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LOCAL WWII VETERAN HONOURED BY FRANCE Wendover resident David Morgan, who celebrated his 100th birthday in February 2023, was given a surprise award of the French Legion d’Honneur at the beginning of December. This recognises his work nearly 80 years ago in WWII, when he worked on establishing a secure communication link from the Normandy beaches back to Britain on D-Day +5, which led to the liberation of France.
When the dinner was over everyone was enjoying informal chats around the table when a dashing officer addressed the assembled company and mentioned David by name. He was the Air Attaché from the French Embassy who had come to give David the Legion d’Honneur.
It seems that Lynn had made the French aware that David was eligible for this honour and Black Cab Drivers have a special fondness for ex-servicemen. The President of France awarded his When David was invited to a country’s greatest honour for Christmas Lunch organised by “steadfast involvement in the the Taxi Charity for Military Liberation of France.” The story Veterans, he wasn’t expecting was told on ITV and can be viewed more than a good meal and here: www.bit.ly/4acgmhn. “It’s the chance to meet his friend one of the proudest moments of Mervyn, along with daughter Lynn. He was my life,” he told ITV’s Sam Holder, “that the surprised, but pleased, that his step-daughter French are so grateful for what we did.” Alexandra was able to attend this year too. Since then, David has been the centre of a Once the black cab had delivered him to the media whirlwind with all sorts of organisations Millwall Football Club Executive Suite, David and family members telephoning since his was ushered into a little room where he was appearance on TV. You may also remember interviewed by a journalist and camera crew, David Morgan was the Local Face in the but as a signatory at Aces High, a Wendover February Print edition of Wendover News in Business which recently moved to Oxfordshire, the month he celebrated his 100th birthday, he is used to being interviewed as an example www.bit.ly/3tcVZQs. of a WWII veteran. Jane Larkham, Editor
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Simply Walk – Weekly walks on Tuesdays from Wendover Clock Tower, leaving 10am, please arrive at least 15 minutes early to register with the walk leader. After the walk, you can socialise at the weekly all-ages drop-in at Wendover Christian Centre. Aylesbury Cycling UK: Easy Pace rides are still every first and third week of the month, about 30 miles long. The Newcomers are each second and fourth week and about 20 miles long. Email: aylesburycuk@gmail.com.
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Weds 3, 17, 31, 10am-12 noon Wendover Christian Centre Craft Group provides a warm space in friendly company to work on any kind of craft project. Please bring your own materials or just come to see what others are doing. All welcome. Coffee served at about 11am.
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Contents David Morgan honoured by France........... Cover Events................................................................2 Business Focus - From idea to Awards..............6 From the Editor.................................................7 Local News.........................................................8 Tapping for Charity..........................................12 Wendover News volunteers............................12 Club Corner.....................................................13 Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group.........16 HS2: Prospect for 2024....................................17 EKFB report.....................................................19 Keeping your New Year’s resolution...............21 NEW! Music in Wendover...............................23 Wendover Parish Council................................24
Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 4pm (until 16 March 2024) Don’t miss the nostalgia-filled exhibition with over 200 objects from BMX to Betamax, Dirty Dancing to Donkey Kong, Thompson Twins to Transformers. If you were a child, teenager or adult and experienced the 80s get ready to exclaim “I remember that!” Visit www. discoverbucksmuseum.org
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Weds, 3, 7.30pm, Halton Village Hall UFO evening – standing for “unfinished objects!” Contact Diane at arcadia96@ btinternet.com. See p13.
Chilterns Light Network
Wed ,7.30pm, Wendover Memorial Hall 3 Dowsing for Healing 10 English Counties Assembly 17 Plant medicine 24 EMF/5G talk 31 Community Assemblies explained (CABI). Fun and friendly group. All welcome. £5 non-members. clnwendover@protonmail. com and www.chilternslightnetwork.org
Tuesdays, 12.30-1.30 Wendover Christian Centre Churches together in Wendover are again offering soup lunches this winter each Tuesday Wendover Horticultural Society until Easter. Thurs 4, 2.30pm St Anne’s Hall, Wendover AGM followed by John Yabsley speaking on Cracklewick Morris “Influences on garden design and flora.” Tuesdays 8.15-10.15pm Halton Village Hall. Visitors welcome, cost £3.00. An all-inclusive mixed Morris dancing side who meet most Tuesdays for weekly dance Poetry Please practice. No experience necessary to dance Fri 5, 10.30am, Wendover Christian Centre and musicians who are less experienced will This month the theme will be “The natural be given lots of support. First four sessions world.” Bring a suitable poem to read or come are free. Contact Squire Darryl: 07946150380. and see what others have found. Everyone Email cracklewickmorris@gmail.com. welcome!
