The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
Stone, Dinton, Ford, Upton, Hartwell & Bishopstone with Aston Sandford - Part of the Wychert Vale Benefice
August 2020 Issue ~ £1.00 (£7.50 annual subscription)
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Parish News 2 August 2020
WYCHERT VALE BENEFICE CONTACTS
Benefice Rector
Currently Vacant
Associate Rector Revd
Canon Dr Phil Groves
7, Badgers Rise Stone Aylesbury HP17 8RR
Tel: 01296 748 390 Email: [email protected]
Hon Treasurer Naomi Corbould
6 Eythrope Yard Eythrope, Stone HP18 0HT
Tel: 01296 747689 [email protected]
Curate Revd Nigel Featherston
Greenwood, New Road, Dinton, HP17 8UT
Tel: 01296 747454 Email: [email protected]
For Baptisms, Weddings and Funerals please contact the Parish Administrator at the
Benefice office St Mary’s Centre Station Road Haddenham Aylesbury HP17 8AJ or email [email protected] or [email protected]
St John the Baptist, Stone Eryl Morgan Churchwarden
101 Baker Street Waddesdon, HP18 0LQ
07784 869430 [email protected]
Raymond Medhurst Churchwarden
10 Grenville Road Aylesbury HP21 8EY
07793 541456 [email protected]
St Peter and St Paul, Dinton
Rosemary Jackson Churchwarden
Innisfree, New Road, Dinton, HP17 8UT
01296 748655 [email protected]
Neil Chudley Churchwarden
01296 748277 [email protected]
St Michael & All Angels, Aston Sandford
Marilynne Morgan Hon Treasurer
David Peck Churchwarden.
20 Wykeham Gate, Haddenham, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP17 8DF
01844 292110 [email protected]
Nick Morgan Churchwarden
01844 291217 [email protected]
Front Cover: Swans at Eythrope by Heather Harris
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Parish News 3 August 2020
Parish news
NOTE: Events and services published in the magazine are correct at the time of print though may change in light of the Coronavirus advice.
Editorial
“Are we nearly there yet?” is something we will not hear so much this year. Most of
us will not have a holiday or if you have a few days off there are likely to be spent at home. We are not nearly at end of the pandemic but there are signs that things are easing. Beauty salons and nail bars are opening which to me is a significant step forward. What good things are there coming out of this? For many people it has been a (forced) chance to reassess your life and think about what is important. We can enjoy where we live and the countryside. We can value community life and look out for each other. We are valuing peace and quiet. Do we really want to go back to the rat race? We can appreciate jobs that a few months ago were thought of as low grade unskilled. Whether you are going away or not, enjoy the Summer.
News team Editor: David Pickup 01296 748170 [email protected] Editorial: Carole Fryer 01296 748538 [email protected] Advertising: Sue Unwin 07760 177599 [email protected] IT Producer: Heather Harris 07766 086280 [email protected] Distributor: Fiona Rysdale 01296 747466 [email protected]
Parish News is a community magazine for the residents of Stone, Dinton, Ford, Upton, Bishopstone, Hartwell and Aston Sandford. We welcome news, announcements by societies and clubs, and articles on local and other issues. We do not charge for charities or personal notices such as weddings, baptisms or acknowledgments and welcome advertising by local businesses.
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Parish News 4 August 2020
Parish Services and Calendar
August 2020
St John the Baptist
Stone
St Peter & Paul
Dinton
Stone Methodist
Chapel
St Michael & All Angels
Aston Sandford
2nd August Trinity 8
10.30am Morning Worship
10.00am Morning Worship
11.00-11.300am Worship**
Owing to the size of the church at
Aston Sandford we
are not able to confirm the date of our
first service. It will be as soon as reasonably practical and
safe.
