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Not all art is drawing and painting as we have shown over the last year. Cublington also boasts several crafters and this month we feature Amy Morgan who can certainly draw, but her real passion is textiles. She dyes her own wool and creates beautiful items by crocheting and knitting. Amy Morgan
l a i r o t i d E As we move into Spring, the season of new beginnings, it seems apt that Rebecca and I are guest editors this month prior to us moving on from the village. We have spent a little over eight wonderful years in this special community, which means I guess; we are still classed as ‘newbies’ Our children have had the privilege of growing up in this wonderful place, surrounded by the beautiful countryside and a lot of jolly nice people to boot. We are sure they will look back on their childhood with very fond memories for many years to come. As with many families, life moves on at a rate of knots, our children have matured into young adults and have begun their journey into working life. It is therefore the right time for us to move on as the needs of our family changes. As we reflect back on our time living here in Cublington it is often too easy to overlook or even take for granted what our village has to offer. As with most things in life it is the people you share it with that makes it special. Just a few stand out moments for us include the wonderful team at the Unicorn, tending the sheep at Michael’s small holding, being able to let the children run wild (literally) around the countryside, Jacob and I sneaking off to the Lakeside Fishery for the day, the facilities at Biggs Pavilion, the list is extensive and could certainly go on. We have been amazed at the community spirit in our little village and the time residents commit to it year after year. Again, there are many examples of this and everyone who contributes should be very proud of the part they play. As we write this, we have just received a call to action from Gary, announcing the Summer Fete is going ahead on the 1st August! Rebecca and I have supported this vital fund raiser since we move to Cublington. A quintessential part of any village life is the annual fete, where else would our children ever had learnt how to ‘splat a rat’ or ‘wang a wellie’ The village fete really is a vital contributor to the coffers, if you are new to the village or indeed have lived here for some time, please do get involved and support the community we are sure you love as much as we do. Rebecca and I would lastly like to take this opportunity to thank our neighbour Maggie, we have had the privilege of getting to know you over the past 8 years Maggie, they say you need good neighbours to make a great home and you certainly have been amazing. Thank you so much, we will miss you All the best, Vernon & Rebecca.
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More help needed for the fete please! It takes an enormous amount of effort by a loyal army of people to make village events like this happen. Everyone enjoys them and says that it’s what makes Cublington such a great place to live. That being so, I have received many offers of help for the fete on Sunday August 1st, but still need more please. Volunteers in any capacity please to me, Gary at the following email: gary@cublingtoncrier.co.uk See list of proposed stalls further inside.
Goodbye and good luck To the Lovatt family who have sold and are moving to Grendon Underwood. Also to the Cox family who as explained opposite are off to pastures new. Thank you Vernon for your vast help, contributions and support at the village fete over the last number of years - your burgers will be sorely missed! Also to Amy Morgan - moving from the village into her own home. Good luck one and all.
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To the Crafters & Co everyone who contributed to the bunting, festooning the churchyard and showing that we can still have fun, even in Lockdown. The strings will be available for use at village events, and can be borrowed for other occasions too! See photos on the front cover.
Thanks once again
for all the messages saying how you have enjoyed the Crier over the last few months. It really helps that people have sent in photos and articles of interest and are really engaging with the Crier. It makes all the hard work everyone puts in worthwhile. From guest editors to “spots”, Gill who proofreads and chases up the advertisers, to the small army of deliverers each month. Keep it coming please!
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Need anything? Dog walking? Shopping? Collecting medicines? Help is at hand. The village support network is still there if anyone needs any help of whatever, please don’t hesitate to get in touch. We will keep going until it is deemed safe to stop. The mass vaccination programme is continuing apace and record numbers are being vaccinated. The Government achieved their target of vaccinating the first nine groups. News is that the next tiers - even those in their 40’s are being invited will start shortly. So far the pathway out of lockdown Boris announced is going smoothly so far and whilst we all want it to be over more quickly, as I’m writing this there are only 54 more days until all social distancing measures are lifted. Hooray! Can we remind you to keep looking at the www.cublington.com website for up to date information about Covid and other items of general interest from Bucks Council and the Parish Council. In these unusual times, we urge you to please use the Crier as a forum and interact with it. Write a letter to someone or everyone, write a poem or an article. We love getting your spotteds, your letters, photos, articles and ideas, so please keep them coming. We are particularly in need of WHO AM I? volunteers. It’s simple and just a bit of fun.
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The Editorial Rota 2021.. July Mary and Beryl September Gadsby family Oct George Family Nov Julie Tovey Dec Morgan Family
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Please book your slot! Now booking 2023 (yes really!) - so plenty of time to think about it! Many Thanks. July Sam Conway September Romney & Tom Smith October ? November Justice Family December Bob & Liz
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all the Cublington villagers 0th – Steak To Night please come to the Stewkley, Wing & Cublington History Group Facebook site. nd a bottle of Do house wine foron£40 It’s low volume traffic, with very little of the usual social media chatter and it’s mostly centred 2nd Breakfasts from 9.30am – 11.00am on sharing the information that the airfield research is coming up with, plus posts from families of ex RAF Wing veterans. d Lunch – booking advised th – The Unicorn Quiz fromjust 8.30pm I am in dialogue this morning with the now Canadian family of one New Zealand Pilot from RAF Wing, who had only just gained his crew when they were sent out on missions to the horrifically 7th Steak Night Ruhr nd a bottle of dangerous house wine forValley £40 in Germany. From July to September 1942, he did every kind of dangerous air duty you can imagine without complaint, having come all the way from New Zealand to do it. He was usic with Alison Nesbitt Jazza bicycle in Cublington without a back light, and summoned to thenCarter formally chargedsinging with riding Linslade Court the Great Train Robbers were held). How very British of us! 9th Breakfasts fromPolice 9.30am – (where 11.00am h Lunch – booking advised Nick Ellins
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Cublington Support Group THE RULES ARE STILL GRADUALLY EASING:
Hello, This is the planned route out of lockdown and as the vaccination of the population continues, there currently is no reason why this should not continue. It has been If you are staying going out sunny or have a long-term fantastic to get back toat thehome, pub butnot though it’s been during April, it’s been mighty cold and it would be indoors! Fingers the good news continues. condition andhelp youtofeel it might be acrossed challenge with Covid 19? Keep doing the right thing people! Stay alert and we can beat this. Then Cublington have some support to offer you!
