July 2012 Wendover News

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July 2012

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Wendover Celebrates Go to the middles pages and www.wendovercelebrates.org.uk for comments about the day. If you enjoyed the event please also consider thanking the hosts, W endover Campus: [email protected] as without their support this would not have happened. Money is still coming in, but currently a five figure profit is predicted. This will provide Wendover Celebrates with the seed funding for a future event and hopefully enough left over to support local causes. Wendover Celebrates will return in 2014; if you want to help organise it tell us NOW, via the

website mentioned above. In the meantime please collect your lost property from the Clock Tower! If you have photos or videos of the day please send them to www.wendovercelebrates. org.uk or contact Wendover News so that a complete compilation can be made.

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The Olympic Torch The Olympic Torch comes to Bedgrove and Stoke Mandeville on Monday 9 July: http://www.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/leisure-culture/london-2012/olympic-torch-relay/ gives full details.

May’s object was for darning socks

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RAF Flypast date : Tuesday 10 July at 1.30pm To celebrate the completion of training at RAF Halton we can expect a flypast (weather permitting).

£10 Gift Voucher for the Winner

July

Mystery Object

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Mondays 13.30 Wendover Baby/Toddler Group 0-5yrs term time. Wendover Memorial Hall, details 709791 Mondays The Rotary Club of Wendover & District, see www.rotary-ribi.org/clubs/homepage.asp?ClubID=2041 Mondays 19.30 -21.30 Bucks French Club, Holiday Inn, Weston Turville, except Bank holidays, details 07738 512664 Mondays New Kung Fu classes for kids and adults Call Mark on 07809 403208 St Anne’s Hall. See advert on page3

Mon, Tues, Wed, Thurs & Fridays JAZZERCISE classes to suit you : www.jazzercise-uk.com 07900 987230 Tue & Wed19.30 Wendover Bridge Club, Cricket Pavilion, Witchell : details 624089 Tue & Thu Morning and Evening Adult, Teen & Children's Yoga Classes. 01296 623543, [email protected] Tuesdays 8.30am onwards Not Just Coffee mornings, Wendover Christian Centre, all welcome Tuesdays 10.00 Simply Walk, meet at Wendover Clock Tower for easy walk approx 1 hour, details 01494 475367 Tuesdays 13.30-15.30 artsmart Drawing for Absolute Beginners, Wendy Lewis Studio, Wendover 01494 670372 Tuesdays 20.00 Wheelers & Dealers, Square Dance Club, Wendover Memorial Hall : 07731 776654 Tuesdays 20.00 IMAGEZ Camera Club: Weston Turville Village Hall, www.imagez.org.uk or call 01296 612632 Wed’days 19.45 - 20.45 Salsa Dance Classes at Wendover Royal British Legion, Bookings: 07767 234532 Thursdays 19.00 Ballroom & Latin Dance Class / 20.00 : Dance, Wendover Memorial Hall, details 01442 865734 Thursdays 19.45 Wendover Choral Society, St. Mary’s Church Wendover. New Term 8 Sept Details 01296 620450 Fridays 10.00 Churches Together in Wendover : Noah’s Ark Parent & Toddler Group, Wendover Christian Centre JULY Sun 01 14.00-16.30 Kimble & Ellesborough Summer Show. Flowers/vegetables/fruit/cream teas etc. Sun 01 EURO 2012 FOOTBALL FINAL Mon 02 9.15 Aylesbury High School Open Morning - see editorial on page 3 Mon 02 19.30 Wendover Parish Council Meeting, Wendover Library Room. All welcome, details 01296 623056 Tue 03 12.00-13.30 Justice & Peace Lunch: Home made soup. Suggested donation £3.00. W. Christian Centre Wed 04 10.00 Wendover U3A, John Lewis/Waitrose Partnership: Judy Faraday, St Mary’s Church, Wendover Thu 05 19.00 Wendover Library Reading Group : For details call 07979 855047 Fri 06 19.00 Laurie Holloway & Friends at Ss Peter & Paul Church, Gt. Missenden Tickets: £15, see pg. 3 Sat 07 19.30 Wendover Music: Benjamin Grosvenor on piano, at St Mary’s Church, see advert on left Sat 07 19.30 Tring Choral Society: Mendelssohn “Ave Maria” & Brahms Requiem, Ss.Peter/Paul Tring. Pg 3. Mon 09 11.30 OLYMPIC TORCH THROUGH BEDGROVE AND STOKE MANDEVILLE Thu 12 19.45 Wendover Evening WI, Medical Dogs: Mandi Simons, St Anne’s Hall, , details 01296 582318 Thu 12 20.00 Chiltern Writers: Manuscript Evening, Wendover Library Room Sat 14 19.00 Nightingale Ball at Pendley Manor in Tring. For all details see pg. 4 Sat/Sun/Mon 14,15,16 Flower Festival & Fete at St Michael & All Angels, Anthony Hall Aston Clinton, see p3 Sun 15 18.15 for 18.30: Contemplative Fire at St Mary’s Church, Wendover. All welcome COPY DATE FOR next edition of WENDOVER NEWS MONDAY 16 JULY