9th August Trinity 9
10.30am Morning Worship
6.00pm Parish
Evensong
11.00-11.300am Worship**
16th August Trinity 10
10.30am Morning Worship
10.00am Morning Worship
11.00-11.300am Worship**
23rd August Trinity 11
10.30am BCP Matins
11.00-11.300am Worship**
30th August Trinity 12
10.30am Morning Worship
10.30am Morning
Worship at Stone+++
Note : These will be simple said services as singing is not yet permitted. Please bring your own Bibles if you wish. Complying with the Government and Diocesan regulations both churches have been properly prepared and places are socially distanced. Hand sanitiser and antibacterial cleaner are readily available. The porch at St John the Baptist is open every day for private prayer and the church itself on Sundays from 9.30am - 11.30am. Ss Peter & Paul is open for private prayer on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays from 10.00am to 5.00pm.
** Note shorter service time ++ Note change of venue
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Parish News 5 August 2020
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Parish News 6 August 2020
For a selection of streamed services, prayers and reflections
available online, try the following websites:
https://www.oxford.anglican.org/coronavirus-covid-19/livestream/
https://www.oxford.anglican.org/coronavirus-covid-
19/livestream/parish-streams/
https://www.wychertvale.org/youtube/
https://www.churchofengland.org/more/media-centre/church-online
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Parish News 7 August 2020
VJ Day : 15th August
Allied troops celebrating in London Image used by kind permission of the Imperial War Museum 15 August 2020 is the 75th anniversary of VJ Day, marking both the surrender of Japan and the end of the Second World War.
The last man to die who is recorded on Stone war memorial was Gunner Dennis Seaton of Queen’s Own Oxfordshire Hussars Anti-Tank unit. In fact his sudden and unexplained death was just after the end of the war on 2nd January 1946 at the age of 37. He came from Belle Vue in Stone and lived with his wife and fourteen month old son. Before the war he worked at St. John’s Hospital and during the war he worked on anti-aircraft search lights.
Sergeant Bill Jessett of the Royal Army Service Corps lived in Dinton but had been born in Canada after his family emigrated. He lost his brother Edwin in the First World War. He joined the regular army before the war and went with the BEF to
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Parish News 8 August 2020
France. He was evacuated from Dunkirk. He later went with his unit to the Far East and captured by the Japanese in 1942. He was held as a prisoner of war in Thailand from where he sent postcards with pre-printed information.
His death certificate says he was killed at sea but it seems he survived the war but went missing during repatriation. His family received a letter from friends arranging to meet up after war. They put a notice in The Bucks Herald and three men replied all saying he had survived. What happened, whether his troop ship was sunk or he died of sickness is a mystery.
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Parish News 9 August 2020
STONE LOCAL HISTORY GROUP plans and updates, August 2020 Like all similar organisations and mindful of the wellbeing of our members, the Stone Local History Group have cancelled all meetings and outings until the end of this year. Depending on government guidelines and our own assessment of safety, we have rescheduled all meetings and the outings to Highclere and Nuffield Place to 2021. Current subscriptions will now run until the end of 2021. We are, however, continuing to produce and circulate by email or post, our monthly newsletter - a 2-3 page illustrated Newsletter with no News! - but lots of information on all sorts of aspects of village life and history taken from our archives. Last month we had items about Star Lodge demolished for the Coldharbour roundabout, family memories of WWII including Chloe’s father’s hit pop record, John Reed’s family and the Aylesbury bombing, and Evelyn Alcock’s memories of the families in the new council houses at Bittenham Close and their evacuees. We are also running a series of the delightful memoirs of a small child evacuated to her Ford grandparents in 1939. The July number included more of these memoirs, an account of a bomber crash in 1939 in Stone, the fascinating occupants of Dinton Hall over 300 years, and memories of the Little House opposite the Waggon from Sue Spinks. Future issues will cover the story of George Woodford, born in Stone and for many years a missionary in Bengal. He was torpedoed in 1918 on a voyage back to India and rescued by an American ship off Ushant. In retirement he came back here and was Minister at the Stone Methodist Chapel for 20 years. We are also planning more items – The C19 Hartwell Temperance Festivals, the history of the Stone Pauper Lunatic Asylum, and much more. If non-members of SLHG would like to receive this free Newsletter by email during the virus crisis, please ask Carole: [email protected]
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Parish News 10 August 2020
Letter from Aston Sandford
In earlier Letters on the history of Aston Sandford Church I have occasionally mentioned the patrons of the church.
