Village View

APRIL 2013

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INSIDE THIS ISSUE

ROALD DAHL MUSEUM, RECIPE, DOG OF THE MONTH, BOOK REVIEW AND COMMUNITY INFORMATION

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Risborough Carers Ltd is a private independent local family run Home Care Agency, established in 1992, and are registered and compliant with the Care Quality Commission

Due to continued growth we are now recruiting for:

Full & Part Time Carers

To fulfill the following shifts: Monday to Sunday 07:00 to 14:00 and/or Monday to Sunday 14:00 to 22:00 (Flexibility within these work patterns)

We are recruiting for sociable, committed, professional individuals passionate about supporting vulnerable people in our community and who, with training and on-going support, can provide a friendly and dignified service to our Clients in our local community.

It is essential that you have a UK driving license and access to your own transport The tasks you will be expected to do would involve Personal Care, Domestic Care, Companionship and Social Support but will vary depending on the needs of individual clients.

In return, we offer a career that makes a real difference to our community. We offer an exceptional induction and excellent on-going training provided by an Accredited Training Company, competitive rates of pay, mileage allowance, flexible hours, and opportunities for career progression, including obtaining a Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Being a Carer for Risborough Carers is a highly responsible position but it is a rewarding role making a genuine difference to people’s lives.

Do you think you have what it takes to be a Risborough Carer? If so, and you

would like to join a local company with an exceptional reputation, then we’d love to hear from you, please ring:

Stephanie on 01844 212271 or

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Editors Letter Welcome to the April issue of Village View magazine.

We do hope you like our front cover this month, we are very grateful to Gordon Cooper for allowing us to use this cheerful spring picture. It is taken from the road at the front of St Mary’s Church, Radnage on a fabulous spring day and we hope that the daffodils will be cheering us all up by the time you receive this magazine.

St Mary’s Church nestles in the valley between Stokenchurch and Bledlow Ridge and welcomes all to Sunday Services, held at 9.30am on the first four Sundays of each month. The churchyard is a place of peace and tranquillity and often a place of rest for those walking the Chiltern Way which passes through it. For information about future services and other events visit www.radnage.net.

Until next month…….

Information for Advertisers Copy deadline 1st of the previous month.

Advertisers rates from £17 + vat per issue.

(Based on 1/8 page advertisement on a 6 issue booking) Discounts available for 3 and 6 issue packages.

Contact us for premium page rates and flyer inclusion.

Call Jan on 07712 816336 or email salesvv@live.co.uk for more information or to reserve advertising space.

Distribution: Village View is delivered to 4000 homes and businesses in Lane End, Cadmore End, Bolter End, Piddington, Studley Green, Stokenchurch, Ibstone and Radnage.

(We also publish similar magazines in Princes Risborough and Thame) Magazines are available to view online at www.chilterndirectories.co.uk Whilst Chiltern Directories aim to provide a quality publication for local reference it cannot be held responsible for the services or reputation of any of the advertisers or for any content of advertisements or editorial herein. Reproduction in whole or in part is strictly prohibited without prior written permission from the publishers. The magazines are produced on paper sourced from FSC approved paper mills and printed using vegetable based inks. They are happy to be recycled but please pass to a friend first.

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Recipe

Spiced Rack of Lamb with Fragrant Rice Perfect for a spring Sunday lunch or stylish supper this quick and easy lamb dish is full of flavor. Choose a couple of meaty racks of lamb from a good butcher and score the layers of fat before spreading with the harissa paste. Serve with a cooling garlic and mint yoghurt sauce.

Serves 4 Ready in 1 hour Ingredients 1 tbsp harissa paste (see Tip) 2 trimmed racks of lamb, each with 6 bones 2 red onions, peeled and cut into slim wedges 50g butter 225g basmati rice, rinsed and drained 1 garlic clove, peeled and crushed 750ml vegetable stock Generous pinch saffron strands 50g sultanas 40g flaked almonds, lightly toasted 2 tbsp pomegranate seeds

1 Preheat the oven to 200C, 400F, Gas 6. Spread the harissa paste over the lamb racks. Place the racks in an oiled roasting tin and add the onion wedges.

2 Roast in the preheated oven for 25-35 minutes depending on how pink you like your lamb. Remove from the oven.

Cover with foil and leave to rest for 10 minutes – the lamb will be juicier and easier to carve.

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3 Meanwhile, heat the butter in a heavy-based pan until melted and foaming. Add the rice and garlic. Fry gently for 1-2 minutes, stirring until the rice is translucent. Pour in the stock. Add the saffron and bring to the boil, stirring.

4 Cover the pan with a tight fitting lid.

Reduce the heat to the lowest setting and cook for 15-20 minutes without removing the lid until the rice is tender and all the liquid is absorbed. Remove from the heat. Fork through to separate the grains. Add the sultanas, flaked almonds and pomegranate seeds.

5 Carve the lamb racks into individual cutlets and serve immediately with the fragrant rice and roast onion wedges.

TIP Harissa paste is a fiery hot North African blend of red chilli peppers and spices – just a little goes a long way so use sparingly. You’ll find it in small jars near the dried herb and spice sections in most large supermarkets.

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Learning through play since 1971

CAN YOU HELP US ????

Would you like to volunteer and help out a charity in your local area ?

Stokenchurch Pre-School has been part of the village since 1971 and we are currently looking for new people to come and join the management committee .

We are a registered charity and the management committee work alongside the staff to help run the pre-school.

If you have some spare time each month and have an interest in helping children grow and develop, like coming up with new ideas, assisting with fundraising etc… then you could be the right person for us.

Thank you

Please contact Jeremy Noad, chairperson.

Tel: 01494 482 822 Email: info@stokenchurchpreschool.co.uk

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Book Review We Are Family

For all kids, April means just one thing: the Easter holidays. Time for enforced fun, ill-fated camping trips and long drives squished in the back of the car, with your siblings breathing in your face. Just how ‘normal’ is your family? We’ve picked some of the best books about family life and how to survive. Two weeks off…are we there yet?

true Aussie battlers and Danny’s determined to prove he’s as tough as the rest of them before he’s packed off to boarding school.

