ABOUT THIS MAGAZINE SPOTLIGHT is produced by Holy Cross Church, Sarrat for the people of the village and hamlets and welcomes reports of ALL village aciviies. HOLY CROSS - making Jesus known - a church for the whole community. EDITOR Michael Edmund [email protected] ADVERTISING Michael Lench [email protected] ASSOCIATE EDITOR Tony Bond [email protected] 261941 More about: the Beneice: www. hcsp.net the Village: www.sarratvillage.co.uk SOME USEFUL CONTACTS CHURCH OF PARISH CHURCH OF THE HOLY CROSS, SARRATT Rector Rev’d Michele du Saire 265848 [email protected] The Vicarage, The Street, Chipperield, Herts WD4 9BJ Readers Mrs. Angela Coakley [email protected] or 264380 Mr. Philip Waine 268904 Church Wardens Nikki Clough 07795 362953 Mr. Alan Poulton 260295 Organist/Choirmaster Mr. David Clough 264884 Administrator Ms. Machaela Gravestock Oice: 264377 e-mail: [email protected] Children’s Church Mrs. Louise Grant 266144 Youth Worker c/o Rev’d Michele du Saire during vacancy Friends of Holy Cross Mrs. Kate Hobhouse [email protected] ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF OUR LADY MOTHER OF THE SAVIOUR, Priest Fr Paul Harris, c/o The Presbytery, Dunny Lane, Chipperield 275046 Sunday Holy Mass 10am Saturday Vigil Mass 6:30pm Tuesday/Friday Holy Mass 10am

SARRATT PARISH COUNCIL visit www.sarratparishcouncil.co.uk Chairman Cllr. David Turner 268445 Parish Clerk Mrs. Janice Dawes 262025 [email protected] Parish Oice hours Monday & Wednesday 1pm - 4pm; Tuesday, Thursday & Friday 9am - Noon Addiional opening from 7pm on the evenings of meeings. Alternaive arrangements will be noiied on the Oice Door. Out of hours emergencies: contact Cllr. David Turner on 268445 COUNCIL District Councillor Mrs. Marilyn Butler 263456 District Councillor Mrs. Alex Hayward 291574 District Councillor Mrs. Heather Kennison 773683 COUNTY COUNCIL County Councillor Mr. Chris Hayward 291574 SARRATT CHURCH OF ENGLAND SCHOOL Co-Headteachers Mrs. N.O’Hare & Mr. D. Smith 262003

SARRATT COMMUNITY BOOKINGS Village Hall website: www.sarratvillagehall.co.uk VILLAGE HALL Bookings Secretary at the Hall Tuesdays (only) 10am-4pm e-mail: [email protected] Telephone bookings 265881 SARRATT CARE 10am - 12noon Monday to Saturday 270577 POLICE Neighbourhood Watch non-emergency number 101 Please note: unless otherwise indicated, all phone numbers in Spotlight have the preix 01923. The informaion on these pages is, we believe, correct as we go to press. This month’s cover: 2 Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished. - Lao Tzu From theMichele Rectory... writes: Some time ago, I met a young woman natural way of being; that it was not just who had had a very di cult start in a morning ritual but something that life. She was a refugee and as a young permeated her day. Beginnings and girl had lost everything, her family, her endings are very important in life. How home, her country – she would never we start each day really does have an be able to go back. Some kind soul had impact on how the day is experienced. rescued her, restored her to life, enabling We are told that the most important her physical and emotional wounds to be meal of the day is breakfast, necessary healed. Grace had a deep faith and was fuel for our physical bodies. But how and one of the most when do we feed joyful people I I would maintain... the other part of have ever met. ourselves, our She shared with soul, which also me her deep needs regular care gratitude for and attention? those who had Grace’s morning seen her and ...that thanks are the highest form of thought, ritual of given her the and that gratitude is happiness doubled by wonder thanksgiving chance of a life - GK Chesterton shapes her day without fear. and sustains her Her gratitude bubbled over and spilled throughout. e Oxford dictionary out if her. She was full of joy. Each day denes gratitude as ‘the quality of as she began her day she gave thanks being thankful; readiness to show to God for everything she touched, or appreciation for and to return kindness. smelt, or saw, or tasted, or heard. Her Real thankfulness reaches out beyond ritual started with the splash of water on ourselves so that it is experienced by other her face as she washed the sleep away; as kindness. e cross reminds us of this and so it went on until she was fully dual quality of gratitude. e vertical dressed and ready to meet the joys and element, our thankfulness to God for challenges of the day. I suspect that this his goodness towards us; the horizontal level of attentiveness (what some might element our response of kindness to the now describe as ‘mindfulness’) was her rest of creation.

Give thanks for the Lord for he is good, his love endures forever 1 Chronicles 16:34 3 “...all aspects of Care are lourishing...”

The High Sherif was in attendance

25 Years of Caring Sarratt Care celebrated with a Tea Party

ll those invited had been so for a special reason having Ahad a long association with Care. As it was really the Friendship Club afternoon they all joined in the party at well. The High Sherif of Hertfordshire, Will Hobhouse, resplendent in his oicial livery, and his wife Kate were guests of honour. Carol then thanked two Friendship Club and Carol Chorley welcomed special people – Zena Meals on Wheels but everyone including three Newell, who prior to also volunteered to ladies out of the original the formation of Care change the Care Contact six who started Care. was Treasurer of the Telephone number She said that all aspects Friendship Club and every day, Monday - of Care are lourishing organised Meals on Saturday, and this she and she thanked all the Wheels. She was also did for the next 25 Councillors, helpers one of the instigators years, as well as driving and volunteers for their of Care. She continued for Care. The second continued support. with her previous was Eileen Adams who commitments to the had been Chairman and

