Welcome to the August edition of Hallmark As the smell of barbeques waft As an enthusiastic supporter of past my window I reflect on the the Lacey Green Windmill I was joys of summer in the Chilterns. disappointed to hear that we will not see the sails turning again, The Strawberry Tea and Church but it does seem to be the Fete are the traditional summer sensible decision see page 18 functions, together with less formal Hog Roasts and society I was sorry to hear that our barbeques. Newer ideas were former editor Norman Tyler is in the Parslows Hillock fete at the poor health. At least he has now Pink and the mass car boot sale been able to return home and held in Kiln Lane. It’s great to get must be more comfortable than out and have a focus for meeting in hospital. My best wishes go to up with friends in the village. him.
After a year without a vicar we Norman was a great help in If any of you are keen will have a new arrival in taking photographs for Hallmark. photographers and have images October. The new vicar will be Now he can no longer do this that you think would look good The Revernd Canon Tony we are reliant on you readers to in Hallmark, please get in touch, Bundock, coming here after 20 take photos of village we are keen to have more. years in Leeds, the last 8 in happenings. Thanks to Clive for his front charge of York Minster. It will be cover photograph this month. quite a change for him! Mike Piercy Editor Deliverers Most readers of Hallmark will be replacement collectors and Thanks aware that voluntary deliverers when people are ill or I was overwhelmed and greatly contributions are collected in on holiday We would like to moved by the power of love May and these help to cover the appeal for more people to help and friendship I received on printing costs. Thank you very out as and when the need arises. the occasion of my 90th much to all who contributed. If you would be prepared to Birthday. We rely on a team of volunteers, help, please contact Helen Cliff Thank you all so much many of whom have been doing at 01844 347518 or on this job for years. It is [email protected] increasingly difficult to find Local Police News There has been a spate of thefts record of valuables, serial numbers PC Marea Logan has been helping from vans (tools) and shed breaks etc. out with the school walk from the (garden tools) in villages close to village hall to Lacey Green school Lacey Green. Keep valuables out of sight – in the mornings where she has maintain security lighting & alarms been assisting with road safety The advice is to be vigilant – lock – use a padlock (a padlock that matters. gates and doors – security mark lets out a high pitched alarm when property to identify it or use tampered with is available through PC 4755 Andy Ralph, Princes selecta DNA/smartwater – use shops and NHW coordinators) Risborough Neighbourhood www.immobilise.co.uk to keep a Policing team.
2 What’s On MacMillan Coffee Morning On Thursday 25th September If you are able to support us by Sat 6 Sept we are holding our coffee making a cake or donating to the Horts Club Show morning in the village hall to tombola, Jill or Joy will be raise money for the MacMillan pleased to hear from you. cancer fund. We hope that, as in previous Wed Sept 17 8.00 Doors open at 9 o’clock with years, you will come and give Horts Club the usual coffee and biscuits. your support to this annual Butterfly Conservation There will be stalls with cakes, a event. tombola, jewellery, handbags by Mr Nick Bowles and greeting cards. Jill Baker (01844 275442) and Joy Lawrence (01844 346715) Pub Lunch Short Mat Bowls Sept 27 & 28 Are you living at home on your July is the start of our 5th year. Harvest weekend at the own. This is a lonely existence We have three mats to cope church for some but it needn’t be. You with thirty members but have to get involved with village attendance is much less than that life. You can start by coming to because it is not compulsory. the pub lunch at the Black Horse Thurs 23 Oct 7.30 on the first Tuesday of every You come when you want at 2 Licensing of Rev Tony month. We will make sure you pm on a Monday afternoon and are made welcome. it’s just £2 per afternoon session Bundock at church involving 16 ends, a cup of tea You need to live in Lacey Green and a biscuit. or Loosley Row and be over 50. Nov 27 -29 We can sort transport out if that You don’t have to be any good because we are not. We have LGP Dinner Theatre is an issue. It’s just £7 for a two course meal and a cuppa. some spare bowls so you don’t Bookings open Oct 1 have to join until you have tried We have been operating now for it a couple of times. You do over two years and we all but fill need indoor shoes to play or Wed Nov 19 7.00 the pub every time but we can socks will do to try it. cope with a few more. You have Annual pumpkin to book and also let the It is good exercise which competition and supper organisers know as soon as includes the jaw if you like to possible if you can’t make it – talk. Mobile Library this saves wasting food and Contact Leigh on 345216 or just keeps the price so very Service turn up before 2 pm Monday. It reasonable. is difficult to rearrange teams Eastlands 11.30 to 11.55 Call Bette 344606 once we have started. 6 August, 3 Sept, or Yvonne 345216 1 & 29 Oct Windmill Artists Exhibition and Bistro Parish Council This popular annual art As usual the all day Bistro will be 1 Sept 7.30 pm exhibition and bistro will once there to serve morning coffee, Lacey Green Hall. again be held in Lacy Green lunch and afternoon tea, and we Village Hall on Sat Nov 1 from look forward to seeing you at 13 Oct 7.30 pm 10.30 to 4.00. this sociable event. Speen Hall Village Life - for those not involved…. Why on earth would you come village but open to villagers such time often at the expense of to live in a village, especially as the U3A or The National someone else’s. Every one of the when it’s likely that everyone Association of Decorative & Fine activities I have mentioned is run gets to know your business? Arts – these are friendly by volunteers which means their Well perhaps you appreciate that welcoming organisations that use only reward is being appreciated this is the main reason crime is our village hall. and that is invariably enough. virtually non existent. Criminals Showing your appreciation can from outside the village are less We are fortunate to have one of be helping put away. Taking likely to pay us a visit as they the best village halls for miles without giving is not supporting attract attention just for being around and this is due to people or cooperating and giving can strangers. Actually some villages in the village raising the money be, just a little of your time. treat newcomers as strangers, to pay for it being built. It was a taking several years to get to lot of money even though half Leigh Axe know you before acceptance. was donated by the National Not so here, almost everyone Lottery which itself involved a Beginners Computer detailed application process. says ‘Hello’ and I personally Classes appreciate people recognising I Although it largely supports itself, 2.00 pm Third Wed every exist and want to be friendly. some of this is down to local month starting Sept. at village Isn’t it much better than ignoring donations. Apart from using it hall. or being ignored – you have to for the activities mentioned avoid eye contact which in a way above, you may require it for £2 per session is a bit of a snub. personal use for that wedding anniversary and the like. It is an Book a place with Leigh on Being friendly means your excellent facility for these and 345216 Or email neighbours are much more likely similar events that most definitely [email protected] to come to your aid when you won’t dent your bank account. need it and are often your first source of help even if its just The village also produces its own Youth Club watering your plants. magazine four times a year. It costs £7.50ish for the four Maybe you came here for the copies which is more than the Going up to year 6 next year school but then why is it such a cost of advertising revenue means you can join Youth Club. good school? Common sense received. So we ask you to You are invited to two 'taster' suggests that because you want support this with a small sessions on August 1st and your kids to get a good donation once a year. If August 15th. I know that these education for their life ahead, everyone gave £5 it would be are in the summer holidays so you seek out such a school and more than enough. Some the first date after we go back cooperate with and support that people are very generous