You’ll take the Dawson family into your heart and find yourself ‘rooting’ for them. Although, you may want to find another way of putting it.

My Family and Other Animals: Gerald Durrell Eccentric but enchanting, Durrell recalls his blissful childhood growing up on a Greek Island. It’s really an idyllic upbringing in a beautiful landscape, and will whisk you off to sunnier climes. Scorpions and snakes abound, as well as colourful characters and the all-round air of plain bonkers-madness that we associate with family life. Chaotic and hypnotic, this book is hugely funny and hasn’t lost any of its appeal over the years.

Little Women: Louisa May Alcott Never were there such devoted sisters…until you add domestic turmoil, death and boys into the mix. Amy, Beth, Jo and Meg are the March sisters growing up during the Civil War era. Jo doesn’t want to cut her hair off and Meg doesn’t want to be a governess, but you have to admit that Beth comes off worst! It’s an all-American classic that’s hugely sentimental but very beloved and is a definite must-read for any teenage girl, whether you have sisters or not.

Everybody Jam: Ali Lewis The Dawson family is used to harsh climates and tough situations: they run a cattle station in Australia’s Northern Territory. Plagued by drought, this year’s ‘muster’ will be another battle with the elements. But there’s more to contend with than the outdoors this year. Eldest son Jonny has been killed but no one talks about it, 14 year old Sissy is pregnant after ‘rooting’ with an Aboriginal lad and there’s a new Pommie house girl who can’t even make toast.

Told through the eyes of 13 year old Danny, it’s a story of a strong clan who overcome adversity and survive, way out in the outback. They are PAGE 20

The Red House: Mark Haddon Here’s a story from the writer of ‘The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time’ about an estranged family. How do siblings become total strangers? Brought together by the death of their mother, Angela and her brother Richard have only really communicated through phone calls for the last decade or so. from The Red House by Now Richard has invited Angela Mark Haddon, published and her growing brood to spend by Jonathan Cape. Used by permission of The a week with them in deepest Random House Group darkest Wales. The book flits Limited between characters but once you’re into the rhythm of how these two families tick, it’s a great read that’s full of sibling-rivalry, trips and falls down memory lane and getting to know each other all over again.

We Need to Talk About Kevin: Lionel Shriver Dysfunctional doesn’t come close to describing this shocking and disturbing story of a family torn apart when the eldest son carries out a massacre at his school. It’s powerfully told through a series of letters written by his mother, Eva to her husband Franklin as she tries to come to terms with the atrocities carried out by Kevin. Struggling with her first pregnancy, career woman Eva writes of her fear and trepidation over raising the young son who doesn’t like her and whom she can’t bond with. It brings up all kinds of questions about nature versus nurture and how siblings and parents impact on each other’s lives. Throughout the book we can begin to piece together exactly what took place in the high school gym, but it still won’t prepare you for the startling conclusion.

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Based in Radnage, Buckinghamshire

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INSTRUCTION TAKEN IN YOUR OWN HOME Betsy is a qualified Solicitor who comes to you to help with:

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for a free no obligation chat

“May I say what a pleasure it was working with you. You are a considerate professional, not to mention a lot of fun! Thank you for your unending patience.”

or email betsy@betsywilliams.co.uk

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New Osteopath comes to Marlow

Experienced local Osteopath Eva Winter has recently expanded her services and now treats patients at Marlow Complementary Healthcare in Liston Court, just off the High Street.

She treats all types of aches and pains in adults and children, including accidental and sports injuries.

If you are suffering with neck, back, shoulder, hip, knee, ankle or foot pain, she can help. Eva aims to treat the cause of your problem and not just the symptoms.

She also treats pregnant women and babies.

So if you are suffering with any pregnancy related pain, then give her a call. After the birth, if you are concerned that your baby is unhappy and unsettled, osteopathic treatment can often help.

Eva qualified in 2009 with a first class honours degree in osteopathy and completed a two year

post-graduate diploma in paediatric osteopathy in 2011. Eva is also a clinic tutor at the Osteopathic Centre for Children in London, which is a centre of excellence for the osteopathic treatment of babies and children.

Eva aims to get her clients better with the minimum number of treatments, in some cases this may mean longer term management, depending on the complexity of the condition.

Her client’s say: “Eva is honest, reliable and very knowledgable about the human body” and “She is professional, caring and her treatment is very effective” She is offering an introductory offer of £10 off initial consultations in Marlow during April 2013.

All you have to do is quote “Village View” when booking your appointment. For further information go to http://evawinter.co.uk or call 07776448700 to book an appointment.

Eva Winter Osteopathy BSc (Hons) Ost, Dip Paed Ost.

Treatment can help with: • Neck and shoulder discomfort • Back pain and sciatica • Hip and knee pain • Ankle and foot pain • Sports injuries • Muscular tension • Chronic joint conditions • Pregnancy related pain • Traumatic labour/delivery

Providing safe and effective hands-on treatment for adults, children and babies Registered with The General Osteopathic Council, Member of The British Osteopathic Council & Alumni for Paediatric Osteopathy

Don't suffer with your aches and pains anymore, improve the quality of your life, call today!

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Grow Your Own Veg I know a lot of people who have yet to try growing their own veg and plenty more who have tried but had some disappointing results. But as the new gardening year is upon us, why not have a go because it doesn’t need to be difficult and has the potential to be one of the most productive and fun things you’ve ever done.

Now I’m no great fan of green wellies (mine are black) but I am a fan of green-gardening.

Yes, plenty of gorgeous greens in the beds and borders, but also an ecologically green outlook.

Simply put, home grown food tastes better, uses little if any air miles, can save you a packet and is enormously rewarding. Grow your vegetables and you are really getting the top end of the market produce and minimising any harmful effects to the environment. Remember to grow what you like and what your garden can grow well - this may take some experimenting, but don’t be afraid to admit that some things are trickier than others in your plot.

