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WEST WYCOMBE
IAIN RENNIE Hospice will be hosting the 20th Anniversary Horse Show on Cowlease Field tomorrow. The day gets underway from 9am with plenty to keep children and adults entertained. The show will include the Chiltern and Thames Valley rider qualifiers adding
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TERRIERS & TOTTERIDGE
TOMORROW the RAFA club on Totteridge Road has an evening of live entertainment with Mick Williams from 8pm. ON TUESDAY Parents as First Teachers in Highworth School are holding an open meeting. The subject of the discussion is "Self-esteem" and deals
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STOKENCHURCH
DON'T FORGET. Tomorrow the summer sale in the Methodist Church hall is in memory of Callum James Woodward. It will be held from midday to 4pm. Also members of the WI will be planting a tree outside the Methodist Church at 2.30pm to mark the 85th Anniversary
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WIDMER END
RESURFACING of Grange Road is a welcome improvement to this access road for the village hall, pub, farm and local residents. For many years this has been very much an unmade road with potholes that seemed to get larger by the day. The resurfaced section
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SEER GREEN
PLANT STALL organised by the Horticultural Society takes place tomorrow at the parish church hall from 10am with a wide variety of plants. COFFEE SHOP in the lounge of the Baptist Church welcomes everyone from 10.30am any Monday. PTA of Seer Green School
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LANE END
COFFEE SHOP will be open tomorrow from 10am until midday in the village hall annexe. Money raised is for Christian Aid. Don't forget the bring and buy table. TOMORROW you could visit Cowleaze Field, West Wycombe Park for the unaffiliated horse show there
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RISBOROUGH
ANNUAL Princes Risborough Festival which takes place over the first two weeks in July, is getting ever closer. The programme is being printed and will be delivered throughout the area next month. It will include a wide range of activities and events to
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PRESTWOOD
POT Luck lunch today in aid of Christian Aid starts at 1.15pm in Holy Trinity Church hall. Please bring a donation to the feast. Also on sale will be cakes, plants and Christian Aid cards. HOLY Trinity Church hosts a concert tomorrow evening at 7.30pm
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PENN & TYLERS GREEN
MUSICAL MORNINGS for toddlers and babies are held at Penn Church hall, opposite the church, every Thursday between 10.10am and 10.55am. The sessions are a fun way for youngsters to discover music through the use of action songs and instruments. You do
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NAPHILL
EVENING WI members enjoyed Brian Edwards' talk about several works of art by Turner, Constable and Monet. Members who went to Flackwell Heath enjoyed Mrs Purdy's talk about her youth, keeping everyone in stitches. Some members joined Lane End WI for an
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HUGHENDEN VALLEY
QUIZ Night at the village hall is in aid of the Alzheimer's Society on Saturday, May 28. It starts at 7pm. The £7.50 ticket includes a light supper and glass of wine. Teams can be up to and including six people. Alan Jaycock on 01494 528046 will be pleased
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HOLTSPUR
MOTH TRAPPING on the Nature Reserve takes place tomorrow and Sunday is Butterfly Identification Day there. Please phone Frank on 01494 672310 for the meeting times at the Riding Lane entrance. CHILTERN SINGERS will entertain the senior citizens group
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HIGH WYCOMBE
FRIENDS of High Wycombe Library are holding a coffee morning tomorrow from 9.30am to 1pm, they are hoping to raise funds for the library and to attract more members to join the Friends. So if you appreciate the use of the library and would like to be
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LACEY GREEN & LOOSLEY ROW
THERE are two main events this weekend and this is a reminder of the times and places. You shouldn't miss "The Real Inspector Hound" presented tonight and tomorrow in the Millennium Hall at 7.30pm for 8pm. Tickets are £17 including a three-course dinner
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HOLMER GREEN
TODAY Link-Up our bereavement support group meet in the church centre at 10.30am followed by a bring and share lunch. TOMORROW is the 85th anniversary of Bucks Federation of Women's Clubs. To celebrate the occasion the flag will be flying on Holmer Green
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HEDGERLEY
POPULAR annual Royal British Legion plant sale takes place tomorrow from 9am in Farnham Common Broadway. Donations of plants will be welcome. ALSO TOMORROW is the second Litter Blitz led by the Conservation Volunteers. Meet outside the Youth Club at
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GREAT MISSENDEN
