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wonderful time listening to nightin- Dip the cutting in rooting hormone gales, walking through meadows (available from any garden centre) and discovering our favourite butter- and stick the cutting about two inch- flies. I planted it as a happy memory es into a pot of half vermiculite and of that time. I love it for its texture as half compost with a little bit of grit added to facilitate drainage. Rooting hormone helps prevent the tip from rotting and encourages quick, strong root development. Cover it with plastic to form a green- houselike environment for the cuttings and place it in a light spot, but out of direct sun. Lavender cuttings are very easy to propagate and will root within 34 weeks. much as for the flowers and scent. There is so much pleasure in propa- Servicing and MOTs at North’s Garage gating and definitely worth trying it. Lavender thrives in any poor soil in Maybe like me, you’ll create and Our specialists carry out a huge range of work from a simple tyre change to a a very sunny border. To keep it look grow plants that will remind you of full engine rebuild. If you are unsure about what work your car requires, healthy and stop it from becoming give us a call on 01494 881258 and we will be happy to take a look for you. your happy times, holidays or leggy, it needs to be pruned hard by friends. the end of August. I hope you’ll give it a go and you’ll MOT (including diesel) Four wheel laser alignment Lavender can be propagated by enjoy it as much as I do. Happy Servicing Tyres / Puncture repairs softwood and hardwood cuttings. propagating! Softwood cuttings taken in spring Repairs ADDITIONAL SERVICES will root faster, while the Electronic fault diagnostics Holiday and winter safety checks hardwood cuttings are Local breakdowns Cam Belts Customer car collection / Local lifts more reliable and you (by prior arrangement) can take them in autumn. o Air Conditioning Arrangements can be made for accident repairs All you need to do is to cut strong, healthy stems Visit our website at www.northsgarage.co.uk and like us on Facebook for without buds on them. By your chance to get involved in our competitions! using a sharp knife take 4 inches of a long, healthy North’s Garage, High Street, Lane End, HP14 3JF and vigorous stem for Tel: (01494) 881258 rooting. Remove all of the Email: [email protected] [email protected] leaves from the lower 2 inches of the stem. NorthsAdverts_A5_v4.indd 1 02/03/2016 12:43 page The Clarion — Summer 2019 The Clarion — Summer 2019 page 61

Parish Council meetings— \ All welcome Tuesday 4 June —Cadmore End with Anya the garden fairy Village Hall Follow me on Instagram @anya_thegarden_fairy Monday 1 July—Sycamore Room, Lane End Village Hall Monday 12 August—Lane End Summer! I don’t even know where to plants, but there is a simple one I Sports Association would like to tell you about. One of begin. There is so much I would like Monday 2 September—Sycamore everyone’s favourite and the most to share with you at this time of the Room, Lane End Village Hall year. The garden is filled with iconic of all… lavender. colours, textures and insects. I’m so I like growing plants that remind me excited! The bees are everywhere! of our family, friends, happy events Planning Applications This is simply wonderful. of our life and lavender is one of The Planning Applications relevant them. I loved it during our holidays in I’ve learned over the years to slow to Lane End Parish Council are Umbria, Italy, and I recreated a little down during the summer months to updated on the Parish Councils web- bit of that Mediterranean atmosphere simply enjoy what we have created. I site laneendparishcouncil.org.uk in our own garden. We had the most started to recognise the benefits every Monday from the official list of of living in the present and I hope verified applications supplied by you can do the same. There is so WDC. much you can feed your soul with [\ at this time of the year by just Whilst the parish council does not being in your garden. I cannot get have the power to determine applica- enough of it all. tions its local knowledge is sought on each and every application. I’m very passionate about growing plants from seeds and cuttings and I would like to inspire Allotments you today. Propagation is such a fantastic and rewarding way of There are three allotment sites in the creating more plants for your parish, Chalky Fields, Bunkers and garden. Sandyfields. By taking cuttings you can easily We are in the process of having make hundreds of plants without some of the overgrown/vacant plots spending any money. I’ve cleared. There are a number of un- challenged myself over the years used plots available at the Bunkers with propagating the most difficult and Sandyfields sites. If you would — —

pothole.aspx or you can call them on fungicides suitable for successive dies are necessary to cover the Street lights 01296 395000 / 0845 3708090 Mon- growth stages. greater costs and significantly day to Thursday 9am-5.30pm and reduced yields of organically grown To report a faulty street light please Growth Regulator sprayed on the Friday 9am to 5pm. crops. Many folk regard organic food note the column number, the road leaf of the plant at a midway stage of as being top quality since it is more where the street light is situated and If you consider this to be dangerous its growth will strengthen the root expensive, and yet no evidence has the nearest property and report to or an emergency, please call BCC system, and will make the stem of been shown to prove any additional the Clerk - Hayley Glasgow 01494 on: 01296 382416 (9am-5.30pm Mon the cereal plant grow shorter but benefit to human health from foods 437111 / -Thurs 9am-5pm Friday) or 01296 stronger, so that in a wet season the grown on organic principles. [email protected] 486630 (out of hours and weekends) crop will be less likely to lodge. Since development of these growth regula- Big Farmland Bird Count tors it is now unusual to see cereal On a foggy morning in February, we crops which have been laid flat were pleased to welcome an before harvest as a result of outgrow- ornithologist from Berks, Bucks & [ ing their own strength. Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) to as- Insecticides are never used as sist us with surveying for the ‘Big routine, but only for specific infesta- Farmland Bird Count’, an initiative of There’s lots going on at the Playing Playing Fields are being well-used, tion of a crop by aphids, flea beetle the Game & Wildlife Conservation Fields at the moment. with Wycombe Town Juniors train- and similar pests. Trust (https://www.bfbc.org.uk/). We ing on the football pitch and 3G ar- The good news were pleased to record several Yel- ea. The 3G pitch is also being hired Trace Elements. The main plant lowhammer and Linnet as well as Two new signs were installed at the for goal-keeping training each week nutrients of Nitrogen, Phosphate, Skylarks. Across nine farms in the beginning of the year and are still and a new Gentle Lane End Netball Potash, and correction of soil acidity Central Chilterns Farmer Cluster looking smart. training practice has started at 9am with Lime, are all spread as solids to there were 297 recordings of 59 spe- on Sunday mornings. the fields. However, crops can some- cies including the ‘champagne mo- As regards structural works—the times be short of trace elements such garage is being refurbished, the The next phase of development for ment’ of spotting a pair of short as Manganese and these are best eared owls near Lacey Green. asbestos roof disposed of and the the Clubhouse is currently being applied with the crop sprayer. walls re-clad. The Clubhouse has planned. This summary would be had new double-glazed windows Organic. The bad news incomplete without mentioning that installed. Plans have also been drawn up for a new patio with ramp The memorial bench at the Playing some farms are managed on access into the building. Fields was vandalised in April. The ‘organic’ principles under which the bench was a memorial to Kevin only crop protection chemicals used There’s also good news that the — —

This acid was referred to as BOV December 2018, so that in future it Ansell, who grew up in the village ‘He meant a lot to us guys, hence (Brown Oil of Vitriol) and was highly will only be possible to control and was a top sportsman. He played the upset when we heard that the corrosive and dangerous to handle. aphids with greater quantities of dif- football and cricket for the village bench had been vandalised,’ says Fream’s went on to make a short ferent spray treatments after crop teams and ended up being manager Delaney. emergence. of the football team. reference to research started in To enquire about activities at Lane 1941 on ‘Growth Promoting Sub- Herbicides may be selective weed Kevin was also chairman of the End Playing Fields or book any of stances’, sometimes referred to as killers, which can kill yield- sports association and was instru- the facilities, call 07775 535542 ‘hormones’ such as MCPA, which suppressing weeds in the crop with- mental in getting it up and running it worked by making the weed outgrow out harming the crop itself. Some in the mid-eighties. Unfortunately, he its own strength before dying. Wycombe Town FC is looking for herbicides are applied by spraying developed cancer and passed away junior players. They’re scouting for The dramatic increase in production the young crop and the weeds in it – in 1996 aged just 34. the Under 7 and Under 10 teams for in the last 40 years has been partly these are called ‘post-emergence Kevin was the most successful Lane the 2019/20 season. due to the breeding of higher yield- herbicides’. But scientists have also End football team manager ever, ing varieties, but the greatest developed ‘pre-emergence herbi- according to his friend, Delaney They will start training on the first increases have come from artificial cides’ which are used to spray the Hanson, who has helped organise a Saturday in August and matches fertilisers and the use of crop protec- crust of the soil before the crop has memorial match between Lane End will start in September at Lane End tion chemicals developed by emerged – then the young cereal Legends and Stokenchurch Legends playing fields. research scientists. These crop plant will grow through that crust of to raise money to replace the memo- Contact: Simeon Burke on treatments, which are all applied treated soil, but the harmful weeds rial bench. 07792 539417. with great precision to protect the will be killed as they emerge. Total health of the crop, include: - herbicides such as Glyphosate are most useful for cleaning fields Seed Dressing. Cereal seeds are between crops. always treated by the supplier of the seed with a coating of seed dressing before delivery to the farm. The purpose of the seed dressing is to protect the very young plant as it emerges from the soil from various fungal diseases. Some seed dressings also contained neonicotinoid insecticide which protects the emerging crop from attack by aphids, thus guarding the crop against the disease Barley Dwarf Yellows Virus which can cause the crop to fail. The use of neonicotinoid insecticide for seed dressing became illegal in — —

