Bluebells by Barry Chignell

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Welcome to the May editionLast month we had a down-beatletter from the organiser of theWindmill Artists Exhibition andBistro lamenting the poorattendance at the event.However I have now beencontacted by the traditionalorganisers of the event sayingthat it will return in 2018 undernew management.

We must make an effort to putdown our tablets, get out of thehouse, and support villageevents; or our community lifewill wither away. For instance wecan start by going to one or bothof the beer festivals run by theWhip and the Black Horse - youmight even meet yourneighbours!

We are fortunate to live in anarea with very little crime andthis leads us to become a bitcomplacent. However therehave recently been a couple of

significant burglaries in thevillage, these should be areminder to us to lock ourgarages which often containquite valuable items. We have amessage on the subject from alocal ex-policeman on page 5.

Village Hall AtriumIn the last edition we included asurvey for you to indicatewhether you supported the ideaof building an atrium for theVillage Hall. We had 22responses. 13 were against theidea, 8 were positive but only 6were prepared to help. Thesubsequent AGM was wellattended with 15 residents givingtheir views.

After much discussion it wasclear that nobody was preparedto act as the champion of theproposal and take it forward - sowe agreed to put it on ice for themoment.

The Hall committee will howeverlook at more limited proposals toredesign the area, do somelandscaping and bring in moreseating. We will also look againat options to improve the carpark. Watch this space for futuredetails.

Mike PiercyEditor

Dear Editor,

This topic may be controversialbut I would like to hear whatother villagers think.

I propose that we ask therelevant authority to give everyhouse in the village A NUMBER.I wonder how many times wehave been asked by strangerswhere such and such a house is?My usual response to such aquestion is: “well, I have onlybeen here for thirty years. I knowI have seen ‘Ubi est’ cottage butI have no idea where it is.” Howmany delivery men, especiallythose new to the job, waste theirworking time to trying to find anaddress?

There have been incidents whereambulances have struggled tolocate a particular residence andrecently I witnessed police carsin the village driving franticallyaround in the hope of findingsomeone, asking randompedestrians if they know where‘Ubi est’ cottage is.

On Kiln Lane we have‘Highwood’ and ‘HighwoodHouse’. This not only confusesdelivery men but also leads tothe wrong delivery of post. Weoccasionally get letters for a‘Holly Tree’ in Speen.

Before people jump to accuseme of proposing to take away anancient custom of cuteness,remember that this is 21st

century. Also bear in mind that ifyour house is burning down oryour husband or wife has justhad a heart attack, those fewextra minutes saved by nothaving to struggle to find suchand such a house is, could beabsolutely vital. And yes, I knowthere is Satnav but a postcodeincludes several houses and noteveryone is Satnav savvy.

My proposal is to be allowed toretain all house names but inaddition every house, notalready numbered, should have anumber in the usual logicalsequence, prominentlydisplayed.

Stuart King

Letters to the Editor

11, 12, 13 MayBeer Festival at the Whip.

Beers, Ciders, BBQ and live music

Sat 12 May 11amTennis Club Open Day

Sun 13 May 11amNational Mills Day with Horts Club Stall

Wed 16 MayHorts Club “Wildlife Gathering”

Sat 19 May 3-5pmRoyal Wedding Tea Party

Windmill Under 5s School playing field

Sun 10 JuneStocken Farm Open Day

Sat 16 JuneChurch Summer Fete

Sun 15 July pmLGS Concert - School Hall - see p29

Plumstone Cowboy - Village Hall

Wed 18 JulyHorts Club “Raised Beds”

What’s On

Happy WanderersWe would welcome you to join us on one

of our walks:

Sunday May 27, June 24, July 294-5 mile walk starting at 10.30am

Phone Liz Lewin on 01844 274961

CrimeThis is a subject that evokesmuch debate and many opinions.Always best to start with a fewfacts.

Crime, especially violent crime, isincreasing and police numbersare down. Fewer police meansmore work for individual officersso less attention to each crime.

On top of that where once youhad to find a call box to phone anincident in, the police now gettwenty calls in a minute andwhilst it’s happening, whichrequires a faster response. This inturn puts virtually all of them invehicles.

The prisons are bursting sosentencing is weak and has nodeterrent value. How muchcrime is prevented by the visible

presence of police cannot bemeasured but who in their rightminds would commit a crimewith police nearby?

Personally I don’t think crimeever went down, it just movedon-line like everything else. Howmany of us just delete the scamswithout reporting them – eachone is an attempted crime whichis itself a crime.

I’ve heard of two burglaries in thevillage this year so, although in avery safe area, we are notimmune. Most burglars don’twant to be seen or heard andlove empty houses. Don’tbroadcast the fact you are goingaway, especially on social mediaand don’t pass on informationyou hear about other people

being away, especially to adelivery man.

Keep your eyes open and writedown unknown vehiclenumbers – there is no harmdone here.

A furniture van being loaded isso blatant no one considers theymight be burglars. Are yourneighbours known to bemoving?

A stranger in the street roundhere can well be a hiker but arethey dressed appropriately?Criminals give themselves awayby their behaviour –they usuallycheck to see if anyone iswatching.

If you answer the door tosomeone who says “sorrywrong house” or some othersimilar excuse be very wary.Don’t make it obvious but try toget a vehicle number – theymay well have parked down theroad or round the corner. Theyare unlikely to be local so avehicle is likely somewhere. Adoor to door salesman may alsonote empty houses – get avehicle number.

Think description – consideringthis at the time of observation isa considerably better aid tomemory when asked for it sometime later. If you are reallyconcerned phone it in.

This is not meant to alarmanyone as crime here remainsrare but it will only remain so ifwe are vigilant.

Leigh Axe

This week found me in the ruralwilds behind Stokenchurch,bumping down a farm track inthe middle of nowhere, watchedonly by the red kites. Then Iturned a corner and saw a super-smart log cabin and a set ofhorticultural greenhouses with abig new signboard welcomingme to Stotts Nurseries.

I had come to meet Billy Stottwho I’d known for some years ashe had submitted Hallmarkarticles for the Venture Scouts.Others of you will know himfrom Horts Soc and U3A wherehe has given evening talks, andfrom Lacey Green Singers wherehe is the current Chairman.

Billy has known that he wantedto be a horticulturalist since hewas given a strawberry plant atthe age of 10 and was fascinatedby the way it propagates throughrunners. However he did notwant to just become a gardenerso when he left RisboroughSchool he enrolled for a 3 yeardegree course in commercial

horticulture at Hadlow College inKent. He also took up working atAskett Nurseries to make themoney to fund his education andambitions.

