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Editorial March is already upon us, it feels like only a few days ago we were stocking up on wood for the winter. The nights were cozy as the weather did its worst outside, long dark nights are always a pleasure spent in the Unicorn. The days are really drawing out now though. The garden is bursting into life, daffodils, cowslips, primroses and the odd weed blooming. Spring is always an uplifting time of year with the promise of sun and warmth. Easter is very early this year, 1st of April. Waddesdon Manor will start their Easter egg hunt on the 30th of March. Our children who might have enjoyed this when we moved in to the village 12 years ago are now growing up too fast and claim to be too old for hunting eggs dropped by the Easter bunny in the garden! One is never too old for chocolate :). For those who have just arrived in the village there is lots to do here. You have just missed the pantomime production but there is always next year. You might want to join the green fingered brigade and start your own allotment, reducing the food miles of your weekly shop. For those who would like to keep fit, a variety of classes take place in the pavilion, there is the cricket club, the tennis club and further afield, my hobby is kayaking on the grand union canal in Leighton Buzzard. There are lots of walks around the village, you could join the brisk walkers. We also have events in St Nicholas church and the village is always looking for people to become guest editors of the Crier! We are lucky to live in this beautiful village in a corner of Bucks. The Tooseys Apologies for any errors or omissions - this months edition hurriedly put together on my return from Australia and New Zealand. Ed
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Huge Thanks To Mark Darlington for so ably standing in and editing the entire production of the Feb edition of the Crier... brilliant, perhaps Gill and I should go away more often! Farewell Dialingtones - you will be greatly missed!
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To Cublington to Alison and Dean and their son Edward, moving in to Ridings Way.
100 Club
The Cublington 100 Club draws will start again in May so sellers are out and about selling tickets. Please buy one or more as your contribution to the village amenity that makes Cublington the envy of all other villages. Thank you.
We still want more of you to sign up! Still would like more of you to sign up to easyfundraising. Please do so - it's an easy way to raise funds for Orchard Ground and won't cost you a penny. See inside for details or refer to the leaflet dropped through your door late last year.
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The guest editor list for 2018 is complete, and we are now looking for guest editors for 2019 would you believe! (Yes we plan that far ahead!) Please do contact me or Gary for any queries and if you are willing to help in any way... whether it you want to take over any role for delivering or any sort of contributions every month. 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 then it won't come round so often! Thanks. Contact: Sandie Joy 01296 682446
The Rota for 2018... May Dixons June Jean Cross July Richard & Polly Thornley September Keohanes October Chris Jones November Jane Alexander December Trish Bundock
2019.. January Gary & Gill
February Liz and Bob March ????
March Olivia Lea 9 on 10th Harvey Knights 15 on the 23rd Anna Toosey 15 on the 28th
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Clocks go forward 1am Sunday,
25 March
V.I.Paralympians announced for Heritage Flame Ceremony Aylesbury Vale District Council (AVDC) and the Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony’s organising committee are excited to announce Ali Jawad and Sophie Christiansen CBE as official torchbearers in this year’s event, ‘Spirit of Endeavour’. Paralympians, Ali Jawad and Sophie Christiansen, will take centre stage at this year’s Paralympic Heritage Flame Lighting Ceremony on Friday 2 March at Stoke Mandeville Stadium, as part of the lead-up to the twelfth Paralympic Winter Games. Para-equestrian Dressage rider, Sophie Christiansen, has competed in four successive Paralympic Games and is an eight-time Paralympic Champion with multiple World and European titles. She was awarded a CBE in the 2017 New Year Honours List for services to Para-equestrianism. Ali Jawad is a British powerlifter who won his first Paralympic medal in Rio, after securing silver in the men’s -59kg category, lifting a best of 190kg. The Ceremony will see the first flame of the
PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games Torch Relay ignited in Stoke Mandeville, the birthplace of the Paralympic movement. It will then continue to take place in South Korea between 2-9 March with torchbearers covering a distance of 2018km. The relay’s motto is “Let Everyone Shine” and embodies the Paralympic spirit of creating infinite possibilities and outcomes by incorporating the infinity symbol (∞) in the form of the number ‘8’ throughout the journey. Eight flames will be lit over the eight days and the journey will feature 800 torchbearers. This includes one in our very own Stoke Mandeville Stadium, one in South Korea’s capital, Seoul and one each from Jeju Island, Anyang, Nonsan, Gochang, and Cheongdo, all cities which provide accessible tourism facilities and services in South Korea for people with disabilities. The eighth and final flame will be a digital flame, formed by all the virtual sparks sent by fans all over the world. The PyeongChang 2018 Paralympic Winter Games will take place between 9-18 March 2018. The Paralympic Heritage Flame Ceremony will take place on Friday 2 March at Stoke Mandeville Stadium.