If you’re an organic gardener or you simply want to produce pesticide free vegetables, you might need to spend more time thinking about what to grow and how you can best nurture it so that pests, diseases and other problems take a back seat. *Seed and plant catalogues are now more likely to let you know which varieties are relatively pest or disease resistant. *If you garden organically you can also encourage some of the naturally occurring insects that parasite or predate upon the garden pests, or bigger animals such as frogs, toads, hedgehogs and many birds. Insects include:

Solitary wasps: Some feed their larvae on aphids, weevils and other insects.

Centipedes: These eat a lot of soil dwelling creatures and their eggs.

Anthocorids or flower bugs: They feed on aphids, mites, thrips and a range of small insects.

Devil’s coach horse: Predators of slugs, leather jackets, cutworms and other soil pests.

There’s a good chance most of these are already in your garden, silently but efficiently helping you, but by growing some suitable plants you can really encourage them in and help build up their numbers. On the whole the simple, non-double varieties are the most insect friendly, so try some of these: *Phacelia: A hardy annual with bluish perfumed flowers, perfect for direct sowing. *Limnanthes douglasii (the poached egg plant): This yellow and white flowered hardy annual is loved by hoverflies. *Eschscholzia (the Californian poppy): This pretty yellow, orange and cream flowered plant can be direct sown and thrives in sunny well-drained sites. *Iberis (candytufts): One of the easiest hardy annuals, it has readily available pollen and nectar, perfect for many beneficial insects. *Calendula officinalis (the pot marigold): A gorgeous bright gold, another that can be direct sown and should keep on flowering until hit by frosts.

Ladybirds: The larvae and the adults both So why not take the plunge? Just being in the consume huge numbers of aphids. garden makes most of us feel better and more Lacewings: The young or larvae are brilliant relaxed plus it’s a great way to burn off some predators, eating mainly aphids, but also eating calories. And then of course there is the regular other pests such as thrips and eggs of moths. supply of superbly tasty vegetables, picked when Hoverflies: The soft-bodied yellowy grey larvae ripened to perfection (not just to make them last are great aphid eaters, a single one eating up to longer on the supermarket shelf), gathered as fifty in a day, nearing 1,000 in its lifetime. and when you need them and in the quantities Ground beetles: Often seen scuttling off at you need (cutting down on wastage). You will speed when you move pots, low-growing plants also find that growing your own veg allows you or loose slabs, they are mostly black and often to choose the tastiest varieties and create some shiny and are brilliant predators of many pests including slugs, vine weevils and some insect eggs. really delicious meals.

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Pilates Classes Men & Women of all ages & abilities, clients who are Pregnant, Post-natal & have Osteoporosis are welcome Matwork Classes are taught at Radnage, Marlow & Bledlow Ridge (only 12 people in each class) Private sessions are available For more details please contact Dawn on 07711838947 or email totalpilates.uk@googlemail.com

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REPS No:R0049192 Pilates targets the deep postural muscles, building strength from the inside out, rebalancing the body and bringing it into the correct alignment. It helps to reshape your body, which will become longer and leaner and more toned.

It will also improve your posture, achieving the perfect balance between strength and flexibility and it is a great way to reduce stress or unwanted tension. Perfect for athletes looking to enhance their performance and it is also ideal for first-time exercisers.

Its slow, controlled approach means it gives much longer-term results. It is especially recommended by medical specialists for those with back problems.

Mariposa

BeauTy BouTique New Boutique opens at Mariposa Beauty

Just Arrived - In addition to our existing popular beauty treatments - Beachwear and accessories to suit every taste. You are welcome to come in, browse the collection and take your time over complimentary coffee and cake. To celebrate opening of the Boutique we are offering fabulous ‘Holiday Beauty Packages’ so you can look and feel your very best in the sun! Look out for new additions to our Boutique collection

We look forward to seeing you soon at Mariposa!

Tanaris House, The Common, Stokenchurch, Bucks, HP14 3TZ: Tel: 01494 484 773 info@mariposabeautyboutique.co.uk - www.mariposabeautyboutique.co.uk

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TAXI SERVICE A new taxi service for Stokenchurch • Wedding cars and airport runs at competitive rates • Multi- seater vehicles available • Hackney Carriage • Accounts welcome

Broad Bean plants Lettuce Plants Sweet Pea plants Primroses Compost, canes and sundries

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Great Local Days Out

The Roald Dahl Museum and Story Centre

This award-winning little Museum is aimed at 6 to 12 year-olds and their families. It has three fun and fact-packed galleries along with George’s Crafty Kitchen, Miss Honey’s classroom, Cafe Twit and the Museum shop.

Visitors can find out about Roald Dahl’s real life adventures and how they inspired his books, peek into his original Writing Hut, and make up their own gobblefunk words and stories, using the interactive displays. Some of the most popular activities include making your own stop-frame animation film, exploring the cockpit of a WWII Gladiator, like the one Roald Dahl flew, testing your spark-factor on the Sparkometer and joining in the regular storytelling sessions.

Over the Easter holidays, the Museum is offering a dazzling array of workshops and activities, including an Easter egg hunt and egg decorating sessions, an April Fools’ Day trail, as well as free storytelling and crafts. There will also be visits from some inspiring children’s authors, including Josh Lacey, author of Roald Dahl Funny Prize shortlisted book The Dragonsitter. Josh is the Museum’s Writer in Residence and will be delivering exciting sessions at the Museum and a programme of workshops within local schools until June.

Café Twit on site, serves tempting freshly-made lunches and snacks (including a mouth-watering choice of cakes), either inside the café, or in the pleasant cobbled courtyard, weather permitting.

How about a generous slice of Bogtrotter chocolate cake washed down with a fizzy ice-cream swishwiffler? Healthy home-made PAGE 38

soups and salads are also on the menu for the more health-conscious visitor!

