Great Horwood and Singleborough July 2017 FOCUS Great Horwood Scouts to meet again in September 2017 We are very pleased to announce the Great Horwood Scouts will meet again in September with an open evening of activities for girls and boys aged 10½ –14, and with information for parents. Just come along and find out about Scouting 7.00 - 8.30pm Friday 15th September 2017 at the Scout Guide HQ, Gt Horwood School. If you would like to express your interest to join Scouts please drop me an email at [email protected] giving me their name and your address and phone number or please just come along on the night. Paul Ketteridge Acting Group Scout Leader 7 Church Street, North Marston, Buckingham MK18 3PH 01 296 670 663 1 July 2017 Phone: 01296 714534 Web: www.thecrowngh.co.uk @CrownGHorwood Real Ales and Locally Sourced Food on a Buckinghamshire Village Green Opening Hours BAR FOOD SERVED Mon: 5.00 - 11.00pm Closed for food Tues: 5.00 - 10.00pm Closed for food Weds: 5.00 - 11.00pm 6.30 - 9.00pm Thurs: 12 noon - 3.00pm 12 noon - 2.00pm 5.00 - 11.00pm 6.30 - 9.00pm Fri: 12 noon - 3.00pm 12 noon - 2.00pm 5.00 - 11.00pm 6.30 - 9.00pm Sat: 12 noon - 11.00pm 12 noon - 2.00pm 6.30 - 9.00pm Sun: 12 noon - 10.30pm 12 noon - 2.30pm Please call us on 01296 714534 to book a table July 2017 2 Rev Andrew Lightbown e-mail [email protected] phone 01296 712564 www.winslowbenefice.org.uk Church Times St James’ Services for July Sidesmen Reader Intercessor 2nd July 11.00am Holy Communion N Weir R Margerrison J Margerrison 9th July 11.00am Come and Praise P Moyles L Brazier S Brazier 16th July 11.00am Holy Communion I Lamberton C Finnemore I Lamberton 23rd July 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) - - - 23rd July 11.00am Come and Share J Brigden J Brigden Clergy 30th July 11.00am Holy Communion D Brazier I Lamberton D Brazier St James’ Services for July 6th August 11.00am Holy Communion R Margerrison J Margerrison R Margerrison 13th August 11.00am Come and Praise D Brazier O Gunn S Brazier 6th August 11.00am Holy Communion I Lamberton J Brigden I Lamberton 6th August 8.00am Holy Communion (1662) - - - 6th August 11.00am Holy Communion N Weir I Lamberton D Brazier 4th September 11.00am Holy Communion D Brazier I Lamberton D Brazier Church Key Rota: – Lynne & Graham Mayger - tel 712643 Village Hall News Great Horwood Village Fete The Post Office is now up and - Saturday 9th July running again every Wednesday Just a reminder that the fete between 9.30 and 11.30 there is a committee will be door to door collecting list of what the Post Office can provide on the during the first week in July. Any bottles, filled outside notice board of the hall. jars for the jarbola, plants and cakes gratefully The hall also hires out their tables, chairs and received, or bring on the morning. crockery. PLEASE NOTE THAT ANY VEHICLE THAT I have kindly been given by one of our hirers WOULD NORMALLY BE PARKED ON THE a photo of how they decorated the hall and GREEN SHOULD BE REMOVED BY 9.00am it looks really great.If anyone else would ON SATURDAY 9th JULY SO WE CAN like to let the hall see how they managed to STAR T SETTING UP FOR THE VILLAGE FETE. transform the hall for their parties we would Thank you. love to start a collection of photos. David Brazier To enquire about booking please contact Gill on 01296 712165. Gill Wood A PLANT STALL IN AID OF ST JAMES Great Horwood Feast – Annual Fair CHURCH The annual fair in Great Horwood will be held Many thanks to all those who came to our on Monday 7th and Tuesday 8th August. Plant Stall on May 29 and helped to raise the The fair will arrive on Sunday 6th August. magnificent sum of £472 for the Church. A Please can any cars parked on The Green be special thanks to Lynne, Pauline, Elizabeth and removed by 1.30pm on 6th August in order David who worked so hard behind the scenes to allow the fair to set up. The fair has been and to all those who not only brought plants asked to ensure it does not arrive until 2pm for us to sell but then bought more to take this year. Many thanks. home! Mandy Cliffe Lindsay Dunham and Margaret Moore Parish Clerk 3 July 2017 July 2017 4 Message from Following some of these simple precautions PCSO Wendy Taylor will reduce the opportunities for thieves. Rural Crime Action Fraud The first reports of Tech-Support scammers It appears that the Land Rover claiming to be from Microsoft who are Defender is still the vehicle of taking advantage of the global WannaCry choice for stealing, whether it ransomware attack. be parts or the whole vehicle. Please be mindful of this if you One victim fell for the scam after calling a own one. There are plenty of measures you ‘help’ number advertised on a pop up window. can put place to protect your vehicle. Thames The window which wouldn’t close said the Valley Police has an offer for those who choose victim had been affected by WannaCry to use the Datatag marking system. Call 01784 Ransomware. 