Message from Cublington-on-Sea (AKA Weymouth!) We wanted to say a BIG thank you for the lovely send off we had at our home in Cublington on 19th January. We were taken a back by the number of our friends and neighbours who were able to join us - not sure 5 Ridings Way has ever had 50 people in the house!!!!! Certainly not in our 21 years there. Life in Weymouth has started pretty well - Mark working and Liz currently a lady of leisure enjoying the time walking along the seafront each day. We move into our new home on 2nd March and we were able to meet the current owners recently. Like us leaving Cublington, they are leaving Weymouth with a heavy heart and moving to High Wycombe. Cublington was a huge part of our lives - we brought our children up there, we made some truly everlasting friendships and we enjoyed what village life had to offer. We will definitely miss all of that. We have made contact with Weymouth Tennis Club - their membership is more expensive than Cublington! Liz has also bought a bike - there are some amazing cycle routes - check out the Rodwell Trail from Weymouth to Portland. The Cublington Walkers have said they are having a weekend away near us - we are hoping they'll be able to stop off at our new home for cake and tea in our garden overlooking the sea - or there maybe a glass of wine for those who prefer!!!!! Lots of love from Liz & Mark xx
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Orchard Ground OG news in brief
Highlights & items of interest from the most recent OG Committee Meeting held on 17th Jan The Quiz Night held in January made A Profit Of £693.70 • Kitchen Redevelopment Quotes are being sought to re-develop the kitchen in the Pavilion, then funds/grants will be sought from a local fund created by the waste disposal companies in Aylesbury Vale Update on plans for the kitchen refurbishment at Biggs Pavilion Feedback from the questionnaire A big thanks to everyone who took the time to complete the questionnaire. We received twenty one replies which probably reflects the opinions of the main users of the kitchen. The feedback has been extremely useful, both as evidence of consultation and for helping to plan the refurbishment. Although the sample is quite small and the responses varied, some general themes were easy to identify. 1. Not surprisingly, the kitchen was felt to be tired and in need of updating. 2. The response to the general layout was positive with several requests for more “prep” areas. 3. Cupboard space and storage areas were mostly considered to be OK but it was noted that the doors were very worn out (or falling off!). 4. The cooker was felt to be in need of updating to a more efficient model and the provision of a food warmer was valued. 5. There were mixed opinions about the fridge/freezer with the majority thinking the fridge was too small and some thought the freezer was too big. 6. The provision of a dishwasher was appreciated but several people felt the current one was far too complicated. 7. New taps have improved the sink area and two respondents requested a right handed draining board. 8. Lighting and electrics were mostly thought to be ok with two requests for more plug sockets. 9. Several people mentioned the depleted stocks of crockery and two people requested saucepans and oven trays. The hot water boiler got a real thumbs down and some felt it was decidedly dangerous.
The “any other comments” question generated a chance for a bit of a moan and here are some paraphrased examples: Dirty crockery gets put back in the cupboards. The kitchen is very untidy – a dumping ground. The floor is often dirty. A £20 deposit should be charged to help keep things up to a good standard.
There were also some positive suggestions: Doors on the hatch would be good - to hide away the dirty dishes during a function. We need a separate hand wash basin. We are lucky to have the facility.
Our twenty year old kitchen has done amazingly well and is a credit to those who originally created it but it is now clearly time for a make over. The feedback from the questionnaires has been really useful and is a great help for making new plans. We are now awaiting quotes from several kitchen providers and once these are in place we can go ahead with the grant application. We will keep you posted. Liz Smith Orchard Ground Committee • N ext OG meetings
Wednesday 14th March 2018 at 2000 at The Unicorn
Wednesday 16 May 2018 at 2000 at The Unicorn Wednesday 18 July 2018 at 2000 at The Unicorn
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.
March Thursday 1st Panto 'Get together" at 8pm in the Unicorn.
Monday 5th Tennis Club AGM at 7.30pm in the Biggs Pavilion.
Saturday 10th 9.30am Village Litterpick & Tidy up Meet at Orchard Ground
Sunday 11th Mother's Day Tuesday, 13th March Parish Council Meeting at 7.30pm in the Village Hall.
Wednesday, 14th March Orchard Ground Meeting
at 8pm in theUnicorn.
Saturday 17th Jumble Sale
in the Biggs Pavilion.
30th - Good Friday
April
1 st Easter Sunday is also April Fools Day! Saturday 7th April Ground Force Day at Orchard Ground
A tidy up event organised jointly by Orchard Ground Committee, Cricket Club, tennis Club and Allotment holders. Any dog walkers who would like to help, all most welcome.
Saturday 21st - Just A Capella Concert
7.30pm St Nicholas Church - see advert elsewhere
Sunday 29th Tennis Club Open Day
from 1pm - come and join up!