On leaving college he knew hewanted to be an entrepreneurand to set up his own businessand create a nursery. In 2015 hemanaged to persuade a familymember to let him take on aderelict plot of farm land atStokenchurch. This had been anursery in the past but had laidderelict since 2002 and now wascompletely overgrown.

Two years of hard work followed,clearing the scrub that had grownup, restoring the greenhouse andstarting to plant new shrubs.

He managed to acquire themakings of a log cabin that hadbeen used in an exhibition,though when he received themthey were just a pile of loosetimber. Aided by family membersand a chain saw he has now builta wonderful office-come-show-

room to welcome visitors andprovide respite from the weather.Eventually the nursery openedfor business in the autumn of2017.

Billy knew that he would need tohave a special niche to persuadepeople to drive out to thenursery and decided to focus onplants, shrubs and hedging thatprovide winter interest andcolour. He is also fascinated bysnowdrops and has acquired awide range of specialist varietiesthat he is propagating for sale.

All his work uses peat-freematerials – mainly bark basedcompost. He also buys in someof the more common beddingplants to meet his customers’needs. The nursery is open 3days a week and full details canbe found on his website athttps://stottsnursery.co.uk/ or onFacebook where he does aweekly news update.

Mike Piercy

The Horticultural Entrepreneur

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Tony was a Yorkshireman bybirth, but fortunately for hissouthern wife, enjoyed living inthe south of England andparticularly in Buckinghamshire,where he was heavily involved invarious activities in PrincesRisborough and his home parishof Loosley Row.

Tony was a keen bridge playerand set up a beginners class onbehalf of his local U3A as well asplaying for many years at PrincesRisborough Bridge Club.

Tony was the longest servingcouncillor on the present Parishcouncil, having been co-optedonto the council in September1994. He was a committedcouncillor and will be very muchmissed. His jottings and sense ofhumour were part of hischaracter, the loss of these willcertainly have an impact on ourmeetings in the future.

He was keenly interested in thedevelopment of the Parish andserved on The Planning SubCommittee looking at allapplications made within theParish. His views on the various

proposals, some good some notso good, were always welcomedand formed many a response toWycombe District Council.

It was through this interest thatTony, in 2001, took on theChairmanship of the LaceyGreen Community PlanningGroup which saw the productionof a ‘Parish Plan’ to be adoptedby Wycombe District Council in2007. Whenever he went for awalk he was always keen to seewhat was being done andwhether, or not, it fitted the Plan.

Working with a few others in2003 he organised support toreopen the Post Office, start alocal Youth Club, organise aWelcome Pack for new residentsand set up the Village Shop.

It was because of his ‘hands on’involvement with the Group thathe was such a valuable memberof the Village Shop Committee. Itis true to say that without hiscommitment the Shop Projectmay never have got off theground. With the backing of theVillage Hall Committee the shopopened in 2008 and has been

running for ten years. Tony kepta close eye on the sales and waskeen to analyse the results ofeach day’s takings departmentby department. No meanundertaking for a shopmeasuring 8ft x 12 ft.

Tony was a keen walker and hadrecently completed several walkswith his U3A Walking Group andhad in fact done the first leg ofthe Shakespeare Walk, adistance of some 8 miles, the daybefore he died. He could oftenbe seen walking round thevillage, on a constitutional,sometimes with various noticesas he was also responsible forkeeping the village noticeboardsup to date.

Until fairly recently he was amember of Risborough GolfClub, a sport which he took upupon retirement and onlyreluctantly gave up when arthritismeant that he could no longerhold a golf club whichdiminished his chances of a goodscore! And he did like to win!

Editor

Obituary: Tony Molesworth

Tony Molesworth with George Crombie - see page 13

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History Society“YOUR COUNTRY NEEDSYOU”.

These were the words printed onthe famous poster of 1914 ofLord Kitchener, the Secretary ofState for war.

It is 100 years at 11 o’clock onthe 11th November 2018. (The11th hour of the 11th day of the11th month) since The GreatWar ended.

2018 also commemorates 100years since the founding of theRoyal Air Force (see page 37),and the first votes for somewomen.

“YOUR LOCALHISTORY GROUPNEEDS YOU NOW” We are putting on an exhibitionin St John’s Church in Novemberthis year. We would muchappreciate it if you can give usany information of what washappening here in our parish in1918; anyone in the RAF orworking at Bomber Command,(built for WW2) or any localsuffragettes, (they certainly burntdown Saunderton Station!)

Should you fancy a littledetective work with us, here aresome clues from St John’s Schoollogbook.

November 11th 1918.“ARMISTICE SIGNED betweenEngland and Germany. Childrenmuch excited. Cessation ofarms. No holiday given.”

November 19th 1918.“The scholars paraded the villagethis morning to celebrate thesigning of the armistice.

After a short service ofthanksgiving in the church, theprocession which wasexceedingly pretty halted at:Grymsdyke, the centre of thevillage, Loosley House, the PostOffice, Miss Watson’s and theStret Loosley Row.

“Boys were dressed in uniformsto impersonate the army andnavy, girls as Red Cross nurses.Almost every child carried abanner mounted on sticks andprettily designed by the elderboys. Frank Lacey and HaroldSmith had made little bannersfrom the drawings painted andcrayoned, by the scholars duringthe year.

“A large Union Jack, carried byAlec Dean had been lent byColonel Tighe (Loosley House).It was especially prized havingbeen used by the boy scoutsassembled at Watlington forinspection by Lord Kitchener theweek before war commenced.This of course led theprocession.

“Mrs Tighe most kindly read amessage from the Colonel to thechildren. Words of excellentadvice which the smallest childcould understand.”

(N.B. There was no Village Hallat centre of village until 1924.)

November 21st 1918.

“School CLOSED on account ofan EPIDEMIC of INFLUENZA.”

The outbreak of flu lasted fromJanuary 1918 to December1920. It became a pandemicacross the world infecting 500million people and causing thedeaths of 50 to 100 millionpeople. It was hushed up duringthe war for morale’s sake butovercrowded camps andhospitals, malnourishment andpoor hygiene were a hotbed forit.

The school was closed herebecause of it only two days aftertheir jubilant procession. Theparish records tell us who diedbut not why. Did any of yourfamily catch it or die of it?

During WW1 some womenwere engaged in work previouslyonly done by men. One localwoman is known to have beenmaking shell cases. No doubtthere are other examples. Canyou help here?

Any member of the Local HistoryGroup would be delighted if youcan give them any information,or get in touch with RosemaryMortham, Pondside Kiln Lane,tel. 01844 345863.

The group members will begiven whatever is appropriate forthe part of the exhibition theyare working on.

