email protected] storage units built and fitted to your specification
Air Conditioned Cars/MPVs for Airport Transfers Tel: 01296 749044 Special Events, Theatres Mob: 07831 658909 Touring, Sight Seeing, Weddings
or any other special occasion Jaguar Wedding Cars also available
JUBILEE PAVILION WWW.JUBILEEPAVILION.CO.UK
Great venue for village activities, fund raising events, parties and groups. Includes a well-equipped kitchen with cooker and fridge. Changing rooms with hot showers for recreational hire. Car park with easy access.
For availability and booking enquiries contact Sue Unwin Telephone: 01296 698573 Mobile: 07557 519060 Email: [email protected]
When responding to an advertisement please mention the Parish Magazine
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Hartwell House and Spa
Hartwell Café Dining
The Hartwell Café is the ideal place to meet friends and colleagues for a leisurely informal dining experience, and you can sample our new menus offering a choice of options throughout the day
Brunch Menu 10.30am to 12.00pm daily
Lunch Menu 12.15pm to 2.45pm Monday to Friday 12.15pm to 3.45pm Saturday and Sunday
Afternoon Menu 3.00pm to 6.30pm Monday to Friday 4.00pm to 6.30pm Saturday and Sunday (last orders 6.10pm)
Open daily from 9.00am to 7.00pm
For reservations, please call 01296 746526 To view sample menus please visit our website
Vale of Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire HP17 8NR The hotel with Royal History www.hartwell-house.com [email protected]