Cublington Crier April 2023 #428

LATEST NEWS and UPDATES

OG Car Park refurbishment

The work to refurbish the car park at Orchard Ground has been completed, thank you to everyone for their patience and understanding while the work was being done. Orchard Ground is grateful to a grant from the Wing and Ivinghoe Communities Board (Buckinghamshire Council) which helped to fund this work. A new path has been laid down to the playground. An accessible parking area has been laid in front of the main entrance to the pavilion, this will provide better access for people with mobility issues and for people who use wheelchairs.

Snowdrops

A number of very generous donations of snowdrops ‘in the green’ have been planted out in the blossom circle. It’s still not too late to split and separate clumps of snowdrops in your garden. If you have some to spare, these can be planted out in the next few weeks.

North Field update

It was great to see a good crowd of people enjoying the spring sunshine and tea and cake on Saturday 11th March when twenty larger trees were planted by representatives of the various village clubs and activity groups, also by grandparents and their grandchildren. Orchard Ground is grateful for the grant from The Tree Council which helped towards the purchase of the trees.

North Field working group dates

The working group has completed the various planting and maintenance tasks for this planting season. Over 150 hours of volunteering has seen areas of the North Field cleared of last years tall grasses, 900 tree and hedging whips being planted, the start of a second circle of blossom trees being planted into the blossom circle, trees from HS2 being planted out on the field, orchard and other feature trees being checked for tree stakes, deer fencing and ties, and more chipped bark added to help retain moisture. A big thank you to all those who have vounteered for the working groups, to Hugh Vale for cutting the field in readiness for the spring and to those who have been cutting the wandering footpaths across the field.

When the previous list of North Field working sessions were published in The Crier, a number of people contact me asking if some mid week dates could be arranged. The next series of working group dates are as follows:

Thursday 6th April : 7.00pm - 8.30pm; Saturday 22nd April: 9.30am - 12.00noon;

Monday 8th May: 7.00pm - 8.30pm;

Saturday 20th May: 9.30am - 12.00noon;

Tuesday 6h June: 7.00am - 8.30pm; Saturday 24th June; 9.30am - 12.00noon;

Please contact Martyn Waters for any further information: martyn.waters@icloud.com. M: 07973754356

• Your OG Committee currently is : Colin Antosiewicz, Chairman; Liz Smith, Treasurer; Vanessa Verity, Secretary; Jason Taylor, Maintenance; Bob Paine, Bookings & Allotments; Michael Reilly, Cricket & Parish Council; Gary Brazier, Tennis & General; Martyn Waters, North Field; Miranda Gregory, Events; Lucy Peck, General. All are volunteers.

New committee members always wanted .

Please volunteer to help on this committee if you can spare the odd hour or two every month. Minutes of AGM available on Cublington.com

• The next committee meeting is Wednesday 22nd March 7.30pm Biggs Pavilion

Sophie and her daughter Amelia aged 10, recently moved to Ridings Way from Great Brickhill. We hope you'll be very happy here.

Hugh Vale for recently topping the North Field... excellent job Hugh. Looking great!

The turnout for the recent tree planting ceremonies on North Field was excellent. Representatives of all village clubs and various families all took part. A real community effort. It's now really beginning to take shape. The landscape consultant who advised us recently visited and was amazed at what we had achieved in just 15 months! Brilliant!

Welcome to Thanks to Brilliant The Fete!

Work is already well underway for the next Fete on Saturday 17th June. The first thing you can do is put the date in your diary! Then read the ad inside... and perhaps offer to help if you can?! Thanks

...so many

So many great photos were sent in this month - make sure you see them all - extra Spotted inside back cover. Ed

Trish Bundock

Cublington Crier the

Keeping you up to date on village life, news and events since 1984

More help required to mow the churchyard.

Become a true Friend of St Nicolas! As the grass growing season extends at both ends of the mowing rota, due to global warming(?), new volunteers are required for mowing of the churchyard in March and October. Can you please help?

Please contact Roy of you can spare just three hours once every year.

See new rota inside for contact details

Do

you know of any local businesses who might like to advertise in the Crier?

Or do you have an idea for a fundraising project that we could help seed fund? Or if you want a pdf copy of the inserts mentioned above...

Contact Gary or Gill on email or 688548 for a media pack or see rates on inside of front cover.

Every issue delivered to you, by our dedicated team of helpers costs us about £1.40 to produce, the firms who advertise within these pages pay for this publication. so please remember to mention you saw their ad in "The Crier" . If you know of a company who you think might like to advertise in the Crier, please let us know. If you think you can help deliver the Crier as a back up to our regulars, also please be in touch. Keep sending stuff in... much appreciated. Thank you. Gary & Gill

The Crier Editorial Rota

2023..

June Pippa Cheetham

July Richard & Polly Thornely

Sept Jackie Farrands

October Vanessa and Jason

November Clare Hemmings

December The Merrimans

Please book your slot! Now booking 2025 (yes really!) -so plenty of time to think about it!

Many Thanks.

June Susan & Iain Black

July Vanessa and Kerry

Sept Debbie & Brian Knights

October Karen & Danny

November Penny Allen

December ?

2024... 2025...

Jan ?

Feb ?

Mar Martyn & Avril Gates

Apr Reilly’s

May Gregory family (Miranda)

Jan ?

Feb Alexander’s

Mar ?

Apr Vanessa & Jason Taylor

Sept Sam Conway

To be the guest editor: You only have to design or find a front cover image, write an intro editorial of your choice and provide a few, or as many pages of content of your choice as you want. It's really not that bad or that hard. Go on please give it a go The more who do it - the less we have to ask. Thanks. Contact: Sandie Joy 01296 682446

CONTACT DETAILS: The Crier, 18 Ridings Way, Cublington, Bucks LU7 0LW. Editorial: 01296 688548

TO ADVERTISE: Call Gill: 01296 688548 email: info@cublingtoncrier.co.uk gary@cublingtoncrier.co.uk

The monthly magazine of the Buckinghamshire village of Cublington - the village that moved.