Sat 21 09.00-13.00 Local Produce Market : Manor Waste, Wendover Sat 21 14.00-17.00 Open Gardens in Bacombe Lane, Ellesborough Rd, etc. See editorial on page 4 Sat 21 19.30 Concert with Primavera Saxophone quartet at St Mary the Virgin, Weston Turville, see p.3 & 4 Fri 27 Opening Ceremony of the 2012 London Summer Olympics

What’s on in July 2012 for August 2012 events, please contact us before Monday 16 July

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WENDOVER MUSIC Saturday 7 July 7.30pm St Mary’s Church Wendover

Benjamin Grosvenor (piano)

Bach, Chopin, Scriabin, Rachmaninov, Ravel

Tickets £14 (concsns £13) from Wendover, Princes. Risborough &

Aylesbury Tourist Information Offices

credit card hotline 01296 330559, booking fee will apply

Details from 01296 615753 www.wendovermusic.org.uk

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Ellesborough Road - Wendover Mat and Studio Work

Aqua & Swimming 1 to 1 or small groups (private pool)

Summer Swimming crash courses 1, 2 & 3 AUGUST

Call Liz Ward 01296 625993

RHS Medal Winning Designer offering an individual and

creative design, construction and planting service

call Peter on 01296 622790 www.peterbirddesign.co.uk

Peter Bird Garden Design

SALLY TURNER ANTIQUES High Street, Wendover Tel: 01296 624402

Recently modernised 312 sq ft 1st floor mews workshop / office available to rent. Own kitchen, toilet and parking space

Enquiries: Sally Turner Antiques 01296 624402

Open Monday - Saturday 10 - 5 Closed Wed and Sundays Large customer car park at rear of shop through archway

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To help with cooking, shopping & companionship

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Events KE Horticultural Society Summer Show Stewart Hall, Little Kimble, 2 00 – 4 30 pm, Sunday 1 July Classes include flowers, vegetables, fruit and floral. Delicious home made cream teas will be available. If you would like more information about the society, please contact Tessa Madden, Membership Secretary, on 01296 612648 or see our website www.bucksinfo.net/kehs for further information.

Aylesbury High School Open Mornings Thursday 28 June and Monday 2 July, 9.15 am Aylesbury High School will open its doors to parents of students in Year 3 and above on two Open Mornings (28 June & 2 July). Parents can also register their interest on the Aylesbury High School website at www.ahs.bucks.sch.uk.

Laurie Holloway and Friends Friday 6 July 7.30pm SS Peter & Paul, Gt Miss Laurie Holloway is a renowned jazz musician. He will be joined by two talented teenagers, Emily Ashcroft and Matt Maltese, as well as professional artists, Caroline Fitzgerald and Jeremy Finch. This is an opportunity to enjoy a fabulous evening and raise funds for the British Red Cross. Doors open 6.45pm. Tickets £15 from Evelyn and Alan Pegley 01494 890729 or online at www.redcross.org.uk/events

Tring Choral Society Saturday 7 July, 7.30pm, SS Peter & Paul, Tring For our Summer Concert, Tring Choral Society will be performing both the Mendelssohn Ave Maria and Brahms Requiem, with supporting orchestra and soloists in the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Tring. Tickets are £11, £10 Senior Citizens and £5 for Under-18's. from Iain Rennie

Lessons for beginners taught in a fun,

relaxed environment in Wendover.

ffi: call David Burrows on

01296 626088 or 07547 214233

St Michael and All Angels Aston Clinton

Flower Festival and Fete Saturday 14 July 10.30 - 5

Sun15 July 11 - 5 Mon 16 July 10 - 4

Lunches, teas, cakes, books, plants, etc.

St Mary the Virgin, Weston Turville

CONCERT - 21 July 7.30pm PRIMAVERA saxophone quartet

plus flute and clarinets. Classical, jazz, easy listening etc.