The Museum is situated in the picturesque High Street of Great Missenden – the village that was home to Roald Dahl for 36 years until his death in 1990. Roald Dahl was determined that all his papers - manuscripts, photographs, his ‘Ideas Book’, correspondence (including his earliest letters home to his mother from boarding school) - should stay together. Visitors can take a peek behind the scenes at the Museum’s archive store on regular archive tours led by the Collections Manager and Archivist, Rachel White. There’s also a chance to explore the village and surroundings, using the Museum’s free Village Trail and Countryside Trail leaflets to discover some of the places which inspired Roald Dahl and which feature in the stories. The Village Trail includes directions to Roald Dahl’s grave above the village in the pretty churchyard of St Peter and Paul, the parish church.

Don’t miss Araminta Fizzackerly, the wonderfully quirky old-fashioned sweet shop just opposite the Museum, which stocks all of Roald Dahl’s favourite sweets!

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Felines & Friends Pet Sitters & Dog Walkers Established 1996 Felines & Friends caring for your dogs, cats and other small pets in their own homes whilst you are away.

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ü Family Business established over 20 years. ü Premier Dealers for eight manufacturers including Clearview & Charnwood Stoves. ü Extensive work with listed & thatched p roperties. ü In-­‐house HETAS installation teams. ü In-­‐house fireplace remodelling team. ü In-­‐house sweeping and stove servicing.

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A B C AYLESBURY BULLION COMPANY The Family of Jewellers

11a, High St Aylesbury Buckinghamshire HP20 1SH Tel:

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Jewellery designed and produced to your specifications, or choose from our extensive range of new, secondhand and antique pieces. l Diamond merchants (certified stones always available) l Antique restorations l Hand engraving

l Valuations: insurance and (carried out on the premises) l Insurance claims advisors l Complete repair service

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Batteries fitted and waterproof testing carried out on the premises.

Top prices paid in cash for antique and modern jewellery, watches (especially Rolex), coins, gold, silver, platinum and scrap precious metals.

Part exchange available.

11a High Street, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP20 1SH

Tel: 01296 423198 www.aylesburybullion.co.uk

Hall Place Veterinary Centre Providing complete veterinary care for your pets since 1993

DAY OPEN ay Sund th May 19 2013 Farm At Lee

1a Dodd’s Corner, New Road, Stokenchurch 01494 485855 For all veterinary consultations

94 Little Marlow Road, Marlow, 01628 483062 For all veterinary consultations and routine surgery

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Our main hospitalisation and surgical facilities are conveniently located at: Lee Farm, Lee Lane, Pinkneys Green, Maidenhead 01628 622086

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GREENWAYS

Fencing and Landscaping over 30 years experience

Longridge is a outdoor activity centre, providing a range of adventurous activities that are open to all ages and all abilities.

Fencing, Patio's Grass cutting Garden maintenance Hedge cutting Turf laying Seasonal tidy up Friendly local service FREE ESTIMATES

You can take part and enjoy all of these activities:

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Email: bookings@longridge.org.uk • Web: www.longridge.org.uk

Dog of the Month Hugo Hi there, my name is Hugo and I’m a 2 year old Crossbreed.

I am excitable and very energetic so I would like new owners who are interested in training me – I love to learn new things! I am very friendly and love being around people – if you have experience of larger breeds I would really like to be part of your family. I cannot live with dogs or cats and would like a new home where any children are aged 14 years and over.

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If you are interested in offering me, or any other dog, a loving home please visit Stokenchurch Dog Rescue any day except Thursday between 2pm and 4pm, or give them a call on 01494 482695. It would be great to see you!

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Gateway Barbers Ltd come and see Laura & Stacey for quality, professional gentlemens grooming.

Open Monday-Friday 9am-5:30pm, Saturday 8am-3pm.

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Telephone 01494 883886 FaceBook-Gateway Barbers Ltd.

Childrenʼs Day Nursery Excellent quality Children’s Day Nursery combining traditional loving care with stimulating educational programme to provide a well balanced environment or your child.

Children from 6 weeks to 5 years 7.45 am – 6.15pm with French and Music Lessons Positive Steps Children’s Day Nursery, Lower Church Street, Stokenchurch, High Wycombe, Bucks HP14 3TG Contact: 01494 484737 www.positivestepsnurseries.co.uk

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Technology Review No April Fool

Every year, technology firms join in the April Fools fun - so for example in recent years Google announced self-driving racing cars, Toshiba pretended to make a 3D monocle and video site Animoto offered bark recognition for dogs. Not all odd-sounding technology items are fakes, though: there are some truly strange items and accessories out there.

Some of the oddest items are related to smartphones and tablets, such as the iStuck mobile phone stand (£3) that looks like chewed bubblegum, the Knuckles iPhone case designed to look like a knuckle duster - and the just-announced iPotty (£39), a child’s potty with a built-in iPad stand. The idea, apparently, is that letting children use iPads while on the potty will make toilet training a fun game.

Other gadgets are more sensible, but rather odd looking - such as the iPhone SLR mount, which enables you to attach enormous SLR camera lenses to your phone. It might look like a novelty item, but the price says otherwise: at the current US exchange rate, it’s £156 plus shipping and tax, and of course that doesn’t include the lenses. The mount is available for both Nikon and Canon lenses and promises to bring SLR effects such as variable depth of field to “the camera you carry with you every day”.

Another odd-looking but fairly sensible gadget is the Handspresso Auto ESE, a portable espresso coffee maker designed for in-car use. It uses the Easy Serving Espresso pods you might have seen for ordinary domestic coffee makers, and it’s particularly handy for road warriors who’d rather not pay inflated prices for motorway service station coffees. At around £130 it isn’t cheap, but if you use it regularly it’ll soon pay for itself.

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You can buy odd things for your house too, and if you’re a musician or a fan of rock music you’ll appreciate the Marshall Fridge. From the outside it looks like the iconic Marshall amplifier stack, and it even uses authentic Marshall parts including the famous logo, fret cloth and brassfinished faceplate with knobs that go up to eleven, but inside it’s - yes! - a fridge. The manufacturer says it’s “the ultimate combination of rock and refrigeration”. Yours for £405.

