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CROXLEY GREEN RESIDENTS'AND RATEPAYERS' ASSOCIATION

Editor: John HedgesAssisted by: Molly Hedges

No.159Spring 1990

C.G.R. & RA COMMITIEE

R. Boardrnan (President)16 Frankland RoadA.G.E.Warren {Vice-President)94 Winton DriveKay Raggett(Vice-President)Horfield Cottage, The GreenMike Hurnphreys (Chairman)The Weather House, Croxley Hall WoodsJohn Larter (Vice-Chairman)65 Sycamore RoadBrian Markham (Secretary)116 New RoadJohn Dennis (Treasurer)103 Windmill DrivePolly Burdis(Subscriptions)17 New RoadJohn Hedges (Resident' Editor)44 Ludlow WayRosemaryHanscombe (Advertising)22 Dickinson AvenueColin Walker155 Winton DriveLaurie Matthews26 Sycamore RoadBarbaraLloyd65 Copthorne RoadRay Dunford52 Winton Drive

All parish councillors are ex-officio members

Material published in this newsletter doesnot necessarily represent the views of theAssociation nor its Committee.

EDITORIALNot much space this time but may I justremind you that we are still looking for lifemembers. Fill in the form and return itnow.

Gypsies thrive on our waste and then dis-card it. Don't encourage them , take yourwaste to the Council Dump in RiversideDrive, don't give it to them.It's really up to you.

REVELS ON THE GREEN

Peter Foster and I with a small but effec-tive group of helpers have run the Revelsfor 4 years, having taken over as a crisisarose with no one else willing to give up

.the time required." .

I think you will agree that the Revels dur-ing that time has been well organised andit has certainly grown in size and attrac-ted more people, and I think I speak forall when I say how grateful we are to allthose people who have given so freely oftheir time to keep this central focus of

. our village going strong.

However we have now reached anothercrisis. Peter has found his involvement inthe Revels too costly, coming as it does athis heaviest time on the farm and hasreluctantly had to withdraw his services. Imyself having had a recurrence of a pre-vious back problem find myself verylimited in what I can physically do,though I am willing to carry a desk-boundadministrative burden.

Will there be a Revels on 23rd June1990?Well that is up to you. We need urgentlyvolunteers to help with organisation.Who do we need? Well we need able-bodied, physically active people whocan mark out the pitch, knock in stakesand run about. We need people who canmarshall the procession, run the car-park,organise the arena and act as an announ-cer. We need someone with transportwho can collect and return chairs, whocan collect and dispose of litter, we needaccess to awhite-liner and someone whocan use it. You name it - we need it.

If the Revels is to go ahead, we need allthese, so please if you can help, reallyhelp - we don't need advice - please con-tact Mike Dix (32739) or me as soon aspossible but before the end of March.

John Hedges (222715)

METHODIST CHURCHNew Road, Croxley GreenOur traditions tell us that it was in 1866 thata Mr. Pierce opened his house as aMethodist preaching place. A mere eigh-teen months later a building was erected onthe present site. By 1892 the present pre-mises were built to accommodate thegrowing congregation.People are more important than buildingsso it is good to be able to tell you of a livelyand friendly family of Methodists who stillhave their home in New Road.Sunday worship is held at 11.00 and 6.30each week with a Sunday School meetingduring the morning service. During theweek there are a variety of fellowships thatmeet both on the premises and in homes. AWomen's fellowship meets at the Churchon Tuesday at 2.30. For the young peoplewe have a Girls Brigade and a YouthClub ..In addition to these Church based activitiesour' premises are well used by the com-

.munity. Activities include - Toddlers groupsand Play' groups, dress making classes,flower arranging and painting classes.•We like to feel that in a variety of ways wemake a contribution to the life of the Crox-ley community and we offer a warmwelcome to all who join us.

K.F. Handscomb.

