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Between 10.15 pm and 11pm on Wednesday 28 January four men drove a bulldozer into the HSBC bank. They got away with nothing but they wrecked the HSBC Bank and the Patel’s shop and Post Office. There was some minor damage to the Imperial Dragon take away. Mahendra and Indira Patel were in the process of selling their business to Mr and Mrs T. Santhirakumara. Contracts had been exchanged and the deal would have been completed on 4 February. After the shop was wrecked, the Santhirakumaras were under no obligation to complete the contract but they are sticking with it and are already planning a bright new shop. Kesh Patel says the resulting shop will ‘greatly improve the shopping experience’ for first with the rest of the shop following on the public will be delighted with the customers. later are now regarded as impractical. new designs for the interior and with the external appearance. Although they have two other shops the The Santhirakumaras are planning a Santhirakumaras find time to come over major refit and reorganisation of the Mahendra and Indira Patel would like and help the Patel family with the dusty, shop. For example, at the moment there to thank their customers, “for their kind dirty job of clearing up the shop and is a high step to get into the shop which support over the last 21 years. We are damaged stock. is difficult for wheelchair users, the also very grateful to all the people who disabled and mums with buggies. The have sent us flowers, cards and personal It is in everybody’s interest to have the new shop will have a slope inside the best wishes and offers of help since the shop opening as soon as they can but it shop and automatic doors. destruction of our shop”. is not yet possible to give a date. Initial hopes that the Post Office might open Kesh Patel, elder son, is confident that Tim Kendell Flackwell Heath Residents’ Association Annual General Meeting aircraft noise. (See page 2 for a résumé the Association Secretary we would like The AGM of the Residents’ Association of Mike’s interests and activities) to find a new Secretary. will take place on Monday 30 March Members of the Executive Committee Among those of you reading this article in the Royal British Legion at 7.30 for will report on a very active year of there has to be someone who thinks 8pm. This meeting is open to everybody success. The Treasurer will report a most she or he could make a pretty good from the village but FHRA Members are pleasing financial statement for the last Chairman if no one else volunteered. asked to bring their current Membership year. No one has volunteered. So now is the Cards as only members will be able to The members will be asked for their moment to come forward. vote on approval of the accounts and suggestions on ways the Association And there must be someone with election of officers. Membership, only should spend money on village secretarial skills who would like to £5, also available at the door. improvements and make donations to use them in supporting our active and After the AGM, Mike Overall, Flackwell village organisations. successful Association. resident and Vice-Chair of the Chiltern I need to stand down as Chairman of If you would like to find out more Society will speak on Flackwell the Association as does the Chair of the about these important roles please ring Heath and the Environment including Planning and Environment Committee. Grant Foster 01628 522135 or Carolyn reference to issues such as the Daws We have a good candidate for Planning Leonard 01628 526512 Hill and Abbey Barn developments and and Environment but as she is currently Grant Foster Chairman Mike Overall Paperback Methodist and Jigsaw Strategic Thinker for our Chilterns Church Library Mike and Jane Overall moved into The Fairtrade Coffee Morning will Flackwell Heath and the Chilterns now be on Saturday 7 March. Details Jigsaw addict? Avid reader? Do you as before. Alex Routledge will be in 1970 and for many years played Fairtrade Fortnight and Mothering know you can feed your addiction playing . badminton at the Community Centre. Sunday: Fairtrade Fortnight 2009 runs monthly without leaving Flackwell? from 23 February to 8 March and Their neighbour gently pressured Mike All the March services fall within Lent. The Flackwell Heath Jigsaw and The Green Man in the 1930s from a post Straight Bit in Autumn. Village end Our Fellowship Service will be on 8 reminds us to be fair to those who Paperback Library is open from 1.30 card © High Wycombe Library to join the Chiltern Society, which he looking west. Image kindly loaned by March at 6.30pm. These are monthly produce what we buy. Christ Church to 3.30pm on the first Wednesday of Dr E. Smethurst of Flackwell Heath eventually did. His skills in objecting services that we run ourselves. This is a Fairtrade Church and runs a © High Wycombe Library to some local planning applications every month (unless this is New Year’s month is the turn of the ladies from Fairtrade Shop on the 2nd Sunday of Day when see Grapevine), in the Sarney attracted the attention of the Society’s every month. Sharing Wycombe’s Old Photographs (SWOP) Planning Group and he soon became our Thursday Fellowship to lead the Room at the Community Centre. Run service when our thoughts will be their