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as always. The number of outlets will be much smaller than usual and vulnerable door-to-door sellers are not available this year. Why not follow the Weston Turville idea? (see page 2).
You will not be surprised to read that Remembrance 2020 style will be different from any in the past. As always, the emphasis will be on Respect for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for us and the ardent desire for Peace all over the world.
Remembrance Sun, 8 Nov The Wendover Parade will The poppies will be fixed in a not take place as usual at new way this year 2.30pm although there will Prior to Remembrance Days be a short ceremony of wreath laying by In recent years, the railings on the Manor invited representatives of the organisations Waste War Memorial have been decorated which are usually involved at the War with poppies hand crafted by local people. If Memorial. The public is respectfully asked you would like to add to the poppies, please not to attend because mass gatherings are see article on page 2. not permitted at the moment. The ceremony In the weeks before Remembrance, the will be relayed live via https://www. Royal British Legion will be selling poppies as facebook.com/wendoveruknews/. usual. The shops which want to participate will have poppies on sale but please respect Armistice Day is Wednesday 11 November. any Covid security which might be involved Please see Matters Arising on page 32 in the transaction. The Royal British Legion for information about an important car respectfully asks you to wear your poppy with parking survey for Wendover. pride to make sure the Appeal is as successful
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Simply Walk has returned!
Simply Walk, funded by Buckinghamshire Council and donations from walkers, is part of a countywide programme of free, volunteer-led walks, which aims to help people get outdoors and be more active. The walks are all sociable and walkers don’t need any special equipment to join in – just a pair of comfortable shoes. Walks run all year, including weekends, and offer a choice of different walk lengths and locations. More information can be found at www.buckscc. gov.uk/simplywalk.
Yarn Poppies
All locally donated crafted poppies adorning the War Memorial have now been stitched to mesh grids and affixed to the railings. Sue Abbott, who has headed up the project, would like to thank Derek Barker for measuring, funding and cutting the grids to size and attaching them. Anyone may add their family/heirloom poppy to the display which will remain up from late October until the first week in January. If you wish to retrieve your own poppy, please do so in time. Otherwise it will be added to the community collection.
join with a 2-minute silence on the Sunday morning at 11am. You can observe it in your garden or house, if it is inclement weather, and just think of and quietly remember those who gave so much.
Chilterns Walking Festival 17 Oct-1 Nov
Over 40 guided countryside walks led by knowledgeable guides, activities and events including routes centred around nature reserves, iron age hillforts, farms, churches and filming locations. Sign up at www.visitchilterns. co.uk/walkingfestival.
Butterfly Bazaar Autumn Craft Fairs
The Autumn Fairs will be held at Prestwood Village Hall on Saturday 31 October and Great Kingshill Village Hall on Saturday 21 November from 11am to 3:30pm. Free entry.
Kimble & Ellesborough Hort. Society
Tue 3, 8pm, via Zoom Two Poppies - the Field or Remembrance Poppy and the Opium Poppy. This talk, by Professor Sandy Primrose, scientist and author, will describe how these poppies impact our lives today and those of our servicepeople. Window Poppies Visit https://e-voice.org.uk/kehs for joining If you are not able to buy a poppy this year information. (there are fewer face to face options) please go to www.britishlegion.org.uk/get-involved/ Christmas Food & Gift Market ways-to-give/donate and download a poppy Thu 5 to Sat 7, 9am to 3pm, The Lee Parish to colour in and display in your window to Hall (next to the shop), HP16 9NB show your support between Sunday 8 and Stalls full of delicious festive food, beverages, Wednesday 11 November. gourmet gifts and decorations. Find items for Residents of Weston Turville are encouraged all the family. Careful social distancing and to decorate pebbles with names of people masks will be required at all times. they wish to remember or appropriate pictures and lay them at the war memorial in Worlds Cholesbury-cum-St-Leonards Local End Lane BEFORE 8 November. The decorated History Group pebbles will be gathered and used in the Fri 6, 7.15 for 7.45pm, video link adjacent rose beds or wildflower garden. Please Soldiers, Saint And Sinners - Oxfordshire
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Events characters from the British Civil War 1642-1651. Stephen Barker designs exhibitions for museums and lectures on military history. Contact: Richard Leat 01494 758784. Membership: Adults £10 pa, School Students free. Visitors welcome £4 per meeting.
Wendover Art Club
Wed 11 & 25, 7.30pm, Wendover Memorial Hall One will be a working evening, the other with George Boyter, dates tbc.
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starts Sat 14, 10am, a little bird told me gallery Support local artists & makers this Christmas season at the Pop-Up Christmas Crafty, Arty Shop. See advert front page. Sun 15, 7-11pm, Facebook Please join Pace and get your Christmas shopping wrapped up early. Gifts from some fabulous local and national businesses including Christmas decorations, jewellery, food, homeware, skincare and more. Visit https://bit.ly/2I6lf2Y to see the wonderful stalls and products.
BBOWT Talks Restart
• Monthly London Property Exhibitions at the Park Lane office
No2's Christmas on the Manor
• A network of 800 associated offices across the UK
Tue 17, 7.45pm on Zoom BBOWT has arranged some ZOOM talks in place of its regular gatherings, find out more in the article page 12. Fri 20 Nov, 4-10pm, Manor Waste, Wendover An inspiring charity event for Lindengate. See page 19.
Coming Soon - Save the Date!
• 11-21 December, Christmas Carol Trail - see page 17 • 13 December, 11am, Butterfly Bazaar Winter Craft Fair, see page 18 • 13 December, 5pm, Rennie Grove Light up a Life -see page 23 • 7 January 2021, 2.30pm, Wen Horticultural Society AGM, see page 12
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Sustainable Shopping in Wendover Budgens Fresh Food
Many people are becoming more concerned about their footprint on the planet so they are looking for ways in which they can buy good things to eat and to use without destroying our wonderful world. Our shopkeepers are thinking along similar lines so it was no surprise to see that Budgens had another refurb so as to offer yet more choice. • Since Friday 25 September, there has been a great selection of loose fresh fruit and vegetables, plastic free, perfect for saving food waste. 45 different products to choose from! • Another new feature - a Refillable Wine Station in partnership with Borough Wines, London. Six varieties of wine, now available for you to try in store! Empty Bottles available for purchase* *Refill prices are per 75cl of wine purchased. For the most revolutionary new line - Grab and Go, Debbie Tompkins was consulted to advise on fresh food aspects of the revamp. Debbie has prepared meals for so many local people over the past 25 years that you’ve probably enjoyed her food at some Wendover event.
In recent months, many people who are used to the vibe of working in town (London to the rest of us) have spent 24/7 in Wendover but are looking for the same variety and interest offered in the Big Smoke. Fortunately, Wendover already has lots of cafés which each offer a unique service and restaurants featuring cuisines from around the world. Now Budgens is able to offer Grab and Go food which is all made instore by trained chefs who prep and wrap from ingredients found on the shelves. It is hoped that students from the Aylesbury College Catering School will bring their cooking knife skills to Wendover. Everything will be freshly prepared and when it’s gone, it’s gone. Debbie was very flattered to be asked to critique and advise and immediately set to work - and she brought a mantra with her –
true, honest, good. She has put her heart and soul into this project and hopes everyone will enjoy the food. This has been her life’s mission.