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Fri 5, Access from 7.30 for 7.45pm, ZOOM Meeting Historic Graffiti - Scratches on the walls with presenter James Wright. The study of historic graffiti has achieved a place in the archaeological mainstream during the last decade. Looking closely with a torch at the walls of our historic buildings will reveal a world of graffiti left by our ancestors that illuminates their beliefs and fears. The speaker James Wright is an archaeologist, speaker and adviser on medieval buildings and everyday life of that period. Non-members can book to attend via the website www.cholesbury. com/local-history-group/programme-of-events
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Tues 16, 7pm Gt Missenden Memorial Centre HP16 9AE “Diary of a local naturalist” by Harry Appleyard. Admission £5, car parking free. College Lake Reserve, shop and cafe are open every day except Mondays and will be hosting sessions for young rangers and teen rangers on Sat 13.
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Sat 20, 10.30 -11.30am Wendover Christian Centre No set book. Just come and enjoy hearing what others have read and, if you choose, talk about something you’ve been reading. To begin with coffee etc.
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More info on all Wildlife Trust activities is Sat 20, 2.30pm on ZOOM online at events@bbowt.org.uk. See p13. Helen Elletson, research and development curator at the William Morris Society, will Parish Council drop-in session give a talk on “A Remarkable Woman: The Thurs 18, 10 am - 12 pm, Wendover Library, Art of May Morris.” Details from: www. WPC will explain its work, some of the thought aylesburyvalestitchers@gmail.com. See p13. that goes into decision-making and collect feedback about future projects it can support. Weston Turville Historical Society Fri 26, 8pm Weston Turville Village Hall Cake Party with Tracey and Debbie “The Rothschilds and the Vale of Aylesbury” Thurs 18, 6:30pm - 9:00 pm with speaker Adam Smith. Entrance: £2 The Russell Arms, Butlers Cross members, £3 visitors. www.wthsoc.org.uk Creating a floral basket. For tickets: www.cornelli.co.uk/cake-party. See Cornelli article on p7.
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BUSINESS FOCUS News and tips from local businesses From an idea to an award winner
she did this was to start making and selling her signature product, the Thumbsie ®. Within five years, she was selling enough Thumbsies to leave her London-based job and work from home in Wendover. Today, she is selling 12,000 Thumbsies a year and is proud that she can use seven local craftspeople in their production. She still handles some of the fulfilment tasks, blogging and refining her marketing. During lockdown, Jo adapted to the Covid crisis by making facemasks for children. She also helped the local economy by employing small agencies to do her website, logo design and some of her marketing. Thumbsie Ltd is still growing at the rate of 10% a year, despite there now being a few copycat products on the market.
How do you turn an idea into a thriving business employing local people, and winning prestigious national awards? Wendover News didn’t have to look too far. We spoke to Jo Bates, founder of Wendoverbased business Thumbsie Ltd. Where did she get the idea for the business? It came from a problem very close to home, she says. When she took away her daughter’s dummy, it was immediately In November, Jo was given the Maker & Creator Award for the replaced with her thumb. South East, at The Allica Bank Great British Entrepreneur Awards. There were more than 5,000 entries Thumb sucking is quite common and although not a serious problem, for these awards. In the words of the it can lead to dental problems later in life if it continues after the adult judges, “Thumbsie’s product is both teeth start to erupt. Jo wanted a way to stop the habit without seeming interesting and innovative, reflecting a like she was chastising her child. Working through a surprisingly great business concept with significant small number of prototypes, she hit on a solution – a fabric thumb growth potential.” guard that’s a bit like a fingerless glove and can be made in lots of attractive This is the 6th business award that patterns. This was fully endorsed by Thumbsie won during 2023, including her daughter who stopped the habit in ‘Small Business of the Year’ in the a couple of weeks! Business Awards UK and ‘Health & Wellbeing Businesswoman of the Year’ in the Business Awards UK. Jo had a busy job running an events business at the time – requiring lots of high-intensity work but with Coming soon: How Rumseys helped us fall (more) in love with occasional periods when she could relax and recuperate. One way chocolate...
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After all the bonhomie shown in Wendover High Street during various Christmas Events in December, make sure you continue to use all the businesses there as we start a new year. Keeping a business going in the aftermath of Covid has not been easy. This is true for all kinds of businesses so remember to search our High Street and all media for local businesses where your support will keep them flourishing.