LEE Common Methodist Church hosts a Christian Aid coffee morning tomorrow from 10.30am to midday. There will also be a sale of cakes and plants etc. THE GARDEN at The Old Sun House, Pednor will be open on Sunday afternoon from 2pm to 6pm. This is a five-acre
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GERRARDS CROSS
SINCE I wrote about the South Bucks Dial-a Ride a couple of weeks ago, I understand this has been superseded by a Chiltern & South Bucks service. If you have trouble in getting around or find it difficult to use public transport then there is a door-to-door
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HAZLEMERE
BINGO takes place in the community centre bar tonight with eyes down 8.45pm. This event fills the room very quickly so get your seats early. The bar opens at 8pm. There's bingo and a raffle in the bar on Saturday, May 28. Modern sequence dancing takes
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HADDENHAM
HENRY THE TUDOR DUDE presented by Haddenham Players' Youth Group was met with rapturous applause and producer Lynne Colley received bouquets in appreciation of her work. With 35 in the cast - playing 48 parts, it is not possible to mention all those
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GREAT KINGSHILL
WINE TASTING evening is tomorrow. It will take place in the village hall at 8pm and will include the tasting of six wines and light refreshments of cheese and pate. The wine expertise will be provided by Laithwaites of Beaconsfield. Tickets cost £15 and
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FLACKWELL HEATH
BRING & BUY coffee morning at the Methodist Church tomorrow is from 10am to midday in aid of Christian Aid Week. PLANT SALE at Christ Church tomorrow is from 10am to 12.30pm. As well as garden plants there will also be fairly traded refreshments. While
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FRIETH
YOU WILL have seen the signs around the villages advertising the school Parents and Teachers Association (PTA) Garden Day and Plant Sale between 10am and midday on Sunday in the school grounds. There will also be a second hand bicycle stall on bring and
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DOWNLEY
FOLLOWING the success of last year's Enormous Crocodile, Downley School is to organise another mass walk to school on Thursday starting from The Downley Donkey at 8.15am. The message from Lynne Thompson, one of the organisers, is that the general public
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CHESHAM
BLOOD donor sessions are to be held in the Baptist Church hall, Bellingdon Road, on Thursday at 2pm to 3.55pm also later at 5pm to 6.45pm. SALVA Malik ,who lives in and works from the White Hill Centre, is part-time race equality officer for the Chiltern
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BEACONSFIELD
SUDDENLY it's a busy weekend with fun and fundraising. It starts tonight with the Twinning Association's boules evening at The Oval for only £4 and you do not have to be a member to join in. Just phone Alan Walters for details on 01494 672718. Ten years
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CHESHAM BOIS
THANK GOODNESS that's all over fighting an election was the most tiring thing I have ever done in my life. It is unbelievable how exhausted you can get. I am still feeling the after-effects. Having said that, bring on the next one. Thank you to everybody
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THE CHALFONTS
BADMINTON players of intermediate standard are needed by the Summer Club which now meets on Friday evenings from 8pm to 10pm in Dr Challoners High School for Girls, Cokes Lane in Little Chalfont. If you are interested please ring 01494 728118 or 01494
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BOOKER
TONIGHT is Bingo Night at the Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7.30pm, eyes down at 8pm. MEMORIAL HALL AGM is on Monday evening, starting at 8pm. The new building plans are almost complete and the architect will be there to answer any questions. Please go
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AMERSHAM
MARGARET Deakin will be giving a talk on Sunday evening that looks at Peru - Land of the Incas. She is a well-established speaker and has travelled extensively bringing first hand experience to the topics she presents. The venue will be Woodrow High House
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BOURNE END/WOOBURN
TOMORROW Julie Hargrave will be remembered when the Soroptimists hold a stall outside Breeze on The Parade. They'll be selling books, CDs and similar items from 10am to midday. Julie, who died tragically earlier this year, had become a member of the
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MARLOW
RAIN, rain and more rain marked last year's Carnival in the Park organised by the community association. It was one of the rare occasions when "rain stopped play" so the carnival committee have cheekily decided that the theme for this year's carnival
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COOKHAM