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WENDOVER MUSIC 2020 Season of Concerts
We are sorry to advise that due to Coronavirus, the 2020 season has now ended. All 2020 season tickets will now be valid for the 2021 season. If you have purchased individual concert tickets and would like a refund, please write to Wendover Music Ticket Refunds, 32 High Street, Wendover, Bucks, HP22 6EA or see our website for details.
2021 dates for your diary
All at St Mary’s Church commencing at 7.30pm 13 March (AGM) - Leo Popplewell (Cello) 17 April - Steven Osborne (Piano) 8 May - Timothy Riddout (Viola) & Tom Poster (Piano) 5 June - London Handel Players (mixed ensemble) 10 July - Samuele Telari (accordion) and Ema Nikolovska (mezzo-soprano) Concert tickets £20 (students £5). AGM tickets £10 non season ticket holders. Mini Mozart £6 per child (adults free) or £10 for 2 siblings Season tickets £75 (students £15) - includes AGM and reserved seating area in Nave. All purchased tickets for individual concerts for the 2020 season will be accepted for the revised dates so no need to re-book.
Tickets available online via www.wendover-music.org or from ‘Just’ on Wendover High Street
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Debbie has worked tirelessly dropping in samples and tasters to Budgens staff and all her friends. Now she is happy for you to enjoy her endeavours. Hopefully, this fresh range will appeal to those going to and from the gym; needing a welcome break from their home desk; mums on the run; energetic people who have big appetites (those baguettes filled with roast beef etc have to be eaten!). The packaging has been sourced from a local company. It is made sustainably and can be disposed of in recycling bins. Having sourced the best bread and basic ingredients from the shelves of Budgens, Debbie has devised delicious menus to tempt the jaded palate after a morning of WFH. Why not pop down to Budgens to pick up something which will sustain you and leave you feeling good so that you can return home to work having eaten well. The range will be developed and reflect seasonal produce. Balanced food to tempt young children is also envisaged.
Let’s get Wendover eating well.
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happy past experiences not gloomy national This winter is a daunting prospect for many news. Tell them stories about yourself that people particularly the elderly. Loneliness will make them laugh and encourage them to take up activities like looking at old photos, can be a huge problem. listening to music, knitting, jigsaws and Government guidelines about households getting out into the garden. What they need mixing are changing on a daily basis and is to feel that somebody cares so picking up must be followed. However we can all do some shopping or a prescription for them our bit to alleviate the loneliness. Why not will help. You might even get your children try making contact by telephone with your to send them pictures or give them a bit of friends and neighbours? Think of people who home baking. Try and encourage them to use live alone but include any person you know any technology they have, such as mobile supporting a husband or wife with illness phones and Wifi, which will keep them in or dementia. A regular phone call can make touch with their family. all the difference and it is easy to find out It is sad not to be able to touch or hug - so if they are worried about anything or have this can also be done over the phone “I can’t needs such as shopping or prescriptions. If give you a hug but I really want to. So let’s there is difficulty hearing on the phone you imagine my arms around you.” may consider a doorstep visit. Standing more than 2m from the open front door, a quick Written by Wendover Dementia Support. If chat can be a lifeline. you are supporting someone with dementia, live locally and would like help or advice, ring Remember that the purpose of any chat is 01296 625838 or check the website www. to cheer them up so it is good to focus on wendoverds.org.uk/.
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HS2 - update HS2 & Wendover - the Fight continues . . .
1. Mined Tunnel Everyone agrees the best outcome for Wendover is the mined tunnel, but we are running out of time - once the earthworks commence it ceases to be an option. Very recently, two significant pieces of information have come to light. Andrew Stephenson, Minister of Transport, now accepts that the mined tunnel proposal had not been considered by Parliament, and secondly he has confirmed that the costing method used for the tunnel proposal - Rail Method of Measurement (RMM) - is indeed in use on HS2, so it can be used for comparison purposes. This now gives us the much-needed opportunity to get our mined tunnel proposal considered by Parliament. There is reluctance however to “reopen the act” in order for Parliament to consider our detailed proposal, but it has been confirmed there is a well-used method - a Transport and Works Act Order - for adding and subtracting elements from the HS2 scheme, already used at Calvert and intended to be used at Bromford to make amends to the plans. Therefore we believe there to be a case that this Order can be used for Wendover for the very same reasons. These arguments have been put to Andrew Stephenson and Rob Butler and we await their response. Please help by writing to our local MP Rob Butler to urge him to support us in getting this proposal in front of Parliament : rob.butler.mp@parliament.uk 2. Noise, Traffic & Aquifer There remains a very real threat of flooding from slicing through the Coombe Hill aquifer for a kilometer, with significant damage to the SSSI. At the same time, the noise levels will be above WHO standards threatening over 800 homes in north Wendover. Both of these issues are being aggressively pursued with a pragmatic, cost-effective proposal of a ‘retained cutting’ north of Wendover – this proposal will address both the aquifer and noise issues and the WHS2 and WPC working groups are pushing at every level to ensure these proposals are heard at every level of government.
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Meetings continue with the Planning department at Buckinghamshire Council (BC) to discuss schedule 17 and whilst conversations between BC and HS2 are confidential until their submissions are made, once they submit, they will be in the public domain. To aid this process, WHS2 & WPC continue to push for answers to several questions which we rely on BC to put to HS2, as part of their due diligence for schedule 17 preparation. Whilst this is happening, a public survey about noise mitigation options will be out next month - the more people who express a view, the more likely we are to have an impact, so watch this space. Please support us with our social media and email campaigns by volunteering your time and expertise - contact: wendoverhs2@ btinternet.com. 3. Environment Mitigation Translocation of newts at Nash Lee – this is being done sensitively and safely, but sadly it does involve the removal of 800m of hedgerow. Relocation of badger setts at Small Dean Lane & Ellesborough Road – these are underway. Archaeological work - Kings Lane was closed to allow HS2’s contractors to build a temporary compound to support planned archaeological work near Bowood Lane which is ongoing. Clearance of ancient woodland - Jones Hill (Roald Dahl’s) Wood – Many species of bat are present in the wood, including rare and protected roosts, at least three families of badgers, hazel dormice, one active fox den, 40+ species of moth and countless species of insects and pollinators, hundreds of species of trees, flora & fauna which are all under threat. (See also HS2 and Me page 20.) www.wendovernews.co.uk
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improve both our moods and our physical health, leading to reduced stress and increased self-esteem • Builds our immune system, as the cold weather actually kills off bacteria. • With the current restrictions in place, we can meet up with a friend, which will improve our mental wellbeing through social interaction. During the past 6 months, Lindengate has opened its gates as part of our Rest & Reflect programme, supporting anyone who has been struggling with their mental wellbeing and to date, have welcomed over 1,000 people.
