HALLMARKThe Lacey Green and Loosely Row Magazine

MAY 2010 NUMBER 214 ESTABLISHED 1970

Poppies byMargaret Gray

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History GroupThis issue we have specialcontributions on historical landusage in our villages. My thanks tothe History Group who havewritten the articles in the centralsection, together with a lighterhearted contribution from GeoffGomme. My apologies to theauthor’s that I had to cut downtheir contributions to fit into thespace available.

It’s interesting to read how the landwas used - today we have just onedairy farm left in the village with theother four farms focused on arablecrops and a few beef cows. The bigchange I have seen in my time hereis the vast growth in the number ofhorses in the fields - a reflection ofthe greater amount of leisure timeand disposal income.

The History Group continue to addnew articles to the web site - I urgeyou to go and have a look atwww.laceygreen.com/history

Recent articles include:� St. Johns Hospital� The Medicine Run� History of the Church Choir� History of Lacey Green Singers

They are also planning a VillageHistory Exhibition to be held in thespring of next year. There will be

more details in future Hallmarks.

Demise of TwinningI was very sorry to see the article onpage 8 notifying us of the finalclosure of the Twining Association.Twinning was set up in 1981 and for20 years we had some excellentexchange visits with Hambye. (Iremember fondly the local cider). Italso gave lots of children sometremendous experiences: foreignculture and cuisine, staying awayfrom their parents for the first time,improved language skills - ourchildren certainly learnt some verycolloquial French not normally

taught in schools.

Planning blightMost people are probably aware ofthe proposals to build a High SpeedTrain line from London toBirmingham right through thecentre of the Chilterns. The pointthat you may have missed is thatone of the proposed routes goesthrough Hughenden Valley andright under Lacey Green. PaulRogerson goes into details on theproposals on page 20 though muchof the focus of his article is aboutcompensation for falling propertyvalues.

Now I don’t like NIMBYs whohave selfish values, I don’t want athird runway at Heathrow, and I amall in favour of better high speedrail links. However I do think thatthe proposal to build the linethrough the Chilterns isfundamentally wrong. Thealternative promoted by many localauthorities is to build the new linealongside the existing one fromcentral London. This could also andinclude a stop at Milton Keynes toallow the locals to benefit.The problem is that the politicianstook a strategic decision to tie thenew line into Heathrow. Thismeans that the new line out ofEuston is routed westwards toRuislip so it can join up with theCrossrail spur to Heathrow. Assoon as you start the line from WestLondon it is inevitable that it will gothrough the Chilterns. What weneed is for the new line to go northfrom Euston following the existingline to Birmingham.It is not yet clear how we shouldmake our voice heard. It is notcurrently possible to commentformally on Route 2.5 thoughfurther consultation is promised inthe autumn. We need to supportthe objections to Route 3 at ageneric level and not get involved inlocal fights about whether it goesthrough Missenden or HughendenValley. There is a petition on theDowning Street web site - thoughthe supporting wording is very poor.Still on the planning theme, theHemley Hill appeal has now beendelayed. Following further appealsby the Travellers, the PlanningInspectorate has rescheduled thePublic Inquiry. It will now be heldat the Council Offices, QueenVictoria Road, High Wycombestarting July 13 2010. It isanticipated that the Inquiry will lastfor four days.

Mike Piercy - Editor

Welcome to the Summer Edition of Hallmark

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Indoor BowlingWould you be interested in Indoor

bowling at Lacey Green VillageHall?

This is gentle exercise and socialintercourse, recommended for

longevity

The Hall is currently available onTuesday and Thursday mornings socould be either or both depending

on numbers.I have some names but need toknow if you will join us before I

take this further.

Please Tel 01844 345216 or emailleighaxe@btinternet.com

PrintersYou cannot fail to notice the changein the appearance of Hallmark. Wehave now moved from a traditionalpaper based production process, toa fully digital system with all contentgenerated in a PC DesktopPublishing programme. This meansthat for the same cost we can printon better paper with selected pagesin colour. I can still acceptcontributions in any formatincluding paper, but it would begreat if contributors can send insome more colourful contributionsand lots of pictures. Please bearwith me as I learn how to operatethe new DTP software.

We had planned to make thischange for the August edition, butunfortunately our existing printersclosed down in the middle of Apriland we had to bring our changeforward. In the time given, I havenot been able to recreate the adverts- so my apologies if you spot anyquality issues.

If any of our advertisers would liketo email me new digital copies oftheir adverts I will be happy toinsert them.

Finally I would like to thank Peterand Les from Risboro Printers fortheir help and support over theyears.

Congratulations!Finally congratulations to thefootball team on their splendidresults from their first season.

Thanks again to Norman Tyler forall his photographs in this issue.

Mike Piercy

STRAWBERRY TEA

& BRASS BAND

At “Gracefield”, Main Road, Lacey Green(on corner of Church Lane nearest to Black

Horse).

Brian & Judy Wicks have very kindlyoffered again to hold the Strawberry Teain their lovely garden. Please come & relax

while enjoying strawberries & cream,scones & home-made cake, being

entertained by the brass band.

Starts at 3 pm but welcome later.

Tickets £4 – buy at the gate

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What’s onAll summer Maize maze (see advert on p15)

Everyday from July 23 to Sept 5. 10,30 - 6.00Sunday June 13 Strawberry Tea and Brass Band

See advert oppositeJune 7th &August 2nd

Parish Council Meeting at Lacey Green

Village Hall at 7.30 pmSun June 20 Open gardens in Lacey Green. Teas and

Parking at the Village Hall from 2pm until 6pm.

Please contact Margaret Grey on 01844-347094 or Marjorie Palmer on 01296-488353for further details.

July 5th Parish Council meeting at Speen

Village Hall at 7.30 pm10th July Strawberry Summer Ball at St Johns School.

Tickets from the school office

Speen Village FeteSponsored by local business

Saturday 10th July 2010 from 2pm – 5pm

A traditional village fete in support of the

The Thomas Ball Cancer FundAnd other village organisations

Featuring: “The Avenue of youth” an insight in to the activities of many cadet and youth organisations,

Street Dancing, Family Karate, Local Fire Brigade, RAF Benson

And more side shows than you could shake a stick at!!!

A Grand Prize Draw with 24 reasons to by a raffle ticket including £200 cash!!

And a charity “mud wrestling” competition at 7.30 pm

Plus on Friday the 9th A local Yokel Barn Dance and Picnic featuring music by Broadband

Contact Amanda for details on all the above on 01494 488887

ARE YOU IN TOUCH WITH TIM COWELL?(formerly of Grimsdyke Farm)

 Alex Markham is trying to organise a reunion of students from Tim'syear at Birmingham University.  If you can put him in touch with Timor Sally, please e mail a.f.markham@leeds.ac.uk

Lacey Green WindmillBy the time you read this edition ofHallmark, the windmill will havebeen open for 5 of our 25 opendays. Do come and visit the mill,especially if you have not seen itswonderful interior. Bring a friendor neighbour, relative or yourvisitors. You will be made welcomeby one of our teams of volunteerwardens - without them we wouldnot be able to open the mill on aregular basis.A reminder that our opening timesare 2.30 to 5.30 ( with lastadmission at 5pm ) on Sundays andBank Holiday Mondays until 26thSeptember. Admission £1.50 foradults & 75p for children aged 5 -15. Donations are always welcomewhich will be used for themaintenance of the mill.Please contact me if you requireany further information: BettyHardy, Publicity Officer, LaceyGreen Windmill RestorationCommittee. Telephone: 01844275871 email:contact@laceygreenwindmill.org.uk

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At the Annual General Meeting in2002 the then Chairman of theTwinning Association, Mrs PatWilliams, indicated that unless therewere volunteers to take over fromthe long-serving Committee, theAssociation would have to bediscontinued. At the AGM in 2003,there being no volunteers, theAssociation was ‘put on ice’.

Since then, although severalapproaches have been made toHambye, there appears to be verylittle enthusiasm to resurrect theAssociation from their side and therehave been no volunteers toresuscitate Twinning from our side.Now that travel has becomecommonplace between the UK andFrance the need for Twinning hasbecome less imperative.Consequently, Lacey Green ParishTwinning Association, in commonwith many others, is not the only onewhich has had, sadly, to close downfor lack of support.

Lacey Green Parish Twinning Association

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Under Item 14 of the Lacey GreenParish Twinning AssociationConstitution any surplus funds thatare still held must be transferredequally to the village hall funds ofSpeen and Lacey Green for specifieduse. The remaining members of theold Committee will undertake towind up the Lacey Green ParishTwinning Association in accordancewith the Constitution.

Liz SouthonTony Molesworth

Mel Webster

Ted Janes signing the Twinning Charter

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A Small Family BusinessBy the time you read this, LGPshould have performed their latestplay in the “Theatre at Home”series. This production of AlanAyckbourn’s play “A Small FamilyBusiness” has been fascinating forall involved to present.