Croxley GreenResidents &

Ratepayers Association

ANNUAL GENERALMEETING

Friday 30th March 1990at 8.00 p.m. to be held at

The Library,Barton Way,

Croxley Green

* * *Guest Speaker

Everybody welcome, pleasecome and air your views

LIBRARY COLUMNA belated Happy New Year and thank youfor all the cards, presents and good wishes.A cautious welcome to the 1990s as weawait the effects of the Poll Tax on ourbudget. Whatever happens, we hope thatwe can continue to provide a good serviceand that libraries will still be going strong inthe next century (only 10 years away!!)

Now that the computer is installed in all butour 10 smallest libraries, we can get a goodpicture of what is happening with requestbooks. The computer has speeded up theprocess, but you now join the County wait-ing list rather than Croxley Green's.However, this also means you have accessto over 100 copies of the most popularbooks, rather than 1 or 2.

The top lOon 1st January 1990 was:-

1. CATHERINE COOKSONThe Black Candle.616 requests, still the most popularauthor by far, but apparently she isvery ill.

2. PD JAMESDevices and Desires.332 requests. Our most "literary"crime author.

3. DICK FRANOSStraight.330 requests. Read by many non-racing crime fans.

4. WILBUR SMITHA Time to Die254 requests. Still the most popularthriller writer.

Please send letters, contributionsand advertisements to:

John Hedges44 Ludlow Way (Wat: 222715)by September 1st if possible

5. DANIELLE STEELDaddy.204 requests. Gets more popularwith every book. .The best-selling American author(Barbara Taylor-Bradford was bornin England).

6. DENIS HEALEYThe Time of My Life.169 requests. The only non-fictiontitle in the list. It must be theeyebrows!

7. NOEL BARBERDaughters of the Prince.147 requests. Finished by anotherauthor after his untimely demise.

8. EVELYNANTHONYScarlet Thread.137 requests. One of the few authorswho has always been more popular inlibraries than bookshops.

9. FREDERICKFORSYTHThe Negotiator.125 requests. Proving more popularthan Le Carre and Deighton ofthe English thriller writers.

10. ELLlSPETERSPotters Field.121 Requests. Jhe 17th "brotherCadfael" novel by another literarycrime writer.

So there we have it for another year. If youwant to produce a bestseller for libraries,write family stories, crime, or thrillers. Theliterary prize winners all came within thenext 10, as did the bestselling book overChristmas, Michael Palin's "Around theWorld in 80 Days", which sold a staggering180,000 copies. Happy readingBob Sharpe. Librarian

POLICE COLUMNWhere's Steve Steddy? What's happenedto Steve, have they caught him at last?Who are you? Since the 1st November1989 these are just a few of the questionsthat I have been asked, I propose to answerthem in reverse order.1. I am PC Harry HALE, and as you mayor

may not have heard I am now the otherNeighbourhood Bobby for CroxleyGreen, working opposite shifts to PCSIBSON to give you extra Policecover. .I have been a Croxley Green Residentfor most of my 32 years so I have a ves-ted interest in the area

2. No they haven't caught him and Steveis currently slaving away over a hot Com-puter terminal i", the Enquiry Office atRickmansworth/Police Station. It wouldappear that 12 years serving theresidents of Croxley Green have takentheir toll and he is a sad relic of his for-mer self. Seriously though, he has got aproblem with his back and it is impracti-cal for him to carry out all the dutiesexpected of a Neighbourhood and likethe professional that he is, he realisesthat he would be selling you short so hehas hung up his cycle clips, fluorescentband and cape, and with a light heartgone on to pastures anew.I am sure you would all like to echo mythanks to PC STEDDY for his work overthe last 12 years and I hope that PCSIBSON and I serve you equally well. Iam sure that we will receive your sup-port over the months and years tocome.

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Right, on to the nitty gritty.

(1) BURGLARIESOnce again we are having problems notonly at houses but shops and offices. Ifeel sure that people see strangeincidents, or odd people during the daybut don't like to telephone the Policebecause:

a) "I will only get that silly music on thetelephone if I ring".

b) "The Police are very busy with allthese burglaries, its probably noth-ing, I don't like to waste their

time".c) "I would feel such a fool if it was

alright".