This support will be continuing over the Winter, with plenty of sheltered areas dotted about the 5 acre site and space to meet with a friend for Finding time to give yourself space can be a chat, or to bring a book and enjoy the peace difficult in the best of weather, but in Winter, amongst the wildlife, ensuring the therapeutic the challenge becomes even greater. There are gardens and wildlife haven are accessible to many benefits to spending just a few minutes anyone who needs it. Take a look at www. a day outdoors. Here are Wendover_News_2015_update4 a few of them: lindengate.org.uk full details 13/08/2015 for 15:09 Page 1and other ways • 15 minutes outdoors every day can that you can look after your wellbeing.
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the vulnerable beneficiary feeling left out. Instead, you could leave all of your estate into the trust. You could then ask the trustees in a side letter to give the other children their shares from the trust, but to look after the vulnerable child`s share. This can help prevent family upset as the will is seen to treat all of the beneficiaries in a similar way in the will.
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Local News Cherry Tree House donates Tabards only £7.50 while stocks last. The Friends of Cherry Tree House Residential Care Home in Dobbins Lane, Wendover, have bought the children of their local school, John Hampden, new tabards for their lunchtime monitors to wear. Events coordinator Jenny says: "All the staff and residents love their visits from the children, so they are delighted to be able to sponsor them this year”.
Wendover Community Library are pleased to run an annual photography competition of local scenes and the standard seems to get better every year. The winners of the competition are published in a calendar. The overall winner of the competition is featured on the front cover as shown in the photo, second is shown on the back cover. Prize presentation to Martin Hommel, centre, winner of the 2020 Wendover Community Library photo competition (above). Martin's winning photo (below).
Congratulations to Martin Hommel, centre, holding the calendar, who is the overall winner. His photo will be on display in the King and Queen, South Street, HP22 6EF until the end of November. Pete Donne, landlord, left, holds the framed photo. Phil Mitchell, right, chair of Wendover Community Library Trust, is about to hand over the prize – a voucher for a meal for two at the King & Queen.
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During the centenary of World War One local historians Val Moir and Mike Senior wrote about activities each month on the battle front and at home. These articles have been collected and augmented with new illustrations and stories in a book, entitled Wendover Remembers, available from Just, 11 High Street HP22 6DU and Wendover Community Library. Cost £8 while stocks last. All profit to the selling organisation.
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The William Hill Charity makes small grants to students who might need financial help with buying books or other educational resources. To see if you are eligible, please contact Jennifer Ballantine on 01296 622483
Wendy Gray wins!
Wendy, of Road Farm Countryways in Great Missenden, was presented with the Make A Difference Award for Social Care Award by Andy Collins of 3 Counties Radio
in September. The farm runs social care programs for people who enjoy time in nature but who might otherwise find it difficult to get there. Learn more about Road Farm in the August 2020 Wendover News, on page 3.
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Longtime volunteer at Wendover Pool, Liz Youens, was awarded an MBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours List in October for a lifetime devoted to promoting water safety. In addition to volunteering regularly at Wendover Swimming Pool, Liz has taught lifeguard qualifications to many adults and Wendover Celebrates The Directors of Wendover Celebrates have children locally. Wendover News extends its had to cancel the 2020 event (originally congratulations to Liz on her achievement. postponed to 2021). This is because it requires so much organisation in advance. As FNH@home turns 1 soon as things change and it is safe to do so, “Research showed that up to 70% of people the Directors will organise a new Wendover say they want to die at home, where they feel Celebrates in an appropriate format. most comfortable.” says Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity’s Chief Executive Officer, Jo Turner. “Yet more than half of us will die Rennie Grove Memorial Wood Contributors to Wendover's Rennie Grove in hospital, often following an emergency Memorial Wood were notified in October admission during the last two weeks of that HS2 is taking possession of the wood for life.” The FNH@Home team of 12 palliative an unknown period of time. Arrangements care nurses and healthcare assistants were are being made to relocate some items from able to continue the service throughout the wood elsewhere. Learn more in the the Covid-19 lockdown, and are looking for additional nurses to join their team. December 2020 Wendover News.
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Club Corner Wendover Bowls Club
World War 3 was concluded without too much bloodshed with a win for the Wendover Widjets over the Wanderers and Warriors.The traditional final match of the season between teams for the Captain and in Chairman resulted in a narrow win for the Captain by just two out of one hundred and sixty six scoring shots. So that is it for the outdoor season. A gang turned out to put the green to bed and it is now over to the tender mercy of our greenkeepers. It still looks in wonderful condition, despite the ministrations of the rooks looking for lunch, but like all of us it needs a rest. Well, where do we go from here with the indoor season? We will be able to play with severe restrictions on numbers and no interclub games. Also our social life, which is normally such an important part of club activity, will have to hang fire until this wretched virus is beaten. It is such a shame as we enter this festive season in this very strange year but we must all stay safe. We have been lucky and all of us have come through unscathed so far. Sadly some other clubs have not been so fortunate and bowlers whose company we have enjoyed in the past have gone to that great bowling green in the sky. We will miss them. Next time we will have some idea how the indoor season is panning out, meanwhile keep warm and keep safe. Don
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We are intending to start meetings in the New Year. To this end we have booked St Anne’s Hall, as the Library Rooms, if open, would not accommodate us. The only
available Thursday is the first in the month, You can register to be sent a link by going not our usual third Thursday. to www.bbowt/events ahead of Tuesday 17 November and signing up for a £4 donation. If the rules permit, our AGM will be held there on Thursday 7 January 2021 at 2.30pm. John Meanwhile out on the reserves, we expect Yabsley will also speak on “Early Egyptian to maintain our programme of work parties Gardens”. Subsequent monthly meetings within some Covid restrictions. Details of will be on the first Thursday. contacts are on www.bbowt/volunteering. College Lake Reserve is open every day This is written just after the three tiers of except Monday from 9.30am till 4pm with lockdown rules have been published, case the café serving for sheltered outdoor numbers locally have been increasing, consumption and the shop available for you with positive tests at local schools. Times to start your Christmas shopping. can change, and those who do not feel comfortable should not attend, but if the Wendover Cricket Club rules allow, we will go ahead as we have to Wendover Cricket Club enjoyed a successful restart sometime. season despite not starting until July. We fielded 2 Saturday and 1 or 2 Sunday teams As last year, we are able to order seeds at a most weekends and such were the numbers discount from Suttons. Those members who wanting to play regularly, that we played are interested, please contact Neville, 01296 34 matches whereas in 2019’s full season 622899. we only managed 41. We won and lost 14, with 2 abandoned, but there were many close games. In a shortened Mid Bucks BBOWT Talks Restart League programme, the 1st XI won 5 of Tuesday 17 November, 7.45pm on Zoom! their 7 games and finished top of Division As we are unable to hold our usual indoor 1. Notable performances in the 1st XI came evening talks we have arranged some ZOOM from George Robinson (2 x 101 & 4-18), Tom McPartlan 61* & 81* in batting with the talks, which we hope you will enjoy. tail to set up victories, Jon Green 5-44 and Registration online will be available by the Jonathan Seabrook 4-20; for the 2nd’s, Daisy end of October. It’s a very easy process much Jackson had two 3-wicket hauls and took like going onto the BBOWT site and booking the most wickets, whilst Bob Glue, Harry Murray-Russell and Rahul Kedia each had a a place on a walk. 3-for. Our first event is designed to take us out of the gloom of November and all the way to In the friendlies, 13 fifties were scored with South Africa. It is 'Naturalist on the Loose…... Will Digby getting the best score of 92, others in CapeTown' presented by Mick Jones MBE, included Anshuman Pandit 91 (2x50’s), Warden of Dancersend Nature Reserve and Kevin Jackson 84, Kalum Sapumannage 73*, Nick Morley 71, Kush Bhargava 70, Hector Chairman of BBOWT Chilterns Group.