Join us on our voyage ofdiscovery. Good hunting!www.Lacey Green and LoosleyRow / history

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The picture above was taken at Lacey Green School in 1918/19.

Their names (from the back row with married names in brackets) are:

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 3233 34 35 36

1 Cecil Gomme, 2 Freda Lacey, 3 Constance Gomme (Connie Baker), 4 Harold Janes, 5 Nellie Rixon(Nellie Tilbury), 6 Gladys Ing ((Gladys Luxford), 7 Will Adams, 8 George Oakford,

9 Miss Mabel Janes, 10 Elsie Rixon (Elsie Chilton), 11 Frank Hussey, 12 Harry Floyd, 13 Ivy Dormer (IvyWeller), 14 Gladys Rixon (Gladys Buckland), 15 Louise Rixon, 16 Rose Adams (Rose Harvey), 17 Frank

Dean, 18 Mabel Tilbury, 19 Arthur Williams,

20 Nelson Rixon, 21 John Rixon, 22 Harry Claydon, 23 William Dean, 24 Leonard Oakford, 25 ClaraStevens (Clara Stevens), 26 Ivy Janes (Ivy Janes) 27 Ivy Hickman, 28 Reginald Rixon, 29 Frederick

Oakford, 30 Frederick Weller, 31 Alfred Stevens, 32 Ernest Oakford,

33 Percy Dormer, 34 George Claydon, 35 Cecil Weller, 36 Albert Claydon.

All the above families are still well known locally. Has anyone got any photos they would allow us tocopy for our archive?

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Lacey Green Productions

LGP’s new murder mysteryentertainment is called “ThePlumstone Cowboy” and will beperformed in Lacey Green villagehall on Sunday, July 15th. Theperformance will start at 3 pmand will be accompanied byafternoon tea – sandwiches,sausage rolls, cakes, tea, coffeeand soft drinks. We will not behaving a bar for this event butplease feel free to bring alongyour own alcoholic beverage ifyou wish. Tickets, price £15, areavailable by emailing:tickets@laceygreenproductions.co.uk

What could be better than asummer’s afternoon spentteasing your brain cells to try towork out the answer to ourmurder mystery, while eatingafternoon tea and chatting tofriends?

We promise you an amusing andyet puzzling time spent in thecompany of the cowboys andcowgirls of Plumstone, an almostunheard of small town inArizona, whose lives are madeunhappy by the local gangstercowboy, Ronald E.T. Crump.What will happen? Will Crumpget away with his nefariousdeeds? Will Madame Coarsetteand her saloon girls manage tosolve the mystery? There’s onlyone way to find out – book yourtickets now.

As a foretaste, here are somephotos taken in rehearsal.

LGP has been writing andperforming murder mysteryentertainments for the past 17years but it has been some timesince we performed one in theLacey Green village hall.

For those of you who have notseen LGP’s murder mysteriesin the past, the entertainmentwill involve three or fourscenes, which will introduceyou to the characters, thesuspects and the victim. Cluesare given and at the end of thescenes, the audience is able toquestion the suspects andarrive at their verdict. And, ofcourse, there are prizes forgetting the answer right andspotting the clues plus, (andwe know that this is what ouraudiences come for),afternoon tea is included!

If you would like to know moreabout “The Plumstone Cowboy”,come along to our stand at theNaphill fete on Saturday, June9th. LGP will be there with themurder mystery cast in wild westcostumes and with our usual fetegames for children and adults (ofall ages) to play – all of which arefree. Last year the weather wasmagnificent and the Naphill fetecommittee puts on a great showfor everybody.

LGP will soon be deciding onour November dinner theatreshow and we would love tomeet you if you would like tojoin us and enjoy the delights ofamateur dramatics.

Membership is absolutely free.Every year, we donate some ofour profits to charities and goodcauses. LGP is a family friendlygroup and we are always happyto welcome new members –contact us through the websitewww.laceygreenproductions.co.uk

Peter Brookhouse

THE WILD WEST COMES

TO LACEY GREEN

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Straight from The Horse’s Mouth(well, The Horse’s Trust actually)to The Pink & Lily! The Pinkwelcomes its new landlady …

We are delighted to announcethat The Pink has a brand newlandlady! Sadly Rodney andHannah have departed forpastures new, and in their placesteps twirly Shirley Abbott!

Having spent 18 years down theroad at The Horse’s Trust – thelast four as their HospitalityManager – Shirley has decidedto leave her four legged friendsbehind her and focus on the two-legged variety! Having been alandlady in a previous life andwith a wealth of experience –both equine and human – Shirleyhas returned to her roots behindthe bar – and we are delighted tosee her there!

Shirley says ‘I am beyond thrilledwith my new role and lookforward to extending thewarmest of welcomes to all of

The Pink’s customers! And I canpromise, there will be somechanges around here!’

Speaking of changes, the eagleeyed among you will havespotted that Shirley is alreadymaking her mark. The chairs inthe conservatory have brandnew covers – and look a lotbolder and better for it – and inthe recent cold weather, not onlyhas the fire in the bar beenburning brightly but the longneglected fire in the Brook Barhas sparked into life!

The front of house staff aresporting a new uniform – pink ofcourse – the Spring menu haslaunched and Shirley is full ofexciting plans for the summermonths. The outside deck hasalready been cleaned inreadiness for the warmerweather and the dining podshave both had something of afacelift. The gin range behind thebar is multiplying with someexciting new varieties joining the

existing ranks – and the whiskeyrange too has been extended.Children are now made evenmore welcome with freecolouring pads and pencils tokeep the younger ones occupiedwhile older ones play in thegames room. All in all, in the lastmonth Shirley has already madeher mark – and we look forwardto seeing what she’ll changenext! Why not join us soon at thenewly re-booted Pink and Lily.

New Landlady for the Pink and Lily

It was with sadness that welearned of the death of GeorgeCrombie MBE (see photo onpage 8).

Although George lived in GreatHampden for many years, he wasa frequent visitor to Lacey Greenas he was the Clerk of LaceyGreen Parish Council for over 25years until he retired in 2007.George, in modern terms, was aworkaholic.

He was in the RAF from a youngage and latterly worked for TheHampden Estates, and took greatinterest in the goings on in Great

Hampden. He was involved withthe Youth Club and the CricketClub and was the Postmaster forGreat Hampden in the village hallfor many years.

George was also persuaded tobe the postmaster in the LaceyGreen Community Stores whenthey opened in The Village Hallunder the leadership of TonyMolesworth.

George was awarded his MBE inJune 2001 for communityservice. The true definition of theMBE is an award given by theQueen to an individual for

outstanding service to thecommunity or local ‘hands on’service. George was this welldeserved recipient.