Have you ever wished your fork could nag you about your eating? Good news if you have: the Hapifork (around £70) may look like an ordinary fork, but it’s stuffed with sensors that monitor how quickly you’re eating. It measures the number of times you put the fork in your mouth, the time between each serving and the total time you’ve spent eating, and vibrates and flashes if you’re eating too quickly. The data is then sent to your smartphone. For now the line-up doesn’t extend to other cutlery, but manufacturer HAPIlabs says a spoon is in development.

The HAPIfork was one of several odd gadgets shown at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, but it wasn’t the oddest: we saw GPS-enabled gadgets such as the TrakDot luggage locator (around £30 plus a £10 annual subscription), Nano Nails, which turn long fingernails into styluses for touchscreens (price tbc); the iMusic BodyRhythm, a music-powered massager that makes you look like you’re wearing a toilet seat around your neck (currently accepting pre-orders for $69, around £44), and the thoroughly odd Minime, which can create a phone case or a cuddly toy that includes a 3D rendering of your child’s face (or anybody else’s face). Expect to see Minime kiosks in shopping malls later this year.

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Community Useful Numbers all in one place!

Adult Education (Stokenchurch) 01494 482822 Bisham Concert Band 01494 482422 Bridge Club (Lane End) 01628 524964 2nd Stokenchurch Brownies (Wed) 01494 485178 Cadmore End Cricket Club 01494 882486 Cadmore End Village Hall (Bookings) 01494 881938/07917 573083 Camera Club (Stokenchurch) 01494 482886 Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway 01844 353535 Community Bus (Stokenchurch) 01494 485839 Conservation Group (Lane End) 01494 882938 Cricket Club (Stokenchurch) 01491 638636 Crimestoppers 0800 555111 Cubs (Stokenchurch) 01494 882416 Dance Club (Stokenchurch) 01494 483435 Four Ends Flower Club 01494 883096 Frieth Village Hall friethvillagehall@gmail.com 01494 881176 Guides (Stokenchurch) 01494 483426 Highways on call 0845 2302882 High Wycombe Shopmobility 01494 472277 Ibstone Parish Council www.ibstone.org.uk Ibstone Women’s Institute 01491 638245 Judo Club (Stokenchurch) 01494 483817 Kites Club Ibstone 07919 83491 Lane End Pharmacy 01494 880774 Lane End Players 07706 426320 www.laneendplayers.com Lane End Primary School & Nursery 01494 881169 Lane End Surgery 01494 881209 Lane End Village Hall 01494 881913 Lane End Village Pre-School 07703 926 196 Lane End Youth and Community Centre 01494 883878 Library (Stokenchurch) 0845 2303232 Mary Towerton School 01494 482384 Medical Centre (Stokenchurch) 08445 769633 Oasis Project, Lane End 01494 881112 Police (non emergency) 101 Parish Council (Lane End) 01494 437111 Parish Council Office (Stokenchurch) www.stokenchurch.org.uk 01494 482403 Piddington and District Village Hall 01494 882796 www.piddingtonvillagehall.co.uk Pre-School (Stokenchurch) 01494 482822 Rendezvous Mother & Toddler 01494 484152 Royal British Legion Lane End 01494 881436 www.rbllaneend.co.uk Scouts (Stokenchurch) 01494 482243 Squash & Racketball Club - Watlington 01844 351325 Stokenchurch & Hambleden Valley Children’s Centre 01494 483140 Stokenchurch Day Centre 01494 482483 Stokenchurch Educational Charity 01494 483120 Stokenchurch Memorial club 01494 482260 Stokenchurch Rainbows 01494 485178 STOPAG (Stokenchurch) 01494 482344 Sunshine Montessori Nursery

01494 880607 Tuesday Luncheon Club Lane End 01494 881261 Women’s Institute (Stokenchurch) 01494 482047 Wine and Beer Circle (Stokenchurch) 01494 484159 Youth Club (Lane End) 01494 452226

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Community April 2013

Stokenchurch Stitchers Meets every 3rd Monday of each month. Join us on Monday 21st April from 7.30 to 9.30pm at the Stokenchurch Cricket Club with your current knitting or sewing project. £1 per person including drink and biscuit. If you have any questions contact Louise on 482194 or sewcraftylou@gmail.com.

Stokenchurch Centre We run Adult Learning classes including languages, art and pilates. We are home to a variety of activities including sports clubs for both juniors and seniors including Judo, Football, Badminton and Kick Boxing. We have rooms available to book out that cater from 10 to 200 people – could we be the venue you are looking for ? Contact us on 01494 482822 for further information.

Local Carers’ Support Group The Group will meet from 1.30pm - 3.30pm on Wed 24 April. Please check the notice at The Stokenchurch Medical Centre to see the Venue.

It will be changing at some stage this year to the Anglican Church Room. If you have not come along before and would like to know more, do phone Victoria on 01494 483352.

Four Ends Flower Club Visitors are always welcome (price £5). All you have to do is sit down and enjoy yourself and perhaps win a lovely flower arrangement to take home.

Meetings are held at The Village Hall, Lane End on the fourth Thursday of the month at 1.45pm.

Visitors Fee £5. For more information contact 01494 482724.

Next meeting: 25th April 2013, Ann Anson, ‘Spring Time’, Competition ‘Yellow Fever’.

STOPAG Members please note our April meeting on Thursday 11th will be held at the new Chiltern Grange Care Home on Ibstone Road at the usual time of 12.45pm. Please give your name to Joan (483033) to book lunch if you haven’t already and if you need transport contact Ann (482344). Bryan Edgley will be our speaker on his investiture at Windsor Castle.

Stokenchurch Community Library The library committee would like to thank everybody who came to the quiz and helped us to raise over eight hundred pounds. We hope that you will continue to support us in the future.