Tickets £10 at door or Clocktower, U18 free

Enquiries 424982

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Halton @ 10.15am & Wendover @ 6.30pm

Beginners Only - Wednesday @ 10am - Belmore Centre,

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Monday @ 2.30pm - Halton

ZUMBA GOLD

Monday @ 6.30pm - Wendover

Bring a friend & get your session free

For further information contact: KATRINA RANCE

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Bodypump/Chair Based Exercise & Zumba Gold

Register of Exercise Professionals

MOBILE: 07773454287

EMAIL: [email protected]

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Wendy Lewis

Artist, Illustrator, tutor in water colour, oils and fine drawing is moving in July to

The Loft Studio and gallery The Barn Courtyard, The Old Post Office,

High Street. Wendover

www.wendylewis-illustrator.co.uk

JAZZ CONCERT Friday 6 July

@ SS Peter & Paul Gt Miss For BRITISH RED CROSS Laurie Holloway & friends

See editorial on page 4

Graham Blake Soft furnishing

• Loose covers

• Curtains

• Re-Upholstery

• Carpets

• Conservatory Blinds

• Shutters

• Tracks & Poles

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The Nightingale Ball Saturday 14 July, 7pm, Pendley Manor Dance the night away in aid of the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity (FNHC). Local resident, Chloe Collings, has single-handedly organised the ball to raise funds in honour of Burnett Cuthill’s memory. He was her Grandfather. To book your tickets or request more information please phone 07988 674088 or email [email protected] tickets are available to purchase in pairs or as a table of ten.

Saxophone Quartet Sat 21 July, 7.30pm, St Mary's W Turville The Primavera Saxophone Quartet is an all female quartet dedicated to performance of British contemporary saxophone music. This quartet was formed in 2010 at the Royal College of Music and performs widely in the UK. In this concert they will perform a varied programme including classical and easy listening numbers and members will double on flute and clarinet as well as saxophone. Details from Roger Fellows 01296 424982.

Open Gardens Saturday 21 July 2 to 5pm Sarah and Jeremy Nicholson are opening their garden at Cedar House, Bacombe Lane, HP22 6EQ. It is a superbly planted one acre chalk garden with wild flowers and beautiful views across the Chilterns.

Sue and Peter Lapham are opening their garden at Robin Hill 41 Ellesborough Road HP22 6EL. It is a highly coloured garden of tiered “rooms” screened by perennial shrubs and trees. Ruth and Sean Stephenson are opening their garden at Drywick, 91 Ellesborough Road HP22 6ES. This is a beautiful eco-friendly 4½ acre garden with honey bees. The Iain Rennie Grove House Memorial Woodland is diagonally opposite the Shoulder of Mutton over the road and rail bridge. It has grown over the past two years. An IRGH representative will be present.

Taste of Summer at No2 Sat 4 August 9am-3.00pm In partnership with No 2 Pound Street, Wendover, the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity will be hosting a special ‘Taste of Summer Event’ for lovers of great British food, wine and cider. The event, to take place on Manor Waste, hopes to entice local people, passionate about food and drink, to come along on the day to sample a variety of culinary delights including British cheeses and food from local producers and British wines, beers and cider. “On the day, there will be as many demonstrations and tastings as we can

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Events squeeze in, from a wide variety of British suppliers and local producers – with the promise of something for all the family,” said Nicola Grant, No2 Manager. “At No2 we love bringing food, wine, beer and cider to life, so what better way than to bring it to you in one big showcase open to all. We are also really thrilled that the event will be raising valuable funds for the Florence Nightingale Hospice. We look forward to seeing you there.” To find out more about the Taste of Summer pop in to No 2 Pound Street, Wendover, contact 01296 585022 or contact the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity on 01296 429975.

The Russell Arms The Friends of the Russell Arms have selected a new tenant for The Russell Arms in Butlers Cross, the first since the pub came under the ownership of the local community. Heads of Terms are currently being negotiated and, as soon as an agreement has been reached, an announcement will be made. In the meantime extensive refurbishment work continues. Many local tradesmen are involved with the renovation, some of whom are freely donating their time and skills. Anyone wishing to become involved with this project should contact [email protected], 01296 625498. They can also be followed on Facebook: Friends of The Russell Arms; and Twitter: @RussellFriends.