but a to school is September 12th. school to keep it that way. few pretend they are not in. The You only pay £2.00 for the first collectors who deliver it will two and can decide if you want It follows that the village itself is come at least twice, perhaps all the better if you support it. to join after that (£5.00 leaving an envelope if your not in membership). Most will know we have amateur on the second visit. Should there dramatics, a youth club, be a surplus this is used to Youth Club is held every other horticultural society, history support the village. week on a Friday from 7.30 group, indoor bowling, art group, 9.00 pm. Dates are on sports club and the list goes on. Those who are working or have http://www.laceygreen.com/Se There are several organised children have busy lives and ctions/index.php#youth events such as the Strawberry spare time is limited but you Tea and History exhibitions. know these things going on in Other clubs are not specifically the village provide for your spare Lacey Green Productions We have just cast our play for the and elsewhere. Rattigan’s first Looking forward to next year, LGP November dinner theatre. So play was “French Without Tears”, several organisations have already make a note of the dates in your written in 1936 and he continued asked LGP for more Murder diaries, please – November 27th, to write for the theatre and the Mystery entertainment evenings. 28th and 29th (dinner and bar for cinema until his death in 1977. We write these ourselves and try the 28th and 29th, nibbles and bar to make them topical with local for the 27th). Other well known plays by references. Our aim is to help Terence Rattigan are “Flare Path”, organisations to raise money for The play will be a comedy by “The Winslow Boy”, “Separate good causes or charities. They are Terence Rattigan called Tables” and “The Deep Blue Sea”. usually performed in the February “Harlequinade”. It is set in the late to April period and are great fun Rattigan’s later writing career 1940s and the plot revolves for audiences and performers was overshadowed by the rise of around a touring theatre alike. Performance of these the “angry young men” company, which is led by a Murder Mysteries is under playwrights of the 1960s and his couple who are getting far too old consideration by the group as we work fell out of favour for half a to play Romeo and Juliet. But they plan our activities for 2015. Keep century until this series of recent will keep trying! If anyone still has an eye on our website at revivals. “Harlequinade” is one of clothes from the 1940s in the www.laceygreenproductions.co.uk backs of their wardrobes, please Terence Rattigan’s lighter plays let us know, since Rattigan’s plays and will give you a very good If you would like to be involved have to be set in the period in evening’s entertainment. with LGP, we are always looking which they were written. for new members to join us to Tickets for “Harlequinade” will go help in whatever capacity you on sale on October 1st. As we LGP has not performed a Terence like. Again, please get in touch via can no longer take provisional Rattigan play before. It was the the website or call 01844 bookings, please let us have your centenary of his birth in 2011 and 344207. several of his plays were revived definite bookings as soon as in that year, both in the West End possible after that date. Peter Brookhouse Village History Group Event TO COMMEMORATE THE OUTBREAK OF WORLD WAR ONE To remember those who died and show its effect on our local villages St John’s Church from Sat 8th Nov to Tues 11th Nov
Sat 8th Nov. 2.00 5.00 pm time. Crosses available in followed by refreshments, and History Exhibition open church. History Exhibition. Cost £5.00
Sat 8th. Nov. 7.30 for 8.00 pm Sun 9th Nov 2.00 5.00 pm Tues 11th Nov 11.00 am Concert by Lacey Green Singers History Exhibition Open (Teas Special School Service in church served). Lecture by Rev. Arthur to remember the 11th day of the Sun 9th Nov 10.00 am Taylor on Oxford & Bucks Light 11th Month, when the Armistice Special Remembrance Sunday Infantry at 3.00 pm Cost £5.00 was signed. Also small exhibition Service and 2 minutes silence. suitable for children. Placing of crosses in memory of Also, adult church choir singing each local serviceman killed. period songs and hymns. Poetry For tickets and further readings including works by information, please contact Any relatives or descendants of Rupert Brooke. Rosemary Mortham (Secretary to our war dead are invited to the History Group) on 01844 remember their relatives at this Mon 10th Nov. 7.00 pm 345863 Junior Choir Concert for Peace On The Farm Please note, “the weather this We eventually got them back This is a trial and controversial. It spring was good for both crops into their field with the help of is a bid to protect bees. Even bee and grassland.” (Not many the police. keepers are not sure. Of course farmers ever say that!) Well the no one needs bees more than deer got that feeling too and did Agricultural prices have been the farmers but it is keep us awake during rutting. going down over the last two recommended we revert to “old months; milk by 7%, crops and chemistry” insecticides and spray Concreting beef 20%. Currently the world once or twice in the first three John came home from college in has reasonable carry over stocks, weeks. Is this better than a 1957. At that time nowhere was but the general outlook is dressing put on the seed? Well concreted. He set about putting positive. The energy industry is we are stuck with it. Our this right, taking advantage of taking ever more acres agronomist will walk the crops to grants which were then available. competing with food supplies. monitor whether we need to For years any money that could spray. be spared went into this project. Harvest is coming We will be cutting some whole Young Farmers Show After 50 odd years of ever crop wheat. This will not mature It was a lovely day for the Princes heavier traffic the concrete was for grain but will make winter Risborough Young Farmers breaking up. Previously, although feed silage. This wheat is affected County Show at Bledlow. It was the mix came readymade, all the with a disease called “take all” It a massive event. I find it so levels were done by John with a looks good now but will not inspiring knowing young people Cowley level, shuttering placed make the quality grain we are (25 yrs max) can be so and tamping done by the farm looking for. enthusiastic, hard working and staff. By the time you read this we will have such fun. What had taken years was all be in the busiest time of the It has been said that it is never redone this spring by local farming year. Not only too late to learn. It’s certainly so contractors who have done a harvesting, straw baling then in farming. In the autumn I am really good job and we would replanting, but also the busiest going with a study group to recommend them. We still had time for cows calving. farms on Salisbury Plain. Three to get the milk tanker in, so for days of dodging army two weeks we used a route in We are aware that we are more visible on the road. Some of our manoeuvres as I understand it. from Kiln Lane. We used to take Richard and Maxine went to the the milking herd down there machines are 4 metres wide. We make dust with combining, European Dairy Conference, daily to graze Hillocks (on the which this year was in left at the cross tracks), we have cultivating and lime spreading; create smells with slurry and Switzerland. Richard went to also brought in silage trailers and Dumfries and Cumbria looking at once a fire engine. It was good dung spreading; and noise doing all of them, often until late. We dairy production. Luckily our to get that big tanker back using industry is not secretive but good our new yard. have to go whenever possible for you cannot trust the weather. at sharing ideas and results. It could be unique in that respect. Cows on the run Please bear with us for at the end The phone call we always dread of the day we are producing Always one to delegate I have is one reporting cows on the food for us all. asked Maxine and Richard’s loose. Recently some got their The first crop to harvest (keep daughter to write my last part, so gate off its hinges. Half got on fingers crossed against from me “have a great summer”, the A4010 near Princes thunderstorms or hail) is rape, for now over to Charlotte on the Risborough, the others got into oil. Then replant by end of next page. the area of houses above the August. The EU has banned Esso garage in the town. neonicinoids (a seed dressing to Joan West protect against flea beetle).
