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June/July 2014
Happy Open Gardens Weekend! Marian Mason
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Adstock Clarion 1 Vine Cottage, West Street, Adstock (01296 713457) 1, Greenfields, Adstock (01296 712561)
Open Day
We're opening up our gardens, the Church roof needs repair, Five ladies and the vicar are the only ones who care.
Mabel's making treacle tarts and Lottie's baked some buns, Teas served in the churchyard for anyone who comes.
The vicar has put some signs up and arrows point the way. Fingers crossed the sun will shine to bless our open day.
I hope the greenfly disappear and slugs have been a pain, But Dorothy's prize bloomers have lit up Lovers Lane.
Farmer Green has let us down muck spreading on the land,
We've brought some aerosols from Boots and keeping them to hand. Gertie's in a dither, the bees have swarmed today
They are in a rather awkward place, where the visitors will pay.
There's a lucky dip for children and a plant stall by the gates, The Morris Dancers let us down so the vicar's bought some tapes.
He couldn't quite remember what collection he'd procured, It sounded like Beethoven's 1812 overture.
The cannon scared the donkey, it took off like Red Rum,
And Farmer Green's wife Ethel, was knocked down in the scrum. She's a rather hefty lady and I'm very sad to say,
She did for the jams and jellies we'd made to sell that day. That excited all the passing wasps, each one to Ethel clung,
But the hospital just phoned to say, she's not too badly stung.
The fire brigade's been called as a man's wedged in the tower.
Mabel's feeling faint again, she's not good on her feet, And carting round those tea urns is not right in this heat.
Composed by the late Eileen Humphrey who lived in East Street.
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Open Gardens
Saturday 7th June Sunday 8th June
1-5pm Plant stall
Book stall
Tombola
-cream Garden
Afternoon teas & refreshments Great Horwood Silver Band (Saturday 4-5pm)
Art exhibition
competition
All proceeds in aid of hurch, Adstock
Sponsored by Michael Graham Estate Agents, Buckingham
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NOTICES
Adstock Open Gardens Donations of cakes, large or small, will be gratefully received in the Village Hall on Friday
evening or Saturday morning, along with items for the tombola. Please leave any second hand books for the book stall at the Old Power House, Main Street,
and any plants for the plant stall at Cranstons, Church End. Thank you.
A Polite Request We have heard from several villagers requesting that people do not park cars across pavements, as this forces mums with pushchairs and toddlers to walk in the road. It seems particularly bad along West Street. Thank you
Stowe House Summer Talk Grounds for Interpretation: William Kent and the early Georgian garden Friday 11 July 2014 7.30pm-9.00pm Tickets: £15.00
2014 marks the tercentenary of the Hanoverian accession to the throne. This talk by art historian Susan Gordon architects and designers, William Kent, and explores the emblematical nature of the early Georgian gardens he helped foster and design, as well as the interrelationship between the country houses and landscapes on which he worked. Key sites to be covered include Richmond, Rousham and Stowe.
Tickets include wine and canapés on arrival in the magnificent Marble Saloon. Pre-booking is essential. 7.30pm arrival for drinks and talk commences at 8.00pm. To book tickets telephone 01280 818002. Find out about more forthcoming Talks by visiting the Stowe House website: www.stowehouse.org
Waterside Theatre
Shows during June and July include:
5th 8th June Scooby Doo 26th 28th June Annie the Musical 14th 19th July Evita 22nd 26th July Annie Get Your Gun 30th July A Night at the Opera
Book your tickets now at Aylesbury Waterside Theatre Box Office. Call 0844 871 7607 or visit www.atgtickets.com/aylesbury
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Adstock Parish Counc i l News
Property Planning Application AVDC Decision
Bywater Meadow, Pilch Lane
Erection of single storey rear extension and open sided log store to existing building. Removal of existing roof-mounted solar panels (permitted under 12/0084/APP) and resiting on in-set crown roof with six additional panels. Revised layout and design of ground-mounted solar panels (permitted under 11/02352/APP)
Pending
The Old Poste House, East Street Single storey detached workshop/ store Pending
The Folly Inn Public House
Change of use of former public house and first floor flat to single dwelling, demolition of rear extensions and erection of two-storey side extension, alterations to accesses and parking.
