HALLMARK

NOVEMBER 2010 NUMBER 216 ESTABLISHED 1970

The Lacey Green and Loosley Row Magazine

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I’m still experimenting with the newformat of the magazine and wouldreally like to get your feedback.Please drop me a letter or an email

with any comments about the partsyou do or do not like.

One piece of feedback I had wasthat the glossy paper was hard toread, so I am trying a less glossyfinish in this issue, I hope it looksgood.

I have used a photograph for thecover for this edition - my thanks toJohn Tyler for supplying it. Ingeneral I would like to continue thetradition of having an artistic frontcover rather than using topicalphotos. If you or someone youknow, has an artistic talent, pleasedo suggest a piece of your work foruse as a cover. It does not have tobe paintings - items such as picturesof sculptures would be welcome.

Looking forward, the HistoryGroup are planning a majorexhibition in March next year. Ifyou have any historical artefacts orwould like to help, please see theappeal on page 33.

Looking even further ahead we willhave local elections here at thebegining of May. I plan to includesome articles on local politics intothe February Hallmark. If you arepolitically active or belong to anorganisation that is involved in localissues, get in touch and we candiscuss how you can contribute tothe articles.

Mike PiercyEditor

Welcome to the Autumn Edition of Hallmark

Lacey Green Community PlanThis is very much a last minuteeffort to produce something foryour entertainment and education.So, a bit about the Parish Plan. Ihave to say that there has been verylittle progress in implementing anyof the actions identified.

A main reason is that almost all oureffort has been focussed on theshop, and this is likely to continue.Whilst the shop is proving to be anasset to the villlage, it is still onlyopen on weekday mornings, and wewant to extend the opening times,initially to the weekday afternoons.However to do this we must havesome more volunteers to run theshop. At the risk of serious repeti-tion:

Included in the Parish Plan actionsis the ‘Parish Project’, which wouldprovide a facility incorporating ashop, a meeting room and someaffordable housing in Lacey Green.This does depend on the availabilityof a suitable piece of land in or nearto the centre of the village.

This concept was always ratheroptimistic, and for a larger shop wemay have to settle for a portacabinor similar. This is not at allunreasonable, and the HughendenValley shop is a successful exampleof what can be done. To start with,all we need is a place to put it. Wewould then need to raise sufficientfunds to set up in business, and alarger team of volunteers, althoughit might be possible to have a paid

shop manager. We would probablyhave to forget about the extrameeting space and the affordablehousing, but you can’t haveeverything.

We are also anxious to lessen theimpact of traffic – no pun intended.Despite the 30mph speed restriction,there is still a handful of people thatthink that this limit doesn’t apply tothem. I had occasion a short whileago to speak to a driver who choseto overtake me just past the BlackHorse when I was travelling atabout 28mph. He suggested that Iwas travelling too slowly, andcertainly wasn’t prepared to admitto doing anything wrong. It’s notthe first time it has happened, and itis unlikely to be the last. With thiskind of attitude, it is difficult toknow how to remedy the situation.Anyone got any new ideas?

A plea on a more personal level. Ihave been Chairman of the ParishCommunity Planning Group foreight years, and it is high time thatsomeone else took over, not least toprovide new direction and ideas.

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What’s OnDATE AND TIME EVENT

November 25th, 26th, and 27th LGP Dinner Theatre - Rumours seepage 11

Friday December 3 School Xmas Fayre

Sunday December 5 6pm Lacey Green Singers Christmas CarolConcert

Monday December 6 7:30pm Parish Council meeting.

Open to the publicSunday December 19 Astronomy vs Astrology

See belowWednesda January 19 Horticultural Society:

History of the British GardenFirst Tuesday of the month

December 7 & January 4

Pub lunch at the Black Horse

Bette Tyler 01844 344207All events will take place at the Millennium Hall except where stated.

See page 38 for the schedule of Christmas events at the ChurchAstronomy vs Astrology

This year’s Astro Talk by Chris Dignan covers two topics for theprice of one! “Astronomy vs Astrology” and “The Big Bang Machine”takes place on Sunday 19 December at Lacey Green Village Hall. Pleasearrive 6.45pm for 7pm start. Tea, coffee and other drinks included inthe £5 ticket price (U-18s: £3). To book your place, telephone ValBrookhouse on 01844 344207 / email: valbrookhouse@btinternet.com

This is the first opportunity I havehad to give a huge public “Thankyou” to everybody who has written,rung, attended and donated inmemory of my husband John.

Your support was amazing and sowelcome on such an unexpectedoccasion. Words cannot fullyexpress the appreciation of all thefamily. Suffice to say you all helped

enormously in getting us throughthis difficult time.

Again a sincere “Thank You”

Joan WestArcadia, Stocken Farm

Letters

Recently I was invited to attend theLoosley Row and Lacey GreenYouth Club at the Village Hall, toshow the young people some laceand let them try their hand atmaking lace. I felt I would like toreport just how impressed I was, itwas so refreshing to see so manyyoungsters really enjoying

themselves and having fun, as wellas learning new things. They wereall so polite, and it was a realpleasure to be there with them. Wehear so many bad and negativereports on the young behavingbadly and getting into trouble. Weowe a lot to the leaders andvolunteers who turn up to organize

and instruct our youth, and I wouldlike to say a big thank you to them.We are very lucky to live in a villagewhere there is a Youth Group, andI know that more volunteers arealways needed .

Jill Baker

LACEY GREENCHRISTMAS CONCERT

SUNDAY 5thDECEMBER 2010

6.00 PM

LACEY GREEN VILLAGEHALL

Tickets £5.00 to includerefreshments

Featuring

LACEY GREEN SINGERS

And

ST JOHN’S CofE PRIMARYSCHOOL

Tickets from Fran Hall01494 562842

or St John’s School

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Chairman’s report

How is it possible that Mike Piercyhas been editing Hallmark for a yearalready? Time certainly flies by butI’m sure that we will all agree thathe’s doing a great job and changingthe printer and paper has made sucha difference to our wonderfulmagazine.

As I have mentioned many times,for such a small community we

have a fantastic amount to offer youhere at the Hall.

All of the activities that take place atthe Village Hall are very wellsupported and some even havewaiting lists. The hall remainsavailable to hire on a Tuesdayafternoon and Thursday morning.Despite receiving many enquiriesthere are currently no weekdayevenings available and weekendsuntil next year are pretty full. Ourworries at the beginning of 2010have thankfully not materialized and2011 is looking promising.

The new storage area is now in fulluse and has made a difference tothe ease of use for so many. We willbe rolling out our new chairs soonso hopefully a more comfortablefuture is in store.

Please remember that we are allvolunteers at the Village Hall and asit is so busy we need to remainmindful of the other users of thehall and can you all please leavethings where we find them!

Someone keeps moving the kettleand trays and fiddling with theheating controls – you know whoyou are!

I was saddened the other day whenI was told that someone had takenthe W.I. banner flagpole base. I dohope this was an oversight bysomeone and that it will be returnedto them as soon as possible. Pettypilfering has an impact on everyoneas these bases are not cheap,especially as it was made to orderfor them by Gommes Forge.

Please continue to support andenjoy all of the village activities,especially during the forthcomingfestive season.

Wishing you all a very MerryChristmas and here’s to aprosperous and Happy New Yearfor us all.

Clive Hodghton

Millennium Hall Chairman

Marea Logon from our local Policeteam has sent us a quick update onwhat the team has been doing in thepast month.

“ Let me start by introducing ourlocal team: you have

PC 4755 Andy Ralphwho is the NSO(NeighbourhoodSpecialist Officer),

myself PC 6027 MareaLogan NO(NeighbourhoodOfficer)

and PCSO Lisa Roberts.

With regards to LaceyGreen and Loosley Row

luckily there is not much happening,however I can report that 2 maleswere arrested recently for stealingscrap metal from a building site. Itwas due to the vigilance of theowner who called us promptly thatwe were able get to site and arrestedthem.

We work closely with St. JohnsSchool where we tag along on thecrocodile walk in the mornings,stand outside the gate for schoolpatrol, attend travel plan meetingsand assemblies. PC Ralph attendedthe school Wednesday as it isNational Walk to School week withthe school giving out stickers to saywell done to those pupils whowalked.

This isn’t just for parents so if amember of the community would

like to speak to us they can justapproach us. We may be in uniformand look scary but we are friendly.

I cannot say the days we will bethere due to other schools andcommitments.

Please can you all take extra carenow the dark nights are in, lockingtools away, locking outbuildings andmaking sure valuables are out ofsight.

PC 6027 Marea LoganPrinces Risborough

Neighbourhood OfficerLongwick Road

Princes RisboroughHP27 9HE

Non emergencies 08458 505 505Mobile 07815 555 990

From our local Police

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Obituary for John West

John was one of those now-rarepeople who lived at the same placeall his life. He was born atStocken Farm, lived in afarmworker’s house for just overnine years when we got married,where our three children, Trisha,Caroline and Richard, were born,then moved back into thefarmhouse when his parents movedinto a bungalow.

Thirty five years later we movedinto another house on the farm andour son Richard, his wife Maxineand their children moved into thefarmhouse. We had lived in thenew house, which he had grown tolove as there was a good view of the

farm and the animals in the fieldsnearby, for over four years beforehe died after a short unidentifiedcollapse of his system.

Born in 1937His parents Dick and Hilda hadtaken Stocken Farm in September1934. John was born in April 1937.Hilda had a weak heart afterrheumatic fever and had beenadvised not to have children. Thisshe ignored but John was to be anonly child.

1939 saw the outbreak of thesecond world war. Every spareroom at Stocken Farm was used byBomber Command to

accommodate officers and theirfamilies. Young John was notshort of comrades. Also into thehouse moved his mother’s father(Grandad Crook) and Harry Floyd,who came temporarily to recuperatefrom bronchitis. Both were stillwith them thirty years later. Johngot friendly with the prisoners ofwar who worked on the farm. Thebread they were given to bring fortheir lunch was often green withmould. They longed for crustybread from the bakehouse. Theybegged worn out hessian sacks tomake rope shoes to sell, for theywere not given money. Johnsecretly bought bread for them withthe cash they made.