The abbreviation of MBE standsfor Member of the most ExcellentOrder of the British Empire.

George will be missed by many,both in Great Hampden andLacey Green and our thoughtsare with his wife Margaret andfamily.

Cathryn Davies

George Crombie MBE 1930 - 2018

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On The FarmIn the most British tradition I amfirst going to talk about theweather.

You will know what it has beenlike here, but it does affectpeople in different ways. In thelast article we wrote that wewere heading towards spring.Presumably we still are, for weare still in winter now (the firstweek of April). We turned out60 in-calf heifers in March whenit looked like it was improving,but it became wetter and colder,they trod up the fields and lostan alarming amount of condition,so we brought them back inagain. However there areglimmers of hope in the forecastnow.

StrawWe probably use 1,200 tonnesof straw each year, mainly forbedding, but the cattle also haveit as part of their diet. Because ofthe dry cold spring last year thecorn crops were not as tall asusual, hence less straw (the strawbeing the stalks left aftercombining.)

The result was that we were verytight on straw this winter. Itwould have been helpful if wehad had an early spring.Eventually when the cattle yardsare cleaned out this muck iscarted and piled in the fields tomature into rotted manure, thenspread on the fields to feed thecrops.

We have had two more periodsof snow and cold since January.On one night all the milk tankerswere grounded at the AstonClinton collection dairy, so againwe had to discard the milk wehad produced that day. Thatnight I think several hundred

thousand litres of milk werediscarded in this region. Youmay have noticed there was ashortage of milk in the shops fora day or two.

It is particularly dispiriting whenthe work to produce the milk hasbeen that much harder. Parts ofthe parlour and wash systems forthe bulk storage tank froze up,also the water in the calf shedand several water troughs, all ofwhich needed defrosting.

After the cold snaps we have hadnothing but wet days. We wouldnormally plant spring barley inMarch, yet we have yet to turn awheel in that direction. Wehave found it difficult to cleanout the cattle yards as we cannotcart the muck without bringingmud on the roads.

Late SpringWe are reasonably up to datewith top dressing (applyingnutrients) to the autumn sowncrops, but we still need to rollour silage (grass) ground to pushthe stones back into the surfacebefore the grass gets too long.

We were recently in Ireland. Inthe South they have had anappalling spring. The grass justhasn’t grown early and there is areal food shortage in an area thatrelies on grazed grass.

The weather is the thing thatmakes farming different everyyear and therefore moreinteresting. We shall have plentyto do when the sun turns up!

FootpathsWe recently did a survey offootpaths on our farm. We haveapproximately ten kilometres offootpaths with 47 stiles or gates

(some are shared withneighbours) to maintain.

We have fenced some off wherepossible next to field boundaries,where stock are regularly in thefields. With recent cases of thepublic not mixing well withlivestock it seems sensible. Itcan also help prevent peoplegetting lost.

Metal detectingWe have several local peoplewho enjoy metal detecting onour land. It is always interestingto see what history turns up.Sometimes horse brasses,musket balls, boot buckles andoften coins, which can be datedquite accurately. A Roman coinrecently found near PrincesRisborough was from theEmperor Cesar’s era, around 321AD, fascinating! I guess findingsomething like that makes up forlots of coke cans, bits of old farmmachinery and rubbish foundfirst while searching.

Open DayOn 10th June we hope to takepart in ‘Open Farm Sunday’.This is the farming industry’sannual open day, whenhundreds of farms throughoutthe country open their gates tothe public. It will offer anopportunity for people todiscover first-hand how food isproduced. Watch out for furtherinformation if you fancy meetingus ‘Down on the Farm’.

Joan West

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St John’s Church Choir NewsOur Church Choir visit to StJohn’s School music assembly onWednesday 21st March was wellreceived. Mrs Insley made uswelcome and introduced us tothe assembled children andteachers. A Power Pointpresentation was given by MrsCheron Mole the church choirtrainer and organist, in which sheexplained the wonderful role thatmusic could play in a person’slife.

The presentation showed theYoung Choir having fundecorating the Easter cakes andthe Senior Choir creating thedaffodil posies for Mothers Day.

A new hymn was introduced forthe children to learn; when thewords and music were displayedwe all joined in singing with thechildren.

Some of the Church ChoirChildren attending St John’sSchool showed the choir robesthey wear during churchservices; they explained thevarious stages and levels ofribbon and medal attainments.

The children were all thoroughlyengaged and attentivethroughout the presentation, themusic was enjoyed by all.

On Thursday 27th March, StJohn’s School end of termchurch service saw the Churchfull to brimming with children,teachers and parents. The Rev.Tony Bundock took the serviceand captivated the children withthe story of Jesus enteringJerusalem. The singing talents ofthe children and school choirwere plainly evident; along withtheir reading ability in bringing to

life the story of Jesus’ journey tothe Cross.

On Easter Sunday evening, StJohn’s choir joined the StDunstan’s choir at MonksRisborough for Team ChoralEvensong. The congregation andthe combined choirs were ableto experience the beautifullyuplifting sound of song andmusic in the tranquil setting ofthe ancient church.

To find out more about ourChoir contact: Rosemary 01844345863/Cheron 01844 342403

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Spring has hopefully sprung andthe weather can only improve.

As previously reported, withCentral Government reductionsin funding to Local Authoritiesand as these are austere times,Modernising Local Governmentin Buckinghamshire was and stillis a priority. In the autumn of2016 Bucks County Councilsubmitted a business case to theDepartment of Communities andLocal Government for one singleunitary council with 19 localCommunity Boards and 5planning areas. The 4 DistrictCouncils also submitted abusiness case for 2 unitaryCouncils, with a Northern and aSouthern Unitary in January2017.

The decision was originallyplanned to be made by March2017. However, due to theGovernment triggering Article 50for Britain to leave the EU and

the County Council electionsfollowed by the General Electionlast year; the Secretary of StateSajid Javid on 12th March 2018was minded to approve theBucks County Councilsubmission for a single unitary.There is now a period until 25thMay 2018 during which timethose who are interested canmake further representations bysupporting or opposing thedecision by emailingsajid.javid.mp@parliament.uk Thefinal decision will be subject toParliamentary approval.

Any changes are unlikely to takeeffect until possibly May 2020.

At this stage , you will havealready received your latestCouncil tax bill for the year2018/19. As you may be aware,this is the very first year that theCounty Council has not receivedany revenue support grant fromCentral Government. TheGovernment has raised the capof 2 percent to 3 percent whichin essence means that theCouncils can raise the CouncilTax by up to 3 percent without areferendum.