Pending
Fox Hollow Farm, Pilch Lane Siting of caravan for agricultural use Pending
Church End Barn, Church End
Single storey linked rear extension with three rooflights and alterations to decking Pending
28 Northlands Road Demolition of existing rear conservatory. Erection of two storey front and side extension and single storey rear extension Pending
Annual Village Meeting 10th June 2014 8pm in the Village Hall
All villagers are invited to attend the next Annual Village Meeting, which will be held on the 10th June 2014. This is your chance to come and hear what the Parish Council / Village Hall Committee and other village groups have been up to over the past year and what we have planned for the rest of 2014. The Parish Council decided on some specific projects earlier in the year, however, these need refreshing and suggestions are always welcome. Come and have a look at the new village website, it is still in development stage but coming along nicely perhaps you could help collating information for it. The Parish Council meeting will also be held on the 10th June, commencing at 7.30pm. Refreshments will be served. Lynn Ettaoussi, Parish Clerk, Telephone (01296) 714721
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NEWS
The Good Friday workshop in the Village Hall and Church was enjoyed by lots of children. Afterwards Mums and Dads joined them for Hot Cross Buns and Tea. Easter Sunday. After the Church Service, in which the village children took part, an Easter Egg Hunt and Egg Roll took place in the Churchyard. Needless to say, there were chocolate eggs everywhere and all went home very happy!! Lucky Neil Frazer Smith won a giant egg in the raffle. Refreshments in the Village Hall were enjoyed by all afterwards. All monies made went to the Church Restoration Fund. Coffee Mornings. Next one will take place as usual In the Village Hall, 4th July at 10.30 a.m. Please come and enjoy. Open Gardens. Open Gardens is fast approaching and we all hope for good weather. Cakes, large or small, will be gratefully received in the Village Hall on Friday evening or Saturday morning, along with items for the tombola. Second hand books for the book stall should be left at the Old Power House, Main Street, and any plants for the plant stall at Cranstons, Church End Sheila Wood
____________________ Adstock Church Restoration Appeal Below you will see a couple of articles on the different events that have been held in the Village over the last few months in this addition of the Clarion, so I will not duplicate them, but I feel it is important that you get an overall picture of how the fund raising is going. We have reached the incredible figure of £9717 without taking into account tax relief and promises. If we take those into account we are at just over £11000. An amazing figure in a very short space of time. This means that with the money we already had in the bank our overall total is close to £22,000!! Only £28,000 to go !!!!!!!!!! Thank you to everyone who has donated both directly and by supporting the events. Do not worry if you have still to donate there is plenty of time and we hope everyone in the Village will support the Village Fete on Sunday 27 July. A
you to you both. If you would like to help or donate please get in touch by email to [email protected] Neil Fraser-Smith
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Easter Egg Hunt Thanks to all those who attended the Easter Egg Hunt on Sunday 20th April. The weather was much better than forecasted and the turnout was amazing. Over 50 Easter eggs were given out after hunting for the cards hidden outside the church and in the gardens of the Rectory. Thanks Paul and Helen. The village hall was also put to great use serving tea, coffee, and a great selection of cakes! Well done to Danny and the committee for organising a great hunt which raised £330 for the Adstock Village Church Restoration Appeal. Race Night We somehow managed to squeeze 116 people into the Old Thatched Inn for what was a great night of entertainment in the pub. There were 6 races. The tote sellers were busy selling bets for their horse numbers and after each race there was always a good queue at the pay-out table! We must really thank Andy Judge for allowing us to rearrange the whole pub moving furniture to accommodate the numbers plus installing a TV and big screen. He also provided an excellent meal followed by desserts and cheese and biscuits. We would also like to thank all the race sponsors, horse owners & Jockeys for their support. Congratulations to Linda who won the big £150 prize on the last race. The evening raised a massive £2847 for the Adstock Village Church Restoration appeal.
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SPONSORED RIDE & STRIDE
SATURDAY 13 SEPTEMBER 2014
CYCLE, RIDE OR WALK AROUND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
(AND, IF YOU ARE FEELING VERY ENERGETIC, ADJACENT COUNTIES)
TO RAISE MONEY FOR ST. CECILIA'S CHURCH
And for the
Buckinghamshire Historic Churches Trust (BHCT)
The Historic Churches Sponsored Cycle Ride, also known as 'Ride and Stride', is open to walkers as well as horse-riders and cyclists - in fact to anyone using a non-motor powered form of transport. It always takes place on the second Saturday of September between 10.00 a.m. and 6.00 p.m. BHCT will use half your donation to give grants to churches and chapels in Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes towards the cost of fabric repairs. The other half of the money you raise will go directly to St. Cecilia's. An application for funding has already been submitted for help with the roof repairs at St. Cecilia's.
