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This modest building, formerly the village smithy, together with

the Playing Field was given to the residents of Chartridge Village

in 1928 for the benefit of the children of the village.

The plaque is to be unveiled by

accompanied by members of the Franklin Family.

at

The Reading Rooms will be open from 2 pm for refreshments.

All Chartridge residents, neighbours and guests are warmly

invited to attend.

The plaque has been provided by the

Chartridge Village Residents’ Association,

with kind support from the Parish Council and the

Reading Rooms Management Committee.

September 28. Theatre Trip. “Jersey Boys”.WatersideTheatre.7.30pm.

Tickets available now, from Julia / JoanneTo book - contact - social@chartridge.org.uk

CALENDAR O F E V E N T S

For Details contact Julia Cheesman - social@chartridge.org.uk

Village Café-opens every Wednesday morning in the Reading Rooms from 8am

July 11 Pond Party Village Pond Afternoon19 Blue Plaque Unveiling Reading Rooms 2pm for 3pm

The Book Group meets in The Bell on the last Monday of each monthMeeting starts at 8 pm.

Details of the unveiling on the Reading Rooms of the Blue Plaque o n the front page

September 19 Race Night with food The Bell 7.30pm

28 Theatre -Jersey Boys. (See below) Waterside Theatre 7.30pm

October 3 Dog Show Franklin Fields 12pm onwards 12 CVRA Meeting The Bell 8pm

12 CVRA Meeting The Bell 8pm

27 Frogmore Paper Mill + Lunch Morning

30 Halloween The Bell 8pm

November 14 Bingo and Bangers and Mash The Bell 7.30pm

24 Hughenden Manor + Lunch Morning

Decenber 3 Waddesden Manor Christmas Mkt. Morning

23 The Christmas Gathering The Reading Rooms 6pm

26 The Village Cricket Match The Franklin Field 11.30am

June 30 Butterfly World and Wild Flowers Afternoon followed by afternoon tea at venue

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October 3. Fun Day Dog Show Franklin Playing Field

BBQ from 12 pm

EditorialComment

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The CV-RA is now one year old! Formed in June 2014, well�we’ve come a long way in a short time, and have had manysuccesses of which to be proud.

Looking ahead, we will be having our AGM in early-October[check the website for more information soon] and we wouldlike to encourage any and all-comers to volunteer to offer theirtime, however large or small that may be, over the coming year,with running the events and services that we provide, evenstepping up to the committee for the more enthusiastic amongyou. For any information, in confidence, please email meon president@chartridge.org.uk

But just as importantly, for example, if you have two hours free,say once a month, to helpwith the Wednesdaymorning café, that supportwould be equally, gratefullyaccepted.

We are still new and we arequite small, and so toborrow a phrase, every littlehelps

BLINK AND YOU’LL MISS IT From Alan Booth - President.

Finally it‘s here! (and I’m not talking about the summer! Althoughthat’s very welcome too :)No... I’ve just discovered that superfast internet has arrived inChartridge. Who knew? There was certainly no fanfair.Is it all a dream? I keep pinching myself and checking the screenof my shiney-new 4G phone. Yes, it’s true.Since then, I’ve been madly using the Speedtest app in variousparts of my house.Some rooms in the house still only gave me 3G but most werenow 4G and one, in particular, gave me 54Mbps download and21.4Mbps upload!! That’s more than 12 times faster down, and100 times faster up, than the best performance I’ve ever seenusing my landline-based connection for the BT broadbandservice.The 4G signal is coming from the EE mobile phone mast thatis in the grounds of Chartridge Lodge conference centre.

We are now living in a connected ‘community’ —  as theadministrators of rural broadband funding like to call areas thathave access to superfast internet — now if we can justpersuade  BT (which is in the process of buying EE) to upgradeour landline connections with its ˜fibre-to-cabinet” Infinityservice...