4 steered Care to the success that it that it has become over the last 25 years. Still Hon. President of Care she organises the Friendship Club with her team of ladies. Not forgotten was her husband Ray who has worked tirelessly in the background helping in numerous (unseen) ways. Carol asked Will to present Zena and Eileen with Thank You gifts before he invited everyone to toast ‘Sarratt Care’. He thanked Carol for her work in the village and said that he and Kate were particularly interested in the elderly and had some interesting ideas for the future. Finally, it was time for the delicious tea with inger sandwiches and a wonderful selection of mouth-watering cakes and cups and cups of tea! All very much enjoyed by everyone especially the Friendship Ladies! It was also nice to see some old faces, Liz Young, the Readings, Sylvia Crocker, all who have moved from the Village but still have strong connections with the Village and Care. Jackie Boughton

5 PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS

Like most village institutions, the magazine that you are reading depends upon a small army of volunteers: from the contributors themselves and those who remind them (believe it or not, nobody forces anyone to write anything!) to the people who typeset, edit, proofread, print, bundle up, bag, and, ultimately, deliver this monthly record of life within the Parish. One of these largely-unsung heroes is Stan Hough. Every month for nigh on six years, Stan has carefully prepared “Your Diary for …”. From time to time, Stan has also offered his own wry, laconic observations on the stories he reads. You might just have found one last month on page 17, which we have repeated this month at the top of page 17. Stan has now decided to give up the role that he has made his own, which means that we shall now revisit Spotlight’s Diary feature. As we send Stan (and Pam) every good wish for the future, we thank him for his contribution to Spotlight, and therefore to the life of the village.

It is surely no exaggeration to state that Sarratt would be a great deal less pleasant a place without the enormous discretionary effort put in by many (but perhaps not all) of us; and in suitably grateful mood, we name another unsung hero. Again this year, as he has done for more than a decade, Colin Harrison faithfully put together the rota for other volunteers to direct trafic in to and out of the Flower Festival temporary car park. I have done my turn each June for more years than I care to remember - and it is Colin who recruits us each year and who organises us so that the work is spread as evenly as possible to make the Flower Festival easier and safer for all to visit. Laughter on Church Lane and an accident-free decade are by no means the least of the memories. Ed.

Pat Parsons

We are deeply saddened to record the passing of Pat Parsons, fondly remembered for her tireless efforts on behalf of so many. An obituary will follow.

6 Sarratt Volunteers’ Map

On July 7, Will Hobhouse, the High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, hosted a garden party to recognise those who volunteer in our community. It was a fabulous event held in glorious sunshine. The exceptional standard of baking in the bake-off hinted at the dedication and effort that goes in to make our community so special. At one stage, I stood back and just looked at the 200+ people present, representing over 40 organisations and more than 10% of our community that invest their time helping others and felt immensely proud of Sarratt and privileged to live here. The Parish Council co-ordinated the invitations for the event and as a result had some insight into the multiple organisations people volunteered for. We thought it would be fun to see if we could create a ‘map’ of volunteering in our community, without any idea if that was possible. We had a go and printed a draft for the garden party, which those present helped us complete by illing in the missing links. We’ve now updated the map that can be viewed online at: http://bit.ly/2vofhyR. The full web address is on p.9. We think it provides a marvellous snapshot of volunteering in Sarratt in 2017. If there’s enough demand, we’ll get one printed and put it somewhere suitable in the village. Anthony Soothill

A section of the Volunteers’ Map 7 Touring Opera at Milton Keynes. Each year we also hold a Special Interest Day – this November on the story of women Culture in art through the ages. Charges differ in our Village dependent on the nature of the event and transport. RDFAS is now known as Annual membership of TASR is The Arts Society, . excellent value at just £35 or £65 for two people at the same address. Members On the second Tuesday morning of each receive the quarterly ‘Review’ magazine month, from September to the following from our parent body, The Arts Society, June, The Arts Society Rickmansworth and get discounted access to some art (TASR) holds events in Sarratt Village galleries. We welcome the occasional Hall. These exciting lectures from visitor and suggest a donation of £7. world class experts cover a wide range Refreshments are available, and we host of topics including painting, ceramics, an introductory coffee morning for new fashion, architecture and music. First members. We look forward to welcoming of the new season is at 10.30am on you to our friendly Society – please see September 12, about Edgar Degas, the our website for full information, or great French Impressionist painter. contact John Jefkins, Chairman, for We offer a series of visits membership details: to galleries, gardens and houses of 01494 874507 or distinction and the occasional musical [email protected] event – this year to see Mozart’s ‘Cosi Fan Tutti’ from the Glyndebourne Jeff Baker, Treasurer.

Many of the articles in this issue relect the focus upon volunteer efort and the enormous goodwill that accompanies it. We also record with thanks the eforts of two people who now wish to direct their energies elsewhere, while every month features a request for people to volunteer for work in the Village Shop. The arithmetic is obvious. Elsewhere, you can share Tony Bond’s poignant memories of the now-defunct Cricket Club. Together, these themes (and many others) pose a question: With apologies... What kind of village do we want?

