Parish news Stone, Dinton & Hartwell ● July 2013 ● 60p (£6.00pa) “Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.” Psalm 31:24 In this month’s edition, Monumental Changes Music for a Summer’s Evening Thanksgiving & Prayer And much more The Parish of Stone, Dinton and Hartwell Priest in Revd. Peter G Rich , Charge The Vicarage, 10 Badgers Rise, Stone HP17 8RR 01296 748068 Avril Clark, 7 Furlong Crescent, Bishopstone, HP17 8SG Licensed 01296 747755 Lay Angela Rich, The Vicarage, 10 Badgers Rise, Stone HP17 8RR Ministers: 01296 748068 Church David John, 84 Oxford Road, Stone HP17 8PL Wardens: 01296 747932 Eryl Morgan, 101 Baker Street Waddesdon,, HP18 0LQ 01296 655692 Raymond Medhurst 10 Grenville Road Aylesbury Bucks HP21 8EY 07793 541456 Email: [email protected] Jean Moore, 'Larkrise', 4 Templecroft Terrace, Upton. HP17 8UD. 01296 748063 Secretary to Sue Birrell, 7 Jakeman Way, Aylesbury. HP21 8FT the P.C.C: 01296 338163 Hon. Anne Seckington, Grapevine Cottage, Dinton HP17 8UN Treasurer: 01296 748228 Parish News 2 July 2013 Parish news Stone Dinton & Hartwell Editorial Many thanks to everyone who supported the village fete in May. Didn’t we have good weather? A day later we would have been washed out! A real answer to prayer. The new pavilion is now available for hire. Editor Parish News Team Editor: David Pickup 01296 748170 [email protected] Editorial: Carole Fryer 01296 748538 [email protected] Advertising: Tom Claridge 01296 748322 [email protected] IT Producers: Mike Thompson 01296 748561 [email protected] Carol Lynch 01296 748392 [email protected] Parish News is a community magazine for the residents of Stone Dinton and Hartwell 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. The views expressed in articles are not necessarily the views of the editorial board or the PCC The deadline for editorial copy is 7h of the previous month and the deadline for advertising is 14th Local Websites Church www.stonedintonhartwell.com Dinton PC www.dinton.org Stone www.stonevillage.org.uk Dinton News www.dinton.info Bishopstone www.bishopstone.info Parish Council Contacts: Stone, Bishopstone & Hartwell Parish Clerk Allison Stone 01296 698573 [email protected] Dinton Ford & Upton Parish Clerk Keith Gray 01296 422800 [email protected] Parish News 3 July 2013 When responding to an advertisement please mention the Parish Magazine Parish News 4 July 2013 PARISH SERVICES AND CALENDAR St John the St Peter & St Paul Methodist Chapel July Baptist Dinton Stone Stone 7 10.00am Trinity 6 All Age 11.00am Holy Communion Worship 12 noon Baptism, Stone 6.00pm Evensong 14 8.30am Trinity 7 BCP Holy Communion 11.00am Worship 10.00am Education Sunday Family Service at Cuddington and Dinton School, DINTON site 21 10.00am 11.00am Trinity 8 BCP Matins Anniversary Celebration **** 4.00pm Living Stones 28 10.00am 11.00am Trinity 9 Holy Communion Worship (CW) 12 noon Baptism, Stone **** Special Service **** See News from Chapel Hill - Page 13 Please note St Peter & St Paul Church, Dinton is closed during July. Parish News 5 July 2013 Aunt Em and her Salad Days Max often says he likes my salads more than anything. I once heard him say to neighbours, “If you can’t smell burning it is probably salad.” How we laughed. Now the weather is getting better – at last! It is time for salads. The glory of salads is you don’t need any recipe just put in what is available. Mind you that goes for most of my cooking. My tip is to get fresh and British ingredients if you can. A good tasty lettuce is the key not those bland things you get sometimes. Add something for taste such as rocket or cress or chives. You can grow these yourself easily. Add cucumber and radishes if you like them and tomatoes. Some people seem to like adding fruit like apple or pineapple. Leave fruit to the dessert stage. I am not really a dressings person. Mayonnaise is acceptable if you could not make a quick dressing out of oil. Salad Cream went out with the Ark – though Max still asks for it. If you are feeling exotic, and who isn’t these days, try rice salad which is basically cooked cold rice and sweet corn or peppers thrown in or potato salad which is cooked cold new potatoes with onion or chives again thrown in. EM **************************************************** Sunday July 7th 2.30 at Dinton Village Hall Ladies and Gentlemen … ‘How I got Stitched up!’ Marilyn Pipe of Ford, the well known designer, artist, and tutor gives an entertaining illustrated talk on an extraordinary tale of life through textiles…. And tea with homemade cakes. Tickets £7 from George Lamb 748988 Rosemary Jackson 748655 Valma Thompson 748561 Helen Wild 748679 Proceeds to Dinton Flush Fund Parish News 6 July 2013 Parish News 7 July 2013 'Bible Seasides' meets at Stone Methodist Chapel 4 - 5.30pm. Crafts for adults and children together, with a short Act of Worship and finishing with a Bring and Share Tea. Adults & children - DO COME & JOIN US STONE THURSDAY CLUB Methodist Chapel, 2nd Thursday 2.00 – 3.30pm. Our thanks to Claire Mirams, Head of Stone School and her staff for inviting us last month. We very much enjoyed the children’s singing, and also our own sing-along afterwards on a ‘Diamond’ theme led by Chris Beattie. Thank you Chris. On 11th July Josie will show us her skills in painting Canalware, and Margaret her water-colour painting. All over 60’s are warmly invited to join us for this and if you know of any elderly people living alone, please do invite them along. If you or they need transport, please contact me on 748068 . ANGELA RICH Coffee Cup Collection The total collection for April/May 'Save the Children' £206 For June July the collection is for' Bucks Air Ambulance' KNIT & NATTER JULY 16th 2.30 at Meadway, Dinton Parish News 8 July 2013 DINTON PARISH TRADITIONAL FETE Monday 26th August 2013 1.30 pm to approx 4.30 pm In the Parish Field, Dinton. Main attractions Fete opening by Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet A Hurricane and a Spitfire Fly-Past – (weather permitting) The brilliant Colonel Custard Bletchington Silver Band Traditional games and challenges, stalls, books, plants, preserves and garden produce Bric-a-brac, b-b-q, beer tent and wonderful homemade teas Children’s Obstacle races. Inter-village Challenge Relay Race and Tug-of-war - etc., etc. Raffle Tickets are crucial for our fund raising! Please sell the books that will be delivered to you. Thank you. The committee includes : Sylvia Eaton 748537 Pat Horn 748297 Rosemary & David Jackson 748655 Nina Deschamps 748211 Martin Hawes 748437 Geoff Smith 747041 Mary Hobden 748476 David Rutterford 748931 YOUR PARISH FETE NEEDS YOUR HELP AND SUPPORT TO MAKE IT A GREAT SUCCESS!! You can help in many ways, for example, by :- Donating a raffle prize Helping on stalls or games Help park cars Selling raffle tickets If you would like more information on how you and your family can get involved please phone a committee member. We await your call!! Parish News 9 July 2013 July Gardening Following one of the worst periods of early weather as far as gardeners have been concerned, one possible plus has been the growth of many perennial plants, trees and shrubs. Early flowering hardy herbaceous plants will need cutting back and dead heading where there are still flowers. Remove the dead flowers from peonies, all that needs doing is just to pull the dead flowers off. Pick soft fruit, Summer prune fruit trees grown in restricted form. This is essential for controlling trained trees, also admits air and light to the fruits. It consists of cutting back laterals (side shoots) to about half their length and if there is too large a crop remove more fruits. The early indications seem to point to there being a heavy crop but a bit late. I do think it is worth growing a couple of both red and black currant bushes; they don’t take up much space but do provide a useful crop. The way they fruit is very different, red currants produce on old wood and black on new wood, with black currants, when picking the fruit one can cut out about half the fruiting shoots each year, which should leave the bush in a good shape to fruit next year. If left to their own devices black currants get very overgrown with old wood, There is one problem which I saw recently, a pest called “Big Bud”, this infests the new buds every year, they grow large and fat and don’t produce new growth. The only cure to dig up the bush and burn it. If this is not done other black currant bushes will get infected. Red currants fruit on old wood, so it is only necessary to trim back the new shoots each year. Raspberries will need picking as they ripen. Once the fruit has been picked, cut off the old canes close to the ground to leave room for the new shoots, and also thin out any week new shoots. Make sure that beans are picked regularly, if allowed to grow old the plant plants will stop producing. There is still time to plant Summer lettuce and Leeks although it may be a little late for leeks to grow very large.