As we head towards our firstAGM, a little over a yearsince the first meeting, it isgratifying to see how popularour organised activities havebeen and how we have gotto know one another. Recentadditions introduced in ourevening meetings in The Bellhave been of particularinterest, commencing with atopical ‘Politicians’ QuestionTime’ just prior to the localelections, with candidatesfielding questions from thevillagers. The followingmeeting was an illustratedtalk on ‘BuckinghamshireSpies and Subversives’.Reports of these are in thenext few pages and this newlevel of activities will be ofinterest to a wider section ofthe village community.

A range of forthcomingevents include the BluePlaque Ceremony, ourdonation to the SchoolScience Class, the popularPond Party and severalsocial events. The veryactive Social Committee isappealing for additional helpfor the many events they areplanning.

All comments, notices, andquestions on any CVRAsubject should beaddressed to Karen, at<Secretary@chartridge.org.uk>

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Question Time at the BellCVRA Members MeetingReport by Martin Cheeseman

Local Residents flocked to The Bell on April13th to hear local Chiltern District councilcandidates explain what was on each oftheir local election manifestos.

The event was organised by CVRA .

They faced a Question time panel Chairedby Martin Cheeseman. Each candidate wasgiven 2 minutes to give the audience anoverview of their policies before theaudience asked them a series of questionsfor the next hour.

There were some lively exchanges and itgave an opportunity for local Chartridgeissues to be raised and, as one of thecandidates said, “I’ve been to a lot ofHustings in my time but it’s the first onethat I’ve known being held in a pub”.

Hopefully,for those who did attend,theyleft better informed about the views of thelocal candidates. It is an event which wewould be happy to repeat for the nextlocal election or even for the Referendumon Europe?

Footnote:For those of you who mayhave missed it, Peter Jones(Lib Dem) was re-elected asthe local councillor for theBallinger, South Heath andChartridge ward. TheConservatives retained overallcontrol of Chiltern DistrictCouncil (35 Conservative, 3Liberal Democrats, 2Independent).

Chartridge Parish Councillors are asfollows:-

Ellen Crawley-White, Juliet Davies, ChrisHowell, Peter Jones, Alan Booth,

Martin Cheesman listening to the UKIP candidate.

The Tory candidate explains asPeter Jones (Lib.Dem) listens

Peter Jones in appealing mode.

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After 31 years of Government Service, andnow prolific, writer and brilliant speaker,Denise Beddows entertained an appreciativeaudience at The Bell on 8th June.

Speaking to the CVRA meeting about herbook, “Buckinghamshire Spies andSubversives”, written under her pen nameD.J.Kelly, Denise gave a PowerPointPresentation of slides that included imagesof James Jesus Angleton, first head of theCIA and suffragette activist Hugh Franklin.

Brief stories ranging from The DentonEditions of 1585 and the 1605 GunpowderPlot, through The Colonial Spy Ring, shegave us a glimpse of some of the many andvaried events and people of theCounty.

Spies were ‘deported’ to Bucks;women spies held in Aylesbury Gaol.

We were told also of Doctors, Actresses andWriters, all of whom worked in spying andhad a link to Bucks.

Intrigue and Intelligence in the County

Denise Beddows is a member of theChartridge Book Club.

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Interview with Elvire, owner andmanager of The Bell, Chartridge

I caught up with Elvire at the pub and wasinterested to know more about her, where she’sfrom originally, what brought her to Chartridgeand some more about The Bell .Elvire comes from the Lorraineregion, in the east of France(the home of the classicQuiche!)

Although she’s been living andworking in the U.K. for twenty-two years, she originally onlyintended to come to Englandfor a couple of months toimprove her English beforeheading off to a job in Japan!

Leaving behind her job astrainee supervisor in a large hotel in MonteCarlo, she came to work at the King’s Head inIvinghoe. There she was to meet her futurehusband Phil who worked under the head chef.