8 SARRATT CARE CARE SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE FOR ALL AGES MONDAY TO FRIDAY from 10am to noon: call 270577 (When CARE is in the Village Hall, call 267421) CARE Dates for August CARE LUNCH COFFEE CORNERS Monday 21 August Wednesday 2, 16 and 12.15 for 12.30 31 August at the Cart 10.30am to noon and Horses, in the Village Hall. Commonwood. Appointments Whether you are joining us or not, for Chiropody, please tell Carol Massage and Chorley (265096) Hairdressing can be by Thursday 17 made with: August. Joan North on 267736

SANCTUARY GUILD CHURCH FLOWERS Friday Saturday 4 Kate Soothill 6 Jenny Peiser 11 Sue Ward 13 Gill Oxenham 18 Liz Heike 20 Sue Ward/ 25 Jean Machin Jackie Boughton 27 Barbie Knight

Sarratt Volunteers’ Map [p7] In case that short url doesn’t work, copy the full address into your browser: https://ant-sarratt.kumu.io/sarratt-volunteers-2017-c431772d-c156-45ef-825e-9ba1957af63b 9 Sarratt Book Club Reminder: Our small Club continues to thrive. Sarratt Celebrates Harvest 2017 For those who like to read along with Sunday, September 24 us, here’s what we are reading. Last Sarratt Village Hall time we read the 1988 classic, ‘A Far Food & Fun from 5pm Cry from Kensington’ by Muriel Spark (who wrote ‘The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie’). Now we are reading the 2002 Man Booker winner, Yann Martel’s ‘Life of Pi’ – excellent ilm, even better book! Jeff Baker 263062 Sarratt School Summer Fair The weather was kind and there was a EARLYBIRDS Bridge Group great turnout of parents and friends. “We all like to win, but we value Thanks to all the members of the camaraderie above competitiveness.” paremts association for their efforts leading up to and on the day of the fair • Sarratt Village Hall, 9:30am to 1pm, itself. A sum well in excess of £2,000 alternate Friday mornings, with a was raised - a great effort on behalf of break for coffee. everyone involved. A longer report will • Duplicate bridge using basic Acol appear in our September issue. with very few conventions. • £3 per session, with the losing team paying a “ine” of 50p per person to charity. Sarratt Local History Society If you would like to try a session, contact Sunday afternoon, August 20 Peter McClelland, 01442 833136, for Village History Walk and Talk more details. around the Village Green with Dawn Pitts and Greg Edmund Tea and Cake afterwards, at Sarratt House, The Green Just turn up 10 outside the Village Hall at 2pm Sarratt School: Leavers ‘17 What we call the beginning is often the end And to make and end is to make a beginning. e end is where we start from. TS Eliot Another school year has ended and we proudly wave o Year 6, wishing them well as they turn their eyes towards secondary school, and the next stage of their education. e traditional Leavers service was held at Holy Cross, where parents could share their children’s reections upon their time here. Not a dry eye in the house! We gratefully acknowledge the huge contribution made by the parents, the sta and the volunteers, without which Sarratt School would not be such a special place.

Stations of the Cross Sarratt School has worked with Ms. something, such as Jesus in the garden Reed for the past year in gardening of Gethsemane or The Last Supper lessons. Last term, we made our own or even when Jesus was nailed to the interpretation of 6 of the 14 cross. This has helped us realise Stations of the Cross. The how grateful we should be to whole school participated Jesus who gave his life to bring in making the stations by us salvation. We are thankful weaving willow. Year 1 made that we were able to make some bread whilst Year 5 the Statxions of the Cross so made a cross and Year 4 made that we can explore Jesus’ story woven tear drops; there are too many further and we hope that everyone can to name here. They all represented learn from our exploration.

11 12 Sarratt Horticultural Society

AUTUMN SHOW SATURDAY 9 SEPTEMBER SARRATT VILLAGE HALL

All entry forms to to the Village Shop by 7 pm Wednesday September 6 ALL EXHIBITS TO BE IN PLACE BY 11 am Doors open to the public at 2.30 pm with the usual Trading Table, Rafle, Teas and Auction of Entries We expect a large number of entries for all classes which include Cookery as well as Flowers, Vegetables, Floral Art, Arts and Crafts and Photography (Breakfast and Sarratt Village Life), plus the important Children’s Classes If you have mislaid your Schedule, call 590542 or 260475 for a replacement Kew Gardens Dawn Pitts Wednesday 21 June 2017 was the hottest June day for 40 years. There was a nasty accident on the M25 which resulted in the closure of the whole motorway. But Sarratt Horti was not to be denied, off we set at 9.30am and our wonderful coach driver Phil found another way round to Kew, and kept the coach beautifully cool. Most of us wanted to see the new Great Broad Walk Borders at Kew, which were established in Spring 2016, so after a reviving cup of coffee we viewed these with wonder. They are 320 metres long, both sides of the broad path and contain 30,000 plants. A little big for most of our gardens, but we picked up ideas of plant and colour combinations. We were surprised to see the gardeners cutting off beautiful dried seed heads of giant alliums and asked if they were for sale in the shop, only to be told they were for the compost heap! Most of the group kept to shady areas, diving in and out of the sun to view the attractions; some went on the Treetop Walkway, 18 metres above the ground, some braved the Waterlily House to see the Giant Waterlily, the leaves of which will support a child – this is the hottest, most humid glasshouse there. Unfortunately the Alpine House and the Temperate House were closed for refurbishment, as these are kept at a modest heat. The Hive is another new feature, giving you the feeling of being inside a beehive. The time went all too quickly. One can never see all there is at Kew in one visit, but despite the hot day we all enjoyed our time there, and many thanks to Margaret