strategy adviser. In 2002 he was In our Family Service on 1 March the by volunteers, it relies on donations of turning to the colours of spring and The SWOP project was the brainchild low-resolution images of the photos elected to the Society’s Executive Christ Church Puppeteers will again books and jigsaws, which can then be the beauty of creation. be in action in a little and large story, of High Wycombe library. A grant can be displayed together with the Council and two years later became Vice borrowed for 40p (the jigsaws) or less and on 22 March we will be giving of £50,000 was obtained from the description, and printed if required. Chairman with special responsibility for 22 March is Mothering Sunday when for books, all fiction. Stocks are so large, out Mothering Sunday posies as part Heritage Lottery Fund for the first High quality, high resolution prints Strategy and Partnerships. all the ladies in the congregation, at particularly of jigsaws, that batches have 3 years of the project. It is now can be ordered for a small charge. the 11am service, will receive a small of our Service to say thank you to our to be displayed on rotation. Proceeds Although naturally a strategic thinker he continuing on a self-funded basis, with posy of spring flowers. Irene Bell will mums. go to Community Centre funds. More Many organisations and private has worked at the sharp end! In 1977 grants from several parish councils be leading this service for all ages. Calling all parents and grandparents! volunteers, who usually help 4 or 5 individuals have loaned or donated he was co-opted to the Management including Chepping Wycombe. “Godly Play” is an exciting Sunday times a year, are always welcome: Liz their collection of photos to the Committee of the Community The 29 March is the fifth Sunday in the month so the 6.30pm service will be afternoon interactive children’s story Johncock, 01628 521495, organises the The project was set up to catalogue project. If you have any photos Association. At his first committee a village churches’ joint service, this and a creative play event. It runs roster. Volunteers don’t need to be strong and preserve photos of Wycombe and which you think may be of interest meeting, having blinked at the wrong time hosted by the Methodist Church monthly from 4.00pm to 5.30pm. - the Community Centre has just bought the surrounding district. The SWOP to the project, please contact the time, he realised he had become Co- and our Minister, David Miller. The next occasion is 8 March in the some wheeled cages (supermarket website www.buckscc.gov.uk/swop, Project Manager Mike Dewey on ordinator of the village Carnival. By Church Centre. style) for storing and moving the trays now has over 18,000 photos. The 01628 525207, or email him the time he backed away four years On Sundays when we do not have all Please contact the Church Office in of books. earliest are from the 1870’s, the latest [email protected]. later the Carnival was attracting some age worship or Sunday Live, there is a from the early 2 000’s. On the website Sunday School. The children are with Chapel Road for details of regular Sue Arnautov 50 stalls, mainly from village people services and further information on and organisations, and the lengthy us in the church for the first part of the service and then go into the back any of the above: 01628 533004 procession attracted people, two or three hall for activities with our Sunday (9.00am – 1.00pm Monday to a taste of Italy at deep in places, from Buckingham Way, Express Videos & Off License School leaders for activities. Friday). the cherry tree via Sedgmoor and the Green Dragon to 3 Straight Bit Please see our website for more 9am - 11pm Northern Woods, before heading along Italian bistro with our every day Straight Bit to the Recreation Ground. details. www.fhmc.org.uk chef Pasquale, Everyday low prices Jane Routledge Thursday, Friday, Saturday on beers, wines and spirits He fitted all this in with a flourishing Beat Surgery • career in the aviation world. That evenings Every two months our local police DVD & blu-ray movie rentals began as an apprentice and university from 6.30 - 9.30 p.m. Video Game rentals - officer and colleagues hold Beat student with Westland Helicopters. 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Ashton BSc.(Hons),MCOptom CARRINGTON Flackwell Heath Women’s Institute Infant School Morning WI Evening WI A Healthy School It was a well attended meeting on a wintery but sunny For the second time this year, the speaker arranged for the morning. monthly meeting was stricken by illness. (We hope it's third Staff and pupils at Carrington Infant time lucky in March, when Mrs J Young is due to speak School had an early Christmas present Pamela Francis and Jacqui Vietch had been to the meeting to on 'Ikebana'). However, Elizabeth Dinnage, one of our the day before they broke up for select resolutions to go forward to the County Federation to Christmas when they were informed be considered for the Annual Conference. Pamela explained own members, spoke on 'The House of Windsor'. She's that they had been awarded National how the selection process worked and very briefly the three something of an expert, since she has collected cuttings Healthy Schools accreditation. resolutions which were chosen. and compiled scrapbooks on