Whaddon Quarterly WhaddonNovember 2016 Quarterly
August 2017
News, views, interest and events
for your village
A spoonful of sugar, p. 14 Down on the farm, p. 37 Black monks, p. 27 Whaddon’s brass band, p. 39
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26 ...... speeds vehicles’ reveals MVAS
...... Jesus for up Hands 25 ......
...... morning coffee MacMillan 24 ......
...... church Toddler 24 ......
Church roof repairs are complete are repairs roof Church 23 ......
...... Whaddon Church Mary's St. 20 ......
elling Shenley Road closure Road Shenley elling Unrav 19 ......
Thank you from the friends of Whaddon School Whaddon of friends the from you Thank 19 ......
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...... sugar… of spoonful A 14 ......
...... rest final his takes ‘tankie’ fortunate A Roff: Ted Obituary: 13
...... changes storage energy Household 12
...... dusted and done Road Shenley 12
...... Mexico than worse pollution air UK 12
...... approved project station Winslow 11
...... replies TfB – Road Vicarage 10 ..
...... updates planning Local 8 ......
...... Corner ’s k Cler 7
...... r i a ch ’s r o t i ed e h t m o Fr 5 ......
...... Report Council Parish 4 ......
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Wheat has been harvested by one means or another in the environs of Whaddon since since Whaddon of environs the in another or means one by harvested been has Wheat
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address) (Whaddon 502204 01908 tel: McClellan,
them collect to requested is buyer The aird B contact se plea details further For .
about , SALE FOR • requirements. to surplus are which bricks stock old 1,000
forever. lost is it evelopment, d to lost is countryside When ments. develop similar and
WHA001 of fate the ecide d they when this recall to well do would officers planning
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village of . 16 p. see cricket
aspects more For . apologies Farm; ttlehouse Bo been have should It Farm. Bottledump
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Walvin, James author by researched highly , Sugar BOOK, NEW A •
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Farm Bottlehouse QUESTION. • internet. the onsult c Answer: Farm? House Bottle or
there.
No Road. Vicarage in roadworks and – roads local resurfacing and les otho p movement
for ground the on thinly more even spread are They scarce. are funds repairing
security and education health, – people of thousands more many benefitting and –
Turn funding. of shortage no is there know?) to seems quite one matters to
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when the Draft Plan is published, whether it is included. My personal personal My included. is it whether published, is Plan Draft the when
WHA001, which would contain up to 2,000 houses. We will know only only know will We houses. 2,000 to up contain would which WHA001,
context, I have mentioned before the area in our Parish known as as known Parish our in area the before mentioned have I context,
that will be the decision on settlements adjacent t adjacent settlements on decision the be will that o Milton Keynes. In this this In Keynes. Milton o
Nevertheless, there is one other big issue affecting Whaddon and and Whaddon affecting issue big other one is there Nevertheless,
grow. to villages small and medium the on pressure much too
could form part of an Aylesbury Garden Town. Thus, there should not be be not should there Thus, Town. Garden Aylesbury an of part form could
an half half an th more balance, the of and, allocated been already have these
call for something under 30,000 new homes. However, nearly half of of half nearly However, homes. new 30,000 under something for call
delay, but will now be published and debated in the autumn. It is likely to to likely is It autumn. the in debated and published be now will but delay,
has suffered a further further a suffered has VALP) Plan Local Aylesbury of Vale draft The
case. the still is that say to have I Buckinghamshire.
that decisions had not yet been taken on the big issues affecting North North affecting issues big the on taken been yet not had decisions that
ON looking back at my reports in February and May, I started by saying saying by started I May, and February in reports my at back looking ON
2017 Summer
Parish Council R Council Parish eport
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such if surveyor a with beforehand check always should you doubt, in are is work
for exchange in of ro your retile to offering traders rogue of BEWARE • you f I cash.
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stations! power nuclear C Point Hinkley addional six of nt equivale the or , times See
electricity of gigawatts 18 extra an require will 2040 in electric to fleet car peak at
petrol British the convert to that estimatds has GRID NATIONAL THE • diesel and
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information. and stories
depths hidden has nevertheless Whaddon grave, the to secrets of
may villagers past many while for stone; a such as their taken have
a lifting regarded be can Whaddon depths. hidden discover stone,
of code on when, joy inner of skip involuntary an sense omerta
own their with journalists investigative so tip, rubbish abandoned
culled Otley of Dairy Wharfedale by supplied cream - long a from
pure' 'guaranteed labelled pot a or , right jar, caviar thick - double
unearthing when Pottery Fulham torian Vic rare discarded, - long a
delight of squeal a stifles jars antique of collector a as Just
issue. next the to over held
has witnessed an embarrassment of riches, and a number of items have had to be be to had have items of number a and riches, of embarrassment an witnessed has
is novel while another has had new light cas light new had has another while novel is t upon it. Generally speaking, this issue issue this speaking, Generally it. upon t
one or two items in this issue; however they carry a different slant. One topic certainly certainly topic One slant. different a carry they however issue; this in items two or one
as they read read they as vu déjà of feeling a have may Some . Quarterly Whaddon the of Edition
ter Spooner, in his Millennium Souvenir Souvenir Millennium his in Spooner, ter Pe editor, former late and esteemed our by
IT IS EVER a challenge to unearth hidden treasures of Whaddon’s past not exposed exposed not past Whaddon’s of treasures hidden unearth to challenge a EVER IS IT
t i ed e h t m o Fr r i a ch s ’ r o
August August
Billy Stanier, Billy
■ condolences on the sudden death of his wife. his of death sudden the on condolences
ony oni; oee, t h sm tm I h I time same the at however, Council; County ave had to send our our send to had ave
I congratulate John Chilver on his re his on Chilver John congratulate I election as our Buckinghamshire Buckinghamshire our as election -
trophy! the with away came we
championships last month against many other waste collection teams and and teams collection waste other many against month last championships
o a superb job. We entered the national national the entered We job. superb a o d they agree will you think I staff.
Council. The Waste Team consists of over 120 bin men plus their support support their plus men bin 120 over of consists Team Waste The Council.
Cabinet Member for Environment and Waste at Aylesbury Vale District District Vale Aylesbury at Waste and Environment for Member Cabinet
elect me as Chairman. I was also reappointed as as reappointed also was I Chairman. as me elect - re to enough kind were
h Prs Cucl ed t Ana Meig n a, n Cou and May, in Meeting Annual its held Council Parish The ncillors ncillors
catastrophe. Tower Grenfell the of aftermath the in
Council plus five Districts). But his priorities have, rightly, been elsewhere elsewhere been rightly, have, priorities his But Districts). five plus Council
with five (the County County (the five with quo status the or Buckinghamshire for uncils Co two
Government as to his decision on unitary government: i.e. either one or or one either i.e. government: unitary on decision his to as Government
We have still not heard from the Secretary of State for Local Local for State of Secretary the from heard not still have We
spared.
Newton Longville and Bletchley makes it more likely that we shall be be shall we that likely more it makes Bletchley and Longville Newton
roval of the Salden Chase site between between site Chase Salden the of roval app recent the that is opinion
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■ summer. the of rest the
what well might have been in Whaddon had matters gone according to plan. Enjoy Enjoy plan. to according gone matters had Whaddon in been have might well what
cribes cribes des one features; interesting of couple a to forward look can Readers . Quarterly
Whaddon Whaddon the of issue next the is level modest more and lower, even an At
mirage? moving - ever an or reality a become development house - 2,000 the
Much closer in time, and closer to Whaddon, is wh is Whaddon, to closer and time, in closer Much at will happen at WHA001? Will Will WHA001? at happen will at
experience has demonstrated. has experience
cost effectively. This is a massive challenge in the world of nuclear technology, as past past as technology, nuclear of world the in challenge massive a is This effectively. cost
as well as safely, efficiently and and efficiently safely, as well as – time’ ‘on and time' 'first work stations power ear nucl
generation, including within personal accommodation, and to ensure the nation's new new nation's the ensure to and accommodation, personal within including generation,
This raises huge implications, not least being that to explore novel methods of power power of methods novel explore to that being least not implications, huge raises This
. . 35 p. on starting article his of part second the in highlights Simonds Gerald as power,
Before 2040, there will be an intense need for the generation of clean electric electric clean of generation the for need intense an be will there 2040, Before
Harrods had electric delivery vans in 1932. 1932. in vans delivery electric had Harrods
u ‘s cif de i fvu o cenr ul cud e av ad ill and naive be could fuels cleaner of favour in edge’ cliff a ‘as out out. out. - thought -
was first launched in 2011. But the implication implication the But 2011. in launched first was based fuels will be phased phased be will fuels based - carbon that
cities cleaner (banning sales of diesel and petrol cars by 2040) is laudable, though it it though laudable, is 2040) by cars petrol and diesel of sales (banning cleaner cities
The prospect of the Government's desire to make the atmosphere of Britain’s Britain’s of atmosphere the make to desire Government's the of prospect The
much! too as
new hazard on the skyline: silence. Too little noise noise little Too silence. skyline: the on hazard new can be as damaging and harmful harmful and damaging as be can
But with electric vehicles and, at present, their low their present, at and, vehicles electric with But technology batteries, comes a a comes batteries, technology -
happen. will latter the
that BMW will make electric Minis at Oxford. The difference is the first first the is difference The Oxford. at Minis electric make will BMW that happen; happen; may
- low UK’s the of one becomes of news news of ahead arrived boast The centres. eco emission
l nw a sls n itn ens y 00 ol b eeti o plug or electric be could 2020 by Keynes Milton in sales car new all in as the city city the as in -
noise. But noise could be less of a problem in future. A forecast suggests a quarter of of quarter a suggests forecast A future. in problem a of less be could noise But noise.
And mention of motorcyclists immediately brings into focus another aspec another focus into brings immediately motorcyclists of mention And t of life: life: of t
kills.
even during the day, can spot a speeding motorist, or motorcyclist. Excessive speed speed Excessive motorcyclist. or motorist, speeding a spot can day, the during even
Anyone standing for even a few minutes during early morning, in the evening and and evening the in morning, early during minutes few a even for standing Anyone
es on on es figur by evidenced as MVAS, by village the in speeding caught drivers . . 20 p.
This issue also examines speeding. Some may be surprised by the relatively few few relatively the by surprised be may Some speeding. examines also issue This
found! be to usually are advertisements where magazine
used by publishers to drive readers to the back of a a of back the to readers drive to publishers by used device a also is It front. the
‘doffing the cap’ to those who always turn first to the back to begin reading reading begin to back the to first turn always who those to cap’ the ‘doffing and not not and –
turn first to the end. By positioning This Was My Village as a tailpiece, is a means of of means a is tailpiece, a as Village My Was This positioning By end. the to first turn
whenever they receive a magazine, instinctively instinctively magazine, a receive they whenever who, those are there Yet ‘graveyard’.
cover. This region is sometimes dubbed by publishers, rather unkindly, the the unkindly, rather publishers, by dubbed sometimes is region This cover.
evolved very slightly: the last editorial item appears right at the end, before the back back the before end, the at right appears item editorial last the slightly: very evolved
ething different about this issue’s format, which has has which format, issue’s this about different ething som is there Meanwhile,
Village.
This and Whaddon of Legends The Snelshall, of monks’ ‘black The together: My Was
binds that thread a form and age bygone a to witness mute bear features the
Lowndes. - Selby Joan thread: common a share here rticles a Three books Her
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The views expressed in this magazine do not necessarily reflect those of Whaddon Whaddon of those reflect necessarily not do magazine this in expressed views The
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location, as these can be subject to change. All Welcome! All change. to subject be can these as location,
2017. Please check the Village Notice Board on the bus stop to confirm these dates and the the and dates these confirm to stop bus the on Board Notice Village the check Please 2017.
take place at Whaddon Chapel, Stock Lane, at Lane, Stock Chapel, Whaddon at place take November November 9 and September 28 on 7.30pm
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Date of Next Parish Council Meeting(s) Council Parish Next of Date The next meeting(s) of Whaddon Parish Council Council Parish Whaddon of meeting(s) next The .
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[email protected] to email short a Send asking to be added to the list. list. the to added be to asking
etc. applications, planning
notices and information; e.g., refuse collection delays, road closures, closures, road delays, collection refuse e.g., information; and notices useful of lots and
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Yes, summer is still here as the butterflies show off their colours. their off show butterflies the as here still is summer Yes,
sessions in adjoining villages as you a you as villages adjoining in sessions re welcome to go to those too. too. those to go to welcome re
August 2107 from 2pm to 4pm. All welcome. Watch out for for out Watch welcome. All 4pm. to 2pm from 2107 August 15 is
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ion ground this summer. The date for your diary diary your for date The summer. this ground ion recreat the on session
. Once again WPC is funding a play play a funding is WPC again Once . Parishes the Around Play
veggies. grown home
year. This is great project for children, groups of friends sharing and anyone wanting tasty tasty wanting anyone and sharing friends of groups children, for project great is This year.
nterested please get in touch. The cost is currently £15 a a £15 currently is cost The touch. in get please nterested i is anyone If September. of end
We are likely to have some allotments available from the the from available allotments some have to likely are We Allotments.
the clerk; check the notice board over the next for months for details. for months for next the over board notice the check clerk; the
. You can also request paper copies via via copies paper request also can You . www.whaddonbuckspc.org.uk
financial health for the Parish. Shortly, these will be available to view on on view to available be will these Shortly, Parish. the for health financial
receiving back our official audited accounts showing a clean bill of of bill clean a showing accounts audited official our back receiving
We will shortly be be shortly will We Council. Parish Whaddon for End Year Financial
uncil Co
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unannounced. meeting the attend to wanted had she why ask to ventured then I
agenda. the on was VALP the of
WHA001 development was not on the meeting’s agenda. However, an update on the progress progress the on update an However, agenda. meeting’s the on not was development WHA001
why (which she completely understood), I told her that the the that her told I understood), completely she (which why reason the explained Having
Plan!!
company promoting WHA001 (the Whaddon 2,000 home site) to the emerging AVDC Local Local AVDC emerging the to site) home 2,000 Whaddon (the WHA001 promoting company
The visitor was Melys Pritchett, Development Executive of Crest Nicholson, the building building the Nicholson, Crest of Executive Development Pritchett, Melys was visitor The
asking me why the meeting had not taken place! place! taken not had meeting the why me asking
d d telephone cancelled, meeting the finding on who, up turned visitor unexpected an quorum, a
July) due to illness and lack of of lack and illness to due July) 13 (Thursday meeting WPC a postpone to decision of - unheard
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gs happen, but on the one night your Councillors had to make the almost almost the make to had Councillors your night one the on but happen, gs thin how STRANGE
story interesting that now And
2018, and final adoption is expected in late 2018 or early 2019. early or 2018 late in expected is adoption final and 2018, - mid
before the plan goes to the Inspectorate in January 2018. Public examination will take place in in place take will examination Public 2018. January in Inspectorate the to goes plan the before
And, following these meetings, there will b will there meetings, these following And, week public consultation period, period, consultation public week - eight an e
All meetings are open to the public and will commence at 6.30 pm, in Aylesbury. in pm, 6.30 at commence will and public the to open are meetings All
September; and AVDC Council, 18 Council, AVDC and September; 10 Cabinet, AVDC September; October.
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document will be discussed at VALP Scrutiny Committee, 26 Committee, Scrutiny VALP at discussed be will document the which following , September
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The draft plan should be available to inspect on line, with meeting agenda papers from 21 from papers agenda meeting with line, on inspect to available be should plan draft The
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AVDC has therefore proposed a new timetable, as follows: as timetable, new a proposed therefore has AVDC
AVDC’s appointed external consultants. external appointed AVDC’s
n process, has not been completed by by completed been not has process, n selectio site subsequent and requirement number
So, the complex Sustainable Appraisal, necessary to conclude the complicated housing housing complicated the conclude to necessary Appraisal, Sustainable complex the So,
time! last unlike – Examination Public the at
ble at the right time, thereby hoping that the plan will be found to be sound sound be to found be will plan the that hoping thereby time, right the at ble availa is evidence
h pouto tm o ter oa Pa etne t esr ta al h crucially the all that ensure to extended Plan Local their of time production the required required -
“WHY?” I hear you ask. Well, AVDC has been granted a delay by Government, and has had had has and Government, by delay a granted been has AVDC Well, ask. you hear I “WHY?”
continues!
on ground); but we are not there yet, so the wait wait the so yet, there not are we but ground); on recreati village the behind
the fate of WHA001 (2,000 new homes around Bottlehouse Farm Farm Bottlehouse around homes new (2,000 WHA001 of fate the basically basically –
It was expected that, by the publication of this issue, Whaddon would have known known have would Whaddon issue, this of publication the by that, expected was It
an interesting story interesting an + update plan local ylesbury A
updates planning Local
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prefer the Parish Council and its residents to be involved as we go along, but I understand the the understand I but along, go we as involved be to residents its and Council Parish the prefer
through the Local Plan process and onwards towards a planning application. I would much much would I application. planning a towards onwards and process Plan Local the through
we will be continuing our work on the technical baseline to support the progr the support to baseline technical the on work our continuing be will we ession of the site site the of ession
It would be good to keep in touch as matters progress. As mentioned on the phone, phone, the on mentioned As progress. matters as touch in keep to good be would It
future. in happening
ensure that we keep the Parish abreast of anything like that prior to it it to prior that like anything of abreast Parish the keep we that ensure to endeavour will
In which case, I can only apologise for not forewarning the parish and its residents. I I residents. its and parish the forewarning not for apologise only can I case, which In
them. from response a get I when know you let will I topographers. our to referring
t given what you have told me, I think it is likely that you are are you that likely is it think I me, told have you what given t bu management, traffic using
undertaken to road signs by Buckinghamshire County Council around that time, and they were were they and time, that around Council County Buckinghamshire by signs road to undertaken
a response, but I am 90% sure that it probably was them. There were works being being works were There them. was probably it that sure 90% am I but response, a
surveyors as to whether it was them t them was it whether to as surveyors hat set up the traffic management. I have not yet had had yet not have I management. traffic the up set hat
I have spoken to our engineers and also made an enquiry with our topographical topographical our with enquiry an made also and engineers our to spoken have I
Graham, It was good to chat to you last night night last you to chat to good was It Graham, cold. get didn’t dinner your hope do I –
The next day the following email arrived: email following the day next The
Nicholson Crest from email An
that she understood our concerns and would investigate further and get back to me! to back get and further investigate would and concerns our understood she that
their topographical survey for their Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on WHA001, and and WHA001, on (EIS) Statement Impact Environmental their for survey topographical their
it could have been caused by the external consultants preparing preparing consultants external the by caused been have could it said, she Ultimately, her.