As a result, Bucks CountyCouncil has raised this by 2.99%for general services. In addition,due to greater pressures onAdult Social Care throughout theUK, Local Authorities can imposean additional 3% and so as aresult, BCC has increasedCouncil Tax by 5.99% whichequates to an increase of £1.40per week based on a Band Dproperty.

In my opening remarks, Imentioned that hopefully Springhas sprung. This winter has seenunusually high levels of rainfallwhich has increased the numberof potholes in our roads.

The Council has received£1.78m in Department forTransport repair grants and inaddition a further £1m is set tobe added from reserves and fromCouncillors’ repair funds for a“plane and patch” scheme toresurface stretches of roads withmultiple defects. This is a long-term solution where sections ofroad are cut away andresurfaced rather than just fillingthe potholes.

Following a decision taken byCabinet on 8th January 2018regarding the transformation of35 Children Centres, these planshave been put on hold for thetime being with furtherconsultations to be heard.

If you have any other matters orconcerns relating to the CountyCouncil such as Roads, AdultSocial Care, Children Services,Education and Libraries forexample that you need someassistance with, please don’thesitate to either email mecetholen@buckscc.gov.uk ortelephone 01494 564771.

Enjoy the summer!

Carl Etholen

County Council

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April has been a fairly quietmonth and, as is inevitable,clients numbers have been ratherchangeable with some inhospital or passing away andothers coming for trial sessionsor joining on a permanent basis.However, provision of a varietyof activities remains constantsuch as pottery sessions, cookerysessions, games of all types,quizzes, bingo, entertainment,singing and much more.

A number of clients wererecently taken to the free concertand coffee morning organised bySt Mary’s Church as one of theirCommunity Acts of Kindness forLent and thoroughly enjoyed it. Itis hoped that the band will visitthe Centre and make a repeatperformance.

St Patrick’s Day was celebratedwith entertainment,; clientsgetting involved with dip-dyeingflowers, colouring competitionsand a quiz. Some clients havealso been busy decorating EasterEggs which are at presenthanging on the trees outsideMcColls.

Looking ahead, Lucy, theCommunity Champion fromTesco, who gives so much of hertime for the Princes Centre, issoon going to start a littlegardening group for those clientswho would like to do things outin the garden once the weather

improves. A visit to the ChinnorRailway is also being arranged.

Things are quiet on the projectfront although a kitchen designcompany recently came andgave some useful advice onplanning the refurbishment ofthe kitchen. As the floor has tobe replaced for hygienepurposes it has been decided toreplace some of the oldcupboards at the same time andto acquire an industrialdishwasher. This project shouldhopefully go ahead later thisyear.

The Parish of Bledlow withSaunderton and Horsendenrecently held a Lent Lunch at theHoly Trinity Church in Bledlowand this resulted in a number ofthe attendees making donations

for the Princes Centre for whichwe are very grateful.

Don’t forget that next Quiz nightis arranged for Friday 27th Aprilstarting at 6.30 pm for 7 pm start.The cost will be £10 per personfor the quiz, including a meal,and if you wish to join in with thebingo this is a little extra.

Unfortunately the ‘My Donate’function on the web site is stillout of action at present.However if you would like tomake a donation towards ourforthcoming refurbishmentprojects please send a chequemade out to the ‘PrincesRisborough Centre Ltd’ and sendit to Kim at the Princes Centre,Clifford Road, PrincesRisborough, HP27 0DP. If youwould like to book a hall or offersupport in any way please ringKim, our manager, on 01844345105.

Maggie Wooster Keyte

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Horts Soc - Young Members Save The Day!We held our second SpringShow on Saturday 24th Marchduring the coldest mostmiserably grey spring ever! Weall struggled to have anything inflower and there was only onemember with rhubarb goodenough to show. Fortunately theyounger members of the societymade a superb effort and wemanaged to put on a good show,in spite of the awful weather. Wehad more miniature gardens thisyear and the imagination ranfree. There were mini JurassicParks, jungles, varied landscapesand representations of the world.The Lego models were equallyimpressive with elaborate scenesand some deceptively simpleitems too.

Creating a vehicle out ofvegetables didn’t daunt anyone!There were magnificent tractorsand trailers, a train and individualcarriers all using vegetables in anew way. I’m not sure that it willbecome a trend in foodpresentation, but they provided

amusement and intrigue foreveryone. What an amazinggroup of young people we havein the villages! Thank youeveryone who took part. Welook forward to seeing more ofyour creativity in September.

At the recent AGM we voted toincrease the membership feefrom next March. It will rise to£5.00 per person in order tocover rising costs, includinginsurance for the society’sactivities away from the Hall.

I have to tell members who havealready booked a place for theplanned trip to Woburn thatunfortunately we will have tocancel it this year. They havelimited spaces for coaches andwe just missed out on gettingone. We will be discussing analternative visit and will letmembers know by email and atthe next meeting in May whenwe will have a speaker onwildlife gardening.

In conjunction with NationalMills Weekend we will beholding our annual plant sale onSunday May 13th, with thanks toRosemarie who kindly allows usspace to set up our stall. Pleasecome and support us – we willbe selling from 11.00am – 4.00unless blown away by gales. Wegenerally have a good range ofplants from annuals, toperennials and a range of fruitand vegetables. The prices arelow and as we never knowexactly what is coming in weoften get pleasantly surprised!Please let other people know weare there.

You will find a new departure forus this year. Mike has enabled usto include the Autumn Showschedule ion pages 32 and 33 ofHallmark this year, rather than aseparate sheet which has to beplaced in each copy distributed.If you need additional, separatesheets we will place it on thevillage web site under theHorticultural Society pages aswell. Good growing everyoneand we look forward to seeingyou at the plant sale and/or theforthcoming meetings on May16th, July 18th or the show on 1st

September.

Alison Shreeve

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Tennis Club - Floodlights are coming!What a wonderful communitywe live in! I am so grateful for allthe help and support we havehad in our mission to floodlighttwo of our courts.

In February I emailed tennis clubmembers asking for anyvoluntary donations and wasdelighted that 42 members cameforward with an amazing£10,500 including gift aid. Inaddition, the Sports Club hasvery generously given us a grantof £2,000 and I am veryappreciative of Steph Dell, BrianKirby and the rest of the SportsClub Committee.

The icing on the cake came inMarch when we heard that wewere successful in our grantapplications to Sport Englandand Bucks LTA for £10,000 and£1,000 respectively. The endresult is that we have receivedsome £16,000 in grants whichtogether with our own funds andmembers’ contributions meansthat we can afford thefloodlighting.

The project is scheduled to startin June and will give us modernled lighting with some of the bestlit courts in the whole ofBuckinghamshire!

