Welcome to the November edition of Hallmark Autumn’s been kind and mild Welcome to Tony Bundock, our this year, warm and dry. new vicar who joined the parish However our cover photo was on October 23rd. He has given taken in in October us an introduction which is 2008. It has a curious printed below. combination of apples and I hope that many of you will be leaves still on the tree, but able to join in some of the covered in snow and with the activities at the Church over sun shining. Remembrance weekend. The I remember this snow well as the Local History Group have put in massive oak tree in our garden extensive effort to mount an was still in full leaf and could not exhibition and events to bear the weight of snow sadly it commemorate the outbreak of split down the middle and the First World War, it should be read ‘Leeds Minster’. My crashed to the ground. fascinating. apologies. Thanks to Sue D’Arcy for the In the August issue I misspelled Mike Piercy picture. the word Reverend and stated that the new vicar had worked in Editor York Minster this should have Our welcome to Lacey Green My wife Pat and I are delighted Apart from my curacy in Stansted our children and grandchildren to be making our home in Lacey Mountfitchet in the early 1980s, which we are hoping to be able Green; and we are so thankful Pat and I have lived in Greater to do, Pat and I are certainly very for the very warm welcome we London, in Birmingham, and for much looking forward to have received. We do so the last 20 years in Leeds, so becoming part of the community appreciate all the hard work that adjusting to village life will mean in Lacey Green, , has gone into preparing for our a very different way of life for us and Speen; joining the Church arrival and the arrangements for which we are looking forward to family at St. John’s; and playing the Licensing Service. I had very much indeed. as full a part as we can in village always hoped to be offered a life. House for Duty post as a local Our son David, his wife, and their Parish Vicar for this stage in my two children, live in Park Street Here in Leeds, for quite some life so I am very grateful to have near St. Albans, which is about years, I have been part of a been given this opportunity. 40 minutes from Lacey Green. Ceilidh Band and a Jazz Band Our daughter Jennifer, her playing popular standards. So, of Having previously served in husband, and their two children, course, I do hope to have at least Team Ministries in live at Cheylsmore in Coventry, some opportunities of this nature Borehamwood, Seacroft and which on a day when the M40 is now we are living here in Lacey Leeds City, it is a real bonus for reasonably clear is just over an Green. But most of all, I am me that the Lacey Green, Loosley hour or so away. So, had we looking forward to working Row and Speen post is part of looked at a map and stuck a pin alongside my colleagues in the the Risborough Team. I have in halfway between where our Risborough Team and serving the always valued working collegially two sets of grandchildren are village community as your Parish with others engaged in mission located, Lacey Green is as near Priest. and ministry, both lay and to a perfect location for Pat and I ordained. as we could ever have dreamed. Tony Bundock But, apart from seeing more of

2 Happy Wanderers Walking Group What’s On Wednesday Walks Nov 8 - 11 A small group of members meet Last month we walked from History Exhibition and on the 2 nd Wednesday of each to Common month at 10.30 am in the Lacey through some lovely woods. LG Singers - see this page Green Village Hall car park. The next walk is on Wednesday Wed Nov 19 7pm We take a circular walk for November 12th and anyone Horts: Annual pumpkin between an hour and an hour would be most welcome to join competition and supper and a half and arrive back at the us. Village Hall, sometimes stopping for a coffee en route. For further details please ring: Nov 27 -29 We walk at a leisurely pace and LGP Dinner Theatre enjoy the views and countryside Linda Taylor See page 6 and friendship. 01844 345261 Sat Nov 22 10am Church Xmas Fayre Sun Nov 30 4pm

Tree of Light - see page 6 Mon Dec 8 Windmill Under 5s Concert Fri Dec 5 2pm School Xmas Fayre Wed Jan 21 7pm Horts Club: “The Best of British”

Mobile Library Service Eastlands 11.30 to 11.55 26 Nov , 24 Dec 21 Jan

Parish Council Mon Dec 1 7.30 pm Lacey Green Hall. Windmill WI At the end of July we had a This month we also had our They sang many old popular Summer Lunch in one of our summer ramble. Another lovely songs which we all joined in and members’ gardens. The weather evening and we explored the everyone enjoyed. was beautiful and the food countryside around Princes delicious. We spent a lovely Risborough then ended up at the In September the Village Hall afternoon just eating, drinking pub for another lovely meal! Coffee Morning ladies held a and chatting. Macmillan Coffee Morning and In September we celebrated our some of our members supported Our August topic was very 27th Birthday and Pat our them by running the Tombola. interesting 'History Beneath my President made a delicious Feet'. Michael Hodges had a birthday cake and we had wine In October we had our AGM metal detector and for many and nibbles. We were and two new members joined years had been finding 'treasures' entertained by Leslie Morris and the committee. Pat stays as our which he brought along to show Keith Harris who call themselves President. Annual reports from us. 'Anything Goes'. the Secretary and President were read and the Financial Statement was presented. After the business we enjoyed two quizzes with cake and coffee.

Last Saturday we had one of our biannual jumble sales, a very successful fund raiser. We had a busy morning sorting, then lunch at the pub. This was followed by a busy afternoon selling.

In October we had our Group Meeting where Mr Mike Beech spoke about 'The History of a Victorian Glasshouse'.

At our November monthly meeting Val Edwards will be talking about Chenies Manor and Garden which should be very interesting.

You would always be welcome at our WI, we have some lovely times together. We meet the first Wednesday of every month in the Village Hall at 7.45pm. We would love to see you. Ann Bartlett Lacey Green Productions This edition of Hallmark will located near Didcot, run by Beyond the end of November come out shortly before our volunteers mostly. They have and “Harlequinade”, LGP will be November play but there may be 6,000 theatrical costumes and concocting a new murder a few tickets still available. We could probably fit out a Roman mystery entertainment for are performing on Thursday, Legion, a platoon of First World several organisations who have Friday and Saturday, November War soldiers or the cast of invited us to perform.

