July/ August 2017 JULY/AUGUST 2017

NEWSLETTER

Dear Friends, was titled, “Where Do We Go From Here: Chaos or One of the real blessings of taking a holiday is the Community?” relief to the mind and the emotions of not getting One of his insights then was that a moment of crisis much news. You can’t avoid it completely, but there is is always a moment of decision. It was true then and a freedom when there are no TV pictures invading is true now. Where do we go from here? Chaos? your personal space. Part of you wants it to go on Indifference? Avoidance? Business as usual? Or forever. Settle down in a nice secluded part of Beloved Community?’ France with someone you love, surrounded by Curry then goes on to invite people to rededicate vineyards and acres of sunflowers, with wonderful themselves to the core work of Christian community food and delicious wine, a pile of highly – which is reconciliation. recommended novels and no timetable. I think this is hugely helpful. Things are too scary at Of course it’s not real life - even for the folk who the moment to think we can make any difference on live there, but we all need to create spaces where we our own, but within the context of our community feel safe and can love the beauty and the joy of the we can model a open, accepting and inclusive way of world. living that points to hope not fear. That is good and healthy, and it’s a world away from choosing to live your whole life with your head in the sand. When we look back at the lives of ordinary decent Germans as Hitler grew ever stronger we wonder how they let it happen, but in our heart of Want to become a Bell Ringer ? hearts we know that it was simply good people doing Make yourself heard in the community with a new nothing. low cost hobby. Improve your fitness through gentle Getting back to grips with life, the two biggest mental and physical team exercise. St Peter & St Paul horrors have been the death of Heather Heyer at has 8 bells but rarely enough ringers and they are in Charlottesville and the bloodshed in Spain. danger of being increasingly silent if some new One of the best and most helpful responses has recruits aren't found. If you are fit and healthy, we come from the Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal could teach you (in around a dozen lessons), so we Church in the US - Bishop Michael Curry. (Do google can have them all ringing for Christmas. Having him -he is totally fabulous!) This is a short extract achieved that initial stage many ringers go on forever from what he said to church congregations on Aug17: learning more complex methods (the technical term for the patterns of music) ringing special peals or ‘In this moment – when the stain of bigotry has once visiting other Churches whilst others settle for again covered our land, and when hope, frankly, simply ensuring that tradition is kept alive. Many sometimes seems far away, when we must now ringers do not actually stay for services but do ring remember new martyrs of the way of love like young for them and for special occasions. Heather Heyer – it may help to remember the deep wisdom of the martyrs who have gone before. We maintain full details of what is involved on the The year was 1967. It was a time not unlike this one Church website so you can see if this is a hobby for in America. Then there were riots in our streets, you without any pressure to identify yourself before poverty and unbridled racism in our midst, and a war you're ready or you might like to visit one of our far away tearing us apart at home. In that moment, Monday practices from 7.00 pm to see what is the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a book, his involved. http://www.missendenchurch.org.uk last one, with a message that rings poignant today. It Chris Potter (Bell Captain)

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beneﬁt. But then, of course, too often The Village seen and remembered politics/ﬁnances seem to outweigh sense/convenience. by But there have been changes in the High Street. Richard Hawkins Number 49 is now ‘Big Sky’, moved from number 67, into what was Elizabeth Wintgens – a slow transformation, less bright colours but more atmosphere. And the vacated number 67, in earlier times an estate agents, is to become ‘Woody & Friends’, a dogs boutique. There are enough dogs in the neighbourhood, but it may take a little time to persuade them to try the new shop. I recollect a relatively short life of a shop selling dogs’ bits and pieces - bits and pieces for dog owners to buy for their dogs, not parts of dogs. Somehow trade did not materialise. But I assume the boutique will offer more than this, possibly smarter dogs! We wish it well.