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Club Corner Charlesworth and James Harrington each hit 2 fifties, whilst Charlie Barrett 66*and Chris Hunt 52* both achieved their maiden fifties; 4 bowlers each took 4 wickets in a game – James Heafford, Will Cliffe, Kevin Jackson and Freddie Bateson. The junior section began training in late June and held matches in 8 age groups from mid-July (when in a normal season they’d be finishing), and carried through to early September. So although there were no real leagues or competitions operating and we lost the first 12 weeks of the season, much cricket was still played. The Village Cup competition didn’t run, but there were plenty of games played between the teams.
get to this stage and earlier than HS2 had probably intended. Our subsequent dealings with HS2 haven’t been as encouraging and we are still awaiting the time when we can effectively start the actual relocation.
is required and the focus of the early part of the season will be on providing a fun introduction to the sport – with no pressure to play in matches or competitive leagues. As the squad develops we will look to arrange some friendly fixtures.
Information on the club’s activities and match reports etc. can be found on The sessions are run by a qualified FA coach, the website www.pitchero.com/clubs/ supported by other experienced coaches wendovercricketclub. from the Club and parent volunteers. To find out more, please email the club on wjfc-girls@outlook.com. Wendover Junior Football Club We are thrilled to announce the launch of the new WJFC Girls Section! This is an exciting development for the club and will provide more football opportunities for girls in and around Wendover. This season, we’re starting with school years 5, 6 and 7; hopefully this will expand to other age groups in the future. The first session took place at the end of September and we are delighted to have over 30 girls attending!
Re HS2, they have confirmed the Ellesborough Road ground can be used for the whole of the 2021 season, although we hope there won’t be any occasional access issues which they say can’t definitely be ruled out. Our MP Rob Butler has helped us No previous experience or level of ability
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In recognition of this achievement, every Monday to Thursday throughout November, Whitewaters is giving you the chance to enjoy a really tasty cup of Birchall’s tea from our range, coupled with a slice from our selection of homemade cakes and tray bakes for the special price of £4.50 per person. Whitewaters has chosen Birchall as their supplier due to their quality teas and fruit and herbal infusions and their commitment to the environment – their everyday tea bags and prism tea bags are made from plant-based material, are plastic-free and are 100% Carbon Neutral. Birchall have also become the first tea company in the world to achieve the Carbon Neutral International Standard, which they obtained by measuring and offsetting their greenhouse gas emissions and supporting verified volunteer reforestation projects around the world. This means that all their products are completely Carbon Neutral.
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Wendover Rotary weekend was held on Sat and Sun 24-25 Oct, after this edition of Wendover News went to press, it is not yet possible to publish the winners of the Duck Race and Hector's House raffle. They have been published on Wendover Rotary www.facebook.com/ RotaryinWendoverandDistrict. Thank you to everyone who supported these events.
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"I read with alarm your article on WRAP. We accept far too many immigrants into this country, frankly this is beyond idiocy.� Mr KM Local Resident Editor’s reply We are not printing the letter in full as it used language that Wendover News is not comfortable to publish. The letter refers to an article published in the February 2020 print edition of Wendover News to explain why people were fundraising by riding on static bikes outside Budgens on the weekend of Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 February. Statement from WRAP: In 2016 the Conservative UK Government established the Community Sponsorship
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programme in response to the escalating civil war in Syria. The government's reasoning for adopting this programme was so that it could welcome vulnerable refugees in a controlled manner, directly from these camps.
The UK Government provides all official paperwork for the family to reside permanently and work in the UK.
Under the scheme, local communities are encouraged to support resettlement of refugee families in their area. Eligible families are refugees - assessed and selected by the UNHCR and UK officials - who have been forced to leave their country for their own safety. The scheme is not open to asylum seekers or those seeking to migrate for economic reasons.
The family due to be welcomed by WRAP is currently unable to travel to the UK because the scheme has been paused due to coronavirus. Several other countries in Europe have resumed their programmes.
It is the local group that must, for a two-year period, commit to providing housing for the family and to helping them through support and funding raised by the community (via events such as the virtual bike ride, in which hundreds participated) to integrate into life in the UK, arranging English language tuition and supporting them towards employment and self-sufficiency.
91 families have been resettled in the UK by local communities under the scheme since it began in 2016.
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You will need to label your creation in two ways:
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Set your imagination free to invent your own representation of your favourite Christmas Carol. You can use whatever materials you like. Nowadays, many will want to use simple materials found around the home, even recycling something in an unexpected way! If you'd like your creation to feature in the Trail, please get in touch by emailing carols@ wendoverfreechurch.org.uk before Monday 30 November. A list of all participants will be published revealing the roads (not full addresses) where the displays can be seen. Anyone who wants to follow the trail can receive it by email or collect a paper copy from JUST Shop from Friday 4 December.
Start planning now. Bear in mind that if you have an outdoor display it will need to be weatherproof. We never know what to expect. If it's in a window, take care that curtains can be closed or opened safely if that's what you plan to do. If you have a special reason for choosing the Carol, you may choose to share that. Your display will need to be ready by Friday 11 December and be in place at least until Monday 21 December. That gives people two weekends to follow the trail and enjoy all the Carol displays. An easy to follow trail will be made available so that everyone will be able to enjoy this community activity.
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We all realise that we're going to have a different Christmas this year. Now that we live a more home-based everyday life, shouldn't we be experiencing a more home-town based shopping life, too? Why not support the vibrant independent businesses in our retail centre which will offer you gifts different from the mass produced items in all the larger retailers online because local small businesses have access to artisinal suppliers with very individual ideas. Many businesses also offer gift vouchers (see Lady Grey advert left) so that the recipients can enjoy what is on offer, an ideal gift for someone relatively local. Support what is vibrant about your community. We are very lucky to have such a variety of local talent. Antiques at Wendover, 25 High Street (see advert front page), has a great selection of once loved items while No1 High Street (see advert this page), has very modern ideas to choose from. JUST, 11 High Street (see advert this page) specialises in Fairtrade gifts and food. Monkey Floss and Me and Liberty Rose in the Barn Courtyard, behind No 25 High Street, have very quirky items for sale, these share the postcode HP22 6DU.
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Christmas • Enjoy the Pop Up Christmas Crafty Arty Shop! at a little bird told me gallery in the Barn Courtyard 25 High Street, HP22 6DU starting on Saturday 14 November, Wednesdays to Saturdays, 10am to 5pm, see advert front page, see also www. alittlebirdtoldmegallery.com/. • Legacy Fairs are back. Thursday 19 November, 9am - 2pm, Wendover Memorial Hall. Entrance by donation to Chairty, see advert page 4. • Butterfly Bazaar has a Winter Craft Fair in Wendover Memorial Hall on Sunday 13 December, 11am to 3:30pm, entry free, see also https://www.butterflybazaar. co.uk/.