CUBLI N GTON

FRIEN DS OF

Please come along for the North Field Work Parties!

We'd love your help!

After a successful planting season, with most saplings surviving the hot summer, work is never ending on the North Field. We are currently planning workparties to include trimming, replacing dead saplings, thinning, cutting grass etc. We even have plans this year to plant a wild flower meadow, plant numerous feature trees, a second blossom circle with snowdrops and daffodils maybe even start on the wildlife pond. Please let us know if you would be willing to spare an hour or two (or more!) helping achieve our ambitions for North Field. See new dates on diary entry inside.

If you would like to volunteer for the Cublington SpeedWatch group in the first instance contact Kevin Shults (Councillor, Cublington Parish Council, with responsibility for Road Traffic matters) at kevin.shults65@gmail.com

Easter Choir, to include anything useful for Coronation!

We will meet to rehearse for Easter Sunrise, Easter Day and maybe for Coronation, depending on what happens...suspect there may be a beacon or some sort of shindig. We hope to learn 2 new pieces of music, simple but enjoyable singing. Start date to be confirmed (we need to recover from the Panto first) but likely a Monday or a Tuesday early evening.

CUBLINGTONRECOMMENDED TRADEDIRECTORY

Need a plumber, a carpenter, a builder, a decorator or electrician?

I hold a directory of tradesmen who have been recommended by someone using them in the village.

You can pass on recommendations in confidence or even better if you are happy to show off their excellent handiwork to others or be called to provide a reference, please let me know that as well.

Contact Tom Gadsby on 07527 989639

Greeting Cards for SALE in aid of Rennie Grove Hospice.

If anyone would like a browse of various greeting cards, priced at 10p each, please contact Mary Keats on 07890129481 or email marykeats1@icloud.com

Thankyou to everyone in the village who has bought cards from me. You have been so generous. So far nearly £900 has been raised for this charity providing specialist hospice at home care to people in Bucks and Hertfordshire with a life limiting illness.

Saturday2ndSeptember

Itistimetostartthinkingaboutwhatyouwillexhibitatthisyear’s HorticulturalShow. Ifyouwouldliketosponsoroneofthecategoriesbelow forbetween£10and£30itwouldbemostappreciated.Pleasecontacteither SueBrown01296681622suebrownbottle@btinternet.com orSandieJoy01296682446s.c.joy@btinternet.

AllsponsorshipmoneygoestoFriendsofStNicholasfortheupkeepofourchurch.

VegetableCategories

1Vegetabletray,4kindsofvegetabledisplayed onatraynomorethan18”x24”,nomore thanthreeofeachkind;couldincludeany vegetablenotmentionedbelow

2Threeparsnips,foliagetrimmedbackto3” leavingtops

3Threecarrotslongorintermediate, foliagetrimmedbackto2”leavingtops

4Threecarrotsshortorstumprooted, foliagetrimmedbackto2”leavingtops

5Threewhitepotatoes

6Threecolouredpotatoes

7Sixrunnerbeans,stalksattached

8Sixofanyotherclimbingbean,e.g.French, stalksattached

9Threebeetrootwithtopstrimmedto2”.

Leaverooton

10Threecourgettes,length4”-8”

11Fivechillies

12Threeonionswithtopstrimmedandtied

13Fivetomatoesmaximum1½”,withcalyx

14Fivetomatoesonthevine

15Saladtraywith4kindsofsaladitems.

Namethemplease.

16Heaviestpumpkin

17Longestparsnip,measuredtoendoftaproot

18Longestrunnerbean

19Twoofanyothersinglevarietyofvegetable notlistedinanyothercategory

20Mostoddlyshapedvegetable

21Terracottapotwithfiveplantedherbs.

Namethemplease

FruitCategories

22Tenautumnraspberries,stalksattached 23Threeculinaryapples,stalksattached 24Threedessertapples,stalksattached 25Threepears,stalksattached

FlowerCategories

26Bestsingleroseinaplainglassvase

27Bestflowerarrangementinaplain glassvase,mixedgardenflowers, notshrubs,tofaceallround

28Vaseofdahlias,fiveblooms, canbemixed

28Tallestsunflower,measuredin-situ. Donotcutthemdown.Judgingwill takeplaceinyourgarden

Children’sCategories

30Rockcakes

31Flowergreetingscard

DomesticCategories

32Plumchutney

33Orangemarmalade

34Oniontart

35Carrotandparsnipcake

36Sixwhiterolls

37Threechickeneggs

VirtualPets

38 Photograph your pet and name it

1.What did you want to be when you grew up? I didn’t know…I lived in a commune for a while

2.What was your first job?

Village grocery shop on Saturdays

3.Who (alive or dead) would you like to have dinner with and why? (You can have more than one!)

Joanna Lumley, Alexander McCall Smith, Stephen Fry They are all interesting characters

4.What historical era would you like to have lived in and why? Prefer present times

5.Where would you want to live if not where you live now and why? Port Isaac because I have happy memories of Cornwall

6.What is the temptation you wish you could resist? Ice cream

7.What is your favourite book and why?

Harper Lee…To kill a Mocking Bird because it points out the need to be a clear Iogical thinker unencumbered by prejudice and embracing compassion

8.What is your favourite song and why?

One Fine Day, Madama Butterfly By Puccini Because it is a beautiful melody

9.What is the pet hate that makes your hackles rise? Scammers.

10.What is the unlikely interest that engages your curiosity? Wood

11.How long have you lived in Cublington?

9 years Answer somewhere in the Crier!

• Do you have a great prize you could donate for the raffle?

An unwanted gift perhaps? Please let Gary know...

•Could you help on a stall

•Could you make a cake?

More details next month...

•Do you have any spare produce? Jams? Chutneys?

• Do you have any spare plants or cuttings? Bob & Liz are collecting.

• Do you know anyone who owns a Classic Car who'd like to come along?

Free Cream tea for exhibitors

For more information contact: gary@cublington.com

Colour in these Easter Eggs!

MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

2023 April

Saturday 1st Jumble Sale

2pm Biggs Pavilion. In aid of church funds.