Stratford for organising the trip. 13 Cross, Sarratt Festival of Music, Sarratt WI, Sarratt Care and Sarratt Post Ofice The Great Stores had been invited to participate Hertfordshire in the now hotly-contested ‘Great Hertfordshire Bake Off ’, so we were not Bake Of to taste anything until after the judging. Angela Coakley Judging these delicious offerings were the Lord Lieutenant of Hertfordshire, the Countess of Verulam, and Kate Friday 7 July was a most memorable Hobhouse. The overall winners were… day for all those who attended the (drum roll)... The Sarratt Horticultural garden party at The Old Rectory in Society! Cheers went up and each of Sarratt, which was held by The High the competitors received a framed Sheriff and his wife Kate to thank certiicate from The High Sheriff and a the volunteers for all they do. The donation to its cause. day itself was incredibly warm, but the breeze that came across the Chess The goodwill and generosity that were valley and into the pretty marquees was so evident made the afternoon great most appreciated. Everything looked fun. Sarratt is a very special place and beautiful and the tables representing the apart from the stunning countryside, we Sarratt organisations were delightfully are very fortunate with the incredible and imaginatively decorated. Then people who live here. Music was there were the cakes!! Stunning and provided by the excellent Jolly Jazzers; Scrumdiddlyumptious!! Friends of Holy also instrumental were Sarratt Parish 14 Council, in particular Chairman David very big Thank You to The Sarratt Parish Turner and Clerk Janice Dawes, while Council, to 1st Sarratt Scout Group, to Vice Chair Anthony Soothill also all who baked, played music and helped devised an incredible volunteers map, a out; and inally, of course, to our very source of great interest and conversation own High Sheriff of Hertfordshire, on the day. With so much in the media Will Hobhouse and his wife, Kate. that is deeply saddening, it is a source of great relief - even refreshment - to focus on what is good: and the Garden Party deinitely ticked that box! From some of the comments overheard on the day, including “We had a whale of a time,” “Amazing,” “Such a feeling of community,” “Can we do it next year?” “How can we build on this goodwill?”, “A most memorable occasion for all those who attended”, and “ Sarratt is The Best!!”, I think it is safe to say that a good time was had by all. I am sure everyone would like to say a

15 Words and Music for a Summer Evening

With a backdrop of inspiring and beautiful loral displays illustrating the Flower Festival theme of “The Saints”, we were treated to an eclectic and very enjoyable programme of words and music at this year’s annual concert. Sarratt Singers began the performance Other favourites during the evening appropriately with “I’d like to teach the were “Come to the fair” with its lovely world to sing”, then sang the lovely Sting harmonies and “Somewhere out there” song “Fields of Gold” and followed up from the animated ilm An American with a creatively re-worded and highly Tail. amusing version of the hymn Immortal Invisible, on the ‘joys’ of being a choir More variety was provided by Take Note master! tenor Chris with “O What a Beautiful Morning” and bass Tom with “Mud, It was good to see the Sarratt School Glorious Mud” again with audience Choir performing again and their singing participation in the chorus. There was of the Take That song “Shine” was lively a father and son duet of Scott Joplin’s and entertaining. The two choirs joined Cleopha from David and Mark Clough, together to sing The Building song and followed by Keith Beniston’s Organ the rousing Gospel Medley reminding improvisation. And Jeremy Fern’s talk us of the “Saints” theme and here the concluded with a recitation of Gray’s audience participated enthusiastically Elegy. with suitable marching actions. These all combined to make the summer’s evening a very pleasant way to round off the Flower Festival Saturday and the closing song from the choir, the “Sabbath Prayer” from Fiddler on the Roof was a itting ending.

Thank you to all the performers.

Vicky and Sean Aylett 16 VILLAGE COMMUNITY SHOP NEEDS VOLUNTEERS Think not what you cannot do for the shop, but speak to Grainger and he will tell you what you can do. Stan Hough (with apologies to JFK) Regular Events

The Beneice Youth Group.

Sarratt Mums, Babies and Toddlers Group 9.30-11.30am Mondays in the KGV Pavilion; also Lanes Children’s Centre (265829) The Lanes Children’s Centre. Activities. Sarratt Beavers, Cubs and Scouts – Open to boys & girls. Meetings held on Thursday evenings in Sarratt. Enquiries to [email protected] [pp. 22,23] Sarratt Rebels Youth Football Club.

Sarratt Bowls Club 7.15pm Tuesdays King George V Pavilion [274323]

Netherby Bridge Group meets 2-4.30pm Thursdays in Sarratt Village Hall back room. New individuals and pairs are welcome to join our small group of contract bridge players. £2 a session includes tea and biscuits, Contact John Kelly 01442 834977 or Neil Milbank 01442 832355

Sarratt Book Club meets on the 1st Thursday of each month at 8pm. Contact Jeff Baker (263062) for information

Sarratt Tennis Club Rob Hildick 267927

..Pints of View Summer Break

ere will be no Pints of View in August. e Autumn season will begin on Monday, 18 September, when we’ll meet at e Plough, Belsize, at 8 o’clock. Pints Of View provides an opportunity to consider topical matters, aspects of faith, moral issues and dilemmas. Do join us if you can. Everyone is welcome: come and consider how the world can be put to rights. Bob Shearer & John Guy 17 August: What’s On When? And Where?

We know how important this information is to many readers; and are trying to work out what to include and the best way of presenting it. This also applies to the Regular Events [page 17]. Please let us know how we can make it more useful

Sarratt Care Cofee Corners, 12:30 on 2, 16 and 31 August in the Village Hall [p9]

Sarrattt Care Lunch (with Friendship Society) Cart & Horses 21 August [p9] (notify Carol by 17 August)

Friendship Society (with Sarratt Care Lunch) Cart & Horses 21 August [p9]

Sarratt Local History Society Village History Walk &Talk 20 August 2pm [p10]

Spotlight Deadline 13 August

Sarratt Horti Autumn Show 9 September [p13]

Open House Labyrinth 10-17 September [p13]

Beneice Church Services [p19]

Wildlife Volunteers 13 August [p28]

No Childrens’ Church

No Pints of View [p17]

RDFAS is now TASR. Tuesday 12 September [p8]

Sarrat Celebrates Harvest 24 September [p10]