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The Chilterns MS Centre, which empowers people affected by multiple sclerosis to lead happier, healthier and more fulfilling lives, celebrated its 35th birthday in September. A lack of local facilities to treat people with multiple sclerosis (MS) led to the charity being born. It started with an oxygen chamber and physiotherapy in 1985 in Princes Risborough. Over the years the Centre has grown, moving to the vicinity of Princess Mary Hospital. It moved to its current location at a purpose-built facility in Princess Mary Gate in 2012. The services that it provides have also grown. Physiotherapy and oxygen continue to be important therapies, but the charity now provides support to over 550 people through a range of holistic services; including occupational therapy, complementary therapies, exercise classes designed for people with MS and nutritional advice. It also offers emotional support through counselling and social groups. It is so much more than a treatment centre and many of its members have made lifelong friends.
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The work is being completed by our year 10-12 students under the guidance of CWA teacher Matt Rush and Ian Warby from Firecrest Mountain Biking - a specialist in Mountain Bike Skills at Aston Bike Park. Mr Rush, who delivers the Duke of Edinburgh course at the school, was looking into ways of engaging the students and covers the requirements of the course. Building the Pump Track will give students vital construction experience and a great new resource for physical fitness. Elements of Maths, Science, Design and Technology, Construction, Landscaping and Horticulture are involved. In addition, the project promotes life skills such as problem solving, teamwork, communication, patience and resilience.
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Teresa Meredith, Skills Manager at Buckinghamshire Adult Learning, said, “There is no better time to gain some new skills or a new qualification. Our English and maths teams have worked incredibly hard over the summer to create Covid-19 friendly learning environments in our centres and to build online learning platforms. I would urge anyone interested to visit our website at For information regarding the Pump Track www.adultlearningbc.ac.uk/english-maths/ or if you can help in any way please contact email albs@buckinghamshire.gov.uk or telephone us on 01296 674463. We welcome FRANK FENNELL new learners all the time”. PLUMBING & HEATING Once the track is finished our 6th form students will set up an enterprise project around marketing the pump track for hire. This will form part of our entry for the Peter Jones Foundation - ‘Tycoon Enterprise 2020 Competition’. We will update Wendover News readers of how we get on in the competition!
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Help to cope with bereavement
Coping with bereavement is a personal thing but having someone to talk to can make a real difference. The Rennie Grove Bereavement Support Line provides this listening ear and offers support when you or your family, friends or colleagues need it. The recent coronavirus crisis has been particularly challenging for those whose loved ones have died. With restrictions on visiting hospitals, care homes or private homes in place, opportunities to say goodbye and be with people at the end have been limited. Helpful methods of acknowledging grief such as funeral and memorial services have also been restricted, making it especially difficult for many to come to terms with their loss. Whether the loss is recent or not, if you or someone you know needs help to cope with bereavement, Rennie Grove’s team of trained staff and volunteers can help. You can call the Bereavement Support Line on 01727 638008 at any time and a member of the team will call back on the next working day. Trained to listen with empathy but without judgement, our team will work with you to find a way to help, signposting you to other forms of support if needed.
Rennie Grove Hospice Care’s Light up a Life goes virtual
Rennie Grove Hospice Care will be holding a virtual Light up a Life service this December to give local people the opportunity to remember loved ones as Christmas approaches. The introduction of the virtual service has come about because its usual annual Light up a Life services held in local communities in Herts and Bucks are unable to go ahead as a result of the pandemic. Television presenter Pam Rhodes, famous for hosting Songs of Praise, will present this non-denominational virtual service on 13 December at 5pm. The video will be hosted on Rennie Grove’s website and shared so that people can join together for the service from the comfort of their own home. “We’re sorry that it won’t be possible to hold our popular local in-person services this year, but we hope that this virtual service will offer everyone some comfort as well as supporting Rennie Grove Hospice Care’s essential work in the community,” said Rennie Grove Head of Family Support, Lisa Makey. The service will include poems read by children, a moment for reflection, and songs performed by solo singer David Mills. There will also be a moment for those watching at home to light a candle in memory of their loved one, and the opportunity to watch the lights being switched on over the Christmas tree.
Lisa Makey, Head of Family Support Services at Rennie Grove explained: “We recognise that different people need different levels of support but it is important that no-one feels alone when coping with bereavement. Sometimes grief can take you by surprise too, popping up many years after someone has died or affecting you more intensely than expected when someone who To help get the most out of a service, families is not especially close dies. and friends can donate and order a Light “Our Bereavement Support Line is there for up a Life pack, which includes an order of everyone, offering support to help you cope service, a candle, a Light up a Life card and a with general grief or specific challenges and silver star that you can use to write a special we hope that local people will use the service message or attach a photo. if they need it and help us spread the word about it to other members of the community. By supporting each other in this way, we hope to ensure that everyone in the local community feels they have someone to turn to.”
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Rennie Grove has also teamed up with Much Loved, an online memorial charity, to create a special Light up a Life dedication page where people can write down thoughts, upload photos and leave messages in memory of a loved one. To make a dedication, visit www.renniegrove. light-up-a-life.org/2020. To find out more about the virtual service, make a donation and order a Light up a Life pack, please go online at www.renniegrove.org/lual.
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Youth Second Foodbank Donation Week in special mention to staff and pupils of Halton Combined School who donated an amazing Wendover During this Covid-19 Pandemic, key partners in the community including Wendover Youth Centre, Wendover Parish Council, Churches Together in Wendover and the Wendover Foodbank partnered together to run the first Foodbank Donation Week in Wendover.
150kg of food towards the total.
During the week we had the young people from St Mary’s Church come and help with cleaning and packing the food into crates. It was great to see these young people put their time into coming up with ways to be a Since the end of lockdown and with the part of the week and help their community. effects of the pandemic still affecting A big thank you to them for their fantastic people, the amount of people accessing efforts throughout the week. the foodbank continues to increase in our local area. The Chiltern Foodbank, of which Lastly, we would like to thank everyone Wendover Foodbank is a part, has seen a who has been involved and contributed to continued increase in demand since the the foodbank donation week. It has been end of lockdown. This prompted us to run amazing to see the whole community come a second foodbank donation week from 27 together to help those who are in need! It September-4 October. is a pleasure to be part of such a generous and caring community. We are planning on Over the whole week the community running two foodbank donation weeks (In donated 438.8kg of food. It is fantastic the Spring and Autumn) each year to help to see the support for the foodbank and ensure our local foodbank and the local the donations are greatly appreciated. A people who use it are supported!
Just some of the donations made during the two Wendover Youth Centre Foodbank Donation Weeks in 2020. During 2020, more than 1000kg was donated by local people to foodbanks in our area through these drives. Photos courtesy Wendover Youth Centre.