Participants are given lists of churches taking part, which is the vast majority of those in the county, and go from one to another (as many or as few as you choose) either singly or in groups, having planned their own routes. Many churches are open with someone on duty; otherwise a form will be left on the door for arrivals to enter their details.
This year you can donate via Just Giving which is simple, fast and totally secure and the most efficient way to get yourself sponsored. BHCT will receive the money faster and if your sponsors are UK tax payers then Gift Aid can be added to their gift if they wish to do so.
So to all you fit and healthy Adstock residents out there let(in a manner of speaking!!!!) for our beautiful village church.
For more information please call 01296 715519 or email me at [email protected] Jill Lord
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Weddings, Birthdays, Christenings and Other Celebrations Homemade, Traditional, Modern & Novelty Designs
Available in Fruit, Madeira, Sponge, Chocolate, Carrot or other flavours to order
Call Tracy Now to discuss your requirements on (01296) 715526 Rose Cottage, East Street, Adstock
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ADSTOCK VILLAGE HALL
Bookings Alison Walker 713397 Rate for hire of Hall - £10 per hour
For bookings please contact Alison Walker on 01296 713397 [email protected] Dart & Curry Night on 4th April was once again a sell-out event and a big thank yous to husbands and friends of the village hall committee who spent a number of hours setting up and taking down the boards. The committee had unanimously voted to donate the profits from the event to the Adstock Church Restoration Appeal fund which contributed a healthy £330 to the coffers. Congratulations also go to my husband as we (much more him than I) managed to walk away with the coveted Adstock Dart Champions trophy having won all 7 of our matches.
100 Club: Please be aware the committee will be collecting for the annual 100 club subs this month. Subscription is £12 per year and winners are picked each month, winning: 1st prize £25 (Christmas draw 1st prize £100) 2nd prize £15 (Christmas draw 2nd prize £50) 3rd prize £10 (Christmas draw 3rd prize £25) If you would like to join please contact Tina Dagois (tel: 01296 712718 email: [email protected] ) or the committee member when they call over the coming month.
Due to the forthcoming events organised by the Church roof committee we have not organised any Village Hall events over the summer. There will still be plenty of events coming up but our next official Village Hall event will be the Autumn Quiz Night.
Future events: Quiz night 7.30pm, Saturday 8th October Christmas Bazaar Time to be confirmed, Saturday 6th December
Tickets and bookings enquiries please contact Alison Walker on 01296 713397 [email protected]
Adstock Village Hall committee
Liz Smith (Chairman) Marian Mason Liz Hoyle (Vice Chairman) Heather Brogden Sandra Rooney (Treasurer) Corinne Randall Alison Walker (Bookings) Sarah Paling Tina Dagois (100 Club) Elaine Coward (100 Club)
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100 Club Winners April May 1st Tanya and John Pepin, Main Street 1st Becky & Duncan Pullar, West Street 2nd Diane Varley, The Gardens 2nd Debbie & Andrew Rolls, West Street 3rd Mr and Mrs Ralph, the Gardens 3rd Marianne Murphy, The Gardens
I look forward to seeing you at one of our forthcoming events Liz Smith 01296 713016 [email protected]
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ADSTOCK BOOK CLUB
by David Bret
Bret. Maurice Chevalier was born on the 12th September 1888 and died on the 1st January 1972 Although not a particularly well written book, it gave a detailed insight into life. He started in the French - quite an eye opener! Amazing how saucy they were, full of eccentric entertainers, passionate love affairs, all sorts of goings on! Chevalier was often plagued by periods of self-doubt and could be difficult but could be caring and generous and always gave his best to his public. He had a passionate on/off relationship with entertainer Mistingeutt for many years. He had many affairs plus a marriage but they always came back to one another. He fought and was captured by the Germans during the First World War. Yet during the Second World Way there were charges of collaboration. Chevalier certainly had an interesting and full life. There is no doubt he was a talented entertainer and appeared in many films Sue Grensted
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THE ADSTOCK SCIENCE CLUB I start off with a cautionary tale, for all those out there who use USB memory sticks as their main method of saving and backing up their data, I have personally had experience of losing stuff I had taken the trouble to save on one of these devices. However, and more to the point, so have a couple of our members who spent time investigating, writing up and saving their presentations which they were intending to give, and in one case in about 2 hours, when without so much as a wave goodbye, their hard grafted PowerPoint presentations vanished from view. Mark who had the first of these unpleasant surprises had just two hours to try and regain some semblance of his talk which was, by the way, on computer and video games. The second victim was luckier, John Foggitt lost most of his presentation, the Science of Sound, but as luck would have it, a few days before having to give it. He was therefore able to reproduce most of his work without a mad panic.