At first Melys denied all knowledge of the problem, despite the facts that I relayed to to relayed I that facts the despite problem, the of knowledge all denied Melys first At
‘early consultation with the public,’ had taken an even greater downward slide! slide! downward greater even an taken had public,’ the with consultation ‘early
Because of this, I suggested re suggested I this, of Because called called - so the and developers, in faith and trust sidents’
Wimpey). Taylor
u rsdns O tp f hs hr ws h nine the was there this of top On residents. our month Shenley Road closure (caused by by (caused closure Road Shenley month -
unauthorised traffic signals on the A421 which had caused considerable grief and problems for for problems and grief considerable caused had which A421 the on signals traffic unauthorised
ted the recent saga of the the of saga recent the ted rela and slightly Melys on tables the turned I Anyway,
Plan! the in remained site 001 WHA the
Sustainable Appraisal and design approach. I said there would be plenty of time to do that if if that do to time of plenty be would there said I approach. design and Appraisal Sustainable
ice our concerns so that they could consider their response in their their in response their consider could they that so concerns our ice vo to order in later,
Of course, Melys took the opposite view and thought we should meet sooner rather than than rather sooner meet should we thought and view opposite the took Melys course, Of
Crest. with meeting a welcome
the emerging VALP. But depending on the content, WPC would perhaps then consider and and consider then perhaps would WPC content, the on depending But VALP. emerging the
rity, and indeed the content of of content the indeed and rity, Autho Planning own our of position strategic the knew Council
I reiterated that WPC did not think it appropriate to meet with developers until the the until developers with meet to appropriate it think not did WPC that reiterated I
were! members the
not to speak but observe and see how we operated and who who and operated we how see and observe but speak to not – attend to whim, a on taken,
Crest had Googled WPC and seen we had a meeting scheduled for that night. A decision A night. that for scheduled meeting a had we seen and WPC Googled had Crest was was
Whaddon site (and the reluctance of WPC to meet with Crest or their agents). In addition, addition, In agents). their or Crest with meet to WPC of reluctance the (and site Whaddon
Apparently, Crest had held a board meeting that afternoon to discuss the proposed proposed the discuss to afternoon that meeting board a held had Crest Apparently,
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in barriers the having eyesore
an it’s know I defects. priority on
focused is resource Our soon. time
any urgent as through push can
I that job a not is Road Vicarage
on reinstatement verge The Road:
Vicarage in verge the restoring
in progress of respect in replied
has Buckinghamshire for Transport
TfB replies TfB – Road Vicarage
P.C. Whaddon
Stewart Graham
■ A421 remains a single unimproved carriageway! carriageway! unimproved single a remains A421
MKC and AVDC strive to fulfil their housing demands over coming years, especially whilst the the whilst especially years, coming over demands housing their fulfil to strive AVDC and MKC
Who do you do Who story? this of moral the And believe? And we can expect more of the same as as same the of more expect can we And believe?
Melys. regards, Kind
abreast of any forthcoming works. forthcoming any of abreast
I hope this feedback is useful. As I said in my earlier email, we will try and keep the Parish Parish the keep and try will we email, earlier my in said I As useful. is feedback this hope I
m the highways dept, which caused the locals a lot of disruption” of lot a locals the caused which dept, highways the m fro
July and from what we believe to be true, had not got permission permission got not had true, be to believe we what from and July 6 Thursday on A421 the
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It was also noted that a different firm had set up traffic management further along along further management traffic up set had firm different a that noted also was It
up. - set the with
July and were happy happy were and July 5 Wed on firm TM our audited and came . dept highways the know
th
July did cause some issues however from discussion with Mike I I Mike with discussion from however issues some cause did July 6 the believe I
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July. 6 Thursday
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uy Wdedy 5 Wednesday July, 3 Monday : dates following the on A421 the on management and and
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e highways division of Bucks C.C.. We had traffic traffic had We C.C.. Bucks of division highways e th with agreed were permits our of “All
residents:
Their response is below and may shed some light on the problems encountered by your your by encountered problems the on light some shed may and below is response Their
Further to my email of Friday, I have now heard back from our topographical surveyors. surveyors. topographical our from back heard now have I Friday, of email my to Further
Graham, morning, Good
- : arrived email another later days two then And
email second a And
Nicholson. Crest Prichett, Melys regards, Kind weekend, good a Have
open always and I hope to have more detailed discussions with you in the near future. near the in you with discussions detailed more have to hope I and always open
The invitation to engage with us will remain remain will us with engage to invitation The phone. the on out set you that position Council’s
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well! as income providing and humps speed than solution effective re mo
curbing in useful be can positioned, wisely a offering possibly vehicles, of speed the
different cameras, Speed roads. UK on use on ras came speed or safety digital of types
14 are There tins. of couple a from paint and plywood of constructed box bird
a – ‘camera’ own his built Lewis Mr old - year - 79 residence, his past speeding motorists
camera’ ‘speed a installed who Wales, North Langollen, of of Tired house. his outside
IS IT • Lewis John farmer retired by experienced frustration the understand to EASY
■ on the road safety concerns! safety road the on ”
expected expected with the lower number of car parking spaces, and with no further improvements improvements further no with and spaces, parking car of number lower the with –
as as – committee the by approved was station the , event the In “ Graham. writes ,” view
essage which I believe would have been the village village the been have would believe I which essage m the took I wrongly, or Rightly “
transport. borne - car on reliant heavily be would residents hence transport, public
he fact that virtually all the villages in the rural catchment of the station had poor or no no or poor had station the of catchment rural the in villages the all virtually that fact he T d)
stage!). advanced sufficiently
05 oeat aa wih hy cnwegd bt ad ht h VL ws n was VALP the that said but acknowledged, they (which data forecast 2015 a a at yet ot
ig pcs ern i mn Ntok al a bsn its basing was Rail Network mind in bearing spaces king par of lack he T c) calculations on on calculations
. July!)
sing growth figures expected in the emerging VALP (now (now VALP emerging the in expected figures growth sing hou ember and not not and ember Sept in expected
he seemingly premature nature of the application the of nature premature seemingly he T b) which took no account of the future future the of account no took which ,
the A421 safely from the Gt. Horwood road to get to the station site. station the to get to road Horwood Gt. the from safely A421 the cross to ability he T a)
However, the PC had reservations about: reservations had PC the However,
cussed and agreed at a recent recent a at agreed and cussed dis (as station the Graham. writes g),” meetin PC
“Indeed, in my short speech I made it clear that Whaddon PC Whaddon that clear it made I speech short my in “Indeed, were fully in support of of support in fully were
station. new the to object
Graham Stewart noted that the Whaddon PC, speaking on behalf of village village of behalf on speaking PC, Whaddon the that noted Stewart Graham d not not d di residents
Network Rail’s proposals for the new stati new the for proposals Rail’s Network on.
at AVDC, to support Winslow town council's concerns over over concerns council's town Winslow support to AVDC, at meeting committee
June, Graham Stewart spoke at the AVDC Strategic Management Management Strategic AVDC the at spoke Stewart Graham June, 28 ON th
Winslow station project approved project station Winslow
■ can. I when reinstated verge the get to best my try will I
issues. any without past the in successfully kerbs no with verges
liner edge the installed have I but verge, grass reinstated newly a retain on bollards
would line kerb proper a that in ight r is He installed. be should kerbs that to better be
insufficient was proposal my that suggested he when time) same the at amusing and
insulting quite back while a parish the to email Porter’s Mr found I tied. are hands (but
verge the reinstating just to oppose as kerbs the install to love would I my but
disgust). s Porter’ Mr to (much bollards liner edge install
grass the reinstate just to was do to going was I work the and lines kerb as and verge
new install to budget the have don’t we know you As nstalled. i sets kerb such assets
to funding LAF for apply to parish the for is option other only The some have
urgent. as through job this ing push justify can’t I but place,
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” households.
ging “billions of pounds in savings for UK UK for savings in pounds of “billions ging brin , Grid National the to back it sell and
The government hopes householders will be able to create power in their own homes, store it it store homes, own their in power create to able be will householders hopes government The
Major changes to the way electricity is produced, used and stored are stored and used produced, is electricity way the to changes Major . planned
changes storage energy Household
traffic. through no carries Way Hayton Yet
7.35 metres wide; nearly two metres wider. wider. metres two nearly wide; metres 7.35
the other end of Canterbury Meadows is is Meadows Canterbury of end other the
Hayton Way, next to to next Way, Hayton of part that But, open.
when when – traffic through carries normally
Canterbury Meadows. Shenley Road Road Shenley Meadows. Canterbury
width as that part of the road next to to next road the of part that as width
– metres 5.55 is kerbs between the same same the
Interestingly, the width of the road road the of width the Interestingly,
p to traffic standard by Friday 28 Friday by standard traffic to p u Park Shakespeare July.
th
CONTRACTORS completed their work of bringing that part of the Shenley Road adjacent to to adjacent Road Shenley the of part that bringing of work their completed CONTRACTORS
Shenley Road done and dusted and done Road Shenley
■ . village
to increase traffic on the A421, as well as Coddimoor Lane, Coddimoor as well as A421, the on traffic increase to gh the the gh throu and Road Shenley
confirmed. The prospect of an extra 2,000 homes is equivalent to equivalent is homes 2,000 extra an of prospect The confirmed. of which help help which of all , cars 3,000
gest there are good reasons for opposing WHA001, should it be be it should WHA001, opposing for reasons good are there gest sug figures These
us. Mauriti
wt the with , country African every than better are however, conditions, UK of ion except
report. Statistics Health World annual WHO’s to according
Spain there were 14.7 deaths per 100,000, in France 17.2 and in the Netherlands 24, 24, Netherlands the in and 17.2 France in 100,000, per deaths 14.7 were there Spain In
12.1. was figure the States United the In 24.6. Argentina in and 15.8
in Brazil it was was it Brazil in pollution; air to attributable e wer 100,000 per deaths 23.5 , Mexico In
countries. European other 14 in than worse Britain,
head of of head 100,000 per deaths .7 25 for responsible was pollution air outdoor population in in population
May, i May, 18 of newspaper Times The to according that noting worth is it 2040, from ndoor and and ndoor
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July) the banning of all new petrol and diesel cars cars diesel and petrol new all of banning the July) (26 announced government UK THE AS
th
. WHO – Organisation
Argentina and twice as bad as in the United States, according to the Wo the to according States, United the in as bad as twice and Argentina rld Health Health rld
THE death rate from air pollution in the UK is worse than in Mexico, Brazil and and Brazil Mexico, in than worse is UK the in pollution air from rate death THE
UK air pollution worse than Mexic than worse pollution air UK o
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Mortimer John
loss.
this Ted, For 2010. in cancer to 49, aged Christine, ghter dau his sad particularly a was
decade a 1999, in Phyllis, wife, his losing as well As of loss the suffered Ted later
birthday.
90 Ted’s celebrate to Hall Jubilee the in party surprise a attended 65 of total A th
Ted.
wartime those about do I little what and h - first at know not would I therwise o events,
And about up' 'open to enough comfortable felt he that times recent in only is it
. do to n chose s have soldiers other as battlegrounds, former revisit to wish no
had he mind, Ted's in etched deeply years those of memories terrible h suc With
down looking anxiously , bedside his at parents his see . him on
knew, Ted thing next The to woke he Infirmary General Leeds in bed a in lying
ahead. forest the in situation military
commander his from instructions the assess and periscope the raise below', 'go to
French the from months 12 received Ted Berlin, of miles 12 within o t coast
with encounter last his In some of period a over travelled having tanks, German
short their in crews various his and destroyed. tanks four their all had war
crew original his of because so Ted h, anguis his to add To survived. Ted only four, of
Ted Day, - D on 18 Aged more the war, the during experiences horrific with met
reading. in interest an expressed also him. to across passed never were too They
My lace. p take not did interview Ted tanks battle Cromwell detailing books Royce - Rolls
to wish my expressed I that Sadly agreed. he and tape; on Ted interview
newspaper. engineering
on articles many commissioned weekly a of editor as vehicles fighting of ject sub the
War World in Regiment Tank the and te wro I es’. ‘tanki as known were men these 2;
discovered and occasions several in been had Ted tanks. battle – interest common a
number a of one as w Ted on spoke We interview. to yet had I villagers of
ago.
lived had and 92 was He hospital. years 70 some hyllis P married he since Whaddon in
Milton at July, 15 evening, Saturday on late away passed sadly ROFF TED Keynes th
rest final his takes ‘tankie’
Obituary: Ted Roff: A fortunate fortunate A Roff: Ted Obituary:
■ hnology is relatively still in its infancy its in still relatively is hnology tec battery However, government. the to according .
As more of these are built and bought the costs of batteries is expected to to expected is batteries of costs the bought and built are these of more As ion). ”, ”, rapidly fall “
used in electric vehicles (lithium (lithium vehicles electric in used those to similar usually are homes in used batteries The
production. ater gre and innovation increased
the price is expected to fall with with fall to expected is price the claim officials but expensive, are batteries moment, the
national national the to it export or work, from home arrive they when it use and power excess At At grid.
e, which means householders can store store can householders means which e, kag pac battery a offer already ompanies c Some
batteries. using power storing lds househo of possibility the up opens plan
will benefit as the new new the as benefit will and panels solar have houses 700,000 claims government The
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2017 August
Billy Stanier Stanier Billy
■ his name.” name.” his as well as title the bear
“Nothing. But I believe it disrespectful to the memory of a very special man not to to not man special very a of memory the to disrespectful it believe I But “Nothing.
Occasionally, people ask me “What did you do to get knighted?” My reply is is reply My knighted?” get to do you did “What me ask people Occasionally,
point. that at
not even knowing of the family connection with Ludlow Ludlow with connection family the of knowing even not award, Baronetcy the from on
He chose to come here in the third week of July 2017, exactly one hundred years years hundred one exactly 2017, July of week third the in here come to chose He
Whaddon. in house my at party
for Health, was guest speaker at the Buckingham Conservative Association’s annual annual Association’s Conservative Buckingham the at speaker guest was Health, for
w, Philip Dunne, Minister of State State of Minister Dunne, Philip w, Ludlo for MP current the that is coincidence The
. Unionist” and “Conservative as
Scotland and Northern Ireland; for this reason he always referred to his political party party political his to referred always he reason this for Ireland; Northern and Scotland
I never met him. He believed staunchly in a United Kingdom of England, Wales Wales England, of Kingdom United a in staunchly believed He him. met never I
4, and so so and 4, 5 only of age the at cancer from 1921 in later years four died he Sadly,
. 1917 July of
successful was he that the Prime Minister awarded him a Baronetcy in the third week week third the in Baronetcy a him awarded Minister Prime the that he was successful
farmers to plant the beet but building the processing plants in the right areas. So So areas. right the in plants processing the building but beet the plant to farmers
y rnfte’ atvte ivle nt ny getting only not involved activities grandfather’s My
Poppins. Mary in up picked theme
clay soils of such counties as Buckinghamshire. Buckinghamshire. as counties such of soils clay
down; a a down; go medicine the helped times,
Nottinghamshire and Norfolk; Norfolk; and Nottinghamshire the the avoided effectively this Sugar, used sparingly in medieval medieval in sparingly used Sugar,
where sandy soils occur, notably Shropshire, Shropshire, notably occur, soils sandy where
irst time. This he managed to do in those counties counties those in do to managed he This time. irst f the for
expertise, to establish a sugar beet industry in Great Britain Britain Great in industry beet sugar a establish to expertise,
George, asked my grandfather, in view of his agricultural agricultural his of view in grandfather, my asked George,
The Prime Minister of the Coalition Government, Lloyd Lloyd Government, Coalition the of Minister Prime The
Caribbean. the from
ur imports crossing the Atlantic, including sugar sugar including Atlantic, the crossing imports ur o of many
World War, and before long the German navy prevented prevented navy German the long before and War, World
Six years later witnessed the outbreak of the First First the of outbreak the witnessed later years Six
Parliament. entered men both 1908 in and politics
became Prime Minister. Baldwin kindled his interest in in interest his kindled Baldwin Minister. Prime became
y Baldwin. Many years later, Baldwin Baldwin later, years Many Baldwin. y Stanle called man
Worcestershire, he met and became friends with a young young a with friends became and met he Worcestershire,
In his first job as land agent to Lord Dudley in in Dudley Lord to agent land as job first his In
law. and agriculture both in trained
was brought up in the countryside of north Shropshire and and Shropshire north of countryside the in up brought was
ed as MP for Ludlow, in Shropshire. He He Shropshire. in Ludlow, for MP as ed serv Stanier, Beville
ONE hundred years ago, in July 1917, my grandfather, grandfather, my 1917, July in ago, years hundred ONE
centenary
and an equally unique unique equally an and link the explains Stanier Billy connection. Whaddon
much less be aware of a unique unique a of aware be less much – UK the in grown be to came sugar
give thought to how how to thought give us of few coffee, of cup a to sugar add glibly we When
… sugar of spoonful A
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Also present were gents’ roadsters dating from 1900 until the 1930s. the until 1900 from dating roadsters gents’ were present Also
on. clipped guns with complete es cycl War World First some even
rmd yls cide’ cce, adm ad a and tandems cycles, children’s cycles, framed rmy bikes. There were were There bikes. rmy
- loop ladies bicycles, trade tricycles,
flight full in farthings’ ‘penny of pair A
The rest were a combination of of combination a were rest The
bikes. driven
- chain first the were these cycles; safety
tyred tyred - solid by followed were They 1880.