Brought to Book Thursday 13 September 8pm, The Russell Arms Brought To Book is a new book club in the Wendover area solely for lovers of Crime Fiction. They will be meeting monthly and would love to welcome new members. For more details please contact [email protected]

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Paul Levett Carpets

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Rachel Kingston Beauty Therapy

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Landscaping and grass cutting,

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DC Kaye & Co Solicitors

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Wendover Police Station is changing its opening hours from Monday 2 July. Gilly Franklin Station Duty Officer says the services will remain, and if anything, there will be further support when the station is closed, e.g. there is a yellow telephone outside the station so the community can gain assistance from the control centre. Aylesbury Police Station is open u n t i l 1 0 p m . Wendover Police Station will be o p e n e a c h T u e s d a y , Wednesday and Thursday from 10am to 2pm. The services one can expect are: traffic document productions, lost and found property, crime reporting, reports of suspicious activity, applications for firearms, crime reduction advice, Neighbourhood Policing updates, making a complaint, vehicle seizures, stranded persons, guidance of subject access applications, bail signing, receipt and property numbers, change of details for Immigration and Nationality purposes. Wendover Neighbourhood Team will still remain working out of Wendover Police Station and can be contacted via the yellow telephone 101 number or e-mail to Wendover&[email protected]

News from Wendover Health Centre 01296 623452

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Wendover Police Station

Changes to our opening hours The surgery will close at 1pm on Wednesday 18 July for staff training. Otherwise our normal opening hours apply during July.

Car parking We are grateful to local residents for vacating the Health Centre car park during our opening hours, yet the car park is getting busier and is frequently full. It is of course important that those who are unwell or frail can have easy access to the building. It would therefore be tremendously helpful if you can leave your car at home or elsewhere and walk to the Health Centre. We particularly ask that you do not park in the Health Centre car park when picking up children from local schools.

Being safe in the sun We saw several cases of sunburn during the spell of hot weather at the

end of May. There are a number of ways that you can prevent sunburn and stay safe while you are out in the sun. For example:

• wear clothing to protect your skin,

such as a long-sleeve shirt, trousers and a wide-brimmed hat

• wear good-quality sunglasses to

protect your eyes

• keep babies and children out of direct sunlight

• use sunscreen that has a minimum sun protection factor (SPF) of 15 (use a higher SPF for fair and sensitive skin), and reapply it every 2-3 hours and after bathing.

However, spending a certain amount of time in the sun can be beneficial as it provides your body with vitamin D, which is needed to keep bones and teeth healthy. In summer, spending about 10-15 minutes three times a week in the sun without sunscreen during the

middle of day will provide sufficient vitamin D for most people. Sunbeds are not recommended for boosting vitamin D levels.

Five tips for losing weight There’s no easy fix for losing weight and fad diets are just that. To lose weight we recommend:

•Have regular, balanced meals and cut down on food and drink that are high in fat or sugar. Include at least five portions of fruit and vegetables daily

•Adjust your portion sizes and eat slowly.

•Exercise regularly

•Share your goals with your family and

friends

•Keep it slow and steady: aim to lose 1-2 pounds (half to 1 kg) per week.

Our website For a wealth of information see www.westongrove.com

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Pruning & Weeding

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Lawn Care

Grass Cutting

Small Landscapes

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AUSSIE PLASTERING Over 20 years experience No job too small

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Chiropractor

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This is the perfect time to be sitting in the beautiful historic cobbled courtyard of the Farmers’ Bar in the King’s Head in Market Square, Aylesbury. Here you can enjoy any one of the fabulous beers from The Chiltern Brewery or their guest ales from the unique beer menu and sample sumptuous lunchtime food.

Can women really brew better beer? is the question that lies at the heart of the Farmers’ Bar’s latest themed celebration of beers. Brewsters, female brewers, have had a crucial role in the development of beer throughout history and are now the power and inspiration behind many micro-breweries in the UK. Come along and you may be able to try such wonderful offerings as Pressed Rat & Warthog from Triple fff and Outlandish Pale ale from Offbeat. Many of the beers are brewed to appeal to women drinkers too, so it could be a bit of an eye opener. The beers are very popular so please see www.chilternbrewery.co.uk for up to date information or call the Farmers’ Bar on 01296 718812.

There is a fantastic beer menu at the Farmers’ Bar with select single casks of guest beers in addition to the brewery classics Chiltern Ale and Beechwood Bitter and their amazing limited edition beers including the Jubilee Ale, the bottled version of which recently won great plaudits on national television. Events in July:


Chiltern Brewery

Learn to Drive with ROUND THE BEND DRIVING SCHOOL

Special offer - £15 per hour for the first three hours, then just £23 per hour! If you are interested call Brian on

01442 381549 or 07988 742385

In-toto Kitchens

5 Britannia Street

Aylesbury

Bucks HP20 1QS

Tel

01296 337299 [email protected]

Love your garden . . . . . . but not the upkeep? Why not have it maintained for you?