Sunday 9th Sunrise Easter Service

Wednesday 5th Cublington Winos

PLEASE let us know of any event in the village you are running. If we don't know about it we can't help publicise it. By the 15th of every month before please.

Biggs Pavilion. 7pm for a start time of 7.30pm. See ad elsewhere.

Sunday 23rd Tennis Club Open afternoon

Biggs Pavilion. 1pm -4pm Join up - Join in!

May

Saturday 6th Coronation Celebrations event TBC but we will do something.

June

Wednesday 7th Cublington Winos

Biggs Pavilion. 7pm for a start time of 7.30pm.

Saturday 17th Cublington fete

Orchard Ground. 8.30am set up for 1pm opening

September

Saturday 2nd the 18th Horticultural Show

Biggs Pavilion - see ad elsewhere.

NORTH FIELD WORK PARTIES

Thursday 6th April : 7.00pm - 8.30pm;

Saturday 22nd April: 9.30am - 12.00noon;

Monday 8th May: 7.00pm - 8.30pm;

Saturday 20th May: 9.30am - 12.00noon;

Tuesday 6h June: 7.00am - 8.30pm;

Saturday 24th June; 9.30am - 12.00noon;

If you can spare an hour or so on any of these days, that would be great!

Please contact Martyn Waters for any further information: martyn.waters@icloud.com. M: 07973754356

Come

Go

Courts are once again busy with members enjoying social tennis. League Teams feature in the Aylesbury & District League. If you’d like to join, please contact us - details opposite.

Cublington Tennis Club

Saturday, 1st April No Joke!

All proceeds to Church funds

2pm in the Biggs Pavilion

Stewkley Road, Cublington LU7 0LR

Donations very welcome.

Could you please bringdonations -c lothes, bric-a-brac, books, DVDs, etc - to the Biggs Pavilion on 1st April between 10am and 11.30am.

Sorry we cannot take electrical items. If you have any queries, please ring me on 01296 681570.

The White Lady... a true story

Answer: Polly Thornely

April

Birthdays

Happy birthday to you...

Erin Cloake 13 years old on the 27th

Finley Duthie 10 years old on the 29th

Support Group Renamed as Cublington Life WhatsApp group

going out or have a long-term a challenge with Covid 19? support to offer you!

callMike Joyon 07711290169or ask someone to drop off this Unicorn) and we will collect it.

The support group has changed its name to reflect the ongoing situation. Useful information on power cuts/ broadband issues and the like get posted on here.

Let me know if you'd like to be on the Cublington Life group WhatsApp, send me your telephone number and I can make sure the administrator knows and adds you. Admins are: Martyn Waters, Catherine & Charlie Toosey, Gary Brazier, Liz Smith and Miranda Mercado Gregory

If you have recently moved to the village and want us to include your children - please let us know. Once children reach 15 they are automatically removed from the list. If you know of anyone who has moved away - also please let us know. Surprisingly we don't know everyone in the village!

Gary & Gill

Cublington Cricket Club Indoor

Winter Nets

Thomas Freemantle School, Winslow

26th February - 12:30pm to 3:30pm

5th March - 12:30pm to 3:30pm

19th March - 3:15pm to 6:15pm

26th March - 3:15pm to 6:15pm

The first hour will be for the U11 and U9 teams (softball) with the following two hours for both the U13 and U15 together with the adults (both ladies and men). The venue has 4 nets.

If your children, or the neighbours children are interested or curious or plain bored do encourage them to come along as we are running 3 junior sides this season and hoping to combine a fourth with North Marston.

Costs will be a bargain £5 per session for the adults, U11 and U13 and just £3 for the younger kids attending the first hour. Martin Middleton (CCC Treasurer) has applied an early bird discount of £20 for all 4 sessions in keeping with his growing reputation for being fiscally astute.

www.cublingtoncc.org

Pictures taken on the HM Queen Elizabeth II Commemorative day 11th March 2023

Would you like to join the Wing Antiquarian Society?

The Wing Antiquarian Society arranges cultural visits by coach leaving from Orchard Ground car park in Cublington. Previous trips have included Hampton Court Palace, National Memorial Arboretum and the Brick Lane Music Hall, East London. The 2023 annual subscription is £15 and then each visit is individually priced. Planned activities for 2023 are as follows:

28 March: Westminster Abbey (sold out)

26 April: Imperial War Museum Duxford

23 May: Cambridge Mosque

14 June: Warwick Castle

27 July: Standen House (NT property in Sussex)

September: London Museums V&A (with private tour)

22 October: AGM, guest speaker and afternoon tea at Drayton Parslow Village Hall

Many people from Cublington are already members. If you are interested in joining the Society and participating in any of the above visits then please contact the Secretary, Gordon Breeze, email: Gbreeze13@live.com.

Bit rusty or seriously want to improve?

What could be easier?

Please help us fundraise for Orchard Ground and the North Field Project anytime you shop online this Christmas - it really doesn’t cost you anything! If you’d like help setting it up please email bobpaine2002@hotmail.com who will be happy to help. Thanks

Library Elf

Never forget to return an item againregister here for a FREE email reminder

https://www.libraryelf.com/base/Signin.aspx

We also offer: photocopying, printing, laminating, shredding, small change & stamp collection

Tuesday 25th April 2023 at 7.30

An evening with Dave Sivers

Come to this free event and hear about local author Dave Sivers' career writing crime fiction. Refreshments will be provided and Dave's books will be available for sale and signing, includinghis latesttitle 'InIce', the secondinthe DINathan Quarrelseries. It would be helpful (but not essential) to reserve a seat by email (wingcommunitylibrary@gmail.com) orbydroppinginto the library).

Join the library online at www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/libraries/library-membership/join-library/ to access the library catalogue and FREE online services

Cublington Winos

Greeting from the winos (hic!).

For those that don’t know, each event is hosted at the Biggs Pavilion by two people but with the usual help of others.