Young FarmersHe joined Princes RisboroughYoung Farmers Club at abouteleven or soon after. He remaineda member till obliged to leave attwenty five having been many yearson the committee, acted as treasurerfor years, and represented them inlocal and national competitions.He then became a vice president allhis life. John was friendly with anumber of girls in his teens. Therewas one he recognised but hadn’treally met when he came across herby the pig pens at WycombeAgricultural Show . He engagedher in a friendly chat up. He wason holiday from college eighteenmoths later, when she turned up atYoung Farmers. It has areputation as a marriage bureau!We were married in 1961.

Birth of the PartnershipAfter the Royal Grammar School atHigh Wycombe he went to HarperAdams Agricultural College inShropshire from where he achievedone of the awards for best student.Back home it was not long beforehis parents made him a partner withthem in the farm business.So R.M.West and Son was

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born. Over the years thebusiness grew out of all recognition.Later Richard and Maxine joinedthe Partnership . John never retiredand went to the farm every day.In latter years he confined his inputto buying and selling and the cattlepassports and other requisitedocument filling. He enjoyedconsultations with Richard Theyhad a great respect for each other,as he had also had with his fatherbefore.

Farm came firstHis personal life always had toconsider the farm first. Before wewere married, if I were to see him atall, I would join him wherever hewas working. Usually on somemachine or other. He would cometo play tennis at my home but wenever knew when. We had to fitour wedding in between harvest anddrilling. Later with the children wewould deliver picnic teas to thefields, having ours with John.

The summers always seemed to besunny then. On rare days out andeven rarer holidays with the familyhe relaxed and had fun for whichwe all remember him so well.

The travel bugHis plan was to work really harduntil he was forty and then to travel.Actually he was nearer fifty when hereally got the second ambitionunder way, after which he alwayshad the next place lined up. Andas for the farm he was still goingthere daily whenever we were athome, right to the end. He hadalways grown superb vegetables,flowers for cutting and wallflowerplants in the farm back garden,many of which he gave away. Forthree years he belonged to the localhorticultural society enjoyingshowing in the competitions.

A summer Saturdayafternoon would find him

watching the cricket at the SportsClub. He was an honorary localinsurance assessor for the NationalFarmers’ Union for many years; oncommittees of local farmingorganisations including the liaisonmeetings with the District Council.

He somehow found time to visitfriends who were ill, which with thepassing years became ever morefrequent. He enjoyed readingobituaries, amazed at other people’sachievements. He would notaccept that the growth of his farmand close family was notable in anyway.

Other people’s memoriesBut I believe he will be mostremembered for his reputation. Hewould not agree so I take theliberty of quoting from some of theletters I have received, the betterfor you to know the man as othersknew him :--- “He offered so muchencouragement and advice in myearly years of farming”

“John was such a lovely man. Hisvisits to see Warren were alwaysappreciated by us both and I missmy flowers”

“I admired John as a businessman, askilled farmer and horticulturist anda kind friend”

“He has always been a greatencouragement to me in my job,and also appreciative andsupportive to the Chiltern ArableGroup”

“He was a lovely man and a greatinspiration to Pete in YoungFarmers and a great support to mein Bucks’ Farmers’ Club”

“We have lost such a dear man, afriend to us and our parents over somany years. Happy memories ofcheerful smiles and greetings, allthose charity events, and of coursethe C.F.Group meetings, especiallythe A.G.M. dinners so ablyorganised.”

“I have always had the highest regardfor John. His ability to navigate allthe difficulties faced by farming andto take advantage of opportunitieswas exceptional. His behaviour setan example to us all and hischaracter was a blend of kindness,commonsense and prudence,determination and consistency.”

“A long standing, valued andrespected committee memberraising money for the RoyalAgricultural Benevolent Institution.He was a ready volunteer with ideasand suggestions”

“I have very fond memories of John--fetching, carrying, washing up aftera fund raising event at the SportsClub - supporting whateverchallenge he was given. What azest for life” “Having become amuch respected senior figure in thefarming community, his lovelysense of humour, companionshipand good advice will be greatlymissed.”

I could go on, for I received overtwo hundred such letters and cards.I beg forgiveness if I have put toomuch but I was lost for words tosum up. Suffice to say he leaveshis wife, two daughters and a sonand seven grandchildren.

Joan West

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my flowers”

in Bucks’ Farmers’ Club”

determination and consistency.”

LGP are on tour - well, Winslowanyway. A dark Saturday evening inlate October will see us performing anew Murder Mystery with the title of

“Bound To Die” at Winslow PublicHall. Written and performed by asmall group of LGP members,

“Bound To Die” is sure to stretch thelittle grey cells of the good citizens ofWinslow to their fullest extent. If youknow of any other organisation thatwould like to have an entertainmentfor a fund raising evening for charity,LGP will be happy to provide it with

“Bound To Die”.

Time for the LGP pre Christmasproduction again. To be performedat the Village Hall on November 25th,26th and 27th we are presenting NeilSimon’s farce “Rumours”. Onceagain, on the Thursday night you willbe able to see a performance of theplay and be able to enjoy the licensedbar. On the Friday and Saturday

nights we are able to serve youdinner and perform the play as well.

At the start of Neil Simon’s“Rumours”, several affluent couplesgather in an out of town apartmentto celebrate their host's weddinganniversary. When they arrive, theanticipated sophisticated scenariodefinitely does not apply! You willenjoy this.

Some tickets are still available andcan be obtained by telephoning01844 347518 or 01844 344207.

As usual LGP will be giving theprofits from this production tocharity. Our total gifts to charities,since we started, have now topped£40,000 and the charities for thisproduction will be Iain RennieHospice at Home and BreakthroughBreast Cancer.

Our next production in early April2011 is already decided upon. It willbe “I Thought I Heard a Rustling”

by Alan Plater and will be performedat “Chipko”, Parslows Hillock inearly April. Alan Plater CBE, whosedeath was announced last June, haswritten many plays and TV scripts,including Z Cars. “I Thought IHeard a Rustling” records whathappens to ex-miner turned poet,Bill Robson, when he is appointedwriter-in-residence at Eastwoodbranch library.

It is the sixth production in LGP’sTheatre at Home series. Once againwe are indebted to Ann Noel andAndrew Clark for the loan of theirhome for this play. Tickets will beon sale early in 2011 – watch thisspace.

As always, we are keen to attract newpeople to our group and would loveto hear if you are interested in takingpart in any capacity. Please phone01844 344207.

Peter Brookhouse

LGP

Our team ‘Assured Life’ evolved asDebbie and I walked the Chalk lastyear. Four of us along with Debbie’sdog Bella walked the 9 miles. Weenjoyed the experience so much wedecided to get a team together toinclude friends, work colleagues andclients. We managed to get a teamof 14 people, 2 kids and 4 dogstogether!

There were 4 walkers from LaceyGreen: Sara & Martin James whohave just moved to the village,Debbie Tissot who runs AssuredFuture in Gt Missenden, AlliGaffney, driving instructor AlliGand Janey Goodearl, local AlexanderTechnique teacher, the rest of ourteam were friends and workcolleagues, we would like to say ahuge thank you to all our sponsorswho helped us to raise £1000.

The father of one of our closefriends was recently cared for by

IRHH nurses, so we walked in hishonor. We wanted to raise moneyso that other local people canreceive the charity’s fantastic careand spend their final days at homerather than in hospital. Taking partin the Chilterns Three PeaksChallenge is a great experience and

last year we enjoyed ourselves whilstsupporting an extremely worthwhilelocal charity. We plan to be thereagain next year with our team plusany others who would like to join us.

Janey Goodearl

Walk the Chalk

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Horticultural Society: Over The Garden Fence

I am writing this in the middle ofOctober, and have just looked atour Programme to see if you mightreceive Hallmark before ourPumpkin Supper. It is on 17November, so hopefully you willjust do so. By then we will have putthe clocks back, and the long darknights will be upon us. But theHorticultural Society’s Magic Carpetwill whisk you through the winter.On Wednesday, 19 January, wehave Mrs Barbara Askew giving thesecond half of her talk on theHistory of British Gardens. Shewas with us about 18 months ago,and gave us a fascinating insightinto the creation of some of thecountry’s great gardens and thefamilies who owned them. OnWednesday 16 March we have a talkby Victor Scott about the RareFlowers of Britain. Mr Scott isrenowned for his knowledge andpresentation. The daffodils will beout and a couple of weeks later weput the clocks forward. Not worthputting the barbeque away!

Tickets for the Pumpkin Supper on17 November are £5, and should bebought in advance, please, so thatwe know how many to cater for.The format will be much the sameas previous years, a two course, hot,(or cold, if you prefer) knife andfork supper, with “seconds”, and aglass of wine. To be followed bythe Judgment of the Pumpkins.Please bring along whatever youmay have grown. We are lookingfor the biggest, smallest, heaviest,

best looking and maybe theugliest, so what ever you

have is probably a winner. And toround off, one of Adam’s “markyour own” quizzes. The Supper isNOT restricted to members, so ifyou would like see what an amiableand easy going bunch the gardenersare, please join us. In fact, the samegoes for the talks mentioned above.Tickets for the Supper from JohnBurnett on 345750.Since the last edition, we had anillustrated talk in July, by Mr KeithHowkins about his Secret Garden.Unfortunately, it soon becameapparent to our longer standingmembers that we had heard the talksome years before, so to them itwas not much of a secret, especiallyas not a lot had changed! Anyway,there was entertainment in the sheereccentricity. The September talk,which was very well received, wasby Mr Edwin Rye who broughtalong some beautiful David Austinroses, and spoke veryknowledgeably about them.

Between the talks, we had theHanging Basket Competition, at theend of July. This followed a coupleof weeks of wet and windy weather,despite which we had 14 very goodentries. The result was a dead heatbetween Sandra Moore and LindaTaylor.