6 The Harper Adams Experience In early July I went to visit Harper There are many different Adams University. They have a courses, but as I’ve lived on a weekend for 16 to 17 year olds, farm all my life, agriculture has where you stay the night on always been something that has campus and get a feel for it and taken my interest. The two what it would be like if you courses I chose were “Milk chose to go there in the future. Production” and “Feeding the Crops”. On the first night they had a party so everyone could meet, I had sometimes helped with the including some of the students milking and fed the calves at that are there now, and get a feel home, so I knew a bit about for the social life that university cows, therefore this really caught offers. my attention and I understood quite a lot of what was being On the second day we each said. The second one I really picked two courses to have a didn’t know what to expect from small taster of what that sort of The reason I went was because I this but thought I’d have a look think I may want to do course would involve. We also anyway. had the option of getting up something in agriculture, and as early to watch the milking as It was all about different soil both my granddad and dad went Harper has its own farm on types and fertilisers, about which to Harper and enjoyed it, it was campus complete with a dairy I knew nothing. But this was definitely somewhere I wanted unit with a ‘rotary’ parlour. It was interesting all the same and I to look at myself. brilliant to watch the rotary in really enjoyed going out to a action as it is different from ours field to look at the soil and work Charlotte West at home which is a ‘herringbone’. out what it was. Beer festivals As an enthusiastic beer drinker I We have also had some The Whip event was very well am happy to see that our local excellent beer festivals at the attended, helped by good pubs are actively promoting Whip in mid May (pictured weather and an excellent jazz interesting real ales. All 3 pubs below) and at the Black Horse at band. Let’s hope they were have an excellent selection with the beginning of August. profitable and will be repeated. frequent guest beers. Editor
7 Tennis Club On Sunday 8 June we held our Summer BBQ at the Club House. We were extremely lucky with the weather, which no doubt, encouraged a few more last minute ticket sales. In the end, we had a record 80 people, keeping our bar very busy with thirsty members!
The BBQ’s popularity also meant we hadn’t appreciated the amount of meat that needed cooking. At beginning to bear fruit in the age. We were very pleased to the eleventh hour it was decided league competitions. The men’s reach agreement with St John’s that we would need an team have played 5 matches, won School. They have been using the emergency third BBQ! Rob Harris 4 and lost 1, with one match to courts twice a week during school and I had to dash back to my play. This currently leaves us top hours and once for an after school house and wheel my gas BBQ of the league, with every chance club. In addition, we have down Church Lane and along the of promotion to Division 6. The entertained both Lacey Green Main Road. Unsurprisingly, we ladies’ team has also done well Youth Club and Naphill Cubs for received a lot of strange glances this year, having won 3 out of the evening tennis taster sessions. from passing motorists! 4 matches they have played, with The events proved to be very two matches left. They are popular and we enjoyed planning It was nice to see so many juniors currently second in Division 7. games which had them running come along to our free coaching round the courts. Hopefully we event in the morning. Our coach Sam King and Olly Eades have can do the same next year. Steve Bell had plenty of fun been competing together in the activities for them to learn about Aegon Team Tennis competition. Finally, few tears will be shed tennis, and afterwards any Unfortunately there were only 3 (excuse the pun!) over the remaining energy was burned off teams in their 17/18 age group demolition of our static cabin next on the bouncy castle. In the this year. The boys have so far to the tennis courts. During the afternoon, the adults took part in a beaten Haddenham and narrowly past few years it had become friendly competition, which after a lost to Hazlemere. dangerous and was a constant few glasses of Pimms, proved a eye sore. We are now planning little difficult for some! One of the tennis club’s key on a new tennis pavilion which we Congratulations to Siam Mays themes this year has been to share can be proud of. who won the overall tournament. more tennis with the community; with the aim of getting more The men’s and ladies’ practice Nigel Glenister youngsters playing from an early sessions during the week are Princes Trust The recent polo event, sponsored start up costs. However t he total You can donate on line by visiting by Lacey Green Polo Club, was raised so far for the Appeal is now www.princescentre.org.uk., and well attended and, with a over £214,000, which is very by clicking on the 'My Donate' commitment from Barclays Bank gratifying. Please help us to keep button. to match the takings from the up this momentum. Our thanks to all those giving raffle, raised just over £2,500. The services the Centre provides continued support. At first it seemed an almost are now self financing and, once impossible task to achieve the we have reached the £300,000 Maggie Wooster estimated £300,000 required to goal, it is hoped there will be no purchase the buildings and cover need to request further help.
8 Windmill Under 5s It has been an unusually busy Trip to Beaconscot End of Term summer term at Windmills and The staff organised a school trip Sports Day went ahead on a grey two new children have joined us. for all the children to Beaconscot and overcast day, but the weather As the weather has been really Model Village and Railway. The did not put a dampener on things. lovely the children have had children thoroughly enjoyed their The children had a fantastic day plenty of opportunities to visit the outing. There were even a few and were all rewarded with gold local playground. One of the adults who were enjoying the medals and certificates for special themes for the term has miniature train more than they participating. Grandparents, been growing. The children have would care to admit. A big group mums, dads and younger siblings had the opportunity to sow seeds, of children travelled by train to also got a chance to race in their look after and water their plants. Beaconsfield with teachers and spud and spoon races, and the They were even able to bring mummies or carers, and the high event was concluded with a teddy some onions and lettuce home to speed trains whizzing past turned bears picnic on the sports field. taste. out to be a very exciting experience as well as the journey This term we have also seen the Another exciting theme has been return of the very popular school animals and mini beasts; the on the train itself. Thank you to all the staff for organising such an ready sessions, and Angela and children were visited by an animal Louisa have done a brilliant job lady and had a wonderful time. exciting and stimulating school trip. preparing the school leavers for They all had the chance to pet moving up to big school. As I write lizards, rabbits, hamsters and a this article we are still looking whole range of other pets. Luckily Summer Fete Windmills first ever Summer Fete forward to our end of term party for all the mums that had made it on the 18th July, and I expect that took place on the 29th June and it on the day the big tarantula was it will be both an exciting and only for looking at and stayed in its was a beautiful day and the children loved it. With around 20 emotional day. On behalf of cage. Thank you to Claire for Windmills I wish all the school organising this event. stalls, activities and traders there were plenty of things to do. The leavers good luck at ‘big school’ The children were invited to St raffle was very popular and a wherever that might be. John’s school to attend a Mad number of local businesses The staff; Paula, Angela, Louisa, Science learning event which was including the Black Horse and the Lucy, Annie, Elise, and Keely; have organised as part of the Speen Pink and Lily had donated done a fantastic job this year Festival. The children got to learn generous prizes. looking after and nurturing our lots about space and rockets; a big Two of the main attractions for the children, I cannot thank them thank you to Kate Laughton for enough. They all do an excellent inviting us to this exciting event. children were definitely the RAF policeman that had brought his job and it has been a pleasure to Also a big thank you to all the police car and the RAF fire engine be chair of such a lovely and parents that helped with the and firemen. I would like to say a dynamic preschool. I hope that Sunday garden tidy up and big thank you to everyone that everyone has a lovely summer, spruced up our outdoor play area, helped out in any way before or and I would like to thank everyone and to all parents that have come on the day, especially people in for everything! in to set up the preschool on a the community that are not Sunday. directly linked to the preschool. Johanna Young - Chair
Finally, a big thank you to the committee and fete organisers who all worked so hard and a special thank you to Victoria for coming up with the fete idea and for making sure that it happened.