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HS2 and The Bucks Goat Centre Bucks Goat Centre in Stoke Mandeville is a popular local destination which was founded in 1991 by Michael Gaisford, and is currently owned by his daughter, Ruth.
off contains the memorial bench erected in honour of the farm’s founder, which serves as the centrepiece of the mental wellbeing and relaxation section of the farm – a place to just be in nature. Unfortunately, the surrounding nature is now largely gone, with construction in clear view.
is awaiting a visit from the ecologist who undertook the report. They also await the noise, vibration and traffic monitors which HS2 have repeatedly promised, but not yet delivered.
On 23 September, while Ruth was away on holiday, Fusion JV contractors working on behalf of HS2 trespassed on land owned by the centre in order to remove hedgerows. According to personnel at the centre, they were Fusion JV has now erected not consulted about this access prior to its a temporary fence and Trespass on the day. occurrence. On the day, Ruth posted pleas for removed some of the Photo by Bucks Goat Centre staff. assistance on the Goat Centre’s social media: There is also the issue of the devastated hedgerow, ecological survey that Anthony has been told allowing the Goat Centre to reopen the closed In order to deal with the trespass, head keeper was completed on the hedgerow on 21 & 22 section to the public. They have also told the Anthony Hearn was called in on his day off. The September. Anthony has worked internationally centre that the hedgerow was removed in trespass and resulting increase in workload in animal welfare and in the video posted here error and will be replaced. Unfortunately, this meant that he not only lost his time off that week, (www.facebook.com/anthony.hearn.399/ doesn't resolve the ecological destruction but also worked nearly 20 hours of overtime in videos/10164350466335541/) he cites just already caused by its removal. Fusion JV three days in order to close off a section of the some of the endangered species he has seen has been contacted by Wendover News for farm to the public due to safety concerns, attend in the hedgerow that borders the farm. This is comment. to the distressed animals, survey the damage the same hedgerow that the ecological survey done and speak with the Fusion JV employees. determined had no intrinsic value to local Rob Butler MP also visited the site in midwildlife. The centre requested a copy of the October and subsequently tweeted a request The decision to close part of the farm to the ecological survey, but obtaining it has proved to @HS2Ltd to make good immediately on public was not taken lightly, as the area closed problematic and as we go to press the centre their promise to be good neighbours.
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Plant a Tree! Tree Planting Season is here!
The contribution of trees to reducing climate change is not limited to tropical rainforests: we need to act locally as well as think globally. Tree planting can play a part in reducing the effects of climate change as well as increasing biodiversity and as we have seen recently, help with the effects of increasingly hot summers. CLAW is working with the Parish Council and with Buckinghamshire Council to increase tree cover in Hampden Meadow and Walnut Tree Meadow. When it comes to trees, it’s as easy as ABC:
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public spaces. Low cost native trees and advice are available from the Woodland Trust www.woodlandtrust.org.uk. So, remember the PLAN for trees: P: Personal – plant a tree (or even a few!) in your own garden or land that you own L: Local – green space, verges / street corners. With permission of the landowner/ highway authority A: Arboriculture – “farmed trees”, with landowner commitment N: Net zero – we don’t have enough space locally, but we can “offset” by paying for trees elsewhere in Bucks
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Wendover Swimming Pool resumed public swim sessions in early August. Some things are different than before - like our new online booking system - but the fun still remains! Please check our Facebook page for information and updates before you come. The Wendover Swimming Pool is easy to get to - it’s in the middle of the schools campus on Wharf Road. Our social media team posts variations to normal opening hours on our Facebook page. Want to volunteer? Email trustees@wendoverswimming.org.
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Barbara Bittenbender, 1943-2020 A Life Remembered How do you describe a 4’ 10” powerhouse? Barbara Bittenbender had a huge heart and endless energy and spent her life thinking of others in a variety of ways that made a massive difference and contribution to the people in her local village, Weston Turville and beyond. She was born on 11 January 1943 in Detroit, Michigan to George & Jean Morrow. She met her husband Ed Bittenbender whilst studying maths at the University of Detroit in 1965. They married in 1966 and had two children, Monica and Ted. As an army wife Barb and family moved frequently, living in Germany, Norway, USA and the UK. Barb taught children in both the US Government School System and the UK system specialising in teaching children with behavioural problems or learning difficulties. Barb and Ed moved to Weston Turville in 1994 where her natural joie de vivre and sense of fun brought laughter and joy to many people in the village. She taught Maths (on a voluntary basis) to small groups
of children in the local school where she and offering welcome advice on many an became a legend not only for sharing her occasion. Her thoughtfulness extended to numerical skills but also for spoiling the giving neighbours plants on the birth and pupils with sweets and treats. death of their relatives all aptly named to match the event or person. Her prowess at teaching wasn’t just with children. She taught bridge from her home Barb was renowned for always wearing hats to many different groups including the U3A and her collection was huge and varied. She and decided to combine the enjoyment had would invariably wear a hat to match her outfit by many by hosting an annual bridge day even a swimming hat to match her swimsuit raising thousands of pounds for charity. in the aqua aerobics classes she attended! Bridge days weren’t her only charitable She was a member of the Red Hat society and input. Barb volunteered at various events enjoyed socialising within this group always such as collecting for the Royal British Legion donning a red hat and purple outfit. She loved annual poppy appeal, helping at church and dressing up for various occasions visiting village fetes and making wonderful soups neighbours bearing gifts as an Easter bunny, and delicious cakes for the monthly church Christmas elf or in a witch’s hat at Halloween. Her fancy dress wardrobe, including her lunches and afternoon teas. enormous collection of hats, was offered to Many other people benefitted from her many people to have a bit of fun. generous spirit and baking skills as Barb would often turn up out of the blue with The family would like to thank all those who cakes and cookies staying for a friendly chat. have been in touch or contributed since the Her kindness also touched many people announcement of her death in September. in the village by lending a listening ear Barb will be sorely missed.
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Group Captain Startup said: “Georgina is one of many unsung heroes across the RAF Halton family that I was happy to acknowledge today with the presentation of the RAF Halton Station Commander’s Coin. Georgina is known to many within the Officers’ Mess and wider community and I praise her for her long-standing support and loyalty. “I will informally award deserving Halton personnel when the opportunities arise over the coming months alongside more formal honours and awards ceremonies. Please let me know of anyone who fits the bill.”
RAF Halton commemorates the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain RAF Halton’s Station Commander, Group Captain Dan Startup, led the commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of the end of the Battle of Britain with a Sunset Ceremony at Halton House Officers’ Mess. The flypast was by a Spitfire from the Battle Of Britain Memorial Flight.
Group Captain Startup said: “It was an honour and a privilege to be able to recognise, mourn and celebrate the Battle of Britain pilots and all those who supported those pilots. I am heartened that the admiration and inspiration of The Few lives on amongst all at RAF Halton and in the Royal Air Force.” The Hunter Gate Guardian was lit up in red, white and blue in a salute to all who were involved in the battle. Station Warrant Officer, Andrea Culley, said: “As the Station Warrant Officer it was important for me to ensure that RAF Halton was able to mark and commemorate the 80th Anniversary of the Battle of Britain. “This year the event had to be scaled back quite substantially to ensure that we were COVID-19 secure therefore a small contingent of Whole Force personnel were invited to Halton House Officers’ Mess to honour ‘The Few’ via a socially distanced Sunset Ceremony, which included a Battle of Britain Memorial Flight Spitfire for the flypast. It is a privilege to have been a part of the organising team and occasion.”