Sarratt Festival of Music 22, 23, 29 & 30 September. See enclosed booking form

18 CHURCH SERVICES The Church of England Beneice of Sarratt and Chipperield Holy Cross Church, Sarratt and St Paul’s Church, Chipperield Rector: Reverend Michele du Saire August 2017 Monday to Friday of each week 8am Morning Prayer St Paul’s Sunday 6 Transiguration of Our Lord 8am Holy Communion St Paul’s 10am Beneice Communion Holy Cross Wednesday 9 10am 2nd Wednesday Holy Communion Holy Cross Sunday 13 9th Sunday after Trinity 8am Holy Communion St Paul’s 10am All Age Worship St Paul’s 10am Holy Communion Holy Cross Sunday 20 10th Sunday after Trinity 8am Holy Communion Holy Cross 10am Beneice Communion St. Paul’s 6:30pm Compline (traditional night prayer) Holy Cross Sunday 27 11th Sunday after Trinity 8am Holy Communion Holy Cross 9:15am Open House Family Service Holy Cross 10 am Holy Communion (BCP) St. Paul’s

September 2017 (irst part of the month) Monday to Friday of each week 8am Morning Prayer St Paul’s Sunday 3 12th Sunday after Trinity 8am Holy Communion St Paul’s 10am Holy Communion Holy Cross 10am All Age Worship St Paul’s Sunday 10 Sunday before Holy Cross Day Beginning of Labyrinth Week on The Green 8am Holy Communion St Paul’s 10am Beneice Communion for Holy Cross Day Holy Cross 6pm Open Air Service, The Old Rectory, Church Lane

You are warmly invited to join us for worship & fellowship 19 Holy Cross What a huge success: it was Flower Festival sunny, happy, friendly, good 2017 fun and full of colour and joy! Will Hobhouse What a difference the weather makes! It all started with the lowers – what a great theme: All the Saints. Perhaps it was all the strong and vibrant colours that made it feel one of the best Flower Festivals yet. Or was it the range of ideas so creatively put to work? Thank you so much to all the lower arrangers and for the support they all received at the Coffee Morning. We started on the Friday, when everything worked even better than last year. The sun shone and many more visitors came to enjoy the lowers and have a cup of tea. Then we had a lovely supper at the Cock followed by candlelit singing and music. The sun shone again on Saturday and we had a record number of visitors; cups of tea and cake kept everyone going; folk upcycled in the bric a brac tent; cakes lew out, charming headdresses were donned, 20 A centrepiece of village life..

Pimms was downed, local sausages and burgers were barbecued in Aussie style and plants were sold, to travel far and wide. The concert on Saturday night preceded a terriic Sunday with yet more visitors. Over the Festival, more than 823 visitors came to be served and were aided by 97 volunteers - yes 97 volunteers – a truly huge number and great village effort. Thank you all for so much help and cheerfulness – and perhaps especially to Marilyn Butler who broke her arm in the middle of it all but still came to everything and undertook her usual highly capable art direction. Thank you all for being there, for contributing and helping take us to a great result – and to raising a record sum for Holy Cross Church. The preliminary total is in excess of £6,000. Which is, as Kate Hobhouse perfectly put it, “Fantastic”. Photographs by courtesy of Celia Leaberry 21 n Friday July 7, leaders from Othe Sarratt Scout Group were 1st Sarratt Beavers, delighted to be invited to the High Sherif’s Garden Party, along with Cubs and Scouts other volunteers from the many clubs Gavin Daly, Sarah Dobson & Warren Gillmore and organisations that make Sarratt such a fabulous community to live in.

e following day, the Scouts and Cubs talking to the Scouts and Cubs about were asked to be car park marshalls at their Chef’s Badge, her experience in the Garden Party for representatives Guides and what the children liked from other about Scouts parts of and Cubs - the Hertfordshire. answer was a e Scouts resounding “all and Cubs did the exciting a fantastic things and job, receiving adventures we many positive do, we go on comments camps and do including those lots of outdoor from the Scout activities”. Association Chief Commissioner for e Scouts and Cubs that attended Hertfordshire. e highlight had to be all notched up another tick on their the photo with Mary Berry who was Community Impact Badge. We were judging the Bake O Competition very proud Scout and Cub Leaders ! and who spent a good 10 minutes

e Beavers have been year at the Paccar Scout e Cubs have been working on their Sports Campsite in Chalfont making the most of Badge and their Air Heights, where we the light evenings Activities Badge, helped camped outdoors for two with two nights at the by Mark Whitewood nights and undertook BLYM sailing base who bought his hot air the rabbit run, which is at Rickmansworth balloon to one of the like pot holing, the zip Aquadrome, sailing meetings and gave a wire through the woods and racing each other talk about ight. We which was very exciting, in canadian canoes….. have also just completed and crate stacking. ey the girls were denitely our rst camp of the had a great time, but got the most competitive!

22 very dirty! e Cubs earned their much-needed practice before the annual District Canoe Polo Competition, while the rest of the Troop practised core scout skills constructing rafts. Of two rafts, we had a 50% success rate! Lots of wet Scouts as the two Scout Leaders commandeered the surviving raft to make it back to shore…..It’s all about life skills and survival! Another great year in the Scout Troop, taking part in raft building, making pom-poms, baking Sailing and Paddle Sports Badges and cakes in cardboard boxes, cooking pizzas ticked o more “Time on Water”. e in an outdoor oven, completing a 24hr warm weather meant the water at the survival camp, practising river crossings aquadrome was like a bath, and the over the Chess, and canoeing, climbing Cubs made the most of getting to check and trekking in the Snowdonia National out exactly how warm it was when they Park. We have increased numbers and capsized……”oooops it was an accident use a bigger meeting place e leaders Akela, honest!” We held the Cubs’ are looking forward to returning in Annual Sports evening at York House September…….happy scouting!! School, with a 70m hurdles race, 100m and 200m races, plus the long jump, lease don’t forget, our usual requests discus and javelin, nishing up with a 4 Pfor extra adult support at Beavers, Cubs and Scouts, and our search for a x 100m relay to achieve their Athletics piece of land in Sarratt on which we and Athletics Plus badges. can build a permanent home for the e Scout Troop have also taken full Scout Group and as a facility for the wider village community. advantage of the hot weather, spending time outside playing wide games, teambuilding and on the water at BLYM. Our intrepid canoe polo team got some