Ayckbourn’s scenery for this playcalled for a two storey house set tobe built and, when the firstproduction was staged at theNational Theatre in London, this isprecisely what they did! AlthoughLGP does have one or two

“handymen”, the thought of buildinga whole house was clearly a step toofar. So how did we get round thisproblem? Ann Noel and AndrewClark again offered their wholehouse as our stage.

The Clark’s house, “Chipko” atParslows Hillock, is ideally designedfor “A Small Family Business” witha galleried landing, several flights ofstairs and a conveniently-placedbathroom, giving the differentacting areas in supposedly different

houses a “real feel”. We have givenour audiences difficult tasks ofimagination in the past and eachtime they have risen to thechallenge. We hope that thecomplete house set of “Chipko” for

“A Small Family Business” has fittedthe bill yet again.

The profits raised from thisproduction are going to a localcharity, The Oasis Partnership,which works to reduce the effectsof alcohol and drug abuse in thelocal areas of Aylesbury and HighWycombe. At the time of writing wedon’t know how much we will haveraised and full details will be givenin the next Hallmark.

What Happened Next?Well “What Happened Next” is next.That is to say, we are now startingto work on our end of Novemberdinner theatre entertainment. Thiswill be a first for Lacey Green andwill involve the LGP actors havingto do what you, dear audience, tellus to do!

Our aim for this dinner theatre is topresent a series of scenes butmissing out the concluding scene.We shall then ask our audience, attheir separate tables to suggestdifferent endings to the play. Theactors will then retire into a cornerfor a few moments and return withthe spontaneously improvisedversions of one of these audiencesuggestions……..”simples”!We have also been invited toperform this entertainment inWinslow in late October, so we shallbe able to tell you whether Winslowor Lacey Green audiences have thebetter ideas for our play’s ending!There will be prizes.Tickets for “What Happened Next”will be on sale in September forwhat promises to be another LGPfun-filled dinner theatre.As always, we are keen to attractnew people to our group and wouldlove to hear if you are interested intaking part in any capacity. Pleasephone 01844 344207.

Peter Brookhouse

LGP

I have just spent the morningsorting out the play area, throwingaway broken toys and putting in afew new ones. Toys tend to getbroken or they disappear. So if

anybody has any toys thatthey are clearing out think of

the  Black Horse for the play areaplease.

 I would like to say thank you forall the cards and kind wishes fromall our friends and customerswhen I was poorly and in hospital.Things  are slowly getting betterand I am meant to be resting, butthat is a hard thing to do in the pubtrade. Hopefully in time I will beback to my old self and have a littlebit more get up and go.

 Watch our boards for news aboutbarbecues in the summer we arehoping to do more this year;starting on the May Bank Holidaythrough to September.

April brings the start of Aunt Sallyon a Friday night, this should befun as we have two teams this year.

Also we are having a summer dartleague starting in May. Good luckto Lacey Green Cricket teams - nowin no sandwiches. Well done toboth the winter darts teams. It willbe nice to go to bed early on aThursday night girls from the Bteam. Also  well done to the LaceyGreen Football Team what afantastic first season you had, evenwith Ben playing. Congratulations to Catherine Delland Nick Smith on their weddingon the 10th April. It was a lovelyday enjoyed by all.Don’t forget we do breakfastsTuesday to Saturday mornings from9 am till 11 am it would be niceto see more people .

Lynne and Ian

Black Horse

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Following on from the previousarticle about St. John’s in Hallmark,we held a very successful “grandopening” of the completed linkbuilding project, as well ascelebrating the refurbished first-school playground. Staff andchildren are now completely settledin and enjoying the new andrefurbished areas. The majorproject has achieved its main aim inthat there is now a feel of “one”school.

The children were keen last term toraise funds for the recentearthquake disaster in Haiti. Theresponse was amazing, and with the

support of both children andparents, we raised a total of £1,162.

The school held a very successfulMaths Theme Week in March. Theweek started off with a mathscurriculum evening for parents,which aimed to give guidance onways to help their child. Each classtook part by focusing on aparticular area of maths, andthoroughly enjoyed an educationalTheatre Group visit.

We also held a number of socialactivities for the children, includinga Disco and Film Morning, as wellas a very successful Bingo event andBarn Dance for all the family.

The summer term promises anequally full amount of activity in StJohn’s, as we are looking forward tothe very popular Camp night, andthis years Strawberry Ball on the10th July. These two events arealways very well supported, as weaim to continue to raise funds forfuture outdoor projects at theschool.

Forthcoming event: Strawberry Summer Ball – 10th July.Tickets are available from the schooloffice.

Sharon Wilkes

St John`s School

Refurbished playground

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Our first meeting for 2010 was inFebruary when the speaker, Mr NeilRees talked about ‘The Other BucksCounty’. This was a most interestingtalk and we learnt how the BucksCounty in Pennsylvania, USA wasnamed by William Penn in 1682after the county where he lived andfrom which his family originated,our own Buckinghamshire.

We were entertained in March bylocal lady Mrs D’Arcy who talked tous about The Obromo Cacao –Food of the Gods. This was a realtreat for all the chocolate loversamongst us especially as Mrs D’Arcybrought along some chocolate for usto sample!

At our last meeting in April we had afascinating talk from Mrs Deakinentitled ‘The Land of the LongWhite Cloud’. Mrs Deakin’s talk wasaccompanied by some fantastic

slides of her travels roundNew Zealand – we all wanted

to rush off and book our nextholiday!

Several members recently attendedthe Spring Group Meeting atDownley and were rewarded with anexcellent and interesting talk fromMr Philip Littlejohn. Mr Littlejohn’sgrandfather was a survivor of thesinking of the Titanic and his talkwas based on his grandfather’saccount of the disaster, including theevents leading up to the fatefulcollision with the iceberg and thefinal moments of the Titanic. It wasa really good evening made even

better by our WI winning thecompetition – an Easter bonnet.Our entry was designed and made byMargaret Gray and Jill Baker. Welldone ladies and thank you.

We once again held a very successfuljumble sale in March. These salesenable us to have good speakers atour meetings and again this year wehave been able to offer 4 bursaries toour members. Thank you toeveryone who supported us bybringing jumble or by coming to buyand a special thank you to all ourmembers who helped.

Eight of our members recentlyattended the BFWI Annual CouncilMeeting at the Civic Centre,Aylesbury and had a real treat as themain speaker was Mrs Edwina Currywho proved to be a very able andentertaining speaker.

Daphne Williams

The Windmill WI

It is sad that we can no longer racealong the Main Road, tossingpancakes as we run; which weenjoyed doing for many years,nevertheless we had a mostenjoyable Pancake Day CoffeeMorning at Sally Pilkington’s.

The February meeting brought withit the opportunity to observe one ofthe very few Victorian MagicLanterns still in working condition.The slides illustrated with thisequipment were of fascinatinghistorical significance.

In March, as is our custom, wecelebrated the birthday of ourbranch with a Tea Party. (We have

been meeting for over eighty years!)The entertainment was 20 songsperformed by Mrs A. Swaithe whowas very impressed by the standardof our singing of Jerusalem!(However our membership includesladies who are in the Church Choirand Lacey Green Singers so we arecapable of making quite arespectable sound.)

In April we reluctantly left ourgardens in the glorious sunshine butwere rewarded by a most enjoyabledemonstration and work-shop‘Ribbon Floral Art’, the results ofwhich were most attractive.Furthermore we were delighted towelcome another new member!

In May we will be debating theresolution before Conference:

“The mandatory clear labeling offood with true country of origin.This meeting urges HMGovernment to introduce clear and

mandatory country of originlabeling on all meat, poultry andfish products sold in this country.”

A key issue for our debate iswhether meat should be labeledBritish only if it is born, reared andslaughtered here. If you feelstrongly about this issue, why notjoin us and take part in our debate?

Jean Gabbitas

Lacey Green and Loosely Row WIHELP!

Has anyone seen

The WI BannerStand

Black wrought ironWas in the store

But no longer thereContact Sally Pilkington 275994

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I am writing this on 23rd March asJohn and I are going to Yorkshirefor four days to a golden weddingcelebration of college friends, andwhen we get back a new tax yearwill be looming up for the staff andthe paperwork that entails so I amtrying to get ahead a little. Mythoughts on the past weeks havebeen a mixture of ups and downs inno particular order so I am justgoing to jot them down as theyspring to mind.

This golden wedding for instance.They were friends when he was atagricultural college, marrying threeyears after he left. They haveinvited quite a number from thosedays and is it not fantastic howmany are still with their originalpartners? There are no doubtvarying reasons why farmingmarriages stick it out, for it cannotbe all plain sailing, but I think Iought to have added it to my list ofgood things in farming in the lastedition.

Watching the wildlifeThe last few days we have derivedgreat pleasure from watching theblue tits peeping into our nest box.Will they or won`t they? That is thequestion. We have had a frequentvisitor in the form of a muntjakdeer. We were fascinated to see itin the garden in the daytime whichseemed unusual. It appears to bevery fond of a photinia shub whichit has indiscriminately pruned.Luckily this is a quick grower andshould withstand the unwarrantedattention. If it gets alarmed it

wriggles through the field gateincredibly fast and bounds acrossthe field to the farm in about threeamazing leaps which has to be seento be believed, in fact it all happensso fast you wonder if you have beenimagining things. Red deer alsohave been seen in the fields. Thisalways feels exciting, then yourealise it`s your crops they eatingand hope they won`t increase toomuch.