Sandra and Nigel hosted the 1st February get together which was an Italian themed evening. Great fun was had by all,

Martyn and Maggie are hosting the next event on the 5th April Provisional dates for our next planned events are as follows.

7th June, 2nd August, 4th October, 6th December. Doors normally open at 7pm for a start time of 7.30pm.

If anybody would like to join us please contact Jackie Farrands - 07968 672707 - and you will be added to the Whatsapp group.

Steve and Jackie

The Biggs Pavilion

Rental Rates

Village Residents and fully paid up members of Cublington clubs and organisations.

£8 per hour

Outside Cublington Clubs and organisations regularly using the facilities. £10 per hour

Discounts for block bookings

Dances, discos & parties

(There should be at least one adult present for teenage parties)

Cublington residents £70 Non Villagers £100

Weddings etc. (Whole day - 9.00am - midnight)

Cublington residents £250 Outside of village £300

A refundable deposit of £25 is required at time of booking. Deposit will be returned if no costs are incurred with regard to cleanliness or damage to property, fixtures or fittings.

When the floodlights are off, villagers may notice a glow from within the church...no, not on fire, but we are leaving the tower light on, it makes the building look alive an loved. Sponsored by the Alexanders

OF £12 - COVERS A WHOLE WEEKS LIGHTING!

Main Contact: Penny Allen 01296 682006

If you would like to, please contact Penny direct on 682006 or djandpallen@gmail.com or to The Crier with a dedication. Gift Aid envelopes are available from the Church and pub (when open) porches and this will enable us to recover 23p for every pound donated.

Thank you

ST NICHOLAS CHURCH LIGHTS SPONSORS

Mike and Sandie Joy are sponsoring the church floodlights for April to celebrate Ben & Lucy’s wedding.

Church

Services in April

Easter Day 9th April

Sunrise service held at the Sheep Sheds, Ridings Way 6.15am, and will be streamed on Facebook (for live and later viewing) refreshments afterwards.

Hoping for a dry clear morning!

Easter Family Communion service, 9am, in church.

From the Rector

Easter

Easter has arrived though being lunar dependent, there’s always some discussion as to when that will be. Those who compiled the Book of Common Prayer clearly anticipated this for in its opening pages the Prayer Book has a method by which we can calculate when Easter falls. It is under the heading “A Table to find Easter Day”. First it depends on the Pascal full moon, something called a Golden Number and something else called a Sunday Letter. To find the GN add 1 to the year of our Lord and then divide by 19. The remainder is the GN or if no remainder, the GN is 19. To find the SL add to the year of our Lord its fourth part, omitting fractions and also add the number 6. Divide by 7 and the SL equates to a letter in the table given. If for some reason, all this proves too difficult, turn the page in the prayer book and there is another table to find Easter with the helpful title of “Another Table to find Easter”. Finding Easter; the compilers of the Prayer Book knew where their faith lay, but others stay in the empty tomb. Perhaps wonder how much force would be needed to roll away the stone or concentrate only on closely folded grave clothes; this is the thinking that stays right there in the tomb, measuring, concentrating on the bare bones, pinning, nailing, everything down. That is not where we find Easter.

Easter is the pivotal point in Christian faith. Not Christmas, not Pentecost and certainly not over size marrows at Harvest Festival. Easter is when the whole thing becomes true and finding Easter is the point in a person’s life when we say I am a Christian; I have moved from death to life, leaving the tomb I am going to stride forth with Christ. The heart that finds Easter knows the new life of forgiveness and trusts in new possibilities. There’s finding Easter in community too for no place we happen to be, physically or metaphorically, is outside Christ’s power.

It therefore seems to me that the Easter challenge of Christianity is not “to believe that which we can’t see”; the Easter challenge is to “not disbelieve that which we can”. With every blessing,

Rev’d Howard Robson

Bin collection dates

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BABYSITTING DIRECTORYall listed are

Alice Gadsby - 680452*

Charlotte Keane 688133

Katie Keane 688133 or 07803939530

Hannah Alexander - 681104

Izzy Law - 688019 or 07896 894914

Maisy Parsons 01296 68230 007368 26143

Charles Powell 01296 680467

1st April 2023, 2pm 6th May 2023, 2pm

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27 MAY TO BANK HOLIDAY

MONDAY

• PHOTOGRAPHS

PLUS... TEAS &

AND ENJOY ADULT ENTRY £2.00 INCLUDES

• SCULPTURE • GLASS

IN THE VILLAGE HALL RAFFLE WITH GREAT CASH PRIZES COME

Recent work and icy images shared by the group

Villages Art Group

CALLING

To see these pictures in full colourgo to issuu.com and search for Cublington Crier

ALL ARTISTS

(ANY LEVEL)

Come along and paint and sketch and learn together

-EVERY MONDAY 2-4pm (EXCEPT BANK HOLIDAYS):

Venue : Biggs Pavillion, Cublington Dates : Every Monday (except Bank Holidays)

Please come along with your paints, pencils, easels etc and join us working side by side for a couple of hours

Tea/coffee and biscuits to sustain us! Small donation appreciated.

All very welcome! We know there are more of you out there so don't be shy!

Cublington Cricket Club

WE NEED PLAYERS AND GROUND MAINTENANCE VOLUNTEERS FOR 2023

Cricket has been played in Cublington for over 150 years, with the first recorded game played in 1863. The club as it is today was founded in 1955, and in 1997 a new pavilion was built with assistance from the National Lottery & Sports Council. Our Orchard Ground facility is the home of cricket, tennis and local community events, and was extended in 2005 to include a fabulous score box. Until the late 1990’s friendly fixtures were played on Saturdays or Sundays and it was not uncommon for the Captain to be found scouring the village to try and find a full complement of players around lunchtime on the day of the match.

Since then, Cublington Cricket Club has grown substantially, guided by four Core Values: Youth & Women’s cricket development - Community - Sustainability - Enjoyment

The club has now graduated from its casual beginnings to being in a position to field;

• Two Saturday League sides;

•A Woman’s team evolving as a pathway for our junior girls;

•Sunday friendly side;

• A thriving diverse junior membership (girls and boys). Junior Teams from U9s to U17s providing competitive cricket for up to 100 budding young cricketers.