On 4 September, we held ourAnnual Show. There were concernsthat the mixed summer weatherwould limit the available produce,but we had a near record entry, anda very colourful Show. AlisonShreeve won the Vegetable Sectionand the Hughenden Cup for thehighest total of points from theVegetable, Floral and Fruit Sections.Congratulations Alison, but this isthe fifth year running, and someone must take up the challenge.Alison also found time to win theDomestic Salver. The Marshall Cupfor Fruit was won by MichaelHardy, as was the Bill CleaverMemorial Award for the BestExhibit in Show, and Linda Taylorwon the Floral Cup. The JubileeCup for the Best Entrant who hasnot previously won a trophy wentto a newish member, PatriciaJohnstone, who did well with hervegetables and fruit. We also gavevouchers to our youngest entrantsFern and Ellie O’Shaughnessy fortheir vegetables. Chris Boll enteredan enormous Sunflower.

I will report on our B A H S Showentry in the next edition.

Terry Fendom, Chairman

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Lacey Green and Loosley Row WIOur Autumn programme beganwith an illustrated talk by one ofour most popular speakers: our veryown John Tyler speaking aboutCOUNTRYSIDE and to our greatrelief the LOOP SYSTEM HASBEEN INSTALLED!

In November we congratulated andthanked those members who havebeen meeting each week to repairthe most comfortable upholsteredchairs purchased by Clive for us allto enjoy.

Our speaker was Mrs R.Wakemanwho had at one time been employedby a family of orthodox Jews astheir children’s nanny. She lovedher role even though it involved

obedience to many strict ruleswhich included, as the title of hertalk revealed, ‘NO PHONES ONSABBATH’!

On going to press we are planningto organise our annual VILLAGEQUIZ which is greatly enjoyed byall the village organisations whichtake part and which makes usefulfunds for our Millennium Hall.

Finally this month we will behosting the Group Meeting on 26October.

This month we received the sadnews of the death of Jean Munrowho had been a member for manyyears.

Two members were awardedcertificates for membership of 25years.

As we look forward to our AGMand Christmas Lunch we wish toinvite past members who are nowvery frail to attend our meetingsand our Christmas lunchaccompanied by their carers or arelative (phone 01844 346469 to letus know).

I’m pleased to announce that thePUB LUNCH at the Black Horse isproving most popular.

Jean Gabbitas

All users of the Lacey GreenMillennium Hall will no doubt bedelighted to know that 141upholstered chairs have beenpurchased, so there will be no needto sit on the hard plastic chairs .

These new chairs are second hand,and have been purchased from the

Aylesbury Civic Hall. There was asmall snag and that was that theyare quite worn at the front - Whatto do? After discussion it wasdecided that the seats could beturned round so that the worn sideis at the back and will not take somuch wear. Ladies from the LaceyGreen and Loosley Row SewingGroup have spent every Thursdaymorning darning the worn areas.We have been supplied with coffeeand biscuits from the CoffeeMorning ladies, and as well asworking there has been a great dealof chat. Three chaps have beenworking hard using screwdrivers

and various other tools removingthe seats, turning them round andreplacing them with darned seats.

Plastic buttons have also beenpurchased which fit on the chairlegs to prevent the chairs jammingwhen they are stacked. These are atpresent being fitted.

The next step is to have the chairsthoroughly cleaned, and Clive hasquotes and will be putting this inhand shortly.

All we ask from you is that you donot fall asleep with this new foundcomfort.

Chris Baker

The Phoenix Chairs

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District and County Council News

Spending Cutsare dominating the Council agendaat this time and I am afraid they willfor a while yet. In year adjustmentsof £9.2M have already had to bemade to the 2010/2011 budget.Some of these are caused byGovernment Area Based Grantbeing withdrawn. Some result fromexternal pressures such as theNational Centre for Epilepsy, basedin Chalfont St Peter, placing adultsinto our care, and others result fromhigher than predicted costs forservices such as Looked afterChildren and Swan Rider having tobe addressed. In addition to thesesavings £3M has been committedfrom reserves to protect someservices for this year. Obviously thisis only a short term fix as reservescan only be spent once.

These adjustments are in addition tothose forecast cuts in GovernmentRevenue Support (RSG) as 25%over 4 years. The actual amountswill not be known until theComprehensive Spending Revue isannounced on 20th October andeven then it will just be headlinefigures, the detail will come later.One estimate suggests that theCounty Council will need to save

around £90m over the next 3 to 4years. This has been assessed by asummation of the affects onfunding such as: a Council Taxfreeze, cost increases from energyand other utilities, increased servicedemand in child protection andother vulnerable client areas addedto the RSG reductions. If this is thecase then Service levels willinevitably be affected. An immediateaction has been to consult with staffon 195 redundancies drawn fromacross the Council.

High Speed Rail (HSR) is another issue which continues todominate the agenda. PhilipHammond, Secretary of state forTransportation, visited Aylesburylast month which gave me anopportunity to ask him some directquestions about the proposals.From his answers it does lookincreasing likely that theGovernment’s preferred option willbe Route 3 i.e. the Amersham /Wendover corridor. I say thisbecause the Exceptional HardshipScheme is only to apply to thatroute and the Government’s formalannouncement is to come in about6 to 8 weeks time which leaves verylittle time to adjust. However noroute is yet ruled out and should theconsultation process go againstRoute 3 then route 2.5 may comeback into the frame.

The programme for HS2 wasconfirmed as:

1.Announcement of the preferredroute November 2010;

2.Public Consultation on theproposals February March 2011for 3 months

3.Analysis of Consultation for 6months ending 2011

4.Announcement of findings 2012

5.Government legislation to putHS2 into place 20012/13

6.Contract procurement 2014

7.Works commence 2015.

Philip Hammond conceded that thebusiness case for the project needsfurther work and with hisannouncement of the preferred Yshape it does look if more emphasiswill be being placed on regionaldevelopment. He ruled out anyupgrade on the existing West CoastMain Line on the grounds ofdisruption and capacity. He alsoconfirmed that a link to HS1through London was beingconsidered. Most significantly heremains firmly of the view that HS2is in the National Interest.

I am sure that all of this means thatthe project will be pursued and it islikely that the Chilterns AONB willremain in the front line. The time tomake your views known will beearly next year when theconsultation is launched.

Meanwhile the County Council isholding the second ‘Summit’ onFriday 15 October, focusing on theenvironmental impact the proposedHS2 on the Chiltern AONB. Formore information, you can visit theBCC web site,http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/bcc,and follow the HS2 link under HaveYou Seen?

In the mean time if you are beingaffected by the 2.5 proposals andthis causing problems with buyingand selling property then please letDavid Lidington (01296 482102)know so that he can bring thematter to Philip Hammond’sattention.

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District and County Council NewsWinter Maintenance of our roads is another area whereconcerns have been raised. Theexceptional winter conditions lastyear prompted a review of the waymaintenance is carried out. A Taskand Finish group was set up to lookat the way the service was deliveredand to make recommendations forchange. Particular emphasis wasplaced on the minor roads and tosee if a more local responses couldbe achieved. This group has nowreported to the Cabinet with severalrecommendations which wereaccepted in full. These included:

· Community resilience plans to beestablished in conjunction withparish councils to ensure thatthose at most risk are identifiedand helped;

· Building up a list of farmerswilling to clear snow from ruralroads during prolonged periodsof ice and snow;

· Giving advice for residents onhow to clear snow from

pavements without fear oflitigation;

· Access to key strategic sites iskept clear when emergencygritting levels are in operation.

The County Council has also set upa new ‘Service Information Centre’.This Centre will give information onWinter Gritting which can beviewed on line by accessing the website; www.transportforbucks.netalternatively contact them on 08452302882.

Winter Grit BinsThe supply of Grit Bins is also aconcern particularly on roads whichare not prime gritting routes. It isCounty Council policy to supplygrit to the existing bins but not tofund the bins themselves so I havebeen working with the ParishCouncil firstly to identify wherebins are needed and then to findfunding for the bin. So far fundinghas been found from District andCounty Community allowances tofund two bins with the Parish and

District combining to fund another.It is anticipated that these will be inplace by early November. Bids for afurther five bins have beenregistered with the Local AreaForum for consideration in the2011/2012 budget.

Wycombe Baby Unitis to reopen on 1st November after

shortages of midwives lead to a 3month closure for safety reasons.The Unit is now fully staffed but theHospital stressed they need thepublic’s support to keep it open. Ifyou would like to know more theBucks Free Press site has a write up.www.bucksfreepress.co.uk/news/8446399.Date_set_for_Wycombe_Hospital_birthing_unit_to_reopen/

If you have a concern about eithercouncil services my email address isprogerson@buckscc.gov.uk and mytelephone number 01494 488315.So if you would like to contact me,I will do what I can to help.

Paul Rogerson

WE ARE OPEN FROM MONDAY TO FRIDAY

08.30 TO 13.00 IN THE MILLENNIUM HALL.

WE STOCK EVERYDAY FOOD AND HOUSEHOLDREQUIREMENTS

milk, bread, local eggs, biscuits, tinned food, cleaning products,frozen food, newspapers, pharmaceuticals, stationery, etc.

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C O N V E N I E N TWithin walking distance from most local homes — so no transport costs or

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Youth Club Leader

Hours – max 4 per fortnight (Meets every other Friday 7.30 – 9pm)

Workload – a little planning and organising.

We have a thriving youth club of surprisingly well behaved 10 – 13 year olds that has just lostits leader to a full-time teaching job.

There are several regular helpers each week to provide a tuck shop, craft activities and helpwith supervision. We have access to other County and village resources.

The club practically runs itself but needs an organised game here and there to engage thosenot using the other resources.

To find out more Email leighaxe@btinternet.com or telephone 345216.

Youth Club

Youth Club - 1 Year onIt all started just over a year agowhen Joan Smith co-opted severalvillage members willing orotherwise to help her run a YouthClub.

Last year 70 young members joinedalthough the average attendancewas 30. Everyone alwayscomments on how polite they allare and on the rare occasions wehave to calm them down there areno arguments, and that is quitecategorically down to the parents –yes I know they don’t sound likeyour kids.