9 Jessie Ward - Postmaster Loosley Row As an avid collector of local exception of Monday, when it Jane, other than that she died memorabilia I was excited to was delayed until 10.45 a.m. sometime between April 1871 come across an auction item of a Outgoing mail was dispatched (the date of the Census) and ‘Licence to vend and deal in every evening at 7 p.m. December 1872 when Alfred Stamps’ granted on July 5th 1848 married again, to Elizabeth STEEL. to one Jesse WARD of ‘Loosely The Licence was required Row, Tring, in the County of following a curious mixture of Alfred WARD continued as Buckinghamshire’. measures lumped together in an postmaster until his death in Act passed in the fourth year of 1906, succeeded by his daughter The document was being offered the reign of King William IV, Mary Ann, aged 32 and known for sale by an international 1833 – 34, ‘to prevent the selling as Polly. She was then living Philately Company from its office and uttering of forged Stamps, alone at the Post Office, apart in South Africa, but the reserve and to exempt from Stamp Duty from an assistant, but that state of price seemed excessive for an artificial Mineral Waters in Great affairs changed in 1913 when she item whose significance was Britain, and to allow a Drawback married Henry ALLEN, who had locally rather than nationally on the Exportation of Gold and been entertained by the family important. When I put that to the Silver Plate manufactured in since his arrival in the village in Company and supplied some Ireland’ about 1904 as a young historical background, I was evangelist. Henry was appointed delighted when it responded Jesse WARD was born in Speen, Sub Postmaster in 1914. amicably and I was able to add Buckinghamshire, in about 1801 In 1945 the Post Office was the document to my collection. and married Ruth EGGLETON of Loosley Row on 12th March transferred to Harvey’s Stores, Loosley Row Post Office was 1827. With the help of Dennis Lower Road, Loosley Row, and established in Lower Road in Claydon I have pieced together Arthur HARVEY appointed Sub 1840 and the anomalous address some history of his family and its postmaster. Then, in 1952, it was of ‘Tring’ arose from the fact that connection with Loosley Row transferred to Lawrence’s Stores, Tring in Hertfordshire was the Post Office, which lasted for a Loosley Hill where in 1960, fresh postal town for the District until little over 100 years. from Medical School, I first had at least 1910. At that time mail the pleasure of looking after the arrived in Princes Risborough Jesse is listed at Loosley Row in delightful John LAWRENCE and from Tring by mail cart at 7 a.m. the 1841 Census as a carpenter, his family. every morning with the with Ruth and four children, Alfred aged 13, Jabez aged 8, In 1970 John’s daughter Mary Mary Ann aged 7, and John aged became Sub Postmistress until 2. Sad to relate, Ruth died at 18th February 1997 when, a some time in the ensuing decade century and a half after a Post for in 1851 Jesse is a widower. A Office first appeared in the registration at Wycombe in 1848 village, Loosley Row Post Office may record her death. closed. In Musson & Craven’s Directory Sandy Macfarlane of 1853 Jesse appears as Retired local GP shopkeeper, carpenter and Sec Risboro Area Heritage Soc. postmaster, and he continued as such until his death in 1881, when he was 81 years old.
He was succeeded by his son Alfred who, like his father, was also a carpenter and joiner. L ittle is known of Alfred’s first wife,
10 Horticultural Society The society enjoyed a coach trip borders and a hillside of alpine to Wisley on a beautiful sunny plants. The day went very quickly Sunday in June. We met at the with all the different areas to see village hall at 9.45 and had a and the beautiful weather. We good journey to Wisley where were all back on the coach and everyone found their own way worn out before we knew it. around the gardens. The Royal Horticultural Society gardens The next major event is the entail a range of different areas Annual Show on September 6th. with something for everyone. Do come and have a go! If you have something good in the The large greenhouse had garden, a house plant or enjoy different temperate areas which cooking have a look at our show beautifully displayed how climate schedule on the village web site. controls the range of flora it is Entries are accepted on the day, possible to grow. The themed and if you aren’t already a areas continued outside the member you can join as well. If greenhouse with North you are nervous of entering American prairie planting in come along and see the entries swathes around the lake. and prize winners at 4.30 in the Millennium Hall. You can sum up For those interested in growing the opposition and have a go food there were vegetable beds next year! and magnificent fruit gardens and orchards to envy. The Alison Shreeve raspberries were enormous and glowing as were the cherries! If Chairman Images from Wisley Gardens. your tastes were more for showy flowers there were beds of roses and long magnificent mixed Strawberry Tea After a few years without a home The Ellesborough Silver Band Thanks to the church for the location, the Strawberry Tea entertained, the sun shone venue and to all the helpers. returned this time in the (mainly) and over 70 people Vicarage Garden. enjoyed tea on the lawn. Editor
11 Family Fête Fun at The Pink! weather has seen the addition of The Pink to me is all about our more salads and a few lighter customers, and Saturday July 19th options. The specials board saw the very first Pink and Lily fête continues to see innovative and day! exciting dishes so there’s plenty to appeal to even our most regular The whole thing went off with a customers! In other staffing news bang – even though the I’d like to say a big warm welcome threatened storms stayed away The arrival of summer has seen to Gary, who I know is going to be and the day went by like lightning! some exciting changes up at The a massive ball of energy in the Massive thanks to Maggie, Row, Pink! The summer has been kitchen! and Fern – you were magnificent greeted with a new seasonal and I couldn’t let a Hallmark menu, created by recently It’s been great to see the garden article go by without the expected promoted Head Chef Dave sliding into full swing again! And Maggie mention! Ann Noel and Watson. Dave, who has been with the addition of our new garden Andrew were brilliant with support us since last summer is well aware ‘pods’ gives a whole new and encouragement and Di made of the needs and wants of our dimension to outdoor dining! an elegant and sophisticated fabulous customers and with them Recently installed and available to ribbon cutter! I loved every firmly in mind, has created a book individually, the light second and can’t wait to repeat it fantastic new summer menu. reflecting glass keeps them cool in the summer and the fully closable all next year! Firm favourites such as the doors and solar lighting brings gammon ribeye and the new meaning to the term ‘al Alice Hill - Landlady homemade burger have kept their fresco’! Outdoors dining all year places on our menu, but the warm round! Lacey Green Windmill During the last 30 years, the sails decision that our principle The Chiltern Society has recently of the windmill have turned in the objective of preserving the mill’s taken on the care of more wind about 30 times. It was machinery will be best served by countryside sites, the nearest always an ambition of some of the not letting the wind turn the sails being the Local Nature Reserves original restorers that the windmill again. at Brush Hill and Prestwood. With would once again mill flour, and a the help of various sponsors, they small amount was produced on a Obviously, the safest action for are fitting information boards to couple of occasions. the windmill, will also be the safest describe each site. course for our visitors and our However, a few years ago, we volunteers. The windmill now has two of these took the decision that putting the boards, which give some basic windmill under the load of actually This is a decision that has really history, and shows some of the milling was too much for the been coming for some time, historic and unique machinery that wooden machinery that is now especially with the increased can be seen inside the windmill. 360 years old. So, particularly attention in the modern world to One of them is at the end of the during National Mills Weekend, H&S. For National Mills Weekend drive to Windmill Farm, and the most years we have been able to 2014, on Sunday 12th May there other is in the garden of The Whip. carefully let the wind turn the sails was enough wind to turn the sails We are very grateful to Nick and with as many of their cloths fitted without fitting any sailcloths. The Julie for letting us fit the as we thought appropriate. sails turned constantly for nearly 6 information board in their pub hours, and those of you who saw garden for their customers to read, However, with the increasing age them that day will have seen them where they can also enjoy a good of the windmill, and the extremes turning in the wind for the last view of the windmill. of weather that we now time. experience, we have taken the Michael G Hardy