More beguiling entertainment followed from Wendover Children’s Choir who had made their debut at this event last year. Finally we had a good singsong with Wendover Community Choir. Thanks to all the stallholders, including Santa’s Grotto, and a poorly Radio Bucks Bear (always keep the best to last). Well done to those hardy souls who stayed to the end in the cold (-2°C)!
Best dressed window competition
Christmas in Wendover was all the better in 2023 because of the The year 2024 will see even more changes to our immediate physical hard work put in by the owners of shops in the HIgh Street (and side landscape. High Street Traders are working very hard to ensure that streets) to make their window displays look festive. The winner of the the experience for customers continues to be excellent. They do competition for best dressed window was Debbie Cattle at Cornelli. need customers to flourish so in these first few months of the year, which can be bleak for all of us, don’t forget that an extra £5 per week spent in or near our High Street could make the difference between a good business and one that really sparkles for you.
Christmas Fun in Wendover
Saturday 2 December 2023 We had a very cold night for the lightson event, (-2C) but the entertainment warmed us to the bottoms of our hearts. Many thanks to Bucks Radio https://www.bucks.radio/ for leading us through the evening. After the entertainment from John Colet School ukelele band and singers, Julie Williams, chair of Wendover Parish Council, thanked everyone who had participated. Several awards were given: Logan and Jake, who were the tree decoration winners, then had the honour of switching on the lights of the Christmas Tree, sponsored by Ivan R Cammack Opticians, J Brown Funerals, Harry Fisk Christmas Trees.
Logan of Jack in the Box won the Pre-School prize
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Welll done all to those who produce and fix the yarn poppies to the War Memorial railings each year. These will be removed soon.
Santa Sleigh
The January print edition of Wendover News goes to press before the Santa Sleigh Season in Wendover and Weston Turville is finished. Some serious rain meant that a couple of evenings were called off. Generous donations by local folk will go to Wendover Dementia
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Wendover Parish Quiz winners
Well done to all the teams which took part in the 2023 Wendover Parish Quiz. The competition was started back in 1991 by Rev Andrew Meynell, then Vicar of Wendover, and has entertained the people of Wendover every year since, except 2020 because of Covid lockdowns. Teams of three represent family or friends, an organisation or business in knockout rounds. This year the winner was a new team which had never competed before.
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Also congratulations to Wendover Free Church B, who were very worthy runners-up in 2023. This was the first time that both Free Church teams reached the semi-final together, although one or other has featured fairly regularly recently.
Congratulations to Eladseet, this year’s winners. Robert and Beverley moved to Aston Clinton from Watford five years ago and enjoy living in Buckinghamshire. They had no idea of Thanks too to Alan Myers, the question the format of the quiz when they applied to master, who laboriously devises his questions take part and say they are surprised to have throughout the year. Julie Williams, chair of WPC, presented the shield.
Fund raising for Skatepark.
Fund raising (target £10,000) for this excellent project continues. Full details are available at www.wendover-pc.gov.uk/wendover-skatepark. Wendover Parish Council is organising a raffle. Local businesses and individuals have generously donated prizes, for example, an electric bike! Also thanks to the retailers won, considering the breadth of knowledge which are selling raffle tickets along with of the other participants. Together with their the beautiful Christmas Tree decorations.
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The church chairs were set aside to make an enchanting space for the dancers to use. Old-fashioned china crockery was set out on tables around the side of the church for tea and cakes, with mince pies, and served by volunteers from WDS. A huge thank you to them for their support.
Jane Larkham, editor, Wendover News Everybody had a great time, joining in with a sing-a-long of Christmas songs and carols Wendover Christmas Tea Dance halfway through the dance. Wendover Dementia Christmas Tea Dance took place on Saturday 9 December at St The next tea dance will take place in the spring Mary’s Church and attracted 100 people. and will be advertised in Wendover News. It’ll be lovely to see you there! Sandy and her wonderful volunteers from SwingDanceMK, led the dancing – ranging Winter Waggle with PACE from well-known Christmas songs to country Kelly Houghton writes about a new fundand pop music! raising, dog-walking initiative from local charity PACE, the organisation that helps children with neurodisabilities. It will be fun for dogs, and they can take their humans along too!
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All the details are on www.thepacecentre. What do you know about Halefield org/event/winter-waggle Camp? Many people know the story of how Halton If you buy your tickets before 8 February, Camp was started on Rothschild lands during they are £10 for an adult and £5 for a child. WWI, initially for the British Army and Royal If you wait until nearer the event, the prices Flying Corps, then grew to become the RAF are higher. Dogs go free, naturally... Halton training base that continues to this day.