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If you would like help, please call Mikeplease Joy oncontact 07711290169 orthe any one of following: to drop off this email m.g.joy@btinternet.com or ask someone Mike Joy completed form to the pub (The Unicorn) and290169 we will collect it. on 07711 or 01296 682446 My name is I live at
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dates for your diary --Finally! May
A guided walk of the North Field development
Friday 21st May meeting at 7.00pm at The Biggs Pavilion.
August
Village Fete/Celebration event Sunday 1st August, at Orchard Ground
September
Horticultural Show (hooray) 8.30am Saturday 4th, at Biggs Pavilion Cublington Art & Crafts Show Saturday 25th, Sunday 26th at the Biggs Pavilion 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.
The New North Field: a guided walk to explain the plans in situ on
Friday 21st May: 7.00pm All villagers very welcome!
With lockdown easing and society getting back to normal - people are starting to actually make plans! Hooray! That being so, we are restarting the babysitting list.
BABYSITTING DIRECTORY all listed are 14+ Sam Burford - 681669
Alice Gadsby - 680452*
Charlotte Keane 688133
Hannah Alexander - 681104 Phoebe Walls - 682697 Annie Lovatt - 682812 Izzy Law - 688019 or 07896 894914 Harvey Mack - 682820 Emily Mack - 682820
Please can those featured opposite confirm their wish to continue their prescence on the babysitting list. Confirm to gary@cublingtoncrier.co.uk Thank you.
* School or Uni holidays only
1.What did you want to be when you grew up? I had absolutely no idea! But my friends told me I should be a teacher, because I was (allegedly) very bossy. What was your first job? General dogsbody on a free range egg farm, at the weekends. I walked the barns to collect any stray eggs (the chickens would follow me!), then sorted the eggs as they came down the conveyor belt to be boxed. It was hard work, and often disgusting! But I learned a lot. A perfect first job. Who (alive or dead) would you like to have dinner with and why? (You can have more than one!) At the moment, I would just choose my friends! We are all scattered around the world, so getting everyone into one room for an evening would be an incredible thing, especially after the last year. What historical era would you like to have lived in and why? As a queer woman I’m not sure I would have enjoyed the past very much! Perhaps I would have made a good eccentric, reclusive Victorian spinster? Where would you want to live if not where you live now and why? I spent a year living in Aberystwyth while I was studying for my master’s degree, and would love to go back to live in Wales eventually. What is the temptation you wish you could resist? Naps! What is your favourite book and why? Peter Pan by JM Barrie. I collect different editions of it and have over thirty so far! It’s such a dark, twisted story compared to how people generally think of it, and I’m fascinated by it. What is your favourite song and why? If She Wants Me’ by Belle and Sebastian. It’s an upbeat tune with such beautiful, uplifting lyrics, I’m always happy to hear it again. What is the pet hate that makes your hackles rise? People rocking on their chairs. I’m just picturing you falling flat backwards! What is the unlikely interest that engages your curiosity? Fountain pens – I have a small but growing collection of fancy inks in lots of lovely colours, and several pens with different nibs. How long have you lived in Cublington? A little over five years now. It’s nice here!
Answer somewhere in the Crier.
May Birthdays
Edward
If you have recently moved to the village and want us to include your children - please let us know, Gary & Gill
Raymen is 5 on the 24th
Marcus Robinson is 14 on the 27th
Don’t be a lockdown statistic!
It’s reported that we have been 40% less active during this last winter lockdown period. We are now seeing more neck and back injuries often associated with increased sitting. There is now no walking to the office, just to the kitchen instead! So, if you don’t want to be a statistic, here a few tips from St Judes: 1. Take regular breaks, get up and move away from your desk. Do another task, rather than just waiting for the kettle to boil, load the dishwasher, the washing machine, fold up the washing. Move little and often. 2. Consider if you can work at different heights - think of your kitchen worktop or chest of drawers as your new standing desk. 3. S et your alarm on your phone to schedule regular breaks and move! 4. Try some simple stretches at your desk: • Sideways neck stretches. • Stretching up and lifting the breastbone up whilst bringing your arms out to your sides, bent at the elbows, palms facing forward to stretch across your chest muscles. • Twisting from the waist (NB never push into pain or pins and needles.) 5. Get up and walk around during a phone call. 6. Get out of the house – walking, running, even if it means wrapping up well, you will be pleased you did. 7. Consider some online fitness after work - yoga, Pilates or a more aerobic workout. (St Judes offer online rehab Pilates classes.) 8. Household tasks such as sweeping, mopping, dusting, all get the heart rate up too. Don’t’: • Ignore this article! • Don’t put off till later what you need to now i.e. move. • Slouch. Article by Moira D’Arcy Grad Dip Phys MCSP • Think I’m never going to be a statistic. Practice Principal & Physiotherapist • Forget what we have said! St Judes Clinic 26 Lake Street,
Better backs for golfers!
Leighton Buzzard LU7 1RX 01525 377751 enquiries@stjudesclinic.com www.stjudesclinic.com
With the golf courses now allowed to open it’s a great time to get back to golf - 18 holes of golf amount to 6 - 8 km of walking and burns around 1,500 calories! However, it requires strength, endurance, power, flexibility and repetitive action. It can generate large forces in the body and so we see injuries; commonly affecting the wrists, elbows, shoulders and back. Back pain accounts for roughly 30% of all golfing injuries. * Poor technique and inflexibility in the spine and hips can be contributing factors, as is the repetitive nature of the golf swing, making technique very important. Core stability exercises, specific to golf, can help improve strength and posture. Massaging affected muscles and electrotherapy may also be beneficial as well as expert advice and guidance from a Physiotherapist. Sometimes we see clients who may not be in pain but are aware of a stiff back and poor mobility affecting their swing. It’s good to take action at this time before there is a problem as prevention is better than cure. Here are a few tips to help prevent injuries: 1. Do a proper warm up - include stretching the muscles of your shoulder, neck and back. 2. Perform regular core conditioning exercises - to improve your core strength in your back and shoulders. 3. Ensure you are using the correct equipment including the right club grip - to help prevent development of wrist and elbow injuries. 4. Watch your swing technique - poor swing mechanics and over-swinging can all lead to injury. (These can be addressed by a golf Professional.) 5. Listen to your body - decrease your play time at the first sign of aches and pains. By improving your technique, warming up and carrying out specific exercises, you can improve your golf performance and significantly reduce the risk of injuries. Our experienced Physiotherapists at St Judes can help you reach your true potential and provide effective treatment should you require it. *(Chartered Society of Physiotherapists).