the Royal Family for many years. She showed us some of these, also a part of her So what does it take to be a Healthy We should have had a visitor to tell us how the WIs can School? It is an ongoing commitment, collections of books and souvenirs. Once people knew help to support the troops in the Combat Stress Centres but of her interest, they started to pass on royal items to her, giving everyone the opportunity to live he was unable to attend so we await further information. healthy lives by learning how to eat including sumptuous orders of service for funerals and well, take regular exercise, and ensure The competition for ‘a glass object’ had some varied coronations, and so the collection expanded...... Barbara emotional wellbeing through personal, The joys of snow at Carrington Junior entries. The winners were Margaret Flintham, Jean Worth, Dickinson thanked her on behalf of the Institute. Photo: Carrington Junior School social and health education. Gill Cann, Pamela Francis, and midge Larkom – the last The New Year Dinner had been enjoyed by all. Many three with equal points. The school had to prove that all pupils competition. The school field and thanks to Richard Chalmers and his team for the meal, and have these opportunities and did so by playground were adorned with many Edward Dixon gave us a lively talk entitled ‘Animal Heroes to Pat Kingswood for the games. Trips to 'West Side Story', giving evidence such as them having CARRINGTON interesting snowmen whilst inside and Villains of the First World War’. He used slides and the Darwin exhibition at the Natural History Museum, and their own gardens in which they grow science experiments were being carried anecdotes to illustrate the talk including some exerpts from Wimpole Hall are coming up. On Saturday 18th April, fruit and vegetables which they harvest, Junior School out with the snow. Jackey Hill and Chris Evans will be holding one of their prepare and share. In class, pupils letters written by troops in the trenches. It was a mixture prepare and eat African and Indian On 4 February, despite the snow, Year On 12 February a concert was held when of humour and sadness and a remainder of the terrible Craft Workshops. This one is a day on 'Making Greetings food as part of understanding different 3 went on a trip to the British Museum musicians from the High Wycombe conditions at the front. Cards' (by a new technique). Cost £25 to include tuition, all in London. They have been studying materials, coffee, lunch, tea and cake. For details, contact cultures, as well as seasonal food at Music Centre visited our school. They The next meeting will be on 4 March and the speaker David Ancient Egyptians, so being able to see performed and demonstrated various any WI member. Christmas and Easter and food for Lee will talk about Life and Science in the Antarctic. real Egyptian artefacts fascinated the stringed instruments. Some of the special activities e.g. fund raising for Sue Arnautov charity. Pupils learn about balanced children and brought the subject to life children, who learn a musical instrument, Jean Worth nutrition as part of their science for them. accompanied the professional musicians curriculum, planning meals and healthy The following day, the children were whilst the rest of the school sang along. how can you be a winner? • Bogus foreign lotteries - you are told lunchboxes. In this way they are able to excited by the snowfall and the Deborah Fox Neighbourhood Watch make the link between growing food, its whole school took part in a snowman • If you should choose to you have won a foreign lottery but to preparation and healthy eating. News – March 2009 respond, you may have to put claim your winnings must send off some help’. money to cover administrative fees. The School Council discussed using the news from Local Community money upfront. Our teachers have explained to us the Safety Event Often your personal details will also be outdoor area to allow more time to be • You will no doubt be spent outside, which in turn improves different ways we can learn and are requested and used to commit identity In conjunction with the police inundated with further scams. health, concentration and pupils’ JuniperSCHOOL Hill providing lots of opportunities for us fraud. This is similar to the postal scam to try these out. We have also been and Wycombe Community Safety reported above. ability to perform in the classroom. As a Looking at our Learning Power • If you give details of your bank thinking about ourselves as learners Partnership, it is planned to hold a DIRECT result the adventure playground to such organisations, you can wave • Advance fee scams - someone asks was built and basket ball hoops and This year at Juniper Hill we are when we have to give ourselves two Community Safety Event at a local goodbye to your money! you to help transfer a large sum of games tables were purchased for the thinking about our styles of learning stars and a wish after every piece of venue in the near future. This is in playgrounds. and ‘Building Learning Power’. work. Two stars means that we write response to the number of burglaries Don’t be taken in by these offers of money out of a foreign country in down two things that went well that which have occurred in our village. apparent ‘instant wealth’. Consign them return