The legal right to present to the Bishop a parish priest for appointment (known as presentation) is legally called an advowson, and the possessor of that right is known as a patron. As I understand it the patron can be an individual (or jointly or by rotation), the Crown, a bishop, a college, a charity or other religious body. According to The Companion to the Church of England: A Glossary every parish has its patron, but who is the patron is a matter of the history of the parish and of its origins. Some patrons will be descendants of the original donor of the church itself, the donor’s reward being the right to choose the incumbent. Nowadays patrons still have some involvement in the appointment process.
In Aston Sandford the advowson ran with the manor for centuries; the proper expression is ‘appendant to the manor’ – in other words whoever owned the manor owned the advowson. Some time between 1745 (when the manor was in possession of Charles Price, who had been High Sheriff of Bucks in 1742) and 1783 the manor and its estate was conveyed to Henry Hurt, of St Stephen, Coleman Street, London. He died in 1785, and he bequeathed the manor and advowson to his granddaughter, Susanna Gines, whose father William was a banker in London. In 1789 Susannah married John Barber, an eminent silversmith of Cheapside, City of London, and Denmark Hill, then in Surrey and now a London suburb. On her marriage the manor and the advowson passed to her husband, as the law required in those days. Before her marriage Susanna had lived in Olney when the Rev Thomas Scott was curate there and he sought her help in gaining the living at Aston Sandford.
John Barber died in 1809, and the manor and advowson passed back to Susanna.
Susanna, who lived in West Hill Lodge, Brighton for some years, died in 1846. She is buried in the chancel of Aston Sandford Church and there is a touching memorial to her on the wall above, where she is described as ‘the proprietor’.
The inscription on the memorial to Susanna Barber
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Parish News 11 August 2020
Susanna’s eldest son was the Rev John Hurt Barber, who had been presented to the living of Aston Sandford on the death of the Rev Thomas Scott. In September 1826, while still Rector there, he married, in St George’s, Hanover Square, Lady Millicent Acheson, the youngest daughter of the Earl of Gosford. The marriage was announced in the Gentlemen’s Magazine and was no doubt something of a grand affair. By the time of his mother’s death in 1846 John was Vicar of Little Stukeley near Huntingdon. He died in 1872 aged 79. In the 1871 census he is recorded as living in 15 Montagu Square, London (quite a grand house, south of Marylebone Station and the Marylebone Road), and as being a retired priest. I can find no trace of any children of the marriage. Of his five sisters the eldest (Susanna of course) married the Rev Henry Alford, who became Rector of Aston Sandford in 1848, succeeding the Rev Stephen Hurt Langston who had taken over from John Hurt Barber – Stephen’s mother had been a Gines and thus related to John via his mother. I would have assumed that John Hurt Barber inherited the manorial rights and advowson from his mother, but by 1859 ownership had been acquired by the Dover family (and solely by John Dover from 1873). I have found an extract from, of all things, Aston Sandford Post Office book in 1851 which records that the annual value of the living is ‘£135, in the gift of the representatives of the late Mrs S Barber’. That may imply that some five years after her death her estate had not been wound up, and it was perhaps the case that ownership was never in the hands of John Hurt Barber or any other Barber, but passed from her executors on the sale of the Manor to the Dover family. The patronage remained in the Dover family until the sale of the estate in 1909. The Victoria County History of Buckinghamshire, published in 1927, noted that the advowson of Aston Sandford had always passed with the manor, but recorded that the advowson was sold ‘recently’ to Mrs A A Pargiter ‘who is the present patron’. This is a reference to Mrs Mary Louise Rundle Pargiter, the wife of the Rev Alfred Arthur Pargiter, who was the Vicar of Towersey when they married in Warwick in 1909; she was 42 and he was 51. He was still shown as Vicar there in the 1911 census, but by 1919/20 they had moved to Buckland Newland, in Dorset. At some point Mrs Pargiter acquired the advowson. She may have acquired it on the sale of the estate in 1909 (she married in April, and the sale was in June), or in the years that followed while she lived at Towersey. Mary Pargiter herself is a bit of a mystery. If I have correctly identified her she was born in Antigua, in the West Indies, in 1869, and her maiden name was Barrett. In the 1901 census she was living in Lillington, in Derbyshire, in the household of William C Grimsdick and his wife Sarah – and was recorded as ‘adopted’. No children of the Grimsdicks are listed in the census record in 1901 nor in the 1891 census, where Mary is listed as living with William and Sarah, nor in the 1881 census where Mary is not shown. William is shown in the 1901 census as ‘living on [his] own means’. Why Mary came to be living with them, and when she was adopted by them, is not known.