27 th , 28 th and 29 th (dinner and bar Downton Abbey! Unfortunately This new murder mystery will be for the 28 th and 29 th , nibbles and they now have to move from their current premises and are developed by the members of bar for the 27 th ). So it’s not too the cast from the germ of an late to make that call to reserve looking for a kindly landlord in idea, which usually emerges your seats! Just telephone 01844 south Oxfordshire to help them. from somebody’s fevered 347518 or 347818 or send an Let us know if you have a imagination at about 2 am on a email to us via contact, please. cold winter’s night! [email protected] We have also been building a If your organisation would like to The play will be a comedy by balcony well you can’t do raise money for a good cause, Terence Rattigan called scenes from “Romeo and Juliet” then LGP will be happy to “Harlequinade”. It is set in the without one, can you? At the provide a murder mystery late 1940s and the plot revolves time of writing, we have just entertainment. We are aiming to around a touring theatre discovered that we may have be ready with this after Easter company, which is led by a made it too high and Juliet may 2015 – let’s say the merry month couple who are getting far too need an oxygen mask! of May to be certain. old to play Romeo and Juliet. But As usual, LGP donates its profits they will keep trying! from our performances to If you would like to be involved with LGP, we are always looking We have been busy hiring charities, both local and national. for new members to join us to costumes for “Harlequinade”, If you have any particular charity help in whatever capacity you since we need both 1940s and in mind (especially local ones) like. Please get in touch via the Elizabethan clothes. We then please let us know. Since website, managed to locate an amazing we started donating over 30 www.laceygreenproductions.co.uk costume hire organisation years ago, we have raised over £55,000 and we hope that the or call 01844 344207. audiences for “Harlequinade” Peter Brookhouse The Tree of Light will help us to boost this figure in the gardens at the corner of still further. New Road and Duke Street PR provides an opportunity to honour, remember or celebrate the life of someone special by VILLAGE QUIZ NIGHT sponsoring a light on the Tree. Twenty teams took part in the We would like to thank everyone The dedication ceremony will recent Quiz Night held in the who took part in the teams, the take place at 4.00 pm on Village Hall. Jamie Carter was Quizmaster, scorers and all of our Sunday 30 November. once again the Quiz Master and members (and their husbands!) Lights on the Tree will remain lit this year the winners were a team who helped to make it such a until the end of the year. from the Whiteleaf Bowmen successful evening. We were very closely followed by the Windmill pleased that we were able to send All proceeds will be shared WI with Lacey Green Productions £270 to the Village Hall. between Rennie Grove Hospice coming third. Care and Rotary charities. Daphne Williams £5000 was donated in 2013. Hon Sec : The Windmill WI On The Farm One hundred years ago Britain stabled at the farm and exercises to ‘Heygates’ in Tring for milling was in the grip of agricultural done in the ‘Home Field’ which into flour, i.e. not downgraded depression. The traditional stretched from the drive to the for cattle feed. seven fat years and seven lean school. (The only houses there We are now preparing for winter had not occured. It had been were Graham Cottages). They (this is written on 14th October.) okay up to the 1870s, then went also took the small schoolroom. Most stock will come indoors as downhill right up until WW2. The farm dining room was an the grass stops growing enough army hospital and the old grain The value of Stocken Farm will to support them and the ground store was their blacksmith’s give some idea of the situation. conditions become too wet. workshop. In 1877 Charles Brown sold the The young heifers are coming in farm of 167 acres to John Forrest Back to the present now, prior to serving next of Grymsdyke for £8,250, he In recent months farming income month. Those already incalf will built two semidetached houses has had a drop in all sectors, be indoors soon. We don’t want on the site of Graham Cottages. mainly due to good supplies. them to lose condition prior to In 1911 the farm, including the Our milk price has dropped 18% calving and subsequent milking. new houses was sold to William so far since July. There is The rest of the milking herd is Saunders for £3,400. William probably 10% more milk in already in. The beef cattle tend Saunders already owned a large Europe than last year. Also, next to be hardier and will stay out all field called ‘Hillocks’ which he year milk quotas are being winter. added to Stocken Farm. In 1934 abolished in the EU after 30 Stocken Farm, including the years of limiting production. UK extra acres and the new houses DEFRA Rules production has been under New rules from DEFRA: was sold for £3,225. Land was quotas for many years. Russia 1. Grow three different crops. being abandoned. The new has put an import ban on We do, but some farms don’t. owner however rented it out to European dairy produce. Our 2. Grow a ‘greening’ element, Dick and Hilda West. Hilda’s dairy ‘Arla’ does export to Russia, such as a nitrogen fixing crop, or stepmother acted as guarantor to and this is probably costing us 2p leave land fallow. We may grow pay the rent for it was a a litre, where every fraction of a lucerne to make into silage for requirement in those hard times. penny makes a huge difference. the cows. Lucerne is related to In 1914 there were no cows kept clover. Cereal prices are down about here. Cows need a lot of water 40%. It is predicted that world Whether it foretells a hard winter and piped water didn’t come stocks will have increased again or not I wouldn’t like to say, but until 1934. The farms produced by the end of the year, with high the hedgerows and trees have hay and straw for London for the yields throughout the northern been spectacularly laden this many horses and the numerous hemisphere. The UK harvest was autumn. Wildlife has had a tiny dairy herds that supplied the up in volume by about 3 million bonanza. It is my own belief that city. Here the farm horses drank tonnes. Beef prices had gone they are responding to the from the ponds. down but may have turned the conditions they have had, not William Saunders was extremely corner now. These changes can forecasting what is to come. distressed when at the top of happen very quickly and some Whatever the case we shall have White Hill, at Holtspur, taking a are difficult to predict. to accept what we are given. loaded wagon of straw to Interesting to watch but not As this is the last Hallmark before London he had his best horses something we can do anything Christmas I hope you are given taken by the army during the about. precious memories and joy at war. Our harvest was okay. Rape that time. The army was here too. The yields were reasonable with oil Royal Engineers were billeted in content above 45%. Wheat Joan West the village. The horses were yielded well and hopefully will go