Chiltern View ice skate rink
The Chiltern View skate rink is becoming a firm winter favourite for the area. As it may well have closed by the time you see this (it closes 31 December), make sure you get it in your diary for next year.
Less well know was that there was a separate overflow training camp in Halefield, the large irregularly shaped field that runs below Hale Lane at the base of Boddington Hill, bordered by Hogtrough Lane at its southern edge.
For anybody who loves to ice skate, this was a wonderful opportunity to put on those blades and have a lot of fun. Whether you are an experienced ice-skater, or just want a good day out, it has a bit of everything. As well as the spectacular opening night starring Suzanne Shaw and La Voix, Chiltern View had some extra events to bring in the crowds. These included Drag Queen Bingo, The Abba Sisters and Breakfast with Santa during the week before Christmas.
This was set up during the course of WWI for the Army Service Corps and the Military Police, but in June 1918 the Australian Flying Corps moved there due to lack of room at Halton Camp. Their stay apparently wasn’t Chiltern View does an amazing job of turning long; records cease in April 1919. most of the covered area of their garden centre into a magical experience venue for five Antony Chapman, who founded the Hale Valley weeks of the year. It combines the atmosphere Vineyard in 1989, says in dry years he used to of a circus, a wild-west rodeo and a west end see traces of what he thinks are the camp’s show with the North Pole at Christmas. roads and building foundations in the field.
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He’s started researching the history of the Halefield Camp, with the aid of the Trenchard Museum, which has dug out some basic records and at least one photograph, shown on the left.
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Tapping for Charity Once again, on 19 November, the Rozelle School of Dance rose to the challenge of the Children in Need Tapathon. Wendover Memorial Hall was buzzing with excitement as tappers of all ages warmed up and then performed a routine with others up and down the land as they attempted a World record for the number of dancers simultaneously dancing to the same music from 1pm. They and their supporters were fortified by hot drinks and cake, some decorated with Pudsey stickers.
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Pudsey himself came along for photographs and to help them with the dance! The dancers wore “Choose TAP” tee-shirts. The sales of these raised £640. Donations for refreshments raised a further £456 on the day meaning that over £1,000 was sent to the charity.
Val and Richard took over delivering to Witchell when the late and much loved Dr Colin Campbell had to give up due to failing health. Val, a retired English teacher, and grateful to be still fit in her seventies, loves living in Wendover, and enjoys meeting a lot of people in her several volunteering jobs. As well as delivering the Wendover News Thanks to Councillor Stephen Worth of Wendover Parish Council and she works in the library and the Florence Nightingale Charity Shop, Jane Larkham editor of Wendover News who acted as witnesses to marshals at Wendover Woods Parkrun and is a member of the Chiltern Society Conservation Work Group. She and Richard are also very verify the number of participants. involved with Wendover U3A.
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on one of their first outings this year. There was a Lucky Dip and crafting stall. Other activities included Hook a Duck complete with a pond, Hoopla with a prize every time, Name the Teddy (Ebeneezer). There were also opportunities for glamorous face painting and hair braiding.
Games against other clubs continue with mixed results. I have been told of two exciting fixtures coming up. We have been invited to play against the Royal Household at Windsor next May and also against the Chelsea Pensioners at a date yet to be fixed. I am sure our players will be on their best behaviour and with any luck none of them “For adults there was tea and coffee and will finish up in the Tower.” delicious homemade cakes – well, it wouldn’t be the WI without them! There was also a Wendover Cricket Club range of preserves on offer, a raffle of luxury The Girls Section at Wendover Cricket Club items, Christmas cards and crafts, seasonal welcomes new recruits to attend its indoor plants, and a popular bottle tombola. For training programme which starts on Saturday individuals with a sweet tooth there was Guess 6 January, 13:30 to 14:30 in Aylesbury; it will the Number of Chocolates (115) and festive run for 10 Saturdays excluding half term. The jars of sweets.” first two sessions will be free but a charge thereafter of £5.50/session; catering for Wendover Bowls Club school years 5 to 9 and soft balls will be used. Don Knight writes “The AGM passed without For more info or to sign up, contact Jonathan bloodshed and all the important posts are Seabrook jseabrook@talktalk.net or 07767 filled for another year. We have significant 148 119. work that has to be carried out on the green which will put a dent in our finances. It was Junior training for all age groups begins on laid 70 years ago and is showing its age. The Saturday 6 January – any potential recruits wooden shuttering of the ditch round the must contact Viral Patel wccjuniorscontact@ green has rotted and is allowing the edges to gmail.com or 07930 360495 for info and slope down. Agripower are doing a splendid because some age groups have no capacity. job replacing the wood with galvanised steel Senior nets are running on Sundays from 7 and will build up the edges again. January for 10 weeks excluding half term; at Aylesbury Grammar School, 13:00 to 14:30, “Lists are up on our notice board so we know cost £6 per session. Just turn up or contact who will play who in our internal matches. Jonathan as above.