Call Simon Shirley 625053 / 07836 665512

A friendly and reliable service

Garden Care & Maintenance

Chiltern Cats Protection

We have many gorgeous cats in need of

loving homes

0845 260 2396

www.chiltern.cats.org.uk

Reg charity 203644

CCS Christian’s Cleaning

Service Domestic and Office cleaning Carpets Internal windows

01296 420248 www.christianscleaning.co.uk

Fri 6 July from 9pm Festival Club: James Aldridge

Sat 7 July from 9pm Festival Club: Paddy Benedict

Sun 8 July from 12.30pm Jazz Lunch with 'Patched Up'

Fri 13 July from 9pm Festival Club: Matt Morton

Sat 14 July from 9pm Festival Club: Mike Carroll

Thu 12 July Pudding Club evening

M A Atherton Complete decorating services

Mob: 07787 135911

Tel: 01296 622076

Email: [email protected]

Liz Brown

General Yoga

Pregnancy & Postnatal Yoga

Yoga Therapy

01296 624004 07941 425187 [email protected]

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Wendover Arm Trust Christmas Card Competition After the success of the previous competition we are looking for an image to put on the front of our 2012 Christmas card which we will sell to raise funds to restore the canal. The image, be it a photograph, painting, drawing, or any other artistic medium that can be turned into a .jpeg file, must be on the theme of ‘The Wendover Arm Canal at Christmas time’. It can be one individual image or a montage suitable for either portrait or landscape presentation. Competition entries must be in by 15 September to allow for judging and printing. The winner will be given 5 packs of 10 cards and will have their name and contact phone number or email address/web site (if wanted) printed on the reverse of each card. Please submit entries, to Jill Pearce, 15 Halton Village, HP22 5NS or as an email attachment to [email protected]. For hard copy, please enclose a suitable stamped addressed envelope if you want the art work returned. By submitting an entry, you are stating that you own the copyright to the picture and that you are giving us full and unlimited permission to use the picture for the purposes above and any other promotional efforts in the future. If there are any questions, please contact Jill via the email address as above.

Walk an Arm’s Length On Sunday 2 September, Johanna Wheal will be “Walking an Arm’s Length” from Wendover to Bulbourne dressed in traditional canal costume to raise money for the restoration of the Wendover Arm. Can you join Johanna and Walk an Arm’s Length? Please register with us today at www.wendoverarmwalk.org.uk or register in person at Christopher Pallet. Johanna will be one of hundreds of walkers who will walk 6¾ miles from Wendover to Bulbourne along the historic waterway that is the Wendover Arm. The day aims to be the biggest fundraising event for 2012, a target of £25,000 has been set. It costs £400 to restore 1 metre of canal using modern engineering solutions.

The outfit dates from the 1800’s and was worn by women working on the narrow boats It has long sleeves and a long skirt and was designed to keep the sun away from the head and face. Johanna is an enthusiastic member and fundraiser for Wendover Arm Trust and has already raised over £350 to date. To sponsor Johanna, visit her fundraising page http://goo.gl/D6Cf6 or send a cheque made payable to Wendover Arm Trust to Johanna’s Walk, 467 Bideford Green, Linslade, Beds, LU7 2TZ.

Grass Cutting Service

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Ian Whittome on

01296 682361

07749 848135

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Winners There were several opportunities to win prizes associated with Wendover Celebrates over the Jubilee weekend. Here are those reported so far to Wendover News:

Logo Aces High framed the logo created by Sophie Francis-Baker so that she could have it as a memento and it was presented to her at Wendover Celebrates afternoon.

Window Competition Wendover Chamber of Trade and Commerce challenged anyone with a window in the centre of Wendover to dress it for the occasion. The standard was very high with many people reading or chuckling their way from South Street, to Back Street, Tring Road and Aylesbury Road as well as the High Street. With great difficulty, the judges finally decided to award the Magnum of Champagne prize to Eileen’s Flowers in Tring Road. They wanted more prizes as they would have liked to have made awards in several categories.