Other events are planned for the summer and you can also become a Friend of the Library. And don’t forget our ongoing recruitment drive for volunteers. For information Tel. Ann Sherman on 01494482344

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Garsington Opera Garsington Opera opens on 7th June in the spectacular Wormsley Estate. Public Bookings open 15th April Telephone 01865 361636 www.garsingtonopera.org Community Coffee Stop All welcome – every Tuesday 9 - 11.30 am.

Held at the Community Centre, Studley Green.

The Olive Branch Painters The Painters meet regularly Wednesday mornings in Studley Green Community Centre.

Paintings by the Group are available for sale in the restaurant at The Garden Store opposite the Community Centre.

Stokenchurch Youth Club Update Adults are desperately needed for helping on occasional Friday evenings. No long-term or every-week commitment required, just once a month or something similar. No previous experience or qualifications needed, just a willingness to be there. If you know an 11-18 year old who hasn’t yet been to the club, why not encourage them to give it a try. We meet Friday nights 6:45 - 9:45pm at Stokenchurch Community Centre in Bartholomew Tipping Way. Stokenchurch Wine & Beer Circle Meetings are held on the second Tuesday of the month, 8.00pm at Longburrow Hall Stokenchurch. For more information please call 01494 484159 Stokenchurch Memorial Hall Social Club We would like to welcome you to the Social Club.

For a small annual membership fee you will get cheaper drinks, Sky TV showing all live sports, free WiFi, darts, whist , bingo, quiz nights, live bands and disco/karaoke. New members always welcome we are open everyday from midday, please call in or phone on 01494482260. Any events/ bands are on the notice board, facebook page or www.lemonrock.com All live bands/events are free and open to non-members (the Club has the right to refuse admission). Sat 27th April live music - Pete McCray (soul/reggae) Lane End Evening Women’s Institute We meet on the last Monday of the month (except Bank Holidays) in the Sycamore Room, Lane End Village Hall, at 8pm. We have a very varied programme & visitors & new members are always made welcome. Monday April 29th.

“The Role of a Magistrate”. Two magistrates from High Wycombe Magistrates Court will talk about their role.

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Stokenchurch Women’s Institute Meetings are held on the second Wednesday of each month at Methodist Church Hall, Stokenchurch at 7.30pm. Our next Meeting is on Wednesday 10th April. Our Speaker is Mrs K.Patterson and the talk is on Flower Crafts with Christmas in Mind. All new faces most welcome.

Lane End Players Don’t forget to buy your tickets for our Spring production when the box office opens on Saturday, April 13th. This is “Hound of the Baskervilles” by Laurie Howe, on May 17th, 18th, 24th and 25th at 8pm. This is a very new version of the Sherlock Holmes story, brought into the 21st century (influenced by the recent T.V. series starring Benedict Cumberbatch, no doubt), but the setting and plot stay very faithful to the original novel. Tickets can be bought from the Village Hall on Saturday mornings, by ringing 077064 26320 or emailing boxoffice@ laneendplayers.com after the box office opening date.

Lane End OPAG - 50+ Older than 50 with time to spare – do come along to one of our meetings held on the first Thursday of each month at 2pm in Lane End Youth & Community Centre, Edmonds Road and listen to our speaker.

Lane End Conservation Group Members and others meet on the first Saturday of each month at 10am in the car park beside the doctors’ surgery and work for a couple of hours on tasks such as footpath clearance. We normally finish in time to go to the Twinning coffee morning in the village hall. Do come along and learn more about the Group.

Coffee Stop If you want company, chat and coffee, come to the Sycamore Room at the Lane End Village Hall on Thursday mornings between 10-12 where a warm welcome awaits you.

Stokenchurch Medical Centre Oxford Rd, Stokenchurch, HP14 3SX. Practice Manager: Nigel Sweet Tel:08445769633 www.stokenchurchmedicalcentre.co.uk Partnership Changes We are sad to say goodbye to Dr Katie Hannaford who has been a GP at this surgery for over 12 years. We are pleased, however, to confirm that Dr Camilla Rogers now joins us as a Partner along with Dr Anna Crane who will join us from the middle of this month. In addition Dr Joe Santos will be joining www.chilterndirectories.co.uk www.chilterndirectories.co.uk

us a full time Partner from the middle of May. Staff Training The practice will be shut on the afternoons of Thu 18th April and Thu 16th May for staff & clinician training.

Royal British Legion Lane End As part of their Pathway for Growth initative, the Royal British Legion (RBL) at the National level is endeavouring to get closer to those who are serving or have served in any of the three services. To support this national initiative, your local Lane End branch of the RBL would like to identify all the local people who have served in the one of the three services (including the reserves) at any time in the past or who are actively serving at the present time.

We really would like to hear from you either by email peter@psjennings.co.uk or by phone 01494 882750, preferably with service and section as we are attempting to create a list for our historical archives.

Stokenchurch Community Transport Stokenchurch Community Transport provides a Door to Door service for the elderly and disabled residents and other community groups within the parish. We urgently need relief volunteers to help with escorting the clients who use the bus. This is to help cover periods of absence by the regular escorts. Training will be given to all our volunteers.

Please contact us on 01494485839 or call in at The Stokenchurch Methodist Church on Thursday Mornings between 9:30am and 11am for more information. (Answer phone outside office hours.)

Trips planned by the bus committee are to: April 26th Grey’s Court NT Fare £8:00 May 17th Millets Farm Fare £8:00 June 28th Snowshill NT. Fare £ 15:00 Entrance free to NT members.

Contact Melanie on 01494 482009 or see Doreen at ‘Pop In’ on Thursday Morning. Why not come and join us? Become part of the team or take a day out with friends.

Lane End Youth & Community Centre Check out what’s going on at your local Community Centre.

Monday 10.30 - 12.30pm LEAOPAG Coffee Morning, 2 – 3pm Extend – Gentle Exercise for the over 60’s, 7.30 – 8.30pm Zumba with Mel. Tuesday 7.30 – 9pm Slimming World, Wednesday 6.30 – 8.30pm Junior Club.