The badgers have been enlargingtheir sett at Grimsdyke. They dugsuch a deep hole that one of theheifers fell in it and was stuck on itsback. Luckily our stockman Dick,on his daily check realised one wasmissing. Also lucky that in this dayand age we have the machinery tolift it out. It probably could nothave survived like that for long.

£100 million for TBThis part of the country isdesignated a low risk area for TB inthe cattle. The milk is tested dailybut the stock only has to be testedevery four years. It is a massive jobwhich every farmer hates. Everysingle animal has to be put throughthe cattle crush and given twoinjections by the vet. Returningthree days later it all has to be doneagain to check if there are anyreactors. It takes a long time.More straightforward if the animalsare at the farm but if they are out inthe fields they too have to berounded up.

Our four year test was due. At thesecond inspection the two injectionsites must be as they were, no majorswellings. If there are, you areclosed down until a clear test hastaken place. We are at present inthe position of having two calvesthat were inconclusive- they werenot sure. They have to be isolatedfor sixty days and will be testedagain. If they are still not sure thewhole herd will have to be done

again. It is very worrying. If theyare conclusive they will have to beslaughtered and the farm will beunable to sell any stock until thewhole herd goes clear, being testedevery sixty days until it is.Compensation is paid forslaughtered animals, thegovernment paying out onehundred million pounds in the lasttwelve months.

National farm showsWe were very sorry to learn that thefive day Royal Agricultural Show atStoneleigh has closed. It was thehighlight of many farmers’ year. Itused to move around then probablythirty years ago a permanent sitewas established, with roads,exhibitors’ accommodation, andpermanent pavilions. It seemedsuperb, but times change and now ithas gone. Two other shows thatwere on our calendar every yearabout fifty years ago were twoimportant events, the Dairy Show atOlympia and the Smithfield Showat Earls Court, this last had fatstockand carcases as well as machinery.They were not the best place for theanimals as London before the coalfires were banned would get suchdense smog (yellow sooty smokeand fog) that some of the them died,and it was sometimes impossible tosee across the road. The DairyShow moved to Stoneleigh, then tothe N.E.C at Birmingham.Smithfield Show folded.

There was the National PoultryShow in London. As a child Ientered my bantams for that.Took them in special crates toSaunderton Station, where thestationmaster put them in theguards van to London. They weredelivered to Olympia, put in theirshow cages to be judged. Wewould go up the next day to see ifthey had won anything. They oftenhad and there was quite a lotof competition then.

On The Farm

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Lacey Green StoresOur efforts during the last year havebeen directed mainly at the settingup and operation of Lacey GreenStores. The store is not run as acommercial profit making business,but is intended to be a facilityavailable to support the localcommunity. In this regard it hasbeen successful, and everyone thathas expressed a view has been highlycomplimentary. We were muchappreciated during the snowboundweek in January, when we managedto sell out of soup and other goodies.

There is an advertisement elsewherein Hallmark, that we hope willencourage more readers to use theshop. Ideally, we would like everyone in Lacey Green and LoosleyRow to come in and buy somethingat least once a month.

In addition to customers, we wouldalso welcome a few more volunteersto join the existing team running theshop. So if you have a few hours tospare and would like to dosomething to support your village,please let us know. You can choosea full session of 4 1/2 hours, or ashorter spell of about 2 hours. Ourvolunteer team is doing a superb job,but we need to be able to provide

cover for holidays and othercommitments.

One of our problems is not beingquite sure what to keep in stock, andhere you can also help. If there issomething that you don’t see on theshelves but would like to be able toobtain, please tell us, and we will tryto oblige. We do sell newspapers,and if any resident would like to havea regular weekday paper we arehappy to obtain it - but we do needto be sure that you will pay for it.

The Parish PlanThe Parish Plan has now beenpublished together with itsphotographs, and can be found onthe Parish Council web site at:www.laceygreenparishcouncil.org.It has been slightly disappointing tohave had no feedback fromparishioners – perhaps an indicationthat we were not sufficientlycontroversial with some of theproposals for action.

The High Speed Rail LinkMost of you will have learned aboutthe proposed high-speed rail linkfrom London to Birmingham andbeyond. The preferred alternativeroute HS 2.5 would cause immensedisruption to Lacey Green andLoosley Row, quite apart fromplaces further afield.

The link is deemed to be essential tothe future economy of the UK, andif this were true, it might even bebeneficial to Buckinghamshire. Butit does nothing for us directly, and Isuspect that few residents are goingto welcome the disturbance andpotential financial losses. It isintended that there will be acompensation scheme but to thebest of my knowledge, no UKgovernment has ever done morethan provide limited reimbursementto a small proportion of thoseaffected by such schemes.

Lacey Green ParishCommunity PlanningGroupThe planning group aims to find outwhat Parish residents want, and toidentify ways and means of satisfyingthese wants. It operatesindependently of the Parish Counciland there is plenty to do. We coulddo with some more members, andanyone who is interested in doingsomething for the local community,either representing one of the manyvillage organisations, or as aconcerned individual, would bewelcome.

Tony Molesworth

Lacey Green Community plan

Local farm showsLocally very many local towns had aChristmas Fatstock Market, theprize winners being bought bybutchers to display in their shops.Wycombe’s continued until about1980, when the site was sold fordevelopment. We used to showour turkeys and cockerels alwayshoping for the red rosettes. Themarket was there all the year and afavourite meeting place for thefarmers.

In the summer the agriculturalshows abounded. Wycombe heldone down on the Rye. PrincesRisborough held one in the big fieldacross from the bottom ofWoodway. So sad they have allgone, even the famous Banburymarket has closed. Locally, Thameis still on, in September, go to it andgive it your support Also BucksCounty show, lots to see, don’t missit. This all sounds a bit historic, butit’s all in our farming lifetime.Things have changed so much.

Joan West

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District and County Council News

There is only one topic that hasemerged recently and that is theHigh Speed Rail (HSR) proposalsand their affect on theCommunities and Environmentwithin the Chilterns. TheGovernment proposal, and it maychange on May 6th, is to suggestthree alternative routes that cutthrough the Chilterns:

· Route 3. the recommendedroute, passes throughAmersham and Wendoverbefore cutting past the westof Aylesbury;

· Route 2.5. the secondpreferred option, cutsthrough Hughenden Valleyto strike North Dean. Itthen passes under Speen,Lacey Green, Loosley Rowand on to Horsenden in atunnel before emergingclose to Pitch Green andstriking out to the west ofHaddenham, obliteratingIlmer on the way.

· Route 4 which leavesLondon via a 28 km tunneltowards Kings Langley andon to pass close toBerkhamstead.

The Chilterns Area of OutstandingNatural Beauty is protected fromdevelopment by its Special Status sohow can the Government drive arailway (similar to an eight lanemotorway) through it? The answeris they have to demonstrate anoverwhelming reason that it is inthe National Interest and that noother route can meet the need.

All of these routes impact theAONB. Route 2.5 obviously has thegreatest local affect and would seethe wholesale destruction of villagessuch as North Dean and Ilmer. Thegovernment through its whollyowned subsidiary, HS2 ltd, haveonly chosen to consult at this timeon Route 3 both for theenvironmental and communityimpacts and on a proposedExceptional Hardship Scheme(EHS) set up to address propertyblight. This scheme only includeshome owners that are directlyimpacted by the route and can showthat they have been trying to sell forat least three months. Nothing isoffered to those who are somedistance from the route but aresuffering in the same way fromproperty blight. Consultation onthis scheme has already commencedand is due to close on May 20th.

This leaves those affected on Route2.5 with no recourse toGovernment about the secondpreferred option. Even if there wasa case for HSR it is, in my view,entirely wrong for consultation tobe restricted in this way. Propertyblight has already affected sales on

the 2.5 choice and has affectedproperty values. Without a properlyconstructed scheme forcompensation that compensateseverybody for the damage donesince the time of the announcementthen it is inevitable that people andcommunities will loose out. As itstands even the EHS will only repay85% on the loss and it gets evenworse when the proposal forcompensation is based on valuationat the time that the announcementis made on the chosen route. Thiswould mean that property valueswill have already fallen through theanticipated announcement and thatresidents could be looking at valuesof 50% or less where their area hasalready taken a significant hit. Thiscannot be fair.

So what can be done? Firstly we allneed to lobby our electedrepresentatives at all levels for adebate on these issues and demandthat action is taken for everybody’svoice to be heard. Action groupsare already taking shape and detailscan be found on the Web. The HS2Action Alliance is one of the first toemerge and their web address iswww.hs2actionalliance.org. TheChilterns Conservation board isalso strongly opposing theproposals and their web address iswww.chilternsaonb.org

The County Council position is alsoto oppose the proposals. You cancontact them direct via their website www.buckscc.gov.uk or byphone on 01296 395000

I can be contacted though my emailaddress progerson@buckscc.gov.ukso if you would like to contact me, Iwill do what I can to help.