778310, quote ref TVPDef2016 and you will The victim granted the fraudsters remote sent your kit. It is a self-fit. Price is £60 inc access to their PC after being convinced there VAT plus postage. wasn’t sufficient anti-virus protection. The We have also had a report of a Horsebox fraudsters then installed Windows Malicious 7.5 tonne being stolen. Also in the report Software Removal Tool, which is actually free it mentions it contained a lot of equestrian and took £320 as payment. equipment. I know it is a real hassle but don’t It is important to remember that Microsoft’s leave equipment in your horseboxes when they error and warning messages on your PC will are parked up. Empty it of all equipment after never include a phone number. a show. Do not be tempted to ‘get everything in there’ in prep for an early departure to a Additionally Microsoft will never proactively show the following day. If the lorry gets taken reach out to you to provide unsolicited PC or all you have left is the horse and the yard technical support. Any communication they equipment, no tack, no show gear, the list goes have with you must be initiated by you. on. It is so distressing particularly if that show How to protect yourself was an important qualifier • Don’t call numbers from pop-up messages. Neighbourhood Watch Make sure you don’t invite opportunist • Never allow remote access to your criminals computer. As the weather is warming up please take a • Always be wary of unsolicited calls. If you’re moment to ensure opportunist criminals don’t unsure of a caller’s identity, hang up. have easy access to your belongings:- • Never divulge passwords or pin numbers. • If you are in your back garden make sure • Microsoft or someone on their behalf will that all windows and doors at the front never call you. of your home are secured. It only takes a moment someone to reach in, or climb in If you believe you have already been a victim and steal easily accessible items. • Get your computer checked for any • Make sure you don’t leave handbags, additional programmes or software that mobiles, keys etc near to an open window. may have been installed. • When you go to bed take a moment to • Contact your bank to stop any further double check all your doors and windows payments being taken. are secure, especially easily accessed ones. Wendy Taylor • Make sure your garden tools and equipment are locked away in a shed and are marked as belonging to you. • Don’t leave out ladders that could be used to access a first floor window. Chain them up. • Lock bicycles away. • If you are going away, tell a trusted neighbour and ask them to keep an eye on your property. • Report anyone acting suspiciously to the police on 101, or if you think a crime is in progress dial on 999 5 July 2017 60% of all tickets sold go to good causes in the Vale! Win prizes of up to £25,000! Tickets only cost £1 per week! Buy your tickets from our page and we get 50%! Give us your support this year! To Start Supporting, Visit: www.ValeLottery.co.uk And Search For: Horwood Supporters must be 16 years of age or older July 2017 6 W.I News If you would be interested in coming to a meeting please contact: Our June speaker was Debbie Gibbs [email protected] or a local magistrate, who has visited us Angela Mayne 715400 a couple of times in past meetings. This time she described how sentencing was worked out Jane Derry depending on the crime. Debbie said that any Great Horwood Silver band crime, in this case a man breaking into a house and stealing £800 worth of goods with the The next band engagement will be occupants asleep upstairs, would get a longer Saturday 8th July Great Horwood sentence than somebody taking £50 from the Church Fete followed by Carey till at work, because he is entering without Lodge retirement home Wing, permission.