You Write “The Seasons of England”
“The Seasons of England”, an evocative theme for a concert, transported the delighted audience from Spring through to Winter by way of the words and music of some of England’s best loved poets and composers.
13 million people live below the poverty line in the UK. Chiltern Foodbank is one of the four hundred Foodbanks across the country working with local people to help those in their community in need. Food is donated, collected and sorted by volunteers. Those in need are identified by front line professionals, such as GP’s and Social Workers, and referred to their local Foodbank distribution centre. Here more volunteers offer support and distribute emergency food for a limited period of three days.
The characteristics of the seasons were expressed by a miscellany of emotions. Some pieces encompassed pleasurable anticipation, some joyful celebrations, others wistful longing and haunting memories.
Dave Worrall from Chiltern Foodbank said “These young people have made a real difference to their local community and made a real contribution to helping those most in need.”
The imaginative idea of Barbara Courtenay-King brought together her husband, Bill McGillivray, and four other talented friends to perform in a very enjoyable fund raising concert in support of the Wendover Choral Society.
It always gladdens me to be part of the Anyone interested in volunteering or community spirit that strongly exists in donating food should visit www.chiltern. Wendover and this concert, together with foodbank.org.uk. Anne Jones - Wendover Foodbank the plentiful supply of home-made cakes and tea, gave voice to this spirit in such a pleasurable way. Family Search I lived in Wendover from when I was born My hope is that these six talented, re-united until I was 30 on the Aylesbury Road. At friends will perform together again for us the age of 16 I went to the registry office to some time in the not too distant future. get my birth certificate and Mr Uff from the Anne Baiocchi village seemed reluctant to give it to me – Editor - Other letters about “The Seasons of I had to let him know I was already aware England” on www.wendovernews.co.uk. my parents were actually my biological grandparents (Norah and Ernest ‘Tiny’ Wendover Young People Arrange Wells). I married Clive Young in 1969 and at the time, as the village was smaller, everyone Collections for Chiltern Foodbank Over the last two months young people from knew each other. When we split up I moved Wendover organised collections of food within away from the village but continued to come their schools to help feed local people in need. every week and visit my mother Norah until her death in 1995. Beth Humphries from Aylesbury High School, collected 63 kilos from her school - For years now I’ve been trying to find out any enough to feed seven people for three days. information about my biological father or a half Tara Harding, Kieran Hall, Kayleigh Hampton sister who was born 2 years after me in October and Megan 1951 to my biological mother, Joyce Wells. Davies (see photo) from I believe my father worked at RAF Halton, John Colet possibly in the cookhouse, sometime S c h o o l , between 1948 and 1950 (I was born We n d ove r November 1949). The name I’ve been given (class 11G) is Owen Gallagher and he had a best friend collected 84 nicknamed Cornish who used to drink in The kilos from George at the clock tower. their school. T h a t ’ s If anyone has any information, however enough to small it might seem, anything would be feed ten greatly appreciated. Replies to Wendover people for News, please. Maureen (Wells) three days. www.wendovernews.co.uk
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