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Marlow
Situated on the River Thames about 30 miles west of London, the historic town of Marlow is surrounded by the beautiful countryside of the Chiltern Hills. Comprehensive transport networks provide a variety of connections to major destinations: London
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STOKENCHURCH
COMMUNITY TRANSPORT continues to be of service to many of our elderly and disabled residents. As well as making it possible for people to attend events in the village and to visit the Medical Centre, the bus makes regular shopping trips to Asda and Thame
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WIDMER END
AT THE LAST Residents Association committee meeting chairman Trevor Dean produced some computer generated images of how gates might look at the entrances to the village. While these gates do not actually close they do help restrict and slow traffic.
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WEST WYCOMBE
ST LAWRENCE CHURCH up on the hill is possibly the most unmistakable feature within the village. Like many churches it now offers more than just services on a Sunday and is the regular venue for concerts, mainly classical and choral. Throughout the summer
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TERRIERS & TOTTERIDGE
TOMORROW Highworth School is holding its annual Fun Day. From 11.30am until 1.30pm there will be a wide choice of activities for children to enjoy. In addition there's a raffle, tombola, refreshments, fancy dress (on the theme of Animal Magic), bric-a-brac
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SEER GREEN
SUMMER SHOW organised by the horticultural society is in the Jubilee Hall from 2pm. Classes are not only for flowers, vegetables and fruit but include houseplants, cakes, wine, rolls and marmalade. There will also be classes for children and for photographers
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NAPHILL
RESULTS FROM THE FETE feature the Best Neighbour award when an award is made to a resident for service to the community or for being helpful to all. This year the worthy recipient of the award was Barbara Clarke, especially for her work as Brown Owl for
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RISBOROUGH
AFTERNOON WI is presenting the High Wycombe Orpheus Male Voice Choir, winners of the male voice section at the Jersey International Music Festival last October, as part of this year's Risborough Festival. The choir, together with guest artistes, will
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PRESTWOOD
INFANTS SCHOOL in Moat Lane have their Summer Fete on Sunday from 1pm to 4pm. All the usual stalls and attractions, but also featuring a Reptile Road Show when you are invited to "come and touch and feel". MANY THANKS to everyone who supported the Arthritis
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PENN & TYLERS GREEN
FUN RUN and Penn Seven on Sunday was another successful event with a lot of money raised for charity. You will find a report on the winners in another section of today's paper. BUSY WEEKEND at Curzon Combined School with a mufti day today followed by
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LANE END
WHIST EVENING is tonight in the village hall starting at 7.30pm. Entrance costs £2.50 and includes refreshments and the possibility of winning a prize. WHIST also tonight in Cadmore End church hall starting at 7.30pm. WHY NOT join the evening WI members
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HOLTSPUR
SENIOR CITIZENS group will have the treat of a river cruise on Wednesday instead of a meeting on Tuesday. YOU ARE INVITED to take part in St Thomas' Church's day of celebrations on Sunday, July 3. The celebrations will take place at the recreation ground
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LACEY GREEN AND LOOSLEY ROW
STRAWBERRY TEA takes place at Woodbyne Farm in Main Road on Sunday at 3pm. Music will be provided by the West Wycombe Brass Band. Tickets are £4 and obtainable from either Entertainment House or by phoning 01844 343113 or 344606. REMINDER that the Quilters
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HUGHENDEN VALLEY
RUNNING FOR LIFE was the plan of Great Kingshill Year 5 pupil Lucy Grover who took park in the Breast Cancer Research "Race for life". Lucy was running in memory of her granny and also reception pupil Abigail's mother. One hundred pounds was raised in
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HOLMER GREEN
TOMORROW Curzon School at Penn Street have their school fair from 11.45am to 3pm, on the school field. All are most welcome. EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS by Philip Cooper is in Holy Trinity Church tomorrow and Sunday from 1pm to 5pm. SUNDAY 11AM there's
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HIGH WYCOMBE
DISABLED FRIENDSHIP CLUB are looking for volunteer drivers who, every second Saturday in the month, would transport members to the West End Hall near the Kings Church Centre to be there by 3pm. They would then need to be collected at 5pm for the journey
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HAZLEMERE
CEDAR PARK SCHOOL are holding their Annual Fete tomorrow from 11am until 2pm. There's lots of family entertainment and activities including a raffle, tombola and a bouncy castle. They also have a barbecue and a beer tent. Please come along and support
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HADDENHAM
JENNY BULLIMORE, tireless worker and patron for the SNEHA home for girls in Bangalore, India, raised £335 through a pasta party which she hosted at her home. Entertainment was provided by Rosemary Shaw's recorder players and also two young violin and
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GREAT MISSENDEN
ABBEYFIELD hold their Summer Fair and 200 Club Draw tomorrow afternoon. FLOWER FESTIVAL this weekend at the parish church entitled "Flowers in Harmony" to raise funds for the organ restoration. The occasion is organised by the friends of the church.