field of wheat or barley that is less all the bunches of rhizomes and than around 3.3 tonnes per acre. make a series of small bonfires over [ the whole field. Nowadays, if there is It was immensely difficult to control any couch grass in a field it can be couch grass in cereal crops before Report by Mike Detsiny sprayed with Glyphosate between the development of effective herbi- crops so that the active ingredient is cides. At that time couch grass, as translocated from the leaf down to One hundred and sixty residents by the fact that young doctors, fin- any gardener knows, is a most trou- the root thus killing the entire plant turned out on the evening of 25 ishing medical school, are no longer blesome weed grass that spreads and making the ground suitable for March at Lane End Youth & Commu- attracted by the thought of going primarily through the rhizomes of its the next crop. nity Centre to listen to a presentation into general practice; the hours are underground root system, so that the from Marlow Medical Group, the very long, the strain intense and root itself puts up new plants. The As a point of interest I have looked operators of The Lane End Surgery. there are far greater financial way of eradicating couch grass up my copy of Fream’s Elements of awards to be found in other areas of before the advent of suitable sprays Agriculture which was the standard All four of the partners attended: the medical profession. was to cultivate the field so that the text book on farming when I was at Dr Penny Macdonald rhizomes of couch came up to the Agricultural College in 1954. This The only possible solution to what is Dr Myles Johnson top, followed by harrowing the field text book, running to 715 pages, was becoming a real and present danger Dr Stefan Kuetter with chain harrows to roll all the rhi- revised in 1951. The reference to is to try and develop much closer Dr Ross Hendry zomes up into bunches. weed control by chemical methods links between gave the advice on the use of sul- The two prac- all areas of Hand work was then necessary with phuric acid to control weeds, a tice managers the NHS a 4-tined long handle fork to pick up practice which started in the 1920s. Lindsey Jef- whereby the feries and optimum solu- Verity Bristow tion for each also attended. patient can be properly The first part co-ordinated; thus spreading the of the evening consisted of a presen- workload. An example of one pio- tation by Dr Macdonald setting out neering solution is The Hub in Mar- the background against which all low where a number of medical ser- General Practioners were having to vices are now located under one work. They are faced with a growing roof. and aging population making ever increasing demands on The Health Members of the audience had sub- Service. A very large amount of this mitted questions in advance of the increased workload is being under- meeting and the key ones are listed taken by GPs because hospitals, below : particularly A&E departments are Question. Can anything be done to simply unable to cope. improve the waiting time when try- The problem is further compounded

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ing to get through on the phone? Question. Does The Gracewell retirement home add to your work- Answer. Apologies; it has been load? poor. Patients can now phone Lane End Surgery direct rather than con- Answer. Yes tact Marlow. Question. How do you see the future Question. Will the number of new of The Lane End Surgery ? with Bryan Edgley\ and planned new houses in Lane Answer. We are dedicated to provid- End make your task more difficult? ing the best possible level of service; [ Answer. Unfortunately, yes. There but it won’t be easy. does not seem to be any co- The meeting was thought to be con- ordinated planning function that rec- structive and the audience gave the ognises that more people require doctors a warm round of applause at My first ‘On the Land’ jottings pub- more services. lished in the March 2007 issue of This balance has to allow for the the end. Clarion V followed a Lane End production of enough food to prevent Conservation Group column in the starvation of the people throughout December 2006 issue in which the the world following modern huge opinion was put forward that ‘there increases of population, both in was general agreement that modern Britain and in overseas countries, farming and gardening practices and at the same time to look after played their part in upsetting the bal- bees, birds and other wildlife in the ance of nature, resulting in starlings countryside. and many other species getting Spraying of crop protection chemi- scarcer’. That author went on to cals (pesticides) is sometimes state that: ‘If farmland is drenched thought by the casual observer to be with pesticides, then the food (for unnecessary, and yet it has resulted birds) is no longer present and the in average yields of wheat and other young die of starvation. Or, if the cereal crops having tripled in the food is contaminated, then the years since I have been farming young die of poisoning’. Kensham Farm. When Alison and I That article prompted me, greatly started farming here at Michaelmas encouraged by the late Ross 1955, just a few weeks after we mar- Osborne, to write something for ried, we were quite satisfied with our Clarion V that described the work on first harvest. Our cereal crop yielded modern farms, and the attempts by over one tonne of grain per acre. we farmers to keep the countryside Nowadays, my son Charlie, and where we live, and the wildlife in it, other farmers within the Chiltern Ara- in as good a balance as is possible. ble Group, are disappointed with any

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[ Farm who will all be talking to the children. Please join us too, and give your views. Report by Julie Wetenhall This is our village, it is a lovely village and has a wonderful community, and it would be great if we could Hi, I’m Julie Wetenhall and I’ve all pull together to make it as good recently taken on the role of monitor- as it can possibly be! ing the footpaths under the control of Lane End Parish Council and will try At the time of writing Lane End Dog to give an update on progress with Walkers has 167 members. Please each issue of the Clarion. find us on Facebook if you would like

to join. We offer help and advice, Recent storms have brought down post photos or just comment on dog- trees across a number of paths and gie matters, and are a friendly group, we have been active in clearing not judgemental! If you see me out these with help from the Chiltern for a walk with Benji around the Society and the local footpath moni- village please give us a wave or say tors. We have also lodged a number

\ hello. of issues with broken or defective stiles and gates, and hope we will see progress on these shortly.

We have noticed increasing activity from horses and cycles on our paths

in recent months, and I have been asked whether this is accepta-

ble. Both have quite an impact on paths and can churn them into mud, particularly in the winter months. Horses and cyclists are permitted

and welcome on any bridleways in our local network. These are clearly marked with blue circles on the various marker posts (the blue circles do also say ‘bridleway’ if you look closely!). Horse owners also have agreements with a number of our local farmers to ride on their land. Neither horses nor cyclists have — —

village, and I welcomed this sugges- in primary and secondary schools to rights to use footpaths (marked with Tickets, priced £12 Adult/£10 Con- tion with enthusiasm, as did our help educate, inspire and motivate yellow circles in many, but not all, cessions for all three nights, members. the active citizens of tomorrow. places). are available from 5th May at www.laneendplayers.com, by Of course, irresponsible pet owner- The children discussed and voted on To be fair to them, some riders and phone 01494 880662, by email- ship is not just about not picking up issues in the local community that cyclists are not aware of the rights ing [email protected], and at after your dog. There are many other they felt passionate about and want- concerning footpaths, and signposts the Village Hall on Saturday morn- problems, such as loose and uncon- ed to make a difference too, and the are not always clear, so please be ings from 9.30 - 12.00. Many people trolled dogs, allowing them to bark finally chose Responsible Pet Own- reasonable if you do come across like to organise their friends to come incessantly when left alone at home ership and why it is important to look them on your favourite footpath! in a group, so seating will be casual or out in the garden, after animals properly. Most people will courteously accept around tables, and the Bar will be suggesting that your ™ your direction back to the nearest The children are open throughout the evening. dog would love to be bridleway – and all of our bridleways producing an online friends, when the oth- are properly signposted. However if survey and it would be er is clearly nervous or you do come across persistent tremendously helpful if unsocialised to name offenders then do please let me you could respond to but a few. Of course, know. this so that the chil- ‘Pets’ also includes dren can gather to- With spring now upon us, can I wish many other animals: gether as many views, you all pleasant walking on our cats, birds, rabbits, ideas and suggestions increasingly dry, clear and tortoises etc. Lane End What’s as possible to assist (hopefully) mud-free footpaths. Then there is the big their research. one! Unwanted pets. They are hoping to put [ Cute puppies and kit- Lane End Players together a presenta- tens that are no longer ™ tion on the subject in wanted when they get Report by Georgie Brooks the Community Centre BOX OFFICE older and abandoned or just sold on. where everyone is welcome to come My Benji had two other homes Village Hall and express views on the subject Lane End Players will perform ‘The before he came to me, neither of and raise any problems or experi- Boombastic 90s’, a show of songs Saturdays 9.30-12noon which worked out, and he was ences. We are hoping that this will and sketches on Thurs 20, Fri 21, nervous, defensive and insecure take place on a Wednesday after- Sat 22 June. Call 01494 880662 when he came into my life at 12 noon in early – mid June. If you months old. He was lucky in the end, This is continuing in the tradition would like to come along please email but for many others there is not such of ‘Super Sounds of the Seventies’ email me on [email protected] a happy ending. and ‘Totally Awesome Eighties’ [email protected] and we will contact you with all the which were received by audiences The scheme that the school have details. with great acclaim in recent years. website enrolled with is called the Young Citi- The children already have support Tom Everitt is producing the show. laneendplayers.com zens Make a Difference Challenge. and advice from Stokenchurch Dog This is an education charity working Rescue, the RSPCA and Lacey’s — —