Paul Rogerson

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Village NewcomersDo you know of someone who has

just moved into Lacey Green,Loosley Row or Speen?

The Lacey Green CommunityPlanning Group would be pleased

to welcome them to ourcommunity by delivering a

Welcome Pack. It contains a lot ofrelevant information about local

services and features.

Please contact Christine Oliver(Speen) at 01494 488570; or

Angela Agate (LG & LR) at 01844273916 or

angelaagate@btinternet.com

AGMThe Annual Assembly of the ParishMeeting was held in Lacey GreenVillage Hall on 12th April 2010. TheChairman, Cllr. Mrs. Cathryn Davies,welcomed members of the publicand introduced Members of theCouncil. Cllr. Davies gave a reporton the actions of the Council overthe last year, thanking Councillorsfor their work.

Garden of RestThe new access drive to the Gardenof Rest in Main Road is nowcomplete. Whilst the driveway wasunder construction, the opportunityhad been taken to lay a water supply.This is at present awaitingconnection by Thames Water. Workis in hand to extend the area for theinterment of ashes. Consideration isbeing given to the replacement, insome form, of the memorial gatesthat were removed to make way forthe new access. These gates wereoriginally erected in memory of theformer boys of the MethodistSunday School, who gave their livesin both World Wars.

PlaygroundNew play equipment had beeninstalled in the playground in theSports Field. Much of the safetysurface has been replaced and theperimeter fence renewed. The wholesite is now fully refurbished andready for the forthcoming springand summer season. Cllr. Mrs. MivHughes had overseen the workinvolved regarding the installation ofthe play equipment.

FinanceCllr. Roger Craft gave a report onthe Finances of the Parish Council.By careful management, it has beenpossible to reduce the precept,which in turn has produced adecrease in Council Tax charged forthe Parish Council.

Parish Councils are encouraged byWycombe District Council to keepthe public informed on the role ofthe Parish Council. To this end aParish Council Website has been setup,www.laceygreenparishcouncil.org.uk.The site provides a point of contactwith the Clerk. It also provides much

information regarding the Parish,including meeting dates and location,Accounts, Minutes, Services andmaps.

The Parish Council is consulted onall Planning Applications underconsideration affecting the Parish.These appear on the Website, areregularly updated and available formembers of the public to view andcomment upon if they so wish.

Dennis ClaydonA (house?) key has been found inthe playground If you lost one inthis area please contact a parishcouncillor

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.The steep sided valleys and“bottoms” of the Chilterns werecarved out when the last ice ageretreated. It left a thin layer offlinty top soil overlying chalk hillswith pockets of clay some of whichwas suitable for brick making.

All land belonged to the crown andafter his invasion of 1066, Williamthe Conqueror had it all recordedin the Domesday Book, specifyingamong other things how muchstock it could carry. The majorityof this area was given to the Lordof the Manor of PrincesRisborough until 1823 when all thecommon fields and the huge arearight across the top of the hillswhich was the Common wereenclosed. There were exceptionswhere the king or queen had madebequests to men or their widows, asreward for their services, usually inbattle. Sometimes woodland wasgiven to make sure it was preservedproperly, for timber wasparamount in the nation`s safetyand prosperity and laws applied asdecreed by Henry VIII. StockenFarm in Lacey Green which startedas Stocking, a clearing andwoodland is an example of this.

Rights of enclosureIn 1823 when the common landwas enclosed great trouble wastaken to share the land out as fairlyas possible. The manor farms andsome of the villagers had rights tothe strip fields on the better landbelow Little Wardrobes Lane alsoon the hay fields down in PrincesRisborough and to grazing on thecommon on the top of the hills.All this land was allocated out indirect ratio to the amount of rightsheld. After this all the land wouldbe as near as possible in one block.It must have been a terribleupheaval at the time and all the newboundaries had to be put in.

It seems incredible that even now in2010 most of those new fields arestill virtually the same.

Three hamletsThe two hamlets had started off asthree, Loosley Row, Leasey Green(part of what was to becomeChurch Lane) and Upgreen (an areanear the present village hall). Theseconsisted of small cottages, usuallysemi-detached but also in terraces.By 1823 these areas had expandedso they were joined up. Therewere other larger old houses butthese belong exclusively to outlyingfarms, most of which belonged tothe Lord of Princes Risboroughmanor. The cottages had largegardens so that they could providefor the families, which were oftenvery numerous. Vegetables weregrown and usually a pig would bekept. With no main drains all thegarden compost, pig and humanwaste was dug into the gardens.Thus the tilth was improved andbecame very fertile. With therestrictions of the green beltpreventing expansion, houses havebeen built in them or cottagesextended with the result that thevillages have lost their mostproductive land under bricks andmortar.

Vast acreage ofwoodlandOver the centuries the whole areahad been predominately woodland.Detailed maps drawn in 1823 stillshow vast acreage of woods. Butfrom that date the new ownerscould buy and sell their land and dowhat they liked with it. Well beforethe end of that century the majorityof the woods had been felled andthus the number of fields increased.Although the fields have stayed thesame the ownership has changed.Some have been sold or let, mostlikely to adjoining farmers, often

leaving big farmhouses with little orno land. Others are used fordiverse enterprises. A goodexample being Speen Farm which isnow The Horses Home of Rest.(The Horses Trust) The housethere is one of the oldesthereabouts.

Before 1823, travellers, on foot forthe most part, would have seen avery different countryside from thatof today. The grass of the common,everywhere from the present PinkRoad as far as Kiln Lane and on toGrimsdyke was poor and sparse. Afew cattle and geese from PrincesRisborough would be walked up tograze making from pond to pond todrink.

Pigs in the gardenAll those precious pigs were kept inpeoples` gardens where they hadthere own critical role to play, so nosight of them. The few farms,which were independent of themanor would grow wheat to maketheir bread, sell any surplus and takestraw to London where it was indemand. With no animals tomanure the ground the crops werenot great. They would grow oatsfor the only important animals,which were their farm horses. Soyou might catch a sight of thosecrops, even a working horse After1823 when all the land wasindependently owned this situationbecame commonplace.

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Everywhere you would see peopleworking there own land. Theydidn’t all have horses and one mancertainly was known to have dug hissix acre field by hand (1452 yds x 20yds) You might just have seen ariding horse or a pony and trap,even a donkey and trap and if it wasMr or Mrs Forrest from Grimsdykebe sure to touch your cap or drop acurtsey.

The water comesIf it goes through your mind towonder why all those crops and sofew animals it is important toremember that piped water didn’tcome to the villages until 1934.There were only the ponds foranimals to drink and in a droughtyear it became a full time job cartingwater from Saunderton where therewas a stream, just for the few therewere. After 1934 the dairy herdsand beef cattle came, so they wouldhave been something to see.There were also flocks of sheep.These did better after the land had

improved, breeding had improvedsheep and they in their turnimproved the soil.

Now 2010 and walk through hereagain and you will realise thecommunity is much wealthier andthere are many horses being keptnow for leisure, greatly increased inthe last forty years. If you walkyou can see all this but look out forall the traffic in our countryside andtrust that they keep watching theroad and don`t take advantage of allthe rest there is to see.

The History Group

On sunny summer afternoons,many years ago, myself and agroup of friends from LaceyGreen would climb aboard ourbikes and cycle off to explorethe countryside. Often wewould go into Oxfordshire,Berkshire and even Hertfordshire.

One thing we all agreed upon -it was always a pleasure to getback on to our smooth, well-keptBucks roads.

How things have changed.

Steam RollerIn those days Smiths of WaltersAsh looked after and repaired ourroads. They sectioned off half ofthe road for a certain distanceand the 'tar' lorry would comealong spreading the tar followedby men spreading the 'chippings.'

In those days in Lacey Green liveda large powerful gentlemannamed Frank Sladden. He wasin charge of and drove thesteamroller. Here I'm talkingabout a 'real' roller - not one ofthose piddling little Diesel enginesor a hand-held vibrating machine.I'm not sure how much asteamroller weighed but itcertainly flattened and

smoothed our roads.

They were so much better thanother counties.

Mr Sladden had to walk orcycle to his roller early in themorning to l ight up theboiler and get up steam forthe day's work. He was giventhe nickname 'Darkie' becauseat the end of the day he'd beblack from shovelling coal tokeep up the steam pressure. Iremember he always had acheery greeting for usyoungsters: 'Wheeeeeup,' he'dshout, white teeth gleaming inhis grimy face, and, of course wewould be delighted to berecognized by such a great man.

For the benefit of non-Buckspeople, 'Wheeeeeup' translatesas 'Hello, how are you?'

Our roads now are not onlyshocking but highly dangerous.