Thursday 11.30 – 2pm Free computer club, Just drop in!

12 – 1.30pm Drop In Lunch, 2 – 4pm LEOPAG meeting (1st Thurs of each month), 7.30 – 10pm Soundforce Big Band Rehearsal Friday 9.30 – 10.30am FSFH – Circuit Training, PAGE 59 59 PAGE

Community April 2013

4.30 – 6pm Sparklers 4 – 7yrs, 6.30pm onwards - Available for hire.

Saturday Available for hire.

Sunday 9 – 12noon Bells and Whistle Dog Training, 12noon onwards - Available for hire.

Are you looking for that perfect venue to start a new class or somewhere to hold a party, then call me to arrange a viewing. Emma Savory – 01494 883878, leycc@hotmail.com, www.leycc.co.uk The Friendship Club at Stokenchurch Methodist Church Saturday 6th April at 2.30 p.m. We are going to be showing an entertaining feature film on this Saturday. Free admission and tea and coffee in the interval. (Sorry no ice creams.) All welcome. Lifts available. For more information ring Jane or Jim on HW 482880.

Cadmore End Cricket Club Cadmore End Cricket Club Quiz Night 6th April at 7.30pm at Cadmore End Village Hall. Tickets £7.50 from Joe May jwvmay@hotmail.com Tel: 07896510831. Features popular quiz masters “Shepherds” and includes ploughmans supper.There will be a bar. Please come to support the cricket club, to meet old (and new) friends, and amaze us all with your knowledge! Please enter in teams of up to eight. Alternatively we can put you in a team on the night.

Ibstone Women’s Institute We are a small active friendly group, who meet at the school in Ibstone on the first Tuesday of every month at 7.30pm. Call 01491 638245 for further information.

Stokenchurch Cricket Club The 2013 Cricket Season begins with our first League game on Saturday 11th May. Keep an eye on what’s happening on our website www.stokenchurchcc.org.uk We are always very keen to welcome new players whatever age and ability. We look forward to seeing you soon.

Stokenchurch Educational Charity ~ Community Grants Village Groups should apply by letter to The Secretary, Kinda Cool, Wycombe Road, Stokenchurch, HP14 3RR (Tel: 483120).

Closing date is 30th June each year.

Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway April sees the start of our programme of evening events, with the first on April 13th - a Quiz Night on the Watlington Flyer. This starts at 7.00 pm, with a general knowledge quiz while travelling on board

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the diesel hauled train, and includes a fish and chip supper served to your seat. Bookings for this event to Don on 07979 055366. April 6th also sees the first of this year’s Wildlife On The Move days, when volunteers from the Chilterns Conservation Board commentate en-route as the Railcar journeys the line - four trains that day. Then, on April 21st it is the Steam and Diesel Gala - all available locos will be in operation on a frequent timetable, with a free bus service between Princes Risborough Station and Chinnor - timetable on the website. www.chinnorrailway.co.uk Ridgeway U3A Meet at the Sports Pavillion,Watlington Recreation ground on the third Tuesday of every month at 2.30 pm. Cost to non-members is £2.50, tea & biscuits served. We welcome all retired and semiretired visitors who come to our talks and encourage you to join us. Membership is £18.50 p.a. with a choice of Group activities which include Walking, Reading, Outings, Antiques & collectibles, Heritage, Patchwork & quilting and our Lunch group.

Stokenchurch Dog Rescue Celebrations to mark the 50th anniversary of Stokenchurch Dog Rescue get underway on Easter Sunday, March 31st. Two sponsored walks are being held, setting off from the Oxford Road kennels at 11am. Walkers, with or without dogs, will have a choice of 5 or 10 kilometres. An Easter egg will be awarded to the person who raises the most money for SDR. Walkers can bring their own dogs or book one of the dogs from the charity’s kennels in advance on 01494 482695. Children under 16 must be accompanied by an adult and youngsters taking out a dog from the kennels must be 18 or over. Sponsorship forms are available from the charity’s website or from the reception counter. More details are available from organiser Dave Bevan on 01844 344601. Other golden anniversary events are being organised this year including an open day and summer fair on July 6th.

Stokenchurch Dog Rescue will hold their next open air jumble sale, weather permitting, on Saturday, April 27th from 10am till Noon, at their Oxford Road kennels. On sale will be donated new and nearly new clothes, household goods, books, toys, DVDs, CDs, greetings cards – and lots more. A similar sale will be held on Saturday, May 25th.

MUGA – Longburrow Hall The Multi User Games Area (MUGA) at Longburrow in Stokenchurch has now been equipped with floodlighting. This will increase its availability for hire by local teams and organisations, who hitherto have been restricted to daylight hours.

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Tokens for use may be purchased from the Parish Office (hallbookings@stokenchurch.org.uk - 01494 482403).

Stokenchurch Village Fete and companion dog show Saturday 8th June 2013, 11.30am. This year we will again be on the Fleur-De-Lis green. The usual common is far too damaged to use. Thanks to John Lee and a generous donation from the late Betty Messengers trust, work will soon start to level the centre of the main common and we will be back there next year. The fete will open earlier at 11.30am and the Fleur Fest will start a bit later than usual. For more information phone 01494 482454.

This year we are introducing an additional event to raise money for our community. We will be holding our 1st Stokenchurch Charity Fun Run. We are offering a 5k and a 10K option. Fancy dress will be encouraged but not mandatory. Minimum age for the 5k fun run is 11 years & for the 10K run is 15 years of age. You can walk, jog or run - its entirely up to you. For further information, please check our website http://www.runtherock.co.uk/ , or e-mail to vic@nuttyvic.co.uk.