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Parish News 12 August 2020
By the time of the Order in Council of 1939 under which the patronage transferred to Peaches Trust (see last month’s Letter) the Pargiters were living in Mazoe, Beaumont, Jersey. Mary died in St Hellier in 1960, aged 91, and her husband died there in 1966, aged 99. On the transfer of Aston Sandford to Haddenham Benefice in 1985 the patronage transferred again – this time to Rochester Cathedral. Of which more anon. Marilynne A Morgan CB Treasurer, Aston Sandford
GARDENING NOTES – AUGUST 2020 has so far been an unusual and in many ways difficult time for our gardens. A warm and wet start to the year, followed by some dry and at times very hot weather, plus a few late frosts. The overall effect however does seem to have produced early flowering and harvesting. I hope strawberry growers had more luck with their plants than I did. For some reason they seemed to flower ok but did not produce any fruit, but they still need to be tidied up. It is best to remove 3 year old plants, and at the same time cut out most of the runners just leave enough to plant a new row. Make sure all the beans and peas are picked before they go old, sweet corn should be ready to eat, onions will soon ready to harvest, but do not be in too much of a hurry, leave until the tops have fully died down. Fruit crops such as loganberries and similar types which have fruited, and Summer fruiting raspberries, will need all this year’s growth cut out and the new canes tying in. If there are too many it is best to cut out the weaker ones. PS
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Parish News 13 August 2020
HADDENHAM COMMUNITY LIBRARY IS OPEN Haddenham Community Library is back in business and re-opened to the public on July 7 th after being closed since March 20 th. The library is presently open on Tuesdays and Fridays only between 10.00am and 1.00pm. Safety measures have been installed in the library for the benefit and security of the staff and public and the building was been deep cleaned prior to re-opening. As you would expect social distancing is required in the library and furniture and shelving has been removed so that customers can move around comfortably. The number of people allowed in the library at any one time is limited so you may be asked to queue outside for a short time before entering. Our staff will be wearing face protection, there are protective screens on the counter and hand sanitiser is available to our customers.
If you are simply returning books or other borrowed items then you can just leave them in the blue boxes in the porch. They will be quarantined for 72 hours and then processed for you. If you want to borrow books then please sanitise yours hands before you come into the library where we offer open shelf browsing. You might think our shelves look a bit bare but there are lots of books out on loan still to be processed. We also took the opportunity during lockdown to weed out and remove the tatty and rarely borrowed books. We plan to buy some great new books, so just watch those shelves! Though the children’s library area is closed they won’t miss out as their picture and board books are bagged up and ready to grab and go! Also a selection of children’s reading and story books have been relocated for open browsing in the main section of the library .We are taking this opportunity to review our stock and buy lots of new books! Our seating and study areas have been removed and magazines and newspapers are no longer available. Neither do we have public Wi-Fi. We offer the limited use of one public computer and cleaning materials are given to users to keep this equipment sanitised. However scanning, printing and photocopying facilities are no longer available in the library. Sadly all our usual library events and activities have had to be suspended and we no longer sell cards, reading glasses or withdrawn books .We are not accepting any book donations or displaying posters or leaflets for local organisations and events. But the Council Access Point telephone offering a free direct line to Buckinghamshire Council Customer Services is available to use when we are open.