• We are an All Stars Hub, providing a safe environment each Summer for children aged between 6 and 8 years of age to enjoy cricket

Cublington CC are ECB Clubmark Accredited and all our officials are validated by the ECB Safe Hands Management System.

The 1st and 2nd XIs compete in the Four Counties Cricket League and, with the Sunday Team, the Club provides an environment in which junior players can start to play adult 40-over cricket. On average, the club’s teams play 20 matches per season. In addition, members from our Junior section are regularly asked to represent Buckinghamshire at County and District levels.

The Club’s home is the Orchard Ground, an outstanding example of an English cricket ground carved and nurtured from agricultural land, admired by visiting teams and spectators, including those who attend the inter-county games we host each season.

WE ARE A VOLUNTEER CLUB SO IF YOU WANT TO PLAY OR HELP PREPARE THE GROUND

(JUST AN HOUR OR TWO A WEEK!) please contact Michael Reilly at mtcreilly@aol.com or phone 07876593434. Full equipment training provided.

Member of the Four Counties Cricket League

Member of the Home Counties Women’s League

Member of the Buckinghamshire Cricket Board Junior League

www.cublingtoncc.org

Thank you all so very much for helping with last year’s mowing. Same again this year?

Many thanks, Roy Shons 01296 682787 077752 043145 royshons@btinternet.com

W/C Name

03rd April Roy Shons

10th April Colin Justice

17th April Kevin Shults

24th April Mike & Sandie Joy

01st May Michele Packer & Haime

08th May Dennis & Jack Allen

15th May Abbie & Lee Stopher

22nd May Barry Sim

29th May Gill & Gary Brazier

05th June Tom & Harry Gadsby

12th June Sophie & John Law

19th June Maggie & Chris Brandon

26th June Sarah & Jason Keane

03rd July Tim & James Taylor

10th July Martin Gibby

17th July Jason & Vanessa Taylor

24th July Susan & Mike Bush/Paddy

31st July David Bradbury

07th August Mike Alexander

14th August Caroline & Mike Lightfoot

21st August Mike & Sandie Joy

28th August Ev & Gerry Griffiths

04th Sept Mark Cheetham

11th Sept Kevin Shults

18th Sept Gill & Gary Brazier

25th Sept Geoff & Bernadette Johnson

02nd Oct James Francis

09th Oct VACANT

New Draw Tickets Availablesellers out and about right now!

Tickets available now for the next round of ten draws!

Sellers should be knocking on your door in the next few weeks.

First draw of new round scheduled for May!

If you want to buy a ticket online for this round of ten draws starting in May, then please contact me direct at bobpaine2002@hotmail.com or call me on 01296 680483 and we will organise it.

Your continued support is very much appreciated. Bob & the Orchard Ground Committee.

Celebrate and remember loved ones with Forever

Forget-Me-Nots at Waddesdon Manor

Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity has partnered with the magnificent Waddesdon Manor to launch a very special Forever Flowers event to celebrate and remember loved ones this spring.

A stunning, temporary display of 1,000 bespoke metal Forget-Me-Not flowers will be installed in the Aviary Gardens at Waddesdon Manor, near Aylesbury in April. Each flower will represent the life, love and memories of a loved one.

The charity is offering you the opportunity to be a part of this event by dedicating one of these limited Forever Forget-Me-Nots, which also includes an invitation to a private viewing of the display on Monday 17th April whilst the grounds are closed to the public. The Forever Forget-Me-Nots installation will then remain on display to the public for two weeks. Once the installation is removed, those who have dedicated a flower will be able to take it home

to display as a forever keepsake.

By dedicating a Forever Forget-Me-Not you will be helping the charity to provide excellent local hospice care and be there for more patients and families across Buckinghamshire and its borders. To dedicate a Forever Forget-Me-Not visit https://www.fnhospice.org.uk/foreverflowers or call 01296 429975 for more information.

Notes from village meeting re clearance of strip of woodland between Orchard Ground and Silver Street, 16 March 2023

Tom Gadsby chaired the meeting.

Tom welcomed the large turnout of people from the village and outlined the reasons for inviting them to attend. He explained that the meeting was independent of the Parish Council which cannot do anything or express a formal opinion until the owners have applied for planning on the land in question. He said that local resident Pippa Cheetham would be joining the meeting, not in an official capacity but as she is a Town Planner she would have more insight into the way proposed developments are dealt with by the authorities.

Since the clearance of the strip wood the owners had contacted Tom and had told him that their intentions were to build a pair of semi-detached houses for their children, an allotment and a cabin from which they could watch the cricket. At this point the owners joined the meeting.

On being asked by a member of the audience what the purpose of the meeting was, Tom explained it was to gauge the mood of the village about what had happened in Stewkley Road and to discuss any concerns. He expressed his horror at the way it had been undertaken, the lack of communication and speed of the clearance. This feeling was echoed by several people in the room. The owners replied by saying that the land had been allowed to become a mess and they felt it needed tidying up.

Jenny Middleweek said she had lived in Silver Street all her life. She said that the land had many years previously been bequeathed to Zigmund and Alice Zelent by the Biggs family. The Zelents managed it as a vegetable garden and kept bees on it. As the Zelents became older they found it difficult to maintain. It had, in her view become a wasteland and she felt that what the owners might develop could be an improvement.

[Addendum since the meeting: In addition, the Eadies had maintained a vegetable garden on the land, and there was an orchard of about a dozen trees towards the playground end. The area behind numbers 1-4 Silver Street has not been especially tended.]

Jenny Wildman, also from Silver Street said that she had moved into the village more recently and was struck by how friendly the community was. She had therefore been saddened by what had happened and the lack of any attempt to communicate with the residents. It had therefore been a real shock for everyone. She did admit however that it may allow more light into her garden.

Geoff Johnson asked when the owners had purchased the land but others thought this an inappropriate question. The owners did not answer but said it had been purchased as “garden land”.