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Public meeting
About 100 people attended the public meeting organised by the Parish Council to discuss the impact of HS2 on the local community. If you missed the event, the key issues presentations and plans for 2024 are available on the front page of our website at whs2.org.
Small Dean road closures
Further night time closures on the A413 just outside of Wendover will continue in January to enable the road to be diverted around two viaduct pier piling sites, as shown in HS2’s animation www.tinyurl. com/sdv2023video. Following work on these sites more closures are expected later in 2024 to allow the road to be shifted again onto Points raised at the meeting included how best to support the local its final alignment. businesses that are suffering due to the HS2 road closures, and how we should engage the younger generations to determine how Wendover Dean viaduct Wendover should evolve. We’re also seeking feedback about how Three of the nine viaduct piers nearing completion which will allow best to inform you about HS2 developments and future events. the launch of the first sections of decking early in the year as shown in HS2’s video www.tinyurl.com/wdvpiers.
Dobbins Lane path
We understand that having being closed for 18 months that all the necessary hurdles have now been overcome to allow HS2 to complete the installation of the water main between Dobbins Lane and the HS2 concrete works. Hopefully by the time you read this the path to the Station Approach Business Park may have been reopened.
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If you’re affected by the construction activity, please contact the HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 (which is available 24 hours a day) or email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk to get your issues resolved. It helps if you have photographic evidence and please get a complaint reference number so that we can follow up issues as needed.
Excavation for the green tunnel cutting has started on the south side of Ellesborough Road following the November sheet piling works If you need further help, want to join us, or have ideas and suggestions to protect the Memorial Wood. (see photo, far right, P17). The size that would mitigate the community impact, then get in touch at of the hole gives an indication of the scale of the cutting that will enquiries@whs2.org. be driven through Ellesborough Road once the temporary road is brought into service, currently expected next spring. Doing what’s right for Wendover See whs2.org
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HS2: Prospect for 2024 How will the HS2 works affect local life in 2024? Wendover News asked the independent experts in the Wendover HS2 Mitigation Group what we might expect. Their predictions, inferred from what HS2 and their local contractors (EKFB) have made public, are below.
There is a substantial embankment being built north of the Wendover Dean Viaduct, from Rocky Lane to the start of Small Dean Viaduct where HS2 passes over the main road just outside Wendover. A similar embankment will be built beside the bypass to take the track from Small Dean Viaduct north to Bacombe Lane. Under-bridges will be built through the embankments for Rocky Lane and Small Dean Lane. These will be permanent, but there will be other landscape
Driving south of Wendover will continue to be a problem. During the year there will be two occasions when the A413 just south of the bypass will be realigned, first to one side and then the other. More closures of the road will be needed to achieve this, but the worst of the disruption has already happened, over the last two years. The realignment will enable construction of two main piers of the Small Dean Viaduct. For people driving out of Wendover on the London Road, the effect will be of passing through the middle of a busy construction site, with heavy machinery and large concrete structures being erected close to the road. The traffic lights further along may cause further delays, since there will continue to be vehicles leaving the viaduct works compound. Wendover Parish Council and the Wendover HS2 Mitigation Group are pressing for this issue to be resolved. Photo: Murray Cooke
features that will appear and disappear as construction progresses. The most conspicuous temporary change in the landscape during 2024 will be the extent of the cutting through Ellesborough Road, to allow earth movements and the creation of the Green Tunnel in future. Before now, much of the excavation movement has been constrained by Ellesborough Road, which has prevented movement of the massive dump truck traffic between Small Dean and Stoke Mandeville. Computer impression of Small Dean Viaduct and the A413: HS2
Sometime in the spring, EKFB will be launching the first part of the Wendover Dean Viaduct steel beam across three of the piers (upright columns). See https://tinyurl.com/wdvpiers for HS2’s animation. Glimpses of this will be visible from the A413 from a car travelling towards Great Missenden, about 2.5km from Wendover. It will be spectacular, but not fast: movement will be measured in centimetres per hour! Please note that article on pages 26 and 27 of the previous edition of Wendover News confused the two viaducts: In fact the 350m Small Dean Viaduct is nearest to Wendover; the longer 450m Wendover Dean Viaduct is further out near the Firecrest pub, just under half-way to Great Missenden. wendovernews.co.uk
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Bacombe Lane and Ellesborough Road will both be temporarily diverted and will share a common route into Wendover across the short new road section and girder bridge over the cutting works. Once the new road section is open, the cutting will be extended through the existing Ellesborough Road, where the cottages have already been demolished, continuing south to Bacombe Lane. This will involve moving a significant quantity of spoil north to be stored in the field close to Wendover Station. We don’t expect excessive noise or dust from the dump trucks, as they will be operating in the cutting and generally below the existing ground level. At the northern end of the bypass, an underground wall is being constructed to ensure that water from the Coombe Hill Aquifer continues to flow towards the Canal and Weston Turville Reservoir, rather than escape down the line of the track and cause flooding in Stoke Mandeville. Continued on next page...