23 June weather The irst ten days were a bit cooler consecutive days and not just for the than average, then summer really odd day as in the past. As a result the kicked in and an inlux of hot air averagefrom maximum for the month was the Continent started to arrive on 22.8C, another record. Overnight the 17th. Immediately one temperatures were average newspaper called it ‘the although one night, hottest day in UK since 21/22nd, did hit a new records began’, sadly high at 17.6C [64F]. they forgot to say what It was also dry, as the the temperature was, gardeners and farmers where it was measured will testify. Wettest day and for how long records was 5th with 14.2mm had been kept there! [0.6ins] and the total for the However, here in Sarratt month came out at 35.7mm it exceeded 30C on the 18th and [1.4ins]. This is by no means the driest then climbed to 31.9C [89F] on both June I’ve measured but does represent the 19th and 21st – this is the hottest only 60% of the long term average I’ve measured in June in 38 years. Not rainfall and just 57% of the average only that, it exceeded 30C for four measured over the last ten years. Philip Buller

The Grey Knights Both buses have been in action last month taking the cheerful and hardworking shop volunteers on a little outing. I am told that, despite going to a Hostelry, Bubbles managed to behave herself for once. Perhaps she is, at last, growing up but she still has a cheeky gleam in her headlights! Later in the month Jenks’ bus took a local and enthusiastic Grey Knight Lady for a birthday outing with family and friends. In case you didn’t spot it, note that lady members are very welcome. John Roe 260755 [email protected]

24 Kate works from an office above the Village Shop. We asked her for her impressions of attending the iconic festival. “A totally unique experience....” Kate Simmons

My irst Glastonbury was Ageism is non-existent at helpful and full of fun, even truly fantasticl! We were, Worthy Farm, as is dress the woman policeman on blessed with the weather, code, anything goes at horseback sporting a bright pink tutu! just a little rain so I can boast any age and to enter into about having Glastonbury the spirit, fancy dress is a For all the drinking by the mud on my wellies!! must! It is totally liberating. festival-goers, (and there Families with small babies The Festival is totally was a lot of that) I have to golden oldies in their 70s overwhelming. From the never experienced such and 80s, all mixing, dancing, moment you wake, which friendliness and goodwill, a singing and generally isn’t long after you’ve called complete party atmosphere having a wonderfully joyous it a night, you’re up and from start to inish. As one experience. looking forward to another review stated … “ There is day of music, fun and unique It’s vital to highlight the something inherently joyous experiences. The site is Festival is all about charity: about the sense of liberation huge, 900 acres: we walked WaterAid, Greenpeace, that utterly permeates a on average 12 miles a day Oxfam. The RNIB hosted an crowd efectively giving each for 6 days and still only Eye Test Karaoke Themed other permission to shrug scratched the surface. The Tent, lyrics set out as an eye of adult responsibility and ields of tents stretched out chart with the words getting play the fool for one mad, wonderful weekend.” forever. smaller and smaller, fun yet Around 175,000 people informative. Each year the What the festival is like with the sole intention of Festival endeavours to pay during rain and mud I can enjoying music, listening to £2m to charities and local only imagine but it’s sure to well-known bands, searching good causes. The bands are have an unrivalled spirit all out new up and coming ones, paid around 10% of what of its own. All 135,000 of they would normally earn. comedy, cabaret, theatre, the 3-day tickets sold out in trapeze artists in the circus 50 minutes … a fact which A very big nod should be ield; everything you could speaks for itself. given to all the volunteers wish for and much more. and there are hundreds of A totally unique experience You’ll never go hungry; the them, the security guys and and one not to be missed. food is excellent even down the police … always friendly, to the cake stall, which baked its produce on site. 25 The ‘Owl Room’ at Sarratt Mill he oldest room in the Mill house, now my husband’s study, was originally the Tfront ‘ parlour’ of the irst brick building at Sarratt Mill. The Miller and his family would have been proud of their cosy new little house on two loors, well to the side of the wooden mill buildings that so often caught ire, and away from all the noise and dirt and clatter and dust of the grain and lour. The parlour was cosy because it had a big brick chimney and a safe ireplace and the window was illed with proper glass that gave a view of everything coming up the road to the mill, but kept out the drafts. The ducks and the coots and the swans and the trout would have crowded the bubbling river and the old tall trees in the Wood to the North must surely have always been home to the owls. he window in the parlour was eventually replaced by much grander glass doors, Tand a wooden verandah built on, to give shade and shelter. In 1943, during WWII thirty little evacuee children were living at the Mill and the little girls all slept together in the big, big bedroom that by then existed above the Drawing Room (The millers had become too grand and rich for the little old parlour!) ne day two of the little girls came out in spots! It was the dreaded measles. OThe teachers moved the girls down to the little old parlour to sleep, away from the other children. They were very excited , and extremely itchy, and were kept awake for ages by the late summer evening light as clocks went forward two hours because of the War. Eventually they did fall asleep, but when it was really dark they were woken up by the sound of an old man snoring in the room. They clung to each other hardly daring to breathe, but as their eyes got used to the dark they notice a shadow on the top of the glass door, which had swung open. There was no old man, but a large tawny owl, balanced on the window frame. Everyone immediately christened the parlour, the ‘owl room’. any, many years later, the man who owned and trained the owls in the Harry MPotter ilms came to live in Sarratt Mill Cottage. Long before the Studios were open to the public and while they were still ilming, he took us to see his owls. And there was Hedwig , the owl every child ‘reared’ on the Potter stories knows about. By sheer chance, Hedwig was moulting, and Gary, the ‘Owl Man’, gave me a feather to show to our grandchildren. I put it in a little painted wooden box and my husband put the box in the top drawer of the Secretaire in his study... once the old parlour and then the ‘Owl’ room. There it lived, to be taken out and shown to visiting children. 26 ne Summer day, my younger daughter was staying alone in the house while Owe were away. She had slept right at the top, in her old bedroom, and came running down the back staircase that joins the wall of the old parlour. She was very startled to hear someone bumping about in the room. It certainly wasn’t her father, who was abroad, and no one else should have been in the house. And she knew anyone in that room would have heard her running down the stairs. She waited and listened outside the door, her heart beating very fast, like the little evacuee girls all those years before...... A pause ..and then the bumping started again. Curiosity over -ruled fear. She very, very gently opened the heavy door. Not a person bumping about, but, guess what? ..... An owl lying around, perching on my husband’s legal papers and generally making itself at home in his study. But then where else would a Wise Owl feel more at home than in a Wise Judge’s study? She shut the door quickly. What should she do? The solution was obvious. She phoned Gary’s ‘Harry Potter Owl Team ‘ at Leavesden Studios. And along they came with leather gloves and owl ‘enticements’ and swept the learned bird off without any problem.. And when she went in to see what damage the owl had done, all she found were some droppings on the Secretaire, where Hedwig’s feather is kept! How did the owl get in? No French window was open and the chimney has a metal cowl in top! We will never know and though the Tawny Owls and sometimes the ‘Little Owls’ ly about in the Wood and the Orchard, they never reveal their secrets. edwig’s feather still lives in the little wooden box in the Secretaire. And Hsomehow I think one day another owl will ind an excuse to visit the oldest room at the Mill. But no one will ever know quite when or why.