Tom then raised concerns on behalf of the cricket club and said that some clubs around the country have been under threat from developers. The owner said that he was a committed supporter of Cublington cricket club and that there would be no threat to the cricket club.

The owners were questioned as to where they thought their boundary with Stewkley Road was for this land as hard standing had gone in right up to the pavement. The owners replied that the hard standing had been put in in front of the dropped kerb reinstating the hardstanding at the original gated entrance. This is the same as other driveways in Stewkley Road to allow access to the road. It was raised that there had originally been a track down the land from this gate.

Colin Antosiewicz asked why the owners had not contacted Orchard Ground Committee prior to the work being carried out next to the boundary. Colin said Orchard Ground had a duty of care and there could have been a health and safety issue. The owners agreed, that with hindsight they should have notified them.

Jan Antosiewicz said that he considered what the owners had done was “sharp practice” and was not the way that a good and reputable developer would have undertaken it. There is a process that

should have been followed with trees noted and environmental/ ecology reports carried out. Instead he just blitzed the site so once planning is applied for the authorities would only have a denuded plot to view making it difficult to carry out the normal surveys.

Tom pointed out that photographs of the site as it was and during clearance had been submitted to the council and that in any case councils kept Google Earth images of land to which they could refer in such cases.

April Kernow expressed concerns at the loss of the trees and for the habitat of the wildlife and said it was the wrong time of year as birds would have already started to nest. Pippa Cheetham advised it is not unusual for developers to cut trees down in winter.

[Addendum clarification since meeting from Pippa: most will do so once they have submitted an application with the benefit of an arboricultural report to assess quality and achieved planning permission. They also rarely do so on this scale as there are consequences.]

Bridget Eadie suggested to the owners that moving forward there should be an attempt at communication and clarity of intention as we are your neighbours and it is only common courtesy.

Andy Brown said that villages around the area are under pressure for land for development and if the site only has two houses then this is far preferable to lots more.

Pippa Cheetham said that from a planning point of view Cublington would be classed as a small village and that as the site was within the village boundary and would be considered as an infill site, 2 houses on a plot might be looked on favourably by the Council.

[Addendum since the meeting from Pippa: Council policy doesn’t prevent a landowner from applying for more than 2 homes on an infill site but the Council may be concerned that the landowners will make repeat applications over time for 2 + 2 + 2 etc.]

Tom said that there would a requirement for the owners to show a 10% environmental planning gain, i.e. the owners would have to replicate the habitat destroyed plus 10% within the local area. Colin said that the Forestry Commission was aware of the situation and had been out and marked the stumps, and that the trees might have to be replaced and maintained for a minimum of 10 years. He said that a felling licence is required if you plan to fell more than 5 cubic metres of timber in one calendar quarter. The owners have exceeded this and it was confirmed that they had not applied for a licence and claimed not to know the rules.

The owners were asked by Penny Allen in which direction the pair of semi-detached houses would be orientated and they replied that they would be facing onto Stewkley Road. Tom asked whether they would consult before they put in the planning application. Brian Knights said that this question was not appropriate and they were not required to consult.

[Addendum since the meeting from Pippa: Landowners have a right to make an application without consultation but it is not good practice and not usual.]

Tom said that given the lack of communication it would be common courtesy to the neighbours to provide as much information as possible. Bridget Eadie said that the timing of planning permission very much affected her as she was trying to sell her house and a possible building site at the end of her garden made this almost impossible. The owners did say that once they had finalised the plans that they would share the plans being submitted for planning.

John Gregory stated that this was not the only site in the village that the owners were hoping to develop and that both had been dealt with in the same insensitive way and had caused upset to the community. He asked the owners to communicate with their neighbours and show some sensitivity as the last thing that people wanted was for villagers to be split by these developments and the strong feelings that they have produced.

Tom ended the discussion and thanked people including the owners and Pippa for their attendance.

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Buckinghamshire Council announces extra investment in county’s roads

Buckinghamshire Council is investing an extra £5 million in the county’s road network, on top of £100 million it’s already committed to spending on the roads over a four-year period.

The announcement was made at a meeting of full Council last night, where the full budget for 2023/24 was set. Council Leader Martin Tett made the extra funds for roads available from our Reserves acknowledging the heavy toll of wet and freezing conditions this winter plus increased HGV traffic from HS2 and East West Rail.

It means that in total, £105 million is now allocated directly to maintaining and improving the county’s road network. Overall, £130 million in funding is being dedicated to roads and other highways infrastructure in Buckinghamshire including pavements, drains, street lighting and bridges during the council term.

It's part of an overall package of investment in local services agreed by councillors last night, who went through and agreed the detail of the 2023/24 budget. The agreed budget outlines which services and projects are being prioritised, and how these are being paid for. The spending plans were shaped by residents who outlined how they wanted council tax to be spent during a consultation last year.

The agreed budget also includes the following investment:

•nearly £143 million for improvements to schools

•£20 million on housing and tackling homelessness

•more than £14 million to tackle Climate Change and prevent flooding

•more than £20 million towards our waste and recycling facilities

Buckinghamshire Council Leader Martin Tett said:

“The weather this winter - wet conditions followed by spells of freezing weather - has decimated roads across the whole country. This includes Buckinghamshire where we are responsible for more than 2,000 miles of carriageway. We then have the added toll of the HGV traffic from HS2 and East West Rail here. It means we’ve seen significant deterioration of our roads this winter, reflected in the number of emergency repairs we’ve done this January – 209 compared to just 27 in the same period last year. Our teams have been working round the clock - those are just the Category 1 emergency works and we’ve also repaired a further 3,142 urgent repairs this January compared to 1,260 last year.

“I know that residents want us to prioritise spending their money on the roads, alongside the other critical services we all rely on, which is why we’ve dedicated the extra £5 million. We are also in constant negotiation with both HS2 and East West Rail so that they can cover the costs of damage on the routes their vehicles use and I’m pleased that recently East West Rail have agreed to repair 12 out of 12 roads we raised with them in the north of the county.”