PARKING in the Cookhams continues to be a problem. On Sunday, when the sun brought out the motorists, the village was inundated with cars. School Lane had cars parked both sides. This causes traffic problems as it is a through road for those taking a
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MARLOW BOTTOM
READERS will have seen, on the front page, the fuller account of my last week's reference to Charlie Hodgson kicking a rugby ball a little too vigorously for the comfort of Alison Branch. What many of you may have missed is that the story was covered
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Protest group wins phone mast battle
HUNDREDS of residents have won their year-long fight to stop a 58ft mobile phone mast being built at Marlow Football Club. An appeal by telecommunications giant Orange was thrown out by the Secretary of State's Planning Inspectorate on Friday, May 13
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Worsley makes his point to Lions boss
WASPS flanker Joe Worsley produced a Herculean performance in his side's Grand Final triumph against Leicester and then admitted he wanted to make a point to the British Lions selectors. The England star was omitted from the tour to New Zealand but got
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Judo and athletics get the year’s top honours
IAN Rose won the Sports Personality of the Year title at the Wycombe and Marlow Area Sports Council Awards last week with Wycombe Phoenix Harriers winning the Club of the Year crown. Rose, of Micklefield Judo Club, also won the Male with Disability prize
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Johnson is top vet
HIGH Wycombe Cycling Club's Dave Johnson finished top veteran out of 200 competitors in the Big Cow Everest triathlon. Johnson, who is planning to compete in his first iron man triathlon in August, completed the 400m swim, 25km bike ride and 5km run
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Newby’s world record attempt is non-starter
SPEED freak Mark Newby from Chinnor has failed in his quest to break the world land speed record for an electric car after suffering three false starts in the Nevada Desert. Newby, 46, from Chinnor, flew to America with team partner Colin Fallows to
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Luke at how well he’s doing now
LUKE Oliver has become the latest Tony Adams reject to resurrect his career at a higher league club. The 21-year-old, who was given the elbow by Adams last summer, is set to complete his transfer to League Two champions Yeovil this week and complete
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Talia’s deal puts him in sight of record
BLUES keeper Frank Talia is set to overtake Eddie Krncevic as the Australian with the longest playing career in Europe. Talia has just completed his 14th season in England, which equals the time Krncevic spent in Europe playing in Belgium, France, Germany
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Morgan quits as United chairman
PHIL Morgan has resigned as chairman of Chesham United after three years in The Meadow hotseat. He quit at a board meeting on Tuesday citing business and family commitments as the reason behind his decision. But he reassured fans that he has no plans
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A Good Woman (PG)
RELOCATING the Victorian social satire, Lady Windermere's Fan, to the Amalfi Coast of the 1930s transforms one of Oscar Wilde's lesser known plays into a sultry and sumptuous drama. It gives the production team colourful outdoor sets in the market place
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Charity’s car park gets planners’ OK
PLANNING chiefs have given the go-ahead for a national charity to build an 80-space overspill car park in green belt land in Saunderton, despite concerns. Wycombe District Council said it was worried about the impact the development could have on the
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Robber stabs Costcutter manager in the neck
A SHOP manager came within half-an-inch of death after he was brutally stabbed in the neck on Saturday morning by a robber who made off with around £200. Sarva Harman, 33, was stabbed after a man with a knife walked into Costcutter in Bridge Street,
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Relocation, relocation
AFTER 49 years the Free Press is today leaving its Gomm Road offices for pastures new. The new purpose-built three-storey offices, in Station Road, Loudwater, will be home to the Free Press, Midweek, Hillingdon and Ealing Times and the South Bucks Star
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Staying healthy is thirsty work
CELEBRITY chef Sophie Grigson has joined up with Buckinghamshire County Council in a bid to stop the elderly dying from dehydration. The council and the NHS want to encourage hospital patients to drink more water through its Thirst4Life campaign. Alarms
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Jo’s seven summits in seven continents
A CLIMBER from Penn has come back down to earth after being the first female to conquer seven summits in seven continents and reach both the the North and South Poles. Jo Gamby, 35, and husband Rob, 46, have recently returned from an arduous trip which