Angela Colman

27 Sarratt Wildlife Volunteers Brenda Harold

Sunday 9 July was hot and sunny, The Village Green is cut to a plan: the a bit too warm for some as we were grass at the North end is left until the “haymaking” on the Village Green. The beginning of July so that grasses and long grass at the North end of the Green other wild lowers, and the butterlies had been cut the week before, and it was and other insects which feed on them, so dry it came up well as we raked it. We can lourish. Then the next section now have some large wooden hay rakes is left to grow longer to encourage which do make it a lot easier. The ladies the harebells which grow there and amongst us wondered what it would associated butterlies. have been like in days gone by when they On Sunday 13 August, we shall be at would have been wearing long dresses Commonwood, looking at the Old Chalk and sun bonnets, and doing the job day Pit and removing any surplus brambles after day. Andrew Whitewood brought and elder which may threaten to overtake along two trailers and we had help from this important chalk grassland area. our youngest member Jake, who worked Please come along to help if you can: all very hard raking the hay and then volunteers are warmly welcomed. Meet clambered up on the trailer to jump on in the car park there at 10am, tools and the hay to tamp it down. This year the refreshments provided. hay will be going to a good home, to For more info, call Dawn, 267071 or feed some local Highland Cattle. Brenda, 269956

28 Sarratt WI Carole Maddison

Wednesday 12 July, our annual summer outing, saw members and their friends eagerly climbing aboard our coach to transport us to Banbury Cross to see a ine lady on a white horse. Our spirits were not dampened by the Sarratt drizzle: we were certain the sun would be shining on us by the time we arrived, and it was, well almost. Banbury is a lovely town, some members headed straight for coffee with a delicious Banbury cake (well forget the calories, it had to be done) and afterwards a leisurely lunch. Others just wandered looking at the sights, museum and a lovely old church. Yet more made their way to the canal. We spent a couple of hours in the town then back on the coach to visit Sulgrave Manor, a Tudor mansion with strong connections to George Washington of which they are rightly very proud. We wandered round the lovely garden looking at the herbs and the lowers then enjoyed a guided tour of the house. The rooms were so interesting and our guide very informative. The visit end with a welcome cup of tea and yet more cake (oh no!) before our homeward journey.

29 Sarratt Poplars, Templepan Lane, Chandlers Cross – insertion of side dormer: SPC Parish Council has no objection; 4 Mickleield Green Cottages, Sarratt Road – single storey Feedback from June meeting rear extension: SPC has no objection; Bucks Hill Bottom House, Bucks Hill (Feedback on 2016/17 annual report – demolition of existing single storey will be in September Spotlight) lean-to to extension and construction Planning applications to SPC: Church of of single storey extension and glazed the Holy Cross – single storey extension link, reinstatement of existing gable, to north west elevation, alterations to alterations to fenestration and fabric of fenestration include addition of glazing barn and external alterations to include within existing openings and installation external stars and replacement of brick of ramped loor: SPC has no objection; wall with oak post and rail fencing: SPC Long Roofs, Commonwood – single has no objection; Barn at Dellield Farm, storey rear extension and alterations to Plough Lane, Sarratt – change of use roof of existing extension: SPC has no of existing agricultural barn to one self objection; Goldingtons, Church Lane – contained residential dwelling class C3 demolition of lean-to Victorian range and associated works: SPC objects – the and existing single storey extension to adding of the extension should not be Georgian range, internal alterations, permitted under the act; Ravenswood alterations to fenestration: SPC has Farm, Church Lane – erection of a no objection; Little Wheelers, The single storey building to provide calf Green – demolition of existing single pens and implement storage: SPC has storey extension and outbuildings and no objection but request that permitted erection of new single storey extension, development rights are removed; Great alterations to retained outbuilding to Wheelers Barn, The Green – erection include addition of a canopy and external of detached building: SPC objects as alterations to landscaping to include it is a domestic building being built on additional hard standing: SPC has no agricultural land; Wayside, The Green objection; Willow Tree, Dimmocks Lane – demolition of existing single storey – demolition of existing single storey extension, construction of replacement side projection and construction of single storey extension and extension new two storey side extension: SPC has to patio: SPC has no objection; Norcott no objection provided that the oficer House, Commonwood – construction is satisied that the cumulative size of of detached garage to side of dwelling this and the existing extension do not with irst loor level and extension to exceed the limits permitted; Land adj drive: SPC has no objection; Silield Old House Lane – removal of existing House, The Green – single storey livery yard buildings and erection of rear extension (part of listed building detached dwelling with parking and consent application): SPC supports this garden: SPC objects as it is an additional application and request that if Three dwelling to be built on the Green Rivers District oficers are minded to Belt with no special circumstances refuse this application, it is called into being shown - if Three Rivers District committee. oficers are minded to approve the SPC Jane Gray requests that it is called into committee;