Referring to the overall budget, Martin added:

“I can honestly say this has been the hardest budget on record to set, given the context of major global and economic turbulence. The high rate of inflation alongside extra demand on our services means we’re having to find another £63 million to cover our costs, in spite of the savings we’ve made by becoming a single unitary council. We’re also identifying a further £10 million in savings across the organisation to also help meet our high costs – which include an allocation of £340 million for social care alone.

“We cannot pass on the full inflationary cost rise of more than 10% to residents, but we do need to increase council tax to pay for adult social care, balance the books and commit to the investments in our services that residents have asked us for.

“I’m very pleased we’ve been able to present a balanced budget and that the plans were confirmed last night. Above all, we continue to be a value for money council and where we are seeing other councils fall into bankruptcy and a neighbouring council having to put council tax up by 10%, we are not in that situation here in Buckinghamshire. It’s my utmost priority to continue to run a financially prudent council on behalf of our residents.”

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Harcharan said, “Completing the 10k walk this year was not as tiring as last year. I know the walk will go towards several of my badges. I like playing dodgeball at Cubs and climbing was really exciting.”

Sarah Wright from The Ridgeway Trail said, “It’s great to see so many people out walking on the hills and in the woods, challenging themselves. I spoke with several Explorer Scouts, some of whom were using the hiking across The Ridgeway Trail to help finance their trip to Korea for the World Scout Jamboree later this year.”

Adult volunteer and organiser of the event, Clare Clarke said, “One of the reasons I volunteer is to be at events like this. When you see over 700 people challenging themselves and achieving that challenge, it brings a smile to your face. Many of the Cubs have never walked 10k before and I’m sure they’ll be very proud when they get their Hikes Away badge. Getting children and young people doing outdoor activities is fundamental to Scouts. Having The Ridgeway Trail on board this year has been really positive and we hope this will encourage more families to get outdoors.”

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Minutes of a meeting of Cublington

Parish Council held on 7th March 2023 at Biggs Pavilion at 7.30pm

Present:

Cllr H Vale (Chairman)

Cllr Reilly

Cllr Antosiewicz

Cllr K Shults

Cllr M Waters

Cllrs D Blamires, A Bond and P Cooper (Bucks Council) for item 4 and item 8.1

In attendance: Mr M Joy (Clerk) and one member of the public

1. Apologies

None

2. Minutes of last meeting

The minutes of the last meeting held on 12th January 2023 were discussed by the meeting and duly signed by the Chairman.

3. Declaration of Interest

Cllr Reilly declared an interest on item 7.3.

4. Reports

Bucks County Councillors

Bucks Council is investing £100 million over four years in its road network, to fund improvements to the highways.

There was an amendment to this budget to release an extra £5 million from its Reserves to allow the Highways teams to intensify and extend their repairs to the roads from April onwards. Consultations are taking place relating to cycle ways. Cllr Vale reported a problem with a culvert on the Bushmead Road that he had cleared out but it needed remedial action which Bucks Council had not completed. Cllrs Blamires and Cooper to raise with local technician team who they are meeting on Monday 13th March.

5. Accounts

5.1 To approve payments since last meeting

The following invoices were passed for payment from 1st January to 28th February 2023 :

2/1 Nexus £123 annual website hosting

2/1 Autela Payroll £52.31 quarterly payroll charge

19/1 Forde & McHugh £477.60 – replacement lamp

19/1/ Bucks Council £2,333 – traffic calming costs

26/1/ Clerk Salary £164.63 – January salary

23/1 SSE £107.05 – electricity

27/2 Bucks Council £347.26 – annual dog waste collection

27/2 Clerk Salary £164.63 – February nsalary

27/2 K Shults £50.46 – reimbursement for playground lights

20/2 SSE £94.96 – electricity

5.2 To review accounts to 31st March 2023. There was a surplus of £1,563.28 to 28th February 2023 and the forecast to 31st March 2023 is a deficit of £2,827 with accumulative cash balances of £17,345.23. There is committed expenditure of approx. £2,750 for legal fees to granting Orchard Ground charity a lease. These fees will not be paid in March, but M Joy wanted to include them in the forecast to ensure the commitment is not overlooked.

6. Orchard Ground/ North Field

Report

Cllr Vale was thanked for mowing the grass at North Field. The resurfacing of the car park has started and Cllr Walters and Colin Antosiewicz was liaising with the contractors. A grant for £7,000 has been awarded by the Community Board towards the costs of this work. All hirers of OG have been notified, together users of OG field, that the car park was closed etc.

Saturday 11th Match will be the day for planting trees to commemorate the life and reign of Queen Elizabeth II. It is hoped members from all the groups in the village will plant trees. Refreshments will be available from 9.30 to 12.30. Three days left for the planting season.The meeting was very grateful to all the North Field volunteers for their hard work.

6.1 Draft Lease Considerations/New Charity

Parrott and Coales had been chased by phone and email to progress the lease. The lawyer dealing with the matter on behalf of the PC had left the practice in January. Nothing has been heard from the lawyers.

7.Planning Permissions

7.1 19/04435/ACL Wing Caravan Site –application for certificate of lawfulness for existing caravan site. Case referred to Inspectorate – awaiting decision on a complex case.

7.2 P0430/W/22/3300155 Lockharts Farm Waste Recycling Facility – case referred to Inspectorate –awaiting decision.

7.3 23/00278/App – The Granary Reads Lane –Conversion and extension of detached garage to provide a separate dwelling . Cllr Reilly did not take part in the discussion. No objection

7.4 23/00208/App – 1 The Cottages Stewkley Road –application for single storey rear extension and conversion/extension of outbuilding to form utility room . No objection

8.Village Matters

8.1 Freight Zone for Cublington and Wing

Cublington Councillors were keen to look at a freight zone for Cublington similar to the one introduced for Ivinghoe. The Ivinghoe freight zone is being highly promoted by Bucks Council. Cllrs Blamires and Cooper had slightly different views about a zone for Cublington. Cllr Blamires had spoken to Cllr Steve Broadbent, who is the Bucks Cabinet member responsible for Transport, about a zone for Cublington. Cllr Broadbent had stated Cublington and the surrounding areas were too small for a zone. Cllr Blamires thought we should look at having road signs stating unsuitable for HGVs. Cllr Cooper stated he was nurturing an idea that would restrict HGVs movements. Bucks Council will be obtaining and analysing data on HGV traffic in our area as a result the Ivinghoe freight zone. The results of this work will be essential to review what could be done for Cublington and surrounding areas.