6 Windmill Under 5s The autumn term at Windmills is informed that it is proving very both for all of your hard work now well under way, but thanks popular with everyone. and dedication to the preschool to the amazing Indian Summer – you will be sorely missed and a the children are continuing to In September we welcomed five tough act to follow! As I take enjoy many outdoor activities. new children to the preschool, over from Johanna as Chair, I am The theme this term is Fairy Tales and have three more due to start very thankful that six committee and Nursery Rhymes. The after half term. This means that members have agreed to stay on, children have been enjoying the the preschool is once again full, and three new members have book “The Jolly Postman” and and literally buzzing with happy joined us. I am pleased that we many parents will have received children who are enthusiastic and continue to have a strong and letters that the children have keen to learn. It is no surprise diverse membership, and look written and posted home. that the waiting list is also filling forward to the challenges ahead. up fast and this is testament to At the end of last term we said an the fabulous job that the staff: Looking forward to the rest of emotional goodbye to 11 Angela, Louisa, Elise, Annie, Lucy, this term, we have our first children who have moved up to Keeley and Paula, do in making fundraising event in just a couple “big school”, and two who have Windmills a fun and successful of weeks’ time in the form of the moved to other preschools in environment for our children. annual Halloween party. This has preparation for “big school”. Thank you to you all for your been a great success in recent Their departure was marked in hard work and commitment. years, so here’s hoping that this traditional Windmills style with a Particular mention must go to year’s proves to be as good. We leaving party, the theme of which Elise who graduated this month are also starting to plan for our was “when I grow up”. The from her Working with Children Christmas activities, and I am children all looked fantastic in and Young People Foundation sure that it won’t be long before their costumes and I hope that at degree. Elise has worked the children start practising for least some of them achieve their extremely hard to achieve this the Christmas play and renditions dreams, although I am not sure and we are all very proud of her of Rudolf the Red Nosed how many vacancies there are – congratulations Elise. Reindeer are heard up and down for pirates! Again, in accordance Main Road! with Windmills traditions the The new academic year also parents of the school leavers very brings change in the committee If you would like your child to generously donated a new unit of Windmills. At the AGM this join Windmills, we are currently for the home corner and some week we said farewell to Johanna taking registrations for lovely wooden play food for the Young who has been a fantastic September 2015 and would children to perfect their culinary chair for the last year, and to recommend that you apply soon skills. Thank you all for this Jude Woods Ballard who has to avoid disappointment. wonderful gift – I am reliably been an amazing treasurer for the last two years. Thank you Victoria Geenes

7 Tennis Club The Tennis Club has had an Three years ago the Club So now there is no excuse, excellent year both on and off struggled to put together any particularly with the numerous the court. sort of team, but now we have reports in the media on the some 1013 players to select benefits of regular exercise! Last autumn, for the first time, we from. entered a men’s team in the Financially, we have had a very Winter League. Whilst we have plenty of players pleasing year with record levels Despite a number of matches in the 3560 age range, there are of subscription income and a big being cancelled due to poor few in their twenties or early effort in fund raising. However, weather, we managed to come thirties. This seems to be a there is still much to be done, second in Division 8 and earned common theme amongst local and at a very minimum we need ourselves promotion to Division clubs, and we would welcome to resurface court 1 and replace 7. This success gave us more players in this category. It the fencing around courts 1 and momentum in the summer is worth remembering that we 2. League where we came top and have very special rates for those We also have plans for a new will be playing in Division 6 next who are at University and under wooden pavilion where summer. 25. members can shelter from the The ladies also had a successful Junior tennis coaching continues elements and make hot drinks. season. They came second in during the autumn and winter. This capital expenditure will Division 7 and will be promoted Our Head Coach Steve Bell, require a huge effort by next season, and I am also offers pay as you go coaching so everyone. Hopefully some of delighted that they have decided you can pick and choose your our grant applications will also to enter the winter League this sessions. The undertens lesson prove successful! autumn. is at 9.45am on Saturdays and Finally, we have our Christmas the overtens is at 10.30am. No doubt, part of this success is party to look forward to on due to more frequent practice New juniors and students who Thursday 4 December. We sessions and an increase in core wish to join the club can take have booked a table for 25 at the players willing to represent the advantage of our special winter Whip, and I suspect there will be Club. This is particularly evident rate of just £10. Similarly, the a few sore heads on Friday in the men’s team. low season family and adult morning! membership is £50 and £25 respectively. Nigel Glenister

8 Community Champions to remain independent in their Should you wish to have further own homes. information please email us or telephone Elizabeth or Katie on The role of the ‘Community the number below. Champion’ is to liaise with the local community to create Thank you for taking the time to awareness of the service on offer consider our request. within the area and visit older On the Menu is a small socially people that require the service to responsible organisation that Mike Riley make sure they have adequate On The Menu Ltd aims to support those who, for deliveries of food on a weekly Basepoint Centre whatever reason, can no longer basis. 1 Winnall Valley Road cook for themselves and require Winchester, SO23 0LD smaller size meals that meet their Regular contact with the older Tel Office: 01962 832566 dietary needs. people (over the phone and/or in person) is an important We are setting up a network of ongoing part of the role, as often ‘Community Champions’ older people feel socially throughout to isolated. inform their local community of our nutritious hand prepared All of our meals and desserts are food and home delivery service freely delivered by our for older people. Buckinghamshire delivery partner ‘Festival Catering In order to achieve this we are Supplies’ based in Aylesbury. looking for caring, community oriented people who have a For further information about On ‘neighbourly attitude’ in their the Menu please visit our web local area to join our team. site www.onthemenufood.com Our network benefits local communities by both providing some parttime selfemployment, as well as assisting older people

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9 Princes Trust At a Special Event held on Friday This will now safeguard the Fundraising will continue for the 10th October attended by Joe future of Day Care Services in time being as there are many Barclay, the High Sheriff of this area and provide a hub for very expensive repairs and work Buckinghamshire, Cllr Carl community use. He stressed that required to bring the buildings Etholen, the Chairman of the this was only possible because of up to scratch, and so it is hoped Trustees, was able to announce the massive support received that people will continue to give to the guests that the trustees from local people and support, although, now the have completed the purchase of organisations and conveyed a buildings are purchased, we are the buildings of the Princes huge thank you to everyone in a better position to acquire Centre from Bucks County from the trustees. grants to help in some areas. Council. Maggie Wooster Your Country needs You! It was just a poster with the Thus from 1870 agricultural work Windsor chair makers in High Prime Minister pointing straight had been uncertain. Some years Wycombe. These were for sale. at them, but they volunteered in whole crops had been ruined, so They also sold bundles of their thousands. Now in 2014 there was no harvest. Those faggotts (kindling). Maybe they you wonder why it had such an years hit people the hardest as did take some home and effect. But this was 1914, and their gardens would have certainly the shavings (also one reason might have been that suffered likewise. So then, no saleable ie for butchers’ shop life was not good at home. pay and no produce. It floors) and sawdust would bank continued wet and WW1 is a fire up at night. This was a rural parish, most renowned for the mud. THE people worked in agriculture. HOW DID THOSE WHO WERE POSTER MEANT WORK AND When there was work to do, no NOT BODGERS MANAGE? THE PAY. work meant no pay. Between POSTER MEANT WORK AND 1870 and 1889 a series of wet The cottages were not large, they PAY. summers began the agricultural were damp and dark. Cooking When the war began to take depression. Then in 1890 more often than not was done in such a heavy toll on life the 1894 five years of droughts a pot hung over the fire. To poster disappeared and callup made the depression much combat the damp the fire would began. First only single men deeper. be kept in all the time, banking it aged 1430, then married men up at night. In the 1850s there In 1891 a great blizzard in May were added. Lastly it was had been many acres of with snow, hail and frost caused extended up to 40 years. woodland from which the many deaths. In 1893 a drought people could gather fallen wood. 37 MEN DIED FROM THIS dried up pastures, vegetables, By late 1890s there only PARISH. Countless others fruit and arable crops. Ponds remained the roots (shucks). By came home suffering from shell dried up. (There was no tap 1911 there were no woods left. shock, survival guilt, mustard gas water till 1934). 1903 was very Now how to keep the cottage and depression. Very few ever wet and crops were ruined. In dry and to cook? talked about it. June 1912 a massive volcano in Alaska and others in Central At Hampden the private estate America and the Caribbean, had woods which occasionally Local History Group including ‘Pelee’ in Martinique they thinned or felled, selling the filled the sky with ash, blocking trees by auction. Some would out the sun, making the summer be bought by ‘bodgers’ who cold grey and stormy. turned legs and arms for