At last there is a roof showing (pictured above). We ‘Lighthouse’ has again been a great success. There have been watching the development of the High was a time, at the end of the last century, when it Street corner over the estate agents (it was the flooded the village. About 2,000 children, with traffic Barclays Bank corner), rather like we study the jams in Church Street, and music loud enough to be ground after planting a seed: waiting to see something. heard in Angling Spring Woods. We managed to keep Now we can! For weeks past I have been stopped in children safe without a perimeter fence – I imagined the street and asked: “Do you know when the the Holy Spirit settling onto Buryfield and flowing out scaffolding will come down?” I reply that Amplio are into the whole village. Certainly the joyful songs proceeding well with their development at the bakers, flowed out, during the day and were sung by the so I suspect that prospects of early cash inflow there children on their way home. Somehow all is now may mean that only spare workforce is applied to the contained and more subdued. Is it a sign of maturity, High Street corner. The estate agents have been or simply village pressure not to be troubled? flooded by rain from above (the first floor is not Perhaps some do not even notice the activity: moving waterproof), dried out and then flooded again, and parking to the Black Horse has kept most cars and damp keeps the premises closed. Matilda’s, next door, children away from the High Street. This year we had stays open, but I am not sure whether that is because nearly 1,000 children on Buryfield, but with the many their style of decor is more easily de-watered or that off-shoots this century, a total of over ten thousand they are fortunate in not having suffered. Whereas children have been at ‘Lighthouse’ this July: all from a selling houses can be effected from an Amersham hundred or so at the start on Buryfield in the late branch, providing coffee and the other tasty 1980s. The village should be proud of what it nurtures. refreshments cannot so easily be transferred, except of course to the rivals next door. Loyal villagers would be devastated by that.

Surprisingly, there are no new relevant planning applications. One might have expected attempts to catch out possible objectors, by applying while holidays distract. Rumour is that a revised plan for the backland behind the Red Lion will soon be offered. Some in the village still hope that the railway and the developers can get together to plan something sensible, when the car business beside the Co-op ends its lease soon! Access to the station – easier turn in for the busses, safer too for cars – as Spotted in Prestwood - plenty of time to sing as it took an well as for the backland development would all extra 7 minutes!

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and almost every controller asked us to pass on their What did you do on 31 Aug 97? condolences to HRH. by Graham Laurie !!! We had planned to land 11 minutes before our ‘doors I was woken by my son just after 2am as he came in time’ of 7.00pm to allow us to park briefly behind the from a party to say there had been a car crash in Air Traffic Control tower, to allow two engineers out Paris. I was due to fly HRH The Prince of Wales and of the front door and proceed into the rear hold, so Prince Harry from Aberdeen to RAF Lyneham later in that they could undo all the straps holding the coffin in the day. A quick word with HQ Strike Command at place (all this out of sight of the press!). A slight re High Wycombe to assure them my crew would be at route at the last minute meant we had 9 minutes to RAF Northolt when the airfield opened at 8am, and complete this exercise. Plenty of time, as it turned out, thus no need for a ‘call out’. as we were able to proceed to the apron at a sedate pace with now hundreds of press and TV cameras I arrived at Northolt and spent some time on the covering every move. At 7.00pm to the second the phone, eventually learning HRH wished to fly to Paris engines cut and the rear door opened. Now it was at lunchtime. We planned to depart for Aberdeen at over to The Queen’s Colour Squadron, who were to 10.30am but at 10.00 am we got a message that we act as pall bearers to the nearby hearse. A job they did would possibly be bringing the body back that evening. magnificently, without time to practice! This was a surprise, as there was an Operation Order that in the case of a member of the Royal Family passing away overseas, the coffin would return to the UK on the fourth day. A quick change of plan and a change of airframe, as the engineers needed to fit a special flat floor in the rear hold, which also had ball bearings inserted to allow a coffin to be easily manoeuvred in and out. Add to this a last minute change to route via RAF Wittering, to pick up the sisters of the Princess and I was well aware that this Sunday “flexibility would rule”! We flew from Aberdeen to Paris and whilst overflying ZE 702 on the apron at RAF Northolt London, ATC advised me that RAF Northolt Operations would like me to call. The question was 20 minutes later we departed Northolt for Aberdeen, simple, ‘what time will you return to Northolt’. I so that HRH could return to Balmoral and the family, guessed about 3 hours on the ground in Paris and an particularly Princes William and Harry. hour back and said 7.00pm. At Aberdeen, much to my surprise HRH came up to When I arrived at Paris/Villacoublay (their Military the flight deck, as usual, to say goodbye. Later my crew airport) I found out that 10 minutes after I had called said we spoke for nearly 5 minutes, but 30 mins later I Northolt, MOD had announced to the World’s press could not even tell them what was said, I just suppose that the coffin would arrive at 7.00pm, so no pressure I said what we all would.The next lunchtime I flew there then! back to Northolt with some of HRH’s staff and that evening Jo and I went to Kensington Palace to lay The coffin arrived at Villacoublay two hours before some flowers. We went back on the Thursday to sign our scheduled arrival time, so I spent some time with the book of condolence. On Saturday 6 Sep 97 I flew my co-pilot working out an extended routing. Luckily HM The Queen and HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen soon afterwards we saw a priest, a choir and guard of Mother to Aberdeen after the funeral. honour arrive and we realised there would be a very formal departure with a short service as well. His The staff at RAF Northolt did a superb job and Royal Highness arrived 1 hour 15 mins before, and enabled the crew to do theirs with the minimum of after the service we were given start clearance. disruption. On reflection, having flown the Princess of Wales over 200 times I was glad I was able to fly her I remember taking off from Paris straight into a very on her last flight back home. It seems amazing it was low sun for our trip back home. Both French and all 20 years ago. English Air Traffic gave us the perfect direct routing May the Princess rest in Peace.