12 St John’s School Parents Association Can it really be the end of another field and communal BBQs lit. The Mary’s Church School, year already? rain came, as predicted, at 9 pm Haddenham. but spirits remained high with Since Easter we have held a Parent everyone retiring to their tents for The conference was on the Disco, Usborne Book Sale, Plant a pretty restless, soggy night. The importance of food in Education Sale, Camp Night, and made next day at 7.30 am a huge camp and covered everything from the numerous cups of tea at sports breakfast was provided in the provision of school meals, cookery days, open afternoon, and new school hall – with 120 breakfasts and gardening clubs, to obesity parent meetings! Every Friday the served and cleared up by 9.30 am. and health. The conference was PA have sold ice creams in the A whopping £700 was raised and opened by Raymond Blanc and playground; this has been a lovely great fun had by all. featured a whole programme of treat at the end of the busy school fascinating speakers from week for the children and has The Taste Buds Club inspirational super head teachers, helped raise funds for the school. The summer term has seen the to nutritionists and health experts. We were very pleased that St This year the PA has donated development of a new exciting after school cookery club called John’s is working towards much of funds to provide the school with a what is being suggested, with new Fitness Trail, composter, the ‘The Taste Buds Club’. The Taste Buds Club is a four week thriving gardening and books, projectors and screens and environmental clubs, the Taste PE resources. course for 8 10 children that work to a seasonal theme. Each week Buds Cookery Club and our hot school meal service. In the final week of term the the children prepare a full meal to children will be enjoying a touring a theme, learning new techniques In the autumn term we are already theatre company coming into and skill sets each week. Once planning a Barn Dance for all the school for a morning to perform the meal is prepared the children family, as well as a school disco in “Jungle Book” to the whole school set a table and sit down to enjoy October and a Christmas Fayre in funded by the PA. We have just the food together. In the last 8 December!! committed funds to provide the weeks we have enjoyed a lower school with an outdoor Seasonal British Menu, a We wish all our Year 6 children shelter to allow the children to homemade pasta workshop, who are leaving us to join “Big” have lessons outdoors in all Spanish Tapas, a Chinese Banquet, school the best of luck and look weathers. a special Wimbledon Strawberry forward to welcoming our new Tea and last week an American reception children in September. Camp Night BBQ. Have a great summer..... On Friday 4th July the school Whilst on a foodie theme hosted a very successful camp representatives from St John’s night for parents and children. Julia Spittles School were invited to attend a Despite the weather reports 40 Parents Association Secretary very exciting conference held at St tents were pitched on the school
13 Rebuilding the Trust The Horse Trust, the world’s oldest regular check ups and specialist horse charity, has a mission to treatment is an every day event. improve the lives of every horse, pony and donkey in Britain. Our In rebuilding we had the Home of Rest was established in opportunity to create new 1886 to care for the working facilities for the housing, treatment horses of London. We continue to and rehabilitation of our herd. Just care for today’s working horses. like people, horses have got taller over the years and our ex military After 40 plus years in Speen our and police horses are some of the Home of Rest for Horses was tallest horses in the country. Now dilapidated. It wasn’t about their stables are big enough. aesthetics. The condition of the Some of the donkeys and ponies buildings were such that the costs are happier living together, so we of maintenance and repair were have double sized stables so they uneconomic and our facilities can live as a group. were no longer up to the job. Our horses needed and deserved We had no safe space or the equipment for our vets to assess better. Our visitors wanted more. The second part of rebuilding the or treat our horses. It meant It was a daunting situation, but Trust provided better facilities for dangerous work in all weathers for one we had to address. our supporters and visitors. They the vet and in some cases (for are our life blood, The Horse Trust In 2012 we started planning the horses that don’t like vet visits!) relies 100% on public donations. rebuild to a standard where we distress. We now have facilities to Visitors can relax in the elegant could continue to demonstrate care for some of Britain’s most Black Beauty Tea Room, or visit best practice in equine care and deserving horses. These include: our museum and exhibit of the provide decent facilities for our history of the working horse in visitors. Rebuilding meant closing A walk in walk out treatment clinic Britain. You can also hire Sefton’s our gates to visitors and for a for our vets to asses and treat our Barn, a restored 18th century barn charity like The Horse Trust, that herd safely; with modern facilities. relies wholly on public donations A basic laboratory and pharmacy that was difficult. In October 2012 to carry out tests on site, speeding The Home of Rest welcomes we launched our biggest ever up diagnosis and treatment; visitors Thursday to Sunday and appeal to supporters and asked for most bank holiday Mondays. Well their help to rebuild The Trust. The An intensive care unit to help with behaved dogs are welcome. Entry Home of Rest remained closed for post operative recovery and fee is £ 5 per vehicle (concessions 8 months. around the clock monitoring; available). We are closed December and January. On a gloriously sunny Wednesday A sand school for rehabilitation 5th June 2013, invited guests and and therapeutic exercising. Joey from the National Theatres Peter Larsen production of War Horse gathered to see HRH The Princess Royal perform the official reopening.
Before rebuilding we lacked the most basic of facilities to provide veterinary treatment. The very nature of our herd: horses retired after years of hard work in public service and horses, ponies and donkeys rescued from terrible situations means that vet visits,
14 District Council News All residents should have Groundworks are being prepared received a copy of the Wycombe for the Waitrose store being built District Times in the past week or adjacent to the new Centre, and so and I will just highlight a few opposite the Cinema, work has items for Hallmark readers, with a started on a NEXT home store, couple of other items in this issue. initially with the relocation of the Park and Ride facility. These Incidentally, I would really developments will bring appreciate your feedback on employment and excellent retail Wycombe District Times. Like facilities to the area – with other me, you may find this useful, but exciting office, hotel and further with my WDC Cabinet Member retail opportunities being pursued for Finance hat on, I wonder for deployment from 2016 whether taxpayers money should onwards. be spent on this form of communication. The total cost is If you have not already around £50 60,000 per annum, discovered the new car parking so maybe the time has come to arrangements within the District, The roll out of ANPR should be reconsider whether we continue keep your eyes peeled, as completed by mid August and to publish. Please let me know following a successful trial in will apply to all WDC car parks what you think. Easton Street and Railway Place, except the Wycombe Sports Automatic Number Plate Much progress has been made Centre, Dean Street and Riley Recognition (ANPR) technology Road in Marlow. Please note that with the major developments at is being rolled out across WDC’s Handy Cross, as anyone who has the Eden Centre car park is not off street car parks, replacing the managed by WDC. visited or passed through the area majority of the current pay and may know. Contractors are on display machines. Full details of all of the Handy schedule with the construction of Cross developments and ANPR the new Sports and Leisure ANPR brings many benefits: there can be found on the Wycombe Centre and a webcam has been is no need to rush back if your District Council website, installed so residents can see the ticket is expiring, there is reduced www.wycombe.gov.uk progress for themselves – this can risk of getting a parking penalty be viewed at fine, and there are more payment https://timelapse.regenology.co.u options available. For taxpayers, k/api/embedded/4ej/ ANPR provides a more cost Mel Foster effective and efficient way for the [email protected] Council to manage its car parks. 01494 488905 Happy Wanderers On Sunday 27th April ,16 Happy Ambling towards Kimble the sun Wanderers met at The Village greeted us, passing the church Hall, Butlers Cross. again and back to the car park. A very pleasant walk , about 5.5 We headed off towards miles, led by Adrian Vodkins. Ellesborough church, then back towards Ellesborough Golf About a dozen of us enjoyed a Course. Through some meal in the Russell Arms woodland, with lovely bluebells afterwards. coming through, crossing fields near Chequers. Ian Goodearl
15 Kinder Gym was not a normal part of our Kindergym classes.
Our holiday programme of activities will be at the Millennium Hall all Fridays during the Summer Holidays 10.00 – 11.30 am, except for the 2 weeks either side of the Bank Holiday. Do come and play if you can! All sessions are open to anyone aged up to 6.