There are a variety of things forthem to do such as air hockey,other table top games, a Wii, tabletennis and pool or they can just chill

out and chat. We also have twoladies – Cathy and Margaret - whowork very hard to get themdeveloping their craft skills frompainting to knitting and cooking toorigami. I think the kids like beingable to choose what they do ratherthan being directed, but what do Iknow. As a last resort we engagethem in some fun games where theycan get a few bruises but these arerare. Oh and there is a tuck shop.

Occasionally we have a themedevening such as James Bond orHalloween where the kids, aidedI’m sure by very supportive parents,dress up for the occasion. Visit thewebsite for pictures –www.laceygreen.com.

Having not had to worry about toomany youngsters all last year we

were taken by surprise this year andhave had almost 70 turning up forthe last few sessions. It has to besaid that this is too many for thespace we have, however we hadsome people coming as guests(friends of members) which wehave unfortunately had to stop andthis has had some effect.

We had a super leader last year –Amy Stothard - who can’t getenough of kids as she has left for afull time teaching job. Thanks Amyfor all you did. Hopefully by thetime you read this we will have areplacement. Finally a thank-youtoo to all our other helpers on thenight without whom it wouldn’t bethe success it is.

Leigh Axe

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On The FarmThe last three months are alwaysexceptionally busy, but this yearafter a good start, getting in theharvest became very frustrating dueto the intermittent rain which oftenfell in the night. At the very peakthree weeks the crops never hadtime to dry out. It was only aftermuch deliberation that we hadinvested in a new dryer to replaceours which was very ancient andslow. It was to prove a godsend.

When we could grab a dayscombining in a dry window of time,very long hours would be workedbecause the better weather rarelyheld. Such a day’s work bringing incorn of up to 24% moisture wouldtake five days to get it down to therequisite 14%. We were alwaysplaying catchup. Luckily the cropsdid not go down. If standing, thequality holds better. We contractto sell ours for bread making. Toomuch wet, especially when laid,

makes corn deteriorate so thenecessary gluten drops. Only atthe very end of the season did thishappen to the last 400 tonnes Thishas to go for cattle feed, but in viewof the damp conditions it couldhave been much worse.

The combine was closely followedby baling, straw carting, cultivatingand drilling for next years crops.Luckily the oil seed rape crop hadbeen the first to harvest without anystorms to knock it about and whenwe were enjoying what turned outto be the summer. This gave apleasing 43% oil which wouldproduce about 730 litres of oil peracre. This has a variety of usessuch as biodiesel, industrial oil andan extremely good quality vegetableoil similar to sunflower oil. Of thefive fields of maize, including theone in which the maze was held onehas been harvested to date (9th

October) the others will hopefully

be done next week. It is cut andchopped and put in the silage clampfor winter feed for the animals.We have to hire a contractor for thisas it is very tough and needs aspecial forage harvester. Meanwhilenumerous calves have been born,which are a delight. More about thecalves and cows next time.

Time now to settle down to awinter routine of milking, feeding,scraping yards and doing all thosethings that had cropped up but hadhad to wait for that proverbial rainyday which despite the miserableweather never seemed to come andno doubt there will be day to dayproblems as they occur. Highpriority must also be given tomaintenance of machinery,buildings and land. Plenty to keepus busy till Christmas. It seems abit early but have a good one.

Joan West

Photo: John Sherlock

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Windmill under 5s

This term has started very positivelywith the children returning to pre-school raring to go and are enjoyingbeing back with their friends onceagain. Staff have also loved beingback and modelling their newuniforms! The new children havesettled very well too.

Lots of exciting things have beenplanned for the coming weeks andthe main theme this half term is “AllAbout Me”. Each child will makebooks they can keep which willinclude photos and pictures theyhave painted or drawn of all theirimportant and favourite things.

The children will be talking abouttheir bodies, comparing eye colourand measuring how tall they are.Later in the term, they will behaving fun with a shapes andnumbers theme then will finish thishalf term with a children’s choiceweek.

The needs and interests of thechildren are very important and theyare a very big part of the planningprocess. The staff always encouragethe children to talk about what theyenjoy doing and endeavour todeliver play and learningopportunities which meet thechildren’s individual interests.

After half term, there will be lots offun with Halloween, Autumn andChristmas themes, leading up to theChristmas performance at the

Village Hall on Monday 13December.

The coming weeks will see the newbirthday board go up with a brightlycoloured rainbow - look out for ourfun Key Group display in the foyer.

The children are currently enjoyingthe new resources that are beingborrowed from the Bucks PlayAssociation. Giant Jenga, Snakes &Ladders and a big bowling set –huge amounts of fun is being hadwith these outside games.

The children will also be having funwith some cooking activities, ICTgames and role play opportunitiesare also planned. The Autumn termis always a fun one with lots ofexciting themes and events ahead.

Chair stepped downThis is my last Hallmark article as Ihave stepped down as Chairpersonfrom Windmills. The last two yearshave been hard work but enormousfun and so rewarding.

In this era where parent led pre-schools are expected to be run like ablue chip company and with somany rules, regulations and policiesto adhere to, it is through teamwork and determination that we aresucceeding. With the combinedknowledge, hard work and personalsacrifices as well as all the help thatis received from others, howeversmall, Windmills is flying high.

I feel confident that together ournext committee and excellent teamof staff led by Sue Lake, whichincludes Paula Cunningham whodoes a tremendous job behind thescenes, will continue to moveforward and that Windmill Under 5swill remain a first class pre-school.

I would like to finish by saying a big‘thank you’ to Jane Oakford foreverything she has done withWindmills and for all herachievements over the past 9 years,sometimes single handedly! She willbe missed by everyone. On a

personal note, you are an amazinglady Jane and how you manage tokeep juggling so many balls all thetime I really don’t know. Anotherbig ‘thank you’ to Sue for reallybringing Windmills so far in such ashort time and to Paula for her totaldedication. With such a strongcommittee behind me, these lasttwo years have been wonderful!

Due to the popularity of Windmillsand changes in the admissionspolicy, we strongly recommendputting your child’s name on thewaiting list now for a place in 2012.For details see our advert on page 7!

Michelle Whiting

A Very Dedicated PersonI would like to bring to yourattention a very special anddedicated member of WindmillUnder 5s Pre-school, Jane Oakfordwho has just stepped down fromher post as Treasurer. As Chair ofthe pre-school for the last two yearsI have been very fortunate to haveworked with Jane and also to haveher as a true friend, but had no ideajust how much hard work she hasput into the pre-school over theyears. Jane worked for Windmillsfor 9 years. At the AGM shedescribed her experiences:

“This is the end of an era for me.When I first became associated withWindmills my eldest son, Sam, wasonly a year old and now he is inYear 6, taking his 11+ and will beleaving St John’s next year.

When I first knew Windmills it wasled by Leander who had been theleader for 15 years, with her 2members of staff Jo and Helen.The pre-school at the time was inHampden Village Hall and waslooking to come back to LaceyGreen which was when I first gotinvolved through the Sports Club.The Sports Club then was really run

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Stainer’S CrucifixionLacey Green Singers performed anact of worship and outreach in StJohn’s Church on Palm Sunday.They performed John Stainer’sPassiontide classic of “TheCrucifixion”.

Due to problems encountered withsoloists, the Choir Director AmyStothard took the unusual step ofturning the Tenor soloist part into 2Soprano solos; namely one sang asthe Narrator and the other as theTenor, singing the main solos of thepiece. This worked extremely wellon the night and all the soloistswere to be congratulated for a fineperformance.

On the night the Singers sang to alarge audience of about 100 – 120people from all over theBuckinghamshire area. The choralwork was performed exceptionallywell under the baton of AmyStoddard and accompanied byGraham Nash.

David Cook sang expressively asthe Bass soloist. Tara Chapmansang as the Tenor soloist with FranHall singing the part of the Narrator.

The Choir had worked hard toensure the performance was aresounding success and they pulledit of on the night with their ownunique interpretation of the music.From the comments after theperformance from the audiencetheir interpretation had made for ahighly enjoyable evening. Onegentleman was reduced to tears bythe passion and musicality involved.

Songs from the UKFollowing this successful concertthe choir set about their summerconcert with gusto. They chose tosing songs from around the UnitedKingdom. A number of venueswere investigated and it was finallyagreed to hold this year’s concert inGreat Hampden Village Hall withwine and canapés as usual for oursummer event. Songs ranged fromones previously sung like “Wherethe gentle Avon flows” to new folksongs from around the country.This concert proved to be a successall round. The weather was good tothe event and a sell-out audiencelistened to the wonderful singing.Once again the choir showed their

true potential as a well-roundedcommunity choir. This concert sadlyhad to finish with the choir sayinggoodbye to their Musical DirectorAmy Stothard who left us to take upa teachers post in St Albans. Thechoir gave gifts of their appreciationfor all her hard work and wished herwell in her new career.

Lacey Green Singers are to becongratulated on yet another coupleof stunning performances and thevillage can look forward to theirChristmas Carol Concert with relishon Sunday 5th December at 6.00 pmin Lacey Green Village Hall. Pleasecome along and support your localchoir and village at this forthcomingconcert.

PS. If there are any buddingPavarottis, Robbie Williams orShirley Basseys out there who wouldlike to come and join us please docome along. We rehearse on aThursday evening at 8.00 pm in StJohn’s school hall. For furtherdetails please contactfran.hall865@mod.uk

Fran Hall

down and with no proper heating,kitchen, toilets - I could go on!

A plan was hatched between thethen chair Amanda Williams, myselfand a few other dedicated mums

and sports club members to raisethe money required to transform theSports Club to nearly what it istoday. We held coffee mornings,the first Indoor Car Boot Sale andthe first infamous Ladies Nightamong other events. We managedto secure a grant from the parishcouncil to help with the heating anda substantial anonymous donationfrom an elderly sports club member.Without the help of Robert Dell, thebuilding work would never havebeen completed. We moved intothe Sports Club in April 2004 forthe Summer Term.