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Lighting up and St Peter &St Paul’s

A feeling of gloom over the choir at St. Peter & St. Paul, not dimmed in different sequences, and the awful early curly to do with the singing, but the fact that lighting twist lamps replaced by some elegant rounded bulbs to arrangements made it so difﬁcult to see both the music and enhance the chandeliers. We were convinced, and now the the words. A lot of the lighting system was made up of lighting is in and looks rather special. The altar cloth shines, temporary ﬁxes, and the creative genius of Richard Hawkins the cross glistens and the statues of Peter and Paul are now had managed to make table lamps into spotlights. It was noticeable which caused Wendy, our organist, to think that decided that new lamps should be installed and a complete she must rush up a ladder and run a feather duster over overhaul of the system, including the switchboard. A small their saintly heads. While expensive in the outlay, the committee was formed and the experts were called in. A running costs are now at a minimum and lamps should not whole new world of lighting opened up and most of it was need to be replaced for years: in fact it is reckoned that the explained in some foreign language. There were spotlights spotlights in the ceiling should not need to be replaced for that could do balletic movements while wearing louvres, the about 30 years. No need to climb the ladder, Richard! word ‘watts’ was banished and in its place ‘lumens’, and Many thanks to all those who assisted in this project. apparently the two could not be compared. Lamps could be

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African Village Support (AVS) Irrigation Project Update

Our Lent project this year was to raise £720 to buy 6 pumps to enable the villagers in Uganda to water their crops after two harvests had failed due to drought. This had led to serious problems with the people reduced to only one meal a day, and having to eat the seed corn which would normally be saved for planting in the next season. In the end we raised the magnificent sum of £1,685 which, together with other money raised by Holy Trinity Church Prestwood, enabled AVS to consider ways to tackle the problem of dealing with climate change in a more fundamental way. However, the first priority was to buy 6 hand operated water pumps and hoses to plant and water the crops due for harvest in late July. At the time of writing the latest report is that the maize and bean crops are growing well, and each village crop should yield sufficient to feed 10 families for at least two months. So this was a good start. The next stage was to obtain professional help and water pumps to grow vegetables in the normal dry advice to enable the various AVS women’s groups in season, before planting maize, beans and rice for the the villages to plan for the future. (It seems it is the next main harvest in January. women in Uganda who are best able to get things organized). This has been done by hiring in “Farmers The people in the Muyembe district of Uganda, where Guide Uganda” (FGU) which is an NGO created to AVS works, send their thanks for our support in their deliver training in sustainable agriculture in times of efforts to deal with problems arising from climate climate change. One or two advisors have been change, and improve their living standards. attached to each village group. After preliminary “class room” theory lessons, the advisors have delivered practical help in demonstrating how to operate the new pumps (see photographs), and assessing the problems of soil condition and pests and diseases in the fields. Examples of the results so far are one group specializing in Goat Rearing being advised in better feeding practices and how to use the droppings to produce compost to improve crop yields, and a Dairy group similarly being advised how to compost cow dung and feed silage to improve milk yields. In all cases the importance of record-keeping has been stressed, to assess the success or otherwise of each change in farming practice. The next stage will be for AVS Uganda to assess with FGU the results of these changes in planning subsequent planting and harvests; encourage the villagers to consider alternatives to the traditional options for marketing their produce; and find ways to improve crop storage. More immediate will be an experiment using the