We are also running “Rumble in the Jungle “ all day at Bledlow where you can leave children aged between 3 and 7 yrs on 8th These children have just been on Louise Durrant who is 25 yrs old, August whilst you shop or relax “A Bear Hunt” as part of and came to Kindergym when in the garden. Kindergym’s 25th Birthday we started at The British Legion Celebrations. Approximately 30 in Princes Risborough. I was not By popular request the 3.30 pm other children hunted down surprised that they had all grown class on a Friday is re opening: bears at Wades Park at our taller and I had grown wider! Reception to year 2 within age birthday event We were joined groups. Book now to ensure you by many ex attendees, and the I had to explain to parents who get a place. £25 prize for the oldest attendee did not know us that free Happy Holidays to come and say hello went to sparkling wine and sparkly cakes Jenny Black Horse We are getting sorted for our again, a great big thanks to him. I try it. Flowers are now in the next beer festival at the Black will talk more about it in the next front of the pub, pictures are Horse. We will have 20 beers issue. here for you to see. including some ciders. John Jones is arranging all my music It is a big year for Ian and myself. We need dominions and crib The big 60 is upon us, so a bash players urgently for a Monday is in order which we will be night league. If anyone fancies a doing on the 9th August with night out please give us a ring or music and food. All food will be pop in. Thank you. Enjoy your done by Ben and Tara a big summer. thank you to them. Lynne Exams are over and I would like to congratulate a few people, friends and my staff. Tilly2:1 , Leanne 2:1, Kat, and Sam Jones 2:1 a big well done to you all.
We now have a really nice garden set out. Children have a play area and it has a patio with new tables etc. Please come and
16 Windmill WI entertained by Isla St Clair. Isla sang many Scottish songs but then we all joined in the popular pop songs and well known war songs. We all thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
A few days later fourteen of us visited Edwin Rye's garden in Wendover. Edwin and his wife welcomed us with a glass of wine then showed us around his garden. Edwin's garden is very small but absolutely beautiful. It was packed with lovely flowers, some salad plants, vegetables and even a pond. Edwin was very Nineteen of us went to Denman was only one resolution this year, knowledgeable about all the College at the beginning of April 'Increasing Organ Donation'. Our plants he grows and gave us lots for a 'Taste of Denman Day'. member, Sue Parslow represented of advice. Denman College is the WI College us and 3 other institutes at the In July we had an open meeting near Oxford where courses are meeting and voted on our behalf. and Sue Parslow told us all about run and members can stay. We her visit to Leeds for the AGM had a very good cookery Patricia Pearce MBE was our which was very interesting. demonstration by a WI Cookery speaker that evening. As mentioned before Patricia was an School Chef. This was followed by This month we are having our Air Hostess and for many years a delicious lunch with a glass of Summer Lunch in Ash Close, has raised money to send wine. During the afternoon we Walters Ash so let's hope we have handicapped and seriously ill went on a tour of the college good weather. In August our children to Disney Land once a learning about its history. The speaker will be Michael Hodges year. Patricia is the Co founder afternoon ended with an excellent with his talk 'History Beneath My and Trustee of the charity cream tea a really lovely day out. Feet' We are also having our 'Dreamflight' and she was a lovely Summer Ramble this month. Also in April we had a very speaker. successful fashion show. Guests We meet the first Wednesday in In June we had a 'stand in speaker', were greeted with a glass of wine the month at Lacey Green Village David Powell, who introduced us and a selection of nibbles. We Hall at 7.45 pm and you would be to Reiki, this was a very interesting then had a lovely show of clothes very welcome. from the Edinburgh Wool Mills at subject new to most of us but we Wendover, modelled by some of did enjoy it. Ann Bartlett our members. There were lots of Also this month several of us went stalls and the evening was finished to the Summer off with a very good raffle. We Lunch run by were thrilled that we raised £500 the BFWI at the for the Motor Neurone Holiday Inn at Association and £500 for the Weston Turville. Florence Nightingale Hospice. It was a In May we discussed our beautiful day resolution to be voted at the and after a National Federation of Woman delicious lunch Institutes Annual General Meeting we settled back which was held in Leeds. There and were
17 Local Rider heads for Horse of The Year Show
Equestrian Grounds on the 19th ‘Wiggy’ to his supporters, are and 20th July. celebrating this week.
With over 600 riders countrywide, Rebekah states “having won 40 were shortlisted for the final overall Supreme Ridden selection weekend, where 10 Champion at The Chiltern & competed within four different Thames Championships in 2011, age brackets. They were assessed achieving 2nd Top Amateur at The on various tests and abilities. Longines Royal International Rebekah scored 70 out of 75 for Horse Show last year; Horse of her ridden assessment. the Year Show (HOYS) was my biggest challenge for 2014. Rebekah and three others of varying ages have won their place “It has been an absolute dream at the world renowned Horse of come true and to get Wiggy there the Year Show on Friday 10th is incredible. We have a lot to October. They will take part in a work on before HOYS and I’m Masterclass with Dressage Rider very lucky to have extreme Loosley Row amateur show rider, Michael Eilburg. amounts of support from Lynn 23 years old Rebekah Belcher Russell and my parents in order to recently won the final selection of Rebekah and her home bred 10 do so.” The Showing Register Talent year old coloured sports horse Spotting Finals held at Olney ‘Blend The Rules’, fondly known as Jo Belcher Community Planning Group The group is still active through Wycombe, there is some have had no correspondence or delivery of a Welcome Pack to competition. other feedback from readers. new residents in the Parish, and the running of Lacey Green On-line library Surely someone must object strongly to some of the things that Stores. We would appreciate service. have been said in this column. input from readers who know of This hasn’t started because there Possible explanations include: any newcomers to the village, so are some logistical problems still to that we can make sure that we be overcome. One essential factor can deliver them a Welcome is that we need a terminal to be Pack. located in the stores for use by any borrower without a computer at suppressed by the editor on the Stores Anniversary home. If anyone happens to have grounds of public safety. an old laptop or similar that they are Lacey Green Stores has been think of throwing out, please don’t – successful in providing a service to let us have it instead! with the views expressed. residents as well as casual callers. It often seems to be one of the useful hubs in the village where Communication Because the group is not people meet one another. beholden to any official It is five years since the stores first organization, we are able to take a Your responses are awaited with opened, and thanks to our team of very independent line on any issue fear and trepidation (someone dedicated volunteers it continues that is of concern and interest to may tell me it’s a tautology). to thrive. It would be nice if more the community. We try to stir the people used the stores, but we are pot sometimes by introducing a Tony Molesworth conscious that with a frequent bus controversial topic. It is rather (01844 344975) service to Princes Risborough and disappointing therefore, that we [email protected] .