‘penny farthings’; these dated from from dated these farthings’; ‘penny
forward were Old Originarys, nicknamed nicknamed Originarys, Old were forward
called ‘bone shakers’. Next to roll roll to Next shakers’. ‘bone called
wheelers fitted with metal tyres and and tyres metal with fitted wheelers
The oldest bikes were wooden wooden were bikes oldest The
Club member John Morris on an 1867 ‘bone shaker’ ‘bone 1867 an on Morris John member Club
costume.
The riders were dressed in period period in dressed were riders The
dest bikes started first. first. started bikes dest ol The 10.30.
other, departing from the start point at at point start the from departing other,
13 miles with riders, one after the the after one riders, with miles 13
entrants covered a distance of some some of distance a covered entrants
The route taken by the 108 108 the by taken route The
Oxfordshire.
Playing Fields in the village of Benson, Benson, of village the in Fields Playing
started and finished at the Sunnyside Sunnyside the at finished and started
this year was it was year this – rally The – 57 s
th
costume. period
famous Benson aerodrome is a procession of very old cycles with riders in in riders with cycles old very of procession a is aerodrome Benson famous
A FAMILIAR sight in early July on the lanes of Oxfordshire near the the near Oxfordshire of lanes the on July early in sight FAMILIAR A
July. 2 on experiences
nd
cle Club’s rally. Here Ron writes of their their of writes Ron Here rally. Club’s cle Cy Veteran Benson
afternoons, last month made their annual pilgrimage to the the to pilgrimage annual their made month last afternoons,
Eileen and Ron Gingell, who frequent the WI’s Tuesday tea tea Tuesday WI’s the frequent who Gingell, Ron and Eileen
two for made bicycle a On
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Farm? Hill Church of Hill Jack by owned Hill, Church on play to used
DID you know that before the war, Whaddon had a cricket team which which team cricket a had Whaddon war, the before that know you DID
recounts. White Derek
Whaddon’s cricket team enjoyed enjoyed team cricket Whaddon’s a long and chequered career as as career chequered and long a
sound of leather on willow on leather of sound The
■ We now transport the bikes by car. car. by bikes the transport now We
Mr & Mrs Edwatds on an 1897 Rudge 1897 an on Edwatds Mrs & Mr
bikes. veteran on miles
ak rm rn. nldn te al isl, e ol ec nth up notch each would we itself, rally the Including Tring. from back 68 68
years ago we used to ride there and and there ride to used we ago years
this rally for 40 years and up until 10 10 until up and years 40 for rally this
Eileen and I have been going to to going been have I and Eileen
brass. horse a received entrant Every
brasses in the Sunnyside Playing Field. Field. Playing Sunnyside the in brasses
d d an trophies the of presentation and
Berrick Salome and Roke to the finish finish the to Roke and Salome Berrick
following a circular route back through through back route circular a following
and a natter before moving on again again on moving before natter a and
Everyone enjoyed a good lunch lunch good a enjoyed Everyone
band.
we were welcomed by the local brass brass local the by welcomed were we
halgrove; for the lunch stop where where stop lunch the for halgrove; C at
known yew trees and on to to on and trees yew known Lamb The
We then left Eweline, going past its famous church with its oldest oldest its with church famous its past going Eweline, left then We
repairs. minor
war tandem and on the route we helped some riders who were in need of of need in were who riders some helped we route the on and tandem war
morning refreshment stop at Eweline. We rode our pre our rode We Eweline. at stop refreshment morning - mid the reaching -
through the village of Benson. It then circled Benson RAF airfield before before airfield RAF Benson circled then It Benson. of village the through
After leaving the playing field, the route taken by riders passed passed riders by taken route the field, playing the leaving After
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Gobion.
Northamptonshire, such as Paulesbury, Stoke Bruerne and Yardley Yardley and Bruerne Stoke Paulesbury, as such Northamptonshire,
cricket team. Whaddon also played against some villages in nearby nearby in villages some against played also Whaddon team. cricket
Mursley, Stewkley and Thornborough which, even today, has a good good a has today, even which, Thornborough and Stewkley Mursley,
ot Bcigasie ilgs nldn Dasagr Ltl Ho Little Deanshanger, including villages Buckinghamshire North rwood, rwood,
When it was active, the team played opponents from similar teams in in teams similar from opponents played team the active, was it When
decline and again closed down due to lack of players and support. and players of lack to due down closed again and decline
became president, but after a few years the club fell into into fell club the years few a after but president, became Bonner, Henry
Following Bob’s retirement, the new owner of Bottlehouse Farm, Farm, Bottlehouse of owner new the retirement, Bob’s Following
team.
friends. He even presented a cup to be held for a year by the winning winning the by year a for held be to cup a presented even He friends.
team of himself, his sons and some very good players amongst his his amongst players good very some and sons his himself, of team
er te rsdn arne a arranged president the year, match between the village team and a a and team village the between match
The pavilion was large enough to accommodate teas when, once a a once when, teas accommodate to enough large was pavilion The
rooms. changing and
from British Rail (for whom he worked), and this served as both pavilion pavilion both as served this and worked), he whom (for Rail British from
s mow and roll the outfield. Ken Hodgson acquired a large wooden shed shed wooden large a acquired Hodgson Ken outfield. the roll and mow s a
Shenley Road. Much work was needed to lay a good a lay to needed was work Much Road. Shenley quality pitch, as well well as pitch, quality -
Bullock, who then became the club’s president, the ground was moved to to moved was ground the president, club’s the became then who Bullock,
forces to reform the club and, with the kind permission again of Bob Bob of again permission kind the with and, club the reform to forces
odgson, Dick Formella and Doug Lowe joined joined Lowe Doug and Formella Dick odgson, H Ken 1970s, the In
support. of
closing down, due to lack lack to due down, closing
number of years before before years of number
team played there for a a for there played team
Bottlehouse Farm. The The Farm. Bottlehouse
then by Bob Bullock of of Bullock Bob by then
of Kennel Lane, owned owned Lane, Kennel of
to a field at the bottom bottom the at field a to
too small, forcing a move move a forcing small, too
the ‘rec’. This proved far far proved This ‘rec’. the
yed in in yed pla years, few first
about 1948 and, for the the for and, 1948 about
The team restarted in in restarted team The
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present. villagers many the with along right) (bottom seen be
dinners The can mother and father her Here, hall. village the in held were
1950s. early the in dinner Club Cricket Whaddon typical a shows Dietsch,
Joy by provided kindly , ) (above photograph The notes: editor The
lamb. a depicting mosaic a of form the in her to tribute a is there
after named is Theatre Keynes Milton of front theatre the in and her,
in square The town. their from most the obtain to Keynes Milton in people
disabled and elderly for fund trust a created death, her before just and,
Tattenhoe near farmed Powell Margaret Whaddon near Farm, Bare
Powell. Margaret from bat cricket a of prize the receiving
Cricket Whaddon of Captain was he when Faulkner, Reg father, my Club,
1950s the from ) 17 p. (on photograph The writes: Dietsch Joy shows
■ mouth.
ball. Ron travelled home in the bus that night with his hand covering his his covering hand his with night that bus the in home travelled Ron ball.
in Bedfordshire, when her brother Ron was hit in the mouth by a cricket cricket a by mouth the in hit was Ron brother her when Bedfordshire, in
team from Whipsnade, Whipsnade, from team a against playing even team the recalls Evelyn
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oute: that was the illegal action. We all saw very recently how B how recently very saw all We action. illegal the was that oute: r CC employed stop/go stop/go employed CC ucks
The law requires the promotor of a road closure to provide an equal or better alternative alternative better or equal an provide to closure road a of promotor the requires law The
road. a closing before done be to has
, but not a word about what what about word a not but , Establishment’ Business Food a r Registe to How ‘ , . g . e procedures,
n h Counc the on procedures’ ‘administrative for search A il’s website revealed many many revealed website il’s
. procedures’ ‘administrative
procedures. The response failed to provide evidence that the Council’s officers had foll had officers Council’s the that evidence provide to failed response The procedures. owed owed
request with the LGO requesting sight of these these of sight requesting LGO the with request (FOI) Information of reedom F a filed then I
procedures”. “administrative followed had Council the that saying complaint my rejected
Council acted illegally and unnecessarily in closing the Shenley Road. The Ombudsman Ombudsman The Road. Shenley the closing in unnecessarily and illegally acted Council
Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) claiming that Milton Keynes Keynes Milton that claiming (LGO) Ombudsman Government Local the to complained I
neurosurgery. performing or trench a digging
is a way of conducting business; it codifies a way of working, whether you are are you whether working, of way a codifies it business; conducting of way a is PROCEDURE A
he has been doing in respect of closure of the Shenley Road. Shenley the of closure of respect in doing been has he
allowing access to information through a ‘procedur a through information to access allowing e’. Roger Porter explains what what explains Porter Roger e’.
The Government’s Freedom of Information Act of 2000 put in place a procedure procedure a place in put 2000 of Act Information of Freedom Government’s The
Unravelling Shenley Road closure Road Shenley Unravelling
Joint Chairs of Friends of Whaddon School Whaddon of Friends of Chairs Joint
Camilla Bach Williamson Bach Camilla Ambler Katie and and
■ the forthcoming year at our fundraising events. fundraising our at year forthcoming the
d to seeing you in in you seeing to d forwar look we and support
Susan and Margaret to cup float’ ‘best presents Camilla
Thank you again for your continued continued your for again you Thank
decorated float. decorated - well and amazing their for
has also been presented to the Whaddon WI WI Whaddon the to presented been also has
The Cup for Best Float at the May Fayre Fayre May the at Float Best for Cup The
year. coming the in children
towards supporting the school and the the and school the supporting towards go
Fayre made a profit of over £3,000 which will will which £3,000 over of profit a made Fayre
We can now reveal that this year’s May May year’s this that reveal now can We
community. our
to know that our village school is so valued in in valued so is school village our that know to
warming warming - heart very is It year. past the through
beyond who has supported the School, and us, us, and School, the supported has who beyond
Whaddon and and Whaddon in everybody to You’ ‘Thank BIG
Friends of Whaddon School would like to say a a say to like would School Whaddon of Friends
AS WE near the end of the school year, the the year, school the of end the near WE AS
School Whaddon
Thank you from the friends of of friends the from you Thank
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Hall Jubilee in Produce of Auction & Supper Harvest pm 7:30 October 9 Monday
th
October 10:30 am Harvest Festival. Village worship Village Festival. Harvest am 10:30 October 8 Sunday
th
etc.
Saturday 7 Saturday ves, ves, archi quizzes, displays, with Day, Open Annual pm 4:30 - 10.00 October
th
Saturday 5 Saturday Lane Church 3 at Morning Coffee Florrie’s pm 12 - am 10.00 August
th
Diary your for Dates
tivities. ac these of any attend to wish may who everyone to extended is welcome warm very A
church in Shop Coffee noon 12 - am 10 Saturday 1st
Wednesday 7:30 pm Whaddon Night Owlers WI in Jubilee Hall Jubilee in WI Owlers Night Whaddon pm 7:30 Wednesday 3
rd
Hall Jubilee in Institute Women’s pm 2.00 Wednesday 1st
welcome recruits new – practice Bellringing pm 7.30 Tuesday
Hall Jubilee in Tuesday on Tea pm 2.00 Tuesday
4.30 pm Post Office in Jubilee Hall Jubilee in Office Post pm 4.30 - 2.30 Monday
activities Other
5th Sunday Benefice service at one of the churches churches the of one at service Benefice Sunday 5th notified be to venue -
am Said Holy Communion Holy Said am 8.30 Sunday 4 Chapel) Lady in (Traditional,
th
Tea, coffee and croissants available from 10 am am 10 from available croissants and coffee Tea,
gathering.
Contemporary informal informal Contemporary - Special
10.30 am Sunday Sunday am 10.30 Sunday 3
rd
Communion (Common Worship) Worship) (Common Communion
10.30 am Holy Holy am 10.30 Sunday 2
nd
Service
m Family Family m a 10.30 Sunday 1
st
2017 August
s service Regular
Whaddon Church Mary's t. S
■ procedures.’ procedures.’
administrativ ‘ with compliance of evidence or f authorities the press to continue I e e
ecessary bit. bit. ecessary unn the was that Road: Shenley the on used been have could lights traffic
boards on the A421 to manage traffic while carrying out repairs. That system using temporary temporary using system That repairs. out carrying while traffic manage to A421 the on boards
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Bank eynes K Milton on wheat Harvesting
pm 7.30 at October 9 Monday, on place take will
th
Produce of Auction and Supper Harvest Our
tea. afternoon or lunch, enjoying whilst chat
and down - sit a for friends your along bring and
join Please pm, 4.00 and am 10.00 between us
rubbing. brass and bells hand ringing at hand
your try to opportunity an and games quizzes,
Museum, Aylesbury from archives church the
including attractions, usual the be will There
am.
10.30 at ) (8 morning next the Festival Harvest the or f ready decorated, beautifully
th
cream with available, be will be will church The afternoon. the in cakes and teas
etc cheese, and bread soup, of
lunches light morning, the during
biscuits and coffee to addition In
October. 7 Saturday, on place
th
take will y Da Open Church
stall. cake made - home
a and raffle a also was There
cakes. delicious and coffee of tea
of cup a over chat and mingle
to opportunity an everyone
give and village the by supported
well always are events Such
Church 3 at 5 August Saturday, Dudley. Barry and Hazel of ission perm kind by Lane
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Morning, Coffee Village Florrie’s on held was Evans, Mike and Beryl by organized
usual. as funds
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those all and Garland Clare to go day the on stalls the manned prizes, raffle gave who
thanks Grateful afternoon. the
enjoying be to seemed Everyone
lawn. the on tables with house
the near garden the in outside
served were Teas sideshows.
and stalls of lots and (over)
Band Sands Woburn of music
the have to fortunate again were
We weather. fine with blessed
were we and venue, new this
in ever as enjoyable as proved
It Stanier. Billy Sir of permission
kind by House Close Kings
of ) (right garden the in held
was year this fete church The
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a great pity if our bells hung silently for lack of ringers. The bells are regularly rung at at rung regularly are bells The ringers. of lack for silently hung bells our if pity great a
team. Many of our ringers are not youngsters and it would be be would it and youngsters not are ringers our of Many team. the of part be to desire
evenings to learn to ring the bells of St Mary’s. You require no particular skill, just a a just skill, particular no require You Mary’s. St of bells the ring to learn to evenings
You are invited invited are You BELLRINGING. to attend on Tuesday Tuesday on attend to – young so not or young –
continued support of the village church. village the of support continued
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possible as near as or stone local in be must They used. material and design the it to
These memorials. regarding regulations Diocesan certain follow to red requi determine
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Barry Dudley Barry
■ Very many thanks again Clive, and thanks to the rest of the village. village. the of rest the to thanks and Clive, again thanks many Very
Stock Lane who initiated the village appeal fund which raised £5,200. £5,200. raised which fund appeal village the initiated who Lane Stock
I would like, however, to give a special thank you to Clive Herbert of of Herbert Clive to you thank special a give to however, like, would I
everyone. to you hank t a but individually, thank to
A great many people have helped us to reach this stage stage this reach to us helped have people many great A too many many too –
local churches fitted with this alarm have not suffered any problems. any suffered not have alarm this with fitted churches local
there have been no false alarms, and no signs of any intruders. Other Other intruders. any of signs no and alarms, false no been have there
surers, and to date date to and surers, in our by approved been has system alarm The
system. alarm
the whole of the church roof is now protected by the installation of a new new a of installation the by protected now is roof church the of whole the
The stolen north aisle roof section has been recovered with lead, but but lead, with recovered been has section roof aisle north stolen The
there are not likely to be any attempts to steal it. steal to attempts any be to likely not are there therefore and
rather than lead. Stainless steel does not carry the same value as lead lead as value same the carry not does steel Stainless lead. than rather
roofs of the south aisle and south porch to be recovered in stainless steel, steel, stainless in recovered be to porch south and aisle south the of roofs
were given permission for the the for permission given were
the Diocese of Oxford, we we Oxford, of Diocese the
With the agreement of of agreement the With
roof. the mage da
hopefully, future attempts to to attempts future hopefully,
from the elements, and and elements, the from
but the church is now safe safe now is church the but
IT HAS taken nine months, months, nine taken HAS IT
complete. cent per
Church roof are now 99 99 now are roof Church
The repairs to St Mary’s Mary’s St to repairs The
are complete are repairs roof Church
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Wednesday 6 Wednesday September 2017 September
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Toddler Church will start again after the summer break on break summer the after again start will Church Toddler
We look forward to seeing you. seeing to forward look We
A warm welcome awaits you: no one is too old or young. So come along and join in the fun! fun! the in join and along come So young. or old too is one no you: awaits welcome warm A
The hour consists of arts & crafts, songs & story time plus of course ref course of plus time story & songs crafts, & arts of consists hour The reshments!