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8.2 Traffic

Cllr Shults reported Speedwatch sessions continue , and there is a new location on Aston Abbotts Road. It was felt the speed of traffic through the village has reduced significantly as a result of Speedwatch. Cllr Shults and his team were thanked for their excellent work.

8.3 Street Lighting:

Awaiting a formal quotation for replacement of all mercury lamps with LED. Contractor has been chased for this quote.

8.4 Trees and lectern

Cllr Reilly had issued details of the wording for the lectern and design kindly prepared by Gary Brazier. The meeting was pleased with the contents, and Cllr Walters has applied for a grant of £750 from the Community Board towards our costs. It is hoped to have the lectern erected before the King’s coronation and officially unveiled on the day of the coronation. Drinks etc to be served on the crossroads.

8.5 Kerb Posts

Bucks Council legal department is in the process of service notice on the landowner to remove the posts near New Dairy Farm.(Notice issued on 8th March).

8.6 Coronation

It was felt the unveiling of the lectern at the Crossroads on the day of the coronation would be sufficient to celebrate the coronation and in keeping with the King’s desire to keep the event relatively low key.

8.7 Best Kept Village Competition

It was agreed to enter again this year.

The next meeting of the Parish Council will take place on Tuesday 9th May 2023 7.30pm at Orchard Ground.

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Cook: 2 hrs

Ingredients

Easy Serves 12

Method

250gmixed dried fruit a mixture of sultanas, currants, raisins and candied mixed peel)

1orange, zested and uiced

500g packmarzipan

250g packbutter, softened

200glight brown soft sugar

4eggs, plus 1beaten to glaze

175gplain flour

100gground almonds

1 tspbaking powder

1lemon, zested

2 tspmixed spice

1 tspvanilla extract

100gglacé cherries, halved

3 tbspapricot am

Step 1 Put the mixed dried fruit in a bowl with the orange uice and zest and 2tbsp water. Cover andmicrowave for 2mins, then leave to cool completely. lternatively, heatgently in apan, stirring now and then until the liquid has been absorbed and leave to cool.

Step Heat oven to 150C/130C fan/gas 2 oll out athird of the marzipan and use the base of adeep 20cm cake tin as atemplate to cut out acircle. rap any offcuts and the remaining two-thirds of marzipan and set aside for later. Butter and line the cake tin with adouble layer of parchment. Beat the butter and sugar together until creamy. dd the eggs, flour, almonds, baking powder, lemon zest, mixed spice and vanilla all in one go) and mix until well combined. ix in the cooled soaked dried fruit and fold in the cherries.

Step Scrape half the cake mixture into the tin. op with the disc of marzipan, then the remaining cake mixture, and level the top with a spatula. Bake for 2hrs. Check it’s cooked by inserting askewer to the centre of the cake, if any wet mixture clings to the skewer, return to the oven for another 10 mins, then check again. Cool in the tin for 15 mins, then turn out onto awire rack and leave to cool completely.

Step Brush the top of the cake with apricot am. oll out half of the remaining marzipan and use the base of the cake as atemplate to cut out another disc. Place it on top of the cake and crimp the edges, if you like. oll the remaining marzipan into 11 equal-sized balls for the apostles. Brush the marzipan with beaten egg and arrange the apostles in acircle on top around the outside, and brush them with alittle egg too. Put under ahot grill for aminute or two until ust starting to aramelise be very areful as the marzipan will burn easily. eave to ool and wrap aribbon around the ake, if you like. Willkeepforuptoaweekinasealedtin.

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Litterpick & village tidy up

Thank you to all those who helped on the recent village tidy up, and also those who offered, but couldn't make the day but pick up when they are out walking.

Look out for it again next year and in the meantime - keep your village tidy.

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Ed Gary with son-in-law and grandson at recent televised Maidenhead vs Wrexham game.

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Trashed gatepost after the recent roadworks

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Bob the ram's a dad!

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recent floods... well prepared Bonnie!

Spotted New car park looking splendid.

So. special thanks go to Chris & Maggie, Tom, Bob & Liz, Martyn W, Nigel, Jenny & Andy, Mike & Sandie, Steve & Sarah, Gary & Gill, Graham, Penny & Michael, Hugh, Gillian, Pierre, Julie & Ian, other Julie (T). Thanks also to Michael Reilly for picking up bags and stuff in his trailer and huge special thanks go to Dominic for the surprise pastries - still warm when we had finished! Perfect!

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Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) seen over Cublington on 26th Feb. Taken from the Old Post Office garden (opp Bell Close) looking northwards at about 9.45pm. AMAZING

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Work started on clearing the plot beside Orchard Ground behind Silver Street! What a shame so many trees have been lost! Ironic how we're planting them - they're cutting them down!

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Big branch came down on North Field in the recent high winds. Lucky no one was walking underneath.

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Northern lights (Aurora Borealis) seen over Cublington on 26th Feb. Taken by Julie Tovey from the Whitchurch Road looking over the Barns in Ridings Way facing north with a Nikon DSLR 5100 and using an 18mm300mm lens.

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Lots of the daffodil bulbs planted by Trish Bundock and friends in memory of her late husband Ian, coming into flower at the crossroads. Beautiful displays.

Spotted The repair markings to the surface on Church Path have disappeard it's been so long between them putting them down and repairs starting! Have to be done again no doubt, at huge extra cost! Ridiculous waste. And while we're at it... why on earth didn't the Stewkley Road get repaired right to the crossraods?! Yet another ridiculous waste of money when they have to all come out again! What are these people doing? Sorry I'm in rant mode. Ed