I have worked for 9 years on thecommittee in various positions with6 different chairs, 7 differentsupervisors and numerous membersof staff and committee members.Windmills was slowly moved to the

pre-school we know today with theintroduction of policies andprocedures (I remember our firstproper set in 2002) which seem everchanging and more recently theintroduction of EYFS and of coursenot forgetting Ofsted. Not manypeople appreciate how difficult it is tobe a committee-led pre-school relyingon volunteer parents to step forward.

The turning point for me forWindmills happened during April2008 when both Sue, our supervisor,and Paula joined Windmills. I havemet some very special people who Iwill always be friends with and havehad some of the best and worsttimes of my life but I would notchange a thing.”

Joan Oakford

Lacey Green Singers Review

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Sunday 24th July 2010The morning was sunny but ratherhumid. Twenty three Happy Wandererscame to Saunderton Lee for the regularend of month walk.

Leaving the lay-by close to the Rose &Crown we took the road over therailway bridge to the corner by Poundfarm where we crossed a style to take afootpath heading for Rout’s Greenalmost at the top of the ridge.

Weekend AwayOur weekend away this year wasagain in the Cotswolds, but to adifferent area. Forty threeenthusiastic members were led byRon and Beryl Goodearl on afitness course in the ChippingCampden region.

Arriving on Sunday 26th Septemberwe settled into the Three WaysHotel in Mickleton, the home of thefamous Pudding Club. Almostimmediately we set out on anovercast afternoon to explore partof the Cotswold Way north ofBroadway, divided as always intothe ‘short walkers’ and the ‘longwalkers’. This has nothing to dowith stature but alleged stamina. Itis what our previous Chairman,Ronnie Lewin, describes as ‘theramblers and the amblers’. Thatevening the meal at the hotel wasgreatly enjoyed and particularly thetraditional puddings.

Little did we know of the extent ofthe adverse weather conditions wewould face the next morning. Weset off for Fish Hill car park in finerain and dense mist. After membershad been persuaded to get out oftheir cars, we battled through densewoodland and steep valleys to a

viewing point where we wereassured that on a fine day, itwas possible to see ten

counties! The visibility for thewhole six mile walk was never morethan 150 yards, but amazingly spiritswere high with the thought thatmost of us would survive to the pre-planned rendezvous for lunch.

Our route took us throughpicturesque Broadway, where wespotted one coach and a party ofbedraggled Japanese tourists –definitely the end of the season!Safely back at the hotel, showersand baths were never morewelcome and we had thosepuddings to look forward to.

Thank you Ron and Beryl for all theplanning you put into making such asuccess of our annual weekend away.It was greatly appreciated.

Roger Brudenell

Happy Wanderers 27.09.2010

Happy Wanderers Walking Club

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Quite a climb on a warm morning, butwe were rewarded with great views overripe corn fields to Lacey Green.

Then we turned due north down a leafypath past Gallows Down farm andround behind Lodge Hill joining thepath taking us back past the small herdof Red deer to the end of the walk.

Our thanks to Marion and Les Hazellfor leading the walk.

R.G.

Happy Wanderers Walking Club

Sunday August 29th

We were delighted when 26members met at West WycombeGarden Centre including Andywho is totally blind, and who wasan absolute inspiration on the walk.We hope we see him on a regularbasis.

We made our way uphill to theWest Wycombe ball along theridge to Bradenham. From therewe climbed up to Naphill woodsand then along to Cookshall Farm

before descending back to theRisborough Road and WestWycombe village. Our walk wasslightly longer than expected -approximately six miles so wearrived back at the car park a goodthirty minutes later thananticipated – leaving somemembers late for their bookedlunch!! However, it was wellworth it as it was a good walk,good weather, and good company.What more could you ask for!

Helen and Ron Collins

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Sports Club - Football Section

Welcomeone and all to this November articlefrom your local village football team.

The second season for Lacey GreenFC has not come too soon. Theteam are already in full flow and asthe table shows, in complete control.We knew after a successful firstcampaign, it was vital that thewinning streak must continue.

Pre-season friendliesOur friendly games against ‘MainRoad Rivals’ Naphill FC andWantage FC finished 0-0 and 2-2respectively, and although stalemateon both occasions, impressiveperformances were displayed allround. Our friendly againstHazlemere always proves to be aclose one; a 1-0 win was achieved.Although a 2-0 loss was met at thehands of Wye Rangers, it was someof the most inspiring football I haveever seen at the club. Theintegration of new players and trialformations into the squad hasworked positively, and has providedourselves with ideas to present toour opponents over the next year.

Injury crisisWithout sounding toodramatic, the injury crisis

that we now face in defence has notrattled the side, but has givenopportunities to other members toprove their mettle. Solidperformances from newly signedTom Messenger to cover theabsence of captain Nick Fisher hasbeen heartwarming to watch. Alsoinnovative at the club is youngMark Johnson, a speedy wingerwith lots of skill at hand.

The season beginsAnd so the league began on adrizzly September morning. Apartfrom a 2-2 draw against AFCWellesbourne on the first day, wehave accomplished a seven gameunbeaten run in all competitions,progressing into the second roundsof both the cup fixtures. A tough tieat the hands of Aylesbury Cosmosin ‘The Three Counties Cup’ willdetermine whether we can beamong the top sides pushing to winthis prestigious award.

An impressive partnership in attackhas seen Mark Johnson and RyanMaguire notch up twenty goalsalready this season, serviced byvaliant workmanship from ourcentral midfielders Dan Lay andJames Taylor. Goalkeeper JamesBartington has also gone fromstrength to strength, making somemiraculous saves to keep us in thetightest of games.

Dreams of promotionBy the way the league has set itselfup in the early phase of the season;it is obvious to see that we are notthe only team with promotiondreams. Last years’ promotion rivalsThe Stag FC and Beech Tree FC aremarking their territory in the race,whilst Sunters Wood United FCalso look like they’ll be a hard forceto crack.

Like I have always said, these arethe games that test a real character,and the lads have risen to the task

and are consistently taking 3 pointshome. The atmosphere in the campcould not be better, and is fantasticto see such a vibrant mood amongstthe players.

Over the next couple of months, wecan expect the weather to becomemore rough and rugged, thegreenest of pitches turning intomud baths and Ali Gayler tearingher hair out trying to keep the kitspotless. Asides from the footballitself, we hope to be taking part inthe Lacey Green 5K Fun Run, andto be holding a mid-season gettogether at The Sports Club beforeChristmas.

We shall also be attending ourfestive celebrations at The Pink andLily this year, and shall be hopefullyarranging our traditional BoxingDay friendly against The LaceyGreen Cricket Team, when I hopethe village will turn out to watchtheir local sportsmen play.

Thanks to sponsorsOur continued thanks to our teamsponsors for next year. Duncan andShakira at The Pink and Lily, andLynne, Ian and Tony at The BlackHorse in Lacey Green have beenphenomenal in their support forLacey Green FC. We cannot bemore appreciative of their financialkind will and gestures for lastseason, and am delighted of theirsustained support for our secondseason.

We would also like to forward ourbest wishes to the Cricket andTennis teams who I hear had a goodsummer which was all well attended.The Black Horse will always beentertaining their winter darts teamand Aunt Sally squad during theyear. Come up and rally your localson, it will always be a good pint anda giggle.

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Aylesbury Waterside TheatreAnyone who visits Aylesbury willhave noticed the construction ofthe new Waterside Theatre with theexterior clad with 112 ‘timber fins’.The architect said that he wasinspired by the sleek pines whichcover the horizons of AylesburyVale.

The theatre is large by provincialstandards, seating 1,200comfortably and rising to 1,800people when converted forstanding-room only. The theatrewill be run by a managementcompany who manage a dozenother big regional theatres - so theyshould be well placed to book goodtouring acts.

I was sent a press invitation to tourthe theatre before it opened (thefirst perk I have seen for beingeditor) but was unable to go at thetime allotted. As this will mean adoubling of the entertainment

opportunities for the area, it seemedtoo significant an offer to refuse.But who to send? We needed aseasoned Thespian, steeped intheatrical tradition who wouldknow what to look for.

So into the breach stepped nobleBrian Panter, whose theatricalbackground probably goes back tothe era of gas lights.

Unfortunately the provision of easyaccess for the less sprightlymembers of the audience was notreplicated back stage and multiplesets of steps took their toll on ourintrepid reporter. Anyway, hesurvived the experience in goodenough humour (retrospectively) torecount the tale, so I offer you hisfirst thoughts:

“ By the time this is read,everybody will have seen theGrand Opening on TV of thelong awaited new theatre .

I was invited by the Editor to takehis place on a tour of the theatre. Itis an impressive place. From theoutside it is not, in my opinion, an

architectural gem, but then hardlyany modern building is inAylesbury, stating with Pooley’sFolly (the Council offices . Ed)

Inside it is a gem. The foyer isspacious and tall, designed as aplace to socialise outsideperformance hours. Technically itis a universe away from thetheatres server my apprenticeship

in, and the dressing rooms arebetter than the Swan’s. Alas 86years and an arthritic knee cut thetour short for me on a flight ofbackstage stairs, but I had seenenough to know that this is atheatre we are lucky to have andcan all enjoy.

Brian Panter

If you require information regardingLacey Green FC, please email us atlaceygreenfc@hotmail.co.uk.

We need trainers, coaches; whateveryou can bring to the team will bemore than appreciated.

We are also on Facebook underLacey Green FC, so you can haveregular updates on the scores andnews surrounding the clubs players.

More results and league tables canbe found atwww.football.mitoo.co.uk. We arealso in The Bucks Free Press everyFriday under the sports section,which gives a round up of all theaction in the High WycombeSunday Combination.

Lacey Green FC would like to sendtheir utmost thanks to all their

supporters, and would like to wisheveryone a Merry Christmas and aHappy New Year.

Ben Foster

Football continued

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Hampton Palace prizes

James Callicott is a keen younggardener who is one of theyoungest designers to have entereda show garden at the HamptonCourt Palace flower show. Jamesdesigned a garden called “TheArtist’s Garden” based on the ideaof “why do painters paint plants”.Half of the garden is planted whilethe other half of the garden is

painted. An easel in the middle ofthe garden has a replica of thegarden but in reverse.