[ae den field contradicted the National Plan- ning Policy Framework and WDC's [ Lane End Waes own policies on protecting the envi- Report by Jerry Gray ronment, flora, fauna and Areas Of By Jan Nangreave Outstanding Natural Beauty, of which Golden Guff is part. The Chil- For those of us who do religiously After reviewing the Wycombe District tern Conservation Board is against it It is that lovely time of year for us pick up after our dogs, this makes us Council's Development Plan and and our Lane End Parish Council dog walkers, when we can enjoy paranoid that people will look at us hearing views about it in the Council also protested vigorously lovely early morning and evening and think we are the ones who are Chambers last September, Nicola (See https:// walks in daylight and hopefully nice responsible. Like many others, I Gulley, the Government's Planning www.wycombe.gov.uk/.../PMM015- warm, dry weather. I was hoping to carry Benji’s full poo bag with pride, Inspector, made a number of Lane-End-Parish...). be able to write about the joy of own- holding it so it is visible to others, requests to WDC for modifications to ing a dog at this time of year. How Ms Gulley's verdict is now awaited: and often carrying it halfway around various elements of the Plan. These friendly and sociable it is to stride out we are told it will be delivered by way the village before I deposit it in a bin. modifications were published on the around the village, allowing your of a final report in May. Given the Crazy or what! Council website in February and the furry friend to snuffle the verges and subterfuge which has surrounded public was again invited to submit its gamble across the grass, tramp From a recent prolific thread in the offering of Golden Guff for devel- views over a six week period. across the fields or through the another Lane End Facebook Group, opment and the obvious depth of woods admiring the wild flowers, I deduce that members of Lane End WDC subsequently published these local feeling against it, the treasured without looking as if they have been Dog Walkers are not the only people responses (or submissions) to the memories which a number of our through a mud-bath. concerned about this. Plan's modifications in March. elderly residents hold of playing in What I did not want to be writing See https:// the field as children amidst the but- Young Citizens Make about again was that continual prob- www.wycombe.gov.uk/…/Local-Plan tercups, and the number of submis- a Difference Challenge -Proposed-Main-Modif…. sions sent through the formal chan- lem of dog poo! On the pavements, nels (no easy task) it would be a grass verges, foot paths, playing I was delighted to receive a mes- Of 801 submissions, 95 (nearly 12%) travesty if Golden Guff remained in fields and even outside the shops. sage from Shanie Ida who teaches expressed complete opposition to the Plan. Year 4 at Lane End Primary the proposed destruction of Golden School. She and her pupils are Guff field, demonstrating that in a Today, Lacey's cows returned to the doing a project called ‘The number of areas, building on this lush pasture of Golden Guff to graze: Young Citizens Make a Differ- let us hope it is a good sign. ence Challenge’ and when asked to identify a problem locally that they could attempt to address, the children chose Irresponsible Pet Owners. Shanie wondered if they could join forces with Lane End Dog Walkers to try to make that important difference in our

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Q&A with Jane Mclaren

Who owns the new salon, how What made you decide to did you get together? move? Jacque and I bought Tip Top Nails in The short answer is we've outgrown 2016. Before working together we’d where we are. We've now got two never actually met, but had lots of beauty rooms (the room at the back friends in common. The opportunity is quiet and specifically for massag- to buy the business came up and we es and facials) a spray tan room, a decided to go for it. Jacque was separate area for pedicures and of already working there and I had been course we're still doing nails. → a mobile beauty therapist working around my two young kids, so the chance to put down roots in the village was very appealing. How have you grown the business in those premises? We're both beauty therapists and we primarily do manicures and pedicures. However, we both feel that there's more of a demand in the area for beauty treatments including spray tans, facials and massage. With busy lifestyles, people are now making a concerted effort to take time out and have some 'me' time. Manicures and pedicures are a ne- cessity for the majority of our clients but there's the realisation that there needs to be some relaxation and pampering too, and that's what we can offer.

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21, High Street is a very familiar Aside from renting out the rooms to needed to apply their skills and an opportunity to sit in with their child building to most people in the village, offer a variety of treatments, we also knowledge to help a gingerbread during a lesson and learn about the aside from the fact it's opposite the want to host evenings where you can man cross the river by designing importance of reading. We were also Grouse and Ale! meet other local people, have a drink and building a bridge. incredibly grateful for the huge sup- and a canapé and learn something new port we received from our school It's one of the oldest buildings in the Nursery and Reception have been about nutrition or updating your families to help us to improve the village and when the flat above was investigating shadows in science makeup and skincare regime. We have inside and outside of our school and being renovated, the bare bones of and learning how shadows are a noticeboard where local events can our freshly painted Class 3 & 4 and the structure was wattle and daub. formed and change shape. They be advertised and we're happy to have tidy quiet garden area are a testa- When I first moved into the village also had a visit from a meteorologist local business cards left on our recep- ment to the support and care shown the shop was a butchers. It was then to help the children with their weath- tion desk. by all in our school community. a charity shop, a soap shop and fi- er top. The children had lots of ques- nally a bridal shop. It's got a lovely How do you feel about being a tions for him, including one that he Our pupils have been exemplary feel about it and we felt a certain thriving business in Lane End? had to go away and research! when receiving visitors into school responsibility to renovate it and give and on visits outside of school and Parent and Community it a new lease of life. I've lived in Lane End for eight years this has been fed back to us on eve- involvement and Jacque has worked here for 16. ry occasion. It is such a pleasure to What will the new premises We both love living here and being part Parents thoroughly enjoyed attend- be a headteacher of a school that offer you in terms of new or of the village. It's a beautiful area and I ing our termly stay and learn session provides a welcoming environment. expanded services? think Lane End is becoming recognised this term which provided them with as a very desirable place to live, which We've made a conscious decision we're both really excited to be a part of. to invest in products that are vegan, We've made the shop our own and organic and cruelty free. All are high have a new business that we hope quality, excellent products. We can’t offers the community a bit more than say we're a vegan salon, but as far just ‘having your nails done’ as possible we source ethical products. We're offering new treatments and already have a therapist coming in to do microblading and a neuro- muscular therapist offering sports and deep tissue massage.

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[ We have some very interesting speakers through the coming year and if anyone would like to come along as a guest please feel free to Report by Ann Carter join us. You will be made very wel- with Bill Blake \ come. Our programme is posted on March was a busy month for us. At various notice boards at the Village — now that Summer is here, I need to use my outside tap. It was fine our monthly meeting we had a very Hall. when I last used it so why won’t it work now? interesting talk on the Thames Valley Please contact Ann Carter for any Outside taps face a fair few challenges. If there is no water coming out of Air Ambulance, which was very information 881987. the tap, this may just be because you’ve forgotten to turn the isolator back appropriate as their crews have on inside your house or, indeed, the isolator itself may have failed in the ‘off’ been appearing on television on position. The tap may also have failed. Sunday evenings. Tuesday 26th saw several members, together with oth- Some taps are fitted with non-return valves inside. These can become dam- aged by frost, stopping the water coming out or reducing it to a dribble when er local WI members attend the [ Group Meeting at Hambleden, where you turn the tap on. Sometimes the tap is constantly dripping or dribbling. Again, this is usually frost damage, either the tap washer or base cracks we had an excellent speaker (who Report by Jane Osborn was passionate about her subject) and allows water out. tell us the history and work of the In all these cases, the offending part needs to be replaced. Where the tap Associated Country Women of the has suffered frost-damage, as well as getting it repaired or replaced, I do World – an association keenly Despite being the 'grey' generation, suggest you protect the it during the cold winter months; my own outside tap supported by all WIs. most of us are still interested in the has a firm foam cover. world in general, people, place and

'things'.

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Group which meets on the first Bill Blake, Plumber

Thursday of each month at 2.00 pm Your friendly, trustworthy and house- On Friday 29 March we held our in Lane End Youth & Community trained’ local plumber Annual Quiz. There were 11 WI Centre, Edmonds Road - for a talk, Happy to take on all your household teams competing and, as usual, it interesting people and a cup of tea. plumbing tasks, from mending a dripping- was a fun evening. The results were tap to installing your new bathroom. Even better, if you would like to give extremely close and Downley Even- a talk to fellow members of the 'grey No callout charge, No VAT ing WI came out the winners. generation' - or find out more about We shall be holding our Tombola at the Lane End OPAG - contact Jane the Village Fete on Saturday 8 June Osborn 881641 / Phone: 07762 807767 and we look forward to a nice sunny [email protected]. Based in Wheeler End City & Guilds Qualified day and seeing you all there.

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‘Your Pub on the Common’

WHAT’S ON AT THE CHEQUERS Bring your thinking cap, its The Chequers Monthly Quiz Night 25th June, 30th July and 27th August from 8pm. Laceys Farm £1 per person entry with proceeds going to charity Saturday 22nd June Live music with local acoustic musician Sian Britnell from 8.45pm Bolter End Farm, Lane End, High Wycombe, HP14 3LP Saturday 20th July Rock the night away with MFU from 9pm For one day only we are opening the farm and inviting you in to see how our Saturday 24th August (Bank Holiday) farm works. There will be live milking Dance the night away with The LiLL’s from 9pm demonstrations, tractor and trailer rides, lots of cows, calves, BBQ, ice The Chequers Inn is a friendly, traditional little pub serving excellent home-cooked food creams and refreshments alongside a great line-up of real ales and wines on Wheeler End Common £3 per person Opening Hours Sunday 16 June Sunday - Monday 12pm - 10pm | Tuesday - Saturday 12pm - 11.30pm Food Service Hours 10am till 4pm Monday - Thursday 12noon - 3pm and 6.00pm - 9.00pm Friday - Saturday 12noon - 3pm and 5.30pm - 9.30pm Sunday 12noon - 3.30pm Find our menu, events and local walks on our website and Facebook page.