devices without taking extra precautions, it will ultimately fail you and probably at the worst possible moment. Anyway, following these minor disasters some of us participated in our annual science quiz night at Sue Grenste We had great fun, this ers comprised of Sue, my wife, Jennifer and John Foggitt. I do suspect however that most, if not all the answers came from one particular individual
be mentioning his name. During the past few weeks we have also been to a number of interesting talks at Buckingham University. The first one covered the probability that life began on another planet and was conveyed over to the Earth via a comet. The second was strictly speaking not science, Data Security - more technology but gave those who attended something to think about. Marius Stuart 01296 712 561 [email protected]
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News from Padbury C of E School As we begin a new term with a new initiative for the school, our first residential trip for Sycamore Class to Shortenills Environmental Centre, it gives us an opportunity to reflect on the last term during which we completed two building projects; a quiet area and a performance area. The latter was funded by a National Lottery grant for which we are very grateful. Mr Bercow MP will be officially opening our performance area later this term. The quiet area has already been well used and the children are enjoying making up their own stage productions.
-made scones), a charity poetry day which raised £125 for The Burundi Education Foundation, Oak Class (aged 6 & 7 yeabeen represented at three sports festivals; tennis & badminton by our juniors and tennis by our infants.
m service and this was followed by an Easter egg hunt and Easter bonnet parade. All three events were well supported and we are thankful to the PFA for organising the hunt and parade.
As mentioned in the last Pump, the school recently had its SIAMS inspection and are delighted to report that we received an outstanding grade. The Inspector wrote:
and displays through to classroom practice and behaviour, making a significant impact on the academic achievement, personal development and well-being
-mail the school office on [email protected] or read the report on our website www.padburyschool.org.uk Karen Duckworth, Head teacher
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Padbury Pre-school
Padbury Pre-school has had a busy time since our last article. The children and staff have been venturing into space by making rockets and planets and learning about our galaxy. They have learnt about spring with all planting seeds, fingers crossed they all grow!
The children have been busy celebrating a wide range of religious events from St. Patricks Day to Mothers Day. The children shared pancakes on Shrove Tuesday and finished the term with an Easter egg hunt which was organised by the PFA.
We would like to welcome all new children that have joined Padbury Pre-school for the summer term and hope they soon settle in, make friends and enjoy all the activities the staff have planned.
Padbury Pre-school have been very lucky to receive a grant from Bucks County Council to help to develop their outdoor area so continous outdoor learning can be provided whatever the weather. The outdoor area is currently being re-developed and we look forward to sharing it with you in the near future.
Everyone at Padbury Pre-school would like to take this opportunity to say a big THANK YOU to Mr John Hannon who is our current Treasurer. Due to increased work commitments John is stepping down from his role from September 2014. This means we are now looking for a treasurer to join the team. John is happy to discuss the role with anyone who may be interested and for the new treasurer to shadow him to ensure there is a smooth handover of roles. If you are interested in the role of treasurer please email [email protected] for more details.
Padbury Pre-school is now taking registrations for September 2014. If you would like to register your child for Padbury Pre-school please contact Mrs Claire McHenry on 01280 816495 or by email [email protected] .
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CALENDAR
June
1st Holy Communion
7th
and 8th
Open Gardens
and Art Exhibition
Around Adstock, 1.00 5.00 pm
1.00 5.00 pm
8th Evensong 6.00 pm
10th Parish Council Meeting Village Hall, 7.30 pm
10th Annual Village Meeting Village Hall, 8.00 pm
11th Book Club barbeque Ascot House
12th Science Club 1, Greenfields, 7.30 pm
15th Morning Worship 10.30 am
22nd Holy Communion
July
4th Coffee Morning Village Hall, 10.30 - noon
6th Holy Communion
10th Science Club 1, Greenfields, 7.30 pm
11th Stowe House Summer Talk Stowe House, 7.30 9.00 pm
13th Evensong
20th Morning Worship
20th Clarion Deadline 1, Greenfields or [email protected]
23rd Book Club 1, Greenfields, 8.00 pm 27th Holy Communion
27th Village Fete Adstock Rectory, 3.00 7.00 pm
Future Events
13/09/2014 Sponsored Ride and Stride Around Buckinghamshire, 10 am 6 pm
08/10/2014 Quiz Night Village Hall, 7.30 pm
06/12/2014 Christmas Bazaar Village Hall
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