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Parish News 14 August 2020
We will continue to review these measures and our opening hours and hope to be able to reintroduce more facilities and services in the future. This is a new experience for all British libraries whether run by the community or county and we will learn together what works and what we can do differently. The Trustees of the Haddenham Community Library are relieved and very happy to welcome you back into the library and look forward to seeing and hearing from you as we learn to work together in this new environment. For more information about visiting libraries in Buckinghamshire during the coronavirus pandemic visit www.buckinghamshire.gov.uk/libraries Stay Safe, protect Bucks Susan Toner Chair of Board of Trustees Haddenham Community Library
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Parish News 15 August 2020
Mystery House (No 4 in the series) - who can remember this house? Answer on page 21
Would you like to join the editorial committee? We’re looking for someone to join us voluntarily to help out with putting together the monthly magazine on alternate months. We’re a small team who meet monthly (currently via Zoom) though usually locally and in between meetings we correspond via email. The person we’re seeking would need to have reasonable IT skills on a home computer or laptop and be especially familiar with Microsoft Word. If you’re interested or would like further details please contact the Editor, David Pickup on 01296 748170 or email [email protected]
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Parish News 16 August 2020
Simply Walk in Stone, Haddenham & Dinton
Due to the CORONAVIRUS: Simply Walk has been Suspended!!! For how long?.. Will have to wait and see But we’ll be back – our walks have not ended! Because they are friendly, fun and free Postcards we’ve sent as a temporary measure Of ‘blasts from the past’ at each venue by name Strolling these memory lanes we can pleasure But Simply Walk Rewinds are just not the same!! We’ll be back striding out together Walking, just as soon, as soon can be Till then, this nasty storm we’ll weather At home with “another cup of coffee or tea?” Walking for Health with Simply Walk For dates/details visit www.buckscc.gov.uk/simplywalk Or call Fiona Broadbent on 01494 475367
Meadow at Hartwell – Summer 2020
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Parish News 17 August 2020
You are invited to join the
Parish Virtual Garden Show a chance to show off your horticultural achievements!
This year has seen a unique opportunity to spend more time in the garden and we are planning a “virtual” Summer Flower and
Produce show. This is a chance to celebrate and share all our local gardens across the parishes.
There will be a special display of photographs in the October magazine as well as online and, if public gatherings are permitted in the Autumn, we may even stage a
display locally for others to visit.
The classes for photographs are:
Fruit and/or vegetables
Specimen flowers
A view of my garden
Grown by my child/children (under 12s)
Container grown vegetables or fruit
A Window box or planter
plus a Best In Show
There will be certificates for winners in each category plus a prize for the overall Best in Show
Please submit photographs taken in your garden this year via email to [email protected] or by post to The Magazine Editor,
12 Roundhill, Stone, HP17 8RD. Deadline for submission 31st August 2020.
Entries should include your name, address or email address, age if under 18 and the date the photograph was taken. By submitting photographs you agree
these may be reproduced in the Parish Magazine
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Parish News 18 August 2020
Hartwell Horticultural Show 1866. Best Shirt Prize result! There have been many local flower and vegetable shows over the years but never, as far have I known, any virtual ones. Horticultural shows started in the 1830s and became very popular towards the middle of the Nineteenth Century. Gardening was popular with all levels of society from the wealthy who collected exotic plants, the middling sort who copied aristocratic gardens in their own homes and the working people who grew plants for food. Easier travel and rising living standards encouraged this. There were local societies in the Nineteenth Century which were active into the Twentieth Century. One such event was the annual Hartwell Horticultural Society show which was held on Monday 30th July 1866i It was held at the Bugle Horn and well attended as in previous years. There were the twelve different classes to enter for including the usual range of prizes for vegetables and flowers. Gooseberries featured in the show with three classes with prizes for groups of four and eight fruits one for the heaviest berries. The heaviest berry competition awarded prizes for the best ten entrants. The prize for the heaviest was won by James Showler and was over 79 pennyweights which is about a quarter of a pound or a tenth of a kilogramme. Strangely the winner of the previous year, a Mr. Kersey, did not enter again. Where do you go from winning that accolade? There was a prize for wild flowers, dish of vegetables, best cultivated garden, best potatoes, vase of flowers and a competition for the best handmade man’s shirt. Sadly there was only one entrant a Mrs W Turnham, who won. I wonder what happened to the shirt? There was also a competition for boiled potatoes and the entries were distributed to cottagers and widows. Reading the report you see surnames which crop up over the years such as Small, Woodford, Scutchings and Lee. The day ended with a dinner for fifty people with toasts and songs. Somebody proposed next year having separate prizes for different vegetables. They certainly knew how to enjoy themselves. Competitions like this would be open to everyone: rich and poor, young and old.