May
1st - Parish Council Meeting and AGM at 7.30pm in the Village Hall. All welcome.
June
Sunday 24th Orchard Ground A traditional Cublington Fete helpers always needed!
SPOTTED! PLEASE
keep your eyes peeled ...If you spot anything, and we mean anything - of interest in the village - please let us know.
Spotted - it seems like nothing much has
changed in the seven weeks we've been away! A new hedge has been laid next to the church. A few hedges tidied. New grass being sown.
Spotted - over 60 people at the recent Parish lunch - well done to cook Sarah george and on her birthday too! Spotted - team of crochet-ers in the Unicorn making cuddly Octopi for premature babies.
PANTOMIME ‘GET TOGETHER’ ON THE FIRST THURSDAY OF EVERY MONTH AT ABOUT 8 PM IN THE UNICORN.
If you have been, or would like to be, a part of the village panto every February, come along for a drink and chat. Very informal and no commitment.
NEXT MEET IS ON MARCH 1ST.
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Available for: • Social gatherings • Children’s parties • Meetings • Music/theatre practise • Dance & exercise
£15 per morning, afternoon or evening session. (£10 for weekly sessions). To book please contact: Sarah Taylor on 07939 342457, sezzietaylor@btinternet.com
Development We are around 18 months away from the North Field being added to Orchard Ground. Plans are underway for the creation of a running path and walk through a new woodland area. We would like to encourage villagers to start growing a few native trees and in October 2019 we will start planting. The idea is to plant trees to create one day in the future an open woodland which will be nice to walk through without fighting through local traffic. The initial trees will be planted to allow them to grow unheeded, leaving space for the grass still to be cut. In later years as the woodland develops, other trees can be introduced We have included some facts about our local trees in this edition in the hope that many will be planted next year. Feedback or suggestions are welcome to northfield@cublington.com
Useful INfORMATION Development
OLD TREES The Oak (Quercus) is synonymous with the area, Burnham
Beeches in Buckinghamshire has the famous Druids oak with a girth of over eight meters. It might take a while to grow one to this size.
The Yew (taxus baccata) would also be a long term
investment to match the old yew in the church yard, both trees will bring food for wildlife, yews are foraged by thrushes and fieldfare. A great specimen of Yew is to be found in the churchyard at Ibstone. Very similar to Cublington, the village was moved in medieval ages due to the Black Death.
BIG TREES Copper & common Beech. (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea)
There is just enough space for some majestic local trees, beeches are a common feature in the area with great beech wood in Ashridge or Burnham Beeches a little further away, I also like Marlow wood. A copper beech adds a great rich colour to the wood.
Scotts Pine (Pinus Sylvestris)
Originally donated by Queen Victoria to the Rothschild family, the Scott pine ties in several villages in North Bucks. When the woodland is first planted, one idea is to plant some pines to have a ready supply of Christmas trees in the village, Scotts pine is sometimes used. Another idea is to create an avenue of trees using Lime trees.
HOW ABOUT SOME FORAGING? Together with some fruit trees near the allotments, such as cooking apple, mulberry or medlar, the addition of some nut trees would also be good for foraging and wildlife
Sweet chestnut (Castanea Sitava)
Originally introduced by the romans, this is now naturalized in the UK and recognized for its importance to wildlife, also found in Ashridge. We have excluded the horse chestnut due to the devastating bleeding canker disease which is currently decimating this species in the UK.
The Walnut (Juglian regia)
Another roman introduction, there is a great example of this species at Gayhurst Hall in Newport Pagnel. The nuts are delicious pickled when picked before ripening.
SMALL TREES There are so many other trees that could be considered, The Holly (Ilex aquifolium) providing food for the holly blue butterfly and many moths and the Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna) which supports over 300 different species of insect and great for nesting birds. The Silver Birch (Betula pendula) is native to the UK, with an open canopy providing perfect conditions for grasses, mosses, wood anemone, bluebells, wood sorrel and violets to grow. Some other native species‌ Alder, Aspen, Elder, Hornbeam, Poplar, Rowan, Spindle, Whitebeam, just to mention a few, the choice is wide
UNUSUAL TREES Whether we focus on native species only or bring in some ornamental trees is up for discussion. There are some beautiful non-native trees found locally such as the tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera) at Taplow House with a girth of 7m with beautiful flowers and foliage throughout the seasons. One of my favourites is the Handkerchief tree (Davidia involucrate), flowering in May. A good example can be found at the botanic garden in Cambridge.
Or how about a Wellingtonia (Sequoiadendron Giganteum) to match the trees in Wing? This would be a whopper at around 50 meters after 150 years.