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[ Over 90 years later, the Legion organises fields of Remembrance in six locations where volunteers plant Report by Seddon Parmoor more than 120,000 tributes in fields across the UK. This year is the 75th anniversary Visiting the Fields of Remembrance of the DDay Landings, one of the each November, we welcome mem- most remarkable Allied wartime bers of the public from across the operations. UK to join us to honour and remem- Working alongside the UK Govern- ber loved ones who we have sadly ment and other partners, lost serving in our Armed Forces. we're planning significant The Legion takes great ommemorations to mark the care and attention in anniversary. This includes a planting thousands of voyage to a series of com- personal tributes to cre- memorative events on both ate each field. sides of the Channel for 300 of the veterans who helped Row upon row of tributes liberate France during the with their scarlet poppies, Second World War. The Le- personal messages and gion has chartered the MV Boudicca photographs bring home to all of us at no cost to the veterans. that Remembrance is a deeply important and personal event. The Legion also plants Fields of Remembrance in Belfast, Cardiff, For any queries or to ask that a Gateshead, Lydiard Park Field as Poppy with a personal message be well at Westminster Abbey and the placed in a field of your choice National Memorial Arboretum. please email [email protected] In November 1928, The Poppy Fac- or call HQ on 0345 845 1945. tory took a group of disabled veterans, a tray of poppies and a collect- ing tin to the grounds of St Mar- garet's Church in the grounds of Westminster Abbey. It was not a large display, only a handful of poppies were planted around a single cross but it caught the public attention and began a tradition that has grown over the decades.

— — next the cows can walk to their next We look forward to seeing you on [ through generous support from local destination. In the past we used to Sunday 16 June to tell you more businesses and individuals culminat- walk cows up the road to the next about life on Lacey’s Family Farm. ing in a fund-raising day at The field, but now the road and lanes are Chequers Wheeler End. so much busier, it is no longer safe Report by Tom Willett Jensen’s father, Graham said that it to do this. shows ‘the amazing power of friend- You may have noticed we have done ship and fun. The money will make Lane End residents have raised quite a bit of fencing and track im- such a difference to Jensen’s future £4,000 to support Jenson’s Giant provements at the farm over winter, and that will be with us for ever.’ Leap, a charity for a four-year-old to help us move cows around the boy with cerebral palsy. farm more easily, avoiding roads. The second way is to use a trailer to Jenson Nicholls, from Lane End, has transport the cows. We have fields cerebral palsy and just had surgery spread from Marlow to Stoken- to help him walk again. The funds church, so the cows quite regularly raised will contribute towards his get transported in this way, the pic- recovery and physiotherapy needs. ture shows cows being transported Locals took 13 Street Ka converti- to Cutlers Farm, in Lane End, and bles on a 2,000 round trip to the there is a video to go with it if you French Alps. The money was raised have a chance to look at our Face- book page. www.facebook.com/ laceysfamilyfarm

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[ all about how these famous gardens Cows, Tractors (old and new), Kids spring and the ground moisture lev- developed under the care of Beatrice Corners full of activities, BBQ, ice els are low, so if we do get a hot Havergal in the early 1920’s. She creams and more!! It will be £3 per summer, we could see crops beg- pioneered her horticultural school for person, with under 5s Free. ging to die off very early. We have to Report by Janet Collins young women and many famous keep a very close eye on this. With May and June is also the busiest female gardeners attended her all the cows now out grazing grass in time of the year for our grass growth. We had two interesting and informa- school. Robert described how they the fields, if the grass stops to grow, All the cows are now back out graz- have tried to keep the spirit of Miss we could run out of grass, and have tive talks to finish our winter ing after the winter. Grass growth Havergal’s garden developing over to feed our winter feed much earlier programme. The February talk was this spring has been a bit slow, main- the years and their new plans for the than planned. presented by Kelly Hedges, who is ly down to the lack of rainfall. There walled garden. the new head warden at the War- is moisture in the ground, but at the We spend a lot of the summer mov- burgh Nature Reserve near Bix. We We now start our garden visits for speed the grass should grow at this ing cows from one field to another. were very fortunate to have Kelly as the next few months so please look time of year, a regular dose of rain This is planned to make the best of she stepped in at late notice as the at the Events Page for further really helps to push growth on. the grass growth, and hopefully have previous warden had recently left. details. Our first visit this year will be grass in front of the cows all summer She gave us a most enthusiastic talk After a very dry summer last year, this April to the Englefield Estate long. We move cows in two different about the history and aims of the our grass crops are still showing gardens near Theale where we will ways. First of all, the cows can walk. reserve with wonderful photographs. signs of stress from that, add to this have a guided tour with the Head If it is not far from one field to the a drier than average autumn/winter/ Our final talk was presented by Gardener. Robert Jacobs, Horticultural Manag- New members are most welcome, er at Waterperry gardens near please call Celia Warren on 01491 Wheatley (pictured below). We learnt 638691 for further details.

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On Sunday 16 June we will be selves milking in progress. There will opening up our farm and inviting be guided tractor and trailer rides everyone in to come and see what around the farm explaining in more it is we do. This will be the fourth detail about the farm and what we time we have hosted Open Farm are doing. Lots of calves (we have Sunday, with all the previous events cows calving all year round, so you being hugely popular, and very well may even see one being born!), attended. JHC ELECTRICAL SERVICES Ltd Open Farm Sunday is a national initiative, aimed to get people on to James Clark farms to learn about the countryside, and see what goes on behind the All types of electrical works undertaken. Rewires, in/outside lights, down lighters, new farm gates. We take a great deal of fuse boards, additional sockets, security lighting, faultfinding and CCTV systems. Electric pride in hosting Open Farm Sunday, underfloor heating, storage heater repairs. Experts in all aspects of LED lighting. and we love to get our local commu- No job is too small, we can do it all. Just ask!! nity on to the farm and show you what we do. As a working farm, with 07720 598860 01494 881766 lots of machinery and livestock, it is not safe or practical to have visitors on the farm every day, so we get [email protected] jhcelectrical.co.uk really excited when we can invite Fully Insured and all work Guaranteed. you in. Honest, Local, Reliable Tradesman. This year we will have loads to see and do. You can join the cows in the Established 17 years. milking parlour and see for your- The Dog House, 10 Elwes Road, Lane End, HP14 3DR — —

Peers’ grave. Graves were tradition- [ ally in line with the church. Rev Peers died in 1855 and was laid to rest with a headstone which can be Report by Bob Nix, organiser seen to the right of the church as you approach, and his headstone, Once more has come the time of On the side common, Sally will unlike the rest, faces north to this the year for the village to gather demonstrate carriage driving and day, in line with his church that was around the village hall and by the Gary will give tractor rides. pulled down in 1878. church on the green. Why? The strong of the village will heave Because on the 8th of June, as is the putt to see who can propel it the (These details and more interesting tradition in Lane End, the second furthest. facts about Holy Trinity will be found Saturday of June is Fete day. Who can guess how many balloons in a pamphlet available in the Dogs will be brushed and look their Arthur has managed to inflate til he church.) best (some on good behaviour) to ran out of wind to fill the mini? be judged best in class. The church will look magnificent and Children from the school will exhibit be a place of refuge for a few quiet their performance skills. moments after the bell ringers have Children small and big will take part tolled out the start of the fete. in the sack race and run along with Traditional medieval fencers will a teetering egg on a spoon. show off their strength and skills, as The zippy dipper will career down alongside the coconut shy will echo the track as exhausted helpers to the cry of ‘I got one!’ return the cart to the top of the track Janet has tenderly nurtured her to cater for the endless queue. plants to fill her flower stall for many The bouncy castle will resound to months so come along to get a the pounding of shoeless feet. bargain to add colour to your garden. Ice creams, donuts, cakes, sand- The grand draw with its many prizes wiches, beefburgers and candy will be in the car park along with the floss will be consumed by the good whisky/gin raffle people of Lane End, all washed These are just a sample of the many down by cups of tea or pints of ale things that take place on fete day, depending on individual preference. can you add to the fun and games, Graham will be there with his or would you like to help? If so, falcons and he will the owl fly this contact Bob on 01494 881000. year.

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[ reasons to Article by Andrew MacTavish come to the LANELANE ENDEND FETEFETE SaturdaySaturday 9th8 JuneJune 15 July 1832 was a big day for Lane the Bucks Free Press reported that 1010 End. It was the consecration of its ‘(Holy Trinity) would be a great and Castle 3 1 Bouncy first church and the installation of its lasting blessing to the rough and first vicar, Rev. John Peers. It was a untutored inhabitants of that wild Coconut 2 splendid church, 80 feet long. It district’. That’s Victorian High shy could hold 600 people. Possibly Rev. Wycombe talking! Peers was a little surprised that the Carriage rides But within a decade, more repairs 2 church faced north instead of the Dog were needed and this time it was usual east, but it was impressive and show decided to pull the old church down shows up dramatically on the old 5 and start again. This time it was to Ordnance Survey maps with its 40 be built on the usual east-west axis foot width. that you would expect in 4 Christian churches. It was Fete posterBeer tent May pole dancing May 6 rotated 90 degrees and a Flower stall new east window was installed. The north win- Birds of prey dow behind the old altar 9 was retained in the new north wall and is still there, pretty well in the 7 Burgers, ice cream Tractor rides position that it always and more 8 was. On Lammas Day 1878 (1 August) the new And of course, the one and only… church was consecrated much as we see it today. Weeeeeeeeeeee!!!!! Is there anything today to remember In fact, it was probably the width that Zippy Dipper! the old church by? The railings was a problem, because by 1857 it across the front are the original needed considerable structural re- ones. More significantly, the old pairs. When they were completed, 10 north orientation is marked by Rev