RoadmenWhile I was on the subject ofroad maintenance I couldhave mentioned the 'road men.These were usually fairly elderlymen who were given a stretchof road to look after. Theywould cut the grass verges, trimthe hedges and dig out theditches. They had no machines,everything was done by handusing a scythe, a 'ripping' hook,a broom and a spade.They did a great job keepingthe sides of the roads clean,the ditches clear so thatmotorists did not then suddenlyrun into a pond in the middle ofthe road.At road junctions they trimmedback the hedges so that motorists,cyclists, etc., could see anyoncoming traffic. Sometimes nowyou take your life in your handsemerging from a side turningroads.Altogether they did a goodjob. I sometimes wonder if ,with all the unemployed, somemen would like to learn thenecessary skills and have a go.Unfortunately, it can't be donesitting at a computer.

Geoff Gomme

A 'HOLE' NEW WORLD

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Miss Lacey Green

The first week of March was verybusy for many residents of LaceyGreen, Buckinghamshire. We had avisitor from Wisconsin, USAnamed Lacey Green.

Lacey is a college student majoringin Community Affairs in herhometown of Milwaukee. Shediscovered via the Internet that sheshared her name with a village inthe UK and was intrigued. Shedecided to come and visit andestablish ties with her namesake.

She contacted Miv Hughes, one ofour local parish councillors, throughthe Lacey Green website.www.laceygreen.com She alsocontacted 5W, a website based inHigh Wycombe, which welcomessingle women from around the

world and provides them withaccommodation.

Lacey arrived in England, on herfirst visit, and traveled to Londonwhere she was welcomed by a 5Wmember and enjoyed the regulartourist sites of London.

She then traveled to Lacey Greenwhere she arrived just in time toenjoy the cream tea at theMillennium Hall which wasorganized by the Youth Group toraise funds for Haiti.

It was a busy week with organizeddaily visits to the Under 5sWindmill group, St Johns Schooland Princes Risborough UpperSchool. On Thursday spent the dayin High Wycombe with one of ourlocal residents who works as atherapist with young children andthen on Friday she visited St

Theresa’s School in PrincesRisborough. Several generousresidents of Lacey Green providedher with overnight accommodationand meals. Since she is a student,money was limited for Lacey.She visited the LGLR Youth Clubon Friday evening.During the week, the pressdiscovered the story and she hadseveral interviews for the BucksFree Press, BBC South Today andThree Counties’ radio.Lacey will be graduating fromcollege in May and hopes to pursuea career in politics in WashingtonDC.Thanks to all who helped towelcome Lacey Green to LaceyGreen.

Angela Agate

101-year-old Con Baker invited meto photograph the tree hergrandson Jeremy Baker, now MDof Gomme's Forge, has justcompleted for Aldermaston CofESchool. She is really proud of hiswork, which is very different fromanything she has seen before. Iagree - I've never seen anything likeit.

With the help of an artist, theschool's children drew the branches& cut their design out in cardboard.Jeremy then used these as templatesto cut it out of steel by acetylenetorch.

The tree is designed such that it'sbranches can be lowered down tochildren's height, so they candangle through holes ready-drilledin the branches such as ceramicpears and leaves & blooms madefrom wire, then the branches can beraised back into position.

The steel tree is not painted or anti-rust treated because it is intended togo rusty, like the Angel of theNorth. The result is unique and veryimpressive indeed - I have neverseen anything like it! The ideadeserves to be adapted by otherorganisations - not only schools.

Norman Tyler

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Appeal for Haiti

  We finally counted the money,washed all the cups and plates,swept the floors and closed the halldoors behind us. The youth ofLacey Green and their ancientparents and friends had completedthe fund raising events for Haiti.

This had all started a few weeksbefore when the Youth Group,ALIVE, met for one of our regulardiscussions. The recent earthquakein Haiti had left everyone stunnedby the enormous impact and thequestion was, “Where is God insituations where people aresuffering?”

An answer for us was to respond byoffering ourselves to see what wecould do in a practical way. Clearly,we needed to respond to try to helpthe people whose lives had beenshattered and whose homes andfamilies had been destroyed, so itwas decided to raise money byholding two village events.

 The first event was a disco, held inthe St. John’s School hall. Ourexcellent DJ was Jim Maynard whosupplied his equipment and gave usa great evening. The Bar wasorganized and donated by theAshton Family, and well supportedby parents. Jenny King arrangedboth raffles.

Cream TeaThe second was the Cream Tea inthe Millennium Hall on the 28th

February. We knew, from the fund-raising following the Tsunami, thatthis had been popular and wellsupported then, we only hoped thatthe Village would give the samesupport this time.

We liaised with the school, friendsin the village who we knew wouldknow what was already going on,and decided on a day between us.Lucy King designed the posters andDisco tickets. Could we ensure thatwe would have enough scones andcakes to feed the people we hopedwould turn up?

However, we need not haveworried as Lacey Green is a veryspecial place, full of people able andwilling to bake cakes, make sconesand tea and generally participate. Itwas truly wonderful to see howmany people arrived with lovelythings to eat and an amazingeagerness to be generous to givetheir money to people who theywould never meet.

Adam Grout (17) was truly amazingand generous. He donated a largepainting of a rescue worker and achild in Haiti, which he paintedespecially so that we could raisemoney for Haiti. We sold squaresfor it, at the Disco and the CreamTea, and the winner was JonnyMaunder.

 In the end, thanks to the generosityof the people of Lacey Green, ourspecial visitor from America, LaceyGreen and many others, we notonly had a wonderfulafternoon together, entertained bymusicians led by Gavin Mole, andwith Graham King as Master ofCeremonies, but we had raised atotal of £3233 (which will becomeover £4,000 including Gift Aid).This has now been sent toShelterBox, http://shelterbox.org/who provide large plastic boxes thatcontain a 10-person tent, cookingequipment, sleeping bags, tools anda variety of other things to helpprovide emergency shelter for thosewho have lost their homes andpossessions. The funds will buy 8Shelter Boxes which could provideemergency accommodation for upto 80 people!

 Our thanks go to the people ofLacey Green who supported andgenerously gave to this worthycause.

Hugh Thomas-Davies

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Apart from two small housingdevelopments and otherproperties built in betweenexisting dwellings, there hasbeen relatively little change inLoosley Row over the last 50years.

Little LaneThe below section of an 1820'smap shows an area once knownas Parish's Close alongside the

former old Wycombe Road –now Little Lane. The hedgesseparating the fields wereremoved prior to the mid-1950's. Parish's Close (andadjoining land is mentioned ina Will made by a Loosley RowYeoman in 1738.

“John Wade ..hassurrendered to the Lord ofthe Manor those copyholdlands Jefferys Field RagFurlong Lacey's Close,Little Jefferys Field,Parish's Close ....”

Parish's Close had always beenused for agricultural purposes,until the first significant changewas made during the 1950's. Afew acres were sold in plotsand planning permission wasgranted.

Before that time, the firstbuilding along that section ofLittle Lane had been a cottageknown as Penryn, with its redtin roof and grey wood-boarded

facing. The property was notvery old and was possibly builtbetween 1900-1920?

In 1955 the owners of Penryn'sold one third of an acre oftheir garden for £250 (thegoing rate at that time!), wherethe current owner's father builtthe small bungalow Homeleigh'.When Penryn' was sold in the1970's, it was demolished andreplaced by the present house.

WoodbankIn the 1950's a large housecalled 'Ten Acres' stood on partof the old field Great Jefferys:the land and buildings wereused as a poultry farm and laterby a meat processing company.In the middle of the 1990's, thefactory and land adjoining wassold and now houses theWoodbank development of 24

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operties. A new access road(cul-de-sac) was constructed atthat time and a 1950'sbungalow Long View'demolished to accommodatepart of the new road, A sectionof the land once belonging to'Ten Acres' has a Covenantattached preventing propertybeing built upon the site. Itunknown when, or by whom,this Covenant was made butwas certainly in existence in the1950's.

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The GrubbinOn the opposite side of LittleLane, the hill known as 'TheGrubbin' was once woodland(see 1820's map). After theremoval of the trees the landhas been used for agriculturalpurposes. The former hamlet of`Coombes' (mostly housingfarm workers) was once locatedat the top of the hill near thesurviving strip of woodland.

Foundry LaneA Nursery/Market Garden andhouse called 'Beggar's Roost'(owned in the 1950's by a Mrand Mrs Pearman) was situatedon the left-hand side goingdown Foundry Lane from theLittle Lane turning.

Lower RoadThe small triangular piece ofland between Foundry Laneand the junction of LittleLane/Lower Road in front ofRandall 's Cottage belonged formany years to the Blacksmithsof that name. It was describedon old maps as a 'garden'.

A small dwelling called'Hillside', but referred to locallyas 'the tin house', once stoodon the bank in Lower Road(Little Lane end) opposite`Randall 's Cottage'. It wasconstructed much like 'Penryn'previously referred to. In the1950's, 'Hillside' was occupiedby two elderly sisters Winifredand Ettie Lloyde, the latteralways known as 'Aunt Ettie'. Itwas said that one of the sisterswas formerly an actress. Whenthe cottage was eventuallydemolished and the new houseconstructed further back fromthe lane, the old chimney breast

was retained in the newfront garden/drive area.