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Wendover Youth Club would like to say a big thank you to our Red Bus sponsors, Harpenden Building Society, Chiltern Way Federation and Ferdinand de Rothschild Chapter No. 2420. Without your support our spectacular entrance in the Wendover Celebrates parade would not have been possible. Congratulations to Katy G who won our Guess the Jelly Beans in the Jar, and to Charlotte B who guessed the Name of the Teddy Bear at our charity stall. Thank you also to the Wendover Celebrates Committee and volunteers. If anyone has any photos of the bus in the parade could they please forward a copy to our email address [email protected]

Wendover really did celebrate the Diamond Jubilee in style. We were amazed when we looked out from Wendover Evening WI in the parade and saw so many people crowding the streets, and then pouring into the school grounds for the rest of the day.

No sooner had the 'tea tent' opened, than a queue started to form, and, true to English style, it was very orderly! Cakes of every variety, baked by the WI and Churches Together, were there to tempt, and tea and coffee were dispensed with great speed. As cakes disappeared, plates were promptly refilled with new ones and so this tea tent kept going throughout the entire afternoon.

Thanks must go to all who participated and helped in any way, but congratulations and many more thanks to the organising team for Wendover Celebrates. They deserve a well earned rest. Marilyn Storer, Morag Corrigan, Ann Shepherd

Wendover Twinning Association would like to thank those who played palets breton and bought raffle tickets at Wendover Celebrates as all the proceeds go towards entertaining our French guests when they come to Wendover, the support is appreciated. It was a wonderful tribute to Her Majesty and a worthy successor to the old Wendover Carnival.

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Wendover Art Club Spring Exhibition This popular event was held over the Diamond Jubilee weekend at Library Room, Wendover. Over 70 pictures were on display from twenty different artists and the subjects and media used was wide and varied. As usual the "vote for your favourite" picture drew in plenty of entries and the winning picture was "Rocky" a pastel drawing by Joyce Lecomber. Thank you to everyone who came along and supported the Show either by viewing or purchasing and don't forget there will be another Exhibition later in the year when we look forward to seeing you.

Wendover Swimming Association The new membership year for Wendover Swimming Association starts on Sunday 1 July, and many thanks to all those who have already renewed. Your membership cards will be available shortly. If you would like to renew your membership, or want to join WSA, the application form can be downloaded from the website (see below) and copies are available at Wendover Pool during WSA swimming sessions (session times are also on the website). The Wendover Pool HP22 6HF is on the Wendover schools campus, past the John Colet School. Completed forms can be left, with your subscription, at the Pool during a WSA swimming session and you are welcome to swim at the same time.

WSA has held its prices for next year, so memberships will again cost £20 for an adult; £15 for those under 18 years old and £30 for a family. Swimming charges are also held at £2 for an adult and £1.50 for those under 18 and pensioners (under 4s swim free) .

The Association exists solely to provide swimming facilities in the community and all surplus funds are used to contribute to the costs of the Wendover Pool. In the year to 30 June WSA has again made a significant financial contribution which has used up a large amount of reserves, so the Association needs to replenish its reserves to enable it to help out with unexpected or major expenditure at the Wendover Pool. The WSA Committee is aware that many members pay a subscription each year in order to support the WSA and the Committee is very grateful to these members who might not swim very often or at all but who like to support swimming in Wendover. In the coming year, the Committee would be particularly grateful to anyone who feels able to join to support the WSA’s work or who would like to make a donation to support the WSA and help rebuild its reserves. www.wendoverswimmingassociation.co.uk

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The Village Cup There have been some very close games in the Village Cup and results are in the Wendover News July web update With a number of games left to play, in League A Dragons are top with the Jolly Boys runners up. In League B Sharkey’s Sharks win it and Wellhead Old Boys are currently second although the remaining game pits them against the Tradesmen who could just pip them. The winners of each league play the runners up in the other. The weather may have delayed the semis & final, the latter scheduled for Saturday 30 June.

Wendover Cricket Club Full details of the games played by Wendover 1st XI and the 2nd XI are available on www.wendover-news.co.uk

The juniors have been attending practices in good numbers despite lots of poor weather. U7 & 9’s on Saturdays has proved popular with over 40 regularly attending. Many matches have been cancelled due to the weather or by the opposition and the U15’s are yet to play a game.

The under 14's continued their good start to the season winning away at Ley Hill. Wendover finished their 20 overs on 137 for 5, with Ben (superman) Williamson smashing 52 before having to retire, ably supported by the rest of the team particularly newcomer Jack Beech, who in only his 3rd match hit a very handy 24. Ley Hill crashed to 66 all out, with the highlight being an incredible diving catch by Rory Lavery.