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Our season started well on 27 April, costs £5 per person, per week. Alter- as we won our pre-season friendly natively, you can pay £15 for your against High Wycombe Asians in child to become a Junior Member fairly straight-forward style. Unfortu- and then pay £2 per session. It is our nately the weather Gods conspired to hope that we’ll be able to cater for send Storm Hannah our way, and parents too, with bacon rolls being although dry, everyone rued the tim- planned, using our brand new barbe- ing of the fixture, especially given the cue, and details of this will be wonderful warmth of the Easter confirmed nearer the time. weekend, just a week before. As ‘Why does Frieth Cricket Club have Professional Care Services ever, if you’d like to play some cricket a new barbecue?’, I hear you ask. this Summer, please do let us know. Providing a compassionate and caring service Well, late in 2018, our application to We have two Saturday League sides, become a Cricket World Cup Club and a friendly Sunday side, so there • was accepted, and with this came NVQ qualified in Health and Social Care are opportunities for people of any the opportunity to apply for a grant • age, experience or ability to play at a Enhanced DBS checked that would enable us to either im- level that suits them. prove our technological capabilities, • Fully insured Our Junior Section will be starting or catering facilities. Given that we • Over 20 years experience for all types of care shortly, and you’re more than wel- don’t have electricity, we decided come to send your children along to that investing in our catering • Dementia clients welcome enjoy some cricket coaching, which resources would be the better route • References available will be delivered by professional, to take, therefore we applied for and qualified coaches once again. There were given a grant that enabled us The provision of 4 visits a day can be accommodated 7 days a week will be eight sessions in total, starting to buy a new gas-fired barbecue and For more information and to discuss your care plan, please call Jackie on on 2 June and running every Sunday two gazebos (outdoor cooking and morning until 21 July. Each session rain protection go hand in hand in runs between 10.30 and 12pm, and the UK, don’t they!). 01494 882722 or 07533 687961 — —

Thanks to all who took part, if you would like to find out more about the work As a Cricket World Cup Club, we’re are welcome at these, or any other of the Conservation Group please check out our website hosting a family day on Sunday 9 events. Not only will you be support- June at the ground, which will ing your local cricket club, but you’ll laneendconservationgroup.co.uk include a barbecue and a bit of a have a good time as well. Sunday shindig. The Junior Section Everything that we do is aimed at will meet at 10.30am as usual, be- securing cricket in the area for fore we take a little break, fire up the generations to come, and as well as barbie and run a sports day event for raising funds and awareness of our the children, along with the usual Club, we’re also investing in the races aimed at the competitive cricketers of tomorrow. To this end, adults in the crowd. We’ll need to get we’ve offered to pay for 3-hours of an idea of how many people to cater cricket coaching in Frieth CE for nearer the time, however for now, School, and believe that if even one if you’d like to be contacted directly child develops an interest in our with more details, please do let us sport as a result, it’ll have been a know by email the Club at friethcrick- worthwhile project. [email protected]. Thank you in advance of your inter- It is our aim to be at the heart of our est and support this season. As Community, and we’ll be running ever, if you’d like to find out more events throughout the year with the about us, join our mailing list or aim of engaging with those in our volunteer in some way or another, locality. These events include charity please do get in touch by email, or 20-over matches, the Frieth Cup (4 on 07879 855353. August), Race Night (5 October) and Lane End Awards Dinner (21 November); you Conservation Group ACTION DAYS Meet 10am in the ‘doctors’ car park on Saturdays 1 June 6 July 3 August 7 September Help keep our village tidy and its green spaces green

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mer. This has contributed to their [ the beaches on Oléron and the sur- decline, so it is encouraging to hear [ rounding coast. of an initiative launched in East Anglia whereby farmers leave patch- Report by Pauline Cavell For readers who remember Roland Our friends on Oléron enjoyed a late es of long grass fallow in the middle Northam and Bryan Edgley Papineau, you may recall his un- spring after the Mimosa Festival and, of fields where they are planting stinting support and love for the on May Day, traditionally give beauti- crops. This allows the skylarks to building of the replica frigate ful, fragrant ‘Lilies of the Valley’ to all find undisturbed cover where they ‘Hermione’ in Rochefort. I am Pauline—Our Group has been active the ladies they know to wish them can hide and nest. pleased to say that Hermione has during the last quarter all over the good luck. undergone a refit in dry dock in La I saw my first swallow yesterday, Village; in the Churchyard, at the It has been announced that Oléron Rochelle ready for its May sailing to which is late; all being well it won't Harris Garden, keeping all the will have complete fibre optic cover- Cherbourg, Dieppe and Ouistreham be long before they, martins and footpaths tidy and liitter picking. We age by 2022 which has pleased to coincide with the 75thanniversary swifts will soon fill our skies and we were joined for the latter in April by many residents. Support of money of the Normandy landings. She will can stand back and admire their members of the WI, and Bryan and resources for three years from sail up the canal to Caen before absolute mastery of the air as they Edgley has sent a report of this and the Charente-Maritime Department heading to Nantes and St Nazaire twist and turn in pursuit of the flies a photo. has been announced to double bio- for the Loire festival and thence to which make up their diet. The trees planted in Four Fields last diversity protection throughout the Rouen for the ‘Grande Armada’. She The dropping numbers of insects winter along the M40 as a sound Island. Money will be spent to pro- will return to Rochefort on 5 July. has been much in the news of late barrier are looking in good condition. tect the natural habitat, the coast The picture shows Hermione in the and one can only reflect on how all There is a wide mix of trees and they and to develop transport and cycle La Rochelle dry dock this year. delicately interconnected all of should provide an excellent screen paths. However, in comparison, the As you can imagine, the Oleron- nature is. Sowing some wild flowers and sound baffle in the future (as Island has just lost its four-year op- naise and the whole of France have or leaving a patch of long grass and well as looking very lovely!) position to a McDonalds being built been shocked by the fire at the weeds discreetly in our gardens will at Dolus D’Oléron and has had to Bryan—A very successful 'litter pick' Notre Dame cathedral in Paris. help to sustain this fragile balance. pay a €100,000 bill! was held on Saturday 6 April when However, locals may be cheered by the Lane End Conservation Group, Lane End resident Other concerns on the Island have the time you read this that La joined by the WI, collected discarded Jerry Gray is author been the killing of 518 wild boar in Rochelle Rugby Club may be Euro- rubbish from the footpaths and road- of a darkly humorous 2018 by the local hunt in order to pean Rugby Challenge Cup winners ways around the village of Lane End. satirical novel set in restrict their numbers. More worry- after playing in the final in Newcastle Twelve members took part in the the recruitment in- ingly also during last year, 1200 on 10 May! clean-up and the grand total of 22 dustry. He’s also a dolphins have been found dead on sacks of litter were collected. Terry Dennett keen birdwatcher.

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I write this having been woken on Easter Monday by birdsong at dawn. From my bed I can hear the rich songs of blackbird, robin, dunnock and wren punctuated by the chitter of jackdaw, the low cooing of woodpigeon (It's my turn, Betty), and the [ exchanged gifts and treated the raucous squawk of pheasant roaming across Golden Guff. guests to an excellent dinner in the Grouse & Ale. We presented them All are currently engaged in the mad dash to court, mate, nest, After many months of planning, fund- with a hand-made pottery produce eggs and feed young; and reflecting on my previous raising, writing and sending emails bowl decorated with pictures of article, all this done against a backdrop of declining habitat and back and forth to our friends in St Lane End by our very own local art- therefore breeding sites. \ Pierre D'Oleron, the weekend we ist Julie Wetenhall. This bowl will be

have all been waiting for finally hap- displayed in their 'Mairie' for all to pened. On Saturday 4 May, the Lane see.

End Twinning Association hosted In turn, we received three beautiful guests from St Pierre to mark and books crammed with photographs celebrate twenty years of being showing the island in all its glory. If twinned with this pretty French town. you come along to our coffee morn- We had a great weekend in which we ings, held the first Saturday of every We can all help by erecting nest boxes (available from garden centres and the RSPB, www.rspb.org.uk) and it is gratifying to see owl boxes in trees as one walks the footpaths around Lane End - well done Laceys and the woodland managers! Skylarks have returned to the fields and are often interrupted mid-breeding when farmers plough and sow fields in early sum- — —

month in the village*, you can see seeing them again when we take Have you visited Lane End Youth and Communi- them for yourself and appreciate part in their French Christmas Mar- how beautiful the island is. We can ket. Please contact us via our web- ty Centre? Have you seen our great facilities? even help you plan your visit there. site page if you would like to come On Sunday, we visited our local on the trip. bluebells woods, watched the crown- Thank you to all the donations gifted ing of the May Queen and traditional to us from Lane End Parish Council Morris Dancing at the Towersey May and thank you to every family who Fete. This was followed by a won- hosted this weekend. We could not Exercise/fitness derful party and a sing song, thanks have done it without you. to Dave Dunbar, in the Osborne Spice on Sunday night. We look forward to seeing you at our next café for some great coffee and It was a sad but happy farewell on some of the best croissants I have Coffee with friends Monday morning. We were sad to ever tasted in England. see them go because these people have been visiting us for over twenty Claire Wapshare Christening years now and they have become *Details of venue and events can our friends, but happy to know that in always be found on our Lane End only eight months time we will be Twinning Facebook Page Wedding Mondays: 10.30am–12pm ‘Drop In’ Coffee morning, all welcome 2pm–3pm Gentle Exercise for the over 50’s 07702 498924 6pm–8pm Pilates with Lauren Fois 07709 430634 Tuesdays Free all day Daytime available for hire 6.30—8.30pm Pilates fusion 07378 338803 Wednesdays Free all day Daytime available for hire 6-8pm Youth club Thursdays: 12pm–1.30pm The Drop-in Lunch Samantha JohnsonPHONE: ad 01494 882219 samanthajohnsondesign.com 2pm–4pm 1st Thurs of the month – LEOPAG