The best reason to get up early Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity is asking everyone to set their alarm clocks for 5am on Saturday 10th July and join hundreds of others (virtually) for a dawn walk to raise crucial funds to support the Hospice. “Whilst we are disappointed not to be able to go ahead with our traditional Midnight Walk, we had such an overwhelmingly positive reaction to last year’s event that we are confident that it will be a great success and raise a fantastic amount of money to help fund local hospice care again” says Julie Chittie, Events Manager at the Charity. This year Walkers are again be asked to walk a minimum of 5 miles, wherever they want, starting at 5am on Saturday 10th July. The event is open to all, whatever your age and wherever you are in the world - last year saw lots of children (and dogs) join in so this year the Charity are offering children's T-shirts and dog bandanas so everyone can be a part of the event. The Midnight Walk is a long-standing and major fundraiser for the Charity, and with their income hit so badly over the past year, they are hoping everyone will get behind them by signing up to this year’s virtual event and help to raise the thousands of pounds needed to help secure the future of local hospice care. For more information and to sign up, please visit www.fnhospice.org.uk/notthemidnightwalk or call 01296 429975.
Lambing has gone well, however, COULD DOG OWNERS PLEASE KEEP THEIR DOGS ON LEADS WHEN IN ANY FIELD WITH SHEEP IN IT.... even if the sheep are up the far end. Dogs can run faster than their humans and damage can be done in a flash.
The Vales on farming in the Vale #7 March/April Following on from last month we successfully installed the bottom panels and poured the concrete floor. We had a local firm from Littlecote assist us with this and they used their power tamp to help level the surface and ride on power floats to polish the surface to give a smooth durable surface which is very easy to keep clean. The ride on power floats are quite a unique machine, they are two sets of four paddles, imagine a ceiling aeration fan and that is what they are. You put a disc over the paddle to start with and once the concrete is nearly dry you whizz round on the top till its smooth, then lift the float up remove the disc and whizz round again with just the paddles on the surface until the surface is completely shiny. I started an Instagram account a little while ago to post some pictures to accompany these articles if any one wishes to see them, search for hullcombe. I started seeding the Spring oats at the beginning of the month and these have emerged and received their first dose of fertiliser. I then moved on to the first split of the main application of nitrogen to the Winter cereals. I would normally follow this up two weeks later with the remainder but with the drought we are now experiencing this may be delayed. The lack of rain has stunted growth in all our crops and I fear may have finished off the oilseed rape crop in the Cublington parish. Hopefully May will bring some much needed rain. March also saw me take on the tenancy of the 5 acre field behind Roses Close. We have installed a new drainage scheme which will hopefully help keep the soil in good condition and benefit the crops we grow and the soil organisms present there. We have our own mechanical trencher for installing perforated pipe which is then backfilled with stone to a foot from the surface. We do this by using a trailer with a rubber conveyor which sticks out the side. We then follow this operation with the mole plough. This machine consists of a disc to cut a slot in the surface followed by a leg with a 3” tubular foot with a 4” expander behind it. We run the foot approx 15” deep and the machine creates hollow channels in the soil at this depth. We then mole plough at an angle to the plastic drain network so the channels run through the stone backfill and the water drains from the channels into the plastic pipe. I also this week (19th April) helped with another bovine tuberculosis test this time at my father in law's farm in Stewkley, thankfully we had no reactors and the herd are all happy and healthy. Stay safe George
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News that once George has finished his year of posts about the diary of a farmer , Jane Alexander is going to do a similar feature about life as a vet. Looking forward to it very much. Thanks
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Tickets now on sale!
If you want to buy a ticket online for the next round of ten draws 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. Thank you everyone who has supported us through this difficult time.
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Orchard Ground & North Field Latest news...
• TheNorth Field: a guided walk on Friday 21st May: 7.00pm - All villagers welcome! There is still no decision as to the planning application for the change of use for North Field although Pippa has received an acknowledgement to her chasing for a decision from the Planning Officer at Buckinghamshire Council. I understand that they are concentrating on housing planning applications at present, but a decision has been offered by the end of April. A guided walk around North Field has been planned for the evening of Friday 21st May, meeting at 7.00pm in the Biggs Pavilion carpark. The next phase of the lockdown is due to be lifted on 17th May when most legal restrictions on meeting people outdoors should be lifted. However, the walk will be socially distances and Orchard Ground has hand sanitiser, face masks etc which will be available. The walk will cover what is planned for North Field in the shorter and longer terms. Copies of the planning diagram will be made available, copies have previously been circulated in The Crier. I do hope you will be able to join us on this walk. • Charitable Status for Orchard Ground, The Biggs Pavilion and North Field The proposed charitable status was briefly reported on in the last edition of The Crier and information has previously appeared in this village magazine. It is hoped that the granting of a lease from Cublington Parish Council and the registration of the new charity can happen at the same time. The new charity will be call the Cublington Orchard Ground Association, a charitable incorporated organisation (CIO). The current Orchard Ground Committee which includes representatives from the various village clubs and societies will continue with its important work much as it does now organising events and activities, fundraising, undertaking maintenance and upkeep, undertaking bookings and rentals etc. The new charity will provide a ‘charity wrapper’ helping to secure these very important facilities which lay at the heart of the the village of Cublington. The new charity will need a number of trustees, several people in the village have expressed an interest in becoming a trustee, there is still an opportunity for you to offer your help or to ask for further information. Trustees need to act in the charity’s best interests, manage resources responsibly including finances, and act with reasonable care and skill. Trustees must be aged at least 16. People cannot act as trustees if they are disqualified by certain criminal convictions or bankruptcy. There is more information about the role of charitable trustees on the following web site; https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-essential-trustee-what-you-need-to-know-cc3 or please feel free to contact Martyn Waters on 07973754356. To help ensure that this new charity works for the benefit of the community here in Cublington, all bar one of the trustees must be a resident within the parish of Cublington. •1 00 Club 2021/22: a new round of draws start this month. OG sellers have again been asking you to support the village amenity that is Orchard Ground. Please buy a ticket(s) at just £12 for 10 draws. If you would prefer to buy a ticket virtually, please contact Bob via email. bobpaine2002@hotmail.com or call on 01296 680483. Last year over £1400 was distributed in prize money. Remember a thriving local amenity such as this helps keep your house price up! •M ore Covid support monies received As The Biggs Pavilion is assessed as having a ratable value, Orchard Ground Asssociation has been able to apply for a restart grant. Liz has confirmed that a grant of £8,000 has been received from Buckinghamshire Council by bank transfer into our OGA bank account. The committee is meeting on May 5th to discuss. •Y our 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 Tuesday May 5th @7.30pm via Zoom
AFFILIATED CLUB
Tennis is the perfect sport for all fitness, health & wellbeing. New season from 1st May
New members always very welcome. Courts are once again busy with members enjoying social tennis. Some league teams will resume play shortly. If you’d like to join, please contact me details below.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND NON-MEMBER COURT BOOKINGS (£10 PER HOUR) :
Gary 01296 688548 or 07713 723788 or gary@cublington.com
• LTA affiliated club
•M any categories of membership single/couple/family/junior/oap • Coaching can be organised if enough demand • 2 great all weather - free floodlit courts • This Summer 2 league teams in ADTL • Fun Club Tournaments SAFEGUARDING OFFICER
Jean Barnett 01296 392471 To be contacted if you have any concerns about safeguarding. MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
Caroline Lane 01296 681373 carolinelane@btinternet.com
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A HUGE THANK YOU to the 42 people who have so far raised a
whopping £1,057.35 for Orchard Ground projects by simply clicking online. Please join in - it costs you absolutely nothing! Online shopping is still allowed! 1st 2nd 3rd 4th
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Gwyniera Waters - £214.85 Martyn Waters - £144.03 Bob Paine - £93.44 Maggie Brandon - £84.08
5th - Nicki Matthews - £78.92 (Bob’s daughter in Amesbury!). A huge thanks to everyone else who is raising money for Orchard Ground we hope to see you on the leader board soon!!
