My command is this: love each other as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends. You are my friends if you do what I command. John 15:12-14 Wychert Vale Benefice contacts The Revd Margot Hodson Revd Canon Dr Phil Groves Rector of Wychert Vale Benefice Associate Rector Contact address: Benefice Office, St. Mary's Centre, Station Road, Haddenham, Aylesbury, Bucks HP17 8AJ Telephone: 01844 291108 Email: [email protected] or [email protected] For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact: The Parish Administrator at the Benefice Office (address above) Email: [email protected] or [email protected] Parish contacts Associate Dr Phil Groves 7, Badgers Rise, Stone, HP17 8RR Rector Tel: 01296 748 390 Email: [email protected] Church Eryl Morgan, 101 Baker Street Waddesdon, HP18 0LQ Wardens: Tel: 01296 655692 Email: [email protected] Raymond Medhurst 10 Grenville Road Aylesbury HP21 8EY Tel: 07793 541456 E: [email protected] Rosemary Jackson, Innisfree, New Road, Dinton, HP17 8UT Tel: 01296 748655 Email: [email protected] Neil Chudley Secretary to Sue Birrell, 7 Jakeman Way, Aylesbury. HP21 8FT the P.C.C: Tel: 01296 338163 Email: [email protected] Hon. Naomi Corbould, 6 Eythrope Yard, Eythrope, HP18 0HT Treasurer: 01296 747689. Email: [email protected] Aston Marilynne Morgan (Treasurer) Sandford Email: [email protected] Front cover: Designed by Heather Harris and Harriet Pickup __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 2 November 2018 Parish news Editorial What would the men women and children from 1918 say to us now? Is the world a better place a hundred years on? I doubt if many of them cared much about Sarajevo where it all started or knew what it was. The names that became familiar to them were Ypres, The Somme and Passchendaele. They knew those places and a hundred more. None of those places were German. I suspect they did not particularly hate Huns. They probably respected them. Above all I think they would not want their children to go through the same thing again, but of course they did. It is only 21 years from 1918 to 1939 when there was another World War. At least there has not been another. I would hope that they would be quietly grateful that the men who did not survive are honoured and remembered with pride. News team Editor: David Pickup 01296 748170 [email protected] Editorial: Carole Fryer 01296 748538 [email protected] Advertising: Mike Thompson 01296 748561 [email protected] IT Producers: Mike Thompson 01296 748561 [email protected] Heather Harris 07766 086280 [email protected] Distributor: Fiona Rysdale 01296 747466 [email protected] Parish News is a community magazine for the residents of Stone, Dinton, Ford, Upton, Bishopstone, Hartwell and Aston Sandford. We welcome news, announcements by societies and clubs, and articles on local and other issues. We do not charge for charities or personal notices such as weddings, baptisms or acknowledgments and welcome advertising by local businesses. We are sorry that some telephone numbers in the last edition were printed with the wrong codes __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 3 November 2018 Parish Services and Calendar St Michael & November St John St Peter & Stone All Angels the Baptist Paul Methodist Aston Stone Dinton* Chapel Sandford 4th 10.30am 10.00am 11.00am 4 Advent All Age Holy Worship Family Communion Service Following 11th the Open 10.50am 3 Advent Air Service 10.15 10.55 Worship the church Remembrance Remembrance Please note will be open Service Service change of until 2.00pm time for quiet *** prayer and reflection th 18 11.00am 10.30am 10.00am 11.00am 2 Advent Holy Morning Morning Café Church Communion Worship Worship 25th 9.00am Christ the BCP 4.00pm 11.00am King Matins ‘Messy’ Holy 10.30am Church Communion Holy Communion Dec 2nd All Age 10.00am 11.00am Holy Holy Worship Communion Communion for Advent with Choir *** Please note change of time to respect the Two Minutes Silence at 11 a.m. __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 4 November 2018 Dinton Christmas Bazaar Saturday December 1st 2018 Dinton Village Hall 12.30 Start the festive season by meeting friends and enjoy a delicious Homemade soup lunch, Mince pies and Mulled wine. Activities for the children - With a chance to win the fantastic …. Christmas Luxury Hamper To be drawn at 2.00pm First Prize: Luxury Christmas Hamper contents, Local Starveall Turkey, Quinta De La Rosa Vintage Port, Dinton Folly Sparkling wine, Champagne, Wine, Christmas Cake, Christmas Pudding, Pate de Foie Gras, Mince pies, Chocolates, Christmas Crackers, Tea , Coffee, and more.. Second prize: Smaller Christmas Hamper contents: Ham (voucher for), Dinton Folly Sparkling Wine, Christmas Cake, Christmas