LOG STACKS Log stacks will make a great habitat for small wildlife and insects. They say you that you can tell the quality of a man by the way he stacks his wood (Source: Norwegian Wood by Lars Mytting). That would make Trevor the king of the village, I always see him holding court from his throne in the Unicorn. Low pile – Cautious man Tall pile – Big Ambitions Unusual shape – Open spirit Pedantic Pile – Perfectionist Pile on the ground - Ignorant Unfinished pile – Unstable, lazy, drunk Old and new wood together - Suspicious A lot of wood – Foresight and loyal Collapsed pile – Weak will No woodpile – No husband !
COPPICE WOOD Cobnut – Corylus Avellana
At the bottom of the field is planned a coppice wood of cobnut, great for foraging and for wildlife in the area. Grown around the path to create a darker woodland path, these can be coppiced every eight years in late winter or early spring just before they come into active growth. The Coppice cut is near to ground level with the cut angled outward to shed water away from the stump. Some areas will be left with lying wood to encourage wildlife.
The willow (Sallix Alba)
would also provide a good coppice and could create an area for children to play by creating a circle of willow and a willow tunnel Feedback, information or suggestions are welcome to northfield@cublington.com
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Spring is arriving and if you need ideas for the garden we have a range of gardening books to give inspiration Or if you are planning a holiday - look through our travel guides Children may like to explore our animal books to learn about new lives in the countryside Our displays will feature authors born in March and the lives of St David, St Piran and St Patrick Lego Club will be one week early on Friday 23rd March 15:30 - 16:30
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"Just A Cappella" On Saturday April 21st at 7.30 pm St Nicholas Church, Cublington
for ticket details please contact Evelyn tel 01296 681666 evelyn.griffiths@btinternet.com
What did you want to be when you grew up? I wanted to work for an airline and travel the world What was your first job? Milkman Who (alive or dead) would you like to have dinner with and why? (You can have more than one!) David Attenborough - I could listen to him speak for days on end! Both of my grandfathers as I never met my Father's Dad as he sadly passed away before I was born, and my Mother's Father passed away when I was 4 What historical era would you like to have lived in and why? Probably the Elizabethan era when the first explorers ventured out and mapped the world for the first time Where would you want to live if not where you live now and why? Somewhere warm and sunny for most of the year - so Australia or California! What is the temptation you wish you could resist? Beer! What is your favourite book and why? Millenium Series by Stieg Larsson The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2005), The Girl Who Played with Fire (2006), and The Girl who Kicked the Hornets' Nest. Just mesmerising and compelling stories that covered every emotion. What is your favourite song and why? Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd. The greatest band ever with a song you can never get tired of! What is the pet hate that makes your hackles rise? Injustice What is the unlikely interest that engages your curiosity? I am fixated with Second World War Documentaries - I have so much respect for all citizens who lived through the hardships Answer somewhere How long have you lived in Cublington. 12 years. in the Crier.
Winter Appeal Wanted - Hats, Gloves, Blankets, Scarves, Clothes, Food and Toys The number of people sleeping rough or not able to afford to heat their homes is going to be very high again this winter. I am happy to collect from you or you can drop off at 1 Roses Close. Tel 07794246506 or 01296 688093
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- let us know at info@cublingtoncrier.co.uk If we don't know about it we can't help!
There have been instances of events that we didn't know about in time to advertise properly.
This March at What’s On Thursday 1st - Steak Night
- 2 steaks and a bottle of house wine for £40 Saturday 3rd Breakfasts from 9.30 – 11.00am Sunday 4th Roast Lunch – booking advised Mon 5th Unicorn Quiz from 8.30pm Thursday 8th - Steak Night - 2 steaks and a bottle of house wine for £40 Saturday 10th Breakfasts from 9.30 – 11.00am Six Nations Rugby - Live in the bar Sunday 11th Mothers Day Roast Lunch 12-5pm – booking strongly advised Six Nations Rugby - Live in the bar Mon 12th Unicorn Quiz from 8.30pm Thursday 15th - Steak Night is sure of to be popular, so make 2 steaksFather’s and Day a bottle house wine for £40 It’s Fish Friday every Friday – June, fish why set not menu sure you book early. Or this Saturday 17th Breakfasts from 9.30 – 11.00am enjoyJoke! an al Fresco meal or just Saturday come 1st and – No Breakfasts Six Nations Rugby Live in the baramenu - 3 matches sit in the sunshine in our lovely garden, It’s Fish Friday every Friday – fish set from 9.30am – 11.00am magical meeting place for friends and family. Sunday 1st 18th– Roast Lunch – booking advised Saturday No–Joke! Breakfasts Sunday 2nd Lunch booking advised Every Saturday we hold a BBQ in the garden Mon 19th –Unicorn 8.30pm from 9.30am 11.00am Quiz from king Monday 3rd The right Unicorn from 8.30pm from –5-9pm, through Quiz till September. Thursday Sunday 2nd 22nd Lunch- –Steak bookingNight advised Thursday 6th – Steak Night 2 steaks and a bottle of house wine for £40 The Unicorn from –Monday 2 steaks 3rd and a– bottle of house Quiz wine for £408.30pm Saturday 17th Breakfasts Friday 23rd Music Thursday 6th –Live Steak Nightfrom 9.30am – 11.00am
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Fixtures 2018 Thursday 29th March @ Buckingham Golf Club Thursday 14th June @ Aylesbury Vale Golf Club Wednesday 26th Sept @ Luton Hoo (TBC) Thursday 18th Oct @ Three Locks Golf Club
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STEWKLEY PLAYER’S NEXT THRILLING PRODUCTION WILL BE PLAYED STRICTLY FOR LAUGHS!