If any of the above statements refer toyou please reconsider and make a call.You could prevent or even detect acrime. If your call is made with goodintent no Policeman worth his salt willcriticise you or make you feel foolish,and the only reason we are so busy withburglaries is because people are nottelling us about the strangers hangingabout, or the strange car parked at theend of the road, so we implore youmake that call.

If statement a) is your prime reason fornot calling please reconsider becausethe system is getting better and in anycase if you think it necessary dial 999 tohelp prevent crime.

(2) DOG TH EFTSWe have received information thatgypsy type people are resorting to steal-ing dogs, so if you have a dog keep aneye on it and don't let it wander thestreets.

(3) NEIGHBOURHOOD WATCHIn Croxley Green we have a wellestablished efficient NeighbourhoodWatch. However, there' are gaps insome parts of Croxley Green, so if thereis anyone out-there that is able to giveup a little of their time to act as Co-Ordinator and run a NeighbourhoodWatch for their road, please contact uson the telephone number shown at theend of this article or drop us a line atRickmansworth Police Station and wewill contact you.

(4) I know previously that Steve STEDDYhas given out Crime Figures,we intendto do the same but aswe have recentlygone computerised it is taking us longerto collate our figures, but bear with usand we will give you details in ournext column.

(5) Last but not least a big thank you.In the past mention has been made ofthe problem of graffiti in the areaWe have had two areasof success.Firstlythe Library and the Welcome Centrewere cleaned up and painted, with thekind assistance of Three Rivers DistrictCouncil, Mr Derek THOMPSON, theNeighbourhood Watch Co-Ordinatorfor New Road, Mr Peter GARDNER, alocal resident who provided some spe-cial cleaner and most importantly of all,those teenagers who gave up their timeto help do the work. We are deeplyindebted to them because theyworked hard and unselfishly.

Given the chance to receive newspapercoverage they declined, so not.wishingto name names we would like to thankeach and every one of you.

This success prompted an assault onthe Baldwins Lane Pavillion. Forthis weenlisted the help of Three Rivers Dis-trict Council who provided thematerials to do the job. Mr. SteveKYRIAKOU provided much appreci-ated support to the" work force butagain the majority of the work was doneby local 'youngsters, and although notyet finished we are slowly getting there.The weather has been against US, but Ilike to believe that this is a start and onthe whole the youngsters of CrbxleyGreen have their hearts in the rightplace. They could have had the kudosof a newspaper article but theydeclined and chose to do the job inhand without any fuss.

So once again Gary and I wish to thankthese youngsters for their support.

Wishing you all the best for the NewYear.

HARRY HALE GARY SIBSON244444 (Extn. 2205)

LrTTER DAYSunday 18th March10.00am - 1.00pmParties will meet at

Mill LaneIWatford RoadHarvey Road

(Imperial Machines)The Artichoke, The Green

The Weather House,Lavrock LaneT.S. Renown

We need you, all of youto tidy our village andKeep Croxley Green

beautiful

CHURCH ARCHIVESIn the last issue of the Resident we prin-ted a poem written by G. Revell, soonafter publication I was contacted by JohnWright of Wright Motors and in an inter-view with him and his brother Mick learnta great deal about Geoff Revell.It must be remembered that they too areCroxley Boys so it would not be fair toreport what they got up to as boys exceptto say they enjoyed life to the full.During the Second World War Geoff wasin the Royal Tank Corps and had anadventurous time but his health began tofail and towards the end of the war hewas stationed at Chenies Manor.I also spent some time with Frank Jack-son a life long friend and was able to lis-ten to a recording he had made in theearly fifties of Geoff reading his poem, hehad a most expressive voice and hispoem came alive. He was blind and inthe recording he made the followingcomment and I quote ."Poetry provided it is read properly givesto the blind a picture they canappreciate".Through these conversations I consider ita privilege that I have come to know thisman who was so content and his poemhas given us a picture of Croxley totreasure and appreciate.So far I have had no response to myrequest for any information about thegravel washing equipment which stoodnear Common Moor Lock or on the Met-ropolitan Railway, I still hope to findsomething about the opening of the linein November 1925. Should you do sothen please contact me.j should add thatI am connected with The Three RiversMuseum. At present Dec. 89 we are stag-ing a small exhibition on Croxley and Ihope that some of you may have seenit.

