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May issue of In and Around Iver A great month, with two Bank Holiday Mondays to look forward to on 6th and 27th and hopefully some nice weather to go with them. A much needed week’s holiday in Portugal has been booked, so I’m excited to be getting some down time and a chance to switch off my brain and relax for a while. April was pretty chaotic for a number of reasons, but mostly as Sammy and Summer moved out into a place of their own and it was all hands on deck to help them get settled. I’m so proud of Sammy and how quickly she has matured and become such a wonderful mummy. And, whilst I’m left with a clean and tidy house, I have to say the silence is deafening (no kids tv in the background) and I may well still be suffering from empty nest syndrome for the coming months. Fortunately, they’re coming to Portugal with us, and I’m guessing it will be quite different to last year. Little Summer is like a tornado on legs, so I’m not rating my chances of reading a book and chilling. This could turn into more of an action holiday than I had planned for. Eek!! Well, that’s the mags done for another month, the house is still tidy, so I’m off to have a go at baking the fresh cherry and almond cake on page 30. Until next month
.Angela & Sammy
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Travel: Kazakhstan 6 Tech: Green Fingered Gadgets 8 Bank Holiday Bonanza 10 De-Clutter 12 Books: A Life Like No Other 14 Puzzles 16 Beauty: Spring into Summer 18 Health: National Walking Month 20 Citizens Advice Bureau 22 Pets: The Dangers of Heatstroke 22 The Story Behind May Day 24 Karen Munro: Careers 26 Recipe: Miso Broth 28 Baking: Fresh Cherry & Almond Cake 30 The Ivers Parish Council 34 The History of the Mayflower 36 Richings Park Residents Association 38 Interiors: The Modern Bedroom 42 Finance: Weather the Debt Conditions 44 The Steady Rise of the Silver Splicers 46 Children’s Puzzle Page 48 Ready for Revision 50 Iver Village Junior School Update 52 25 Years On: 25 facts about the Channel Tunnel 54 Motoring: The best barely-used bargain cars 56 Driving: Too old to be behind the wheel? 58 A farce of divine proportions 60 Gardening: Make it minimal 62 Garden View: Scaling the walls 64 National Vegetarian Week 66 Puzzle Solutions 67 Short Story: A bad day for Brutus 68 The science behind a smile 70 Clubs, Groups & Classes 72, 74 & 76 Wordsearch 78
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Iver Recreation Ground Car Park
The Community Hub
We are pleased to advise work is about to commence to improve the car park at Iver Recreation Ground making it more accessible for all. The improvements are intended to better facilitate access for disabled visitors with 12 new parking bays being constructed adjacent to the pavilion as well as providing a better footway and upgrades to the lighting leading to entrance of the Jubilee Pavilion itself.
The Citizens Advice Bureau continues to run Drop In sessions here at the Community Hub, 45B High Street, Iver on the second Thursday of the month between 10am and 12pm no appointment is necessary, we are happy to report the service continues to be well used and proving of real benefit to our residents.
We are also actively seeking funding for the replacement of the path at Iver Recreation Ground, information on this project will be published in due course.
Hardings Row Nature Reserve is best reached on foot due to limited parking, the conservation area is home to a host of wildlife including a range of butterflies and dragon flies. There is an open meadow to the east of the site and a range of birdlife including Woodpeckers, Herons, Owls and Kestrels to name a few are also found here. Frogs are plentiful and lots of frogspawn and tadpoles are observed in the ponds and ditches found on site. Grass Snakes have also been observed in the banks. Why not drop by and wander around this often forgotten nature reserve here in The Ivers.
Iver Heath Recreation Ground In further news we are also happy to advise that we were successful in being awarded funding from the LAF (Local Area Forum) to upgrade the lighting on the footpaths leading into Iver Heath Recreation Ground. An upgrade to the existing pavilion is also planned to better benefit the community, local groups and associations.