Dick, 1940’s Secret Agent and tea-time radio celebrity, faces his toughest test as a ruthless Latin love lothario has set his sights on the women of London; stealing their most precious jewels while plotting to undermine the entire British Secret Service. Can Dick and his doughty sidekicks Jock and Snowy, save the day? Definitely not to be missed – the future of the Empire may depend on your presence! Production dates are March 21-24 th , with tickets on sale from the usual places from 26th February (Box Office: 07845 489 167).
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Biggs Pavilion Rental Village Residents and fully paid up members of Cublington clubs and organisations. £25 (up to 3 hours) Outside Cublington Clubs and organisations regularly using the facilities. £30 (up to 3 hours) Discounts for block bookings Dances, discos & parties (There should be at least one adult present for teenage parties) Cublington residents £60 Non Villagers £90 Weddings etc. (Whole day - 9.00am - midnight) Online booking diary: Cublington residents £150 Outside of village £200 www.ogpavilion.keepandshare.com A refundable deposit of £25 is required Find a date you want and contact at time of booking. Deposit will be returned Mark Cheetham to book it! if no costs are incurred with regard to cleanliness or damage to property, fixtures or fittings. Contact Mark on 01296 681258 or markcheetham123@aol.com
Saturday September 1st, Biggs Pavilion After a wet and dismal start of the year we can now look forward to Spring and start planning for, amazingly, the 14th Cublington Horticultural Show. We hope to have sponsors for all the categories and the money raised goes towards looking after the building of our lovely church. Everyone can enter as few or as many categories as they wish, it is really very good fun for a great cause, so put the date on your calendar and start planting! So you know what to be planting here is a list of the growing categories, full list of all the categories will be in next month’s Crier. FLOWERS VEGETABLE CATEGORIES Best Single Rose Longest Parsnip Best Flower Arrangement Vegetable tray Vase of Dahlias Longest Runner bean Tallest Sunflower (measured in-situ) Three Parsnips Two of any other single variety of vegetable not already listed Three Carrots – long or intermediate FRUIT Three Carrots – short or stump rooted 10 autumn raspberries Most oddly shaped vegetable Three Culinary Apples Three White potatoes Three Dessert Apples Three Coloured Potatoes Any other single variety of fruit Six Runner Beans Six of any other Climbing Bean (e.g. French) Three Beetroot Three courgettes Three Onions 5 Chillis Nine Shallots Small Tomatoes Five tomatoes Salad Collection –basket of 4 kinds of Salad items Heaviest Marrow Heaviest Pumpkin So if you would like to sponsor, or know someone who may (we advertise the names in the Crier and on the website) please do contact Sandie Joy on 01296 682446 or Gill Brazier on 01296 688548. Thank you
Church Rota March
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Choristers: Easter ChoirJames practice at 7.30; Monday evenings. this month have been sponsored byDay Pippa& Naylor for The lights Cublington th their Grand daughter Sophia’s Baptism service on the 11 of February. If you like to sing you will be made very welcome, ”heating will be on” if you Lovely to see them back in the village again. th can’t sing do come enjoy them at the Easter Service. Saturday the 17and .Pavillion. Jumble Sale: Cublington Choristers: Easter Day Choir practice at 7.30 Monday evenings. If you like to sing you will be made very welcome,”heating will be on”If you can’t sing do come and enjoy them at the Easter Service.
THE LIGHTS THIS MONTH HAVE BEEN SPONSORED BY Pippa & James Naylor ; for their Grand daughter Sophia’s Baptism service on the 11th of February. Lovely to see them back in the village again.
WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPONSOR THE CHURCH FLOODLIGHTS?
A small £12 donation - covers a whole weeks lighting.
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February 2018 Winners 1st Prize - £50 - Rebecca & Vernon Cox. 2nd Prize - £35 - Frankie James. 3rd Prize - £25 - Kerry Brazier. 4th Prize - £15 - Maggie Brandon. This is the final draw in the current round.