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...continued from previous page. We expect this to be completed by the end of the year which will allow the Environment Agency (EA) to review the effectiveness of the scheme. This should enable the EA to grant permission for further excavation of the Green Tunnel cutting between the old cricket ground and Folly Bridge, down to the expected track foundations level. During 2023 the EA only allowed excavation down to 3 metres
above the expected peak winter groundwater level on this section. Nash Lee Road and Nash Lee Lane were diverted in 2023 to make space for the construction of the North Cutting and a new alignment of the road from the Bypass roundabout, including an overbridge. The foundations for the bridge “abutments” will involve piling close to the houses in Nash Lee Lane, expected during this year. During the year Wendover News will be working more closely with the Mitigation Group to keep you informed of what to expect. The sole mission of the Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group is to do what’s right for Wendover.
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Bacombe Lane will also be realigned, with the original access point from South Street/London Road being temporarily closed later on in the year. The new access point will be near the footpath to Bacombe Hill - from Ellesborough Road and will provide residents with access to their properties. Both realignments are temporary, and they will eventually be removed, with the area landscaped towards the end of the project. Their original alignments will be reinstated with slight amendments to take the road over the Wendover Green Tunnel.
2024 sets out to establish some more major milestone progression for HS2 within the area. From the viaduct launches, to more temporary We will be starting our new programme of drop-in sessions and roads opening, as well as work starting to divert the A413, there is a meet-the-team events for the new year, so please do sign up to the lot to be achieved this year for Wendover and the surrounding area. mailing list and view the HS2 events page to find out where you can meet your community engagement team and find out more about The latest North Chilterns newsletter is now available on the HS2 the project. website which includes updates for the area, flyover footage of construction, as well as animated videos for some of the main Don’t forget to register for email updates on the HS2 website, which structures we are building. gives you a choice of how you would like to receive information from us. To find out more visit your community website at www.hs2.org. Starting with Ellesborough Road, we have a closure for approximately uk/in-your-area. three weeks between January and February to continue the Ellesborough Road diversion, planned to open in February/March 2024. If you have a question about HS2 or our works, please contact our HS2 Helpdesk team on 08081 434 434 or email hs2enquiries@hs2.org.uk Full access to properties along Ellesborough Road will be maintained throughout the construction period. Pedestrians, cyclists, and All words and information provided by EKFB, the HS2 construction horseback riders will have designated access routes available to consortium. them with safety advisories in place. The new alignment of Ellesborough Road will now pass around the rear of houses at the Wendover end of the road. A temporary bridge will guide road users over the work site to minimise disruption caused by the construction. This enables us to continue the construction of the Wendover Green Tunnel as well as allowing us to move plant and machinery without impacting road users.