18 County Council News We continue to explore different This is the largest Portfolio within means of how we can obtain the County which now covers further funding as well as not only Adult Social Care but monitoring the quality of repair. Public Health as well. Fibre Broadband To end, enjoy the rest of the Last year an £18 million high summer and as always, if there speed fibre broadband are any matters relating to programme was started for Buckinghamshire County Buckinghamshire jointly with Council that you would like to Hertfordshire. The Naphill raise, please don’t hesitate to exchange is scheduled to be contact me either via email upgraded as part of Phase 2 by [email protected] or by the end of this year. telephone 01494 564771 and if you would like a person to Recycling person meeting with me, I will Fairly recently there was the happily come and see you. “Recycle Now” week. The It is August already in the middle Cabinet Portfolio Holder for the Carl Etholen of the summer holidays and we Environment Cllr Mrs Lesley Councillor for the Ridgeway have enjoyed some sunny days Clarke OBE reported that we in West Division Bucks County which makes a change from the County are currently Council earlier this year when we saw recycling 47.6 % of our Deputy Cabinet Portfolio Holder torrential rain and flooding never household waste and most for Health & Wellbeing seen as bad before. Councils including us are looking to achieve 60% by 2020. This Chairman of the North West In my last report, the rain had result is very encouraging Chilterns Local Area Forum decimated the surfaces of many considering the cost of landfill of our County's roads and we at tax is rising rapidly. Former Chairman of Bucks BCC have been and continue to County Council 2013 2014 be inundated with complaints You may be aware that it is about potholes. Last year an Wycombe District Council who extra £25 million was allocated collects your waste from the kerb for road repairs over 2 years with and it is County Council’s an extra £3 million vied across responsibility for the disposal of from Reserves to accelerate this this. There is currently an Energy programme. The Government for Waste plant under House wanted had agreed to fund BCC with an construction in Calvert in the extra £2.5million this year from north of the County which is due A Lacey Green family are the Severe Weather Fund. Bucks to be operational by February looking for a house to allow an County Council has recently 2016. elderly relative to move into secured a further £1.476 million the village. They are looking As my year as the Chairman of of funding from the Government for a house in the village but Bucks County Council ended in to repair potholes out of the not on the main road. May, I was invited to take up the £168 million that was Preferably a bungalow with position of Deputy Cabinet announced in the March Budget. small or easily maintained Portfolio Holder for Health & BCC will be investing £65 million garden. in our roads over the next 4 Wellbeing under Cllr Mrs Patricia years but in reality, this is only a Birchley and have accepted. If you are thinking of selling fifth of what we need. please give Jackie a call on 07506894159.
19 The Annual Meeting of the removed after the Methodist as far afield as Gloucestershire Parish Council was held on 19th Church closed, in order to gain and North Wales to be present. May 2014. At this meeting, the access to the former Methodist Chairman and Vice Chairman are Cemetery. This is now renamed Reverend Gregory Hargrove voted in for the ensuing year. By the Garden of Rest, and is under conducted a short dedication a unanimous vote, Councillor the care of Lacey Green Parish service. Two minutes silence was Mrs. Cathryn Davies was elected Council and open to all observed, marked by the playing Chairman and Councillor Roger parishioners. of the Last Post and Reveille. Craft, Vice Chairman. Wreaths were laid on behalf of A new Memorial has been Lacey Green Parish Council, Members are also appointed to erected in the Garden of Rest. Buckinghamshire County represent Lacey Green Parish The four brick piers of the Council, the Royal British Legion Council on outside Committees. original Memorial have been Princes Risborough and District These include Wycombe District replicated and the Portland and RAFA, High Wycombe. Association of Local Councils, N. Stone caps reused. Since the W. Chilterns Local Area Forum, Memorial no longer serves as a There was an opportunity for Speen Shop Committee, Lacey gateway, a donated seat has family and friends to place a Green & Loosley Row been incorporated into the small wooden cross in memory Millennium Hall, Risborough design. New plaques record the of loved ones. Area Community Forum, names of the fallen. Afterwards, eighty people were Neighbourhood Action Group The new Memorial was entertained to tea in the Village and the Rural Forum. Hall. A book, detailing the young dedicated on Sunday 8th June. The gates to the Methodist The Chairman of Lacey Green men commemorated on the Church served as a War Parish Council, Councillor Mrs. Memorial, was on display. Memorial to former members of Cathryn Davies, welcomed the the Methodist Sunday School, assembled crowd, many of Dennis Claydon who gave their lives in two whom were relatives of the World Wars. The gates were fallen. Some had travelled from
20 St John’s Church Tony helped in founding a Past events Community Care Scheme, served The Progressive Supper was a on committees of Citizens Advice ‘Feast’ enjoyed by all who Bureau, helped in community attended, and the weather was projects, and served as Chair of kind. Many thanks to Graham King Governors in various Primary for organising hosts and visitors, Schools. and ensuring all eventually met at Difficult to envisage, but in any Rosemary’s for a delicious spare time he has, Tony enjoys selection of puddings. Jazz, Blues, and Folk Music. He The Church Fete weekend was a plays piano, guitar, tenor sax, and success regardless of a few spots conga drums and is a member of a of rain. Gazebos were in place in Ceilidh Band and a Jazz Quartet. the Vicarage gardens, Mike fired Five a side football – playing and up the barbeque, teas were served Good News! spectating, is a hobby; reading for with platefuls of cake and scones, Very good news – Rev. Tony pleasure – History, Science Fiction various stalls offered absolute Bundock from Leeds Minster will and Fantasy – covers all aspects. bargains: from books, DVDs, be our new Vicar. plants, jewellery and handbags, With study leave in 2012, Tony bric a brac, tombola, and our Before training as a Minister at researched links between early junior members did a roaring trade Queen’s College, Birmingham, Christian monasticism in the in encouraging the making of Tony had varied experience in the Egyptian desert and the Celtic loom bands, bracelets, rings etc. secular world; namely Fire Spirituality of the British Isles. This Insurance, Inland Revenue, included making visits to Iona, Then, we had the sell out concert Human Resources, Tax Inspector, Lindisfarne, Lastingham, and during the evening, starring and work as a part time barman! Whithorn, as well as sacred sites Banjovi Revival Band, and our very own church choir featuring the Since training, Tony’s experience of Ireland. Findings were published by the Leeds Church junior choir too. There was some with different cultures and groups excellent music, solos, duets and is vast: Hospital Chaplaincy, West Institute in 2013 under the title “From Coptic to Celtic”. community singing, encouraged African Pentecostal Church, and enlivened by glasses of wine Oscott R.C. Seminary as well as Due to space constraints, this is a and soft drinks at half time. links with Leeds Methodist compact but interesting view of Mission. Rev. Tony. It does leave openings This was an enjoyable for parishioners to introduce entertainment and a fund raiser He became Team Rector of the with half proceeds to St. John’s Seacroft Team Ministry in East themselves, converse, and discover more about our new and half to The Princes Centre. Leeds in 1994, and in 2005 Funds raised for the Church during became Team Rector of the Leeds minister and his wife Pat. We welcome them both whole the whole weekend amounted to City Team and incumbent for over £1,050. Leeds Minster. heartedly! We do sincerely thank all the Our Church’s 150th birthday was This involved working with celebrated on Sunday 6th July children and young people, visiting Clergy who have been inspirational, sincere, and friendly with a special communion service manager of Cubs football team, and Birthday cake. and organising Church based during the Interregnum, and will holidays including ocean going continue being supportive until sailing, canal boat trips and October. Please do come and outward bound holidays. He has experience the warm welcome June Brazier also had children’s stories and in our lovely Church. playlets published.