Saturday 4th September 8.30am Things are looking good for a CUBLINGTON HORTICULTURAL SHOW this year, though we are planning a smaller event without the domestic category at present, so if necessary we can hold it all outside. We are not looking to have sponsorship for every category but if anyone would like to sponsor that would be great and we are grateful to those of you who have carried over the sponsorship from last years cancelled event. All money raised goes towards Friends of St Nicholas to maintain our lovely church building. Please contact Sandie Joy 01296 682446 if you would like to sponsor. This is a fun event and having honed your skills last year in lockdown we are hoping for record entries this time around. Below is a list of this year’s growing categories, so you can plan what magnificent produce you will be planting and producing.
All Categories: Vegetables
Flowers
24. Best single rose 1. Three carrots – long or intermediate 25. Best flower arrangement 2. Three carrots – short or stump rooted 26. Vase of dahlias 3. Three white potatoes 27. Tallest sunflower (measured in-situ) 4. Three coloured Potatoes 5. Six runner beans 6. Six of any other climbing bean (e.g. French) 7. Five tomatoes on the vine Fruit 8. Five ripe tomatoes 28. 10 autumn raspberries 9. Three beetroot 29. Three culinary apples 10. Three courgettes 30. Three dessert apples 11. Three onions 31. Three pears 12. Nine shallots 13. Three parsnips 14. Two of any other single variety of vegetable not already listed Every year we hope to have sponsors for each 15. Vegetable tray category so if you would like to sponsor one next 16. Salad collection –basket of 4 kinds of salad items year, or know someone who may (we advertise 17. Five chillis the names in the Crier and on the website) 18. Biggest onion *(no marrow this year) please do contact 19. Heaviest pumpkin Sandie Joy on 01296 682446 or Gill Brazier on 20. Longest runner bean 21. Longest parsnip 01296 688548. Thank you 22. Most oddly shaped vegetable 23. Terracotta pot with 5 named herbs
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 and loved. Sponsored by the Alexanders
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From the Reverend
Greetings and warm wishes to you all in this season of Eastertide. At the point at which I was writing this contribution we were on the eve of the mid-April landmark for the new wave of restriction lifting, and there was clearly a strong sense of déjà vu. My mind was therefore drawn to something that was written back in May 2020 as the restrictions from the first lockdown were being lifted. The writing in question was from a book written by former Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, in a book called Candles in the Dark: Faith, Hope and Love in a Time of Pandemic (the book that our Benefice Lent Group was focussing on back in February and March). Writing on the eve of the 75th anniversary of VE Day Williams notes that, after six years of the deprivation and uncertainty of war, a sense of rest, a return to ‘normality’ and to something people could ‘cope with’ was clearly a top priority. However, it didn’t stop there, because many people did not consider it sufficient simply that the immediate threat was over. As Williams puts it, ‘for them, victory was about opportunity: something new had become thinkable.’ He notes the big changes that resulted in the social landscape of Britain as a consequence and speculates on what the modern-day possibilities for such a sense of opportunity might be, not least given the ongoing environmental urgency of our time. As he too was writing in Eastertide, he was sure to relate this important focus on opportunity to an emphasis on Easter as a new beginning and not as an end – what he calls ‘an event that changes forever the landscape in which we live’. The key question, for him, is then whether we are ready and willing to take part in ‘whatever creative newness lies ahead’ so that we triumph not just over past dangers but also over our own longing for a restored sense of the usual and familiar. We can be liberated from a dependence on past comfort zones and open to new possibilities looking forward not backwards. As this seems to ring true just as much, if not more, this year than last, it seemed only right to mention it again here – and I commend the book in question to any who may be interested in reading it. With prayers and best wishes as we move forward together Revd Dr Andrew Krauss
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No Cublington Open Gardens Sadly postponed again for this year. With all the uncertainty surrounding crowds, and the Coronavirus situation, it was felt Cublington was not able to show off its gardens this year. Plans are underway though to be back better than ever next year!
I never even knew it existed... In my email exchanges with Nick Ellins over the airfield memorial, he told me about the Amicus trust The Cublington Veterans Project. Situated very close to where the memorial will be sited. Villagers might like to know about it and engage in some way? Ed
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We thought it had gone awfully quiet! Not so... Urgent action required. Bucks County Planning Portal contains yet another application for the Lockharts waste plant on Wing Airfield.
https://publicaccess.buckscc.gov.uk/online-applications/applicationDetails.do?keyVal=QR5A09DS04N00&activeTab=summary
A local resident comments: “Bulk Transfer have put in another planning application. It does not mention lorry numbers but includes a sound barrier wall, netting and a water sprayer. These items are intended to reduce sound from crushers and a screener, the lorries will then be required in vast numbers. We need everyone who objected to these huge lorries recently to object in a similar manner otherwise the lorry numbers could return or even be increased, why else would Bulk Transfer need the wall ”
The Cublington Wombles did their first charity walk for a while, done virtually. So half round Aspey Woods, half locally, to make up 25mk. Raising funds for cancer research uk.