The Chiltern Society We welcome new members - come and join people like you who love the Chilterns. For more details please contact The Chiltern Society, The White Hill Centre, White Hill, Chesham HP5 1AG, Tel 01494 771250, www.chilternsociety.org.uk High Wycombe Shopmobility This is a free service for any person who needs access to town shopping or hospital appointments, we have 21 electric machines, 4 powerchairs and 12 manual wheelchairs. Telephone 01494 472277 Stokenchurch Allotment Association The Association invites applications for membership, either Full (£5.00 pa) or Associate (£3.00 pa). Members can avail themselves of very attractive prices for seeds, compost and other garden needs from the Store on the Stokenchurch allotments. The store is open from 10am - 12noon on Saturdays from 2nd March, and on Sunday mornings through April. The Association will have a presence at the Village Fete in June and at the September Show, and intends to organise a visit to the RHS gardens at Wisley. If you are interested in membership, or even wish explore the possibility of taking on a plot, please contact Robin Thomas (01494 483923) or Malcolm Penny (01494 482047). There are plots vacant at both Stokenchurch and at Water End.

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Studley Green Community Centre The AGM of the Community Centre @ Studley Green will take place at the centre on Monday 20th May at 7pm for a 7-30pm start. All local residents welcome. Please come. Your centre needs you.

Wormsley Cricket Ground For more information on fixtures or to book tickets, membership or hospitality visit www.wormsleycricket.co.uk or call the Cricket Office on 01283 569 667 Buckinghamshire Open Gardens 2013 Sunday 7th April 11am to 3pm £3.50, Kingsbridge Farm, Steeple Claydon, Buckingham MK18 2EJ. Thursday 18th April 2 to 5pm £3.00 Hall Farm, Little Linford, Milton Keynes, MK19 7EA Railex 2013 Model Railway Exhibition Risborough & District Model Railway Club, Stoke Mandeville Stadium, Stadium Approach, Aylesbury, Bucks, HP21 9PP. Saturday 25th May 10.305.30, Sunday 26th May 10.00-5.00 Admission: Adults £8.00, Child £5.00, Family(2+3) £18.00 On Sunday only - up to 2 children admitted free with an accompanying paying adult.

Many Model Railway Layouts from all over the country, as well as around 50 manufacturers and traders. There is limited on site carparking, so we recommend that you use the carparks in Aylesbury and catch the free vintage bus from the railway station, which will also link up with Chiltern trains services from London Marylebone.

For full details see our website www.railex.org.uk Contact David Lane Tel: 01296 437475 Email: railexmanager@rdmrc.org.uk The Wycliffe Centre Wycliffe Bible Translators in the UK will start 2014 with a refreshed vision and a new home. The charity has announced the sale of the Wycliffe Centre in Buckinghamshire where they have been based for over forty years with a plan to move to nearby office space. “The need to make the Bible available in the language that people understand the best is one of the most urgent missionary tasks of our generation,” says Eddie Arthur, Executive Director of Wycliffe. “The Wycliffe Centre has provided us with office, training and conference space, but changes in missionary training mean we no longer need such a large facility. This isn’t about Wycliffe scaling down work in the UK, far from it”, says Arthur, “this is about us asking God what the future of mission looks like and organising ourselves for that.”

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Index Accountants/Bookkeeper John Taylor 51 Karen Amor 11 Simply Numbers 17 Aerials Aerialtech Solutions 21 TVT Aerials 24 Bathrooms Bryn Earley 15 Call Plumbing 37 Beauticians Central Beauty 27 Mariposa 31 The Beauty Salon 35 Blinds Graham Blake 10 Builders A M G Construction 35 Bennett Construction 47 C & R Caine 25 Hammond Construction 32 Jody Smith 6 SRJ Brickwork 37 Car Bodyshop Complete Car Care 12 Carers Risborough Carers Ltd 2 Carpenter & Joiner Aspect 19 Joel Smith 31/39 John Earley 15 Out of the Woods 47 Carpets Airs House 27 Newell Flooring 13 Chimney Sweep A1 Clean Sweep 49 Cleaning Ovenu 1/15 Procare 26 Computers Chiltern Computer Services10 Jason Millward 13 Stokenchurch PC’s 42 Convenience Store CJ Stores 47 Crockery Hire Floral Vintage Crockery 36 Curtains Graham Blake 10 Dance School The Barr Academy 13 Day Nursery Positive Steps 47 Stokenchurch Pre-School10/19 Sunshine Montessori 51 Dentist Old Bakery Dental Practice 22 Diet & Fitness Rosemary Conley 3 Dog Grooming Mutley Makeover 24 Waggy Works 9 Dog Training Bells and Whistles 55 Kimberley Cox 49 Dog Walking Ian Boyer 39 Domestic Appliances Sharley Domestics 54 Driveways Allscapes 5

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Driving Instruction Dave’s 53 Siobhan and Richard’s 17 Electricians John Earley 15 J S J Electrical 39 Mike Smith 53 Paul Smale 7 Fencing DJ Macleod 45 Greenways 46 Firewood DJ Macleod 45 Flooring Newell Flooring 13 Foot Professionals Feet Treat 15 Fiona Gibbard 11 Helen Boehm 25 Furniture Maker Aston Woodware 27 Garden Centre Studley Green Garden Store 33 Garage Services Browns 1/63 Complete Car Care 12 Durwards Auto Shop 31 French Car Services 26 M.L. Sears 16 Stokenchurch Service Centre 11 TCS Auto Engineers 18 Garden Design Caz Renshaw Design 16 Malcolm Gascoyne 56 Garden Machinery ML Sears 16 Garden Maintenance Allscapes 5 Greenways 46 Markland Gardening 22 Graphic Designer Tank 2 Create 48 Hairdressers/Barbers Gateway Barbers 47 Just Gents 64 Lisa Powell 37 Salon on the Green 9 Handyman Daren McDonald 19 Joel Smith 31/39 Outside In 28 Richard Watson 50 The 50 Plus 25 Health Products Anne Hogg 23 Heating Engineer Bryn Earley 15 Call Plumbing 37 OilServ 22 Hotels The Lambert Arms 3 Jewellers Aylesbury Bullion 43 Kitchens John Earley 15 Land Services DP Mould 40

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