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Health and wellbeing With Christmas just behind us, it’s traditional to make new year’s Bucks’ on 0333 230077. If you think you are addicted to alcohol or resolutions. We stride into the new year with a whole package of other drugs contact ‘One Recovery Bucks’ on 0300 772672, which virtuous plans for the future. Some of us stick rigidly to these plans will help you.” and make permanent changes, but many of us ditch the newly-resolved regimes within Habits can be changed, but what happens if the month. they change again – back to how they were previously? How can you make them stick? Wendover News spoke to Dr Jackie Harris, a Jackie noted that even experts find it difficult local GP, to discover what we can do to turn to say how we can consistently maintain new resolutions into permanent habits. Jackie is behaviours. She continued: “The best bet is to on sabbatical from her job to do a specialist form a habit and create an identity. A habit is a Master’s degree at University College London, behaviour you have repeated lots of times in the Centre for Behavioural Change. same situation. The more often you repeat the behaviour the quicker it will become a habit. If Photo: Jane Larkham We began by asking Dr Harris if it is possible you forget once or twice, don’t give up, as you to change your own behaviour just by making a resolution? “Yes, can still form a habit.” definitely,” she said. “However behaviour is complex, and change can be difficult, especially if habits have already been formed. The “Repeat the behaviour in different places and under different good news is that even the strongest habits can be broken. So, if conditions. Although this will make the habit longer to learn, it will there is something you want to achieve, go for it!” mean that you are less likely to be derailed by change. For example, getting on your bicycle in all weather conditions and many different She continued: “Some behaviours form addictions, which can be places produces a habit, which is sustainable long term. A new identity much harder to give up. Even then, addictions can be broken, and helps maintain your new behaviour. If you identify as a ‘non-smoker,’ specialist help can make this process easier. If you are trying to stop you are less likely to smoke. Tell your friends and family about the smoking or cut down on alcohol, contact the organisation ‘Be Healthy ‘new’ you and get their support in making the change permanent.
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“Start making plans before the commence date – perhaps even delaying the start of your resolution. Think of situations which may trip you up, and plan what you will do in that situation. For example, a busy day at work will put you off going to the gym, yet surely 15 minutes at the gym is better than none at all? If you join forces with a friend to go for a walk, then you can’t let them down, can you? “Habits are the best way to make your behaviour permanent, as a habit will usually win over other, equally strong, intentions. Resolutions don’t have to coincide with the new year: It might sometimes be easier if you make the change at a time when other life changes are happening – for example when you are moving house. Perhaps even when you start sitting in a different room, or after you have moved the tempting evening snacks to different place.” We asked Dr Harris if personality type, age or mental health was a factor in behavioural change. She was keen to point out that mental health could be an important element in deciding to make changes to your own behaviour. She added “I haven’t seen any evidence that personality makes much
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Music in Wendover Piano recital from two rising stars of Wendover
good acoustics to suit their repertoire. St Mary’s church in Wendover met the requirements perfectly. They set out to find their audience, with a simple flyer, given out by friends and family and advertised on local Facebook pages, including that of Wendover News. A grand piano was hired, and a representative of the charity invited to speak about its work. With their sisters, Emma and Iris, they have previously organised fundraising concerts and have been instrumental in raising over £3,700 for UNICEF.
Two young, talented musicians, still at school and preparing for important music examinations. Meanwhile a messy and brutal war in Gaza seems to be getting worse by the day. Jude Kayakiran and Thomas Harrington had these two things on their minds and managed to address both with a single solution. They decided to give a classical piano recital to raise funds for Christian Aid’s work in Gaza.
This wouldn’t be the first show to begin with technical problems. Twenty minutes before the start of the performance, the piano was found to have a stuck key. Much to the bemusement of the audience, the nice man from the hire company came in, undid a few screws and wooden blocks, and removed the whole keyboard. A couple of minutes and a squirt of WD40 later, the show was ready to go on. Since many people would not have seen the innards of a grand Jude Kayakiran is pursuing music piano before, this must have seemed like part of the entertainment! in his gap year, before going to study history and politics at Now for the serious stuff. Manchester. He will be performing Rachmaninov with the Chiltern Given the confidence shown in setting up the event, one would Music Academy this month and expect the performers to be able to play all the right notes in the plays with the Bucks County right order and at the right time (to quote a famous comedian). This Youth Orchestra and Aylesbury performance exceeded expectations by miles. Both Thomas and Jude Symphony Orchestra. As well as played a challenging range of classical pieces with aplomb, and did so piano, he also plays violin, viola with sensitivity and dynamics that you might expect from musicians and trumpet. with many more decades of experience.
Thomas Harrington is in the first year of A levels at Aylesbury Grammar School and attends Junior Royal Academy of Music for music composition and piano. As well as piano, Thomas is also a grade 8 clarinettist and plays saxophone with jazz bands. He has been performing since the age of 10 and also plays piano in jazz ensembles and clarinet in county orchestras and wind ensembles.