7.30pm–10pm Soundforce Big Band Rehearsal

Fridays: 9.30am–10.30am Circuit Training 07884 154081

Saturdays 9am–12pm Bells and Whistles dog training 07703 020344 WEEKENDS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE

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[ to mix with children from a variety of Primary schools within the area. If you are interested in helping or sign- ing your child up, just pop into the Centre on Wednesday evenings Report by Emma Savory 6 – 8pm. We can offer a very modern, versa- Thursday Drop In lunch for the Making a brighter, warmer future. tile building to suit your needs, over 50s - cooked by a lovely group whether it’s to run an exercise class, of volunteers each week. This club art workshop, coffee/book club or to not only provides people with a hire us for a celebration. **Discounts cooked dinner and pudding but it is offered to Lane End residents for also an excellent opportunity for weekend party hire. ** some of our senior regulars to social- Email [email protected] ise. If you can help at this or telephone 01494 883878 club please email the office for more details. on [email protected] Local family business providing a friendly We currently have vacancies Summer holiday Play- and reliable service. Offers domestic and scheme on our committee and would commercial services love to hear from anyone Week one - Monday who would like to be a little involved 5 – Wednesday 7 August 2019 in their community without having to Week two – Monday 12 August – commit to hours each week/month. If Fully qualified Wednesday 14 August 2019 you would like to be part of the very and insured small team that organise events a 10am – 3pm for children 6yrs plus, couple of times a year or even help £12 per day (siblings £10) Places are All electrical work carried out by Paul Smale with weekly sessions, such as coffee going fast, so book yours in now! shop or drop in lunch on Thursdays Electrical Services Ltd is guaranteed by ELECSA. (your help can be as little or big as you chose) then please give Emma a Is there something you would like us ring on 01494 883878. to organize or run? Maybe a trip somewhere or a workshop at the Call us on: 01494 482668 DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:- Centre? Just drop us a line with your Junior Youth Club Since ideas, we’d love to hear them. Mobile: 07841 359957 re-opening in January with Mark Don’t forget to add ‘Lane End Youth Lockwood leading, the club is rapidly & Community Centre’ on Facebook, growing. There are lots of different Email: [email protected] ask to join the group and you will activities on offer each week, provid- become one of the first to find out ing a great opportunity for your child www.paul-smale.co.uk about all our latest events!

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We have invested over £1.25million on Regulars Regulars Vinyasa flow yoga with Matthew Huy— Holy Eucharist—8am fourth Sunday of the homes in Lane End over the last year. 8.30-9.30am Frieth Village Hall. £10 for 6 month classes. 07861 465691 This includes... Parish Communion—9.15 Holy Trinity Coffee Shop—Enjoy coffee and cake on the Church Lane End (1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays 2 928 m first and third Saturdays of the month, of the month) LOFT INSULATION 10am-12noon, Lane End Village Hall. FITTED Jump 4Joy—10am Holy Trinity Church The Twinning Association runs the first Sat- Lane End (2nd Sunday of the month) This 2 1544 m urday in the month, Holy Trinity the third. service is designed for young families, but SOFFITS everyone is welcome. 575 & FASCIAS Lane End Conservation Group—First WINDOWS REPLACED Saturday of the month, 10 am ‘doctors’ car Elim service—10.30 am at Elim Hope REPLACED park Church, Edmonds Road, Lane End

Whistles & Bells dog behaviour school– Sung Eucharist/Family Service—11am St 9-12noon LEYCC, Tel Jenny 07703 020344 Mary’s Church Cadmore End 848 m2 4930 m2 GUTTERING CLADDING Wycombe Ladies—Saturday afternoon at Lane End Players—7.30pm Village Hall Tel INSTALLED & TILES Lane End Playing Fields. 483359 REPLACED [email protected]

Bingo—Lane End Playing Fields clubhouse every fortnight starting 2 Dec. Call Michelle Duffield on 07886 886967 112 NEW DOORS 41 Saturday Events REPLACED GARAGE DOORS 8 June—Lane End Fete Sunday Events FITTED 22 June—The Boomtastic 90s with Lane End 2 June—21 July—Junior cricket at Frieth. Players at Lane End village hall. Songs and 10.30am-12noon. £5 per player. Tel Ben sketches with table seating. Phone 01494 Smiley on 07879 855353 880662 or email [email protected], 9 June—Word Cup family Day at Frieth Live music at The Chequers, Wheeler End: Cricket Club. Tel Ben Smiley on 07879 22 June—acoustic musician, Sian Britnell 855353 from 8.45pm 26 July—at Gracewell, Pets show & tell 20 July—MFU from 9pm.

24 August—The LiLLs from 9pm

17 August—Live band ‘The Breeze’ at Lane End Sports Association. All welcome. Improving in our community Contact [email protected] or call 0777 553442 — —

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Regulars Regulars PIYO—9.30-10.30 Frieth Village Hall. Tel Morning Prayer—9.15am Holy Trinity You may have noticed a lot of work Veronica Smith of Sandage Road, Alison 07801 268303 Church Lane End going on to Red Kite Housing Asso- Lane End, agrees that her home is Simply Walk—10am Lane End Playing Circuits—9.30-10.30am LEYCC 883878 ciation homes in Lane End over the warmer. She is also really pleased Field’s car park. Walk and chat for 1-2 hours Fun with French—9-9.30am Lane End last year, so we thought we would with how her home looks too. Coffee Stop—Village Hall 10-12noon. Coffee Children’s Centre, (Lane End Primary explain what has been going on! and chat. All welcome. School). For under 5s. £3.50. Contact Den- She said: ‘The house now looks bril- ise on 881919 Red Kite - a tenant-led, not for profit, liant. My children want me to move The DropIn (Social lunch) - 12-1.30pm LEYCC 883878 Pop in and play—9.30am-11am, Lane End charitable housing association - closer to them, but why would I Childrens Centre, (Lane End Primary owns and manages more than 6,700 move? I have a lovely home with Four Ends Flower Club—Fourth Thursday School). Just turn up. £1 suggested dona- of the month 1.45pm in Lane End Village homes in the Wycombe District. new windows, doors and cladding. tion. I’m not going anywhere!’ Hall. Visitors £6. Flower arranging demon- Since Red Kite started it has invest- stration, raffle, tea and cake. Tel 482724 Craft group—first and third Friday of the month in Lane End Village Hall. Tel 01993 ed millions of pounds making im- Peter Griffiths, who has been project LEOPAG—First Thursday of the month 837078 for details provements to customer’s homes. managing the improvement pro- 2-4pm LEYCC 883878 This investment continues and in gramme for Red Kite adds: ‘This has Gracewell Forget Me Knot Café— 2-4pm, Pilates—6-8pm Frieth Village Hall. Tel Lau- last Friday of every month Tel 412252 2018, work started on a £1.25 million been a huge project for us and we ren 07709 430634 repair programme of 65 homes in are really pleased with the results.

Lane End Players—8pm Village Hall Tel Lane End to replace windows, doors Feedback has been positive from 483359 and cladding. local residents and we are delighted to hear that people are happy with Friday Events This work is now nearing completion how their homes look and also that Thursday Events 21 June—The Boomtastic 90s with Lane End with some dramatic results seen by they are already seeing the benefits 20 June—The Boomtastic 90s with Lane End Players at Lane End village hall. Songs and residents. Players at Lane End village hall. Songs and sketches with table seating. Phone 01494 of the improved insulation. We would sketches with table seating. Phone 01494 880662 or email [email protected], Mr and Mrs Wright, who have lived in like to thank everyone who has been 880662 or email [email protected], 28 June—at Gracewell, Family photos show Hobbs Road, Lane End, for 52 year involved in this work and for the Lane & tell, all welcome were one of the first to have their End community for being patient 26 July—at Gracewell, Pets show & tell home refurbished. while it has been carried out.’ 30 August—At Gracewell. Sweet treats show Mrs Hobbs said: ‘The best thing has Tenants and leaseholders have an and tell. (Bring in your favourite sweets to been the work to the insulation, it important role in making sure Red share and talk about). All welcome has made a huge difference to us. Kite remains truly tenant-led through The house stays warmer and we everything it does. If you would like don’t need to have the heating on for to have your say please visit so long. We are hoping this will www.redkitehousing.org.uk for more means our bills are reduced.’ information.