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Driving in Wendover Where has common courtesy gone? For some time I've been very disappointed at the lack of courtesy shown by drivers in Wendover and the local area. Because the roads in Wendover are a little narrow in places, I often find myself giving way to oncoming traffic by waiting at the end of a row of parked vehicles. Interestingly, there is a myth that this is a requirement laid down in the Highway Code. What I find most disappointing is that far too often this goes without acknowledgement. This doesn’t appear to apply to any particular age or gender. I do hope that this is not a developing trend among locals in Wendover. Surely if someone is prepared to wait to let you through ahead of them, they deserve some recognition, a wave, a nod, a quick flash of the lights. It's not much to ask, is it?

Peter Maskell

St Mary’s Churchyard The St Mary’s Churchyard Care team want to thank the guys from the Hampden and Wendover Lodge, locals from the White Swan, Pat Kernan’s Tree Surgeons, and Nick Taylor, Landscape Gardener Extraordinaire, who cut and strimmed their way around the top area of the churchyard on the Jubilee weekend. All this at a time when lots of other events were revving up. Thanks chaps, it was heartening to see and has made our

task a lot easier these coming months. Well done. Bryan Reading Editor’s comment: Nick Taylor was also heavily involved in the Coombe Hill Run

Coombe Hill Run Paul and Mel, of The White Swan Public House, would like to thank our regulars who entered the ‘Coombe Hill Run’ and raised in excess of £1400 for the two nominated charities; Appledown Rescue & Rehoming Kennels and The PACE Centre. In addition thanks is extended to the company support received from Alliotts, JFC Group & Dove Networks, with great appreciation to ‘Vale of Aylesbury Athletic Club’ for, yet again, organising the event ~ may it ever continue!

Gary Thorne Editor’s comment: full details of the June 2012 Coombe Hill Run can be found on:http://www.coombehillrun.org.uk/ thanks to the Vale of Aylesbury Athletic club who organises this event. James Clark of The Swan was the first Wendover resident home.

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Duke of Edinburgh Award Centre Aylesbury High School has run a growing and ever popular Duke of Edinburgh Award program for over 25 years. Recently, AHS became a Directly Licensed Centre (DLC), allowing the school to run this program independent of the umbrella of Bucks CC. On 25 June, South-East Duke of Edinburgh Award Regional Director Christian Scott presented the Licence Certificate at the School Governors’ meeting.

To attain a Duke of Edinburgh Award, participants have to take part in a physical activity and develop a life skill of their choice. They also have to volunteer and undertake an expedition. The Award assists participants in developing and building on a wide range of personal qualities while discovering new skills.

Bucks CC has unwaveringly supported Aylesbury High School students, enabling them to achieve exceptionally high standards in all that they do to earn their Awards. D of E Manager at Aylesbury High School, Richard Torpey said, “Receiving our own licence is testament to the dedication of all the staff, parents and former students who give their time and expertise so freely to make this special award program possible. “

Diamond Jubilee Garden Party On behalf of Florence Nightingale Hospice and Florrie’s Children Hospice, I would like to thank everyone who donated to and supported this event. Despite dismal weather many people came along and enjoyed Pimms, Sparkling wine, cakes and afternoon tea. We had advertised a relaxed and welcoming environment which I hope it was, maybe just add damp into the equation!

Dolly Savile (Wendover News Local Face May 2002) opened the event and stayed to share a glass of champagne with us all. You did a fantastic job Dolly, thank you.

I would especially like to thank Lin the manager of Wendover Hospice shop, who was a great support to me and printed all my posters and everything

else I required. She will be sadly missed by all the volunteers and all our customers.

Overall due to everyone’s generosity we managed to raise £875.00. Again I can’t thank everyone enough for supporting this worthy cause despite the English summer weather.

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Local Face: Lin Seely


Gerlinde (Lin) Baier was born on a cold summer’s day in July 1964 in a town close to the Bavarian borders in Austria. Shortly afterwards, her parents relocated the family including her 2 sisters, who are 15 and 17 years older than she is, to Baden, a lovely spa town on the doorstep of Vienna. She grew up in this architecturally and historically glorious sett ing completing her education in Baden and then trained as a travel agent. She worked in project management over the next 21 years mainly in Vienna.

Lin travelled extensively through Europe, touring the British Isles and fell in love with this country. As luck would have it, she met a wonderful English man, Jack Seely, fell in love with him and made the “big” move to Sydenham where they were married.

Lin started as a Supervisor at a chemist in Chinnor and despite being hopelessly homesick, her many new friends and kind local people made everything easier and she soon realised that life is really good as long as you accept challenges with open arms and an open heart.