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The New Lay Team Our New Curate

During the 10am service on 16th July the Bishop Elizabeth being welcomed at her ﬁrst service Bishop Alan Wilson commissioned Karen Butler, Sally Clark, Brenda Harris and Mary Saywood as members July saw the arrival of Elizabeth, who received a warm of the new Lay Team. The team will be leading some welcome from the congregation, followed by almost services in the Parish. total immersion in the activities of the local community by becoming very heavily involved in Lighthouse. This meant fast preparation and attending daily activities on the Buryﬁeld with a host of young people... not much time to acclimatise then!

Already, Elizabeth has taken part in several services, led others, given a sermon and read the banns of marriage for two couples. She has met groups of parents at the Oldham Hall in the mornings and I know that we all hope that Elizabeth will feel, as Monica Furlong said when addressing the clergy of Wakeﬁeld diocese in 1966, "free to offer the best gift of all – herself.”

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The EFW site at Greatmoor During June, 36 people enjoyed a fascinating visit to the Energy from Waste (EFW) site at Greatmoor, just past Waddesdon. Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) delivered the completed Greatmoor July 2016. Here annually 300,000 tons of non recyclable waste from Buckinghamshire and West London is converted to 22MW of electricity, powering 36,000 homes, saving £150 million for Bucks over 30 years.

The waste is burned, with the resulting steam powering a turbine, which generates electricity. The waste would otherwise have been disposed of in a landﬁll site. There are generally two types of output: The waste bunker solid waste, which includes metals, and ash from the incinerator. The other outputs are ﬂue gases, which undergo a rigorous physical and chemical cleansing process (under an Environmental Agency permit) before release.

On arrival at Greatmoor, the refuse lorries visit the weighbridge and checks made to ensure the waste can be accepted. They then drive to the tipping hall and reverse up to the bay adjacent to the waste bunker, where the waste is tipped and the lorry leaves, again via the weighbridge.

The waste is lifted from the bunker using a grab and loaded into a hopper at the back of the grate, where the waste is burned, at a minimum of 850oC, The furnace combusting all the materials other than ferrous metals. The metals are taken for recycling and the ash from the boiler used as an aggregate for road repairs. electricity; this is fed into the national grid. The Above the grate is a boiler, containing water, which steam is cooled by condenser fans, which use cold turns to steam when heated by the hot flue air from the atmosphere to cool the steam and gases,;these gases are treated to remove toxins. They turn it back into water, so that it can be pumped are passed through lime and ammonia among other back to the boiler. treatments, resulting in the flue gas emitted through Our thanks to Chris Nickless for organising the the stack and being 99.9% water vapour. This figure is three groups. Greatmoor has public visiting days, continuously monitored and recorded to ensure telephone 01296 323633 to make arrangements. emissions remain within limits set in the environmental permit. http://www.greatmoor.co.uk The super heated steam produced in the boiler is pressurised and turns the turbine, which generates

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FRIENDS OF GREAT MISSENDEN Fundraising Events PARISH CHURCH 2017 / 2018