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Regulars Regulars Regulars PIYO (pilatest/yoga)—9.30-10.30 Frieth Zumba—9.15-10.15 Frieth Village Hall. Tel Pop in and play—(for childminders and Village Hall. Tel 07801 268303 07850 694449 nannies) 9.30-11am, Lane End Childrens Centre, (Lane End Primary School). Tel —10am Meet Lane End Play- —First and third of the [ Simply Walk Child Health Clinic 01628 472121 Just turn up ing Field’s car park. Walk and chat for 1-2 month, 9.30-11am, Lane End Childrens hours Centre, (Lane End Primary School). Tel Gracewell open day—10am-4pm. Tel

01628 475456 Just turn up 412252 Dropin coffee morning—10.30-12.30am, LEYCC, Edmonds Road, Lane End. Tel: Tai Chi—2-3pm Lane End village hall. £4 Mixed ability Yoga—10-11.30am Frieth 883878 per session. Tel 532088 Village Hall. Runs 24 April to 24 July. Con- ? tact Tessa 07941966004 tessayo- 2-3pm — Gentle exercise for the over 50s— Hambleden Valley Gardening Club [email protected] LEYCC Tel 883878 7.30pm, First Tuesday of the month, Skirmett Village Hall. Tel 01491 638690 Bridge Club—1.30pm Lane End Village Hall n Gracewell of High Wycombe Tea dance— first Monday of the month from 3pm. Tel Bingo — 7.30pm Sycamore Room Lane Senior Circuits—11am-12noon. Cadmore

412252 End Village Hall End Village Hall, £4 per session. Tel 07824 830403 Rainbows and Brownies—4.30-7.30 Frieth Slimming World—5.30pm and 7.30pm at Village Hall. Rainbows tel Lesley 882665, Lane End village hall. Call Marion on 07887 Junior Youth Club—6-8pm LEYCC Tel Brownies tel Katherine 07545 549910 607987 07787 402636

s Beginners yoga with Saz—7.45-8.45pm School of Traditional Medieval Fencing— Frieth village hall £48 for 6 weeks of £10 Circuit Training—7-8pm Frieth Village Hall. 7.30pm Lane End Village Hall ’ drop-in Tel Fraser 07884 154081

t Lane End Evening WI—Last Monday of the month at 8pm in Lane End Village Hall

Bridge Club—7.30pm Lane End Village Hall Tuesday Events a

25 June, 30 July and 27 August—Quiz night Wednesday events at Chequers Wheeler End from 8apm. £1 per person entry goes to charity 26 June—Hambleden Valley Gardening Club h Monday events garden visit to Asthall Manor, Burford, Oxon.

6 June—6.30pm at Gracewell. D Day anni- 10July—Hambleden Valley Gardening Club versary celebration with Sparky and Sprite, evening visit to The Plant Specialist, intro- all welcome ductory talk about the nursery and behind the scenes tour. 20 June—2pm at Gracewell, Fiona Harrison, singer, all welcome W 27 June—2.30pm at Gracewell Lorna James, singer

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O Pilates—6-8pm with Lauren Fois at LEYCC. French Refresher for the summer—8 Rocking Rebels Jive group—7-9pm Frieth Tel 07709 430634 week course from 4 June. £80. Call 07974 Village Hall. Tel Clive 07947 106607 738266 s Beginners yoga with Saz—7.45-8.45pm School of Traditional Medieval Fencing— Frieth village hall £48 for 6 weeks of £10 Circuit Training—7-8pm Frieth Village Hall. 7.30pm Lane End Village Hall ’ drop-in Tel Fraser 07884 154081

t Lane End Evening WI—Last Monday of the month at 8pm in Lane End Village Hall

Bridge Club—7.30pm Lane End Village Hall Tuesday Events a

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Vinyasa flow yoga with Matthew Huy— Holy Eucharist—8am fourth Sunday of the 8.30-9.30am Frieth Village Hall. £10 for 6 month classes. 07861 465691 Parish Communion—9.15 Holy Trinity Coffee Shop—Enjoy coffee and cake on the Church Lane End (1st, 3rd and 4th Sundays first and third Saturdays of the month, of the month) 10am-12noon, Lane End Village Hall. Jump 4Joy—10am Holy Trinity Church The Twinning Association runs the first Sat- Lane End (2nd Sunday of the month) This urday in the month, Holy Trinity the third. service is designed for young families, but everyone is welcome. Lane End Conservation Group—First Saturday of the month, 10 am ‘doctors’ car Elim service—10.30 am at Elim Hope park Church, Edmonds Road, Lane End

Whistles & Bells dog behaviour school– Sung Eucharist/Family Service—11am St 9-12noon LEYCC, Tel Jenny 07703 020344 Mary’s Church Cadmore End

Wycombe Ladies—Saturday afternoon at Lane End Players—7.30pm Village Hall Tel Lane End Playing Fields. 483359 [email protected]

Bingo—Lane End Playing Fields clubhouse every fortnight starting 2 Dec. Call Michelle Duffield on 07886 886967

Saturday Events 8 June—Lane End Fete Sunday Events

22 June—The Boomtastic 90s with Lane End 2 June—21 July—Junior cricket at Frieth. Players at Lane End village hall. Songs and 10.30am-12noon. £5 per player. Tel Ben sketches with table seating. Phone 01494 Smiley on 07879 855353 880662 or email [email protected], 9 June—Word Cup family Day at Frieth Live music at The Chequers, Wheeler End: Cricket Club. Tel Ben Smiley on 07879 22 June—acoustic musician, Sian Britnell 855353 from 8.45pm 26 July—at Gracewell, Pets show & tell 20 July—MFU from 9pm.

24 August—The LiLLs from 9pm

17 August—Live band ‘The Breeze’ at Lane End Sports Association. All welcome. Contact [email protected] or call 0777 553442 — —

(your help can be as little or big as you chose) then please give Emma a Is there something you would like us ring on 01494 883878. to organize or run? Maybe a trip somewhere or a workshop at the DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:- Centre? Just drop us a line with your Junior Youth Club Since ideas, we’d love to hear them. re-opening in January with Mark Don’t forget to add ‘Lane End Youth Lockwood leading, the club is rapidly & Community Centre’ on Facebook, growing. There are lots of different ask to join the group and you will activities on offer each week, provid- become one of the first to find out ing a great opportunity for your child about all our latest events!

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month in the village*, you can see seeing them again when we take Have you visited Lane End Youth and Communi- them for yourself and appreciate part in their French Christmas Mar- how beautiful the island is. We can ket. Please contact us via our web- ty Centre? Have you seen our great facilities? even help you plan your visit there. site page if you would like to come On Sunday, we visited our local on the trip. bluebells woods, watched the crown- Thank you to all the donations gifted ing of the May Queen and traditional to us from Lane End Parish Council Morris Dancing at the Towersey May and thank you to every family who Fete. This was followed by a won- hosted this weekend. We could not Exercise/fitness derful party and a sing song, thanks have done it without you. to Dave Dunbar, in the Osborne Spice on Sunday night. We look forward to seeing you at our next café for some great coffee and It was a sad but happy farewell on some of the best croissants I have Coffee with friends Monday morning. We were sad to ever tasted in England. see them go because these people have been visiting us for over twenty Claire Wapshare Christening years now and they have become *Details of venue and events can our friends, but happy to know that in always be found on our Lane End only eight months time we will be Twinning Facebook Page Wedding Mondays: 10.30am–12pm ‘Drop In’ Coffee morning, all welcome 2pm–3pm Gentle Exercise for the over 50’s 07702 498924 6pm–8pm Pilates with Lauren Fois 07709 430634 Tuesdays Free all day Daytime available for hire 6.30—8.30pm Pilates fusion 07378 338803 Wednesdays Free all day Daytime available for hire 6-8pm Youth club Samantha Johnson ad Thursdays: 12pm–1.30pm The Drop-in Lunch 2pm–4pm 1st Thurs of the month – LEOPAG

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Fridays: 9.30am–10.30am Circuit Training 07884 154081

Saturdays 9am–12pm Bells and Whistles dog training 07703 020344 WEEKENDS AVAILABLE FOR HIRE

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Article by Andrew MacTavish

15 July 1832 was a big day for Lane the Bucks Free Press reported that End. It was the consecration of its ‘(Holy Trinity) would be a great and first church and the installation of its lasting blessing to the rough and first vicar, Rev. John Peers. It was a untutored inhabitants of that wild splendid church, 80 feet long. It district’. That’s Victorian High could hold 600 people. Possibly Rev. Wycombe talking! Peers was a little surprised that the But within a decade, more repairs church faced north instead of the were needed and this time it was usual east, but it was impressive and decided to pull the old church down shows up dramatically on the old and start again. This time it was to Ordnance Survey maps with its 40 be built on the usual east-west axis foot width. that you would expect in Christian churches. It was Fete poster rotated 90 degrees and a new east window was installed. The north window behind the old altar was retained in the new north wall and is still there, pretty well in the position that it always was. On Lammas Day 1878 (1 August) the new church was consecrated much as we see it today. Is there anything today to remember In fact, it was probably the width that the old church by? The railings was a problem, because by 1857 it across the front are the original needed considerable structural re- ones. More significantly, the old pairs. When they were completed, north orientation is marked by Rev