Pudding, Mince pies, Chocolates, Christmas Crackers Third Prize: Basket containing wine and Christmas Goodies. And also, the amazing Dinton Bazaar Raffle. Details: Rosemary Jackson ~ 748655 Janet Morgan ~7486 Valma Thompson ~ 748561 PROCEEDS TO GENERAL CHURCH FUNDS __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 5 November 2018 NOVEMBER GARDENING November despite it being a generally unpleasant month weather wise can be a very busy time for gardeners. All manner of trees and bushes can be planted this month, both fruit trees and ornamental trees and bushes, with the exception of evergreens which should be planted in May. It is very important that they all have enough moisture to get a good start. Considering the strange weather conditions we have endured this year it will probably be necessary to water them for a while, or of course it may be too wet to venture out. The hot and very dry Summer has played havoc with lawns, one can only hope they will recover and green up for next year. Cuttings can be taken from gooseberries and currants. Select strong one year old shoots about 12 inches long, trim off most of the leaves and cut just below a bud. Find a spot in the garden where they can be left undisturbed for a couple of years, push the cuttings into the soil about six inches apart, firm the soil and keep them moist. Take every opportunity to clear weeds and leaves and trim plants in flower borders. The middle of the month is the very best time to sow broad beans for a good crop. This year Spring sown beans were a disaster, they do not enjoy very hot weather. PS. DATES FOR DINTON DIARY: Organised by The Dinton Marquee Team Sunday 28 Oct - Pub Quiz at The Seven Stars @7PM Sunday 18 Nov - Pub Quiz at The Seven Stars @7PM Sunday 9 Dec - Christmas Lights Switch On at The Seven Stars @4.30PM Sunday 9 Dec - The BIG Xmas Quiz at The Seven Stars @7PM More on the Marquee Team in the December Issue __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 6 November 2018 Royal British Legion Poppy Appeal 2018 For the last four years Parish News has been commemorating the casualties of the First World War. November will mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice in 1918. There will be many events locally and nationally. The Poppy Appeal seems to come around quicker and quicker each year. We always need more help with static sales at the shop, places that will host a collecting box such as businesses in the parish and door to door collecting. If you can help – or would like to help preparing or by distributing boxes please let me know. David Pickup Telephone: 01296 748170 or email: [email protected] __________________________________________________________________________________________________ Parish News 7 November 2018 “To the young we owe a deep debt of gratitude and in thankfulness to God for victory” 100 years of commemoration in the parish. Before the end of the First World War there was a desire across the country to commemorate the sacrifices and the casualties. A national war museum was first proposed in 1917 and before that schools, factories and others had complied lists of men who had joined the forces. Later on, the lists changed to the names of men who had died. For several years following the end of the war there was a discussion about how local communities should commemorate the fallen; what type of memorial would be best and who to include. Should it only be men who had died or what about wounded? How should men be remembered; should it be by name or by rank or by reference to the regiment or unit they served in? In this parish the only specifically ecclesiastical memorial is at Dinton. It is a cross of sacrifice and is situated by the roadside but adjacent to the churchyard. The other three main memorials are also by the road but not near a church. The Stone war memorial is the village reaction ground itself. There was also the St. John’s Hospital war memorial which was situated in the hospital chapel and later moved to the parish church. St John’s parish church also contains an illuminated roll of honour. There is a similar list of men in Dinton church. All these lists, which is essentially what a war memorial is, record the men in slightly different ways and there are some who are not included at all. A few of the men who joined up in 1914 might have been overlooked by the 1920s. The first parish commemorative event was on Thursday 6th May 1920. A “large group of people” gathered at the hospital chapel for the unveiling and dedication of the hospital memorial which records eight men who died in war. The service was led by V L Whitchurch, the Rural Dean. The inhabitants of Bishopstone formed a committee with treasurer and secretary.