The SalmonAlso in the 1950's, gardensbelonging to 'The Salmon' inFoundry Lane extended rightup to Lower Road andincorporated a tennis court andsmall wooden property called'Crab Hall'. This had beenconstructed by the then ownersMr and Mrs Isdell Carpenterfor the use of their childrenand friends. In 1958 MrsRosemary Isdell Carpenterfounded the 81st Club forLoosley Row and Lacey Greenpensioners. When the coupleretired and moved to Surrey,that area of the former gardens,the tennis court and hall weredemolished for housing.

The former Baptist Chapel inLower Road eventually closedin 2001 and the property wassold. Although now a privatedwelling it still retains itsoriginal exterior aspect, ironrailings and gate.

Harvey’s ShopHarvey's shop situated near thechapel was a small grocerystores, which also sold a greatvariety of other usefulhousehold items. During the1950's it was much in use bylocal residents. The property,with its wooden windowshutters, remains. In its earlierhistory the small shop had beena bakers owned by one of theJanes family, who laterrelocated to Lacey Green andestablished the bakery along themain road.

During the 1950's Sydney Janesfrom the family bakery in LaceyGreen was still delivering breadin his pony and trap toresidents in Loosley Row.

Loosley HillA section of land situatedbehind existing properties andgardens in Loosley Hill wasdeveloped for the erection ofhouses and a new access road,'Violet Close'.

At the top of Loosley Hill thePost Office and general storewas much in use. The owneralso kindly delivered groceriesin the area.

WildlifeMany wildflowers and insectshave disappeared from someparts of Loosley Row over theyears.

Bee Orchids, Wild Mignonetteand Cowslips could once befound on the grass roadsidebanks, particularly the bank onthe corner of Little Lane nearthe woods at the foot of 'TheGrubbin'. Another wildflowerno longer seen is the tiny wildyellow and mauve pansy.Violets, however, still flourish.

On the grass bank describedabove it was also possible atnight to see numerous glowworms. The Chalkhill BlueButterfly, once prolific, is onlyseen occasionally.

Sightings of the tiny long nosedShrews are rare. The EdibleDormouse (Glis-Glis), however,has multiplied since the 1950's,as has the Muntjac deer andBadger. The Red Kite is now acommon sight in this area.

HedgesIn the 1950's the ancient craftof hedge laying was still beingpractised by local skilled farmworkers in Little Lane, LoosleyRow.

Rita Probert

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Sunday 28th MarchThirty Happy Wanderers turned outfor our usual Sunday morning walk.We started from the car park at TheRoyal Standard of England, FortyGreen near Beaconsfield.

On this pleasant spring morningour walk was led by Ian Goodearland his partner Kim.

The walk took the shape of a figureof eight which allowed those whodid not wish to complete the fulllength to return after the first hour.This loop took us across pastureland with good views across thelocal landscape, past interestingproperties, with lots of daffodils,then through Strawberry wood.Wild strawberries in the summerone might think. After a couplemore fields some of our fiends leftthe remainder to go back to the Inn.

The rest of us continued through more Chiltern woodland and pastures to eventually return to the start. Quite afew of us then enjoyed a good lunch stop at The Royal Standard of England. Ron Goodearl

Happy Wanderers

Sunday 31st JanuaryOn a bright and frosty morning 20 happy wanderers and two dogs met at 10.30 a.m. by the Gate public house atBryants Bottom. To get everyone warmed up we started by climbing a fairly steep path behind the pub up toDenner Hill, where we turned towards Hampden Common, passing the pheasant farm on the way and sawsome of the birds practicing their ice skating on a frozen pond.

We continued past the attractivehouses at Hampden Common to thecross roads where we turned leftstaying on the road to the T junction,crossing over and up through theLarch plantation and over fieldstowards Speen.

On the outskirts of Speen we tookthe unmade road past the Scout hutand took the path over a meadowand through the wood past Piggott’s,from there we walked along the lanetowards Little Piggott’s and enteredthe wood on the way down to TheGate P.H..

We were pleasantly surprised to findsome other Club members haddecided to join those of uswho stayed for a good lunch.

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BAHS Spring ShowThe picture shows Denise Kinnardand Stella Boll ready for the rush tothe refreshments table at the BAHSSpring Show which we hosted inApril. Our own entries were placedfifth, with four Societies above andfour below our score. We hadhoped to do rather better, but wefeel that we have still not quitegrasped the Judges’ interpretation ofthe required standards. Ourarrangements for the Show werehighly commended by the BAHSOfficials, and in particular thequality of savouries and cakes thatwe provided for the tea. My thanksgo to all of our Members who madethese delicious eats. I believe thateveryone who contributed has beenasked for their expenses, but ifanyone has not been reimbursedplease let me know.

Committee hardshipIt is probably not widely appreciatedjust how much eating membershipof the Committee demands. Takethe last 3 meetings, starting withDecember, when we weresumptuously entertained by Alisonand Adam with mince pies, Stollencake and other seasonal goodies, wedecided on the domestic items forthe Annual Show schedule.

In February committee membersbrought along the result of theirtrials of these items and we had toset to and taste Cornish Fairings,Cheese scones, a Milk Loaf and aDundee cake. In the interests ofcomplete certainty, one slice isseldom sufficient. In April, it wasnecessary to evaluate our proposedentries for the BAHS Show, and wesampled bread and butter withLaura’s lovely lemon curd,chocolate butterscotch browniesand a broccoli quiche. At ourmeetings the hosts generously opena bottle or two of wine, but we findthat with so much food to beconsumed, reinforcements in thisarea are often necessary. Someonehas to do it!

Horticultural Society: Over The Garden Fence

Villager Brian Panter left a carrotin when he harvested the rest lastyear & was impressed as to howlarge it had grown by the time hedug it up in March 2010.

It weighed 1 lb 10 oz = 0.738Kg."

AGMAt the AGM in March, theCommittee were re-elected and arecord number of 65 people hadrenewed or joined. We confidentlyexpect more members to renewover the next month or two. Thetalk on “The Land of the LongWhite Cloud” was I have to saydisappointing. This was not thespeaker’s speciality location, he gaveus a super talk about 5 years ago onthe Himalaya, which he has visitedon many occasions, and we hadexpected the same standard. Theexcellence of recent speakersprobably also overshadowed Chris’presentation. Anyway, we were allfortified by John and Laura’s Anzacbiscuits and a glass of New Zealandwine, (no charge), appropriate tothe subject. Annual ShowSchedules, 4th September, weredistributed.

Terry Fendom

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Well, we are at it again. Cricket Imean. By the time you read this afew matches will have been played.Hopefully the results will havefavoured our two teams.I haven't a great deal to tell you inthis issue - not that that will stopme rabbiting on at length.We have a new captain for the 1stXI. Luke Weston, Esq. has beenassociated with the club for anumber of years. Mainly a bowlerbut can be handy with the bat whenthe need arises. An enthusiasticfielder.No vice-captain was nominated atthe meeting but there are seniorplayers who can step in with adviceif desired.For the 2nd XI, Jon Dell willcontinue as captain. Jon set a goodexample last year with bat, ball andin the field and with a little morebelief in his own ability can do evenbetter this time.Again Jon wasn't given a vice-captain but he has experiencedplayers around him to help.Now, I feel it would be a great helpif the team selectors could tell Jonwhich of his players they might takein the event of them being short atthe last minute so that he can havesomeone standing by to fill his team- or, at least, have someone in mind.I've been glancing through the rulesof the Mid Bucks K.O. competition.They are loosely based on the 20/20rules. I can see problems arising ifthe players (and the umpires) arenot fully conversant with the newformat.For a start, despite strict startingand finishing times for each inningswe will now have twenty six-ballovers instead of the previoussixteen eight-ball overs - obviouslylengthening the time it will take tocomplete each innings.No balls will cost two runs plus afree hit.

Wides bring a penalty of two runs. Awide is any ball passing outside thebatsman's legs -- providing hehasn't moved to cause it to do so.There's much more but hopefully itwill become clearer during thematches. Oh, by the way, you willbe expected to jog to the wicket.We'll have to wait and see whathappens on the field.Now, I completely forgot at the endof last season to say what a goodjob our umpires, Les and Derek,our scorers, Christine and Maureenand the lads who keep the groundin excellent condition do in theirspare time.

In the last issue my reader saidshe enjoyed my cricket joke. So,here's another one:

God and the Devil arranged acricket match and the Devil puta huge bet on the outcome.

“You’re very confident, says God.“Don't forget I've got the finestplayers ever born on my side”.

“Yes”, replies the Devil. “But I'vegot all the umpires”.