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[ Over 90 years later, the Legion organises fields of Remembrance in six locations where volunteers plant Report by Seddon Parmoor more than 120,000 tributes in fields across the UK. This year is the 75th anniversary Visiting the Fields of Remembrance specialising in home produced of the DDay Landings, one of the each November, we welcome mem- most remarkable Allied wartime bers of the public from across the and locally sourced produce, operations. UK to join us to honour and remem- we can now offer Working alongside the UK Govern- ber loved ones who we have sadly a full range of meats, lost serving in our Armed Forces. ment and other partners, all from our own and other we're planning significant The Legion takes great ommemorations to mark the care and attention in local farms. anniversary. This includes a planting thousands of voyage to a series of com- personal tributes to cre- MILK & EGGS ARE THE FRESHEST & BEST YOU CAN BUY. memorative events on both ate each field. ALL COME FROM OUR COWS & CHICKENS. sides of the Channel for 300 of the veterans who helped Row upon row of tributes WE ALSO BOAST liberate France during the with their scarlet poppies, A GREAT CHOICE IN LOCAL PRODUCE, INCLUDING: Second World War. The Le- personal messages and ★ ★ ★ ★ photographs bring home to all of us SANDWICHES PIES CAKES BREADS READY MEALS gion has chartered the MV Boudicca at no cost to the veterans. that Remembrance is a deeply important and personal event. The Legion also plants Fields of come in and see us! Remembrance in Belfast, Cardiff, For any queries or to ask that a OPEN 8.30am - 5pm TUESDAY TO FRIDAY Poppy with a personal message be Gateshead, Lydiard Park Field as 8.30am - 4pm SATURDAY 10am - 3pm SUNDAY well at Westminster Abbey and the placed in a field of your choice National Memorial Arboretum. please email CLOSED MONDAYS [email protected] In November 1928, The Poppy Fac- or call HQ on 0345 845 1945. tory took a group of disabled veterans, a tray of poppies and a collect- ing tin to the grounds of St Mar- garet's Church in the grounds of Westminster Abbey. It was not a large display, only a handful of poppies were planted around a single cross but it caught the public attention and began a tradition that has LACEYS FARM SHOP AND BUTCHERS, BOLTER END FARM, LANE END, HIGH WYCOMBE HP14 3LP grown over the decades. 01494 881660

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For one day only we are opening the farm and inviting you in to see how our farm works. There will be live milking demonstrations, tractor and trailer rides, lots of cows, calves, BBQ, ice creams and refreshments Sunday£3 per person16 June 10am till 4pm

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If that describes you, do come along to Lane End Older Persons Action

Group which meets on the first Bill Blake, Plumber

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What a fun packed busy Spring term we have had at Cadmore End CofE Primary and Nursery School! Here is our news. Years 5 and 6 have been exploring WW2 through a range of subjects. In English we read the novel ‘Goodnight Mister Tom’ and during STEM week (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics), pupils had to consider how variables affect flight distance using home- made hoop gliders. Years 3 and 4 visited Hazard Alley where they learnt about various aspects of safety - a real highlight was calling emergency services from a and even let them all into the vault simulated phone. They also enjoyed where the safety security boxes are a trip to Pizza Express where they stored. tried out their culinary skills to make their own margherita pizza. Years 1 and 2 have been busy par- ticipating in ‘Sing and Aspire’ and As part of a program run by Metro Lane End sports. The children have Bank, Years 4 and 5 visited the also enjoyed reading and writing al- branch in High Wycombe. The man- ternative versions of traditional fairy- ager showed them the money ma- tale stories. This became the focus chine, how debit cards are made during STEM week when children

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21, High Street is a very familiar Aside from renting out the rooms to needed to apply their skills and an opportunity to sit in with their child building to most people in the village, offer a variety of treatments, we also knowledge to help a gingerbread during a lesson and learn about the aside from the fact it's opposite the want to host evenings where you can man cross the river by designing importance of reading. We were also Grouse and Ale! meet other local people, have a drink and building a bridge. incredibly grateful for the huge sup- and a canapé and learn something new port we received from our school It's one of the oldest buildings in the Nursery and Reception have been about nutrition or updating your families to help us to improve the village and when the flat above was investigating shadows in science makeup and skincare regime. We have inside and outside of our school and being renovated, the bare bones of and learning how shadows are a noticeboard where local events can our freshly painted Class 3 & 4 and the structure was wattle and daub. formed and change shape. They be advertised and we're happy to have tidy quiet garden area are a testa- When I first moved into the village also had a visit from a meteorologist local business cards left on our recep- ment to the support and care shown the shop was a butchers. It was then to help the children with their weath- tion desk. by all in our school community. a charity shop, a soap shop and fi- er top. The children had lots of ques- nally a bridal shop. It's got a lovely How do you feel about being a tions for him, including one that he Our pupils have been exemplary feel about it and we felt a certain thriving business in Lane End? had to go away and research! when receiving visitors into school responsibility to renovate it and give and on visits outside of school and Parent and Community it a new lease of life. I've lived in Lane End for eight years this has been fed back to us on eve- involvement and Jacque has worked here for 16. ry occasion. It is such a pleasure to What will the new premises We both love living here and being part Parents thoroughly enjoyed attend- be a headteacher of a school that offer you in terms of new or of the village. It's a beautiful area and I ing our termly stay and learn session provides a welcoming environment. expanded services? think Lane End is becoming recognised this term which provided them with as a very desirable place to live, which We've made a conscious decision we're both really excited to be a part of. to invest in products that are vegan, We've made the shop our own and organic and cruelty free. All are high have a new business that we hope quality, excellent products. We can’t offers the community a bit more than say we're a vegan salon, but as far just ‘having your nails done’ as possible we source ethical Shaun Guard products. We're offering TV AERIAL SERVICES new treatments and already ■ Poor Reception Solved ■ Extra TV Points - have a therapist ■ Aerials Repaired & Supplied For aerial and Sky (In HD!) coming in to do ■ - Hung on your ■ - microblading TVs Sky TV wall and tuned and a neuro- Also Foreign Language TV muscular therapist offering sports and deep tissue massage. Call Marlow 01628 439115

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Q&A with Jane Mclaren

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\ hello. of issues with broken or defective stiles and gates, and hope we will see progress on these shortly.

We have noticed increasing activity from horses and cycles on our paths

in recent months, and I have been asked whether this is accepta-

ble. Both have quite an impact on paths and can churn them into mud, particularly in the winter months. Horses and cyclists are permitted

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like more information about allot- Fungicides protect the growing plant must be within the limited range of ments, please contact the parish Pot Holes / road repairs from fungal diseases such as Mildew such products that have been clerk Hayley Glasgow You can track and report pot holes/ or Septoria, in the same way that approved for use by the Soil Associ- 01494 437111 / road repairs through the Bucking- roses in the garden can be protected ation. The present Minister for Defra [email protected] hamshire County Council website from Black Spot with a suitable fungi- makes generous subsidies available http://transportforbucks.net/report-it- cide. There are several different for organic farmers, but those subsi- pothole.aspx or you can call them on fungicides suitable for successive dies are necessary to cover the Street lights 01296 395000 / 0845 3708090 Mon- growth stages. greater costs and significantly day to Thursday 9am-5.30pm and reduced yields of organically grown To report a faulty street light please Growth Regulator sprayed on the Friday 9am to 5pm. crops. Many folk regard organic food note the column number, the road leaf of the plant at a midway stage of as being top quality since it is more where the street light is situated and If you consider this to be dangerous its growth will strengthen the root expensive, and yet no evidence has the nearest property and report to or an emergency, please call BCC system, and will make the stem of been shown to prove any additional the Clerk - Hayley Glasgow 01494 on: 01296 382416 (9am-5.30pm Mon the cereal plant grow shorter but benefit to human health from foods 437111 / -Thurs 9am-5pm Friday) or 01296 stronger, so that in a wet season the grown on organic principles. [email protected] 486630 (out of hours and weekends) crop will be less likely to lodge. Since development of these growth regula- Big Farmland Bird Count tors it is now unusual to see cereal On a foggy morning in February, we crops which have been laid flat were pleased to welcome an before harvest as a result of outgrow- ornithologist from Berks, Bucks & [ ing their own strength. Oxon Wildlife Trust (BBOWT) to as- Insecticides are never used as sist us with surveying for the ‘Big routine, but only for specific infesta- Farmland Bird Count’, an initiative of There’s lots going on at the Playing Playing Fields are being well-used, tion of a crop by aphids, flea beetle the Game & Wildlife Conservation Fields at the moment. with Wycombe Town Juniors train- and similar pests. Trust (https://www.bfbc.org.uk/). We ing on the football pitch and 3G ar- The good news were pleased to record several Yel- ea. The 3G pitch is also being hired Trace Elements. The main plant lowhammer and Linnet as well as Two new signs were installed at the for goal-keeping training each week nutrients of Nitrogen, Phosphate, Skylarks. Across nine farms in the beginning of the year and are still and a new Gentle Lane End Netball Potash, and correction of soil acidity Central Chilterns Farmer Cluster looking smart. training practice has started at 9am with Lime, are all spread as solids to there were 297 recordings of 59 spe- on Sunday mornings. the fields. However, crops can some- cies including the ‘champagne mo- As regards structural works—the times be short of trace elements such garage is being refurbished, the The next phase of development for ment’ of spotting a pair of short as Manganese and these are best eared owls near Lacey Green. asbestos roof disposed of and the the Clubhouse is currently being applied with the crop sprayer. walls re-clad. The Clubhouse has planned. This summary would be had new double-glazed windows Organic. The bad news incomplete without mentioning that installed. Plans have also been drawn up for a new patio with ramp The memorial bench at the Playing some farms are managed on access into the building. Fields was vandalised in April. The ‘organic’ principles under which the bench was a memorial to Kevin only crop protection chemicals used There’s also good news that the — —

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Parish Clerk—Hayley Glasgow 01494 437111

Lane End Surgery 01494 881209 Lane End Pharmacy 01494 880774 NHS Direct 111 / 0845 46 47 Lane End Holy Trinity Church 01494 882644 Lane End Primary School 01494 881169 Lane End Village Hall 01865 400365 Frieth Village Hall 01494 880737 Lane End Youth & Community Centre 883878 / 07932 326046

Elim Hope Church 01494 882587 Cadmore End Village Hall 01494 881735 Cadmore End C of E Church 01494 882644 Cadmore End Primary School 01494 881460

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