Next year we plan to resurfacecourt 3 and replace morefencing which after spending aprojected £90,000 from 2013-2019 will complete the courtrenovation and update tofacilities! The 2,000 seat stadiumwill just have to wait until 2020!!

What else has been happening?

Congratulations to Alexanderand Dominic, (both picturedabove with Justin our coach),Scott and William who havesuccessfully completed the LTA’stennis leaders course. This isaimed at juniors aged twelveplus and enables them tosupport the coach andcommittee with the day to dayrunning of the club and tennisprogramme.

The weather over the past fewmonths has severely restrictedour tennis activities, and wewere fortunate on Good Fridaymorning that the rain just aboutheld off so that we could run ourfun Easter egg competition. 12members came along and aftersome great tennis our victor wasPoppy Grout who had just joinedthe club.

With the lighter evenings, men’snight on Mondays has justrestarted and cardio tennis onThursday nights will be shortlyresuming. We also have threeteams in the Aylesbury Leagueso fingers crossed over thesummer months.

There will be an open day onSaturday 12th May from 11am-4pm so please come along andsee our facilities and our excitingfloodlighting plans.

Nigel Glenister

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The AGM was held at theMillennium Hall on February25th to a well attended gatheringincluding several new members.

Before the meeting started,people enjoyed looking at ourcollection of photograph albumsgoing back to the start of theClub in 1991 by Ted Janes.

Ted Janes and his wife Jean stilllive in the village and a letterfrom Ted was read to everyonewishing the Club continuingsuccess.

Rita Probert was thanked for hercare of the archive albums overthe last 25 years and it is hopedto make them part of the LaceyGreen History Project.

David Cliff, our Chairman,reminded the members of themany happy walks enjoyedduring the Year; the pictureshows the Happy Wanderers atthe beginning of the Ridgewaynear Ivinghoe Beacon.

The highlight of the year was atwo day visit to the historic townof Oundle and the discovery ofthe links with Mary Queen ofScots.

David Cliff was re-electedChairman with Liz Lewin asSecretary and Peter Clee asTreasurer.

The AGM was soon over andfollowing a glass of wine andsandwiches, the members put ontheir walking boots ready for agentle walk down Loosely Hill toLower Road, then over the hill tothe NT farm in Smalldean Laneand returning back to ChurchLane.

We look forward to another yearof happy wandering and you aremost welcome to enjoy a walk

and a talk across our beautifulcountryside.

Since the AGM we have learnt ofthe sudden death of TonyMolesworth who has been aloyal and active member of theClub for many years and we willmiss him on our walks verymuch.

Ronnie and Liz Lewin

Happy Wanderers AGM

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We have had a busy spring termat LGS. After the success of ourChristmas concert, we weredetermined to put in as mucheffort for our Spring concert, andwe did! We spent many weekspractising various pieces from arange of musicals, with lots oflaughter in our rehearsals.

We performed our concert, TheWonderful World of Musicals,on Saturday 24th March in StJohn’s Church. The choir sangseveral pieces and soloists andthe Altos also sang songs of theirown choosing. The choir piecesincluded: Any Dream Will Dofrom Joseph and the Amazing

Technicolour Dreamcoat, AscotGavotte from My Fair Lady, anda medley from Les Misérables.

The solos and Alto songs were:Almost like being in love fromBrigadoon, I got plenty o’ nuttin’

from Porgy and Bess, Stars andthe Moon from Songs for a NewWorld and Where is love fromOliver, The Trolley Song fromMeet me in St Louis and BrahmsLullaby (not quite a musicalnumber, but beautifully sung).

The concert was well attendedand we received many positivecomments from the audienceafterwards. In true LGS style,refreshments were served afterthe concert and everyone got tohave a good chat.

We have just started rehearsingfor our Summer concert which

has a Nature theme. We will besinging a wide range of songs,from choral classics to modernpopular songs. The concert willbe held in St John’s School onSunday 15th July . Tickets can bepurchased on the door.

We would love to have evenmore new members, so if you’dlike to join us, please come alongto one of our rehearsals. Wewelcome everyone, from 11 to91, whatever your ability! Wemeet at St John’s School everyThursday evening at 7:45pm.Come along and give us a try.Please do contact us if youwould like more information,email:laceygreensingers@hotmail.com.

Best wishes from all at LGS!

Billy Stott

WIOur first meeting of the year inFebruary opened with VirginiaBurgess talking about 'Your Bodyis your Temple'. This was a veryinteresting talk telling us aboutthe foods we should eat andhow we should treat our body.

Also this month some of us wentback to Billy Stott's nursery tosee the snowdrops. Billy hasquite a collection of them andexplained to us how he isincreasing his collection.

Our March speaker was GrahamHorn - 'Walking Across England,Coast to Coast'. A fascinating talkshowing us lovely views ofEngland.

Our Jumble Sale this month wasanother big success, where doesall the jumble come from? We

spent the morning sorting jumblethen a welcome lunch at theBlack Horse and a busyafternoon selling.

Patricia Purcell was our speakerfor April telling us Tales of theOpera. Patricia is an opera singerwho started singing at the age ofnine. Her career progressed viathe chorus at Sadlers Wells,Principal with the Scottish Operaand Principal with the RoyalOpera House. Her talk was veryentertaining with Patricia singingto us to illustrate her talk.

In April we hosted the GroupMeeting and we had nearly 80ladies from our local WIs. Wedealt with all the reports andthen had lovely refreshments andtea. Our speaker was Ken

Brazier who gave us a veryinteresting talk on the MercyShips. Ken showed us slides ofwhere he had cycled to raisemoney for this charity.

Our knitting group is still goingstrong. We have taken TwiddleMuffs to Fremantle Court andare now making squares for thehome so that the occupants canmake them into blankets.

At the end of this month some ofus are going back to Billy Stottsto see the bluebells. Our nextmeeting is 2nd May which willbe our Resolution Meeting and aquiz. Everyone welcome.

Ann Bartlett

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We have had another busy andexciting term at Windmill Under5s Preschool, with celebrationsand much outdoor fun in spite ofthe inclement weather andproliferation of snow days.Luckily, children keep a pair ofwellington boots (and warmcoats!) at the preschool so thatthey can get out and puddlejump whenever the need shouldarise!

We are looking forward to theonset of beautiful, balmyweather so that we can startimproving our outdoor space.We have a ‘Big Spring Clean’planned, where we will cometogether to scrub, paint, rake,plant and generally spruce upboth inside and out. It is alwaysgratifying to see everybodycoming together and working sohard, we are really grateful for allthe help. An especially hugethank you to Rachael McComishand Leon McComish for thegreat amount of preparation thathas gone into planning, preppingand sourcing materials.