21 Heavenly Bodies Is that a UFO? Not quite, but it is a Space Station fly by sometimes ‘disappear’ in mid picture of an IFO space ship – an So what is the space ship in the flight as it enters the Earth’s ‘Identified Flying Object’ – flying photograph? It’s the International shadow cast into outer space. over my house. In fact, there’ll be Space Station the size of a Once gone, wait just 90 minutes lots of space ships whizzing football pitch and carrying six and it will be back, as that’s all it across the night skies in the next astronauts (Brit Tim Peake will be takes for the ISS to go around the few months, and finding out how part of the crew next November). Earth. The fly bys can last several to spot them is easy. It’s probably flown over you minutes. But as this column is entitled dozens of times without you Something that is over literally in a ‘Heavenly Bodies’, we’ll first take realising. You just need to look up flash is another man made space a look at which natural wonders at the right time and in the right phenomenon. These appear to be we can look forward to. Usually at direction – and there are some a sudden bright flarings of a this time of year, there is the good fly bys over England due in moving star in the sky. They are Perseid meteor shower of August. You can find out the called Iridium flares and are hundreds of shooting stars. It still dates, times and ISS path by going caused by a series of automatic takes place on August 12 but a to the website www.heavens satellites (launched for mobile full Moon will wash most of them above.com (see graphics within phone communication) whose from view, unfortunately. But fear photo) and enter your location very large solar panels gradually not, as the Orionid meteor (‘London’ will suffice), then click turn to keep facing the Sun. As shower awaits on October 21 on ‘ISS’ to find out the predicted they do so, the Sun’s light is when there will be no Moon in fly bys (Under ‘Brightness, the momentarily reflected down to the way. Wait until it’s dark and larger the minus figure, the Earth causing the sudden look up – the later the better. brighter the space station will brightening. Again, you can find appear; e.g. 3.4 is very bright). out when these flares, and other Before then, look for the crescent Then go outside five minutes satellites, will be above you on the Moon low in the south western before the scheduled time and Heavens Above website. sky on August 31 between 8.45 wait to see a small moving white 9.45 pm. Very close above it will dot emerge from the horizon, The main tips to remember are be Saturn, and Mars will be further gliding nearer and nearer, most satellites are best spotted in out to the Moon’s lower right. It’s becoming brighter and brighter – the first 90 minutes after sunset, farewell to those planets for it can be really bright! It appears and if a moving white dot in the several months, but Jupiter is set to travel at the same rate as a sky flashes on and off, it’s an to return this winter. A comet is high altitude aeroplane, but is aeroplane! due to fly near Mars between about 250 miles up and hurtling October 18 2018 20, and you’ll need along at about 17,000mph. It can Chris Dignan binoculars to spot the faint wisp.
Turning to the man made objects, as you read this in early August, the European space probe “Rosetta” is less than 100 miles from another comet. Over the coming weeks, the probe will manoeuvre itself into a close orbit around fast moving Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, before being the first ever space ship to send a craft to land on a comet. The historic landing is scheduled to take place in November, so watch out for news updates.
22 Organisation Meetings Contact Phone Email address
Happy Wanderers Walking Club Full walk last Sun of the month 10.30 Ronnie Lewin 274961 [email protected]
Happy Wanderers Walking Club Short walk (2-3 miles) 2nd Wed 10.30 Linda Taylor 345261
Horticultural Society 3rd Wed of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Alison Shreeve [email protected] Nov. 8 pm Kinder Gym & Melody Minors Baby to 5 years. Fridays during term. Jenny Stothard 344441 [email protected] After school classes for up to Year 3 Gabby Kenny 07793 80745 LG Singers Thursday evenings in term time Denise Kinnard [email protected]
Lacey Green Productions Theatre, drama, and sometimes food [email protected]
Windmill Under 5s Mon-Fri 9.00-12.00 or 1.30 if your child Paula Cunningham 07502 198405 [email protected] stays for lunch Windmill WI (evenings) 1st Wed of month except Jan. 7.45 pm Daphne Willash 01494 562455 [email protected]
High Wycombe & District U3A 4th Wed afternoon of the month Margaret Graham 01494 630713 Margaret@margaret- graham.com Youth Club Alternate Fridays - see laceygreen.com Joan Smith 342322 [email protected] web site for details 7.30 pm Over 50s Pub Lunch Club Black Horse. First Tuesday of the Betty Tyler 344606 month Yvonne Axe 345216 Short Mat Bowls Club Monday 2 pm Leigh Axe 345216 [email protected]
LG Sports Club Secretary Stephanie Dell 07768 831196 [email protected]
LG Sports Club - Cricket Jonathan Dell 07786 386912
LG Sports Club - Tennis Nigel Glenister 342771 [email protected]
LG Sports Club - Football Ben Foster 344906 [email protected]
Karate Monday evenings Stephen Fincham 07540 531034 [email protected]
Whiteleaf Bowmen Wed, Thu & Fri evenings, Apr to Sep Brenda Cordwell, Sec 01494 485037 www.whiteleafbowmen.org.uk
Pilates Classes Tuesday mornings Sue Croxford 346656 [email protected]
Wycombe District Council Mel Foster 01494 488905 [email protected]
Bucks County Council Paul Rogerson 01494 488315 [email protected]
St John's Church Pat Richards 345452
LG Community Planning Group Tony Molesworth 344975 [email protected]
Scouts (Naphill & Hughenden) Peter Byerley 01494 565955 [email protected]
Parish Council Susanne Griffiths 275912 [email protected]
LG Post Office Monday and Thursday 9 am to 12 noon
LG Windmill Sundays & Bank holidays 2 to 5 pm Michael Hardy 275871 [email protected] May to September g.uk Millennium Hall Clive Hodghton 343113 [email protected]
Millennium Hall bookings Karen Hodghton 274254 [email protected]
The Black Horse Quiz night last Sunday of every month Lynne Comley 345195 [email protected] at 8pm Police Andy Ralph 101
23 Hallmark is published quarterly by Our aim is to mirror the mark that We welcome news from all the the Lacey Green & Loosley Row the Village Hall makes upon our Village clubs, societies, church and Millennium Hall Management community, to publish the school, stories of local interest and Committee, although opinions activities of all Village entries for the Village Diary. expressed in comment or organisations, and to provide a A version of this printed Hallmark contribution do not necessarily forum so that the rights, the may be found on our website represent the collective view of wrongs, the well being of village www.laceygreen.com , which also that committee. life can be aired. has breaking news and many additional articles & photos. HALLMARK EDITOR Mike Piercy, Malmsmead, Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 0PU ( just before the pond on the right) 01844 344021 Email [email protected] ADVERTISING MANAGER Chris Baker, "Woodpeckers", Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 OPT (past the pond on the left) 01844 275442 Email [email protected] VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Clive or Karen on 01844 274254 (answering service)
LACEY GREEN POST OFFICE VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Open Monday and Thursday 9.00 to 12.00 Clive Hodghton (Chair) LACEY GREEN STORES Rachel Panter (Vice Chair), Village Hall 9.00 am 1pm every week day Sue D’Arcy (Secretary), COFFEE MORNINGS Yvonne Axe (Treasurer), Held in Village Hall 10am 12 noon Thursdays. Karen Hodghton (Booking Sec.), Friendly chatting with tea or coffee & biscuit Chris and Jill Baker, THE FOOT CLINIC Leigh Axe, Chiropody services with Cathy Maynard. Tel Stella Boll, 274521 Tuesdays by appointment Jane Brown, Ginnie Brudenell, Cathryn Davies, Bette Tyler LACEY GREEN WINDMILL The windmill will be open from 2pm to 5pm on Sundays and Bank Holidays until the 28th September. Admission is £2 per adult and £1 per child (5 15), but free for Chiltern Society members showing their valid membership cards. For further details, and travel information, please see our website www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk or telephone 01844 275871.
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