“Buckinghamshire in the Civil War” Talk and Tea You are warmly invited to join us and we look forward to seeing you! These events will all take On Saturday, 22nd July, the Friends held another very place at 2.30pm in the Oldham Hall, Church Street, happy and successful event in the Oldham Hall. Great Missenden HP16 0AZ and include a delicious Professor Ian Beckett, the retired Professor of Afternoon Tea! Military History at the University of Kent, gave such 2017 a fascinating illustrated talk about the history of the three Civil Wars, the schisms within families and the Saturday September 23rd - effect on the big houses in the county. It was a most interesting insight into life in Buckinghamshire at that “Art and Design in the Chilterns in the 20th time. Century” Dr Graham Twemlow, Decorative Arts Historian & retired Buckinghamshire's location on the main routes University academic. between the King's base at Oxford and Parliament's base in London made its resources key to both sides. The impact of the Civil Wars on the county Saturday November 11th - between 1642 and 1660, therefore, was considerable. The talk illustrated the political, social "Great Missenden in 1917: How WW1 hit the and economic impact for both the 'county Village" & "The Home Front in Buckinghamshire community' of the gentry and the 'local community' 1914 – 1918” ﬁlm of ordinary people in the towns and villages as well Jill Pateman. as touching on county ﬁgures who played a national wartime role such as John Hampden of Great Saturday 2nd / Sunday 3rd December : Hampden, George Fleetwood of Great Missenden, The Christmas Tree Festival and Market. and Sir Edmund Verney of Claydon House.

This charity will decorate a Christmas Tree, with the Many questions followed the talk and then a theme of Animals this year, and will sell Preserves and delicious Afternoon Tea was served to everyone at Home Produce, Tea Towels of St Peter & St Paul Parish their tables (Tea at the Ritz!). A rafﬂe followed and Church and "The Home Front in Bucks 1914 – 1918” preserves and the new charity tea towels were sold. DVD. It was a joy to see so many happy faces - it was a real community event! 2018

The Committee is so very grateful for Professor Saturday March 3rd Beckett’s support of our charity’s fundraising efforts. A huge “Thank you” to all the wonderful people "Bugs. Bluebells & Badgers: Natural History of who helped in so many ways to make it such a Great Missenden" memorable and successful afternoon. Tony Marshall, Founder of Prestwood Nature. Saturday July 14th - The Oldham Hall was packed out and the Committee is astonished that £1324 was raised for "Inside the World of a Film & TV Extra" restoration and repairs to our much-loved and Peter Hague, Actor. historic Parish Church. Since 2000 this charity has now made many grants totaling over £115,500 to Saturday, 20th October 2018: the PCC. Many thanks for all the wonderful support! “Buckinghamshire in the Great War” The Professor has very kindly agreed to give us Professor Ian Beckett is the author of “Wanton Troopers: another talk - please see the Events page for further Buckinghamshire in the Civil Wars, 1640-60” (2015). details).

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Service Team

The Reverend Canon The Reverend Rosie Harper, Vicar Dr Elizabeth Lowson, Mrs Patricia Neale Parish Office 01494 728988 Curate Licensed Lay Minister (Wendy Harris) 07743 679651 01494 890171 01494 863348 (0930-1200 Mon-Fri) [email protected] 07955 275338 07796 312951 01494 862352 [email protected] [email protected] office@missenden

Editorial Team Usual Service Times Wardens Editor/Advertising St Peter & St Paul’s St Peter & St Paul Mike O’Farrell Sunday Sarmia, Marriots Avenue, Holy Communion 8.00am Val Witham 01494 866389 South Heath, HP16 9QW Parish Communion 10.00am Ken Harratt 01494 810013 01494 866443 Evensong (3rd Sun Taizé) 6.00pm Honorary Associate Wardens [email protected] Little Hampden H. Communion (2nd Sun) 11.30am Editorial Assistant St Mary’s Ballinger Matins/Morning Prayer. (4th Sun) Graham Laurie Maggi Cameron 01494 864790 11.30am 19 High Street, Prestwood, Anne Ellis 01494 837247 Ballinger Gt Missenden HP16 9EE H. Communion (1st Sun) 9.30am Little Hampden 01494 863492 Christopher Figg [email protected]

There are lots of activities planned for Who says Wardens don’t have a heart? 2017 Bucks Historic Churches Ride & Stride 9 Sep Friends - Talk Art & design in the Chilterns Dr Graham Twenlow 23 Sep REACH Harvest Supper & Quiz Night 30 Sep Harvest, Ballinger and P&P 1 Oct Harvest Festival, Little Hampden 8 Oct Friends - 1917 Gt Missenden in WW1 11 Nov Remembrance 12 Nov Christmas Tree Festival & Market 2/3 Dec Advent Carols 3 Dec Christmas Carol Service 17 Dec Crib Service 24 Dec Midnight 24 Dec Christmas Day 25 Dec

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