New tickets will be available shortly. On sale during March and April... from any Orchard Ground Committee member:
Please support this village fundraising initiative when the new round of draws starts in May. New standing order initiative being introduced... ask Bob for more details and a form.
Duncan Mack, Bob Paine, Liz Smith, Gary Brazier, Colin Antosiewicz, Mark Cheetham, Miranda Gregory, Martyn Waters, Michael Reilly and Lucy Peck.
Please support your village community facility by buying a ticket or two!
POP UP SHOP 1-5pm SUNDAY 25th MARCH No. 2 Walled Gardens Come for a look and a coffee!
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Thank you all so much for last years mowing... I have kept as close as possible to last years dates. This is currently a provisional list and can be altered, if you would like to be removed or added to it please get in touch on 682787 or royshons@btinternet.com As the growing season seems to be extending later and later and we have a few people doing double shifts - we need a few more volunteers please! Thank you all. God Bless, Roy
02nd April Roy Shons 09th April Colin Justice 16th April Lucy & Peter Clunie 23rd April Mike & Sandie Joy 30th April Duncan Mack 07th May Michele Packer & Family 14th May Vacant !!! 21st May Abbie & Lee 28th May David Bradbury 04th June Barry & Freddie Sim 11th June Gill & Gary Brazier 18th June Tom & Harry Gadsby 25th June Sophie & John Law 02nd July Maggie & Chris Brandon
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8th Oct Vacant !!!
Could you please help fill in the gaps? Call Roy to book your slot! WOULD YOU LIKE TO BE IN WITH A CHANCE OF WINNING UP TO £20,000? If the answer is yes, please sign up for the Vale Lottery and at the same time raise additional funding for Orchard Ground.
All supporters will get the chance to win prizes for just £1 per week. Every ticket has a 1 in 50 chance of winning a prize every week! The draw will take place every Saturday night. The first draw took place on Saturday 28th November 2015. Winners will be advised directly, so if you don’t have the time to check if you’ve won, the Vale Lottery will let you know! Importantly Orchard Ground Association will receive 50% of all ticket sales from our supporters that sign up! www.valelottery.co.uk/support/orchard-ground-association and follow the instructions. Thank you for your continued support and good luck to everyone who enters the draw!
From the Reverend Dear friends, Yet again the clocks go forward one hour during March: "Spring---forward Fall(Autumn)---back" so goes the old wisdom. The changing of the time of course is all to do originally with the needs of the farming community and the journey to and from school by our younger children. Most people now seem to argue that this needs to come to an end and we should just settle down and leave the clocks alone! I guess there are arguments for and against, but whether we'll actually do anything is another matter.
Changes occur quite organically in many cases, others need much discussion with many different angles being considered before any change should occur. As we approach Holy Week and Easter we are given the opportunity for change which is real and constructive, life-giving and nurturing both personally and also for society as we consider the claims made two thousand year's ago by a most remarkable man,J esus of Nazareth. I wish you all a blessed Lenten build up toEaster. God Bless you all. Reverend Philip Derbyshire
Saturday 17th March 2pm in the Biggs Pavilion
Clothes, bric-a-brac, books, CDs and DVDs required. Please bring items to the Pavilion from 10am on the 17th. Sorry we cannot accept electrical items. In aid of Church funds
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A place to meet. No charge, but donations welcome. An opportunity to meet in our beautiful church.
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MARATHON MANIA... It’s that time of year again, the London Marathon or maybe that 10k race, is just around the corner and runners are pounding the pavements. Running or walking improves our physical and mental fitness as the feel-good chemicals kick in..
of the foot and passes them up the leg. It too can get stuck and make us feel that things are a bit stiffer or may lead to muscles not working how they should. They all affect smooth running.
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If so, health and care services in Buckinghamshire would like your help to ensure we are delivering the best possible care for our population – which means it is vital we hear from residents who have experienced cancer treatment. NHS Aylesbury Vale and NHS Chiltern Clinical Commissioning Groups are working with Macmillan Cancer Support to invite people with experience of cancer to give their views in a new online survey. Everyone’s experience of cancer is different. So, for us to give the best possible care and support, we need you to help us understand what that looks like to you and how you think we should provide it. Because you have been through it, you are best placed to tell us what works, what can be improved, and what specific cancer support should be available to you within the Bucks area. Things may not change overnight, but if your experiences have left you with ideas of what would be good for patients in Bucks – whether improving an existing service or offering new kinds of support – we want to hear from you.