When it came to constructing thegarden, James’ mentorrecommended Alex Stallwood wholives in Lacey Green (see his adverton page 31). Alex and a colleaguebuilt the exhibit. Due to thewonders of health and Safety, James

was deemed too young to beallowed on site and had to view anddirect progress through an Internetwebcam.

Alex was delighted when the gardenwon the Silver Gilt medal for smallgardens.

Ed

5KM Fun RunGets under way on October 3rd at the School. Not so many entrants as previous years and poor weather.But I’m sure the runners had fun

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On holiday in VancouverPat and Dennis spent their summerholidays in Vancouver, guests ofPat’s younger sister Sheila. Theylooked forward to a wonderful trip,including meeting up with their newgreat niece Kensie van de Velde.

They write “A fortnight was far tooshort a time to ‘do’ everything in thisimposing, exciting city of skyscrapers,still glistening and sparkling after itspre-Olympic ‘wash and brush up’.

Vancouver Art GalleryA visit to the Vancouver Art Gallerywith its highly acclaimed collectionof national and international art wasan obvious ‘must’. We went on a‘donation’ evening, no entrance feebut a donation as one’s bag wassecurity checked. The queue forentry seemed to stretch for everthrough the city streets; a powerfulreflection of the general public’sinterest.

The current exhibition ‘TheImpressionists’ includes manysketches of ladies stepping intobaths. Chilly! We decided this wasnot for us, so moved upstairs to aninteresting display of works by, andinspired by, Emily Carr, a wellknown British Columbian artistwhose works span much of the 20th

century.

Her earlier works, simple paintingsof North West Coast Indians, theirwooden houses and their totempoles, were a fascinating way to learnmore about these people. This wasnothing to do with the Great PlainsIndians with their feathers andwigwams as depicted by Hollywoodand absorbed by us in our youth!

The only really wet day of ourholiday saw us in the VancouverMuseum of Anthropology at UBC.By now we had become more PCaware and understood that theaboriginal people of the country areknown as the First Nations; theword tribe is replaced by band.

With these facts well to the back ofour minds (!) we concentrated onthe showcases of First Nationartefacts; many hundreds of piecesboldly carved from pine andpainted brightly in traditional andsignificant patterns. In the end wesimply tired of trying to read theaccompanying information and justfocussed on absorbing the sights.We did learn much of thesubjugation of the native peopleshowever and are newly aware oftheir twenty-first century concerns.

Maritime historyVancouver is a city with a finemaritime history, a city of bridgesand waterways which teem withshipping of all kinds, from the tinywaterbuses, to the vast ocean-goingliners and loaded container ships, afar cry from the Indian braves ofthe past who would paddle theircanoes thousands of miles souththrough the Pacific as far aspresent-day California to trade.

For his maritime experience,Dennis signed on for a ‘whalewatch’ a six-hour adventure in asmall boat tracking a pod of Orcasto the mouth of the Fraser River.Patience was rewarded with some

fine sightings, accompanied by heftysnorting and blowing as the whalesbroke the surface, followed with analmighty splashing and thrashing asthey arched up and over and backagain into the heaving water.

Famous marketTo be at your best on a hectic trip,as ours proved to be, you need toeat well - and so we did. A ten-minute walk from Sheila’sapartment is the justly famed andincredible Granville Island Market.Meat, poultry, bread, confectionery,fish, cheese – it’s all there and ifwe’ve not mentioned ‘fruit and veg’it’s because the displays of these arean art form in themselves. Banks ofpineapples, carefully stackedpyramids of apricots and blackcherries – custard-yellow gourdstastefully surrounded by denseclumps of broccoli – an endless listto make the mouth water!

Day trips to mountainsEach day, accompanied by Sheila,an excellent and experienced cityguide, we visited yet anotherinteresting venue: Stanley Park, withits spectacular totems and fearlessracoons running wild amongst thevisitors, Cypress Mountain with itsincomparable views, and on our lastcomplete day, the two hour drive toWhistler, major venue of the WinterOlympics. This was the highlight ofour holiday, with a twenty fiveminute cable car journey, almost tothe top of the mountain, and asecond ride for ten minutes on theamazing ‘Peak to Peak’ stretch,considered a great engineeringachievement.

We were happy to celebrate our 56th

Wedding Anniversary at theTeahouse Restaurant in Stanley Park.Perhaps we’ll go back there for ourDiamond bash!”

Pat Syrett

Totem - Stanley Park

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It just does not seem possible thatwe are taking bookings for ourChristmas dinners, time just seemsto fly by these days, the older youget the quicker time rolls by. OurChristmas menu is now out: we aredoing a two course plus coffee andmince pies for £18.99 per head anda three course plus mince pies andcoffee for £21.99 per head. If youare interested look on our web siteor call in to the Black Horse and geta menu. We are doing theChristmas menu throughNovember to the end of January,bookings only.

Community spirit is alive andkicking in Lacey Green. With thesupport of the local council we nowhold an over fifty's club on the 1stTuesday of the month. The support

for this has been tremendous,people who have lived in the villagefor a long time who never kneweach other have met over lunch,long may it continue. If you areinterested ring the pub and I willpass you on to the organisers tobook you into the next one.

We are proud to say we are in theGood Beer Guide 2011 and theGood Pub Guide 2011, this is suchgood news, we have worked hard inthe last few years to get into thesepublications, especially the goodbeer guide, both of these are nowon sale.

Breakfasts are still doing okay, ifyou haven’t poped in and tried one,come in and have a go you will notleave hungry. The new season ofdominos and crib have started anddarts start next month. We needsome new darts players, are youinterested? Good luck to all myteams.We also now do a pokernight 2nd Sunday of the month.This seems to be going well, if youare interested in this please ring meand I will let you no when the nextone is and put your name down.Once again we still need new teamsfor our quiz night, last Sunday ofthe month.

Congratulations to the Lacey GreenFootball team on their promotion. Ihope this year they will have thesame success in their new league.

I would like to wish my customersand staff a really happy Christmasand a happy New Year.

Well done Lisa, Ian, Jo, John andCharlie and of course not forgettingRubble for doing the charity walkfor Iain Rennie Hospice, I am veryproud of you all and especially ofRubble. Also well done to IanSmart and his brother for thetandem ride they did for charity.

Lynne and Ian

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There will be a display of documents, maps, photographs andfamily trees, together with an interactive slide show`A WALK AROUND THE VILLAGE IN 1900'.

There will be be many items of daily use from the last twocenturies, including domestic, agricultural and other forms ofemployment and social life.

There will also be performances of traditional songs anddancing, and a show of bygone clothes, together withdemonstrations of traditional crafts.

There should be something here to interest everyone. Please putthe dates in your diary and let other people know of this uniqueopportunity to discover our Village History.

On Saturday 5th March 2011 from 2.00.p.m. to 5.00.p.m.

AT ST. JOHN'S SCHOOL - LACEY GREEN

The History Group presents:

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"A" Company, 4th Bucks Battalion Home Guard

AN EXHIBITION OF VILLAGE HISTORYand Sunday 6th March 2011 from 10.00.am to 3.00.p.m

ADMISSION £2.00.(children under 12 FREE).

Tea and coffee will be served.Atraditional lunch of bacon badger

and other local foods will beserved on Sunday lunchtime.

Advance booking will be needed.Full details will appear in the next

edition of Hallmark.

A book by MOSH SAUNDERS, entitled

CHILDREN IN A BODGER'S WORLDIllustrated by many of Mosh's paintings will be on sale from November orat the Exhibition. Price £10.00 per copy.

If you would like to reserve a copy in advance, please contact Norman Tyleron 01844 344606.

CAN YOU HELP?If you can help us to staff this event, either with

the displays, catering or demonstrations,please get in touch.

Also if you have any items of interest whichcould be put on show on the Sunday,

especially old clothes.(We will take great care of them)

Please contact Rosemary Mortham01844 345863

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AN EXHIBITION OF VILLAGE HISTORYSpeedingResidents of Lacey Green continueto be very concerned about driversspeeding on Main Road. Recentlythere was an accident near theVillage Hall involving a cyclist who,fortunately, was not seriouslyinjured. The Parish Council havebeen told by the local police thatthey have only limited resources todeal with these problems and thatthose resources are allocated toareas of higher priority.

There is one way that local peoplecan help to reduce the incidence ofroad traffic accidents and that is tovolunteer to join the CommunitySpeedwatch team. The scheme isco-ordinated by the Police andBuckinghamshire County Councilbut run by local volunteers. Thevolunteers are trained to use adetection device to monitor thespeeds of vehicles travellingthrough the village. Theregistration number of speedingvehicles is recorded. Warningletters are then sent out by thePolice to the registered keepersstating that their vehicle has beenreported as speeding.

Volunteers will be given training inthe use of the Speed DetectionRadar equipment and how to recordthe required data. If you would liketo volunteer you can contact theParish Council through our web sitewww.laceygreenparishcouncil.org.uk

Forty nine pathsLiving in the parish of Lacey Greenwe are very lucky to have beautiful

countryside with fantastic views onour doorstep and so manyfootpaths to explore. There areforty nine, actually, and when I firstcame to the village I set myself thechallenge to walk all of them. Ithink that my favourite is L16. Istart with a pint in the Pink & Lilleythen stroll through the magicalHillock Wood down a flight ofsteps to a stile where a wonderfulview opens out towards Kop Hilland over Brimmers Farm to PrincesRisborough beyond.

Footpath checksMy fellow Councillors and Irecently had the opportunity tocarry out the Parish FootpathSurvey where we checked thecondition of every signpost, kissinggate and stile in the Parish.

This was a box ticking exercise ofwhich they all approved! You canfind a link to the footpath map on

our website, (the map was handcoloured by Cllr Claydon, I think)you might not want to walk all ofthem but it is useful to know whatthe numbers are when you need toreport a broken stile.