Every Wednesday (term time only from 1.45 from only time (term Wednesday Every 2.45pm) -
We meet at St Mary’s Church Whaddon. Church Mary’s St at meet We
too. helpers & Grandparents Dads, Mums, Toddlers, all Calling
CHURCH TODDLER
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food and time
always, As wonder' 'I some , singing crafts, games, be will there
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years two last schools. new heir t to move they as
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think to awesome was It fishes. five and loaves two the blessed a was it
when of story the to ing listen and rolls finger - fish eating fun had We Jesus
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things small about been has term This
4.00 to pm 3.00 term. of month each Wednesday 3rd pm
Team and Gussie Rev with Club School - er Aft
Whaddon Mary's, St
JESUS FOR UP HANDS
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Total 390 82 50 8 530 530 8 50 82 390 Total
354 7 35 52 260 9 – 6
176 1 15 30 130 5 – 1
Weeks 37.5 mph 39.2 mph 42.5 mph 47 mph 42.5 mph 39.2 mph 37.5 Weeks Total mph 50 -
■ speed.
to according limit legal the violating vehicles of number the shows below Table
ends!” limit mph 30 the where beyond erected get
mph 40 the despite Stratford, Stony to straight fast to managed we which signs, limit
long the exit or enter either drivers where Hall Whaddon by down is location worst the
Normally, tacles, obs and corners nearby on depending village, the of parts different
in differ speeds traffic that doubt no is "There remarks: Stewart Graham
weeks. nine of each
vehicle gives (left) table The for violations of number the and 2017 June in count
Chapel. the outside point a to moved was it July, 1 On Close.
st
Manor Old to entrance the near positioned
was it April and March In direction. one in those
TOTAL 61,881 530 61,881 TOTAL
only ‘caught’ therefore it village; the leaving
9* 4,461 72 72 4,461 9*
vehicles facing Close, Ladymead to entrance the 8 7,832 92 7,832 8
opposite located was MVAS the May, In 8,937 115 8,937 7
6 8,166 87 8,166 6
exceeded. be to target a NOT is
5 7,163 68 7,163 5
limit the words, other In limit.” speed maximum
4 6,904 24 6,904 4
the at drive to safe or appropriate not often
3 6,304 24 6,304 3
is It target. a as limits speed treat not “Do
6,019 24 6,019 2
conditions." of irrespective speed
1 6,095 24 6,095 1
this at drive to safe is it mean not does and
Week Vehicle Count Violations Violations Count Vehicle Week
maximum absolute the is limit speed The “
specified.” otherwise
generally lights street of presence unless limit speed mph 30 a is there that means
maximum the exceed NOT MUST The vehicle. your for and road the for limits speed
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or morning early in evident limit mph 30 the of violators
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night, or noon morning, day: of time the matter No
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not. those and – limit legal the by abiding
are who drivers those noise tyre vehicle from
judge to easy is it wait, minutes' few a just FTER
reports. Mortimer John village. the through
passing traffic of speed the by struck be will
friend a by collection or taxi ordered an of arrival
the for Lane Stock in waited has who Anyone
speeds vehicles’ reveals MVAS
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Park Oxley now is what and at land added Martel Ralph 1216, n i
nelleshall Priory was situated between Whaddon Whaddon between situated was Priory nelleshall S
records Dugdale earlier how, too,
Forest. Whittlewood from
year a wood of cartloads 30 extract
then, to permission gave he fuel, for
1224; in tower church their construct
oaks to which from Forest Salcey in
five donated Henry King that monks
Snelshall e th were worthy So
Priory. Snelleshall called
begin to then – community religious a
them for Lavendon of monks Benedictine
the to Snelshall at lands granted who
d'Aungerville Sybil to passed Snelshall
1227, in and Tattenhoe of ownership
throne England’s ded acce 111 Henry King before 1167, in how explains Dugdale
north priory moated a Snelshall, Plantation. Briary of
you there Wales); and England of views his derived have may Willett where find can
licanum Ang Monasticon entitled in monasteries and cathedrals abbeys, of history (a
‘bible’, page - 776 massive a to Turn and Dugdale William Sir by 1846 in Latin in written
monks’ ‘black to Donated
Monarch the witnessed defeated, when lands. their escheating
ous “rebelli as them sees Willett and Crown, the against rose who Lords, Norman types”;
her. succeeded who Martel Ralph
Sybil of those namely ghosts, having grandson her or 1167, before landowner a d’Aungerville,
writing 1983, in Willett, Colin as Tattenhoe visualised even Church Giles’ St of history a
Abbey. Lavendon
Lowndes - Selby Joan by sketched as Priory Snelshall a as 1147 in of cell priory the
canons Premonstratensian
founded
(historicengland.org.uk) suggests
lofty One source
V111. Henry of foul falling before wealth
and attention attracted it yet monks,
of enclave minor a just held Snelshall
it, of ace f the On views. differing forward
put years the down Researchers fuzzy.
extremely – fuzzy become then ‘Facts’
Bersers. de Urse and Ingania
Lords: Earl Hugh of Chester, Richard Richard Chester, of Hugh Earl Lords:
gave land at Tattenhoe to three of his his of three to Tattenhoe at land gave
William the Conqueror Conqueror the William when Conquest
rman rman No the from dates Whaddon
THE HISTORY of Snelshall Priory near near Priory Snelshall of HISTORY THE
investigates. Mortimer John priory? their of became what and them mired
scandal the was what monks’, ‘black its were Who Priory? shall Snel that
took what But oe. Tattenh and Snelshall to signs road are Nearby at place
Whaddon of monks ack bl The
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church first the when confirms yew churchyard old - year 800 established. became
An building. earlier an from recognisable still are and 1538 from date which of parts church,
following So, destruction, and dissolution Giles’ St rebuild help to carted were stones
Tattenhall, Tottenhoe.” or
at chapel a erecting toward of disposed materials the and time, V111's Henry
in down pulled been having whole the remaining, part least “…the wrote: He
sketch No site. the on built house - farm a of side north the survives. priory the of
however, found, Willis Priory Snelshall of remains only supporting arches church were
studies his for too fame gained He The cathedral. David's St including churches, of
irregularities” “Serious
Whadd rebuild and church Bletchley Hall. on
Ever Buckingham. for MP the ‘beautify’ to wealth his used Willis dressed, untidily
and author antiquary, known - well a became Willis Oxford, Church, Christ and Schools
ampton Beach at Educated physician. Westminster Freestone), Abraham of care the (in
of son eldest the was 1760) famous a of grandson and Willis Thomas Bletchley’s
Anglicanum Monasticon In - (1682 Willis Browne repeatedly. occurs name one ,
rights. fishing
stocked - well of bequests enjoyed needed - much the residents providing moats,
insight offers fishponds, and who communities monastic by faced issues the into
management water The channels drainage of complex its with alone, system
earthwork, associated the lies ground defined. - well and intact still
trace surface no Today below yet ains, rem buildings Priory Snelshall of
England robes. coloured - light monasteries. Benedictine 150 over had
distinguished be could they their with monks' ‘white – monks Cistercian from
a monks Benedictine The robes; dark in dressed monks’, ‘black or Snelshall, t
influence. political and wealth immense of centres represented
landholdings, substantial held orders some because And, charity. they
learning worship, of centres as served They society. medieval of fabric and
woven became inevitably – 700 least at had England – Monasteries the into
brethren.
a with Snelshall) (like priories tiny to members hundred several with of handful
communities major from ranged They discipline. and observance religious of
who brothers - lay and sts) (prie canons monks, of communities housed life a lived
monasteries, including communities, religious differing of settlements These
authority. Papal attack to dissolution their used Henry But Isles. British the
secular and religious of part important an formed monasticism VIII, Henry in life
AD in Christianity establish - re to mission Augustine's St From until 597,
they?
But wealthy. quite were monks Priory Snelshall the suggests this All were who
priory. the to moat) (or dyke huge his granted
Warin 1250 n Tateho de i le, Whi . church Giles’ St near are today that fishponds
Snelshall on lavished faithful the gifts Other Beachampton. at acres 200 included
priory the later years 16 while Priory, Snelshall at already that to Tattenhoe received
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completed. total the of 25.2% or sector social the in were
Top was Kent where there were 4,850 dwellings completed in 2016/17 of which 1,220 homes homes 1,220 which of 2016/17 in completed dwellings 4,850 were there where Kent was Top
. (21.1%) needs social for 260 with 1,250 built Keynes Milton (13%); social were 240 which
completed, 21% (5,410) were for the social housing sector. B sector. housing social the for were (5,410) 21% completed, of 1,850 built e uckinghamshir
18% of those built for the social housing sector. In the South East, out of 25,720 dwellings dwellings 25,720 of out East, South the In sector. housing social the for built those of 18%
w dwellings were completed in the period the in completed were dwellings w ne 148,000 England, in Overall, 016/17. 2 with only only with
sixth in the GMB union’s survey union’s GMB the in sixth ranked BUCKINGHAMSHIRE • of ‘social’ housing built in in built housing ‘social’ of
treasure. buried its for hunting
■
and – books her in it of sketches including even illustration heading the by shown as –
fascination, such in priory the held Lowndes - Selby Joan that then wonder Little
Esq.” Lowndes, William of property the now is which manor, that with passed
Dr. and Esq. Selby, James by since has and 1698, in physician, celebrated the Willis,
the in included and Buckingham, Whaddon of chace and manor the of made purchase
of Duke Villiers, George to it sold 1619, in who, family, Fortescue the to came priory
marriage the “By adds: He this of site the Ashfield Edmund of daughter Cecily, of
Princess the York, of Duchess the dower.” in Whaddon held who Wales, of
Lords the in was Priory Snelleshall to came so and March, of Earl the viz. Whaddon, of
Dugdale circle, full come To of patronage “the wrote MP Buckingham’s that noted
monastic of and Norman both design."
storey upper Tudor unmistakable unmistakably ally equ is which one lower a upon
sketch "The remarked: Willett an shows Lipscomb in shown farmhouse this of
the of arches contained that site cloister. church’s
Snelshall of storey upper the the on standing farmhouse a for taken been had Priory
1847 in appeared likewise Lipscomb . from stones dissolution, following that, observed
, History Buckingham of County the of Antiquities and book, epic His Lipscomb.
Willis, and Dugdale Besides George Dr emerges: researcher early another
black the case, the Whatever s. grave their to secrets their took monks
stomachs? their in anxiety of knots experienced
monks the any had discovery, Fearing moat! the from day that caught previously
fish of supper a following Priory Snelshall
Stones were used in this farmhouse this in used were Stones
at events about speculate but can One
character”. “unexceptional of and
age, of years 48 over two but all servants
as retaining precincts, priory’s the from
unmarried, or married women, all dismiss
Prior the demanded Bishop The chastity.
of vows held who monks remaining
three or two the among irregularities”
“serious rather some unearthed he Priory;
Snelshall visited Longland Bishop V111,
Henry by dissolution its before years Six
servants.
eight and goods”, their all “with mother
and father prior's the priests, two with
e hous the in lived monks three 1535 By
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■ you whenever facility village valuable and can.
important this support Please it. close to but option no have will he continue, to while
his worth not it considers Patel Mr and supported well not is it If . used is it much how
on entirely depend will goes or stays it Whether village. the to service this provide
the nor Postmaster the neither However, occasions. to paid being is Hall Jubilee
various for cards gs greetin have will he and parcels; and letters ps, stam orders,
well as available, be will services extra these All money of services regular the as
Bank. Metro except bank any into deposits cheque
personal and payments, bill utility ups, top phone mobile are available Also
Monday. following the Whaddon at collection for Thursday by PO
week previous the ordering need will currencies Other Deanshanger telephoning by or
including cash, withdraw to able be will Customers demand. on euros & dollars
Mondays. on collected be also can These periodicals.
and azines mag order also can Patel Mr groceries. other and fee cof tea, bread,
milk, wine, order can you example, For advance. in through telephoned are orders
that provided Monday, on shop the from him with items bring to prepared is he that
a has Office Post Deanshanger me informs Patel Mr hed. attac licence - off and shop
number telephone this save Please orders. placing when reference future for
be can shop His Deanshanger. 564490. 01908 on contacted
Patel, Jigar Mr postmaster, The in Office Post the runs
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trading The ones. new added (not Monday be will day
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Jubilee the in Office Post NEW THE and up now is Hall
use it or lose it lose or it use – office Post
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Cnat Jn Pre o 098 0 70 501 01908 on Porter Jane (Contact: members. new welcome always We read. 9 or at at or 9
is finding the time to settle down to a good good a to down settle to time the finding is members most for problem The author. same
We give each book a score; after a high rating, we may continue to read more titles by the the by titles more read to continue may we rating, high a after score; a book each give We
s. affair current about conversation wider
We discuss issues arising from our books and then move on to a a to on move then and books our from arising issues discuss We
McEwan. Ian and Hislop Victoria Pratchett, Terry Sayers, L Dorothy
In the last six months we have read a variety of authors, including including authors, of variety a read have we months six last the In
members. by nded recomme others or service, library Keynes’ Milton the by
We read a wide range of books: some from the reading list provided provided list reading the from some books: of range wide a read We
members. the of one of
the month in the home home the in month the of Thursday 2 the of evening the on monthly meet to CONTINUE WE nd
Whaddon Book Club Book Whaddon
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15 - 8v8 Job ”………. hold not does it but it, to cling they
They lean on the web, but it gives way; gives it but web, the on lean They
web. spider’s a is on rely they what
fragile; is in trust they What
es the hope of the godless. the of hope the es perish so
God; forget who all of destiny the is Such
grass. than quickly more wither they
uncut, and growing still While
water? without thrive reeds Can
Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? no is there where tall grow papyrus Can
understanding? their from words forth bring not they ll Wi
you? tell and you instruct not they Will
and our days on earth are but a shadow. a but are earth on days our and
nothing, know and yesterday only born were we for
learned, ancestors their what out find and
generation former the “Ask
words: true but hard, these has literature ‘wisdom’ Bible’s the of part One
down.
himself is a fool' (Proverbs 28v26) …a 28v26) (Proverbs fool' a is himself nd, if we’re honest, we realise that we can let ourselves ourselves let can we that realise we honest, we’re if nd,
to free us from the world on which we cannot rely. But God's word states…. ' states…. word God's But rely. cannot we which on world the from us free to He who trusts in in trusts who He
It can be tempting to trust no trust to tempting be can It y put trust in ourselves. It seems seems It ourselves. in trust put y simpl to and else, one -
a vast supply is never fully trustworthy. What if you need just that bit more? bit that just need you if What trustworthy. fully never is supply vast a
against unexpected problems, or buy our way out of adversity. But money is deceptive: even even deceptive: is money But adversity. of out way our buy or problems, unexpected against
Money can seem to be the answer: perhaps we c we perhaps answer: the be to seem can Money an trust our cash to shore us up up us shore to cash our trust an
feeling let down by someone trusted. trusted. someone by down let feeling
at heart. But however well intentioned, no one is perfect and many have felt the grief of of grief the felt have many and perfect is one no intentioned, well however But heart. at
rhaps we can turn to friends or family; people who we know have our best interests interests best our have know we who people family; or friends to turn can we rhaps Pe
trust. Where can we turn at such times? such at turn we can Where trust.