Recently Mr. Nicholson Headmaster ofHarvey Road School loaned to me anumber of school registers the earliestone is dated 1894, many names arefamiliar, you can rest easy they do notgive any details of standard reached.Finally may I again repeat my appeal foranything of interest about Croxley for it isonly by these means can we try to pre-serve our heritage.

Norman Spring Tel No: Rick 776933

FARMERS OF CROXLEY GREEN

In the autumn, at Harvesttime, when thetractors with their trailers laden with cornmake their way along the Green,1 am aptto become nostalgic. I look back to thedays when Croxley Green was a ruralvillage with a strong farming community.Watford Road was a country road boun-ded by fields, and only a handful ofhouses fronting it. Springfield Close waspartly a wood - a home for manypheasants.

Killingdown Farm, on the Green, now theproperty of joe Foster was originallyfarmed by Johnny Coxhill. The Farmcovered a wide area. The Foster familymoved to Killingdown in 1924 andJohnny Coxhill retired and went to live inFernlea Villa on the Green. The Fosterfamily had previously lived in New Roadand from there farmed about 200 acresaround Micklefield and Copthorne. Theyalso had a Dairy; and two milk roundsin Watford.Ioe Foster who is well known to us allwent to Watford Grammar School. Hewas a keen footballer. In 1932 he marriedLucy Dickins, from Croxley Hall Farm. Hehas, all his life played an active part invillage life here and still assists with thebook-work on his Farm. His great grand-father was born at The Sportsman P.H.which his family kept until 1880. In thosedays a coach ran from Slough to St.Albans and The Sportsman was thehalfway house where the two horseswere changed on the outward and returnjourneys. It was also the base for thechain horses. A charge of 2d. was madefor pulling a vehicle up Scots Hill.The Dickins family farmed Croxley HallFarm, owned by Caius College, whichthen stretched from Batchworth toCassiobridge covering a large area includ-ing parts of Croxley Green. They movedto Berkhamsted in 1919 when CharlesSamson took over the Farmwhere he hadpreviously grown Watercress. The farmwas a s'uccessful Dairy and arable farmbut eventually gravel digging destroyedthe pastures and farming was impossibleowing to the lakes which were left. JackSamson brought the farm surrounds fromCaius College in 1971 and Charlesretired, leaving Jack to continue theWatercress business and to develop thelakes for fishing.The Sear family farmed Lovatts on theGreen - Harry Sear and his two sons Clemand Terry. Harry died in 1955 and Clern,eleven years ago, but Phyllis Sear, Clern'swidow, I am glad to say still lives atLovatts in part of the original housewhich has been divided into two. Phylliscame to Croxley as a Land girl in the Warin 1942 and worked hard but loved thelife. Each morning and afternoon shecollected the cows from Redheath wherethey grazed and she took them down tothe Dairy which was at Scots Hill -opposite to Cherry Cottages - where shedid the milking. They were collected byFather Harry who drove them back overthe Green in order to let them grazethere. He frequently carried an umbrella

and was a familiar sight in wet weatherfollowing the cows under the shelter ofhis umbrella. In 1946 Phyllis marriedClem. When Terry, Harry's younger son,was old enough he also came on to theFarm. In 1951 The Dairy on Scots Hill wassold and a Farm at Amersham waspurchased. Terry and his three sons con-tinue to farm at Amersham.I am most grateful for all the information Ihave been given.Copyright Reserved. Kay Raggett