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Support Local Businesses The following businesses are able Hello,to provide a service for people in the village: The Unicorn - open Friday through Sunday until May
If you are staying at home, not going out or have a long-term condition and you feel it might be a challenge with Covid 19?
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Parrott Brothers: Anyone can call and place an order for delivery to the village. Orders will be aggregated and delivered once a day. 01296641207 Then Cublington have some support to offer you!
Beef Olive: Offering home deliveries Butcher & Artisan Deliplease 27 Parton Road,Joy Aylesbury HP20 1NG or If you would like help, call Mike on 07711290169
Tel: 01296 482 035 email: thebutcher@beefolive.com email m.g.joy@btinternet.com or ask someone to drop off this
Alan the Milkman: 07791885612completed Price list available Cream, Fruit Water, Yoghurt, form toincluding the pub Fresh (The Unicorn) andjuice, we will collect it. Eggs,
Bacon, Cheese, Potatoes,Tea bags, Milk alternatives, Kitchen Rolls, Toilet paper, Foil, Refuse sacks, Bird Food, Grow My name is Thursday and Saturday bags and Compost! Delivers to Cublington Tuesday
I liveoffice, at newspapers and shop Wingrave Shop: 01296 682964 Post Whitchurch Petrol Station: 01296 641888 Post office and shop Wing Village shop: (Londis) 01296 688239 Wing Fish & Chips & Chinese:Home 01296phone 688152 Mobile number Wiltshire Farm Foods: 0800 077 3100 www.wiltshirefarmfoods.com Waterdene Frozen Foods: 01525 371367 www.waterdenefoodservice.co.uk now deliver to the general public My email is Queens Head Wing: take away service If you are not going out of the house, we can help with: Royal Oak Aston Abbotts: 07809 395453 take away service Littlecote Farm Shop: 01525 240206 eggs, flour, milk, bread, cheese, cakes, jams, canned goods, batteries etc Pickingand uppork shopping Posting mail Old Stables Farm: 07836 310881 - Sausages joints call Tim A friendly Urgent supply Mead Farm Shop, Marsworth - 01442 828478 call www.parsleybox.com A company that specialises in providing nutritious and easy to cook meals, portion size is
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thought to be of interest after all the talk of blood clots risks from the AZ jab. You have more chance of dying in a road accident than getting a blood clot. You don’t see many calls to ban cars do you! If you get the call - get the jab! Ed
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I have kept as close as possible to last year’s dates. This is a provisional list and can be altered. If you would like to be removed from the rota or can help with the vacant slot, please let me know. We have several volunteers doing two slots - can you help by doing one? As the growing season extends - we need a couple more slots to fill at the end of the year. Can you please help?
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Friends and families will be very welcome. Please everyone make an effort to be there and enjoy what the village has to offer. Let’s make it really special this year!
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“We really enjoyed our day at a typical village fete. Lovely for the children”.
Proposed Attractions Dog Show Dog Agility display* Cream Teas Beer tent BBQ Pancakes Arts & Crafts stalls High Striker Beat the Buzz Tests of strength Skittles Coconut Shy Donations for any of the following stalls please: Tombola Book Stall Bric a Brac Wheelbarrow of Booze * subject to confirmation
“Colin looked very professional in the dog show ring, ladies were brilliant in the pavilion. Stalls looked busy... a lovely day and thank you for the warming cup of coffee, it gets very cold at the side entrance! Roy “We understood there was some doubt as to whether it would go ahead, we’re so pleased it did. A lovely day out”. One of the classic car owners wanted to speak to the organiser to say he had had “a fantastic day and wanted to come back next year.” Said we were much more intimate than Stewkley, and he much preferred ours! (Hooray!) ‘Lots of stand out signage made us want to come .... was a lovely atmosphere’
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The Crier & the Wing Aircrew Memorial Fund The memorial site is now finally fixed, and we are working very hard to get everything done for the end of May despite every type and size of hurdle being put in front of us by the pandemic. Above is a marked airfield map, and a picture of the site itself as it sits today. Basically, it’s at the top of the road where the Lancaster Business Park is, and sits right on the perimeter track, by the old hangers and staring straight out at the main runway itself. It’s therefore closer to Cublington than Wing. We have been told that because of the current Govt rules, our unveiling is limited to an absolute maximum of 30 people, so with time running away for planning, we are having to look at operating a virtual unveil, and then look to do a wider community commemoration once we can legally have larger numbers. The interest for a gathering has been huge, including requests from official representatives from the main Commonwealth air forces and re-enactment organisations wanting to bring original vehicles and uniforms to show people. The Aircrew Remembrance Society I am working with are building a virtual Cenotaph that will go on their website at unveiling time, and it will mark all those who flew at RAF Wing and then lost their lives there. I am then working with the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Royal Canadian Air Force and Royal Australian Air Force to identify the aircrew who trained at RAF Wing but then went on to operational squadrons to apply what they learned. The human stories emerging range from almost instant loss of life in action within days of leaving RAF Wing, through to amazing escapades and mischief in the air and great escapes back across the Pyrenees using the French resistance. The airfields history is huge, and keeps revealing more and more as I research it. Regards Nick
The Crier has donated £200 on the village’s behalf to the Wing RAF Aircrew Memorial Fund . Articles regarding the Wing Airfield history will continue to appear in the next few editions of the Cublington Crier. Our thanks to Nick Ellins of the Memorial Fund for providing these. Any questions please ask me and I’ll try and point you in the right direction to the right person. Ed
“We will remember them” The Cublington Crier has donated £200 on the village’s behalf to the Wing RAF Aircrew Memorial Fund
An American legend in Kemsall Wood by Nick Ellins
Lt. Colonel Immanuel Klette, or ‘Manny’ as he was known, flew more bomber combat missions than any other American pilot, and nearly lost his life just a few hundred feet short of Wing Airfield. Manny arrived in England, aged 27, at a point where American bomber crew had a life expectancy of just fifteen missions and new recruits were immediately required to fly against the toughest targets. On 23rd September 1943, he was piloting a B17 Flying Fortress when it was on a late afternoon mission to Nantes, France.
the situation deteriorated his crew called to make an emergency airfield landing at RAF Wing, put on their landing lights and took up their crash landing positions. As he came in to land, more problems forced him to close down a third engine leaving just one. Just then he lost sight of the ground as he entered low cloud. Flying only on instruments and bleeding heavily from his wound, Manny regained visibility at just 100 feet altitude
While leading his part of the squadron, a flak shell burst below his aircraft and a fragment of metal badly damaged Manny’s left shin bone. The plane was damaged too. The bomb bay doors were stuck open slowing the plane, one of the fuel tanks was holed and fuel was leaking away fast enough that by the time they neared the English coast it was clear that making their home airfield was not possible. It was also now dusk and the light was fading fast. To save fuel, Manny shut down two of the engines. As
and it was clear he would not quite make the runway. With few options left, no speed and no power, Manny saw Kemsall Wood coming up fast, and decided to stall the plane in to the tops of the trees in the hope of a softer crash.