Geoff Gomme

Sports Club - Cricket Section

1st XI 2nd XI

May 1 Bradenham (Home) Bradenham 2 (Away)

May 8 Cadmore End (Away) Aylesbury 2 (Home)

May 15 Challoners (Home) Hampden (Away)

May 22 Potten End (Away) Wendover (Home)

May 29 Prestwood (Home) Haddenham (Away)

June 5 Holmer Green 2 (Away) Downley 2 (Home)

June 12 Waddesdon (Away) Nomadic Medics (Home)

June 19 Ley Hill (Home) Ley Hill 2 (Away)

June 26 Lt. Gaddesden (Away) Widmer End 2 (Home)

July 3 Bradenham (Away) Bradenham 2 (Home)

July 10 Cadmore End (Home) Aylesbury 2 (Away)

July 17 Challoners (Away) Hampden (Home)

July 24 Potten End (Home) Wendover (Away)

July 31 Prestwood (Away) Haddenham (Home)

Aug 7 Holmer Green 2 (Home) Downley 2 (Away)

Aug 14 Waddesdon (Home) Nomadic Medics (Away)

Aug 21 Ley Hill (Away) Ley Hill 2 (Home)

Aug 28 Lt. Gaddesden (Home) Widmer End 2 (Away)

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The tennis club is situated in the farcorner of the sports field providingthree all-weather courts. Wewelcome anyone wishing to playtennis at any level. During thesummer the tennis club will beentering teams in the Aylesbury andDistrict Tennis league hoping tobuild upon the successes of 2009.It is always something of a challengenot only to play against differentclubs but also to ensure that a teamof 4 players is actually available forthe fixture.Apart from the local matches, theclub offers a range of opportunitiesfor friendly social tennis. There areregular weekday and weekendsessions for juniors and adultmembers to get together forinformal tennis. Throughout thesummer, the club will hold 3 Sundayafternoon fun tennis tournamentswith a plentiful supply of tea andcakes for extra energy. This year, wehave arranged a number of practicesessions for informal tennis onFriday mornings with members ofthe Speen tennis club. So there aresome really good opportunities foranyone to come along and see whatthe club has to offer.The membership fees are againextremely good value for a villagetennis club in this area reflecting ourmodest facilities. The club is idealfor beginners or people who simplyhave not picked up a tennis racketfor years and would like to playtennis with like minded people.Many members also arrangecoaching which is available ingroups or one-to-one with thecoaches. Family membership isavailable for £75, Adult £50 andJunior £20.Fun tennis tournament dates duringthe summer are:

Sunday 16 May 2010

Sunday 18 July 2010

Sunday 5 September 2010

Ian Ward

Sports Club - Tennis Section

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LADIES DIVISION 7

Tue 4th May Wing 1 Home

Mon 24th May Aston Park 2 Away

Thurs 27th May Thame 3 Home

Tue 13th July Long Marston 2 Away

Tue 20th July Gt Missenden 2 Home

MIXED DIVISION 6

Thurs 6th May Cheddington 3 Home

Wed 19th May Quainton 1 Home

Tue 25th May Marsh Gibbon 2 Home

Tue 8th June Aylesbury 3 Home

Wed 16th June Gt Missenden 3 Away

Tue 22 June Haddenham 3 Home

Tue 6th July P. Risborough Away

MEN'S DIVISION 6Thurs 6th May Wingrave Away

Mon 17th May Oving 2 Away

Mon 7th June Cheddington 2 Home

Tue 29th June Cuddington 2 Home

Tue 13th July Chesham Bois Away

Tue 3rd Aug Cublington 2 Home

For more information and membership forms, please contact:

Ian Ward on PR 345567 or Linda Malden on PR 275296

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The night skies are going‘planet-astic’ over the comingweeks. You might have spotteda very bright point of lightabove where the Sun sets.That’s the planet Venus, Earth’s‘twin’ as it is about the samesize as our planet but currentlyabout 140 million miles away. Itstays in that area for severalweeks and will be joined byother planets in June.

But before that, just aftersunset on May 16, look out fora very slender crescent Moon tothe left of Venus which shouldmake a beautiful sight. Also, ifyou have pair of binoculars,scan upwards from the Moonuntil you see a sparkling starcluster called M35. And if youwant to see what a redsupergiant star 500 times widerthan our Sun looks like, watchthe full Moon rising in thesouth-east at about 10.45 pmon May 27, closely followed by

the striking star Antares, aGreek name meaning ‘like Mars’because of its strong reddish-orange colour.

As June starts, the planets beginto gather and reveal their orbitsaround the Sun (see diagram).Mars will have travelled muchcloser to Venus, and from June6 for the rest of the month,you’ll be able to see both theRed Planet and Venus graduallymove west (left) in relation tothe background starts in theconstellation of Leo and thetwo main stars to the right,Castor and Pollux in theconstellation of Gemini. Soyou’ll witness the planetsactually travelling through theirorbits at tens of thousands ofmiles an hour, but this will lookmuch more sedate because theyare so far away.

If you want to look at the skywhen every planet in the SolarSystem will be overhead, try

July 22. From 9.15 pm, lookfor Venus in the West, withMercury to its lower right, andMars and Jupiter to Venus’ left.Then from 11.45 pm, look atthe opposite horizon in the east,and you’ll see a very brightJupiter rise, with Uranus just toits upper right (you may needbinoculars to see it). That justleaves Neptune to complete theplanetary list. The furthest-flung orb is overhead and you’llneed binoculars to see it.Demoted Pluto (now a ‘dwarfplanet’) is also suspended in thesky, but only a large telescopewill reveal it. For a sky map onthat, and any other evening, goto www.popastro.com and onthe left of the home page click

‘Sky Tonight’.

Finally, look out for ‘shootingstars’ in the June Boötidsmeteor shower on the nights ofJune 23 and 27.

Chris Dignan

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Sports Club - Football Section

Welcome once again to the Springarticle of this football section. Asthe weather improves, as theevenings get lighter and as the airbecomes somewhat fresh, LaceyGreen FC are still battling forpromotion, or to even top the tableto which I feel we deserve greatly. Agood string of wins and anunfortunate 4-2 defeat to Oak FCin March sees us topping the table,and elevation to Division 4 couldbe on the cards.

Not much to report in way ofresults and events since the lastrevelations of the Novemberedition. We came across our topspot rivals Beech Tree FC at theend of February knowing that a winwas desperately needed to avengethe first game of the season thatsaw us come away with nothingafter a 3-0 defeat. The lads went outonto that frosty pitch at The Ryewith arduous pride and admiration.We walked away with a 4-0 victoryin which we merited no less. Asuperb midfield and an outstandingperformance from Luke Garveyand Ryan Maguire saw us annihilatea team we sought of asundefeatable. Goalkeeper James

Bartington has kept 4 cleansheets this season, which

level pegs the top two ‘keepers inthe division, a statistic that hasseriously contributed to our leaguestatus thus far.

A very tight-knit game away atHazlemere Sports saw us finallywalking away with a 1-0 victory,thanks to a well taken goal by ourvery own South Coast Student DanLay. Waiting until the 84th minutethough is what I feel may havegiven half the team minor heartattacks. A draw there would havecritically hampered our chances ofadvancement into Division 4.

At this time of writing, we are set toface our final game of the seasonafter a 2 week holiday from theaction. Although this game isn’t justto get another 3 points in the bag,this game will determine whetherthe promotion hopes we havedreamt of all season becomes areality. A difficult fixture at hometo fellow promotion rivals HourGlass FC is our next challenge. I’msure many of you would havefound leaflets floated into yourletterbox the week previous. LaceyGreen FC was the only team in theleague to beat this side, which wasback in September. Only BeechTree FC secured a win against themafter an astonishing 8 monthundefeated streak. A team that hasonly conceded a league best of 19goals all season shows what thisdefence can achieve. We have tobeat Hour Glass FC. There is noother way of guaranteeing apromotion spot otherwise. It’s all inour hands. There should be noreason that with the strong spirit,dedication and devotion that everymember of the squad possesses,why we can’t go out on the 25th

April and win.

Its amazing to think that by thetime this publication reaches yourdoorstep, we could be the mostecstatic, or the most crestfallen theclub have been all season. I really

can’t wait. I hope to see as manysupporters as possible to urge yourvillage side on. Your support reallydoes make the difference. We alsoplan to open the pavilion after thegame and provide social, culinaryand sporting entertainment for youto, hopefully, celebrate not just anamazing day, but a stunning season.

A major thanks to our teamsponsors for this year as always.Duncan and Shakira at The Pinkand Lily, and Lynne, Tony and Ianat The Black Horse in Lacey Greenhave been phenomenal in theirsupport for Lacey Green FC, andcannot be more appreciative oftheir financial, kind will andgestures so far this season.

We would also like to forward ourbest wishes to the Cricket andTennis clubs this coming summer,and wish you luck for theupcoming leagues, cups andtournaments which I’m sure will bewell supported like it has beencontinuously year after year. TheBlack Horse will always beentertaining their summer dartsteam and Aunt Sally squad duringthe clement weather. Come up andrally your locals on, it will always bea good pint and a giggle. If you require informationregarding Lacey Green FC, pleaseemail us atlaceygreenfc@hotmail.co.uk. Weneed trainers, coaches, whateveryou can bring to the team will bemore than appreciated. We are alsoon Facebook under Lacey GreenFC, so you can have regularupdates on the scores, news andgossip surrounding the club and itsplayers. If you want to keep up withthe progress of Lacey Green FC,including league tables, attendancestats and all the other results fromall the amateur league clubs aroundthe country, please visitwww.football.mitoo.co.uk.