Day after day, we are informed of failures in those in whom we are meant to place our our place to meant are we whom in those in failures of informed are we day, after Day
In what, or whom, does your trust lie? This is a difficult question in such changeable times. times. changeable such in question difficult a is This lie? trust your does whom, or what, In
28v16 Isaiah
'Anyone who trusts in him will neve will him in trusts who 'Anyone shame' to put be r
29v25 & 16v20 Proverbs
'whoever trusts in the Lord is kept safe' kept is Lord the in trusts 'whoever Lord'…. the in trusts who he is lessed B '
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Bible says that He is the Perfect One; He does not change; He is Love. And He is there to to there is He And Love. is He change; not does He One; Perfect the is He that says Bible
friends and family, beyond governments and institutions: We need to look to Jesus Christ. The The Christ. Jesus to look to need We institutions: and governments beyond family, and friends
elves, beyond our our beyond elves, ours beyond look to need We hope! is There turn? we can where So
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ring me on 01908 501987 or call Jane Waight on 01908 989851. Our Our 989851. 01908 on Waight Jane call or 501987 01908 on me ring
Hall and everyone is very welcome to come. For more information please please information more For come. to welcome very is everyone and Hall
We meet at 2 pm on the first Wednesday of the month in the Jubilee Jubilee the in month the of Wednesday first the on pm 2 at meet We
afternoon.
the way. That was a very enjoyable enjoyable very a was That way. the on us to shown were interest
enjoyed a guided walk around the Wood, during which various points of of points various which during Wood, the around walk guided a enjoyed
brief history of Howe Park Wood, and the work of the Parks Trust. We We Trust. Parks the of work the and Wood, Park Howe of history brief
sunny afternoon. We were met by the Parks Trust Warden who gave us a a us gave who Warden Trust Parks the by met were We afternoon. sunny
on a very warm and and warm very a on Wood, Park Howe visited we July in while Garden’,
For our June meeting we had a talk on ‘Lightening the Load in the the in Load the ‘Lightening on talk a had we meeting June our For
photographer. Street
Brady who gave a very interesting talk about her experiences as a Fleet Fleet a as experiences her about talk interesting very a gave who Brady
ny Stratford were hosts. The speaker was Debbie Debbie was speaker The hosts. were Stratford ny Sto which at Meeting
being arranged by Judge Sheridan. The Tally Ho Group held a Group Group a held Group Ho Tally The Sheridan. Judge by arranged being
We are planning also an outing to Aylesbury Crown Court, and this is is this and Court, Crown Aylesbury to outing an also planning are We
Court; he spoke on the subject of family abuse. family of subject the on spoke he Court;
s Honour Judge Francis Sheridan from Aylesbury Crown Crown Aylesbury from Sheridan Francis Judge Honour s Hi and Brandreth
Meeting at the Waterside Theatre in Aylesbury. Guest speakers were Giles Giles were speakers Guest Aylesbury. in Theatre Waterside the at Meeting
but taking part is what counts. Members also attended the Annual Council Council Annual the attended also Members counts. what is part taking but
We also entered the County W I Quiz; unfortunately we did not win, win, not did we unfortunately Quiz; I W County the entered also We
s for a Birthday Tea. Birthday a for s u joined
celebrating our birthday, when friends friends when birthday, our celebrating
we decorated it. The same week saw us us saw week same The it. decorated we
park the trailer at Bottlehouse Farm while while Farm Bottlehouse at trailer the park
out too, to Keir Fuller who allowed us to to us allowed who Fuller Keir to too, out
trailer and for driving us. Our thanks go go thanks Our us. driving for and trailer
due to Stewart Grace for the use of his his of use the for Grace Stewart to due
are are again thanks our and Fayre, May the
began with preparations for our float for for float our for preparations with began
May, as usual, started busy for us. It It us. for busy started usual, as May,
Institute Women’s
ddon’s ddon’s a Wh
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. reflection
we sat here for a few moments of of moments few a for here sat we
being played on a range of instruments, instruments, of range a on played being
Guru Granth Sahib. With music music With Sahib. Granth Guru book: holy
beautiful carpet and a raised area for the the for area raised a and carpet beautiful
first floor; it is a large, light room with a a with room light large, a is it floor; first
hall. The main area for worship is on the the on is worship for area main The hall.
addition, on the ground floor is a large large a is floor ground the on addition,
are removed and heads covered; in in covered; heads and removed are
There is a main entrance, where shoes shoes where entrance, main a is There
inside! look to chance
to work since it was opened in 2007, I finally had a a had finally I 2007, in opened was it since work to
Having driven past the building every day on the way way the on day every building the past driven Having
food. some
included seeing their evening prayers and sharing in in sharing and prayers evening their seeing included
guided tour of the Sikh Temple in Milton Keynes; this this Keynes; Milton in Temple Sikh the of tour guided
which proved to be fascinating. We were invited to a a to invited were We fascinating. be to proved which
LAST MONTH, we branched out and went on a visit visit a on went and out branched we MONTH, LAST
on Night Owlers WI Owlers Night on Whadd
Margaret Barry Margaret
tea. Everyone is welcome. welcome. is Everyone tea. ■
ldren, or come and buy a takeaway for for takeaway a buy and come or ldren, chi the bring So summer.
(the WI cannot change their day) and will be open throughout the the throughout open be will and day) their change cannot WI (the
usual as open is Tuesday on Teas it. lose to want not do We
from 2.30 to 4.30 pm. Please support the Post Office. Office. Post the support Please pm. 4.30 to 2.30 from Mondays
on open is Office Post The Tuesday. on Teas and Office
There seems to be some confusion about the times of the Post Post the of times the about confusion some be to seems There
2017 July
Susan Whit Susan e
■ Tuesdays.
nued thanks are due to all who support the afternoon teas on on teas afternoon the support who all to due are thanks nued conti
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147,960.
2,880; the number of completions was was completions of number the 2,880; 16 was 2017 March to year the in starts house
The number of new new of number The . 1996 in homes’ ‘spare 800,000 from up is figure This . months six least of
statistics indicate that 1.4 million homes have been left empty for a period period a for empty left been have homes million 1.4 that indicate statistics MENT N GOVER •
Lowndes yet the title page page title the yet Lowndes Lowndes. Selby Joan as it has book the of
oa Cha Royal of jacket dust the but it notice would FEW • - Selby Joan as author the has se
values.
considers and taste good for respect having time same the at while interesting are
EDITOR’S THE • he life village of aspects future and present past, highlight to is aim
Cross Alison
welcome! ■
Wednesday of the month, Jubilee Hall, 7 for 7.30: you will be very very be will you 7.30: for 7 Hall, Jubilee month, the of Wednesday
and the wide ranging activities we get up to, come along on the third third the on along come to, up get we activities ranging wide the and
more about the work of the WI WI the of work the about more out find to want you if course, of And,
it! recommend highly can I hism Sik
If you haven’t had a chance to visit the temple to find out more about about more out find to temple the visit to chance a had haven’t you If
delicious! were pickles and rice and dhal The
inish the evening, we shared in food offered by the members. members. the by offered food in shared we evening, the inish f To
hall. main
book is kept when not in use in services. This lovely room overlooked the the overlooked room lovely This services. in use in not when kept is book
After the talk, we headed downstairs via the room where the holy holy the where room the via downstairs headed we talk, the After
better informed after an excellent presentation and Q&A session. Q&A and presentation excellent an after informed better
m before the tour but am now much much now am but tour the before m Sikhis about nothing virtually knew I
equal, regardless of gender, belief, background or wealth. I confess that that confess I wealth. or background belief, gender, of regardless equal,
learned about their traditions and beliefs, including that all people are are people all that including beliefs, and traditions their about learned
We then went upstairs where our guide explained her Sikhism and we we and Sikhism her explained guide our where upstairs went then We
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■ 458807. 07729 is mobile My . Quarterly Whaddon the through or
sold, would be split 50/50 with the landowner. I am happy for for happy am I landowner. the with 50/50 split be would sold, people to contact me directly, directly, me contact to people
anyone is interested in me ‘detecting’ on their farmland, I am happy to do so. Any finds, if if finds, Any so. do to happy am I farmland, their on ‘detecting’ me in interested is anyone
metal detecting can commence on their property. I am always seeking additional land and if if and land additional seeking always am I property. their on commence can detecting metal
er before before er landown the by granted be must always permission that note to important is It
other treasure items, but your best find could always be your next hole. hole. next your be always could find best your but items, treasure other
I continue to metal detect, and have found other interesting finds, and a handful of of handful a and finds, interesting other found have and detect, metal to continue I
s/record/id/725099 https://finds.org.uk/database/artefact : on found be can coins the
as treasure, but then disclaimed, as they are a fairly common coinage. common fairly a are they as disclaimed, then but treasure, as of of record a to link A
were declared declared were and recording, for Scheme Antiquity Portable the to sent were coins The
reign, although there were three shillings, and a Mary Groat (four pence). (four Groat Mary a and shillings, three were there although reign,
1585. Most of the coins were sixpences from Elizabeth 1’s 1’s Elizabeth from sixpences were coins the of Most 1585. - 1553
61 - 1560 from dating coin shilling One
d from the Elizabethan period and ranged from from ranged and period Elizabethan the from d date These
had pulled 26 silver hammered coins from the same hole. hole. same the from coins hammered silver 26 pulled had
One by one the coins revealed themselves until, in total, I I total, in until, themselves revealed coins the one by One
them. of ten least at be must
the coins contain less than 10 per cent of gold or silver there there silver or gold of cent per 10 than less contain coins the
least 300 years old when found. If If found. when old years 300 least at and find same the from
By its definition, a treasure hoard of coins describes coins coins describes coins of hoard treasure a definition, its By
hoard. treasure a found had
hole and saw additional hammered coins lined up in a row. I I row. a in up lined coins hammered additional saw and hole
indicating something further in the ground. I looked into the the into looked I ground. the in further something indicating
cnig h hl aan tee remain there again, hole the scanning ed a clear signal signal clear a ed
A hammered coin is always a fantastic fi fantastic a always is coin hammered A however, on on however, nd;
flan. blank a on dies between
because of the way the coin was produced: hammered hammered produced: was coin the way the of because
to my joy there was a hammered coin. These are so called called so are These coin. hammered a was there joy my to
detecting), detecting), - metal in on comm (quite pull - ring can or lead scrap
detector emitted such a signal and, expecting to find a piece of of piece a find to expecting and, signal a such emitted detector
Whilst metal detecting on farmland in Whaddon, my my Whaddon, in farmland on detecting metal Whilst
was. there
excitement that there could be a real treasure awaiting; and one such day in 2013, for me me for 2013, in day such one and awaiting; treasure real a be could there that excitement
Every time you receive a clear signal from the detector, there is always a little thrill of of thrill little a always is there detector, the from signal clear a receive you time Every
wonder, who dropped that, what did they look like, and what was life like for them? for like life was what and like, look they did what that, dropped who wonder,
pastime really puts you in touch with the past, and you can't help but always always but help can't you and past, the with touch in you puts really pastime The
time. that all in items the touch
hundreds, sometimes thousands of years. It is amazing to be the first person to view and and view to person first the be to amazing is It years. of thousands sometimes hundreds,
I REALLY enjoy ‘treasure hunting’ and finding objects that have lain hidden in the ground for for ground the in hidden lain have that objects finding and hunting’ ‘treasure enjoy REALLY I
Whaddon. near farmland on coins Elizabethan finding recounts
detecting for some seven years, and here he he here and years, seven some for detecting - metal been has Spinelli Dominic
Treasure hunt: once upon a hoard a upon once hunt: Treasure
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bit. little one learning our ove impr not
e time was spent trying to do the set homework, which did did which homework, set the do to trying spent was time e fre our so only, afternoons or only,
up in the village hall. Partitions were arranged for each year group and school was mornings mornings was school and group year each for arranged were Partitions hall. village the in up
After about a month, I think perhaps early in October 1939, a makeshift school was set set was school makeshift a 1939, October in early perhaps think I month, a about After
the lucky ones. Not ones. lucky the fortunate. so were children the all
wife and although they were strangers, I was well looked after, so I considered myself one of of one myself considered I so after, looked well was I strangers, were they although and wife
new ‘parents’ to be looked after until the end of the war. I was chosen by a farmer and his his and farmer a by chosen was I war. the of end the until after looked be to ‘parents’ new
Whaddon, a a Whaddon, tiny village, and there we waited to be chosen by by chosen be to waited we there and village, tiny
. behind Arms Lowndes The with way to a village hall in in hall village a to way a miles 5 road by aken t then were We
, Farm Home at farmyard the in 1948
home. my from miles thousand a mind young my in
The photograph was taken in about about in taken was photograph The
Bletchley. I had never heard of this place which seemed to me me to seemed which place this of heard never had I Bletchley.
on the milk churn. churn. milk the on cousin), eldest
long journey into the heart of Buckinghamshire to a station called called station a to Buckinghamshire of heart the into journey long
Richard Pearce (Robert’s (Robert’s Pearce Richard n, grandso
n the the n bega so and parents our to goodbye tearful a waved We
Mrs Peverill and her her and Peverill Mrs with , Gladys
accompanied us on the long, long trail to the station. station. the to trail long long, the on us accompanied
and told to wave to our mothers who had had who mothers our to wave to told and
The next thing we knew we were put on a train train a on put were we knew we thing next The
London.
were walked to Kensal Rise station near Willesden, Willesden, near station Rise Kensal to walked were
eogns n i a et n odry anr we manner orderly and neat a in and belongings
p n h pagon wt gas with playground the in up masks and our our and masks -
small package with clothes inside and we were lined lined were we and inside clothes with package small
and a tin of corned beef! Our mothers brought a a brought mothers Our beef! corned of tin a and
one). Inside was a bar of milk chocolate, an orange orange an chocolate, milk of bar a was Inside one).
we each were given a carrier bag (a (a bag carrier a given were each we brown paper paper brown
children arrived at school and to our consternation consternation our to and school at arrived children
September 1939 I remember we we remember I 1939 September 3 or 2 On
rd nd
had. we little the enjoyed
things in any advertisements, and we just just we and advertisements, any in things
television and so we did not wish for all the the all for wish not did we so and television
one had a a had one No luxuries. any had knew I one
at weekends. We were a large family and no no and family large a were We weekends. at
skipping or helping my mother after school and and school after mother my helping or skipping
W
and was happy playing, reading, reading, playing, happy was and
old. I attended a day school, North Paddington School for Girls, during weekdays weekdays during Girls, for School Paddington North school, day a attended I old.
939 I was 12 years years 12 was I 939 1 September 1 on Poland into marched troops German the HEN
st
1945 in Peverill, Mrs grandmother, his to Gladys, .
in 1939, became an evacuee in Whaddon. To this he adds a poem written by by written poem a adds he this To Whaddon. in evacuee an became 1939, in
Whaddon’ as written in 1990 by Gladys Chandler who, as Gladys Dynes Dynes Gladys as who, Chandler Gladys by 1990 in written as Whaddon’ in Evacuee
Here, in his concluding article, Robert Excel unfolds a description of life as ‘An ‘An as life of description a unfolds Excel Robert article, concluding his in Here,
2 - farm the on down Life
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Whaddon. in
five miles away. We had to join another school because of the small number of children left left children of number small the of because school another join to had We away. miles five
with ten other girls from Whaddon to a new billet in Winslow Winslow in billet new a to Whaddon from girls other ten with along moved was I 1943 In
home because the bombing became so bad as the war carried on and on. on. and on carried war the as bad so became bombing the because home
summer holidays and Christmas each year, but was back on the farm after only short visits visits short only after farm the on back was but year, each Christmas and holidays summer
I came home to London for three or four days in the the in days four or three for London to home came I
wailing. the out with noise continuous
Gladys Dynes Gladys 1945 c.
Clear’ was a a was Clear’ - ‘All The din. awful the at over turns
day. another dawns As noise on any radio or T.V. programme my stomach still still stomach my programme T.V. or radio any on noise
thoughts my in you’re constantly That
was a frightful wailing sound. To this day if I hear this this hear I if day this To sound. wailing frightful a was
, say will I is th end to Just
raid wardens and the warning sound sound warning the and wardens raid - air or police the
Peverill Mrs dear now And
icat prahd Te ies wer sirens The approached. aircraft e switched on by by on switched e
there. wasn’t I if E’en raid sirens were sounded whenever enemy enemy whenever sounded were sirens raid - Air
same the just was it that knew I
windows. any through
; care loving always And
wardens etc to make sure no chinks of light showed showed light of chinks no sure make to etc wardens kindness with me treated You
The whole country was checked upon by the police, police, the by upon checked was country whole The
lines. some me given have You’d were pulled and not moved until dawn. dawn. until moved not and pulled were
teacher my been had you if And
ih a so a ds arvd te blac the arrived, dusk as soon as night out curtains curtains out - k
sometimes; me of thought you hen W
farm like everyone else in the land, and each and every every and each and land, the in else everyone like farm aughty n quite seemed I doubt No
out curtains at every window at the the at window every at curtains out - black had We
along. all right were You
day. each me of front
up grown I’ve since know I now But
too young to be concerned about how a meal was put in in put was meal a how about concerned be to young too
wrong. was I said you When
re all rationed with food but I was was I but food with rationed all re we we course Of right was I that think to used I
bits. to
you’. ‘thank rightful A
rationing of food and the constant fear of being blown blown being of fear constant the and food of rationing
say to try did I sometimes And
ad, h black the raids, - air nightly and daily the outs, the the outs, - stew, a in was I When
problems my with me helped You but my parents stayed in the capital and had to endure endure to had and capital the in stayed parents my but
I was out of the bombing when it started in London, London, in started it when bombing the of out was I
sup. even and Tea
along. went
1948 about in Farm Home And always there was breakfast, was there always And
adly adly gl I and Sunday, every and Christie at at Christie John with Gladys Came and cheered me up. me cheered and Came
Quite often I felt lonely, but you but lonely, felt I often Quite
attended chapel each each chapel attended
shine; the family all all family the shine; Are prayers every night. every prayers Are
And now my small rewards to you to rewards small my now And
sun seemed always to to always seemed sun
Were precious in my sight, my in precious Were
was wonderful and the the and wonderful was
The little things you did for me for did you things little The
making time time making - Hay
Things you used to say to used you Things . of. dreamed before
Remember I’m still grateful for t for grateful still I’m Remember he
things I had never never had I things
In every kind of way of kind every In ,
autumn, and many more more many and autumn,
For two long years you cared for me for cared you years long two For
blackberries in the the in blackberries
market days, picked picked days, market
nd father,’ the farmer, on on farmer, the father,’ nd ‘seco kind my with market to went
enjoyed various small tasks on the farm. I helped collect eggs, eggs, collect helped I farm. the on tasks small various enjoyed
However, I did learn a great deal about country life and and life country about deal great a learn did I However,
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ce our players discovered they were were they discovered players our ce on but Band, Sands Woburn the of playing the
ontesting in national and area competitions was seen as the way to improve improve to way the as seen was competitions area and national in ontesting C
Sands. Woburn in band ‘home’ his as well as Ridgmont,
kly, my father would ride with a friend to practices with bands in Eversholt and and Eversholt in bands with practices to friend a with ride would father my kly, Wee
In the mid the In late 1800s and early 1900s, most villages boasted a brass band. band. brass a boasted villages most 1900s, early and 1800s late - to -
people? young) - so - not (and young in encouraging worth is surely
Staffordshire, there is the personal improvement from concentrating to learn. This This learn. to concentrating from improvement personal the is there Staffordshire,
local brass bands with which I have played, played, have I which with bands brass local and the town band in Stone, Stone, in band town the and
Apart from the uplifting and welcoming friendliness found in the eight or nine nine or eight the in found friendliness welcoming and uplifting the from Apart
stronger desire to learn to make music? music? make to learn to desire stronger
music. What about the (frequently) (frequently) the about What music. hear to need the only satisfies that However,
Uplifting and Uplifting welcoming
once. at perfection - near of performance
and downloading nstant i boxes; iplayer those of one is needed is that all now,
status their maintain to even (or music hear to want you If practice? daily to – ) quo
hobby a begin anyone would improve to wish they should – them consign will which
2017 in Band Brass The why Nowadays, anachronism. an ways, many in is,
buttonholes. sporting
The anywhere. le visib dents no are couple a least at clothes; best their in are players
1950s. early the in functioning new: quite appear instruments the photograph, this In
pleased be would I Band, Whaddon stopped have may Band the them; from hear to
village the in interest his ains expl the about more knows anyone If band. the and
carefully this in drummer bass The which grandfather, his was photograph staged -
of possession his in photograph 1900. around presume, we taken, Band, Whaddon the
joined players our of One a mentioned he Band; Ampthill the from us
anyway! picture the e tak and organise
image’s the of idea no have We to managed someone glad just I’m date. actual
H
of delivery with coincided formation. band’s the even or instruments, new
prompted what knows have may it ; below shown Band, the of otograph ph a
band. ass br a had Whaddon ago, years 100 Over news! the is ERE one No
bandsman. a as life on light sheds and details
fills Director, Musical Band’s the Jenkins, Len Band. Sands Woburn some in
Bandroom the in hangs Whaddon' of band village 'the of photograph A of
band? brass Whaddon’s
Is there anyone who recalls recalls who anyone there Is
Chandler Gladys
■ them. forget never will I deceased, now both are they
lcome. They were wonderful people, the farmer and his wife at Whaddon, and although although and Whaddon, at wife his and farmer the people, wonderful were They lcome. we so
Each summertime I went back to the farm for a week’s holiday and they always made me me made always they and holiday week’s a for farm the to back went I summertime Each
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Brass Band and end up with with up end and Band Brass a book you If effect. great to added percussion with –
A Brass Band consists of 25 specific brass players players brass specific 25 of consists Band Brass A this is defined in a dictionary dictionary a in defined is this –
Concerts. our of all nearly plays which group the and group,
ad rus eietd y ‘A by delineated groups Band ’ to ‘F’, with the first letter being very much the top top the much very being letter first the with ‘F’, to ’
professional, and are split into into split are and professional, - ex the to beginner absolute the from ability in range
At Woburn Sands, we have (at present) a Band of about 100 members. These These members. 100 about of Band a present) (at have we Sands, Woburn At
comments… my with unimpressed singularly being her and
some abstruse detail in the lower cornet part of Grafullas’s March ‘Washing March Grafullas’s of part cornet lower the in detail abstruse some ton Greys’, Greys’, ton
elder sister to Woburn Sands to widen their playing experience. I recall explaining explaining recall I experience. playing their widen to Sands Woburn to sister elder
when she was about 10 or so and I was about 12. Her father brought her and her her and her brought father Her 12. about was I and so or 10 about was she when
d I first met her her met first I d an Band, Horwood Great the in horn tenor the play to learned wife My
connections Family
beneficial. mutually be must it so Whaddon, in friends our from Stables
Whaddon. We have received a good measure of support for our Concerts at The The at Concerts our for support of measure good a received have We Whaddon.