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Tribute: Gill Andrews 2nd May 1940 – 12th September 2020
Mum was born in Pentre, in the Rhondda Valley, on 2 May 1940 to Sydney and Mair King. She has a younger brother, John. In 1961 she married dad, Glyn Andrews, who was from Cwmparc. They have 3 children, Mark, born in 1962 in Aberystwyth, Jane, born in 1964 in Leeds and Kathryn, born in 1968 in the Rhondda. In 1966 Dad won a Harkness Fellowship to study for an MBA at Stanford University, California, which took our family to the USA for 2 years. Many adventures were had during that time.
In 2019 Mum moved from Hale Road to Dobbins Lane. Sadly, shortly afterwards Mum was diagnosed with cancer. After a brave battle Mum died peacefully, at home, with her 3 children and their partners around her. Gill’s funeral took place on 1 October at St Mary’s Church. Due to the current COVID-19 regulations, only 30 family members and friends were able to attend, but the family managed to organise a live streaming and recording of the event which meant that the Florence Nightingale Hospice Shop in 100s of people around the world were able Wendover and was there for over 25 years. to be there ‘virtually’.
Mum was a loyal member of the congregation If you would like to view the service you can at St Mary’s Church, Wendover, and gave her On returning to the UK we lived in Petts do so by visiting www.funeralstreaming. time voluntarily to help in many roles for the Wood, Kent, then due to a career move for co.uk/viewing-room/3565/. church. Dad moved to Haddenham, Bucks. After a year spent in Shepton Mallet, Somerset we Because of the decades Mum lived in Any donations can be made to benefit eventually settled in Hale Road, Wendover Wendover and because she was one of the Florence Nightingale Hospice Charity and the in 1975, where we remained for the rest of most generous, warm and sociable people NSPCC at Heritage & Sons Wendover or online Dad’s life, and which became the favourite you could ever meet, she had a huge social at www.cpjfield.co.uk/services/67148. home for all of us. network. Walking down the High Street with her would take a very long time because of The family would like to thank all of Mum’s Mum began her career training as a children’s the number of people she stopped to talk to! many friends in Wendover for their beautiful nurse in Great Ormond Street hospital. In messages of condolence, both spoken and her 40s and 50s she was a phlebotomist and Some of Mum’s friends and family fondly written. Reading them has reinforced our ECG technician at Stoke Mandeville hospital. called her ‘the Queen of Wendover’, partly belief that she was an incredibly special She was also a Welfare Assistant at Stoke because she knew everyone, also because woman, who we were so fortunate to be Mandeville Combined School. In later years she had a certain resemblance to the lady in able to call our Mum. she worked once a week as a volunteer in question. Gill’s children
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John Lingley Fitness Training, see website for details www.aspirationsfitness.com Cat Booker Fitness classes, times vary, see website for details Jodie Digby Fitness courses, times & locations vary, see website for details JAZZERCISE classes to suit you. www.jazzercise-uk.com. BML Personal Training classes, see website for details - www.bmlpersonaltraining.com Simply Walk - locations vary, book online to confirm location & availability Hatha yoga - all classes online due to the pandemic, please contact for details YogaBellies Classes, online during the pandemic Pilates, online & outdoor. Times & costs vary, see website for details Tai Chi & Qigong Classes, online, Tue 10-11am, Wed 4-5pm. Beginners Mon 2-3pm, 6.30-7.30pm. Water Babies, Chilterns MS Centre pool,contact for details Martial Arts Classes with ZKS, St Anne’s Hall (Tue) or ZKS HQ, The Cabin, Chiltern View Nursery Adult & Teenager Yoga Classes, St Anne’s Hall. Contact Sarah to book or for online class details. Yoga classes with Zest Yoga, online or limited size outdoor classes. Contact to book. Zumba® and Zumba® Gold classes: private studio or locations in Chivery or Wendover. Kunda Dance Mon, Slow Flow Fri - classes online, contact for details Badminton Club. 19.45-21.45 Mon, beginners 18.45-19.45 Fri, John Colet School (term time) Hartbeeps Music Classes for children, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH The Rotary Club of Wendover & District, meetings online, usually 1st & 3rd Mondays Badminton Club for over 18s, £6, (Sep-July, no BH’s) Green Park Sports Centre HP22 5NE Thames Valley Police at Wendover Community Library Care workers - Rest & Reflect Nurture Pathways, Lindengate HP22 6BD, see p 8. info@lindengate.org.uk Sparrowhawks Netball Training, John Colet School - contact the club for details IMAGEZ Camera Club, sessions being run remotely - contact the club for details Nia Classes - Wed 12.00-13.00, Fri 18.30-19.30, Balance Studio, Halton Tennis Centre Wendover & Halton Cycling Club, Wed 18.30 local mtn bike, Sun 08.30 local mtn bike Monkey Music, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH, starts 16 Sep, see advert page 4 Zumba with Nikki, Mon & Thu 1815 Halton School, Sat 0930 Chiltern Way Academy Wendover GTAG (Give Tennis Another Go) at Halton Tennis Centre, Thu 7.30-9pm, Sat 4-5.30pm Wendover Weekly Market, Manor Waste Fun Dog Training, contact for location details and booking Dramarama - drama classes for school years 3 & 4, Wendover Guide Hut HP22 6HH Taekwondo for ages 5 and up, John Colet School Amazing Donkey Youth Club for 10-14 year olds (term time only), Wendover Youth Ctre Nordic Walking, contact Ridgeway Walking for more information & location details Cycle Rides with Aylesbury Cyclist Touring Club, locations vary
John 07747 604155 www.catbookerfitness.co.uk www.jodiedigbyfitness.uk 07900 987230 Emma 07969 433351 www.buckscc.gov.uk/simplywalk www.lizbrownyoga.co.uk alice@yogabellies.co.uk www.physioandpilatesinbucks.com www.yangshengtaichi.com chasetheball@waterbabies.co.uk www.zksmartialarts.co.uk sarahyoga@sky.com, www.sarahyoga.co.uk annabel@zest-yoga.com Roxanne 01296 623683 www.happywellyoga.com www.wendoverbc.org/ www.hartbeeps.com
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Allen 01296 631159 0845 230 3232 01296 622443 www.lindengate.org.uk wendoverladiesnetballclub@hotmail.com www.imagezcameraclub.co.uk melinajoyofnia@gmail.com rides@wendoverhaltoncc.org.uk aylesbury.highwycombe@monkeymusic.co.uk nicolepistak.zumba.com, 07876443392 office@haltonuk.com anndormer.a2z@gmail.com www.dramaramaclubs.co.uk/wendover.html www.btkd.co.uk Paul Hammett 01296 621162 https://walxridgeway.co.uk/ southbuckscycling.org.uk/rides
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Local Face: Ben Glazier Ben is the person behind the #CarryUsThrough postage stamp campaign issued by the Isle of Man Government; so how did a set of stamps for the Isle of Man, and a publicity campaign that seems to have been adopted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, start in Wendover? Ben studied law, then worked in PR and now runs a creative agency in London, creating branding, graphic design and strategic campaigns for global firms including Xerox and Nestle; designing stamps is a pleasant distraction from more commercial work. Ben’s agency is known for the intricate detail they include in projects and this caught the eye of the Isle of Man Government, for whom he has created several issues, including ‘100 years of the RAF’, which was included in RAF Halton’s events. The story behind the Carry Us Through stamps relates to how the Coronavirus Pandemic has changed our lives. On a Saturday evening in March, the GM of Isle of Man Stamps and Coins rang Ben and asked a simple question. “How can we support our Doctors, Nurses and Key Workers with a stamp issue?” Ben spent Sunday thinking about how to thank those who had contributed: nurses, doctors, healthcare workers, paramedics, bus drivers, shop-workers – the list was endless. Was it enough to just say thank you? Ben came up with #CarryUsThrough, a campaign concept that had a distinct aim – get people through this period. It was built around a message of hope that Love, Faith, Care, Compassion, Work, Community, Science and Words will Carry Us Through this crisis and our recovery. Ben had the concept approved and briefed his designers that they were going to create a set of stamps in a day (rather than six months). HM Queen Elizabeth gave Royal Approval in record time and the stamps were sent to every household in the Isle of Man as lockdown started.