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LETTERFROM DOROTHY GLASSPOLEDear Sir,I had to go to London last week on busi-ness - a rare occasion for me now that Iam an octogenarian! 'I planned to go back to Croxley before itwas dark so left Marble Arch for home ona 719 greenline coach at 2.58 p.m. due atWatford at 3.53 p.m. In the event,though, even though we left Londonpunctually we were not at Watford untilabout 4.30 p.m., so although Ijust caughta bus for Croxley quite soon, it was darkwhen I got off at the Baldwins Lane busstop at the bottom of Winton Drive.I stood there waitingto cross the toad forwhat seemed forever. One constantstream of car lights just racing towardsyou.I was terrified. I suppose I waited about10 minutes in reality but that seemsmuch longer when you are elderly, aloneand very tired.Then, in spite of having both hipreplacements I eventually tried to runacross - with success, or I shouldn't bewriting this!But it's not only when it's dark that thisplace seems a danger and not just topedestrians either: During the day thereare often long delivery vans parked out-side the shops, where I believe whenthey were first built, there was a space atthe rear for the vans, and it is probablystill there; as it is now it is impossible foranyone - drivers coming out of WintonDrive, and pedestrians alike to see trafficcoming from the right so please 3 RiversCouncil will you think again about a safetraffic check at this place?

Yours faithfully,Dorothy Glasspole.

NOTE FROM EDITOR:This is a matter which has concerned ourAssociation, TRDC, The ParishCouncil andthe Road Safety Committee for some years.The biggest problem is that a pedestriancrossing, sited atthe foot of a hill would givea false sense of security with drivers findingit hard to stop. However we are assured thatthe police will be taking notice of the badand illegal parking at this junction.Any ideas?

BARTON WAYALLOTMENT ASSOCIATION

The Power of the Pressis amazing! Follow-ing the publication of my article in theAutumn edition of The Resident, 8 or 9allotment plots were taken up by newapplicants, some of whom were previouslyunaware of the facilities which existed inBarton Way.Spring is fast approaching and the maingrowing season will soon be with us, so ifyou do not already have an allotment whynot try your hand at cultivating your ownpatch of ground, and eventually eating yourvery own fresh vegetables.The rental of a 5 hole plot (45 feet by 30feet) is only £5 per year (£2.50 for pen-sioners) and a few vacant plots have againbecome available due to the recent deathof some of our members. Application forplots should be made to the Hon. Sec-retary, Mr. Roger Simmonds, 16, HastingsWay, Croxley Green, (Telephone: Watford36236).

Most allotment holders are also membersof the Croxley Green Horticultural Society(Annual fee £1) and at their Trading Centreat the entrance to the Allotments site,members can purchase at discountedprices their vegetable and flower seeds,seed potatoes, onion sets etc. as well astools, composts, fertilizers and most gardenrequisites.Allotment members will shortly receivedetails of our Annual General Meeting. Domake a point of attending and airing yourviews and opinions. It only takes up aboutan hour of your time, and your commentswould be much appreciated.

I hope you all have bumper cropsin 1990.Ben Leigh BWAA Committee Member

PARISH COUNCILEfficiency in local government is somethingwe should all like to see but few of usencounter in the day to day managementofcommunity affairs. The price of workingwithin democratic systems is nowhere soapparent as at the various levels of the con-sultation processes set up to ensure that sofar as is possible every voice is heard. Delayand confusion seem to be inherent in thework of too many committees, and in theefforts of local government officers to tran-slate their well meant deliberations intoaction.The validity of the present structure -County Councils, District Councils andParish (or Local) Councils is under scrutinyin an attempt to rationalise procedures andreduce waste. At each of these levels thereis generally a stout defence of the statusquo but a good deal of criticism of the wayin which other levels operate. In areaswhere the political leanings at differentlevels are at odds there is conflict over thepolicies to be adopted on local issues, buteven when there is no political battleaccusations are made about unrealisticattitudes and the torpedoing of cherishedlocal projects.A less well understood aspect of the exist-ing three tier system is the way in whichcouncils work concurrently on certain res-ponsibilities. What this means in practice isthat on an agreed range of matters a