for a share of the spoils but they Every child works with Wycombe We have already trialled a new style lesson. One wish means that we write to the bin. are just looking to empty your bank Rangers to help develop and maintain of homework called ‘Learning Logs’ The event will provide residents with down one thing that we can improve. account. A recent variation involves our school grounds including the wood that is proving to be very successful. information about personal safety Get Safe Online We can research information on a When interviewed, some and property security, and a range being asked to part with money for and wild flower meadow which would The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) otherwise become overgrown and project and display it in any way we children in Year 4 told us: of inexpensive safety and security "taxes" and "visas" in relation for a fake joined forces with the organisation unusable. This work gives our pupils the prefer, for example a piece of writing, a ‘I think the traffic light trailer is a devices will be available for purchase. job offer. GetSafeOnline as part of the OFT’s opportunity to increase their awareness PowerPoint presentation or a model. brilliant idea because you get to share Watch out for further information Trading Standards (Consumer Direct): recent Scams Awareness Month, in an of and enjoy the natural environment After our Year 4 teachers attended a what you think about the lesson,” about this event. 0845 4 04 05 06 Alexander. attempt to help consumers spot and and develop their understanding of course about accelerated learning, For further information about citizenship. In addition many different Spanish Lottery Scam avoid online scams. Three of the most we have started to notice a difference “It’s very fun in Year 4 now because Neighbourhood Watch, contact extra curricular sports/physical activities common e-mail scams which consumers within our lessons. Year 4 have become we don’t always have to sit down One of our residents recently David Gresswell give pupils opportunities to try new more actively involved everyday. At should look out for are: everyday.” Nancy. received a postal communication Area Co-ordinator, Flackwell Heath sports or activities. the end of the lesson, we have a ten “I like getting up more in class because – apparently from the International • Phishing - the email appears to Tel: 525019 Lynn McMeekin minutes review, called a plenary, when it makes the lesson more interesting Lotto Commission in Spain – telling come from your bank, a company e-mail:[email protected] we talk about how well the lesson him that he had won a major prize, and more fun,” Gina . you regularly do business with, a Why would you want to work with anyone else? went. This is when we use ‘Traffic and giving information on how to YOUR LOCAL ELECTRICIAN Light Trailer’. Our teacher uses three The other teachers at Juniper have now Government Department or from your Individually Structured Fees Agreed in Advance claim this prize. Fortunately, this was Complete Accounting and Tax Solutions large circles on the floor of traffic light had training on these ideas and are social networking site and directs you to Local Presence and National Strength ElecSa Approved Part P Certification recognised as being a scam, and no colours. We each decide how well keen to try them out soon as well. The a mocked up website that asks you to FREE INITIAL CONSULTATION Fully Insured we think our understanding is in the children have been enjoying it very expensive phone call was made, or provide personal data such as account N IGEL R OCK C OOPER ACA For a free quotation and friendly lesson and move to a colour. If we much and we wish to learn more. ‘administration fee’ sent.. details, passwords and credit card T: 01628 520022 M: 07979 502479 service E: [email protected] understand it really well we move to By Preshayla, Rebecca and Gina, Year As with all these types of scams: numbers. The site is fake and your details Martin Lawrence 01628 525178 green, amber for ‘I know some parts, 4 at Juniper Hill School. • If you haven’t bought a ticket, can be used to commit identity fraud. but have more to learn’, red for ‘I need Diary of events 22 FLACKWELL HEATH 88 1 Regular events Wycombe 34 3 Saturdays The FH Royal British Legion runs dances every Saturday evening. 8.30 to 11.30 LIBRARY C C Cash Bingo Open to non members Your library offers you free Wednesdays The Silver Circle over 60 Club 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 2pm to 4 at the access to many reference Orpheus Mad March Starting Monday 16 March Royal British Legion Club. £1 including tea, cake and a chat. sites, including lots of subscription 1 Thursdays Good Companions meet every other Thursday 1.30 to 3.30 in the Community Centre. services such as Who’s Who, Times Male Voice Choir Speakers, games and conversation Digital Archive, Grove Art, British Another triumph for the Wycombe Barn Dance Mondays 1.30 to 3.00 Thursdays Flackwell Ladies Club 1st & 3rd Thurs 8pm Community Centre Standards, Issues Online (good for Orpheus Male Voice Choir as they sang Community Association’s barn dance Wednesdays 7.30 to 9.30 to another ‘sell-out’ audience. The homework) as well as BucksKey on 28 March was sold out by 14 22 which is an instant link to a selection concert, arranged to raise funds for the February. March annual Cherry Fayre, gave the choir the at the Royal British Legion Wednesday 4 Jigsaw and Paperback Library, 1.30 to 3.30, Community Centre of the most useful and informative internet sites around. Bucks Key was opportunity to showcase its excellent The advert in the Grapevine did warn Friday 6 Women’s World Day of Prayer 8pm at the Methodist Church 34 developed and is maintained by and varied repertoire. you to book early but even I did not Saturday 7 Fair Trade coffee morning, 10 - 12, Methodist Church information specialists in our libraries. The individual items, introduced in an expect to sell out quite so quickly. 