In 2002 Lin and Jack moved to Aylesbury, where they still live. With it

came the opportunity to contribute to, and to put back into the local community.

Her successful response to an advert in the Bucks Herald (which she keeps neatly cut out and stuck to a white sheet of paper in a folder called “My Life”) took her in an unexpected direction. She started as Manager of the Florence Nightingale Hospice Shop in Wendover and embraced this completely different experience feeling that she could potentially make a change to the lives of others.

Lin and her volunteers in the Wendover Hospice Shop worked tirelessly to raise the necessary funds for the Hospice in Stoke Mandeville. A few of the many missions and aims were to make it a focal point in the community, a pleasant place to come and receive a warm welcome, relax, enjoy browsing, pick up a bargain, offload one’s troubles, share a joke and come back knowing you would be treated as a valued customer and friend.

Lin always felt that the same warm welcome kept the volunteers loyal and

dedicated and doing whatever they could to make shopping a joyful

experience while at the same time feeling good about doing one’s bit for Charity.

Lin says, “I would like to take this opportunity to thank the W e n d o ve r c o m m u n i t y , regulars, people who came to visit us from far beyond the borders of Wendover and especially the volunteers, for receiving me so warmly into their midst. I never for one

minute felt unwelcome. It was a joy and pleasure to work for and with you and serve the community for 10 years. I am leaving the Hospice Shop to pursue different things in life.

Thank you again so much for everything you gave and taught me, it has been an absolute pleasure. I am sure we will see each other again in the future.”

P.S. from Casper the Labradoodle: “I moved in with my family as a hopefully much loved addition in 2007, and would like to thank all the people who have known me, stroked and cuddled me, cooed at me, sometimes walked me and threw in the occasional treat. I will miss you all furry much.”

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View From the Chair What a month so far! With the Jubilee and the Olympics taking place this summer the fittingly themed Wendover Celebrates took place at the beginning of June. What an event it was and one that I personally was proud to be part of. At the PC meeting it was minuted that the Steering Group and committee for Wendover Celebrates be formally congratulated on organising such a superb event. It was nice to see all the Steering group and some of the committee present to hear the comments from the PC. Many councillors gave their personal time or donated equipment and even car parking spaces to help the event run successfu l ly. The Community Information Office team did brisk business in ticket, raffle and brochure sales as well as answering queries.

From a Parish Council perspective, a warm welcome is extended to Sue Gilbert, who is assisting Jill Bottomley for the next month or so.

Robert Duggan

Meetings As the number of meetings has grown to around 65 it has been decided to reduce this to about 46. There will be 10 main Council Meetings, omitting August and December. Planning will continue to meet twice a month if necessary, the Amenities Committee bi-monthly, Finance Committee quarterly and the

Staffing Committee as needed, but approx twice a year.

Matters Arising Last year it was decided to trial a communications page in Wendover News with the intention of giving Parishioners more information about what the Parish Council was doing for the community and asking the community what it would like its Council to achieve. The first year is now coming to an end. We hope and believe you have found ‘Matters Arising’ interesting and useful. So, we have decided to continue using the back page of Wendover News for this purpose. We would like to thank Jane Larkham for her generosity and for doing so much to help establish ‘Matters Arising’

Drovers’ Trees There is concern that pine trees behind the Clock Tower may damage the roof if nothing is done so the AVDC Arboriculturalist has decided to lop the offending branches.

The trees are ‘Drovers’ Trees’ and have a history as way markers and still exist all over the country. Trees were planted by cattle drovers and herders to identify watering places for their animals and

mark the routes across country before there were roads. They were planted roughly a day’s travel apart, often Scots Pine because their height makes them distinctive and easy to recognise.

Wendover was the meeting place of at least two drover trails, the Ridgeway and a trail from Ashridge, believed to have entered Wendover down Hog Trough Lane. The watering place would have been a ford, crossing what is now the old Tring Road close to where Brook House now stands.

The three Scots Pines at the Clock Tower were planted after the building was finished in 1870. A picture of the period shows no such trees. There is still a large drinking trough next to the Clock Tower and contemporary pictures show a herd of sheep being driven to the site and horses actually being watered there. It is reasonable to assume the trees were planted at about this time to replace the old Drovers’ Trees and carry on the tradition.

Fishing Although we are all fed up with the rain there has been a positive result. The water level at Hampden Pond has risen so we can announce that it is open for fishing again. Licences to fish are available via the Clock Tower or Ray Smith’s garage. Any season ticket holder who would like to assist in bailiff operations please contact the Clock Tower.

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