Having cancelled the job in Japan and after astint at the Grosvenor Hotel, London, shereturned to the King’s Head, and the rest, as shesaid, is history…Phil and Elvire moved to Guernsey for threeyears where she was restaurant manager in a

large hotel and in 2003 theybought The Bell in Chartridge.

Elvire said she doesn’t reallymiss much about life in France(apart from her family andfriends) as she hasn’t lived therefor such a long time, so shereally feels at home here.

I asked her what the mostpopular dishes are at the puband she said Phil’s home-

cooked food is always popular – for example,his home-cooked ham or fish and chips, but heof course also turns his hand to more complexdishes and it is this versatility which makes thefood so special.

Your Committee is pleased to announce thedonation on your behalf of the ‘Dr RosalindFranklin Science Award’ to ChartridgeCombined School. The Award, which isperpetual, is to honour the memory of theScientist who spent many happy holidays in thevillage home of her Grandparents when she wasa small child.

A certificate to mark the award will go to the pupilchosen by the Head Teacher, Mr.Butler, fromthe Science Class. Rosalind’s cousin, NormanFranklin, a frequent visitor and well known tomany in the village, will also make anendowment to the science class.

Rosalind Franklin was perhaps the most famousfemale scientist of the 20th Century. Heroutstanding abilities as a crystallographer led tothe key x-ray image that provided the basis forCrick and Watson’s famous cracking of the

structure of DNA.

She was also instrumental in the research of thePolio Virus and of the structure of carbon.Sadly, Rosalind died at an early age, denyingher the Nobel Prize that her contemporariesreceived.

The

Dr Rosalind FranklinScience Award

1920 - 1958

Chemist and Crystallographer

CHARTRIDGE VILLAGE RESIDENTS’ ASSOCIATION

Pioneer into the study of DNAand structure of the Polio Virus

Chartridge Combined School

An impression of the AwardWhich is under construction

As we go to print

Our Award to the School Honours Dr.Rosalind Franklin

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The first Members’ afternoon CreamTea got off to a slow start after adismally wet morning but attendancesoon picked up with some two dozenmembers enjoying the atmosphere asthe weather outside improved for thestart at two o’clock.

Fresh f lowers on the cloth-coveredsmall tables; Union Jack bunting

decorating the walls, the setting wasgreat. Excellent fruity home-madescones, jam, clotted cream and potsof tea, together with friendly chatter,combined to create an ambience ofconviviality.

Thanks go to the small handful ofmembers who combined to organisethis, the first of what is hoped will bean annual event.

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Sponsors/Partners

Please Support yourLocal Businesses

Don’t MissThe POND PARTY

July 11th.Afternoon.

Lookout for the posters andflyers.

Have you visited the ChartridgeResidents’ Association Cafe?Open Wednesday mornings

from 8 o’clock

Local and Other Services

The Bucks Ki Aikido Club: Classes everyThursday at Chartridge Reading Rooms (Village Hall).Children: 5 to 12 yrs. 6-7 pm.. Adults: 7-9 pm.email steve@margolisweb.co.uk or call 07813 108644

Unique dog-friendly self-catering holidays. Grade 2* listedCottage in Veryan, Roseland, Cornwall.See: www.roundhousecornwall.co.uk. Phone: 01494 774290

Martin The Milkman. Door step delivery offresh milk, dairy produce, bread, eggs, fruit juices & more.Call: 01442 833944

Amersham Fabrics. Textile Printing & Embroidery,The Maltings, School Lane, Amersham Old Town.www.amershamfabrics.come-mail:stephen@amershamfabrics.com

Native French University graduate gives French tuition any level, Children or adults. Reasonable fees. Call Elvire : 01494 782878.

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Berkeley Stores Ltd. Berkeley Avenue. CheshamOpen: Monday - Friday: 6 am to 9 pmSaturday: 6 am to 8 pm. Sunday: 6 am to 5 pmTele No. 01494 783469