10 Westminster calling My parliamentary mailbox has Steve Sidhu at the Commons, he been even more varied than explained that the company usual over the last six months. As supplied food grown or reared always, most emails and letters within 10 miles of their office. Do are not about policy issues but check it out on about individual problems: www.tenmilemenu.co.uk . And housing, tax, benefits, antisocial I’m about to host a Bucks food behaviour, getting the right event at Westminster to school place for a child or the introduce my colleagues to some right care for an elderly parent. of our top local food producers. As for policy, constituents have On HS2, I’ve been helping been in touch about everything constituents with petitions to the from Ukraine to Iraq to animal Select Committee that is now welfare to speed cameras. looking in detail at the route. It’s I always enjoy meeting local like a planning inquiry with a businesses. It’s a chance to panel of MPs in place of an understand better what Inspector. My own petition (one government can do (or indeed of nearly 2000 submitted) argues stop doing!) to make it easier for for more tunnelling through the firms to succeed. Unemployment AONB as well as other measures With Steve Sidhu in the constituency is now under to mitigate the noise and visual 1.5 %. That’s good news but for intrusion, plus better, fairer The MPs on the Committee are jobs to be secure and living compensation arrangements. not allowed to have any personal standards to improve we need to The Committee has power to or constituency interest in HS2 do everything in our power to write this kind of change into the and the chairman has assured help businesses thrive. HS2 Bill. me that he understands that In Bucks we have some real We don’t yet know when the individual petitioners may be success stories, from Arla’s new Committee will turn its attention nervous about giving evidence dairy outside Aylesbury to small to Buckinghamshire . They’ve and that he will make sure they businesses like Speen’s Ten Mile started work by looking at the get a fair hearing. Menus. When I met its founder, Birmingham end of the route. I also asked Sir David Higgins, the new Chairman of HS2 Ltd and the man who was in charge of building the Olympic facilities in London, to come to our area to see some of the people and places that will be badly affected if HS2 goes ahead. I took him to Wendover, Stoke Mandeville and Aylesbury and introduced him to local campaigners. My impression was that he listened very seriously to the points made but the proof of the pudding will be in what he does to mitigate the impact of the project. David Liddington

With Sir David Higgins and local campaigners 11 County Council News We need to make some tough bill and save on carbon decisions about the services we emissions. provide. The public consultation Transport for Buckinghamshire to hear all views and opinions (TfB) has a three year from Residents closes on Nov 9 programme to replace (see page 30). The results are conventional lamps with LED being collated to help us make lights on main roads.€In the first decisions on areas where we year 2,500 street lights were should reduce spending, areas converted. When the £3.2 where we should continue to million programme is complete invest and whether we need to nearly 8,000 lamps€out of 10,200 increase council tax further.€ streetlights€will have been replaced with LEDs. For the past year, the Council has been working with agencies LED€technology is a modern and including€ efficient means of lighting roads and Health to develop a€Multi at night. These have€a 15year Agency Safeguarding Hub lifespan around three times the Bucks County Council provides (MASH) for the area.€The MASH life of conventional lamps many important services, was launched last month made and€will save 16,000 individual including safeguarding children up of a range of organisations in lamp changes across the county. and supporting the elderly.€ Buckinghamshire with As well as annual replacement However, the Council’s budget is responsibility for safeguarding savings of £135,720, an changing – with less money from both adults and children. additional€£105,318 will be saved on energy bills every year, the government, more people The colocating of key living longer and a growing and carbon emissions€will be safeguarding agencies enables reduced by€around 495 tonnes. population, it means that earlier identification of risks to financial pressures are greater TfB will also make savings in staff vulnerable children and adults time, equipment, and vehicle than ever.€ More people need and a more coordinated, services from the council and we wear and tear. The LEDs give a effective and timely response to brighter and cleaner light, aiding are facing a shortfall of £28m in strategically implement the budget for next year which visibility on the roads at night. safeguarding decisions. This will €The light is also more includes £11m less from central in turn contribute to improved government. directional, reducing light outcomes for children and pollution and glare to drivers' In the last three years the vulnerable adults.€ eyes. Council has made savings of Also in light of recent events I wish you all a very Merry £55m by changing how it works nationally, it was agreed back in and what it delivers. We have Christmas and a Happy New September at our last Council Year 2015. If there are any further plans to help lessen the meeting that the sum of £4.8 m shortfall for 2015/16 by savings matters relating to the County was vied from reserves plus £1m Council that you would like to of £16m. However this is not for contingencies to support enough and the gap after these raise, please don’t hesitate to Children’s Services and contact me either via email savings have been made is still safeguarding our children very large at £12m. [email protected] or by throughout the County. telephone 01494 564771 and if Therefore changes to reduce More Light Emitting Diode (LED) you would like a person to services are essential. Even with street lights are being installed person meeting with me, I will an increase in council tax there across Buckinghamshire to cut happily come and see you. will be changes that will affect the county council's electricity you and your community.€ Carl Etholen