The oak tree he hit is still thought to stand, and it cut through the left wing and brought the plane to a dramatic halt, dropping the fuselage down hard on to the ground and crushing the cockpit area. On top of his badly damaged shin and other cuts and bruising, Manny now had another five fractures to his upper legs and pelvis but still managed to drag himself clear of the aircraft. His navigator, who had stayed in the bomb aiming area of the nose of the plane to help Manny find the Wing airfield runway, was trapped inside and had eight fractures. Amazingly the rest of the crew escaped with minor injuries. Fortunately Kemsall Wood is literally opposite the Wing airfield on the Stewkley to Wing Road, and very quickly RAF personnel got the aircrew to safety and away to RAF Halton Hospital, near Wendover. Fire crews from Linslade, Leighton Buzzard and Aylesbury got to site reportedly within 12 minutes of the crash.
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The medical team at RAF Halton concluded that his injuries would end his war, and even suggested he may not walk properly again.every Manny refused to give in and a very t’s Fish Friday Friday – fish setafter menu long and painful recuperation, regained the use of his legs, joined the Group atBreakfasts Bassingbourn, and led his Saturday 1st91st– Bomb No Joke! men on each difficult mission despite being told he did not rom 9.30am – 11.00am need to.
workers that warning leaflets were dropped in advance, and the BBC were asked to make continual announcements to let everyone know the planes were coming. With the German defences fully alerted, the flak claimed many victims. The crews were also struggling to find the bombing point through the clouds. So close to the end of hostilities, some Easter Sunday 16th Lunch – booking just dropped their bombs or turned for home.
advise Eggcould hunt in the garden 2pm (time tbc) When hisEaster bomb aimer not find the target, Manny simply said, “Well, we’ll go around” and ordered the other Easter Monday 17th – The Unicorn Quiz pilots to do the same. On the radio, “pandemonium” Sunday 2nd Lunch – booking advised from 8.30pm as other pilots objected. One said, “ If you are His commanding officer was quoted as saying “Although not broke loose going back over again, you are going alone”. When Manny required to fly, he led his men on every difficult mission.....I Monday 3rd – The Unicorn Quiz from 8.30pm ordered Thursday 20th SteakorNight the further run, planes–scattered dumped their asked him to stay on the ground more, but he continued to bombs, and in one the crew threatened the pilot with a for £40 – 2 steaks and a bottle of house wine go. I got my dander up and ordered him only to go when his Thursday 6th – Steak Night landing gear crank. turn to lead came up. He still went. What the hell are you – 2 steaks a bottle of house Saturday 22nd Breakfasts from 9.30am – 1 going toand do with a man like that?”. wine for £40 Those that did go around again suffered the worst flak they hadSunday ever experienced the records tell of aircrew FridayAfter 7thhis–recovery Live Music 23rd and Lunch – booking advised he completed more successful missions pleading with their pilots and threatening to bail out. With than any other USAAF bomber pilot and flew their very last with Mouth on a Stick from 8.30pm Monday 24th –Manny The Unicorn the planes breaking formation, gave in andQuiz turnedfrom 8.30p bombing mission in Europe. for home, saying nothing for the whole flight. On landing, Saturday 8th Breakfasts from airmen 9.30am Thursday 27th and Steak Night In an environment where American died–so11.00am all first pilots were summoned Manny threatened court quickly, his record saw him dubbed a “living legend” by the martial and called themand “yellow”. Sunday 9th Lunch – booking advised – 2 steaks a bottle of house wine for £40 replacement airmen. He was seen as symbol of confidence PilsenLive was the last mission of theNesbitt sing with his Christian nameUnicorn meaning ‘God with us’. The8.30pm As it was, Monday 10th – The Quiz from Plus Music withneeded, Alisonnone Carter veteran flyers however felt he was chancing his luck too far, threats were implemented and Manny never mentioned the incident Saturday again. He was 29th decorated by the President of the Thursday 13th Steak Breakfasts from 9.30am – 11 especially as the– war woundNight down. United States for his war bravery and accumulated DSC, – 2 steaks and toa bomb bottletheofSkoda house wine for £40 His mission Armament Works in Pilsen, DFC (3OLC), Sunday 30th Lunch – booking advised AM (14OLC), Croix de Guerre, PH, ACM, Czechoslovakia on the afternoon of 25th April 1945 was WWII Victory, EAME (8 Battle Stars). He lived out the war Saturday Breakfasts from – 11.00am All events subject to change his 91st15th bombing mission, a record for 9.30am the European war. It also turned out to be the last heavy bombing raid for him and the whole 8th Air Force as the war turned in the Allies favour. German anti-aircraft defences were still murderously effective, and the target was so highly populated with local
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and is now buried in the prestigious Arlington Cemetery.
Sources: American Air Museum, Imperial War Museum, History Net, Home of Heroes, Masters of the Air: America’s Bomber Boys Who Fought the Air War Against Nazi Germany - Donald L. Miller and Roger Freeman, The Manny Klette Biography
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A history of Cublington Lockdown Learnings
One of our lovely readers who wishes to remain anonymous, has undertaken to do some research on the Censuses currently published. Some of the information is fascinating... did you know for instance that there was once a shop down Church Alley? ( So, is that Chapel Alley or Church Path?) If you live in one of the more historic buildings in the village, we hope you can trace previous inhabitants through these articles... we have highlighted well known village names and places of interest. We hope you will enjoy these, our lockdown learnings!
