FEBRUARY 2017 Price £1.00 Inside this issue: Advertisers index Page 35 Gilbert King Page 7 Comforts & Recruitments Page 29 Royal British Legion - Women’s Section Page 11 Give our Ducks a New Year Treat Page 15 Theatre Going Page 26 Holmer Green Evening WI Page 9 The Lantern Club Page 19 Holmer Green First School News Page 13 The Parish Matters Page 25 Holmer Green Football Club Page 21 Useful Names & Numbers Page 32 Holmer Green Scouts Page 13 Village Contacts Page 3 Holmer Green Stroke Club Page 11 Village Centre Page 5 Rennie Grove Charity Shop News Page 15 What’s On and Where Page 33 and much more!.… Editorial by Ann Miller appy New Year to you all Another year put to bed and a new one unfolding. What can we expect apart from paying off those credit card bills, losing a few inches and H getting our systems back on track? We begin again with a clean sheet and motivation to do better for ourselves and others. Very sadly a certain group of individuals decided to start the New Year by taking from those who are trying to improve the lives of others! I am under no illusions that they will not be reading this editorial, but I feel the need to put to paper the despicable nature of their callous and cruel deeds. To steal from anyone is horrible enough, but to take from a charity, which is supported through the efforts of a community in their donations and support, is the lowest of low action - see the detail on Page 15. As a community, I think that we all feel aggrieved by this disgusting act but we need to move forward together sharing greater responsibility for each other. End of sermon. I will now try to end on a brighter note. Although as I write this, my electricity has just gone off and the darkness is closing in and I am hoping for a muse to give me some inspiration for the rest of this editorial. One thing I would like to do is to re-echo the litter situation, as a couple of our articles have alluded to. It is beholden upon us all to encourage everyone to share the responsibility of caring for our environment, both for the safety of our children and the wildlife. In conclusion, and on behalf of Holmer Green Today, I would like to take this opportunity to wish Marjory Mack, who is standing down as Chair of the Lantern Club in March, a peaceful and happy future. I am sure the whole community would also like to wish Barry and Sylvia Evans — whose house was rammed by a bus recently - all the very best after a traumatic few months in their lives. 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Advertising Rates: Full page – £50.00, Half Page – £30.00, Quarter Page – £17.00, Eighth Page – £10.00 Printed on FSC Paper by South Bucks Business Products Ltd - 01494 437470 Page 2 The magazine is sold at J Walsh (Newsagents), Fox Pharmacy, VILLAGE CONTACTS Church of England ATC, 871 Penn Squadron 1st HG Guides Vicar: Rev. Captain Peter Simmons Pilot Officer Shepherd [email protected] Parish Office: Featherbed Lane, 07900 241760 01494 715195. www.pshg.org 1st HG Rainbows & Brownies 4th HG Brownies Beamond End Residents Mrs Maureen Carnier - 711134 Dr. Diana Burman - 724573 Assoc. Mr Andrew Swann – 7116112 Beavers 6-8 years Boys Brigade Breathe Easy Mrs J. Sorenson – 713877 Mrs Pam White – 711539 Buckinghamshire Angie Lockwood – 527062 Chadwick Ladies Club Cub Scouts 8-10 years Evening W.I. Mrs Gaynor Spiller – 713739 Karen Hobbs – 716931 Mrs Jean Casson – 715390 Extend – Gentle Exercise Girl Guides GirlGuiding – Volunteering Carolyn – 712801 Mrs Camier – 711134 Vicki Fleming – 717704 [email protected] Holmer Green Baptist Church Holmer Green Cricket Club Grasshopper Golfing Society Pastor – Anthony Smith. Office: Mr Steve Adams – 07793 561764 Mr John Taylor – 712092 712479 Secretary Mrs Val Allcorn 714597 www.holmergreenbaptist.org.uk Holmer Green Childminding Holmer Green First School Holmer Green Flower Club Group 712050 Mrs Jennifer Tilling – 716836 Jackie Shaw – 711920 Holmer Green Football Club Holmer Green Juniors Football Holmer Green Players Mr Rob Shed – 716318 Mr Matt Brades – 716114 Vicky Martin – 07817724184 E:[email protected] Holmer Green Methodist Pre- Holmer Green Junior School Holmer Green Senior School School 713000 Association Sharon Dorme – 716897 Jan Constantine/Neil Marshment [email protected] c/o School Office – 712219 High Wycombe Scrabble Club Holmer Green Sports Holmer Green Youth Club Christine – 01494881913 or Association Mr