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Parish News 19 August 2020
NEWS FROM CHAPEL HILL STONE METHODIST CHAPEL Eythrope Road, Stone HP17 8PH Minister: Revd. Keith Edwards Tel: 01296423363 [email protected] Village contact: Mrs. Sue Spinks Clowesbourne, Upton, HP17 8UA [email protected]
The Chapel with heart, at the heart of the village
Our Minister, Keith Edwards, has returned to his pastoral work following his unexpectedly eventful Sabbatical. He was resigned to the fact that his plans for enhancing his woodworking skills through classes and workshops would be at best restricted, at worst cancelled, because of the pandemic; what he didn’t expect was to become a victim of Covid-19 for the first three weeks of his break, or to have to care for a gravely ill – now recovering - parent in the closing weeks. We are all looking forward to welcoming Keith back amongst us. Hopefully by the time you read this, Sunday Services will have resumed in the Chapel, even if not as we have known before. The notes on regulations, restrictions, health and safety, cleaning, sanitizing, registering names and so on – and on – fill a bulging file. But we plough on because we all want to be safe and to look after each other. If the strange and frankly frightening events of this Spring and Summer have brought home one thing to all of us it is that, as John Donne wrote, “No man is an island, sufficient to himself; every man is a piece of the continent, a part of the main.” How we have come to rely on each other in our everyday lives: shopping, visiting, phoning, to keep each other safe and well. We have come to value even more the workers in our National Health Service and those who have kept our shops stocked and serving. As our lives assume a more ‘normal’ aspect, let’s remember that one and all, we are part of God’s family, bound together in fellowship in His love.
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Parish News 20 August 2020
Vacancy : Visitor Co-ordinator, Buckingham Archdeaconry Clergy Charity
The Archdeacon of Buckingham’s Clergy Charity is a small Charity set up to provide financial support to clergy in the Archdeaconry, also their widows in times of need. The Trustees comprise the Archdeacon of Buckingham, the Bishop of Buckingham and three Lay members. Whilst the needs of the clergy are generally well known to the Archdeacon, the clergy widows are personally visited by lay people in order to provide both pastoral support and to establish if the Charity can help with any specific significant financial issue. Currently there are six visitors based in different parts of the county who have been co-ordinated on a voluntary basis by a Visitor Co-ordinator for more than a decade. The Co-ordinator now wishes to relinquish the voluntary Co-ordinator's role though will continue to visit a small number of clergy widows. The Trustees are therefore looking for someone to continue with this valuable work. Specifically, this entails the responsibility of ensuring the continued visiting of those who wish it by the pool of Visitors (there are currently 27 widows with 6 volunteer visitors) and to feed back to the Trustees any instances of financial need which could be supported by the Charity. The Visitor Co-ordinator's responsibilities include:
• To ensure there are enough lay visitors so that each widow receives a visit at least every three months (or more frequently according to need)
• To collate information from all the visitors, provide a report for the Trustees and advise of any specific financial need when attending their meetings three times a year.
• Co-ordinate the annual luncheon held for the widows and visitors, usually held in June at either the Bishop of Buckingham's home or another venue within the Archdeaconry.
• Take on the visiting of a small number of widows.