1861 Census
The whole of the two parishes of Aston Abbotts and Cublington including Oxleys, Upper and Lower Burcott, Norduck, Mr Ellesttd, new Farm Lodge Cottage and Mansion also including Cublington Village and Steven’s Farm House. Note :- The sequence that follows is exactly as it appears on the Census form, the most common occupations such as farm labourer, straw plaiter and lace maker have not all been included to allow space for other more interesting occupations. Harris’s Farm, William Harris 43, farmer with 256 acres employing 9 men & 5 boys, his wife Mary 42, Thomas 18, Mary 16, Ann 13, James 10, Elizabeth 8, school, John 4, George2. Bake House, George Paine 43 a baker employing 1 man and a boy,his wife Ann 33. Steven’s Farm, John Stevens 62 a farmer of 127 acres employing 2 men & a boy with his wife Martha 58, unmarried daughter Emma 26, grandsons George 13 & Albert White 10 scholars, Elijah Stevens 3 & Thomas Clark 19 a servant & cowman. Cottage, Ann Howe 79 a pauper from Bierton, lodgers William Kempster 19 an agricultural labourer and wife Ann 20 from Greatworth. Oxon & their daughter Sarah age 1.
Farm House, Mary White 58 widow & grazier of 40 acres employing one man, her daughters Martha 24 & Mary 22, son Joseph 28 with his wife Elizabeth 29 & their son Henry 7 with Elizabeth Brandon 60 lodger & pillow lace maker. Dealard House, Luke How 42, a widower and calf dealer & grazier of 35 acres, John 17, Susan 16, Luke 15, James 10 Dianna 5, Mark 7 & Elizabeth 2. Cottage, William Cheney 66 a widower & pauper. Cottage, Elizabeth Halsey 52 a widow & pauper with unmarried daughter Mary 23 a straw platter & her daughter Rosina 5 a scholar. Cottage, Thomas Halsey 70 and his wife Francis 71 both paupers. Cottage, Joseph How 40 an unmarried Agricultural labourer. Cottage, Hannah Clark 40 married charwoman, son Alfred an agricultural labourer, Lydia 9, Franklin 7 & Elizabeth 5, both born in Gaddesdon, Hertfordshire, James 3 & Caleb 1. Cottage, John Clark 63 & his wife Ann 43. Cottage, Robert Clark 51 & his wife Amelia 37, Samuel 15, Emma 12, Rebecca 9, William 6 & George 3.
Cottage, Thomas Clark 62 & his wife Susannah 49 from Mentmore, Jane Sears 19, step daughter and Joseph, both from Ledburn, Sarah Clark 8 & Mary 5 with lodger John Sears 53 a pauper.
Cottage, Joseph Cheney 67 with his wife Elizabeth 73.
Old Farm House, Susannah Seamons 41, a sempstress. Listed separately were James Halsey 53, a shepherd with his wife Susan 55, Mary 17, George 16 a labourer, Betsey 14, Ann 12 & Harriet 10 both scholars. House in Garden, Thomas Willis 65 & his wife Elizabeth 69.
Cottage, Mary Higgs 52 a widow & son Richard 29 a maltster.
Cottage, Edward Biggs 44 a farmer of 17 acres, his wife Elizabeth 37, Charles 15, Susannah 8 & Oliver 1.
Cottage, Nathan Halsey 22 & his wife Elizabeth 15. Cottage, Robert Carter 54 parish clerk & labourer with his wife Martha 50, Eliza 20, John 10. Grandchildren William 9 & Mary 2. (possibly the persons
named on the oak memorial below?).
Farm House, Christopher Biggs 45 a calf dealer& farmer of 45 acres with his wife Ann 51, Martha 18 & Joseph 15. Cottage, John Ingram 45 & his wife Eliza 40, May 15, Sarah 13, George 11, Ann 10, James 8, Thomas 6 & Harry 1 month. Cottage. Jesse Halsey 47 & his wife Jane 50, George 19, Sophia 17, Amos 15, William 7. Cottage, Jeremiah Halsey 23, Mary his wife 25 & Elizabeth 9 months.
Cottage, Corneleus Stevens 42, his wife Harriet 46, William 12, Ezra 9, Joseph 4 Mary 2 Cottage, Daniel Higgins 42 a carter from North Marston & his wife Ann 41. Butchers Shop, Mary Stonhill 57 a widow, butcher & farmer of 47 acres, Catherine 27, Mary 25, William 22, a butcher & Betsey 20. Beer House, possibly The Bell, Benjamin Halsey 65 a beer house keeper & calf dealer with his wife Mary 60 and Emily Stevens 17 house servant. (this had a yard that resembles The Bell yard, as in other census’s). Halseys Yard, John Halsey 73 with his wife Harriet 47 a needlewoman. Halseys Yard John King 63 & his wife Mary 60, Matilda 18 unmarried, John & Mary’s granddaughter Eliza 8. Cottage, William Willis 34 & his wife Eliza 35 & daughters Maryian 6, Betsy 3, Ann 1. Cottage, Benjamin White 26 & his wife Susannah 29. Cottage, Robert Higgins 65 a widower with daughter Hannah Hedges 31 & her husband James 28. Cottage, James Higgins 33 with his wife Sarah 34, Thomas 14, William 13, Arthur 8, Maryann 11, George 4, Walter 2 & Albert 6 months. Cottage, Thomas Halsey 35 & his wife Cecelia 37, Louisa 8, Ann 6, Harry 4, George 3 & Thomas 1. Cottage, Ann Simonds 74 a widow pillow lace maker, daughter Elizabeth Kent 29 with her husband Barnet 29 & their son Edward 4. Cottage, Christopher Halsey 63 & his wife Elizabeth 60, pillow lace maker, son John 24.