Our amazingly creative staffteam always impress me with thediversity of activities they deviseto engage the children, and thisterm was no exception. Theyhave been revisiting some well-known fairytales and the childrenbecame very involved in actingout the story of Jack and theBeanstalk. They decorated agiant, ceiling-high beanstalk and

castle, planted a beanstalk(broad bean!) to take home andFee Fi Fo Fummed with greataplomb.

In February, we celebratedChinese New Year, and thechildren sampled noodles, soysauce and peppers at snack time.We set up a Chinese restaurant,with lots of opportunities for thechildren to develop teamworking skills, turn taking,counting with coins, weighingingredients and learning aboutthe world.

In March we celebrated MothersDay and the children brightenedour day by decorating pots andplanting pansies to bring home.Later in the month they donnedtheir sporting apparel to raisemoney for Sport Relief bycompleting a tricky obstaclecourse. More sportingexcitement is planned for nextterm, with visits from rugby andtennis coaches.

The anticipation of Easter alwaysbrings much excitement at theend of term. We were luckyenough to have a visit fromReverend Tony of St. John’schurch. He brought his guitarand sang songs with the children,and explained to them theimportance of Easter toChristians.

The children love having visitorsand we would welcome othersfrom the community to come inand talk to, or run an activitywith, the children. If you have aninterest, profession, skill orhobby you would like to share,please contact us (details below).

We finished the term with ourannual Easter party, organised by

our excellent parent fundraisingteam. Much fun, chocolate andsimnel cake was had by all. MrsGrimsey of St John’s school hadthe unenviable task of pickingwinners of the Easter bonnetparade (see photo). The sunthen came out long enough forus to get out onto the sports fieldfor an Easter bunny hunt.

Next term we are lookingforward to another celebrationwith an afternoon tea party forthe Royal Wedding, which wewould like to share with thewider local community. Pleasecome and join us in St. John’sSchool playing field (or inside theschool hall if inclement weather),19th May 3-5pm. Tickets £5each (under 2s free) to bepurchased in advance (includesafternoon tea). Please contactNatalie – details below.

If you would like your child tojoin us at Windmills, we currentlyhave spaces available. Pleasecall Natalie on 07502 198 405 oremail atadmin@windmillunder5s.co.uk,for more information onavailability.

Laura Chapman

Windmill Under 5s

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Cruising and ChaplaincyThrough a good friend of mine inthe Princes Risborough RotaryClub who is a regular speaker oncruise ships, I was last yearrecruited to the rota of chaplainsfor Saga Cruises with a view toundertaking one trip each year.The rota is organised by a retiredArchdeacon though cruisechaplains can come from any ofthe mainstream Christiandenominations.

There are a number of people onSaga cruises who are unpaid butwho are invited to travel free ofcharge; though they are fullyexpected to work their passage, soto speak! These include thechaplain, the guest speakers, the“gentlemen dance hosts”, as wellas some of the support staff, andwhere appropriate the Orca whalewatching team! These are largelythe people, including the chaplain,who apart from their regular dutiesare also expected to be tourescorts for organised on-shore tripsalongside local guides.

The specific roles of the chaplaininclude organising and leadingSunday services as well as servicesfor other special occasions,arranging a daily pastoral hour in aquiet corner of the ship’s library,and responding to whatever otherpastoral needs might arise. I gatherthat there was a time when Sagacruises with a chaplain on boardwere limited to Christmas andEaster cruises but, by populardemand from passengers, all Sagacruises now sail with a chaplain.Sunday worship may be moved bythe cruise director to the previousday if the ship is at sea on aSunday but it would typicallyinvolve a morning service withhymns in the main lounge,beginning with worship songsfrom the Filipino crew choir andfollowed by Holy Communion forthose who wish to remain for this.

And also a (very) late eveningCrew Mass in the crew’s quartersprincipally for the Filipinomembers of crew, accompaniedby guitars and cajon percussion!

I undertook my first tour of duty asa chaplain in November of lastyear on the “Saga Pearl 2”. My firstcruise departed fromSouthampton and the itineraryincluded Cape Verde and theCanary Islands with a final stop atLisbon on the return leg. I metthree other Anglican clergy on thetrip who were travelling aspassengers; one being a self-supporting minister in Sussex andthe other two being long retired.One of the two retired clergy wasin his early nineties and told methat he had been a professionalscientist as well as ordained as anon-stipendiary priest in theChurch of England.

It so happened that the cruise Iundertook last November includedboth Armistice Day andRemembrance Sunday. OnArmistice Day, we were in port atPorto Praia and I was tour escortfor one of three coachloads ofpassengers visiting a village on thefar side of the island. The localpeople very graciously stoppedtheir African style music and theirother activities at 11am so that wecould observe the two minutesSilence. For RemembranceSunday, we were at sea and it wasan especially full day for me. Ibegan the day with an 8am saidHoly Communion Service. For10am that day, I had been askedby Saga a few days beforedeparture to come up with a talkon the history and origins of theRoyal British Legion! However,having led the Leeds city centreoutdoor inter-faith RemembranceSunday commemoration for anumber of years, and having beena chaplain to a number of military

veterans organisations over theyears, this was less of a challengefor me than it might have been.The main parade service of the daytook place at 10.45am with theAct of Remembrance led by theship’s Captain at 11am prompt.Following the service, a poppywreath was cast unto the sea (non-plastic and entirely bio--degradable)! At 2pm, I conducteda short memorial service on theship’s stern in memory of thegrandfather of one of the youngentertainers on the ship. Sadly, hisgrandfather had died whilst wewere at sea and the funeral servicehad already taken place in hisabsence. The day ended for mewith the Crew Mass in the crew’squarters at around 10.30pm.

My cruise for this year is due totake place in late May and earlyJune. The cruise departs fromDover and will visit the “MajesticBaltic”. The itinerary includesGdansk, Talinn in Estonia, St.Petersburg, Kotka in Finland, Visbyand Karlskrona in Sweden, andKiel in Germany.

On a personal level, I think amongthe principal highlights for me fromthe Cape Verde and CanaryIslands cruise was a boat trip outinto the bay at Funchao, capital ofMadeira, in order to view whalesand dolphins at close quarters,visiting the maritime museum atSanta Cruz on the Island of LaPalma, and the visit to the musicworkshop at Mindelo at PortoGrande where the cavaquinho (aPortuguese predecessor of theukulele) is hand-made! I await withgreat interest the potentialhighlights of the Baltic cruise!