nnual Church Fete in in Fete Church nnual a the for played years several for has Band ‘B’ Our
us! meet
ant re o Stra ad udy 14 Sunday and Saturday on Tree) Walnut October, at 2 pm. Come and and Come pm. 2 at October, 15 and
th th
Stables is needed, so we are moving to The Venue MK (part of Walton High School, School, High Walton of (part MK Venue The to moving are we so needed, is Stables
, will feature all the Woburn Sands Band’s play Band’s Sands Woburn the all feature will , 60 ers. A larger stage than that at The The at that than stage larger A ers.
th
appointed and friendly venue. Our next Feature Concert, the the Concert, Feature next Our venue. friendly and appointed - well that to Concerts
opening of Wavendon’s The Stables Theatre, and thereafter transferred our Feature Feature our transferred thereafter and Theatre, Stables The Wavendon’s of opening
- newly then the at so or 1,300 tre. We followed this by playing for the the for playing by this followed We tre. Thea MK opened
used Stantonbury Theatre for some years until 2000, but then played to to played then but 2000, until years some for Theatre Stantonbury used We
The bass drummer is the grandfather of Graham Cooper. Graham of grandfather the is drummer bass The know. us let please so, If 1900s?
in this photograp this in recognise you face a there Is Village Band from Whaddon in the early early the in Whaddon from Band Village the of h
interest waned, and we put our efforts then into two concerts a year in good venues. venues. good in year a concerts two into then efforts our put we and waned, interest
playing against professional players, even in the lower sections of the competition, competition, the of sections lower the in even players, professional against playing
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■ courtship. the ended that gather, could
I as far as and heels his to took man young The directions. all in crocks e th scattering
round, spun table the suddenly and did, she This 'em. witch she'd that: to stop a
put would she said she so her, suit to hours late too kept and Williams Nanny of niece
an appears It witchcraft. the to return to But the courted Chappy of ancestor
Chimney livelihood. a himself give to etc, sweep,
Fishmonger, Haberdasher, was He losing. are we sadly that characters old the of one
was He epilepsy. suffered and foot deformed a through lame was he Unfortunately,
by Chappy as known was he family. old very a from came He tes. ma his all
know will Whaddoners Old but Chapman, was name proper his – was Chappy who
used that Houses Alms the of one Lane. Church of top the at be to
while heard story amusing this in lived He house. Chappey's in
was there established Having reveal must I person, a such
witchcraft.”
Kennel as known also Lane, her practiced and Road,
boy, my “Yes said: He initials. Mill down lived She was. there
J.M.M. one of enquired I the know will Whaddoners Old
A
Wh in witch a was really Williams. Nanny as known addon
older, grew I As scary. bit there whether wondered I
of tales heard I boy a S a were me to which person, this
according so thought certainly here. account his to
Whaddon? of witch a ever there s Wa Willett, Hughie Whaddoner, Former
The witch of Whaddon resurfaces Whaddon of witch The
others? the are who But drummer. bass was Pitkin, William Edwin
■
picture was taken (I believe) in 1910 for King George V’s Coronation. My grandfather, grandfather, My Coronation. V’s George King for 1910 in believe) (I taken was picture
written note to the editor, adds: “The “The adds: editor, the to note written - hand separate a in , COOPER GRAHAM •
454149. 07790 text/call or [email protected] address:
or the 100 Club contact me on the Woburn Sands Band Band Sands Woburn the on me contact Club 100 the or – Band the join To
think? you do What making?
Anachronism? Or traditional and very English form of (usually) amateur amateur (usually) of form English very and traditional Or Anachronism? music music
raising is through Concerts and smaller activities, including our 100 Club. Club. 100 our including activities, smaller and Concerts through is raising - Fund
list. waiting a have
lessons, loan of an instrument and uniform provided free to members. We usually usually We members. to free provided uniform and instrument an of loan lessons,
We train many young people to play at Woburn Sands with Band membership, Band with Sands Woburn at play to people young many train We
percussionists in addition to the brass. Orchestras are much more loosely defined. loosely more much are Orchestras brass. the to addition in percussionists
fewer than 25, perhaps you should ask why… Many Bands have two or three three or two have Bands Many why… ask should you perhaps 25, than fewer
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photograph. this of right extreme the on seen be can which house, public Arms
The chapel was situated next door to No. 10 High Street and within eyeshot of of eyeshot within and Street High 10 No. to door next situated was chapel The The Lowndes Lowndes The
It was eventually decided a new chapel should be built and fun and built be should chapel new a decided eventually was It ds were raised for for raised were ds
made the people almost faint.” almost people the made it £40, at estimated was
By 1860 the converted barn required considerable repairs but “when the cost cost the “when but repairs considerable required barn converted the 1860 By
97 and evening: 68. Some 25 children attended Sunday School. Sunday attended children 25 Some 68. evening: and 97 afternoon: 29;
By 1851, records show attendance at the three Sunday services were: morning: morning: were: services Sunday three the at attendance show records 1851, By
chapel. a
Sunday School had been started. Further, a barn had been given to be converted into into converted be to given been had barn a Further, started. been had School Sunday
d his cottage to them for services. This soon became too small, as a a as small, too became soon This services. for them to cottage his d opene Goodger)
(whose memorial tablet is in the chapel, along with those of Thomas and William William and Thomas of those with along chapel, the in is tablet memorial (whose
first services on the village green. These soon drew large crowds and John Stopp Stopp John and crowds large drew soon These green. village the on services first
In that year, two missioners, John and Edward Eady from Winslow, held their their held Winslow, from Eady Edward and John missioners, two year, that In
ime. t the at villages country many described
breaking being rife” rife” being breaking - Sabbath and village…..drunkenness the of state moral “the when
The history of the nonconformist church in Whaddon dates from about 1831 1831 about from dates Whaddon in church nonconformist the of history The
internet. the on
rd in the village. There are also details details also are There village. the in rd thi the – chapel present the for service laying
background comes from a detailed account in the then local newspaper of the stone the of newspaper local then the in account detailed a from comes background -
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preacher, church steward and Sunday School Superintendent. Further Further Superintendent. School Sunday and steward church preacher,
1925): for 50 years a lay lay a years 50 for 1925): – (1831 Goodger William by ritten w booklet the
OST of the following information about the chapel in Whaddon comes from from comes Whaddon in chapel the about information following the of OST
initiative for an article about their work. Mike Evans explains. Evans Mike work. their about article an for initiative
Activity at the chapel by builders and painters has provided the the provided has painters and builders by chapel the at Activity
Chapel: readying for next 100 years 100 next for readying Chapel:
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Evans Mike
photographs of the 1865 and 1907 buildings. buildings. 1907 and 1865 the of photographs ■
0 yas D vst w ae at f h vlae Wth h cae ntcbad for noticeboard chapel the Watch village. the of part are we visit; Do years. 100
We are ensuring that the present chapel is ready to welcome you all for the next next the for all you welcome to ready is chapel present the that ensuring are We
preached in each since John and Edward Eady first visited the village has not. not. has village the visited first Eady Edward and John since each in preached
, the message message the , years 200 last the over changed have may buildings the Whilst
the entire interior. entire the
east side. All windows have been renovated and repainted. We are now redecorating redecorating now are We repainted. and renovated been have windows All side. east
has been repointed as necessary, with larger guttering and drainage added on the the on added drainage and guttering larger with necessary, as repointed been has
Brickwork Brickwork reroofed. building whole the and built been has block toilet and kitchen new
During recent years, oil stoves have been replaced by electric storage heaters; a a heaters; storage electric by replaced been have stoves oil years, recent During
necessary. become have building the of parts
t s ady upiig af surprising, hardly is It ter 100 years, that renovation and updating various various updating and renovation that years, 100 ter
loved. and respected greatly was He 83. aged 1877,
Selbie who had ministered to the village for 29 years until his death in December December in death his until years 29 for village the to ministered had who Selbie
It was decided to dedicate the new chapel to the memory of the Rev William William Rev the of memory the to chapel new the dedicate to decided was It
chapel.
1927, the schoolroom with a kitchen, outside toilet and coke store was ad was store coke and toilet outside kitchen, a with schoolroom the 1927, ded to the the to ded
containing coins of the realm and copies of newspapers newspapers of copies and realm the of coins containing In In there. be still must it –
November 1907. Behind one of the foundation stones, officers placed a bottle bottle a placed officers stones, foundation the of one Behind 1907. November 23 on
rd
at a total cost of £500. Work started on 27 on started Work £500. of cost total a at taking place place taking opening official the with July
th
of Winslow. However, due to restricted funds, only the chapel and kitchen were built built were kitchen and chapel the only funds, restricted to due However, Winslow. of
Plans were drawn up and the contract secured by Messrs Cripps & Sons Sons & Cripps Messrs by secured contract the and up drawn were Plans schoolroom.
. y tid and neat appear all money on it, a decision was made to sell the site and build a new, larg new, a build and site the sell to made was decision a it, on money er chapel and and chapel er
August 1865. By 1901, this building required renovation and, rather than spend spend than rather and, renovation required building this 1901, By 1865. August
the new building. It was built at a cost of £200 and opened in the High Street on 14 on Street High the in opened and £200 of cost a at built was It building. new the
th
; all appear neat, tidy and orderly. and tidy neat, appear all ; attire day’s the Note chapel. the outside time, Photograph
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me to a static caravan which I had hired. Wow! It was lovely with some some with lovely was It Wow! hired. had I which caravan static a to me
et me at reception and a lady showed me around and then took took then and around me showed lady a and reception at me et m Kathy
Kathy and Andy look after Acorns with the help of some good staff. staff. good some of help the with Acorns after look Andy and Kathy
impressed. was I views. lovely some with
The journey to Acorns (between Tiverton and Barnstaple) was good good was Barnstaple) and Tiverton (between Acorns to journey The
pleased. was
gentleman had found out about the late arrival of the train. I I train. the of arrival late the about out found had gentleman The me.
When I arrived at Tiverton Parkway the taxi was there waiting for for waiting there was taxi the Parkway Tiverton at arrived I When
arrived.
there was a problem on the line. However, after a short wait another train train another wait short a after However, line. the on problem a was there
the train arrived at Taunton, all passengers were asked to leave the train; train; the leave to asked were passengers all Taunton, at arrived train the
of the people. When When people. the of some with laughter and talk nice some had I search
After a short period of looking for my seat, I did locate it. During my my During it. locate did I seat, my for looking of period short a After
reserved for me. The carriages were crowded with people. people. with crowded were carriages The me. for reserved
Devon. That then arrived, and I boarded the train. A seat had been been had seat A train. the boarded I and arrived, then That Devon.
With more help I located the platform for the next train to ta to train next the for platform the located I help more With ke me to to me ke
New Street station. What a big station too. too. station big a What station. Street New
winds: oh what a day. A train was boarded and it took me to Birmingham Birmingham to me took it and boarded was train A day. a what oh winds:
Keynes Central rail station. The day began wet with some very strong strong very some with wet began day The station. rail Central Keynes
I had never been to Devon. I was ready. My cousin took me t me took cousin My ready. was I Devon. to been never had I o Milton Milton o
station at Tiverton Parkway, six miles from Tiverton town centre. town Tiverton from miles six Parkway, Tiverton at station
bought and also a taxi booked as Acorns is some way from the train train the from way some is Acorns as booked taxi a also and bought
ak. With another dear friend helping me, the train tickets were were tickets train the me, helping friend dear another With ak. bre short
The day arrived and as the course was just two days it would be a a be would it days two just was course the as and arrived day The
vanished. had one old My ready. camera new my
think that? Well the time went on and with the help of nice people I got got I people nice of help the with and on went time the Well that? think
was I nuts to to nuts I was – wonder did I but attend to like would I ought th I
Devon. in Acorns at held be would It attend.
photographers to be held by him. The editor of the magazine would would magazine the of editor The him. by held be to photographers
subscribe to. Some time ago I saw that there was to be a masterclass for for masterclass a be to was there that saw I ago time Some to. subscribe
I HAVE followed a photographer for a long time in a magazine that I I that magazine a in time long a for photographer a followed HAVE I
Devon’. to trip ever first ‘My describes
Frederick Hayward recently attended a photographic masterclass. Here he he Here masterclass. photographic a attended recently Hayward Frederick
adventure photographic A
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1636 Priory Sneshall of Plan caption: the has It Chase.
least at has reputedly Hall the
Royal Royal book her for Lowndes - Selby Joan by Drawn
Hall; Whaddon beneath cellar
wine a with linked one Priory:
Snelshall from ran tunnels
two suggests legend ONE
Snelshall Priory.
involve both credible;
is One . t pin night late a
weary supping workers farm
by ago years generated
possibly some Whaddon,
surround legends Many
Two of the legends of Whaddon of legends the of Two
Frederick
people were wonderful. I returned happy and happy returned I wonderful. were people relaxed. ■
I had a lovely time there and although the weather was rough the the rough was weather the although and there time lovely a had I
enjoy. and
snooker table, table tennis, dart board and lots of other things to look at at look to things other of lots and board dart tennis, table table, snooker
n fo i te ve the in food and tea had which had a a had which Clubhouse, the in area nice ry
Lots of good cups of tea and lovely food were supplied on site. I also also I site. on supplied were food lovely and tea of cups good of Lots
One photo of a pig is shown shown is pig a of photo One . above on
htgah o to ie is oe ie hce ad oe lovel some and chicken nice one pigs, nice two of photographs y views. views. y
I took some lovely photos, including including photos, lovely some took I polite. and kind helpful, all
There were very nice ladies and gentlemen on the course; they wer they course; the on gentlemen and ladies nice very were There e e
masterclass. the on were who people
lovely ladies who modelled for the the for modelled who ladies lovely
Sam the editor. I also met three three met also I editor. the Sam
Simonds, the photographer, and and photographer, the Simonds,
hot tub. Later, I met Charlie Charlie met I Later, tub. hot
s has a lovely sauna and and sauna lovely a has s Acorn
everything I needed supplied. needed I everything
was a home from home with with home from home a was
and a lovely wood. The caravan caravan The wood. lovely a and
amazing views towards Dartmoor Dartmoor towards views amazing
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As matters stand Britain faces faces Britain stand matters As
tiles. roof solar Tesla with house US Above:
generated. be
to charge their batteries will have to to have will batteries their charge to
replace petrol and diesel: the power power the diesel: and petrol replace
and as electric vehicles vehicles electric as and expands
y’s population population y’s countr the s a growing
that requirement is set to continue continue to set is requirement that
overall energy requirement. And And requirement. energy overall
than a modest contribution to our our to contribution modest a than
then, they can never make more more make never can they then,
invest in wind and solar power, power, solar and wind in invest
No matter how much we we much how matter No
destruction. - self avoid to
ve to be shut down down shut be to ve ha things these
the way, because in high winds winds high in because way, the
homes: in reality it can only do so when the wind is blowing blowing is wind the when so do only can it reality in homes: and not blowing too hard, by by hard, too blowing not and –
example that the colossal windmill outside Aylesbury can provide power sufficient for 1,800 1,800 for sufficient power provide can Aylesbury outside windmill colossal the that example
id n slr a mk a rwn cnrbto, o sure, for contribution, growing a make can solar and Wind but when we are told for for told are we when but
led element. element. led - demand variable the of most
load is provided mainly by the nuclear power stations with the fossil the with stations power nuclear the by mainly provided is load fuelled plants producing producing plants fuelled -
h wy ht rti’ gener Britain’s that way The called ‘base’ ‘base’ called - so the configured, currently is capacity ating
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breaks in popular TV programmes when the nation switches on its kettle for a cuppa. cuppa. a for kettle its on switches nation the when programmes TV popular in breaks
generating plants to match demand, right down to providing a boost during advertising advertising during boost a providing to down right demand, match to plants generating
E ainl rd a t con to has Grid National HE power power - gas and - coal its of output the tune - fine stantly
renewable energy as more new houses are houses new more as energy renewable boost to done be could built.