The Government’s spending cutsare going to affect everyone. Theforthcoming Decentralisation andLocalism Bill, which is going to put

“more power into people’s hands”,and the Community Right to Buildwhich will enable developers tobypass the planning system, aregoing to present challenges as wellas opportunities for the council.The future is going to be verydifferent but there is no detail atpresent; we will know more whenthe bill is published in November.

In the meantime I am going tocheck the stiles on L29 and enjoythe view from Turnip End.

John Sherlock

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It doesn’t seem possible that weare again heading towards anotherwinter. However, we at TheWindmill WI have had a goodsummer and autumn.

At our monthly meeting in Augustthe speaker, Edwin Rye talkedabout David Austin roses. Mr Ryehas become a firm favourite withus and we really do enjoy his talksand gardening tips.

Also in August a number of ourmembers attended the BFWI 90th

anniversary celebrations at StowHouse. This should have been areally lovely day if the weather hadplayed ball! It was mostdisappointing for the BFWIcommittee who had put in hoursof their time in organising theevent. However, as true Brits wewouldn’t be beaten and weenjoyed our packed lunchesunderneath our brollies!

Our meeting in September was our23rd Birthday meeting, when weinvited 2 members from each of theInstitutes in our Group to join us forthe evening. We were entertained byMr Arthur Evans who gave us a talkentitled ‘Most Teachers are Human –Just’. The talk was followed by a

cheese and wine supper withbirthday cake made by our president,Mrs Pat Richards and iced by MrsDoreen Lett.

At the beginning of October weheld our Annual General Meetingwhen our President, Secretary andTreasurer all reported on a verysuccessful and entertaining year.The Committee and President, MrsPat Richards, were all elected backin office for another term. Thebusiness side of the evening was

followed by a quiz, coffee andcakes.

A week later 24 members andfriends enjoyed a good day out inLondon. They visited the Victoriaand Albert Exhibition at theQueens Gallery, BuckinghamPalace, followed by lunch in therestaurant at The Royal Albert Hall.This was then followed by a tour ofthe Albert Hall which proved to bereally interesting and informative.Once again it was a great day out –thank you Pat for making all thearrangements,

Also in October we held ourautumn Jumble Sale which onceagain was well attended andproved to be our best ever! Ourgrateful thanks goes to everyonewho supported us by donatingjumble or by coming in theafternoon to buy and of course toall our members (and husbands)who helped on the day.

Don’t forget – we meet on the firstWednesday of each month at7.45pm in the Village Hall - docome and join us – we are afriendly bunch!

Daphne Williams

Windmill WI

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St John’s Church

8.00 am: Holy Communion (1662)1st, 2nd, & 4th. Sundays

10.00 am: All age Worship - Communion 1st Sun of month

10.00 am: Parish Communion All Sundays except 1st

6.00 pm: Choral Evensong 1st Sunday in the month

6.00pm: Junior Church at 10.00am – all services other than 1st, held inupper room.

Tues 9.30am: Communion Service -St Johns Lady Chapel

Tues 2.00 pm in term time: Toddler Praise – 21 toddlers meet Tuesdayafternoons during term time. Dads & Grandparents also verywelcome.

CHURCH SERVICES

Rector – the Reverend Denise Critchell. Tel. 347741.Serving the village communities of Lacey Green, Loosley Row, and Speen.

YOUNG PEOPLES BIBLESTUDY GROUP.: Young peoplefrom age 11+ will meet to havetheir own study group during mainworship in our church.

BEREAVEMENT GROUP - thefirst Monday in each month from2pm till 4pm.

SPLASH after school Club. EveryMonday at 3.15 with Melissa Stoneand Rev. James Tomkins.

RETREAT - To find more timewith God, to rediscover HisPeace….

Offa House have retreats forindividuals,www.offahouseretreat.co.uk

Full details of services and moreinformation about St.John’schurch are published in themonthly Parish Magazine‘Viewpoint’ and displayed on thenotice board outside church.Please check those referencepoints for any further details.

If you know of anyone whowould also like to receive HolyCommunion at home, or wouldlike a home visit, please contactRev. Denise on 347741

June Brazier

Saturday 30th October Jumble Sale in the MilleniumVillage Hall at 2.00pm

Friday 12th November

Fun Quiz with Supper in St John’sSchool Hall at 7.00pm.

Make up a Table of 6 – BringYour Friends along. £10.00 perTicket

Sunday 28th November at 6pm Advent Carols

Friday 3rd December and

Saturday 4th December

Christmas Craft Coffee Mornings.In St. John’s Church from 9am to1 Pm.

Friday 3rd December Lighting Up Ceremony with Carolsin Princes Risborough

Sunday 5th December

8am Holy Communion.

10.00am.No Service Because…..

3.30pm. Christingle Service andthe lighting of our tree

Sunday 19th December at 6pm Candlelit Carol Service.

Arrive early to find a pew, or chair.Friday 24th December at 3.Pmat 11.15pm

Crib Service

Midnight CommunionSaturday 25th December at 10am Christmas Day Family

Communion.Sunday 26th December at 10am Holy Communion

A HAPPY HEALTHYCHRISTMAS toone and all !!

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Sports Club - Cricket SectionIt has not been the greatest Seasonwe have ever known. The 1st XI, bydint of winning four out of their lastfive matches (one was rained off)managed to finish fourth in DivisionOne. The 2nd XI, I 'm afraid,f inished bottom of DivisionTwo.

That was inevitable considering thedifficulty of fielding a full eleven.Hopefully, next season, SimonWilliams, Joe Stevens, Robbie Brownwill be available again. And I wouldlike to see Jake Dell and Raj, bothsuperb fielders and with potential withbat and ball reconsider their decisionto drop out.

The highlight of the past seasonhad to be the batting of JamesShrimpton. When first taken into the

1st XI he struggled but now he hasdeveloped good foot work to take himto the pitch of the ball and getsnicely into line when forced toplay a defensive shot. The best thingabout James's batting is that he takesthe bat to the ball - unlike too manywho wait for the ball to hit the bat.That's why I believe that if he wantsto he can go on to play a higher classof cricket.

If you look at the batting averages, ingeneral they look quite good - somevery good.

But now look at the bowling. Runsper over and runs per wicket are fartoo high. That, I think is where ourteam’s weakness lies. I know it'sunfashionable these days - evenamong some professionals - to bowl

straight - but I see no reason why sixballs shouldn't be bowled straight atthe wickets. It could have surprisingresults!'

I still think there needs to be a timelimit on matches. There needs to bemore urgency about the games.Nothing is worse if you are aspectator - or even a fielder - ofwatching batsmen 'sitting on thesplice' or fielders out for a Saturdayafternoon stroll. Knowing they wereplaying to a set time would keep theplayers focused. I'm not advocatingthe biff-bang of some of the Twenty-Twenty matches, but in two and a halfhours forty overs could be bowled ora good score posted. Think about it,lads.

Just quickly, I must mention again I'vescanned the Bucks Free Press weeklyfor any mention of our local cricket.Not a word. I can only assume theSports Editor doesn't like cricket or isnot competent to comment on thegame.

At this point I must thank our scorers,Maureen and Christine, our umpiresDerek and Les and all the lads whokeep the ground in such goodcondition. Well done.

I have to end on a sad note I'm afraid.This year we lost two good friends.John West was well known to mostpeople locally. John, together withJoan, have given to and worked forthis club over many years. John waswell-liked by everyone and I've heardof many kind acts never publicised.He will be missed.

Not so many knew our friend RogerDell of Hampden. He gained respectfrom all who played with him oragainst him for his sheer love ofcricket, his dedication to the gameand for the hours he spent keepingthe Common in excellent condition.Play on, Roger.

Geoff Gomme

Innings Not Out Runs AverageJ Shrimpton 14 3 546 49.6S Walker 6 4 92 46.0L Craker 3 117 39.0D Highgate 16 3 440 33.9J Whipp 1 31 31.0R Dell 8 198 24.8M Exley 9 4 109 21.8D Palmer 10 3 150 21.4D Sanders 9 4 81 16.2D Marshall 31 15.5

Overs Maidens Runs Wickets AverageJ.Dell 7 0 19 2 9.5J.Hedgeland 43 11 148 10 14.8K.Woodward 62 15 205 13 15.8L.Weston 134 19 528 33 16.0D.Sanders 90 21 25 14 18.1M.Exley 103 14 431 20 21.6L.Craker 5 1 23 1 23.0S.Walker 74 13 26 11 24.2J.Shrimpton 46 3 199 8 24.9

Innings Not Out Runs AverageJ.Jones 9 1 289 36.1O.Murphy 5 0 138 27.6T.Page 12 0 301 25.1A.Khan 2 0 48 24.0D.Marshall 12 0 224 18.7Naib 11 0 153 13.9P.Smith 12 2 106 10.6Janid 7 0 74 10.6K.Exley 8 1 70 10.0J.Dell 14 0 138 9.9

Overs Maidens Runs Wickets AverageW.Carter 2 0 7 1 7.0J.Hedgeland 12 2 40 4 10.0C.Williams 7 0 43 3 14.3O.Murphy 34 8 92 6 15.3M.Janes 2 0 16 1 16.0N.Khan 77 9 249 15 16.6Abid 73 10 324 13 24.9D.Sanders 12 0 58 2 29.0D.Marshall 63 1 390 13 30.0

1st Team batting averages

2nd Team batting averages

1st Team bowling averages

2nd Team bowling averages

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Sports Club - Tennis SectionThe tennis club membership has been on the increase throughout 2010 with a group of very capable junior playersmaking good use of the courts during the school holidays and demonstrating their tennis skills at the clubtournament on 13th September. The junior section tournament was as ever popular and from a combination ofdoubles and singles matches was won by Sam King and Georgia Morris. The ‘grown-ups’ tournament hadpartners drawn from the hat.

Matches were played as a roundrobin with each team playing a shortset of four games against each of thefive other teams. After a hardfought competition, the winnerswere Sam Johnston and Ian Ward.

The tennis club fielded three teamsin the Aylesbury and District Tenniswith mixed results. Club honoursgo to the Mixed Doubles teamcaptained by Trisha Johnston. Afterhaving been promoted only lastseason, they won their division againearning promotion to Division 5.