10 games for £8 Saturday 14 Police Surgery 11am to 1 pm at Christ Church You can also gain access to Family amusing and informal manner, ranged Sorry, there are no more tickets! 3 Sunday 15 Flackwell Amblers walk at Hedgerley 10 am from Budgens car Park. History sites such as Ancestry. from the stirring nature of full volume to Monday 16 Bingo at British Legion, 1.30 - 3.00 Tim Kendell Open to everybody For e-mail and other internet use we the haunting note of solo voices. Every Wenesday 18 Bingo at British Legion, 7.30 - 9.00pm C Bar available charge £1 for 30 mins. word was clear and each piece had Art Exhibition Enquiries Craft, Gift & Food Stalls Saturday 28 Community Assn Barn Dance SOLD OUT some interesting or amusing variation Helen Cam Sally Adams [email protected] [email protected] 88 Saturday 28 & Juniper Hill School Art Exhibition, Craft, Gift and Food Fair Flackwell Heath Library to keep the audience alert. The whole 07769 940776 07787 304919 Further information from Sunday 29 11 am to 5 pm (Sunday 4pm) Adults £1 OAPs and children 50p 0845 2303232 evening had a real family feel and the enthusiastic applause showed the Jackie Pearce 01628 522177 Monday 30 FH Residents’ Association Annual General Meeting &.30 for 8 pm in the For more information on library Friends of Juniper Hill Registered Charity No 1012841 genuine appreciation of the listeners. Sybil Green 01628 528088. British Legion services, opening hours and Art Exhibition events please visit our website. The audience participation items were April www.buckscc.gov.uk popular favourites. The choir rose to Craft, Gift & Food Fair Flackwell Heath Village website Wednesday 1 Jigsaw and Paperback Library, 1.30 to 3.30, Community Centre the challenge of singing in Welsh and Saturday 28 March Sunday 29 March Can you access the internet? Do you Sunday 19 Flackwell Amblers walk 10 am from Budgens car Park. while contented smiles were replaced 11 am - 5 pm 11 am - 4 pm by frowns of concentration and Juniper Hill School, Churchill Close know about the Village website? The Sunday 26 Watch out for Marie Miller and Wendy Walden in the Flora London Marathon Aerobics and Yoga Flackwell Heath, HP10 9LA address is www.flackwellheath.net bemusement, the sound took me back Wednesday 29 FH Community Association AGM at 8pm in the Sarney Room at the ADMISSION: £1 Adults & 50p OAPs and Children with Caroline again to memories of sounds drifting out - and you can find out about various Community Centre. Original art contributed by local and of chapels (and pubs!) back in Wales. organisations, businesses, churches, Wednesdays at Carrington Junior well-known national artists schools etc. What, where, when, who, Aerobics 7 – 8 pm It was clear to see that the choir thrives Over 40 craft, gift & food stalls to shop at Future Events for your diary Café on the Hill and contact details. There is some Sunday 31 May Heath Light Orchestra Summer Concert Fitness Yoga 8 – 9 pm on the camaraderie and commitment of Junior Art Gallery amazingly detailed information about its members but much of its success also Children’s Workshops Sunday 12 July Cherry Fayre goes Medieval 01628 826544 or 07989 328573 the (very) local weather, and local street must be attributed to its conductor and Pocket Money Art Corner maps with a gazetteer of street names. fine accompanist. Painting Auction Raffle There is also (under Information/Books) Grapevine During the programme we were thrilled an electronic copy of 'Flackwell Heath Watch out, Paula by the talents of two local young ladies Now and Then' by Reg Wilks available Deliverer who had both succeeded in the Festival to download as a pdf file. Long out of - The Frackle mums are after you. of Young Musicians 2008, an event print, this memoir of Flackwell over Mrs Mothersdale is no longer able to Marie Miller and Wendy Walden are going to run sponsored by the WOMVC to encourage many years includes amazing details of deliver the Grapevine to 14 subscribers the 2009 Flora London Marathon on 26 April in aid the development of musical talent. www.rphtreeservices.co.uk village history. at the top end of Blind Lane. I should of the children’s cancer charity CLIC Sargent. They The interval included delicious like to thank her for the support she has The website was set up as part of the have run the Reading Half Marathon and Wycombe refreshments and wine to complete a Rob Hawker Millennium celebrations, and is run by given us in the past and wish her all the Half Marathon and are now following a sixteen week most enjoyable ‘feel good’ evening. I Office: 01628 533355 webmaster Brian Moulson. 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