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OUR FIRST CHRISTMAS PRESENT Seasons Greetings to all our readers. The dateline above says “Winter 2024/25,” because this is our first ever year-end double issue, covering events throughout December and January. For people who miss it in the shops first time round in late November, never fear, we’ll be topping up their shelves again in the week before the Christmas break.
The new South-East Aylesbury Link Road (SEALR) might encourage the view that the village is just a part of the Aylesbury conurbation. The historical centre of the village may be in danger of losing its village identity forever. Stoke Mandeville’s Village Society recognises the importance of protecting its heritage and sense of community. They want to demonstrate that Stoke Mandeville still does have a heart – and soul.
With 40 pages of great stories, it’s also our largest issue since 2019, after which the world changed and times got weirder. Apart from two months’ worth of coming events listings (p2-6), we’ve got stories on seasonal fare and gifts, and where to buy them locally (p8-11); ideas on how people who are on their own or are carers can cope with what may be lonely times (p21 and p22).
We’ll be starting to deliver copies of Wendover News to Stoke Mandeville with this edition. If you live in Stoke Mandeville and it took time to get this copy, please help us build our volunteer deliverers’ network! We also need volunteers to join our team as local reporters with other creative and admin roles available too. Email getinvolved@ wendovernews.org for details.
For your reading entertainment over the long winter nights we have the long and sorry saga of HS2 and the Ellesborough Road debacle (p26-30), accompanied by a separate broadside from our new MP, the very HS2-sceptic Greg Smith (p16).
Even if you aren’t in Stoke Mandeville, we are looking for volunteers to help deliver door to door in lots of other localities. Volunteering can be fun: it’s good Less controversially, p24-25 looks at the recently re-opened medieval exercise and you get to meet some of your neighbours! Great Hall at the Kings Head pub in Aylesbury, managed by Wendover’s We’ll see you again for the February 2025 issue. own Chiltern Brewery – it’s been beautifully restored and the food and drink make it well worth a visit. Please send your contributions for the February Wendover News has had a great year: We have built a great team of edition (Including payments for advertisements) volunteers, increased the size to the pre-Covid page count and started by Wednesday 8 January at the latest. a group for young writers. To put the cherry on the Christmas cake and put a smile on our faces for the new year, we are increasing our We may not be able to include unexpected coverage area to include Stoke Mandeville! content after that date.
RAF Flypast RAF Flypast
Photo: Simon Eccles
To celebrate the completion of training at RAF Halton, a flypast will take place, weather permitting, at 13:30 on Wednesdays 4 & 18 December | 15 & 29 January 2025
ANTIQUES AT . . WENDOVER Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
December Mystery Object
Please join us for mulled wine and mince pies on Saturday 30th November for late night shopping and on Sunday 8th December
Britten
Ceremony of Carols
Purcell
St Mary’s Church, Wendover Wendover Choral Society Wendover Players
Fairy Queen
Corelli
Sunday 8th December 2024 5:00pm
Christmas Concerto
Carols Mulled wine Mince pies
Featuring Siân Dicker Soprano
TICKETS Adult £17.50 Under 16s FREE Tickets Available on the door and from: Just -Wendover High Street
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