30 Next meeting: Tuesday 15 August at 7.30 pm in the Back Meeting Room, Sarratt Village Hall. Minutes and Agenda, includes decisions by TRDC: sarrattparishcouncil.co.uk Meet the Chairman

David Turner worked at the ofices of law practice Blaser Mills in Rickmansworth, where he was Senior Partner of the irm for many years. He eventually retired from the partnership to work three days a week before retiring completely in 2014. His specialist interest is residential and commercial property law. Having spent his early life abroad, David completed his education at Grammar School. Married to Sandra, they have spent the last 16 years in Sarratt, but have always lived in the area: indeed David started his working life in Rickmansworth some 50 years ago! Sandra is Secretary of the Sarratt Horticultural Society. They both enjoy walking, gardening and playing golf, and are members of West Herts Golf Club: David was Captain of the Club for the year 2010 - 2011. The Church, Village Shop, and three local pubs pull the village together, and the close-knit community is something they both cherish and value.

Just in case you haven’t seen the Parish Council website yet, we present the entry for the new Chairman, David Turner. The original, together with biographies of the other Parish Councillors, may be found at:

sarrattparishcouncil.co.uk/the-council 31 What Kind of Village Do We Want?

When Pericles speaks, the people say, “How well he speaks.” But when Demosthenes speaks, the people say, “Let us march!”

Actions, they say, speak as he lent a hand (and a My point: We certainly louder than words. But, tool; and indeed much need people to draw just as words are often advice) to Andrew attention to the things written about deeds, so Whitewood. around the village that actions are often inspired Together, they were need improvement: our by words. Each makes its installing a length of chain mini-campaign against own contribution to life link to repair damage to selish parking on the as we experience it. the fencing that protects Green, for example. We One blazingly hot day the children’s play area. could mention in the last month saw Nick same breath those people Mortimer on his hands who do not clean up after and knees (and contorted No handwringing, their dogs, or the speeds into many other curious nor moaning about the achieved by some who and, no doubt, rather danger. Just action to drive past the school with uncomfortable positions) remove it. no regard for the safety 32 of the children there. But we also need did not get badly cut, but they also phoned action to remedy those things. Action Mick Warner to warn the football players such as that of the individuals who and Pippa so that the Sunrise & Sunset are regularly to be seen with carrier Club children would not fall on any glass bags, picking up the litter that others during the following week. Shortly after this have discarded so thoughtlessly. Hold group of helpers left, the members of the that thought as you read Jacky Creed’s parish council who were repairing the wire impressions of a teenage party that got fence round the swings arrived. They found out of hand recently: more glass and set to until they had cleared “As one of the newer Sarratt residents, I have another section of the ield. GeorgeV ield is always been impressed with how people such a lovely asset to the village and usually rally round to help other locals. An example looks clean & tidy and a resource which is a was when a group of teenagers met at safe attractive place to be. I have often seen George V Fields, the irst Saturday eveningresidents picking up litter that others have in July, possibly to celebrate the end of their left particularly after the weekend.” GCSE exams. A lot of beer & vodka was consumed and their sense of responsibility lessened as the alcohol intake increased. No handwringing, nor moaning about They found it highly amusing to break the danger. Just action to remove it. bottles very close to the children’s play area and all over the middle of the football My question: what kind of village do pitches. The next morning the debris was we want? A cacophony of complaint, or found by some of the early morning dog quiet action? walkers. They spent one and half to two The answer, probably, is “a bit of both.” hours clearing up the glass that was on the grass, not just to make sure their dogs’ paws So long as complaint is constructive.

33 In Memoriam Sarratt Cricket Club

Some 55 summers ago, a spindly bespectacled boy made his unremarkable debut for Sarratt Cricket Club. Yes, reader, it was I. For over 35 years, I continued to play in my languid, some would just say slow, way, enjoying an activity that for me at least epitomised village sport. It always had a core of village and related family players, supported by a rotating cast of friends. Sitting writing this, looking out at the sun bathing the garden in light, I am taken back and feel the need to stride (well amble briskly) out to bat or bowl. But times change and that team that held together for so long fractured through age and declining general interest in the game. Valiant efforts were made in recent years, but by too few people. Last year there were no games at Sarratt; this year none at all. There is no little irony in the fact that the English cricket authorities have just announced that cricket will return to free-to-air TV, overtly recognising that satellite TV has brought money, but declining interest. That will be in 2020 – which is lightning fast for English cricket…. I suppose I now look back and think I’m lucky to have enjoyed playing here for so long and I can always walk to the KGV and gaze out over the ield and remember. Tony Bond

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