• The person the Trustees are looking for is someone who will predominantly provide a listening ear to the concerns of the widows and be able to empathise with their current situation which can vary from being very financially secure and/or physically independent to possibly housebound or in a Care Home and/or financially in need. You will need to have the use of a car for which the Charity offers reimbursement for mileage. An honorarium will also be paid for this role. In addition you should have the use of a telephone and some expertise in the use of a computer in order to send and receive e mails and to produce written reports for the Archdeacon and the Trustees at their meetings. For an informal discussion about the role please contact the Archdeacon of Buckingham. Telephone: 01865 208266 or email [email protected]
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Parish News 21 August 2020
Mystery House No. 4 answer (from Page 15)
Laburnum Cottage, Stone Laburnum Cottage, next to the Waggon and Horses (now the Jeera Indian Restaurant), was originally built for Fred Plested. Fred and his brother Ernie, who lived at The Laurels opposite the pond, took over the family business, Plested’s Yard, from their father and ran it for over 70 years as blacksmiths, coachbuilders, wheelwrights, carpenters, timber merchants - and the village undertakers. In 1957 Tom and Hazel Elliott, who had taken over the village dairy business from Reg Lanchbury in 1957, bought Laburnum Cottage and lived there with their 3 children until Tom’s retirement in 1984. The dairy itself was in the brick building to the right, next to the Recreation Ground. The milk came from Nestles then County Dairies and Hazel bottled Channel Island milk from local farms. First from a Bedford van, then a milk float, Tom sold milk (4 1/2d a pint in 1957), cream and eggs and a selection of groceries and delivered every day. Many young local lads helped with the business as first jobs and Tom kept an eye on vulnerable villagers as he did his rounds. Hazel was a popular member of the Stone Young Wives and other social groups in the village. The dairy closed in 1984 when Tom was no longer well enough to continue, and the family moved to Thame. After Tom died Hazel returned to Churchway, Stone. Permission was given to develop the site and Laburnum Cottage was demolished and replaced by Corn Close. Stone Local History Group
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Parish News 22 August 2020
A message from the PACE charity:
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Parish News 23 August 2020
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Parish News 24 August 2020
Parish and other websites
Church https://stonedintonhartwell.com/
Stone with Bishopstone and Hartwell Parish Council
http://www.sbhpc.org/
Jubilee Pavilion http://www.sbhpc.org/Jubilee-
Pavilion/Jubilee-Pavilion-Home
Dinton with Ford and Upton Parish Council
https://www.dinton.org/
Dinton News https://www.dinton.info/
Benefice Website https://www.wychertvale.org/
Oxford Diocese (The Church of England serving the people of Oxfordshire, Berkshire and Buckinghamshire)
https://www.oxford.anglican.org/
Church of England https://www.churchofengland.org/
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Parish News 25 August 2020
Pickup & Scott - A Specialist Local Firm
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We can help with nationality applications, immigration advice and asylum cases.
Mental Health Law
We have many years of experience in advising in all matters relating to Mental Health Law.
Crime and Prison law
We can assist with motoring offences, police investigations and court proceedings. We also advise on parole hearings.
Wills, Probate and Power of Attorney
Wills, Trust and Probate provide a means of preparing for what lies ahead.
6 Bourbon St, Aylesbury HP20 2RR Telephone: 01296 397794
Appointments: [email protected]
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Parish News 26 August 2020
August at Waterperry The Garden shop, Gift Barn & Gallery are now open again for business, the Ornamental Gardens are open to visit and outdoor and pre-booked indoor seating is available from the Tea Shop! For further details and updates please visit www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Socially-distanced outdoor: The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, a comedy for all the family – Sat, 8 August 2020 at 5pm Waterperry Opera Mini-Festival – Sat 15 & Sun 16 August 2020
We hope to see you again very soon!