Michael Turner – 711970 07980 429326 Sarah Banning 711485 / 714985 Junior & Adult Chess Junior School Association Girls Football (Beginner & Refresher) Helen Hodgson – 717838 Mr Andrew Jackson – 713433 Mr Brian Lacey – 713698 Lantern Club Link-up Bereavement Friendship Lunch Club, Christ Church Mrs Marjory Mack – 815840 Group Centre Mrs Joan Toye – 718466 Mrs Carol Hornsby – 714075 Mrs Joan Wainman – 716726 Methodist Church Playmates Day Nursery Rossetti Hall – Bookings Minister - Rev John Richey – 526747 Mrs Maureen Myerson – 716789 Ms Jo Lynskey 716915 Sec - Mrs Barbara Illingworth –712236 E: [email protected] E:[email protected] Royal British Legion Royal British Legion – Womens’ Scouts Mr Chris Peers – 07785 772810 Section Mr Neil Spencer – 714347 Mrs Andrea Gardner – 711246 Mrs Wendy Tomlin – 713789 Simply Walk Squash Stroke Club Ms Fiona Broadbent – 475367 Mr Trevor Howes – 865478 Mr R. Dunning – 712177 T’ai Chi The Cherry Tree Pre-School Village Centre – (Bookings) Lin Williams – 562037 Miss Siobhan Miles c/o HG First School Mrs Wendy Muspratt – 0870 7656450 Village Centre – (Chair) Village Produce Association Women’s Fellowship – Christ Mr James Cadle - 716992 (Chair) Mr James Cadle - 716215 Church (Secretary) Ms Meg Brinton - 711644 Mrs Joan Toye - 718466 Rennie Grove Charity Shop & Jennie's Haircare quarterly Page 3 Page 4 The magazine is sold at J Walsh (Newsagents), Fox Pharmacy, VPA: - THE HOLMER GREEN GARDENING ASSOCIATION 2016 saw a slight ‘re-branding’ of the VPA. Originally founded in 1944 to help ‘dig for victory’ in World War 2, we felt that the name ‘Village Produce Association’ may be confusing to potential new members. We have kept our connection with our history by retaining the ‘VPA’ abbreviation but have coupled this with a new title ‘The Holmer Green Gardening Association’. So now, as the adverts say, ‘it does what it says on the tin’. For 2017, the VPA offers the usual blend of benefits and activities to its members, including: Use of our Trading Store, next to the allotments in Beech Tree Road, which offers a wide variety of horticultural products at competitive prices. Discounts on horticultural products (on showing a membership card) at Hildreths in Prestwood, the South Heath Nursery and Peterley Manor Farm. A programme of monthly talks on a variety of subjects including, this year, local history, wildlife, travel and, of course, gardening. Talks take place on the evening of the third Wednesday of each month, at the Holmer Green Village Centre, and they are free to members. Outings to houses and gardens of interest. The 2017 programme is being organised right now and details will appear in the VPA newsletter and on our website. A Spring Show (on 8th April in 2017) and an Annual Show (on 2nd September), where members can showcase their produce, flowers, domestic products, photos and paintings. Other social events, notably the Harvest Home Lunch in October. We have kept membership at £5 for 2017 and this covers all members of the family. You can join or renew at the Trading Store (next to the allotments in Beech Tree Road) on Sundays between 10 am and mid-day. New members are always welcome! You can read more about the VPA on our website – www.hgvpa.org. Meg Brinton - Secretary Our Condolences go to the Families of: Valerie Joy Marshall (21st May 1931 - 11th December 2016) Paul Bernard Spittle (15th January 1945 - 25th December 2016) [Paul was a former committee member on this magazine] & Harold Hedley George, "Bob", Shilling. (31st July 1934 - 26th December 2016) HOLMER GREEN VILLAGE CENTRE The annual Christmas Singalong took place at the Village Centre on 16th December and, as in past years, was a resounding success. The event was organised by the Friends of the Holmer Green Village Centre and attendees enjoyed a mixture of carols, Christmas songs and seasonal readings, with an excellent festive buffet in the interval. As reported in the last HG Today, the Centre incurred a considerable amount of expense during the summer, for replacing the Main Hall windows, external repainting and a new boiler and water heater. As a result, the £850 raised for the Centre by the Singalong is especially welcome. On behalf of the Committee, I want to thank the Friends for all the hard work that went into organising and staging this very successful event. The Village Centre continues to provide a venue and focus for local activities.