12 Happy Wanderers Sunday 27th July Continuing over the main road On a fine sunny morning 19 and joining the path which took Happy Wanderers two dogs and us through West Wood, back two guests met by the Red Lion past the back of the Manor at Chenies. gardens into the village to the Red Lion. The walk lasted just We set off down the road into over two hours. the village passing the Church and just short of Chenies Manor. Sunday lunch time at the pub We took the path on the right was very busy but they managed heading down hill through the to accommodate those who wood to Chenies Bottom over wished to stop for lunch the river Chess. We turned left although service was a little slow. onto the path which then ran A very enjoyable Sunday parallel to the river on the way to morning walk. Many thanks to Latimer where we turned left Tony Molesworth for leading our over the river just below the walk. Neptune waterfall. Looking up stream we were able to spot a Ron Goodearl small trout in the stream. Sunday 31st August The keeper allowed us to cross enjoying the river traffic and A fine sunny day for our walk. 19 the lock before he opened the other walkers on the way. gates for the boats. We then Happy Wanderers arrived at the Completing the walk back to the Mill End car park where it was turned left onto the path leading us past the Flowerpot Inn and up car park we had managed 6.4 quite a shuffle to park as it was miles. Most of the party retired nearly full of a collection of the road to the footpath to Remenham. This gave us great to the Frog at for an vehicles belonging to a film excellent lunch to round off the company. views across the valley towards and Temple Island. day A couple set off on their own for On reaching the Remenham Our thanks to Helen and David a short walk, the remainder of us for leading an enjoyable walk. made our way to the river where road we turned left and made we crossed the Hambleden weir. our way to Henley here we took the tow path back along the river Ron Goodearl bank to Hambleden weir

13 Sunday 12th October – a great way to preserve an Inside a lowbeamed pub at the iconic feature. end of a picturesque We were all booked into the Cambridgeshire village 31 Coach House Hotel at Flint members of the Happy Cross, taking over the whole Wanderers had gathered for place which was just as well lunch at the start of the annual because any other guest would twoday ‘away from home’. not have been able to hear In the afternoon, after the official themselves think as the Pigs at the Model Farm photograph had been taken, we conversation escalated once we divided into two groups. One all sat down to eat. Traditionally The walk along farm tracks, group explored the village of we sit with different people at across fields and through woods Barrington which had several each meal which makes the felt somewhat more than the beautiful thatched cottages, group very friendly. advertised 4½ miles, as we were some with examples of the local Come Monday however the lashed by the wettest rain ever, thatcher’s skill of modelling birds programme changed slightly due which even soaked through to placed on the roof. The other to the very bad weather that had underwear. It was all very group set off on a fivemile walk arrived overnight. Some enjoyable and not to be missed! under the leadership of Johnny members had to paddle to their We finished yet another and Edie Radford. This was a cars in the car park and the wonderful, flat trek through enjoyable two days with a visit to programme proved its flexibility Cambridge, some to walk along beautiful countryside which gave by allowing us to enjoy the us the opportunity to admire the the Backs, some to the house on the Wimpole Estate FitzWilliam Museum and some local village houses as we passed initially. Then 11 hardy walkers by. An intriguing thing we to a littleknown gem the Kettle set off, leaving the rest to Yard Gallery. Many thanks to noticed was that the old red compose their own itinerary telephone kiosks had been the Radfords for organising a around the walled garden, home great two days. pressed into service as book farm and excellent restaurant. exchanges for the local villagers Liz Southon

Sunday 29th June Initially both groups set off along with a clear sight of the fairmile 18 Happy Wanderers met next the track behind the Hambleden section of the river leading to the Stag and Huntsman Public Tennis Club. Shortly after this Jo toward Henley. A short but steep House in Hambleden on a led the short walk group off into path through the woods and a gloriously sunny Sunday morning the meadows leading to Mill End flatter but more circuitous route with the village church bells while Peter took the larger group for the strollers brought both ringing out joyously. across the fields to intercept the groups back to Hambleden road from Rotten Row. The where some indulged in a late This venue must be very popular routes for both groups eventually morning coffee at the village as about 40 walkers from various merged near the public car park shop. other group were also lining up at Mill End and continued across to start their routes and late farmland parallel to the Henley Liz Lewin comers had some difficulty in road. While Jo's group took short locating parking spaces. cuts where possible, the main group walked as far as the edge The leaders of our walk were of the Hambleden Show Ground Peter and Jo Clee and they before turning and climbing described the general nature of back up to the woods behind the walk and explained that there Hambleden village. This afforded was a shorter and less hilly route both groups some panoramic for those who preferred a more views over the Thames valley, gentle stroll.

14 St John’s School The start of the Autumn Term has inside having a lovely warm drink been a busy one and our new and looking at the rain! Yes, we children in Reception and in Year all ran in the pouring rain! 3 have settled in well and are The rain dripped down my face enjoying school. as I stood at the start line. Our year 6 pupils are enjoying Adrenaline pumped through my their roles as the eldest children veins, nothing could stop me in the school and new House now! After the long, everlasting , Captains have been appointed. briefing the horn went. I was off! They are now busy carrying out Every person put their all into volunteers from Year 6 who run their duties, encouraging the whatever they were meant to do, the Go for Gold Scheme, younger children to do their best. if it was running, cheering or encouraging children to walk to The Pupil Council has now been making sure everyone was there school. Two of the children were elected with Mark Drewett from and safe, they all tried their best. I selected to attend a JRSO Fun year 6 as chair. The children have would like to say thank you to all Day. Here is their report: decided that this year’s charity the teachers that came to cheer On Friday 10th October, Holly will be Cancer Research and me and my friends on. and Sebastian went to a JRSO fun each class will now organise their day in Aylesbury. We went to 3 own events to raise money. Princes Risborough different activities. They were School Tournaments parking problems, road safety Hughenden Cross The school was also represented and how to organise an Country at a football and netball Assembly. All these activities Although it is still early in the tournament at Princes were really useful for us and they year, the school has already taken Risborough School. Once again, gave us some new tips for our part in a number of sporting St John’s pupils performed well school! We really enjoyed going events. At the beginning of and showed good teamwork and to the JRSO fun day and October children from years 5 sportsmanship. representing our school and we and 6 represented the school at would love to go again. This report comes from Sam and the Hughenden Cross Country Tomasz in Year 6: Competition organised by Sebastian and Holly