We know that being given the all-clear does not always mean the end of cancer and returning to normal. It’s vital that when treatment stops you still have the right support to get back on your feet, deal with the consequences of your experience and know how to spot signs if cancer should return. Whether you are currently undergoing treatment, are now living after treatment, or if you have watched a loved one go through cancer, please let us know your views. Comment boxes have been distributed at a range of locations across Bucks (including GP surgeries, libraries, support group venues and many others) and you can complete the full survey via the link below. All details will be kept strictly confidential. www.letstalkhealthbucks.nhs.uk/consult.ti/ cancerservices/
Tennis Club AGM Monday 5th March 8 pm Biggs Pavilion
Volunteers are always needed to help run the club. If you're willing to give up a few hours a month to help out in any way, please come along and see how it all works. Without being dramatic, some new blood would be most welcome to take the club forward in the next few years of it's development.
Groundforce Day Saturday 7th April
Tennis Club members are encouraged to come and help tidy up round the courts... A joint initiative with Orchard Ground and the Cricket Club. A spot of weeding, grass cutting, bench painting, some hedge trimming, and maybe even a game of tennis thrown in. Please arrive 9-9.30am for breakfast bacon rolls and then 2-3 hourswork before tennis and maybe the pub.
Tennis Club Open Day - Sunday 29th April 1-5 pm
A chance to come along and rejoin at last years rates, sign up for coaching or the club tournaments. Please come and support your club. Refreshments available. Do you know of anyone who would like to join? Please bring them along.
Want to play tennis? - we offer all different levels of participation from team tennis to social sessions, team coaching and general practice sessions to club tournaments. We really do offer something for everyone. MEMBERSHIP ENQUIRIES: Caroline 01296 681373
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Anyone for tennis? Join your local tennis club at very reasonable rates and get fit! Go on, you know you want to! All levels of tennis available from beginner through to competitive league. Friendly club tournaments and social tennis available.
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From Our Man in the Stalls at the Palace Theatre, Shaftesbury Avenue, Cublington (I think that’s right) This year’s production, from the highly acclaimed pen of Peter Morgan, adapted and directed by Simon (surely soon to be ‘Sir Simon’) Morgan was a triumph. Panto stalwarts Jane Alexander and Chris Brandon played their parts with great aplomb and there was an excellent turn from a typecast Gerry Griffiths as a 99-year-old PC Mann. Sir Archibald Lurcher, ably played by Martyn Walters (and at times by Kim Walls, it seemed) was the doting father of three daughters played by Chris Gibby, Diane Grace and the youngest, Beauty, by Becky George. Jaime Packer was the villain of the piece, portrayed in the style of a James Bond baddie complete with very convincing Russian accent. Steve Markwell and Jackie Farrands, rapidly becoming panto veterans, starred as Wink and Snip and it was a testament to the extraordinary skills of the makeup department that Jan Antosiewicz was
unrecognisable as Gypsy Lee. The scenery was wonderful, great job Martyn Gates and Maggie and Liz surpassed themselves with the costumes. This year also saw the debut of Vanessa Verity as Abigail Blowlightly, with Jason Taylor taking over the lighting to ensure that she was lit up to her best advantage. The Beast himself was played by Sir Simon Morgan, as busy man what with adapting the screenplay, directing and producing. As ever the front row was a dangerous place to sit. Top tip: always aim to join the rowdy crowd of rude mechanicals in the back few rows. The show would not go on without the first call support crew, amongst whom a special mention goes to Evelyn Griffiths, Cublington’s own musical maestra and Kim Walls the prompt would seemed to have more lines than anyone. The story itself panned out in the end. Love won out over evil, the Beast was not so beastly after all and Sir Archibald seemed to get all his girls off his hands by the end of the show Many thanks to all who helped to continue this wonderful village tradition. Job well done!
March in the garden
Spring is on her way! Early-flowering bulbs are starting to fill the beds and borders; leaves are unfurling and insects are waking up. It’s time to enjoy the first warmth of the sun on your back - but beware the night time frosts! See Frost in the Garden Preparation is key this month. Prepare beds for sowing; organise the greenhouse; buy in new seed compost (see how make your own) and order seeds if not done so already.
SOIL MATTERS
VEGETABLES
Good soil structure is the key to growing healthy vigorous plants. If your soil is still wet from winter rains, avoid walking or standing on it until it's had a chance to dry out. Use planks to spread your weight.
Use this month to pre-warm soils with a cloche or sheet of plastic for a week or two before sowing or planting.
Spread compost, well-rotted manure or other soilimprovers. Organic material in the soil will stimulate the billions of micro-organisms that maintain health and fertility. If you know you have a patch which won't be cultivated until later in the summer, sow a green manure to benefit the soil. Fenugreek or Phacelia tanacetifolia will germinate this month. The former gives the soil a quick fertility boost, the latter will provide beautiful blue flowers loved by pollinators. See Green Manures to understand how they work. The Organic Gardening Catalogue has a wide range of green manure seeds, suitable for every soil type and situation. Give your compost heap a 'spring turn' to aerate and stimulate the contents. See Home Composting March is also a good month to empty out any ready compost. Store in bags ready for use around the garden where needed. If you have a worm bin, it can be put outside at the end of the month.