The Men’s team, captained byGautom Biswas, performed betterthis season finishing mid-table inDivision 6. The team augmented byplayers both young and old did quitewell despite fielding different playersin every match.

The Ladies team had some hardfought and close matches finishingonly marginally behind their closestrivals. Better luck next year!

The Lacey Green and Loosley RowLawn Tennis Club is registering withthe Lawn Tennis Association (LTA).This will benefit the Clubmembership in many ways, not leastof which will be the opportunity foreach member to become a BritishTennis Member (BTM). This willenable the club to obtain anallocation of Wimbledon ticketsbased upon the number of BTMsregistered through the club.

The LTA is also very keen to helpclubs such as ours to develop itsfacilities to help anyone in thecommunity to become involved in

tennis and especially to encourageyoung people to have a go.Inevitably, the best players startyoung and the younger one startsplaying then the better the prospectsfor future success.

With this in mind, the club will belooking at ways to expand youthmembership during 2011 anddevelop tennis opportunities forschool children in the village. Whoknows – perhaps there is a futureWimbledon champion living outthere right now in HP27!

Ian Ward

For more information and membership forms, please contact:

Ian Ward PR 345567 or Linda Malden PR 275296

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Heavenly BodiesOver the next few weeks, you canget to grips with some of theGalaxy’s most deadly stars; as wellas spot Venus and Saturn, andwitness a total eclipse of the Moon.

During late autumn and winter, thenight sky becomes dominated bythe fabulous constellation of Orion‘the Hunter’. Look out for it when itrises from the east at about 9pm atthe start of November, appearingearlier and earlier as the weeks pass.It is highest in the sky when duesouth (11pm in late December).The image of Orion (below) which Itook using a DSLR camera on amotor-driven tripod, shows themain stars and the Orion nebula.

Top-left of the rectangle is theorange-coloured star Betelgeuse, ared supergiant 500 times thevolume of our Sun which wouldextend as far as Jupiter if it was atthe centre of our Solar System. Butthe star is dying because itshydrogen fuel is running out. It willeventually explode in a supernovawhich will be the brightest everrecorded and should out-shine theMoon for up to three months, while

casting shadows on the Earth atnight. At about 600 light years awayand its axis pointing away from us,it poses no danger and will pushless radiation towards us than ourSun does. However, no-one iscertain when it will go bang – thebest guess is anytime within thenext 1,000 years…

In stark colour contrast is the blue-white supergiant star Rigel – aboutthe same size as Betelgeuse and85,000 times more luminous thanthe Sun. It’s comparatively young,so has no surprises in store for along, long time! Below Orion’s Beltand within the Sword is the famousOrion Nebula. This immense cloudof gas and dust is making new stars,which light up the nebula and makeit visible. If you use binoculars, thestellar nursery looks like an eerie,misty cloud. Remember that whatyou are seeing is 20 light years wideand 1,600 light years away!

Once you’ve mastered a bit of star-naming, you’ll be rewarded onDecember 21 (the day of the WinterSolstice which occurs at 11.38pm)with a total eclipse of the Moon. It’s

a tricky one this year, taking placevery near the north-western horizonearly in the morning. The Moon’sdisc will start to darken from its leftside at 6.32am until it becomescompletely immersed in Earth’sshadow at 7.40am. Make sure youhave a clear view of the north-western horizon to see how orangeor deep-red the Moon glows beforeit falls below the horizon.

During the hour between partialand full eclipse, turn around 180degrees and you’ll see an extremelybright Venus rising from the east,with Saturn to its upper right (andthe star Spica in between them).Later that night will be the highestFull Moon of 2010. All in all, not abad day’s sky-watching!

This year’s Astro Talk covers twotopics for the price of one!

“Astronomy vs Astrology” and “TheBig Bang Machine” takes place onSunday 19 December at LaceyGreen Village Hall. See page 2 fordetails.

Chris Dignan

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Organisation Meetings Contact Phone Email addressAssociationsHappy Wanderers Walking Club Short walk (2-3 miles) 2nd Wed 10.30

Full walk last Sun of the month 10.30Ronnie Lewin 274961 relewin@btinternet.com

Horticultural Society 3rd Wed of Jan, Mar, May, Jul, Sep, Nov.8pm

Terry Fendom 342636 terry.fendom@btinternet.com

Jingle Tots & Kinder Gym Baby to 5 years. Music, play & gym.Fridays during term

Jenny Stothard 344441 jennystothard@btinternet.com

LR&LG WI (afternoon) 2nd Thursday except August. 2pm Jean Gabbitas 346469

LG Singers Thursday evenings in term time Fran Hall 01494 562842 fran.hall865@mod.uk

Lacey Green Productions Theatre, drama, and sometimes food Val Brookhouse 344207 valbrookhouse@btinternet.com

Windmill Under 5s Mon-Fri 9.00-12.00 or 1.30 if your childstays for lunch

Paula Cunningham 07502 198405 admin@windmillunder5s.co.uk

Windmill WI (evenings) 1st Wed of month except Jan. 7.45pm Stella Boll 347268 daphne.willash@btinternet.com

High Wycombe & District U3A 4th Wed afternoon of the month Roger Smith 01494 562554

Youth Club Alternate Fridays: Nov 12, Dec 16see laceygreen.com web site for times

Joan Smith 342322 joansmith38@googlemail.com

Pub Lunch Club Black Horse. First Tuesday of the month Betty Tyler 344606 normantyler31@gmail.com

Short Mat Bowls Club Monday 2pm Leigh Axe 345216 leigh@laceygreen.com

SportsLG Sports Club Secretary Stephanie Dell 07768 831196 steph.dell@btinternet.com

LG Sports Club - Cricket Jonathan Dell 07786 386912

LG Sports Club - Tennis Ian Ward 345567 ian.ward21@tiscali.co.uk

LG Sports Club - Football Ben Foster 344906 laceygreenfc@hotmail.co.uk

Jazzercise Tuesday evenings Sue Morris 01494 813968 info@jazzsue.cp.uk

Karate Monday evenings Richard Peace 07768 896078

Whiteleaf Bowmen Wed, Thu & Fri evenings, Apr to Sep Brenda Cordwell, Sec01494 485037 www.whiteleafbowmen.org.uk

DART Self Defence Tues 7-9pm in Hall.Sat 10am-12 in the School

John Titchen 07810 568656 jwt.dart@gmail.com

Pilates Classes Tuesday mornings Sue Croxford 346656 ncroxford@ashleyhouseplc.com

Yoga Group Mon mornings during term time Annie Silverman 343643 annies_yoga@hotmail.com

OthersBucks CC & WDC Paul Rogerson 01494 488315 progerson@buckscc.gov.uk

St John's Church Denise Critchell 347741

LG Community Planning Group Tony Molesworth 344975 molechem@yahoo.co.uk

Police Andy Ralph 0845 505 505

Parish Council Susanne Griffiths 342685 clerk@laceygreenparishcouncil.org.uk

LG Post Office 9am - 12 noon Mondays and Thursdays George Crombie gcrombie.greathampden@ukonline.co.uk

LG Windmill Sundays & Bank holidays 2 to 5May to September

Michael Hardy 275871 contact@laceygreenwindmill.org.uk

Millennium Hall Clive Hodghton 343113 clive@laceygreen.com

Millenium Hall bookings Karen Hodghton 274254 karen@laceygreen.com

The Black Horse Quiz night last Sunday of every month at8pm

Lynne Comley 345195 lynnecomley@btconnect.com

Village Organisation meeting schedule and contacts sheet - all meetings in the MilleniumHall unless specified

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Local Information

LACEY GREEN POST OFFICE is open in Village Hall 9 am-12 noon Mondays &Thursdays for all services except Vehicle Road FundLicences.

LACEY GREEN STORES open in Village Hall 8.30 am-1 pm every week day

COFFEE MORNINGSHeld in Village Hall 10am-12 noon Thursdays.Friendly chatting with tea or coffee & biscuit

THE FOOT CLINICChiropody services with Cathy Maynard. Tel 274521

. Tuesdays at the Village Hall by appointment

MOBILE LIBRARY will be at the Village Hallalternate Wednesdays from 12 noon to 1 pm.

Hallmark is publishedquarterly by the Lacey Green& Loosley Row MillenniumHall Management Committee,although opinions expressedin comment or contribution donot necessarily represent thecollective view of thatcommittee.

Our aim is to mirror the mark thatthe Village Hall makes upon ourcommunity, to publish the activitiesof all Village organisations, and toprovide a forum so that the rights,the wrongs, the well-being ofvillage life can be aired. News fromall the Village clubs, societies,church and school, stories of localinterest and entries for the Village

Diary are always welcome. Inaddition, any suggestions forimproving Hallmark.

A version of this printed Hallmarkmay be found on our websitewww.laceygreen.com, which alsohas breaking news and manyadditional articles & photos of localinterest.

VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

Clive Hodghton (Chair)

Rachel Panter (Vice-Chair),Sue D’Arcy (Secretary),

Yvonne Axe (Treasurer),Karen Hodghton (Booking Sec.),

Chris Baker,Jill Baker,Stella Boll,

Jane Brown,Ginnie Brudenell,Cathryn Davies,Bette Tyler &Norman Tyler

HALLMARK EDITORMike Piercy, Malmsmead, Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 0PU

( just before the pond on the right) 01844 344021 Email editor@laceygreen.com

ADVERTISING MANAGERChris Baker, "Woodpeckers", Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 OPT

(past the pond on the left) 01844 275442VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGS

Clive or Karen on 01844 274254 (answering service)

LACEY GREEN WINDMILLIn 2011 the windmill will be open from 2 pm to 5 pm on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays from Sunday 1stMay to Sunday 25th September. Admission is £2 per adult, and £1 per chid aged from 5 to 15. Since 1971 it has

been restored to working order by members of The Chiltern Society. Please park in Pink Road and walk uppath to the mill. For further details see www.laceygreenwindmill.org.uk

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