Hardings Row Conservation Site
Conservation Site, Hardings Row, Iver Heath (Off Swallow Street) SLO OHF
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Forthcoming Committee Meetings Monday 13th May 7.30pm Full Council AGM Iver Heath Village Hall Thursday 16th May 7.30pm Policy & Finance The Ivers Parish Council Offices Wednesday 22nd May 7.30pm Amenities Committee The Ivers Parish Council Offices Tuesday 28th May 6pm Planning Committee The Ivers Parish Council Offices Monday 3rd June 7.30pm Full Council Jubilee Pavilion, Iver Wednesday 5th of June 7.30pm Highways & Infrastructure The Ivers Parish Council Offices
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Residents Garden and Shopping Precinct bodies both governmental and unofficial and are There continues to be a hold up with regard to the Heathrow Rangers being deployed to Richings Park. However, we have now received the plants promised to us for placing in the old metal rubbish containers which SBDC have decided to retire and donate to us.
preparing a strong case to try and get the whole project dropped.
Station Car Park and Parking Restrictions This month we expect to participate in the formal consultation that is required to start bringing in enforceable restrictions on parking throughout the estate. Last month’s newsletter contains the details of the feedback that was received by BCC from the questionnaires that were circulated in February and March.
Until the Heathrow Rangers situation breaks, we are unable to mow the grass in the residents garden on the corner of Bathurst Walk and Wellesley Avenue due to having insufficient funds to employ someone to do it. If there is anyone close by who could pass a mower over the grass to keep it tidy Subscriptions in the interim that would be gratefully received. As well as accepting cash or cheques as before, If you would like to support the upkeep of the our website also allows for on-line subscription Residents Garden and the planter tubs by the payments. Our current financial year commenced shops you can buy a lottery ticket from the South on April 1st. Bucks and Chilterns Lottery. This means that if you buy a lottery ticket from their website and nominate us as your chosen cause then we receive 50p per ticket which we are putting towards the cost of upkeep for the garden. Tickets can only be purchased on-line at www.chilternsouthbuckslottery.co.uk
Thorney Park Bucks CC have now rowed back from the idea of filling in the lake completely and are now proposing to leave a smaller lake. However, the project is still completely destructive of the current facility and looks to be more disruptive to the neighbouring residents due to the long running operating times it would need. The team leading the objection have made good contacts with environmental 38
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A farce of divine proportions spend most of their time either fighting with each other or getting drunk, or both. This is even before we meet the guests! Tim says; “I’m thrilled to be directing the wonderful farce that is “Don’t Get Your Vicars in a Twist” which has all the elements you’d expect from a side-splitting comedy; doors a-plenty, crossdressing, mistaken identities and more. With an absolutely stellar cast, this is already proving to be a bundle of laughs during rehearsals that will translate into a most enjoyable evening, so don’t miss out!”
Get your tickets now for The Richings Players’ production of the hilarious "Don't Get Your Vicars in a Twist" by Ann Gawthorpe and Lesley Bown. Tim Chalklen is making his directorial-debut, assisted by David Bainbridge.
Performing in Iver Village Hall on Thursday 6th June , Friday 7th June and Saturday 8th June 2019, at 7.45pm. The Box Office opens on Monday 15th April with tickets priced at £10 and £8 (Concessions – children, students and OAPs). Tickets can be purchased from calling the Box Office on 01753 654550 or online The play is set in 1991 when the first female vicar at www.richingsplayers.co.uk was ordained - it's a fast-moving farce full of fun, frolics and lots of doors! Desperate to find the funds to pay for his daughter’s wedding, Church Warden George Williams seizes the opportunity to rent out the vicarage while waiting for a new vicar to be appointed. The booking is to a touring Theatre Company, who are to stage a Murder Mystery weekend in which a female Vicar and a Bishop are among the cast. Unfortunately for George, a new female Vicar is appointed to the vicarage before the Murder Mystery weekend can take place. George thinks he is still in luck when the new Vicar, Caroline Timberlake announces that she is to visit friends at a college reunion over the weekend. However, events take a turn for the worse when Bishop Herbert rings the vicarage to announce that he is to visit to meet his new vicar. Chaos ensues as the actor playing the Bishop in the Murder Mystery weekend is mistaken by George and fellow Churchwarden Alan, for the real Bishop Herbert and the Bishop himself mistakes the actor playing the Vicar for Caroline. Matters get worse as half of the Theatre Company fails to make an appearance and the remainder 60
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