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Vow to Orange: 'We'll be ready'
DETERMINED residents have warned Orange "we'll be ready" after the phone company revealed that it may re-apply to put up a mast at Marlow Football Club. People living near the stadium, in Oak Tree Road, are preparing to lock horns with the telecommunications
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Kiki flies from stately home
LADY Dashwood has been left feeling sick after her beloved African Grey parrot went missing from her West Wycombe House. Kiki, who the family have had for three years, flew out of the house on Tuesday, May 31, and appears to have vanished without trace
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Sad indictment of society
GOOD grief the world really has gone mad. I have followed the coverage of this Big Brother TV rubbish with a mixture of shock and awe. The most shocking thing is that a cardiac nurse from Wycombe Hospital is on the Channel 4 show and is engaged in desperate
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'Non' is no good
ON Thursday, May 26 Stacy Mitchell, president of the US Institute for Self-Reliance, addressed an audience at the Foreign Press Association in London and set out a vision for Britain that aims to revive local economies which are, currently, under attack
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War memories
WATCHING the recent footage on the television of commemorations to mark the end of the Second World War in Europe made me realise how important the personal stories surrounding these events are. I'm currently working on an exciting BBC project called
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Looking for Alf
I WOULD like to trace anyone who knew Alfred Theze or Ivy Stantiall when they worked for Cossors of High Wycombe during the war. Vanessa Wiggans, Chaucer Ave, Whitstable Tankerton, Kent
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Volunteers help
AS part of Volunteers' Week 2005, Save the Children UK would like to thank all of the volunteers who run its charity shops. Every year it raises many thousands of pounds to ensure more children in the UK and across the world have a happy, healthy and
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I was caught on camera too
I AM one more person who fell foul to the Marlow Hill camera, doing 36 miles per hour to overtake a very slow moving vehicle on the inside lane. I now have three points on my 36 years clean driving licence! Christine Ashworth, Naphill
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An oasis of calm
WHAT'S so wrong with the name Eden? Calm, tranquil, peace and quiet ... this really sounds like somewhere I would like to be. If this new centre delivers what it promises then I'm envisaging an oasis of calm offering a break from the crazy chaos of
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Feline thanks
OUR charity would like to thank Karen Ilott of Nedlands Boarding Cattery, Winchmore Hill, Amersham, for raising £1,400 for us by taking part in the London Marathon on April 16. Karen ran 26 miles in five hours. The money will be a big help in caring
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Eden sounds good to us
I WAS amazed when I read last week's letters complaining about the name of the new Eden Shopping Centre. I don't see the problem with the name, but what I do see is the boost which the new centre will give to High Wycombe. Not only is it going to introduce
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Magic Mushrooms grab first win of the season
MUSHROOMS FC ended a 14 match wait for their first win of the season when they beat AFC Totteridge 1-0 in their 15th game to register their first win of the season in the Cressex Summer League. After going down 4-0 and 5-0 to Wycombe Hermits and CBF
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Roger guests at six-a-side
ROGER Johnson made a guest appearance at the Hazlemere Six-a-side tournament over the Bank Holiday weekend. The event on Saturday, May 28, was organised by Holy Trinity Juniors FC. The 6ft 3ins centre half, who finished second top scorer for the
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Youth groups face 'desperate' times.
A LACK of community spirit has been blamed for threatening the future of a youth organisation in Marlow Bottom. Linda Chafer, the assistant leader of the village's Beaver colony, was speaking after a public appeal to find volunteers to help run the group
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Paddlers wanted
TEAMS of paddlers are needed for a charity Dragon Boat Race at Marlow's Higginson Park. The Anthony Nolan Trust is looking for groups of 11 people, ten paddlers and one drummer, for the event on Sunday, June 12. Candidates should be aged 14 and above
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People in fear over speed of their road
RESIDENTS have called for an enforced speed limit on a "dangerous" road near Cookham which they say is capable of claiming lives. The group of ten have said that Ferry Lane, which runs between Cookham and Bourne End, needs to be reduced from 60mph to
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M-way gridlock after driver dies in crash
A FATAL car accident near the A404 Marlow bypass caused almost three miles of tailbacks on the M4 on bank holiday Monday, leaving traffic gridlocked. The hold-up happened from 9.23pm after a single car lost control on the M4 westbound carriageway and
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Art display proves a hit
AROUND 500 people visited an art exhibition in Marlow with the hope of snapping up something special for their mantlepiece. The event, which started on Saturday and formed part of the Wycombe Festival, saw 378 items including paintings and craft items
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Rail plans may be renewed by 2006
RAIL chiefs could look to resurrect community line plans for the Marlow to Maidenhead railway line as soon as the end of the year, officials have said. The Strategic Rail Authority (SRA) pulled out of negotiations to change the line into a community
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Spring fete fun for young and old
HIGGINSON Park was packed as hundreds of people enjoyed the Marlow May Fair. The event, on Saturday, May 28, organised by the Marlow Round Table, featured a variety of attractions from puppet shows and face painting to train rides and vintage cars.
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It's a fair shop
SHOP-A-HOLICS can enjoy their favourite past time with a clearer conscience this week during Chesham's first Fair Trade Friday event. Chesham was the first town in Buckinghamshire to be awarded Fair Trade status in March, because its shops, restaurants
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Festival drinkers enjoy a wet weekend
The ale flowed freely at Chesham Round Table's annual Beer Festival over the bank holiday weekend. The sun shone on hundreds of happy drinkers at the Round Table's second biggest fundraising event of the year, held at the Town Hall on Saturday, May 28
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Pupils take the lead in computer test run
Pupils at a Chesham school put down their pens and picked up their mice to be guinea pigs in a Government examination experiment recently. Key Stage Three Pupils at Chesham Park Community College are among the first in the country to sit the trial
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See how their gardens grow
PRIVATE gardens across the Chilterns are being opened to the public to celebrate the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home's 20th anniversary. Throughout June proud gardeners are welcoming the public into their small cottage gardens to raise money for the Buckinghamshire
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Fight’s on against late-night opening
NEIGHBOURS are up in arms about the prospect of all-night drinking in a family pub which they say will encourage antisocial behaviour and stop them from sleeping. Clive Symes of White Lion Road, Amersham, is leading a petition to block The Pineapple
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Street collection
VOLUNTEERS for the Iain Rennie Hospice at Home charity raised more than £100 from a street collection in Bourne End in May. Supporters raised £175.88 from a rainy day street collection in The Parade on Saturday, May 21. A spokesman for the charity said