Cottage, Sophia Biggs 42 a widow & straw platter with sons Joseph 13 & James 8. Cottage, Cornelious Green 36 his wife Mary 27, Caroline 8, Eliza 6, Elizabeth 4, Emma 1. Cottage, Daniel Kempster 25 & his wife Martha 24 with Elizabeth 1. Cottage, Robert Higgs 27 & his wife Auzubah 29, a dress maker. Cottage, Mary Harris 75, from Ludgershall, a farmer’s widow with Tilpha Biggs 13, visitor & scholar. Cottage, Thomas White 45 a carrier, his wife Elizabeth 47, daughter Sarah 9 & boarder John White 16 both scholars. Farm House, John Biggs a farmer of 780 acres, employing 25 men & 9 boys, servant Ann Bushby 30, Sarah Halsey 17 a dairy maid & William Ward 17, a cowman. Cottage, Robert Price 50, his wife Elizabeth 46, James 15, Jane 12 & William 12. Cottage, Joseph Halsey 45 & his wife Sarah 38, Charles 14, Mary 8, Eliza 5 & Ellen 2. Cottage, Benjamin Biggs 66, Louisa 61, Lavinia 18, grandson Joseph Birdsey 6, visitors George Baker 30 & his wife Catherine 20. Cottage, Mary Cheaney 26 married, Eliza 9, Joseph 5 & Liliana 2. Cottage, William White 62 a widower, his daughter Ann 31 and grandson Edwin 6. Cottage, Elijah Cutler 55 his wife Hannah 52, Thomas 18, Joseph 15. William 12 & grandchildren Jane 9 & James 5. Rectory, William Bousefield 42, from Bilsbey, Lincolnshire, Rector of Cublington with his wife Amelia 41 from Bampton Oxon, Sidney 6, Susannah 4 & Agnes 4 months with nurse Mary Eales 43 & Frederica 40, cook both from Stoke Damerel, Devon
& Mary Hill 19 a housemaid from Chinnor. Cottage, James Biggs 32 a farmer’s son & his wife Adelaide 30 a dress maker, Arthur 5, Bessie 2 & Adelaide 1. Cottage, Christopher Halsey 27 with Ann 24, his wife a school mistress, Arthur 2 & George aged 1. Cottage, Thomas Brayser 62 from Hardwick & his wife Elizabeth 69 a General Shop keeper, son Thomas 24 & his wife Sarah 22 from Bampton, Oxon, their children Mary Ann 2 & Henry 3 months. Cottage, George Cheney 37 his wife Ann 38 from Billington, Bedfordshire, Sarah 11, Ezra 8, Lydia 5, Calif 3 & Harry 7 months. Cottage, Alfred Cheney 37, his wife Susan 38, Thomas 11, William 9 both agricultural labourers, Sarah 6, Jane 5 & James 3. Cottage, John Cheney 65, a widower, son Robert 34, daughter Elizabeth 20, son Thomas 18, Matilda 8 months, grand-daughter of John.
31 a pillow lace maker both from Monks Risborough, Elizabeth 10, Harriet 7, Thomas 5, Mary 3 & John 10 months. Unicorn Inn, Thomas Biggs 64, publican & farmer of 72 acres employing 1 man & 1 boy, his wife Mary 56, Leah 27, Elizabeth 24, Mary 22, Emma 20 & Thomas 18, visitor Daniel Cooper 20 a schoolmaster from Susted, Norfolk. The end of 1861 Census states “Church of England, Wesleyan Chapel end of Cublington parish.” 62 homes, 132 males, 147 females. 4 Farmers, 2 shepherds, 2 cowmen, 1 dairy maid, 3 calf dealers, 2 graziers, 1 maltster, 1 carter, 2 butchers, 1 baker, 2 publicans, 2 school teachers, 1 shopkeeper, 1 Rector, 4 pillow lace makers, 1 sempstress, 22 strawplaiters, 5 paupers, 1 needle woman, 2 dress makers, 1 nurse, 1 cook and a parish clerk. What a lot of cottages - the majority sadly demolished!
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The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark This has been on my ‘to read’ list for at least a decade, but I finally found the right time! I got it as an audiobook from the public library, and listened to it while commuting in to school to work in our COVID test centre during the first week back. Its wry, dark humour was exactly what I needed, and the audio (read by the effervescent Miriam Margolyes) was fantastic! Set in the 1930s and published in the 1960s, this story still has a lot to say about education, teaching, charm, and manipulation, whilst also being deeply funny, and absolutely engrossing.
Exciting New Books! Arctic Star by Tom Palmer (7+ years Fiction) Winter 1943. Teenagers Frank, Joseph and Stephen are Royal Navy recruits on their first mission at sea during the Second World War. Their ship is part of an Arctic Convoy sailing to Russia to deliver supplies to the Soviets. The convoys have to navigate treacherous waters, sailing through a narrow channel between the Arctic ice pack and German bases on the Norwegian coast. Will all three boys make it home again?
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BREAKFAST AND AFTER SCHOOL CLUB NOW 1pm AVAILABLE! Packed lunch session: daily, noon Contact: Kelly Targell –Stephanie Pre-School Manager 01296–682217 Contact: Edwards For children aged 2-7 years Wingrave Pre-School, Twelve Leys, Wingrave, HP22 4QG Drop off and pick up from Wingrave CofE School Contact: 01296 682217, info@wingravepreschool.co.uk Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday (term time) 8am-9am £5 Kelly Targell – Pre-School Manager 01296 682217 Monday, Tuesday, After school club runWednesday, by Simply outThursday of school. 3pm-6pm £15 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CALL EMMA ON:01656 372910 Or email emma@simplyoutofschool.co.uk Pop in for a visit or give us a call! .
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SPOTTED!
PLEASE keep your eyes peeled ... If you spot
anything, and we really do mean anything of interest (silly or serious or even just slightly interesting) in the village - please let us know.
Spotted - many volunteers helping the tidy up at Orchard Ground early in April.
Spotted - Work well underway for the new house next to New Dairy Farm.
Spotted - the
conversions and development at Roses Close finished and on the market!
The carpark has started to be weeded, part of ongoing improvements over the next few months we hope. Many, many thanks to all who took part from the cricket. tennis, allotment clubs and Orchard Ground committee.
Spotted - A novel
way to excercise the dog! Spotted on the Aston Abbotts Road.
Spotted - all the lovely
crafted bunting at the church. A celebration of the community spirit in Cublington. Well done to all concerned.
Spotted - Howes Fish &
Chip van visits the village at approximately 1.30-145 on a Saturday lunchtime. Stops at Ridings Way, Bell Close and possibly Silver Street? Eds Tip - I buy mine and reheat in the oven in the evening!
Spotted - a little Hoglet in a back garden. How many others have been seen in the village?
Spotted - a very cold dog
- or was it the owner? Mutual benefit! Seen in the Unicorn garden.
Spotted - a beautiful pair
of mating Red Kites seen (yes actually seen mating) in the trees and gardens behind Ridings Way - does anyone know where they are nesting?
Spotted - the
Easter bonnet on the postbox - very original!
Spotted - cruel to take a picture I know
- but dad going down in the mud in mound field. Boy did I laugh!
Spotted - beautiful dawn over Cublington...