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GREAT KINGSHILL
KINGSHILL & CO will, sadly, have to cease performing. Many of you know them from seeing their fantastic shows of singing and dancing. They have been entertaining for over nine years now and they include performers from ages eight to 15 years. Their musical
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GERRARDS CROSS
WATCH OUT for road closures tomorrow afternoon. Fulmer Day has come around again and the village will be sealed off throughout the afternoon. A celebrity, as yet unannounced, will get the afternoon off to its usual rousing start. Among the attractions
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FRIETH
CROQUET CHALLENGE is on Sunday with beginners and experts welcome. Meet at the village hall at 1.30pm. Village society members pay £3, others £4. Wine or soft drinks and nibbles are available afterwards. YOU CAN ENJOY some singing by the Chiltones and
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DOWNLEY
THANK YOU for keeping your fingers crossed for fine weather for Downley Day. It worked but did you have to make it so hot? I was busy on the Bucks Free Press table so did not get to see much of what was going on. FOR NOW it is enough to say that the
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CHESHAM BOIS
WHAT A WONDERFUL DAY it was last Saturday. The weather was perfect and loads of people came along to support Trevor's Day. Trevor was magnificent and kept going from beginning to end. His great delight was in the £7000 raised despite competition from
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FLACKWELL HEATH
FENNELS WOOD group will be walking around Berghers Hill and Odds Farm on Sunday. Meet in Budgens car park at 10am. OPEN GARDENS afternoon attracted about 70 villagers who enjoyed the opportunity to visit a variety of gardens all giving scope for ideas
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CHESHAM
OH WHAT A LOVELY DAY, the sun shone, hundreds of people crowded into the Broadway to watch the carnival. The theme was books: Harry Potter, Jungle Book, Peter Pan to name but a few, were wonderful. Chesham All Girls Band looked good and played well. I
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THE CHALFONTS
FRIENDS of St Giles Parish Church present "Jazz on a Summer Evening" with the Gambit Jazzmen in Shakman's Field on School Lane. If the weather changes then it's into the Memorial Hall. This summer delight takes place on Saturday, July 2 from 7pm to 9.30pm
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BOOKER
TONIGHT is bingo night at the Memorial Hall. Doors open at 7.30pm. Eyes down a 8pm. Two pounds buys ten games. Proceeds go towards hall improvements. ANNIVERSARY SERVICE and Rose Rally for the Women's Fellowship takes place at the Avenue Methodist Church
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BEACONSFIELD
ANOTHER Boules Evening tonight at The Oval, organized by the Twinning Association, but you do not need to be a member. Fun and refreshments are included in the charge of £10 and full details are available from Alan Walters on 01494 672718. AFTER THE
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AMERSHAM
GUIDES IN COSTUME from the 16th Century will lead the second of this year's Martyrs Walks tomorrow. Starting out from the museum at 2.30pm the guides will lead you through the old town and up through the fields to the Martyrs Memorial. Discover why six
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MARLOW
JAN EVANS, owner of the Montessori School at Bovingdon Green village hall, aided by seven mums associated with Burford School, helped raise over £2,000 by walking last weekend's fund raising event in bra and pants in aid of Breast Cancer. Supported by
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BOURN END/WOOBURN
CELEBRATING in song on Sunday evening in the Community Centre is open to everyone. Songs of Praise, organised by Churches Together in the Wye Valley, starts at 6pm. There's music from the Worship Band of St Mary's Church in Wooburn Green with their upbeat
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MARLOW BOTTOM
WHO WILL BE ELIGIBLE for an old people's heating allowance in just ten years time? The answer is Bernie, of course. Expect your sausages and chops in celebration wrapping on Tuesday, but only if you ask for them in multiples of 50. QIGONG is a generic
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COOKHAM
CRIME CONTINUES in the Cookhams. Cookham's beat officer P C Walter de Haan warns people to keep windows closed in the hot weather and to use their burglar alarms when homes are left empty. "In one or two cases recently burglaries occurred and the alarms
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Friends rooting for Makosi
Makosi's friends and colleagues have always believed that she should be on the telly. The staff at Wycombe Hospital are rooting for her to win. The bookies' favourite Makosi, left her job as a cardiac nurse at the hospital to appear on the reality TV
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Shoulder injury douses Cole’s fire
Cricket: WARRIORS will be without opening bowler Adam Cole for up to six weeks after he injured his shoulder fielding. Cole damaged the muscles when he dived to stop a boundary in Wycombe's Evening Standard Trophy victory over Eastcote. And captain
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Join the stars at Bisham’s mini-olympics
BISHAM Abbey is throwing its weight behind London's 2012 Olympic bid by staging it's own mini-olympics tomorrow. London's 2012 bid to host the Olympics has been at full throttle for the last year and the International Olympic Committee are less than
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Rob’s not ready to put his feet up yet
ROB Lee agreed to stay with Wycombe Wanderers for another year and insisted he's not here to put his feet up. The former England midfielder, who turns 40 in February, has agreed a match to match deal for the season and has set himself a target of playing
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Carnival fever hits
HUNDREDS of children, parents, and grandparents flocked to this year's Chesham Carnival, with many hailing it as the biggest and best ever. Temperatures rocketed for Chesham's annual showpiece event, which ensured as big a turnout as the town's carnival
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Do you recognise this woman?