'Top dress' overwintered crops, such as autumnplanted onions and cabbage, with some rich garden compost, or well-rotted manure. This will give them a boost for spring growth. Don't forget to plan a crop rotation for your fruit and veg. This helps prevent disease and makes best use of the soil's nutrition. If you have had rye growing as a green manure over winter, It is important not to follow it with a directsown, small-seeded crop, such as carrots or parsnips. The decomposing rye foliage can temporarily inhibit germination. Wait 2 or 3 weeks after digging the rye in, then sow. Dig up any potato plants from tubers left in the ground from last year, they could be carrying the potato blight fungus. They can be composted, but smash them well first. Bury stems and stumps of overwintered brassicas in the compost heap as soon as they have finished cropping. This will help reduce the population of mealy aphids and whitefly which otherwise would simply move on to your spring planted crops.
FRUIT Without bees there would be no fruit, so it pays to make your organic garden beefriendly. In sunny spots, sow clumps of bee-attractant flowering plants. There are lots of annuals you can sow now including borage, Californian poppy, bronze fennel, and poached egg plant. The latter is useful sown around fruit bushes to attract aphid-eating predators. They will control currant aphids, the cause of red currant blister leaf damage (shown). As the soil warms up, apply mulches around/under established trees and fruit bushes. First remove existing weeds, then hoe carefully (avoiding roots) to expose pests to birds. (This is particularly useful to get rid of the gooseberry sawfly cocoons. Sawfly will eat and eventually defoliate the bushes.) Wait a few days, then mulch with well rotted manure, garden compost or straw and hay (up to 10cm deep).
FLOWERS Hard-prune roses and clear away lingering dead leaves to clear away remaining black-spot spores. Give established roses, herbaceous plants, climbers and bulbs a spring feed with garden compost. If you only have farm manure, make sure it’s well-composted, use at half the rate of garden compost, and keep away from plant stems. Fork in lightly, or just leave on the soil surface and let soil creatures take it down. Whatever you plant this month, tree, shrub, or perennial, don’t over-feed. A couple of handfuls of garden compost in the planting hole is enough, plus a light mulch around the newly-planted. Hoe weeds on sight, especially annual weeds before they can seed. If a frost is forecast, be sure to protect any tender plants. See Frost in the Garden
KEEPING THE GARDEN HEALTHY Aphids of all sorts will be on the increase this month. Before summer predators such as ladybirds and wasps are ready to eat them, use hand picking/squishing to control an infestation build-up, rather than resort to toxic sprays. Flowers in all parts of the garden will attract beneficial
predators, such as hoverflies, and thus avoid the need for harmful pesticide sprays. The poached-egg flower, Limnanthes douglasii (pictured) will provide an early feast. The sooner you fill your garden with the pesteaters, the sooner you'll get the pests under control. Insects to encourage are ladybirds (will eat aphids), beetles (will eat slugs) and wasps, which will devour hundreds of grubs and flies in the course of a summer. A healthy garden is filled with a huge range of wildlife, ugly and beautiful, a balance that keeps the garden flourishing. Cut out any branches showing signs of coral spot and clear away dead plant tissue where this disease can take hold. Dieback appearing on woody plants after the cold season should also be cut out, down to healthy growth. Put out slug traps (pictured) a week or two before making new sowings and plantings and check them regularly - especially in damp weather - to keep topped up with bait such as beer or formulated bait. Make sure your greenhouse is clean and washed down. Hang sticky traps to catch flying pests such as whitefly and sciarid fly. Temperatures are too still too low for biological control, so traps will keep pest levels down until predators can be introduced. Squash or rub off aphid colonies as they arrive.
LAWNS Feed your organic lawn if it grew poorly last year. Try the Chase lawn fertiliser - Spring treatment from The Organic Gardening Catalogue. It has N; 9%, P; 3%, K: 3% and is an ideal organic spring feed for your lawn. Alternatively, scatter sieved garden compost over the lawn, and brush or rake in. A patch of unmown long grass adds to the bio-diversity in your organic garden. Butterflies, for instance, like to lay eggs in flowering grasses. Feed any hedges with a garden compost, or wellrotted manure mulch.
PONDS Carefully remove any decaying plant debris. Frogs will arrive soon to breed. Make sure they have plants nearby to shelter in.
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A peaceful Country Retreat for your cat in spacious heated farm accommodation. Gillian Alexander - Proprietor Inspections welcome South Tinkers Hole Farm • Cublington Road • Wing • Leighton Buzzard • Beds • LU70LB Telephone: Aylesbury (01296) 681104 email: info@alexanderscountrycats.co.uk www.alexanderscountrycats.co.uk
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