The event was arranged at quite short notice. They wanted a small appreciative (and generous) audience and an intimate venue with
In the break, Neil Dymond from Christian Aid spoke about its work with the most vulnerable communities, particularly in Gaza. The audience had the chance to donate, and to understand where compassion can break through the divisions of war. They also got the chance to immerse themselves in some wonderful music they may not have appreciated up until then. The boys did good. If you were unable to attend the recital, but would still like to contribute to their fundraising effort for the Middle East Crisis Appeal, you can do so at: https://bit.ly/3NmXbHQ
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The pair played works from weighty classical composers – Liszt, Mozart, Rachmaninoff, Bach and Beethoven and Chopin – also adding some lighter but no less difficult pieces such as ‘I got rhythm’ by Gershwin. For some of the recital they had the sheet music in front of them, but possibly only as a reminder, as the music was extremely well practised. Jude’s rendition of Chopin’s lengthy Ballade No 1 was particularly impressive, being performed completely from memory.
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Top British musicians perform together Ball’s ‘Journey into Freedom’ and Wilfred in Wendover Heaton’s ‘Praise.’ The choir will perform pieces “Wendover Choral Society once again delighted the audience with their December concert, playing to a packed church,” writes choir member Rebecca Kinnarney. “The young soloists from the Royal College of Music were wonderfully talented and it will be exciting to follow their, no doubt glittering, careers. Once again the Choral Society was joined by Oxford Sinfonia members, who performed fantastically. This was no mean feat, since Choral Society, orchestra, soloists and Peter Bassano, music director, only met for the first time on the afternoon of the concert! But what a success they all made of it!
by James MacMillan, Arvo Part, John Taverner, Frank Bridge, Verdi and Mascagni. “Wendover Choral Society always welcomes new members of all abilities and would love you to go along and join them. The first rehearsal of the Spring term is on Thursday 25 January. No auditions are necessary. The tea, biscuits, chat and camaraderie are worth going along for, as can be seen from the photo of the last rehearsal before the concert. And then, of course, there’s the singing, as a bonus. Join the fun!” For more information contact wendoverchoral@gmail.com.
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The lights were switched on and Wendover was looking festive for December. The event on Manor Waste was enjoyed by a huge turnout, and alongside the stalls and entertainments the local shops and restaurants ran their own mini events, making it a great night out. Bucks Radio hosted the evening on the stage and the bear made a brief appearance, although he did have beary sniffles so was not there for long.
and it was won in the end by Cornelli, which gets a three-month advertising campaign on Bucks Radio. Bucks Radio can be heard by downloading the app or visiting www. bucks.radio. Thanks go to our sponsors Harry Fisks Christmas Trees, J Brown Funeral Services and Ivan R Cammack Opticians. We are still counting the pennies but it looks like the event raised about £600 for Wendover Youth Centre.
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Big thanks to all those who supported the event and to our tree decoration winners Logan in the 2-4 year old category and Jake in the 6+ category. The winner of the bestdressed window was really close this year Wendover Local Produce Market Saturday 20 January, 10am to 2pm Manor Waste We're looking for new traders! Contact estates@wendover-pc.gov.uk
you get from reading a couple of reviews for a product online. Sometimes you will pay a little more but that is the quid pro quo for our community High Street. See our websites and local shops as well as page 7 for more information.
HS2 Mitigation
Back in November we had a fantastic turnout to a meeting on how the community can engage and work together to mitigate some of the issues that HS2 is creating locally. There is a report of the meeting, with details of ideas we will be progressing, on the Parish Council website. This meeting has helped shaped the Parish Council and Wendover HS2 Mitigation Action Group agenda for 2024/25. You can still feed in ideas by going onto the Parish Council website and getting the contact details for both groups.
In 2024 the Parish Council will be supporting the Business Group to help make Wendover a good place to do business. As well as the High Street there are many other local businesses, and we will be trying to promote all of them on our website www. welcometowendover.co.uk Parish Council Surgeries The Parish Council will be continuing drop-in January and February are tough sessions at the Library every third Thursday times for the High Street and now of the month, between 10am and 12pm. We is a perfect time to think “Can will be able to explain our work, some of the I get it locally?” before making thought that goes into our decision-making those online purchases – sadly it is too easy and also looking to collect feedback about to click, and it will arrive on the doorstep the future projects we can support. Next surgery following day. As a new year resolution, we is Thursday 18 January 2024. ask everyone look to spend an extra £5 in Wendover businesses rather than online or Parish Council Meeting in a big store - that will make the difference Tuesday 9 January, 7:30pm between a vibrant village hub and empty St Anne's Hall shops. Aylesbury Road HP22 6JG The knowledge, advice and guidance available at all our local outlets is way beyond what
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