e second part of his article, Gerald Simonds Gerald article, his of part second e th this, In continues to examine if more more if examine to continues
The UK’s energy conundrum conundrum energy UK’s The 2 –
What other Whaddon legends could there be? be? there could legends Whaddon other What
■
nothing. found Joan appears
their from evicted were they before Monks ack Bl by buried It priory.
silver for Priory Snelshall of grounds the searching hours many reputedly
that Lowndes - Selby Joan electrified so legend second The spent she
tall hugely a seems this lengths tunnels’ both mind in Bearing legend.
in. filled was it Later ghing. plou while tunnel a discovered
reputed is worker, estate an Bowden, Arthur 2 War World During have to
Mary’s St with priory the linked allegedly tunnel second The Church.
life. camp prison escape
short relatively out dig to 2 War World in cemen servi British to tunnels,
time much how just recall to has only One tunnel. long exceedingly took it
appear would this imagination, the of stretch any By cellars. two an be to
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For a bigger house, just add units. They are weatherproof and can be installed inside or or inside installed be can and weatherproof are They units. add just house, bigger a For
bedroom home. home. bedroom - three a for enough is say they which Wh/day, k 14 providing unit single a or f
installations costing from about £6,350 £6,350 about from costing installations
future the be could panels solar Invisible
or sale in the UK by Tesla with with Tesla by UK the in sale or f
Powerwall is now being offered offered being now is Powerwall
on. hat his got not has sun the
power supply during the night or when when or night the during supply power
substantially independent of the public public the of independent substantially
the day to make it entirely or or entirely it make to day the
sufficient power in its batteries during during batteries its in power sufficient
turbine as well, can be stashing away away stashing be can well, as turbine
aes n psil a ml win small a possibly and panels d d
equipped with a roof full of solar solar of full roof a with equipped
Thus an ordinary home, home, ordinary an Thus
grid. the
with all the other surplus power, into into power, surplus other the all with
needed, instead of being fed, together together fed, being of instead needed,
o store the power generated during the day by solar panels for use when it is is it when use for panels solar by day the during generated power the store o t Powerwall
storage at the domestic level. He has developed a domestic battery system known as as known system battery domestic a developed has He level. domestic the at storage
Apart from his automotive interests and his space ventures, Musk has focused on power power on focused has Musk ventures, space his and interests automotive his from Apart
storage power Domestic
range. useful
eoe patcl n afral pooiin y deli by proposition affordable and practical a become vering acceptable performance over a a over performance acceptable vering
play in the future of renewable energy deployment; as well as in enabling electric cars to to cars electric enabling in as well as deployment; energy renewable of future the in play
eeomn. e a rcgie te n cmoet ht high that component one the recognized has He development. density power storage must must storage power density -
nd is the founder of Tesla cars; he he cars; Tesla of founder the is nd a force behind much of this this of much behind force driving the been has
American billionaire Elon Musk Musk Elon billionaire American visionary the man, One made his fortune from PayPal PayPal from fortune his made
lighter packages that can be charged ever more quickly. quickly. more ever charged be can that packages lighter
ology that allows more energy to be stored in smaller and and smaller in stored be to energy more allows that ology techn battery developed newly to
smartphones that we now take for granted. Electric cars, too, are only becoming viable thanks thanks viable becoming only are too, cars, Electric granted. for take now we that smartphones
is advancing battery technology that has made possible such things as laptop computers and and computers laptop as things such possible made has that technology battery advancing is
m in growing numbers of devices and it it and devices of numbers growing in m the use we batteries: with familiar all are We storage.
maintain generating capacity to cope with fluctuating power demand, and that is energy energy is that and demand, power fluctuating with cope to capacity generating maintain
In the meantime there is only one factor that can enable us to avoid the need to to need the avoid to us enable can that factor one only is there meantime the In
tides. and
ound, from the waves waves the from ound, r year all night, all and day all power, available constantly and unlimited
Roll on the time when we have developed and deployed the technology to generate generate to technology the deployed and developed have we when time the on Roll
out. is jury the which on extraction gas
needs a major rethink on this; likewise the issue of shale shale of issue the likewise this; on rethink major a needs Britain Fukushima? - post especially
be crippling. And anyway, is it even appropriate or necessary that it should be built at all, all, at built be should it that necessary or appropriate even it is anyway, And crippling. be
the plant is many years away and the cost will will cost the and away years many is plant the – budget and time on completed be will station
estion of whether the the whether of estion qu the is which of least the not implications, new along brings £18 billion billion £18
funded by the Chinese and French, which alone alone which French, and Chinese the by funded – C Point Hinckley new The replacement. of
fuelled, are old and in need need in and old are fuelled, - fossil and nuclear both stations, power Existing cuts. power face
an energy crisis. The UK’s electricity generating capacity is now so marginal that we we that marginal so now is capacity generating electricity UK’s The crisis. energy an may soon soon may
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inside the shed where more expensive items can be locked away. locked be can items expensive more where shed the inside cage wire a Fit •
thief to carry away carry to thief
• Chain large items such as bicycles together, making it much more difficult for a for difficult more much it making together, bicycles as such items large Chain •
be used to reach top floor windows floor top reach to used be
• Ensure ladders are locked to a secure fixture in the shed or garage so they can’t they so garage or shed the in fixture secure a to locked are ladders Ensure •
• If building a shed, put it where it is most visible to yo to visible most is it where it put shed, a building If • u and neighbours and u
access points access
• Install security lighting as a deterrent, and plants such as thorny shrubs to act as a barrier at potential potential at barrier a as act to shrubs thorny as such plants and deterrent, a as lighting security Install •
marking such as Selecta DNA, Smartwater or engravers. or Smartwater DNA, Selecta as such marking
let pens, forensic forensic pens, let ultravio using tools and bikes, lawnmowers, as such property all mark or code - Post •
• Install a shed alarm shed a Install •
• Ensure all equipment and tools are locked away when not in use in not when away locked are tools and equipment all Ensure •
to windows to slow down the thief. the down slow to windows to
tic to prevent easy removal. Fit grilles or mesh or grilles Fit removal. easy prevent to tic mas with in glass window any Bond •
be thief. be - would the for harder
or hasp and staple and close shackled padlock, the shed owner will make it make will owner shed the padlock, shackled close and staple and hasp or
• By using tamper proof screws or coach bolts, together with a good quality pad bar pad quality good a with together bolts, coach or screws proof tamper using By •
hed has not been tampered with tampered been not has hed s the if as look it make to screws the
• It is easy to unscrew the ironmongery, steal contents and in some cases replace cases some in and contents steal ironmongery, the unscrew to easy is It •
• Fittings should be bolted through the door and any screws concealed screws any and door the through bolted be should Fittings •
• Fit a closed shackle padlock to the door the to padlock shackle closed a Fit •
• Keep your your Keep • shed in good condition good in shed
you: sure make Please
Many people fall short on basic security of their sheds. their of security basic on short fall people Many
force entry into the owner’s home. owner’s the into entry force
The buildings often contain property that can be sold on or implements that can be used to to used be can that implements or on sold be can that property contain often buildings The
basic security measures. security basic
Opportunist thieves identify sheds as easy pickings because they are unprotec are they because pickings easy as sheds identify thieves Opportunist ted and lack lack and ted
Don’t give thieves shed loads of opportunities! of loads shed thieves give Don’t
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(The first part of Gerald’s article appeared in the February 2017 issue of the the of issue 2017 February the in appeared article Gerald’s of part first (The Whaddon Whaddon
■ on! it Bring autonomous. energy make can too they so batteries
under their roofs feeding industrial sized sized industrial feeding roofs their under or on panels PV solar have to buildings industrial
incorporate concealed solar PV panels and batteries. Then let us require all commercial and and commercial all require us let Then batteries. and panels PV solar concealed incorporate
Imagine, then, a future in which all newly built houses are required by law to to law by required are houses built newly all which in future a then, Imagine,
. https://www.tesla.com/solar at updates Tesla’s for up sign can you interested,
looking styles incorporating solar cells. These are not available in the UK yet, but if you are are you if but yet, UK the in available not are These cells. solar incorporating styles looking
s, so he has developed a system of glass roof tiles in various normal various in tiles roof glass of system a developed has he so s, roof their for adornment -
Musk is well aware that solar panels are not everyone’s aspiration, or the ideal ideal the or aspiration, everyone’s not are panels solar that aware well is Musk
2017. February in commence to planned were Installations 120kg. weighs
1150mm x 755mm x 155mm and and 155mm x 755mm x 1150mm measures unit Each space. the have you wherever ide, outs
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Brighton sunny in out day A – August 20 Sunday £20.00 !
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£20.00. time! spade and Bucket ! Eastbourne to trip Day – August 6 Sunday
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join us on the bus to Buckingham! An hour in town and an an and town in hour An Buckingham! to bus the on us join – Bus* Buckingham - August 1 Tuesday
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shows. the about leaflet information for Sue Ring
interest. enough not if cancelled be may Trips quickly. out sell shows as now Book
Lake Swan – June 12 Tuesday
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Nutcracker The Ballet Royal - December 5 Tuesday
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October October 23 Mon Wonderland. in Adventures Alice’s Ballet: Royal –
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e Programm
service. door to door £26.00 Seniors: £28.00 Adults:
7.15pm. time: Start
Odeon. These MUST be booked well in advance. They average about 3hrs running time with intervals. intervals. with time running 3hrs about average They advance. in well booked be MUST These Odeon.
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pence on ‘decimalisation day’. day’. ‘decimalisation on pence
remember that one shilling became five five became shilling one that remember – 9d 1s cost would mild of pint a Typically,
which contai which s, arrel B bitter. . beer iver del to used not were each, gallons 36 ned
In an average an In ould get through one firkin of mild and two kilderkins of of kilderkins two and mild of firkin one through get ould c pub the week,
Pumps were installed in 1972. in installed were Pumps gallons. nine or quantity, that half
contained 18 gallons of beer whereas the smaller firkin contained only only contained firkin smaller the whereas beer of gallons 18 contained – known were they as
in kilderkins and firkins. A kilderkin kilderkin A firkins. and kilderkins in Arms Lowndes The to delivered was Beer or kilders kilders or –
1989. around until office regional as used and 972 1 in Ltd Breweries
r to buy in beers from other breweries. The company was purchased by Allied Allied by purchased was company The breweries. other from beers in buy to r cheape
with some 145 public houses. Brewing was discontinued in 1937 when it became became it when 1937 in discontinued was Brewing houses. public 145 some with Co & Walker
usiness of Parrott, Parrott, of usiness b the acquire to 1895 in registered first was Company Brewery Aylesbury
ry in Walton Street, Aylesbury. Aylesbury. Street, Walton in ry ewe Br Walton of Limited Well known for its ABC labels, the the labels, ABC its for known Well
h Lwds Arms Lowndes The time, Tom’s In was ‘tied’ to the Aylesbury Brewery Company Company Brewery Aylesbury the to ‘tied’ was
jungle’. ‘the as Keynes Milton to referred some wonder little is It . town new the visit
he point of refusing to to refusing of point he t to even away; miles many so not countryside, ‘their’ in place taking
distrusted and disliked that which was was which that disliked and distrusted communities farming in people Many locality. the
Tom arrived in Whaddon as the ‘new town’ town’ ‘new the as Whaddon in arrived Tom Milton Keynes began to impose itself on on itself impose to began Keynes Milton of
family were already in the trade. trade. the in already were family
his first experience behind the bar bar the behind experience first his rk Hotel, Bletchley. His His Bletchley. Hotel, rk Pa at trade victualler’s license the in
Tom served as landlord from 1968 to 1975; before that Tom gained gained Tom that before 1975; to 1968 from landlord as served Tom
whiskies the pub did not sell, such as Jack Daniels. Daniels. Jack as such sell, not did pub the whiskies were there
ehp th Perhaps her’s; however, however, her’s; Teac was sold whisky popular most e
amongst certain folk in whisky, gin, Bacardi gin, whisky, in folk certain amongst sherry. and rum ,
The Lowndes Arms Lowndes The a roaring trade trade roaring a enjoy did it but wine sell not did
Executive and the Food Standards Agency had not been invented. invented. been not had Agency Standards Food the and Executive
od aksns st Mackeson’s sold out, regarded then as the best. The Health & Safety Safety & Health The best. the as then regarded out,
on draught and Guiness, lager and stout sol stout and lager Guiness, and draught on also also pub The bottle. the by d
From this can be deduced that the pub was a man’s world with beer beer with world man’s a was pub the that deduced be can this From
locality”. the in best
teams teams second and first the – teams football two The “the “the were –
Legion League as well as two teams in the Milton Keynes Sund Keynes Milton the in teams two as well as League Legion League. ay
As a result of such activity the pub had two darts teams in Stony Stratford’s British British Stratford’s Stony in teams darts two had pub the activity such of result a As
games.” team played and gossip exchanged argued, talked, met, people
the centre of village life; where where life; village of centre the was b pu the reason this For home. at alcohol drink not did
life, as it had been when agriculture was one of the main sources of income. Also, people just just people Also, income. of sources main the of one was agriculture when been had it as life,
“In those days, people supported the pub,” he said. “The pub was the centre of village village of centre the was pub “The said. he pub,” the supported people days, those “In
changed enormously. enormously. changed have habits drinking years the over that explained Tom
nuts.” of bag a be would eat to get could you
served in the pub. You were lucky even to get a cheese and onion sandwich. The only food food only The sandwich. onion and cheese a get to even lucky were You pub. the in served
Tom, who has lived in Whaddon for 22 years, “there were no meals meals no were “there years, 22 for Whaddon in lived has who Tom, said days,” THOSE “IN
explains. Tom as today, of that from rent diffe quite was
. Running a pub pub a Running . Arms Lowndes The of landlord was Short Tom ago, years FIFTY
50 years ago years 50 – Arms Lowndes The
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get the butterflies butterflies the get to audience home a of . explains Scott Roy as , active
- stomach the like quite nothing is There churning excitement of performing in front front in performing of excitement churning
Aah! The roar of the crowd, the smell of the greasepaint and the heat of the lights! lights! the of heat the and greasepaint the of smell the crowd, the of roar The Aah!
reveals all! reveals
a choir member member choir a – worth Tenor’s A
■ Motors. Vauxhall at industry motor the
lived at Cold Harbour Farm, Woburn Sands. Tom has worked in various industries, including including industries, various in worked has Tom Sands. Woburn Farm, Harbour Cold at lived
Tom’s father farme father Tom’s d at Mount Pleasant Farm, Stewkley; his grandfather, a horse trader, trader, horse a grandfather, his Stewkley; Farm, Pleasant Mount at d
Hotel. Park the at period initiation his during discovered quickly Tom as gin, Booth’s and
In the same way, there are those who can quickly differentiate between Gordon’s gin gin Gordon’s between differentiate quickly can who those are there way, same the In
earful.” an me give
,” said Tom, “whereupon Fred proceeded to to proceeded Fred “whereupon Tom, said ,” Teacher’s not was it immediately knew “Fred
whisky chaser Tom, who had run out of the whisky, poured out a shot of Grant’s instead. instead. Grant’s of shot a out poured whisky, the of out run had who Tom, chaser whisky
Fred Hobbs drank only Teacher’s but on one occasion when Fred requested his usual usual his requested Fred when occasion one on but Teacher’s only drank Hobbs Fred
Tom. “Fred demanded a thin glass; not one o one not glass; thin a demanded “Fred Tom. . added he ” handle,’ a with ‘jugs those f
“Fred always asked for a whisky chaser and a pint of mild in a ‘thin’ glass,” explained explained glass,” ‘thin’ a in mild of pint a and chaser whisky a for asked always “Fred
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Constabulary, shared house with his unmarried siste unmarried his with house shared Constabulary, r, Miss Hobbs; she lived in the thatched thatched the in lived she Hobbs; Miss r,
Another regular, Fred Hobbs, a retired policeman with the Northamptonshire Northamptonshire the with policeman retired a Hobbs, Fred regular, Another
. girlfriend his from sand the
found was desert, the in lost
Alec’s satchel and its love letter in in letter love its and satchel Alec’s of discovery the of anniversary
10 years since his satchel, satchel, his since years 10
xrse srrs a the at surprise expressed time the find. This year is the tenth tenth the is year This find.