That was March. As we A major part of Ben’s life is move into a tough winter, involved with supporting the message is as true charities and community now as it was then. Some projects. For a long time, of us have lost friends, Ben was better known jobs, businesses, some to many in Wendover as their homes. Ben feels the ‘Barbecue Guy’ at the need for us to support Wendover Junior Cricket each other very keenly; Club – along with Richard Ben with his family at the memorial as lockdown developed, service for Stephen Hawking in 2018. Peck and Werner Van Ben was supported by Rensburg, Ben kept the Wendover Dementia Action Alliance as his kids and parents fed. There are many more mother became progressively incapable of parts to Ben’s charity work; as well as caring for herself. He believes that the only being a member of Barbican and Hampden way for communities to survive is for every Lodges, who do so much for charity, he person to support everyone around them – is a Trustee of Action Against Abduction there is no place in this time for negativity. where he has helped deliver the ‘Clever Never Goes’ campaign, the replacement for Wendover News arranged for large blow- Stranger Danger that runs in more than 1000 ups of the stamps so that we could celebrate schools and was recently adopted by the our own ‘local heroes’ and in his address to Metropolitan Police. He is also an adviser the nation on Tuesday 22 September, Prime to The Stephen Hawking Foundation and Minister Boris Johnson said “Now is the Across, the charity for critically ill people time for us all to summon the discipline and who wish to go on pilgrimage. the resolve and the spirit of togetherness that will Carry Us Through”. An intentional There have been some memorable reference? Ben hopes so. moments in Ben’s work and charity life, Stamps are just a small part of Ben’s life (ha but along with meeting Buzz Aldrin and ha); his work has seen him work on a project going onto the floor of NASA ISS Mission with Professor Stephen Hawking, meet all Control in Houston, perhaps his favourite the living Apollo Astronauts, receive the was presenting a limited-edition book of Flight Director’s Medallion from NASA and his gravitational theory stamps to Professor has taken him on trips to far flung places, but Stephen Hawking in the Governor’s study at it was meeting his wife Angie that took him the Bank of England. It was an impromptu to Australia. In December 1998 Angie had presentation, so not expecting Professor a short working holiday planned in the UK, Hawking to say anything, Ben started to just three months away from the Australian leave. The Professor’s voice computer made political scene, where she was a ministerial a noise and the carers said that he wanted adviser. Three months became two years and to say something. Professor Hawking used after getting engaged at the top of the World his face muscles to control his computer Trade Centre in 2000, Ben and Angie married and after what felt like an agonising amount in Melbourne. They have three children, all of time, said four words: “Thank you very of whom attended John Hampden School; much”. two now go to John Colet, and their eldest is at Sir Henry Floyd. When he gets a chance Ben would like to point out that although to relax, Ben likes to be outside, either on most pictures show him clean shaven, at his allotment or building hives for his bees; the start of lockdown he grew a beard and these are not hobbies shared by his children, said he would shave it off “when things got so they do give him some peace and quiet. back to normal”. The beard is still there.
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Where else but as a Parish Councillor can you get such a variety of opportunities to improve our community. We’re still prodding away at HS2 and I’ve had a meeting with Wendover Library to see how we can help them with a bid to fund an extension that will ensure that this much loved community resource remains relevant into the future. The WPC has, with parishioners, instigated three new working groups to investigate how the community, through working with other authorities and partners, can develop solutions to problems that we share. One is to consider play provision, open spaces and the skate park. Another is to look at the Bypass noise and to evaluate whether a 20 MPH speed limit would work for Wendover. The third group stems from the work that WPC did with the village Wardens during lockdown. We discovered that while there is a wide range of support available to those that need it, accessing it is more difficult than it should be. This working group is to look at whether a community led resource could make the process easier. So, there is something for everyone on the cards heading into the winter. Tom Walsh
Parish Council Meeting For meeting updates please visit www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/meetings
2021 – Wendover Parking Review Consultation
The pandemic has impacted on all our lives, businesses and working arrangements. This includes the Wendover Parking review which was postponed during March until the team met again on Wednesday 9 September. Taking a positive view, whatever happens with the pandemic going forward, we now have the services in place to ensure the review will continue throughout 2021!
Wendover Produce Market Saturday 21 November, 9am to 1pm Manor Waste concerns are expressive and will enable the team to make pragmatic decisions on which roads should be included. If you have identified a road, please gain the support of your neighbours and wider residents. This increases the credibility of your claim and presents the views of the street which will not be ignored! The consultation period runs from 1 to 30 November and your responses can be emailed to the Clerk at: clerk@ wendover-pc.gov.uk or posted through the letter box at the Clock Tower.
Initial proposals have been made based on known areas of concern around the village and these can be viewed by following this link to our website: www.wendover-pc.gov. uk/parking-consultation. Without doubt, there will be areas not identified and that is where we need your engagement. Please take this opportunity to review the current proposals, comment on them and provide feedback on areas of concern not identified. For the consultation to be productive, whilst individual views are important, collective
It should be noted this is the initial consultation. Over the coming months we will undertake further direct consultations to confirm residents’ proposals. Once we have this information, we will make a formal legal advertisement in the local press and request feedback. The necessary legal orders can then be made, and the new parking lines and signs will be completed in the latter part of 2021. This is your opportunity to assist in addressing the parking concerns around Wendover and your input will be greatly appreciated.
Wendover Parish Council, The Clock Tower, High Street, Wendover HP22 6DU www.facebook.com/wendoverparish/
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The Churches in Wendover are • Wendover Free Church continues to meet online and has some afternoon gatherings in the building • St Anne’s has now restored the celebration of Mass at 9am on Sundays and 10.15am on Tuesdays • St Mary’s is open for services but places must be booked in advance Wendover Free Church – 01296 622354 wendoverfreechurch.org.uk St Anne’s Roman Catholic Church – 01296 290545 aylesburycatholicchurches.co.uk/index.php/st-annes St Mary’s Church of England – 01296 696136 / 623123 stmaryswendover.org 32
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