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"lower" level council will carry outfunctions on behalf of the "higher" levelauthority and will claim back from it thecost of carrying out those functions. Thusthe CroxleyGreen ParishCouncil now takescharge of cutting the grass on The Greenfrom Three Rivers District Council and thelatter reimburses the Parish Council fordoing so. (That is only a small example ofthe way the system works - Three RiversDistrict Council, for example, take on anumber of responsibilities for highwaysfrom the County Council and are reim-bursed in the same way.)If that is not confusing enough the situationfor us on the cutting of the grass is that ingoing outto tenderwe found thatthe ThreeRivers District Council Construction Groupwas the most competitive and we are nowtherefore employing TRDC to do the job!District Councils, through their Association,have been campaigning for some time forthe reorganisation of the structure of localgovernment in England and Wales based ona single tier of most-purpose Districts. Thiswould be based on removal of the Countylevel of government and the transfer to Dis-tricts of their responsibilities. Acceptingthat this might overload District Councils,the Association have also been discussingwith the Association of Local Councils(which includes Parish Councils) what therole of Parishes might be in a simplifiedstructure. A Joint Working Party has nowproduced a report defining recommendedchanges and this is under consideration byboth Associations.The recommendations are based on theproposition that civic responsibilityshould be nurtured by involving people asfully as is practicable in the provision andmanagement of community services, and itidentifies Parish Councils as being wellplaced to meet this growing demand forgreater involvement. The need for greaterclarity about the role and status of ParishCouncils is seen as basic to proposedchanges; and the criteria for such changesare the acceptance of abolition of CountyCouncils and the curtailment of "Con-current" functions wherever possible.The proposed changes are grouped under 3headings:-

i. Encouragement for ParishCouncilsto develop more effectively asforums for discussion, develop-ment and communication withDistrict Councils

ii. Development of a role in co-ordinating local voluntary effort;and

iii. Acceptance by Parish Councils ofmore direct responsibility over awider range of more direct respon-sibility over a wider range ofdefined subjects.

Under (iii) above the present statutoryduties of Parish Councils would be greatlyaugmented. The proposed list includesallotments, baths, cemeteries, clocks, com-mons, crafts and local entertainments, foot-paths, halls, lighting, litter, museums andmarkets, open spaces, car parking, playingfields, public lavatories, roadside verges,seats, shelters, signs, street cleaning, sportsfacilities, tourism, trees, twinning, villagegreens and war memorials. On some ofthese subjects Parish Councils presentlyhave limited powers but their resourceswould obviously have to be increased ifthey were to have the extended powersproposed.On a whole range of existing County andDistrict Council responsibilities the pro-posals recommend that there should be astatutory requirement for consultation withParish Councils. Under existing structuresthere is in fact quite often a measure of con-sultation about suggested changes withinParishboundaries especially where there isa history of friendly co-operation, but againit would be necessary to augment the ParishCouncil resources if statutory consultationwas required.Whatever the final outcome of these firstthoughts on possible structural changes,the debate is bound to give rise to a closeexamination of the existing arrangements.The thinking behind the abolition of theGLC, with its return to more local levels ofresponsibilities for a large number of majorfunctions, will be under scrutiny to see if itcould be applied at lower levels and theissues will be set against the present back-ground of financial restrictions.The experience of our own Parish Councilin its fairly short life is that much can beachieved if the views of local people can beharnessed to a responsible representationor campaign. The frustrations developwhen these are met with a wall of dividedresponsibility, with its delays and loss ofinitiative. All of you must have experiencedthis at one time or another and we shouldwelcome your views on what might bedone.To turn to more immediate matters, therehave been two changes in the compositionof the Council since the last edition of TheResident. Mrs Stella Hayward and Mrs AnnWynne-Jones both retired for personalreasons and their places have been takenby Mr David Dunderdale and Mrs AlisonWall. Thank you to those retiring andwelcome to our new Councillors.Finally a reminder that the Parish CouncilOpen Meeting will take place in The Libraryat 8p.m. on Thursday 5th April. This is agood opportunity for you to ask questionsabout any of our activities and we shouldbe pleased to see you.lan R. Thomas Parish Clerk

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