Wycombe Phoenix Athletics On 7 th October 2014, the St The JRSOs are now organising a Club. All the children who raced, John’s School football team went Half Term poster competition to from Years 5 and 6, were to the Princes Risborough Upper promote safety. Key Stage 1 fantastic. They gave 100% School for a tournament. We children are invited to design a commitment and showed great played against Naphill, Princes poster to stop children riding teamwork, cheering each other Risborough Primary, scooters in the playground, at the on. It was a very strong field of and schools. beginning and end of the day. runners with many that attended We played matches all afternoon The Key Stage 2 children will be running clubs. All our children and eventually won 2 matches trying to encourage considerate should be very proud of and lost 2, ending up in 3 rd place. parking outside school. The themselves. We were all very proud when we winning designs will be displayed This is what Beth Podmore (Y6) were all presented with Bronze at school and on our website. medals. It was so much fun and thought about the event: We are all looking forward to the we will support St John’s Christmas Fayre on Friday On Saturday 4 th October a group wherever we go. December 5th from 2pm. of Year 5 and 6 girls and boys Everyone is welcome. went to Hughenden Park to run a News from our JRSOs [hard!] Cross Country race. That The JRSOs (Junior Road Safety Jo Rodbourne day you were probably sitting Officers) at St John’s are

15 After a lovely summer of sea side, pirate and teddy bear workshops we are back to our normal Autumn routine. I have been pleased to welcome lots of new starts, some the children of parents who came to Kindergym up to 25 years ago. Has anyone any photos of that Under a Jungle tree and Erupting Volcano. time? I would love some “Then and Now” photos. ( Yes they were in colour at that time!) We are about to start our Autumn songs, and soon, of course the magic of Christmas will be upon us and Santa will be popping in and out of the chimney as usual. I am pleased to report we have managed to buy a new trampoline mat so the big trampoline is still in operation and we have a large crash mat for the reception to yr 3 children so they can master dive forward rolls amongst other gymnastic moves in the reopened 3.30pm Along the same lines we are also Places will go quickly so book in class. taking reservations for our early Christmas Shopping day [email protected] Following the success of our opportunity, also at “Rumble in the Jungle” during or 01844 344441 for Jenny and Village hall, when we will be the Summer holidays, we will be 07793 807454 for Gabby running a 10am – 3pm running “Room on the Broom” workshop based on Christmas on Saturday 25 th October 10am Jenny Magic on Saturday Dec 6 th . – 3pm for ages 3 yrs – 7 yrs. (Older siblings welcome to help). This will take place at Bledlow Village Hall where we have a lovely safe outside area to explore. Children are left on their own with us for a creative mix of art, craft, music, games and let’s pretend and, above all, fun! Parents can get ready for the half term break or just have a day out!

16 District Council News I have to apologise if District Flyover Council News sounds more like Lastly for construction news, ‘Construction News’ at the work is nearing completion to moment, but more progress has finish repairs to the Abbey Road been made with the major flyover in High Wycombe, which developments at Handy Cross, will now become permanently such as the new Sports and one way going east. Fortunately, Leisure Centre, the Waitrose experience has shown that store being built alongside and reducing the carriageway to one the NEXT home store. The lane (needed to ensure the safety buildings themselves are now of the flyover) has not caused becoming visible as the new additional traffic delays. Also, it facilities rise from the has been possible to reopen the foundations and (weather Lily’s Walk link road to the Eden permitting) the schedules are all Centre in the other direction, looking good for openings at which will make the upcoming and there are more payment various times during 2015. Christmas shopping task much options available. Although it is too early to release easier! any details, very positive For taxpayers, ANPR provides a discussions are taking place with Parking more costeffective and efficient a number of companies who are In the last issue of Hallmark, I way for the Council to manage keen to occupy the new office outlined the implementation of its car parks. the new Automatic Number facilities planned for the site, One key change which requires Plate Recognition (ANPR) system some of which will occupy the some getting used to is that with in Princes Risborough and this is space vacated by the current ANPR, payment is made as you now fully up and running. sports centre when it is leave the car park, rather than demolished. This is excellent I am aware of some initial when you arrive. (You have the news as these developments will teething problems such as with choice of paying there and then create more local jobs and the cameras missing some or paying online or by mobile stimulate the District economy. vehicles and also more recently phone.) some glare issues with the This has caused a little confusion screen, but these are all being at first, but experience from Work is also starting in the worked on and WDC is around the District and Hughenden Valley area, with the confident that these early elsewhere in the country construction of a new road, hiccups can be resolved: suggests that people quickly offices for Bucks CC, a care operation in the various other car adjust. home and additional facilities for parks across the district is now Bucks New University all in the running smoothly. pipeline. You may have noticed Mel Foster that the Jewsons depot near to ANPR Benefits [email protected] 01494 488905 Morrisons has been demolished, To reiterate the reasons WDC which indicates the starting point has moved to this new system, for the new road. Most of this ANPR brings many benefits for development takes place on land residents, there is no need to behind the houses on rush back if your ticket is Hughenden Road so hopefully, expiring, there is reduced risk of there will be minimal disruption. getting a parking penalty fine,

17 Community Planning Group Library service on-line Most readers will be able to order increase the numbers of these, if The proposed online library from home, provided that they possible. If you have any spare service is due to start up on are connected to the Internet. time during the day, or even if Monday 5 November, and will For readers that are not already you haven’t, do join the team. operate for an initial trial period online, there will be a computer Even a couple of hours once a of 6 months. The advantage of in Lacey Green Stores that you month is useful. You would be the online booking service is that will be able to use. Books can doing something positive in it obviates the need to travel into later be returned to the Stores. support of your village, and you Princes Risborough. Any fines or other charges that can make your CV look even may apply will be dealt with better. It would be helpful for us to know directly by the library service in the names of anyone intending to Princes Risborough. The Welcome Pack make use of the service, so if you The group does its best to give a intend to do so, please pop in to Lacey Green Stores Welcome Pack to new residents visit the shop and tell whoever The shop is open weekday in the Parish. However, it is quite happens to be in charge. mornings from 9.00 to noon, and difficult to know when someone we would like to see it used more has moved in, and would ask The service enables members of by residents. Note that we can readers to tell us about any the Bucks County Council library provide a newspaper for you, so newcomers. to order a book online, and have long as you tell us in advance. it delivered to Lacey Green Stores, hopefully on the following Tony Molesworth The shop is run by a team of (01844 344975) Monday. You then collect it. volunteers, and we would like to [email protected] . On-line book orders: Tough decisions for tough times Log on to the library website (www.buckscc.gov.uk/libraries) Council Budget Consultation Click on ‘renew or request library items’, ‘more pages’, and Help us make tough decisions We need to make some tough ‘anywhere’ about the council’s budget and decisions about the services we Click on ‘title’, ‘author’, or our spending priorities for next provide. We’re asking you to give ‘subject search’. year.€ us your views€on possible Enter your choice in the blank changes to council tax and what’s Your County Council provides enclosure, and click ‘OK’. (You important for the Council to many important services, may have to try several deliver for you. including safeguarding children possibilities, to find the exact and supporting the elderly.€ Tell us where you think we item you are looking for). You However, the Council’s budget is should prioritise spending your should see a list of various changing. With less money from council tax in this year’s Budget books, including your specific the government, more people Consultation online at choice. living longer and a growing www.buckscc.gov.uk/budget . Click on the square adjacent to population our job is more Alternatively you can pick up a the chosen item difficult than ever.€ More people leaflet from your local library. Click on ‘reserve selections’ need services from the council Enter your borrower ID and Deadline for responses to the yet we are facing a budget gap of PIN, and click ‘OK’. consultation is 9 th November. £12 million next year. Click on ‘change pickup Following this the results will be location’ Changes to reduce services are shared at the Cabinet meeting on Select ‘Lacey Green click and essential – even with an increase 8 December. in council tax there will be collect’ changes that will affect you and Click on ‘submit’ your community.€