Ben Foster

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The Spring term proved to be a verybusy one here at Windmills. Withthe themes being nursery rhymesand fairy stories there were lots ofart work and role-play based on allthe children's favourite characters.Nature walks, trips to the park aswell as delightful gifts for Mother’sday and Easter also featuredstrongly! To mark the end of term,the children were treated to a partyand Magic Martin made a specialvisit to entertain them as his showfrom Christmas had been cancelled.

It was decided that the setting wasin need of a ‘wash and brush up’ soover a couple of evenings andweekends, parents and friends gotdown to some hard work and

washed, filled in and painted themain hall in the sports and socialclub. The transformation wasamazing! But that wasn’t all ….after some exhausting paperworkhad been completed, Windmills wassuccessful in being awarded a smallgrant from Bucks County Council.The Committee were able topurchase some decorations andequipment for the outside play area.Once again it was all hands to thepump as numerous parents andfriends gave up their spare time tohang brightly coloured pictures ofnumbers, letters, fruits, vegetablesand shapes over the outside playarea, construct a covered sand pit,garden and games table and makesure it was all ready for the childrenon Monday morning. So now thisterm the children can enjoy a re-vamped play area and look forwardto growing their own plants andflowers and eating their own fruitand vegetables from the garden. Ahuge “thank you” to everyone whomade this possible. Not only doesoutdoor play encourage healthychildren but it is one of therequirements of the Early YearsFoundation Stage.

Hopefully the current spell of goodweather will hold into the Summerterm as lots of outdoor activities areplanned. The annual barbecue willtake place on 27th June. Childrenwill enjoy a day out with parents onthe staff Inset day on 2nd July andSports Day on the following Fridayis a date not to be missed! Our fouryear olds will be preparing to go toBIG school this term and parentswill be left wondering where theirtime at pre-school has gone!

If you are considering a pre-schoolfor your child come to our nextOpen Morning on Tuesday 25th

May (9.30-10.30 am) or call ouradministrator Paula Cunningham on07502 198 405 / emailadmin@windmillunder5s.co.uk toarrange a convenient time to visit.The pre-school hours are 9.00-12.00or if your child stays for lunch 1.30pm. Children are eligible to startthe term they turn 2 ½ with fundedplaces from 3 years old. Windmillsis located at the Sports Club (see bigred sign near St John’s school!) ortake a look at our web sitewww.windmillunder5s.co.uk to findout more.

Michelle Whiting - Chair

Windmill under 5s

1945 WAS A GOOD YEARApart from heralding the end ofWWII, the year of 1945 saw theemergence of a charity to help localolder people. It was called BucksOld People’s Welfare Committee.Now 65 years later it is more

dynamic and go-ahead than ever -no retiring for this organisation!

This charity is now called AgeConcern Bucks and provides arange of services to help olderpeople to have a better quality oflife. Support runs from Advocacyto Welfare Benefits with stopsalong the way for Befriending,Information & Advice, Rural DayCare, Handy person, Neat Feet,Painting & Decorating, SeamlessRelocation, One 2 One computerlessons, Nintendo Wii Ten PinBowling, Chair Based Exercises,and the latest Good NeighbourScheme. All services can beaccessed via 01296 431911.

To celebrate it’s 65th AnniversaryAge Concern Bucks has beenorganising a year of fundraisingevents, including a celebrationdinner on Friday 18th June, a GreatSunday Lunch at the HardingsRestaurant, Aylesbury College on17th October, Chilterns Hills Walkand Parachute Jumps.

For more information on any ofthe activities this year, or to findout more about Age ConcernBucks ring 01296 431911 orcontact 145 Meadowcroft,Aylesbury, Bucks HP19 9HH orwww.ageconcernbucks.org.uk

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St John’s Church

Our Easter services were extremelywell attended, with the main eggscitingservice on Easter Sunday where Rev.Denise broke eggs into a bowl(collective thoughts of Norman havingan omelette for lunch). She explainedabout new life within the egg and howwe have to break out of our shells todiscover what new life God hasprepared for us. A ‘Kinder’ eggrevealed an egg timer, and we all hadchocolate eggs served with teas andcoffees and muffins after the service –a good time to chat and meet infellowship.

June Brazier

Future Dates For Your Diary

Tues May 25 Licensing of Church Wardens at Great Missenden.

Fri June 4 A fun evening and fellowship for the whole family.Come and enjoy Pizza and free Film show in theschool hall at 7 pm

Sun June 20 Open gardens in Lacey Green. Teas and Parking atthe Village Hall from 2pm until 6 pm.

Please contact Margaret Grey on 01844-347094 orMarjorie Palmer on 01296-488353 for further details.

Sun July 4 After Morning Worship 10 am at 12 noon - -Vicarage Garden picnic, bring own food and drink,and enjoy the ambiance and fellowship in a beautifulpeaceful garden.

Wed July 21 Last day of term Services in St. John’s, Speen schoolat 9.15 and St. John’s school at 2.30

See page 34 for the Church service schedule

Forthcoming Weddings.Blessings and all good wishes go to…Janey Baker and Neil Schreiber on May 8th.Sarah Hudson and James Heywood on May 28th

Wedding Blessing , All Saints at Air Command for Leslie Anne Farrerand Steve Farrer on June 5th.Charlotte Bull and Matthew Gayler on July 2nd. (Friday)Sarah Luxford and James Savage on July 16th.(Friday)

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8.00 am: Holy Communion (1662)1st, 2nd, & 4th. Sundays

10.00 am: All age Worship - Communion 1st Sun of month

10.00 am: Parish Communion All Sundays except 1st

6.00 pm: Choral Evensong 1st Sunday in the month

Tues 9.30am: Communion Service -St Johns Lady Chapel

Tues 2.00 pm in term time: Toddler Praise – 21 toddlersmeet Tuesday afternoons during term time. Dads andGrandparents are also very welcome.

Wed 10.30 .am: Team Communion Service at St. Mary’schurch, Princes Risborough

Vicar: The Reverend Denise Critchell. Tel. 347741.

Local Information

LACEY GREEN POST OFFICE is open in Village Hall 9 am-12 noon Mondays &Thursdays for all services except Vehicle Road FundLicences.

LACEY GREEN STORES are open in Village Hall 8.30 am-1 pm every week day

COFFEE MORNINGSHeld in Village Hall 10am-12 noon Thursdays.Friendly chatting with tea or coffee & biscuit

THE FOOT CLINICChiropody services with Cathy Maynard. Tel 274521 .Tuesdays at the Village Hall by appointment

From June 1 the MOBILE LIBRARY will be atthe Village Hall alternate Wednesdays from 12 noon

Hallmark is publishedquarterly by the Lacey Green& Loosley Row MillenniumHall Management Committee,although opinions expressedin comment or contribution donot necessarily represent thecollective view of thatcommittee.

Our aim is to mirror the mark thatthe Village Hall makes upon ourcommunity, to publish the activitiesof all Village organisations, and toprovide a forum so that the rights,the wrongs, the well-being ofvillage life can be aired. News fromall the Village clubs, societies,church and school, stories of localinterest and entries for the Village

Diary are always welcome. Inaddition, any suggestions forimproving Hallmark.

A version of this printed Hallmarkmay be found on our websitewww.laceygreen.com, which alsohas breaking news and manyadditional articles & photos of localinterest.

CLOSING DATE FOR COPY FOR THE AUTUMN EDITION

July 17th 2010

VILLAGE HALL MANAGEMENTCOMMITTEEClive Hodghton (Chair),Rachel Panter (Vice-Chair),Sue D’Arcy (Secretary),Yvonne Axe (Treasurer),Karen Hodghton (Booking Sec.),Jill Baker, Stella Boll, Jane Brown,Ginnie Brudenell, Cathryn Davies, ,Carole Knight, Paula Oxford, BettyTyler & Norman Tyler

HALLMARK EDITORMike Piercy, Malmsmead, Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, Bucks HP27 0PU(on right, just before the pond) 01844 344021 Emaileditor@laceygreen.com

ADVERTISING MANAGERChris Baker, "Woodpeckers", Kiln Lane, Lacey Green, BucksHP27 OPT (past the pond on the left) 01844 275442

VILLAGE HALL BOOKINGSClive or Karen on 01844 274254 (answering service)

LACEY GREEN WINDMILLIn 2010 the windmill will be open from 2.30 pm to 5.30 pm on Sundays and Bank Holiday Mondays fromSunday 2nd May to Sunday 26th September. Last admission is at 5 pm, and admission is £1.50 per adult, 75pper child under 16. It is the oldest smock mill in the country and still has its original wooden machinery fromthe mid 17th century. Since 1971 it has been restored to working order by members of The Chiltern Society.Please park in Pink Road and walk up path to the mill.

CHURCH SERVICES: SUNDAYS