Tony BundockVicar of St. John’s

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It is that time of year again whenwe have to start getting thegarden ready for the summer.HOPEFULLY we might get somewarm weather and maybe it willstop raining. We have ordered afew new benches, new swingsand ladder in the play area. Wealso have a new climbing frame(pictured). We have kept andtried to repair the playhouse, lastyear was a really bad year fordamage in the play area. Webrought a new playhouse andfurbished it with a great newkitchen and all the items youwould need to play with.Unfortunately some childrensmashed all the plastic windows ,snapped off all the tap andhandles and broke most of the

kitchen equipment, and ripped allthe flowers etc. out of thewindow boxes. So this year wehave decided we will repair whatwe can and not spend any moremoney on it. It is a shame as itstops all the youngsters having agood time.

Aunt Sally starts in May on aFriday evening, worth a visit. BeerFestival is now getting sorted,bands are booked, beer isordered, it will be Friday 3rd,Saturday 4th and Sunday 5thAugust. Music will be onSaturday afternoon and eveningand Sunday afternoon andevening. We have once againThe Fish and Chip Van, Howeand Co and Mozzarella Nation

Pizzas. Watch put for news onour Facebook page and websitealso on our A boards. Have younoticed our new addition to thefront of the pub, our Black Horseit is fabulous (pictured above).Please give us a call if you requireany catering done for functions,we are happy to give you aquote. Have a great summer.

Lynne

This year celebrates theCentenary of the Royal Air Forcewhich was formed on the 1stApril 1918, originally from theRoyal Flying Corps which wasformed during the 1st World Warin 1912. The only difference wasthe change of colour of theuniform from Khaki to Blue. Theirfirst fighter aircraft was the SE5which was only capable of flyingat 70 mph at 6 500 ft.

During the Second World War atotal of 55,573 men serving onBomber Command lost their

lives: 3,249 died in trainingaccidents and 7,377 becamePrisoners of War. At the end ofWorld War II many young menfrom the village and pastmembers of St John's Schoolwere called up to do their 2 yearsNational Service. As l had aninterest in aeroplanes from ayoung age, l was lucky that l wascalled to join the Royal Air Forceserving on 56 Squadron FighterCommand from 1952-54 as afitter, refuelling and servicing theengines on Meteor Mk 8.

56 Squadron was formed on 8thJune 1916 and is still in existencetoday, a Hurricane of 56Squadron was the first casualty ofthe Second World War, havingbeen shot down by ack ackgunners on our side returningfrom a reconnaissance over thechannel.

l'm sure National Service didmany of us a great favour; manytimes l've heard the saying, "theywent as boys and return as men".

Douglas Tilbury

RAF Centenary

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St John’s ChurchEaster at St John’sWe had a wonderful week ofEaster Services with Complinesaid each evening along with theChoir adding their music andvoices to the lovely services.

On Tuesday an Agape Suppertook place in the Upper Roombefore Compline, which wasattended by some 30 people andit was a great time of fellowship.

On Good Friday, following theLast Hour, the wooden Crosswas erected on the corner ofChurch Lane.

On Easter Eve we had the EasterLiturgy service and this was

followed by a celebration withSimnel Cake and wine.

On Sunday morning the Crosshad, as usual, been decorated bya parishioner who provides thedaffodils each year and for whichwe are truly grateful. Our EasterSunday service began at theCross with prayers and hymnsbefore processing to the Churchfor the main service.

Our Choir sang beautifullythroughout the week, the Churchwas decorated wonderfully andthanks to everyone whocontributed to the celebrationsin any way!

Pat Richards

REGULAR SERVICES

Sunday8.00am Holy Communion(1662) every Sunday

10 am All age WorshipCommunion1st Sunday of the month.

10.00am Parish Communion2nd, 3rd, 4th, (&5th) Sundays

Junior Church at 10.00am – allservices other than 1st, held inupper room.

Tuesday9.30am Communion in LadyChapel at St. John’s.

Wednesday10.30.am Team CommunionService at Chapter House, St.Mary’s Church, Princes Risboro’.

School Assemblies during termtime are held on Friday mornings9.15 am at St.John’s and 10.00am at Speen.

Mark Roberts

Sacristan

Tony Bundock Graham King

Lay Minister

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Organisation Meetings Contact Phone Email address

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

Happy Wanderers Walking Club Short walk (2-3 miles) 2nd Wed 10.30 Linda Taylor 345261

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

Alison Shreeve a.shreeve1@btinternet.com

Speen & North Dean Toddlers Tuesday 9.30 Chapel Hall, SpeenChurch in term time

Rachael McComish Speennorthdeantoddlers@gmail.com

LG Singers Thursday evenings in term time at StJohn’s School

Denise Kinnard laceygreensingers@hotmail.com

Lacey Green Productions Theatre, drama, and sometimes food info@laceygreenproductions.co.uk

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

Natalie Jane 07502 198405 admin@windmillunder5s.co.uk

Windmill WI (evenings) 1st Wed of month except Jan. 7.45 pm Daphne Willash 01494 562455 daphne.willash@btinternet.com

High Wycombe & District U3A 4th Wed afternoon of the month Theresa Hehir 01494 881170 hehirt@hotmail.com

Youth Club Alternate Fridays - see laceygreen.comweb site for details 7.30 pm

Leigh Axe 345216 leigh@laceygreen.com

Over 50s Pub Lunch Club Black Horse. First Tuesday of themonth

Betty TylerYvonne Axe

344606345216

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

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

LG Sports Club - Cricket Jonathan Dell 07786 386912

LG Sports Club - Tennis Nigel Glenister 342771 ne.glenister@btinternet.com

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

Karate Monday evenings Stephen Fincham 07540 531034 stevefincham@sky.com

Whiteleaf Bowmen Wed, Thu & Fri evenings, Apr to Sep Brenda Cordwell, Sec 01494 485037 www.whiteleafbowmen.org.uk

Pilates Classes Tuesday mornings and evenings Sue Croxford 346656 susancroxford@gmail.com

Wycombe District Council Graham Peart 01494 488327 graham_peart@wycombe.gov.uk

Bucks County Council Carl Etholen 01494 564771 cetholenn@buckscc.gov.uk

St John's Church Pat Richards 345452 richardsp44@btinternet.com

LG Community Planning Group

Scouts (Naphill & Hughenden) Peter Byerley 01494 565955 peter.byerley@capgemini.com

Parish Council Jayne Mylchreest clerk@laceygreen-pc.org.uk

LG Post Office Thursday 9 am to 12 noon

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

Michael Hardy 275871 contact@laceygreenwindmill.org.uk

Millennium Hall Clive Hodghton 343113 clive@laceygreen.com

Millennium Hall bookings Karen Hodghton 274254 karen@laceygreen.com

The Black Horse Quiz night last Sunday of every monthat 8pm

Lynne Comley 345195 lynnecomley@btconnect.com

Police Andy Ralph 101

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