18 Our website has recently been in a fair and equitable manner to We welcome applications for revised, it now includes access to reflect the value of the grants from groups and our hand coloured footpath map. organisations, services or organisations but in order for This map shows all the footpaths activities to the residents. these to be considered for next and bridleways within the Lacey year they must be received Recently we have made small Green Parish boundary, before the end of this month, grants to St John’s Church, Lacey annotated with their numbers. November. Green and Speen Village Halls, If you find any of our paths Speen Playing Fields, Princes Please send your request and a obstructed or overgrown please Risborough Community Bus, copy of your accounts to: Sue report this, in the first instance, to Speen Festival, the Windmill Griffiths, Lacey Green Parish Bucks County Council Rights of Restoration Committee, and Clerk, c/o The Princes Centre, Way section at several other local organisations. Clifford Road, Princes http://www.transportforbucks.ne Risborough, Buckinghamshire In special cases we may be able t/Tellus.aspx and add the prefix HP27 0DP. to grant short term loans. Two LAG to the number to identify recent examples are at Lacey For further information and to the paths in our parish. If you Green Tennis Club where a three contact the Parish Council please prefer you can telephone year reducing loan was needed visit our website at Highways on 0845 230 2882 or to help fund the resurfacing of http://www.laceygreenpc.org.uk 01286 382416. the No 2 court and at the Speen November is an important Playing Field Pavilion where we John Sherlock month for the Parish Council this provided a short term bridging is when we hold our estimates loan to enable the replacement meeting to set our budgets for of the roof. the next financial year. At the estimates meeting we consider our continuing expenses and whether we are still getting best value. We look at future projects and weigh up the nicetodo against the must do. It is also when we consider all the requests we have received for financial help from the groups and organisations active within our villages. We get many requests throughout the year and the Council is pleased to help all worthy causes. Parish councils have the power to give financial support to local initiatives but we have a An example of a footpath in need of repair. responsibility to distribute money LAG 40 obstructed by overgrown brambles

19 St John’s Church Everyone from Lacey Green, Regular Services at St. Loosley Row, and Speen is welcome. John’s Church We would especially like to hear SUNDAY from the descendants of those 8.00am Holy Communion involved in the Great War, and (1662) 1st, 2nd, & 4th Sundays invite them to place a cross to 10.00am All age Worship honour their ancestors on this Communion 100th Anniversary of the 1st Sunday of the month. outbreak of War. 10.00am Parish Communion Same Sunday 9th at 3.00pm a 2nd, 3rd, 4th, (&5th) Sundays talk from Rev. Arthur Taylor who will speak among other aspects Junior Church at 10.00am – all Past events about the Oxford and Bucks services other than 1st, held in We do sincerely thank all the Light Infantry. Cost £5.00 per upper room. visiting clergy who have been person. inspirational, sincere, and The History Exhibition will be TUESDAY 9.30am Communion Service in friendly during the Interregnum, open from 2.00pm – 4.30pm. Lady Chapel at St. John’s. and will continue being Teas will be served, supportive. accompanied by singing from St. 2.00pm Toddler Praise – Our harvest supper was superb – John’s adult choir. Toddlers meet Tuesday afternoons during term time. delicious food provided by the There will be a Junior Choir choir, after evensong, “we Concert for Peace on Monday WEDNESDAY plough the fields and scatter” 10th November at 7pm (cost 10.30.am Team Communion was a must during the meal, and £5.00, free to school children) Service at Chapter House, St. the Bishop from Uganda led a followed by light refreshments. Mary’s Church, Princes Risboro’. marching song! History Exhibition open from 6.00pm. School Assemblies during term Future events for your time are held on Friday mornings Tickets from Anne Eden 01494 diary 9.15 am at St.John’s and 10.00 563386 or Rosemary 01844 Saturday 8th November. History am at Speen. Exhibition from 2.00 4.30 pm. 345863. If you know of anyone who Focusing on those who died, Following Tuesday 11th Nov, a would like to receive Holy those who returned, and the special schools service to Communion at home, or would effect on their families locally. remember the 11th hour of the like a home visit, please contact 11th day of the 11th month, Please contact Rosemary churchwardens Mrs Pat Richards when the Armistice was signed Mortham (sec to History group) on 01844345452 or Mr Dick in 1918. This includes a small 01844345863 for further details Field on 01494 562231. or to offer help. history exhibition suitable for children. On the last Sunday in the month Sunday 9th. November. our 11 – 15 year olds are Saturday 22nd November – the Remembrance Day Service at welcome to attend. ‘LATER’ from Christmas Fayre in the Village 10.00am with the 2 minutes 68 pm at Jim and Gill Taylor’s Hall from 10.00am to 2.00pm. silence a special Church house 26 Summerleys Road PR. Commemoration of those All the usual festive stalls – cakes, remembered on the Church crafts, wreaths, Father Christmas, Please do come and experience memorial for WW1. tombola, coffee, and lunches. the warm welcome in our lovely Church. June Brazier