Waterperry Gardens, Nr Wheatley, Oxford, OX33 1LA
www.waterperrygardens.co.uk
Day Trips in the UK & Europe by Coach
New Day Trips now on sale! with COVID Safe Operation Procedures in place
www.mottsholidays.com 01296 336666
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Parish News 27 August 2020
VILLAGE ENVIRONMENTAL
SERVICES
Proprietor: Dennis Cook
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REASONABLE RATES
NO EXTRA CHARGE FOR EVENING, WEEKEND OR
BANK HOLIDAY CALL-OUTS
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9am-6pm
Tel: 07850 635 844
All other times
01296 624221
Full Public Liability Insurance
DOMESTIC DRAIN SERVICE
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Parish News 28 August 2020
ARE YOU LOOKING FOR A VENUE
FOR YOUR GROUP/MEETING/ CHILDREN’S PARTY
LOOK NO FURTHER!
The Chapel Hall is available for hire at very reasonable
rates Electric cooker/kettles/cutlery/
crockery all on site. Please contact Sue Spinks on
01296 748369 [email protected]
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Parish News 29 August 2020
WINDMILL SERVICES
PROPERTY MAINTENANCE
AND
General Building Work
Telephone 01844 279519
FREEPHONE 0800 7837194
Email: [email protected] Website: www.windmill-services.co.uk
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Beauty Treatments include:
Jessica GELeration A manicure or pedicure that can last up
to 2 weeks
Over 180 colours Over 50 Colour Changing Gels
Manicures & Pedicures including standard, deluxe & Thai
Hydrotherm Massage, Swedish Body Massage, Indian Head
Massage Body Waxing – Male & Female
Male Manicures & Pedicures -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kuticle @ Starbank House, Stars Lane,
Dinton HP17 8UL www.kuticle.com [email protected][
Call Debbie today to make an
appointment 07740 348479
News-Direct
Newspapers & magazines
delivered to your door every morning.
All newspaper accounts
can be settled by debit/credit cards using our
Freephone No. 0800 917 3076
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Parish News 30 August 2020
STONE VILLAGE HALL 50 Oxford Road, Stone HP17 8PB
This large, well-equipped hall with stage, kitchen and committee room in the centre of Stone is available for single or regular lettings
Suitable for meetings, events, parties and receptions Disabled access
For information and bookings telephone 01296 748279
Please mention the Parish Church & Community News when contacting any of our advertisers
PC and Laptop Repairs
Telephone 01296 823009 We are a local company with 30 years’ experience.
We can service/repair your PC or Laptop without affecting your Manufacturer’s Warranty.
Visiting us to drop off or collect computers, is by appointment only.
Computer Running Slow?
Computer will not start?
Virus or popups?
Strange messages or Toolbars?
Email Hacked?
Replacement or Upgrade advice?
Still located in Bishopstone!
We are still open during the
Coronavirus pandemic. But
extra quarantine processes are in
place.
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Parish News 31 August 2020
A selection of local Facebook pages to follow for local news and events.
Parish and Community News Search Facebook with @stonedintonparishnews
Stone, Bishopstone and Hartwell Parish Council Search Facebook with: @sbhpc
Stone, Buckinghamshire – a local community page Search Facebook with: @StoneBuckinghamshire
Wychert Vale Benefice Search Facebook with: @WychertValeBenefice
Stone, Dinton & Hartwell – church news Search Facebook with: @stonedintonhartwell
Diocese of Oxford Search Facebook with: @dioceseofoxford
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Parish News 32 August 2020
T & B Private Hire
01844 261116 Mob: 07831882694
Email: [email protected]
Air Conditioned Cars/MPVs for Airport Transfers
Special Events, Theatres Touring, Sight Seeing,
Weddings or any other special occasion
Ric Lee “Handyman”
General House Maintenance
Painting and Decorating Flat Pack Furniture Assembly
Bespoke shelving, cupboards and storage units built and fitted to
your specification
Tel: 01296 749044 Mob: 07831 658909
JUBILEE PAVILION W W W . J U B I L E E P A V I L I O N . C O . U K
• Great venue for village activities, fund raising events,
• parties and groups.
• Includes a well-equipped kitchen with cooker and fridge.
• Changing rooms with hot showers for recreational hire.
• Car park with easy access. For availability and booking enquiries contact Angela
Email: [email protected] or visit https://www.sbhpc.org/Jubilee-Pavilion/Jubilee-Pravilion-Home
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