A GOOD Samaritan is appealing to the owner of a 60-year-old photograph who lost the picture on Amersham High Street. Hilary Langdon, of Milton Lawns, Chesham Bois, discovered the photograph outside the Woolwich Building Society at around 3pm on Saturday
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Family escapes death after dishwasher goes up in flames
THREE generations of a family escaped death after their dishwasher caught fire as they slept but their two cats were not so lucky. The incident took place at the Fallon family home in Grimsdells Lane, Amersham, at around 6.30am, on Saturday, June 18
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Huge fine for cruelty to animals
THESE shocking images show the level of neglect one woman inflicted on dozens of animals in her care. The appalling evidence led to the conviction of Madeleine MacDonald who was ordered to pay £20,000 and given a ten-year ban from keeping any pets except
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60th anniversary of Second World War
SPECIAL tributes were paid to those who fell in the Second World War as town officials and Royal British Legion members laid wreaths at Marlow's war memorial. The tributes were laid to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the war at All Saints Parish
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Simply the breast – mums don bras for cancer charity
EIGHT Marlow mothers showed off their bras at the weekend when they descended on London with 15,000 other power walkers to raise thousands of pounds for charity. The daring mums, whose children attend Burford Primary School, Marlow Bottom, had in fact
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Best dressed couple get ex-cited over win
STUNNING Sarah Whitlock and Phil Howson are the run away winners of the Marlow Town Regatta and Festival's best dressed couple competition sponsored by the Free Press. Miss Whitlock, left, is a 25-year-old personal assistant, originally from Marlow.
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Dad wants help to find son
A SCOTTISH father has called on Marlovians to help him find his missing son 16 years after his disappearance from the family home. Derek Burns, 66, made the plea as he prepared to take on a leg of his 650-mile charity walk from Edinburgh to London in
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All coming up rosey
SATURDAY'S Marlow Bottom Rose Carnival was branded "one of the best" in history as thousands of people descended into the valley for the event. The annual carnival, staged by the Friends of Burford School and the playing field management committee, hosted
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Lucy proves she’s a cut above the rest
A HAIRDRESSER has won a prestigious national award which means her hair salon is recognised as one of the best of its kind in the country. Lucy Owen, of Toni & Guy in Marlow, won the title of UK Franchise Director of the Year at the 2005 Tony & Guy Business
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Police officer injured in high speed car chase
A HIGH speed car chase across three counties resulted in a police officer being injured. Offenders broke into five cars parked in Danesfield House Hotel and Spa, at around 12.25pm on Friday. Hotel staff spotted two Asian males in their early 20s escaping
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Ramblers rejoice as new path opens after eight-year dispute
AN EIGHT year campaign to save ramblers from "running the gauntlet" on the A404 bypass was officially won last week, after Tory MP Theresa May opened a new pathway. Mrs May officially opened the new footpath on Friday, June 17, which goes underneath
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Town too expensive for champ
EUROPEAN cross-country champion Hayley Yelling has told of her personal "disappointment" with a decision to throw out a cheap homes plan for Marlow, that could have allowed her to move permanently to the town. The 31-year-old, who is also the reigning
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Acid leak shuts pool
HYDROCHLORIC acid escaped from a water pumping system at Holywell Mead Swimming Pool causing chaos for swimmers. Firefighters dressed in protective chemical suits and equipped with breathing apparatus rushed to the scene on Thursday, June 16, to tackle
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Non appearance of editions
Owing to problems at our new Oxford-based printers, the Marlow Free Press and Amersham and Chesham Free Press has not been produced. We would like to apologise to our loyal readers and offer them the opportunity to view our stories online. The
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NHS medics get on their bikes for rehab patients
A TEAM of pedal pushers from the NHS have completed a charity cycle ride from London to Brighton. The group from Chiltern and South Bucks Primary Care Trust (PCT) raised money for the British Heart Foundation and the Cardiac Rehabilitation Service during
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Paper mill workers re-live final chapter
EX-workers from the Wycombe Marsh Papermill reunited for the first time since the mill was shut 11 years ago. Nearly 70 former employees from the firm met up at Wycombe Cricket Club, in London Road, High Wycombe, to roll back the years. Organiser
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Erinle wants more in an England shirt
AYOOLA Erinle pulled on an England shirt against Canada on Sunday and then said: "I want more of this." The Wasps centre, who was nominated as the Premiership's Player of the Year came on at half-time during England's 29-5 defeat of Canada in the Churchill
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Gorman: No one's place is safe
WANDERERS boss John Gorman has warned his stars that every shirt is up for grabs next season. He says even the club's biggest names like Nathan Tyson and skipper Roger Johnson are not guaranteed a starting place next season after a busy summer of wheeling
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Strike Command’s future pulled back from brink
THE RAF's two command headquarters are to be merged and located on a single site at Strike Command in High Wycombe. Armed forces minister Adam Ingram made the announcement in the House of Commons on Thursday, ending months of speculation. The move spells