20 Heavenly Bodies As we recover from the jolt of around the Sun every 33 years. turn up etc. Anyway, seeing as the clocks going back an hour Earth’s orbit takes us through the many of us still make a wish and darkness descending comet’s ‘exhaust trail’ when its when blowing out our birthday alarmingly early, there is plenty particles of dust slam into our cake candles, it’s probably worth of consolation to be found in the atmosphere at colossal speeds a go. Best to have a wish handy. constellations. and vaporise. The Moon is out of the way this year, so we just The night skies are truly glorious Firstly, it means the stars, planets need the clouds to follow suit. during winter, and even more and deepsky mysteries are spectacular when you pan revealed in the early evening The same applies to what is around the stars using any pair of rather than way past my regarded as the most reliable and binoculars. A fabulous area of bedtime. The next few months most streakstudded meteor sky is looking south (after 9pm in are also traditionally the best for showers of the year, the November and 7pm in stargazing with some of the Geminids. It peaks on the night December) above the distinctive richest celestial views available. of 1314 December, though it shape of Orion (see graphic) lasts from 716 December. The where the constellation of Taurus But we begin with a historic incandescent streaks are caused strides. Within Taurus, there is a human space event – the first by particles, not from a comet beautiful Vshape of stars called ever landing on a comet. The but an asteroid. Again, our lunar the Hyades cluster which make European Rosetta space craft is companion is otherwise engaged up the bull’s head, while the currently orbiting the festively before the early hours, so it’s bright star Aldebaran is one of its named comet 67P/Churyumov– really down to the Met Office. In eyes. Above and to the right, is Gerasimenko. On Wednesday Feng Shui and other ways of the famous star cluster The 12 November, the probe is due thinking, it is considered good Pleiades, often nicknamed the to release its lander ‘Philae’ to luck to see a shooting star as it Seven Sisters. This whole region touchdown on the surface of the symbolises a fleeting moment in looks lovely enough with the comet. The media will be giving one’s life. The main rule is to naked eye, but they jump out at all the latest, so it’s fingers make a wish straightaway, which you when viewed through crossed for one of the most will come true within 30 days. So binoculars. daring missions ever. bad luck will be replaced by After bonfire night, our skies good fortune, a quarrel by Chris Dignan could light up again making up, a lost possession will by two lots of shooting stars. The Leonid Meteor Shower peaks on the evening of Monday 17 November – the closer to midnight the better – but do look to the skies on the evenings either side of that date. The streaks we sometimes call ‘shooting stars’ are particles left by comet Temple Tuttle as it hurtles

21 Organisation Meetings Contact Phone Email address

Happy Wanderers Walking Club Full walk last Sun of the month 10.30 Ronnie Lewin 274961 [email protected]

Happy Wanderers Walking Club Short walk (2-3 miles) 2nd Wed 10.30 Linda Taylor 345261

Horticultural Society 3rd Wed of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Alison Shreeve [email protected] Nov. 8 pm Kinder Gym & Melody Minors Baby to 5 years. Fridays during term. Jenny Stothard 344441 [email protected] After school classes for up to Year 3 Gabby Kenny 07793 80745 LG Singers Thursday evenings in term time Denise Kinnard [email protected]

Lacey Green Productions Theatre, drama, and sometimes food [email protected]

Windmill Under 5s Mon-Fri 9.00-12.00 or 1.30 if your child Paula Cunningham 07502 198405 [email protected] stays for lunch Windmill WI (evenings) 1st Wed of month except Jan. 7.45 pm Daphne Willash 01494 562455 [email protected]

High Wycombe & District U3A 4th Wed afternoon of the month Margaret Graham 01494 630713 Margaret@margaret- graham.com Youth Club Alternate Fridays - see laceygreen.com Joan Smith 342322 [email protected] web site for details 7.30 pm Over 50s Pub Lunch Club Black Horse. First Tuesday of the Betty Tyler 344606 month Yvonne Axe 345216 Short Mat Bowls Club Monday 2 pm Leigh Axe 345216 [email protected]

LG Sports Club Secretary Stephanie Dell 07768 831196 [email protected]

LG Sports Club - Cricket Jonathan Dell 07786 386912

LG Sports Club - Tennis Nigel Glenister 342771 [email protected]

LG Sports Club - Football Ben Foster 344906 [email protected]

Karate Monday evenings Stephen Fincham 07540 531034 [email protected]

Whiteleaf Bowmen Wed, Thu & Fri evenings, Apr to Sep Brenda Cordwell, Sec 01494 485037 www.whiteleafbowmen.org.uk

Pilates Classes Tuesday mornings Sue Croxford 346656 [email protected]

Wycombe District Council Mel Foster 01494 488905 [email protected]

Bucks County Council Carl Etholen 01494 564771 [email protected]

St John's Church Pat Richards 345452

LG Community Planning Group Tony Molesworth 344975 [email protected]

Scouts (Naphill & Hughenden) Peter Byerley 01494 565955 [email protected]

Parish Council Susanne Griffiths 275912 [email protected]

LG Post Office Monday and Thursday 9 am to 12 noon

LG Windmill Sundays & Bank holidays 2 to 5 pm Michael Hardy 275871 [email protected] May to September g.uk Millennium Hall Clive Hodghton 343113 [email protected]

Millennium Hall bookings Karen Hodghton 274254 [email protected]

The Black Horse Quiz night last Sunday of every month Lynne Comley 345195 [email protected] at 8pm Police Andy Ralph 101

22 Hallmark is published quarterly by Our aim is to mirror the mark that We welcome news from all the the Lacey Green & Loosley Row the Village Hall makes upon our Village clubs, societies, church and Millennium Hall Management community, to publish the school, stories of local interest and Committee, although opinions activities of all Village entries for the Village Diary. expressed in comment or organisations, and to provide a A version of this printed Hallmark contribution do not necessarily forum so that the rights, the may be found on our website represent the collective view of wrongs, the wellbeing of village www.laceygreen.com , which also that committee. life can be aired. has breaking news and many additional articles & photos. HALLMARK EDITOR Mike Piercy, Malmsmead, Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 0PU ( just before the pond on the right) 01844 344021 Email [email protected] ADVERTISING MANAGER Chris Baker, "Woodpeckers", Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 OPT (past the pond on the left) 01844 275442 Email [email protected] VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS Clive or Karen on 01844 274254 (answering service)

LACEY GREEN POST OFFICE VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE Open Monday and Thursday 9.00 to 12.00 Clive Hodghton (Chair) LACEY GREEN STORES Rachel Panter (ViceChair), Village Hall 9.00 am 1pm every week day Sue D’Arcy (Secretary), COFFEE MORNINGS Yvonne Axe (Treasurer), Held in Village Hall 10am12 noon Thursdays. Karen Hodghton (Booking Sec.), Friendly chatting with tea or coffee & biscuit Chris and Jill Baker, THE FOOT CLINIC Leigh Axe, Chiropody services with Cathy Maynard. Tel Stella Boll, 274521 Tuesdays by appointment Jane Brown, Ginnie Brudenell, Cathryn Davies, Bette Tyler LACEY GREEN WINDMILL The windmill will be closed until the Spring of 2015. For further details, and travel information, please see our website www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk or telephone 01844 275871.

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