: it is is it : Ross Alec Signalman
by a local tour guide. Alec’s guide. tour local a by found been at at Burnley in , Irene , sister
in the desert in 1942, was revealed by newspapers as having having as newspapers by revealed was 1942, in desert the in ‘lost’
and and ‘detached’ became thus which and cycle motor his to strapped
atchel, incorrectly incorrectly atchel, s khaki issue - army his when news national
Overnight in 2007, as some may recall, Alec’s name became became name Alec’s recall, may some as 2007, in Overnight
Hall. Whaddon
Bletchley Park, being billeted in one of the huts in the grounds in in grounds the in huts the of one in billeted being Park, Bletchley
Shirley and Norah. After returning to the UK in 1944, Alec joined joined Alec 1944, in UK the to returning After Norah. and Shirley
ers are are ers daught two Their Whaddon. in lives still an Lill wife his 87;
in 2004 aged aged 2004 in died Lancashire, Burnley, from , (right) Alec
2. War World during Africa North hostile in (LRDG) group desert range
aig xlis s dsac rdr ih h long the with rider dispatch a as exploits daring of tales his th wi enthralled listeners hold -
Of course, the pub had its regulars, including 'famous' signalman Alec Ross, who could could who Ross, Alec signalman 'famous' including regulars, its had pub the course, Of
9d. 1s cost would sherry of glass
or 10p; slightly less than the price as a shot of a measure of Bacardi or rum at 2s 3d. A A 3d. 2s at rum or Bacardi of measure a of shot a as price the than less slightly 10p; or – 2s
Spirits were more expensive than beers. A whisky chaser, for example, example, for chaser, whisky A beers. than expensive more were Spirits gill. a of would cost cost would
containing one containing glasses in sold was sherry whereas gill, a of one/sixth to equal measure a third third -
spirits. Whisky, vodka and gin were sold by by sold were gin and vodka Whisky, spirits. serve to used were measures gal le cific Spe
1s 10d,” said Tom. said 10d,” 1s – more penny one customer the cost would bitter of pint “A
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UK. Parkinson’s
each. Earlier this year, we made donations to Supershoes and and Supershoes to donations made we year, this Earlier each. £200 one) that about
isease Association to the tune of (sorry (sorry of tune the to Association isease D Neuron Motor the as well as Charity Dogs Detection
donations to the Medical Medical the to donations make we year, This
sings! Choir Chase
concerts. enjoyable
time, in all We're
s u o ever on put us hopefully, hopefully, and, challenging more -
wing. take notes the birds, like Just
Well, all of this tuition and guidance has helped helped has guidance and tuition this of all Well,
too?” stomach my take. to th brea Last
ll I pat my head and rub rub and head my pat I ll sha Miss; course, “Of baton, the Watch
shake. the stop folder, Open larynx!!!!!” your “Tilt favourite: my course,
Soften your palate! Sing over the note!” and, of of and, note!” the over Sing palate! your Soften
age! an takes It “Use your diaphragm! Lift your eyebrows! Smile! Smile! eyebrows! your Lift diaphragm! your “Use
correct? this Is
shapes the sounds we make via such via make we sounds the shapes as: instructions
stage. the along up Lining
gives us the edge and their direction direction their and edge the us gives director, musical
shapes of Ros, our accompanist, and Karen, our our Karen, and accompanist, our Ros, of shapes
sleep! no been There's
having two excellent musicians in the the in musicians excellent two having , course Of
rustling. Paper's
ound. It’s certainly great fun. great certainly It’s ound. s decent pretty a make
deep. are breaths clearing, are Throats
And when we all get together? Well, hopefully we we hopefully Well, together? get all we when And
ut whilst driving along in their cars. cars. their in along driving whilst ut o sing some and night! the Tonight's
shuffling are Feet pour over their music in the privacy of their homes homes their of privacy the in music their over pour
bright. are yes e racing, Pulses until they are confident enough to sing louder, some some louder, sing to enough confident are they until
until they think they know the piece, some sing quietly quietly sing some piece, the know they think they until
learning. Some sing out and learn from the mistakes they make; some stay silent silent stay some make; they mistakes the from learn and out sing Some learning. of ways
more than Singing Ar Hyd y Nos (All Through the Night) in Welsh. And we all have different different have all we And Welsh. in Night) the Through (All Nos y Hyd Ar Singing than more
Take ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’. This very well very This Water’. Troubled Over ‘Bridge Take known song has challenged us far far us challenged has song known -
sucked into singing along with them. Oops! them. with along singing into sucked
learn your part, as soon as the melody is sung sung is melody the as soon as part, your learn you just get sort of of sort get just you – anos sopr the by usually –
to be made up of notes and tunes that you’ve never heard before, and try as you might to to might you as try and before, heard never you’ve that tunes and notes of up made be to
“try”, because unless your section is lucky enough to be singing the melody, your part is likely likely is part your melody, the singing be to enough lucky is section your unless because “try”,
part harmony as a choir. I sa I choir. a as harmony part - four in sing to try We actually! so, not Well, then!” record, y y
Some of the new songs were well known. “Ha!” you laugh, “Easy peasy to learn and and learn to peasy “Easy laugh, you “Ha!” known. well were songs new the of Some
year. s thi concert summer our at to listened Whaddontops
d the numbers you lovely lovely you numbers the d recor and rehearse to house!) Karen’s to (actually Studios
outside of our regular Monday rehearsals. So off we marched to the Abbey Road Recording Recording Road Abbey the to marched we off So rehearsals. Monday regular our of outside
this so that we can send the recordings to the choir members to help us all learn new pieces pieces new learn all us help to members choir the to recordings the send can we that so this
r concert! We do do We concert! r summe our for numbers new record to director music our from calls received
than December, in away folders music our put we had sooner no seemed It some of us us of some
wish! I ner. bur back the
istmas festivities, we would be able to sit back and put choir matters on on matters choir put and back sit to able be would we festivities, istmas Chr the enjoy to time
a big thank you. You might have thought that with our preparation and rehearsals over in in over rehearsals and preparation our with that thought have might You you. thank big a
To those of our readers who kindly supported our 2016 Christmas Concert in December December in Concert Christmas 2016 our supported kindly who readers our of those To
had never sung in front of anyone before (not even the wife)! the even (not before anyone of front in sung never had 2012, in back choir the of
Is it really like that? Well, here’s one perspective from someone who, until the formation formation the until who, someone from perspective one here’s Well, that? like really it Is
of July. of 16 the on held concert, Choir Chase recent the to course, of referring, I’m
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Visitors attend the ga the attend Visitors . risk own their at rdens
plant and produce stalls, and a quiz sheet for children. children. for sheet quiz a and stalls, produce and plant
vial a te l Rec Old the at available tory. In addition, there will be be will there addition, In tory.
and map are available at any garden. Teas will be be will Teas garden. any at available are map and
gives entry to all 12 gardens. Children are free. Ticket Ticket free. are Children gardens. 12 all to entry gives
in aid of St Faith’s church maintenance. A fee of £5.00 £5.00 of fee A maintenance. church Faith’s St of aid in
pm to 6.00 pm. The proceeds from the day’s event are are event day’s the from proceeds The pm. 6.00 to pm
public viewing on 2 on viewing public 2017 from 2.00 2.00 from 2017 September 3 and
nd rd
NEWTON LONGVILLE LONGVILLE NEWTON gardens open for for open gardens about have will
Longville Newton open gardens
■ up to the concert. I hope you like it. like you hope I concert. the to up - lead the about
I’ll finish with a little rhyme rhyme little a with finish I’ll d itself in my head head my in itself d forme of sort that box) adjoining the (in
and find out what fun it is singing in a big group big a in singing is it fun what out find and .
Monday at the Jubilee Hall in Whaddon starting at 7pm and lasting two hours. Come along along Come hours. two lasting and 7pm at starting Whaddon in Hall Jubilee the at Monday
read music. We hold choir practice every every practice choir hold We music. read to able be to have don’t you and held are auditions
welcome to join our great team as a singer: Soprano, Alto, Tenor, Baritone or Bass. No No Bass. or Baritone Tenor, Alto, Soprano, singer: a as team great our join to welcome
. And you would be also very very also be would you And . www.chasechoir.com website: our on published be will dates
We would love to see you at our future events leading up to Christmas. Information and and Information Christmas. to up leading events future our at you see to love would We
yone. ever remembered have I hope I all, you to thanks Many
Alex Aitken and his talented students who entertained us all with their musical expertise. expertise. musical their with all us entertained who students talented his and Aitken Alex
orchestrating (there I go again) the whole event. And of course we were so lucky to fea to lucky so were we course of And event. whole the again) go I (there orchestrating ture ture
secret weapon, Ros, our wonderful accompanist, and of course Karen and Paul for for Paul and Karen course of and accompanist, wonderful our Ros, weapon, secret
hours; Graham for compering; our our compering; for Graham hours; - man many many, take to seems always which job a and
door; John Robinson for arranging the lights and staging, ably assisted by Paul, Sid and Ral and Sid Paul, by assisted ably staging, and lights the arranging for Robinson John door; ph ph
and draw; Angie for designing and printing the tickets and posters; Roger for manning the the manning for Roger posters; and tickets the printing and designing for Angie draw; and
efreshment team and her husband Fred who helped her run the raffle prizes prizes raffle the run her helped who Fred husband her and team efreshment r her and Rona
refreshments: most notably, the bar; Ralph for heading up said bar staff: Sue, Ken and Val; Val; and Ken Sue, staff: bar said up heading for Ralph bar; the notably, most refreshments:
behind the bar, our friends manning the ticket desk, Chris P and Ken who organized the the organized who Ken and P Chris desk, ticket the manning friends our bar, the behind
h noting (whoops!) are the helpers staving (!) off your thirst thirst your off (!) staving helpers the are (whoops!) noting h wort Also us. supporting for
Without you, the audience, this would not have been possible, so our heartfelt thanks thanks heartfelt our so possible, been have not would this audience, the you, Without
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minutes?
What could you do to make your life a bit more groovy for a couple of of couple a for groovy more bit a life your make to do you could What
groovy is All
you love I Life,
time drop all its petals on me on petals its all drop time - morning the Let
And some of the other great lyrics from the Paul Simon song go like this: like go song Simon Paul the from lyrics great other the of some And
that difference. that
You just have to slow down enough to realise and appreciate appreciate and realise to enough down slow to have just You time. in difference a
You'll find a way if you really want to. to. want really you if way a find You'll times. few a day, every form, And it will make make will it And
So if you really do care about your mind, and your body, your and mind, your about care do really you if So try some of this, in some some in this, of some try
happening with each of your senses, just for a short moment. short a for just senses, your of each with happening
What it's about is slowing down, taking a moment and recognising what's what's recognising and moment a taking down, slowing is about it's What about.
"But I can't empty my min my empty can't I "But That's not what it's it's what not That's matter. Doesn't cry. you hear I d!"
one life coach, if that's your preference. your that's if coach, life one - to - one a with or others, with
You can do them formally, in a class class a in formally, them do can You tv. the of front in sitting supermarket, the round
throom, just before you go to sleep, whilst walking the dog, walking walking dog, the walking whilst sleep, to go you before just throom, ba the in room,
Make them in grand places, open spaces, in a corner of a a of corner a in spaces, open places, grand in them Make like. you whoever with like,
You can make these moments whatever you like, wherever you you wherever like, you whatever moments these make can You Yup. it? that Is
price to pay for an investment in your emotional wellbeing, isn't it? isn't wellbeing, emotional your in investment an for pay to price
You You moment. a have actually Small Small up. add moments And moment. a spare can
, just for a moment. moment. a for just , you change is do will it what do you think, you whatever And
improve other people's rude, irrational behaviour. behaviour. irrational rude, people's other improve But But world. the change won't It
Nope, it won't take away the stresses that trip you up ev up you trip that stresses the away take won't it Nope, It won't won't It day. ery
time. for pushed
even greater, but one minute will do, or even 30 seconds, if you think you're really really you're think you if seconds, 30 even or do, will minute one but greater, even
If you've got 2 minutes to carry on with this, the benefits are are benefits the this, with on carry to minutes 2 got you've If rate. heart your of out
Just take 3 slow, calm slow, 3 take Just benefits. - evening Instant go. you There now. Right breaths.
that you've done that, you can take it a step further too, and reap more of the the of more reap and too, further step a it take can you that, done you've that
you've done is a little bit of mindfulness, right there, in front of your screen. screen. your of front in there, right mindfulness, of bit little a is done you've And now now And
clouds and unicorns stuff", let me congratulate you on even reading thus far. far. thus reading even on you congratulate me let stuff", unicorns and clouds What What
For all of you reading this now, and thinking, "I don't have time for all that fluffy fluffy that all for time have don't "I thinking, and now, this reading you of all For
pace. fast a such at life living
even stop, every now and then, or face the consequences of of consequences the face or then, and now every stop, even and down, slow to need
Yoga, if that kind of thing doesn't particularly float your boat, but the truth is, we all all we is, truth the but boat, your float particularly doesn't thing of kind that if Yoga,
Of course, you don't have to do Pilates or or Pilates do to have don't you course, Of this? do to ourselves for time make we
Or, more accurately, how often do do often how accurately, more Or, that? do to chance the have we do often How
movements. my of quality the to attention
do everything really slowly, mindfully, with focus and concentration and paying close close paying and concentration and focus with mindfully, slowly, really everything do
It's because I have to to have I because It's too). Yoga (and much so exercise of form this like I why me to
ge hall, it occurred occurred it hall, ge villa the at class, Pilates a in day other the mat my on lay I As
And now I've put that song in your head for the rest of the day, consider this... consider day, the of rest the for head your in song that put I've now And
fast… too move you down, Slow
ir ha c comfy my m ro f ts h Thoug
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■ Elm Drunken as therefore known regrettably is it , it r unde hunt day
oak , four miles away is another tree , tradition insists that the King frequently finished his his finished frequently King the that insists tradition , tree another is away miles four , oak
oak grows in the park the King used to start his day’s hunting from it , it is known as sober sober as known is it , it from hunting day’s his start to used King the park the in grows oak
of this Kings sport. The gnarled remains of a sturdy sturdy a of remains gnarled The sport. Kings this of reminder a as stand still trees Two
crashed away away crashed .
many days the deep baying of his hounds would go echoing through the trees as a great deer deer great a as trees the through echoing go would hounds his of baying deep the days many
miles around . The Chase of Whaddon became a royal hunt when Henry V111 came down. On On down. came V111 Henry when hunt royal a became Whaddon of Chase The . around miles
drove out their cattle on to the wide common while dense dense while common wide the to on cattle their out drove woodland hemmed them in for for in them hemmed woodland
people still ploughed the open land around the village and and village the around land open the ploughed still people Lowndes - Selby Joan by rawn d as ponds, fish
Whaddon Village and Snelshall Priory with its its with Priory Snelshall and Village Whaddon setting didn’t change much through all those years though the the though years those all through much change didn’t setting
then to brick baked from the clay dug up in nearby fields . The The . fields nearby in up dug clay the from baked brick to then
lwy Wtl ad ab ae a t wo an wood to way gave daub and Wattle . slowly d plaster and and plaster d
too go down from one generation to the next . Houses improve improve Houses . next the to generation one from down go too
one family to another through the ages . Cottages and farms farms and Cottages . ages the through another to family one
The scene changes. The Manor and Chase pass down from from down pass Chase and Manor The changes. scene The
today. stands still
had come to stay, and the church they started b started they church the and stay, to come had uilding in 1067 1067 in uilding
What ever the Saxons thought about it all, the Normans Normans the all, it about thought Saxons the ever What
passing to and fro along the lanes became a familiar sight. familiar a became lanes the along fro and to passing
priory too and before long the strange blackrobed monks monks blackrobed strange the long before and too priory
Saxon church and built a built and church Saxon fine new one of stone . They built a a built They . stone of one new fine
an army of Norman workmen. They pulled down the humble humble the down pulled They workmen. Norman of army an
their new overlord one Walter Giffard arrive bringing with him him with bringing arrive Giffard Walter one overlord new their
held the Manor of Whaddon, was turned out the villagers saw saw villagers the out turned was Whaddon, of Manor the held
overr an the country, (when) the easy going Saxon Thane who who Thane Saxon going easy the (when) country, the an
The clouds rolled up over the land when the Normans Normans the when land the over up rolled clouds The
today in the village called Whaddon. called village the in today
survived through a thousand years and the same name is still used by their descendants descendants their by used still is name same the and years thousand a through survived
Saxons called it , in their own language Hwact Dhon . Th two words have have words two Th . Dhon Hwact language own their in , it called Saxons the hill Wheat
top. the at clustered huts mud
a sea of golden ripening wheat spread over the hill and rippling round the group of squalid squalid of group the round rippling and hill the over spread wheat ripening golden of sea a
out with their bags scattering the wheat seeds . In a few months the sun would be shining on on shining be would sun the months few a In . seeds wheat the scattering bags their with out
Soon the sowers would be be would sowers the Soon . hill curving the over deep and straight ran furrows dark The
. land ploughed the across back looking
soil. The fairhaired Saxon halted his team and wiping sweat from his face, he stood a moment moment a stood he face, his from sweat wiping and team his halted Saxon fairhaired The soil.
re slowly dragging the clumsy wooden plough through the dark dark the through plough wooden clumsy the dragging slowly re we oxen white powerful TWO
history lesson of Whaddon to light to Whaddon of lesson history - mini s thi bringing for White Derek to due .
the ages. Our thanks Our ages. the down Whaddon in life of account Joan’s is This theme. its are are
loved Whaddon so dearly she wrote books with the village as as village the with books wrote she dearly so Whaddon loved and ntly flue French
Lowndes - Selby Joan by typed as exactly reproduced is It village. who spoke spoke who
ge or, as the French would say, say, would French the as or, ge villa My simply titled be could article This Mon Mon
village my was his T ailpiece: T
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