MARLOW

YOUNGSTERS who enjoy spraying graffiti can do it legally tomorrow when the Thames Valley Police and Bucks and Milton Keynes Fire Authority hold an activity day for 14 to 20 year olds at Marlow's new fire station and feature a graffiti wall. Other highlights, of what promises to be a fantastic day of free entertainment, include a crushed car casualty extraction, a police patrol challenge and a climbing wall. It will be going on from 11am to 4pm.

Free transport is available at 10am from the Kings Arms, Stokenchurch, 10.10am the Community Centre, Lane End, 10.30am Wakeman Road, Bourne End, 10.40am Community Centre, Flackwell Heath and 10.45am, The Green, (opposite Tesco Express) Wooburn Green.

LATEST FIRST AID course established by St John Ambulance began last evening at their Station Road headquarters. You never know when the expertise offered could help save a life. The course lasts until November 24 and takes place on Thursday evenings between 7.30pm and 9.30pm. The cost is £47 but for that you get a certificate that lasts three years, registration, a first aid book, and pays the VAT.

INFORMATION PACKS are available at the Area Information Office in the High Street, which will help residents to put forward their views on future planning. A newsletter under the banner "Imagine the Future" is also available and this outlines a blueprint for Marlow, as well as High Wycombe and surrounding areas. Response forms have to be returned to the District Council offices by Friday, November 4. Plans will be firmed up by the council next year and in 2007. There will also be further "Imagine the Future" consultations.

ALL SAINTS autumn fair is to be held on Saturday, October 29 in the church hall on the Causeway. Collecting boxes for items for the various stalls are now at the back of the church.

FOUR SEASONS club heads for the Theatre Royal, Windsor tomorrow afternoon where Martin Shaw is appearing in "A Man For All Seasons".

LOOKING AHEAD to Christmas, for anyone interested in the town the tourist office still has some copies of the lively and informative Portrait of Christ Church, the United Reformed Church in Quoiting Square, which has recently undergone substantial development. If you can't get to the High Street, Jean Ashford on 01628 486227 has a few copies at her home, priced £5.99, plus 80p postage and packing.

MONDAY MORNING is the time for 50 plus activities at Court Garden Leisure Complex. Table tennis, badminton, tennis and short tennis can be played between 9am and 1pm, squash is on from 11am to 1pm and there are two keep fit sessions from 9.15am to 10am and 10.15am to 11am. During term time swimmers can enjoy the pool from 10am to 1pm and from midday to 1pm in the school holidays. Cost is £3.80 per session with discounts for freestyle holders.

AN INTRODUCTORY EVENING was held last night for the new Alpha course, a practical investigation into Christianity. It continues until December on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm to 10pm at All Saint Church hall in the Causeway. If you need more information about the course, call 01628 483706.

CAMERA CLUB SNAPPERS venture out of their Bovingdon Green meeting place on Tuesday evening to photograph the town at night, They will be visiting several local venues, exploring the possibilities and problems of night time photography.

MODEL RAILWAY aficionados should have a field day at Liston Hall on Sunday. Wrenn Railways Collectors Club is staging the exhibition, which features trade stands and displays, and is being held from 10.30am to 5pm.

CHRIST CHURCH in Quoiting Square is the venue on Sunday for the Churches Together in Marlow service at 6.45pm.

BACK from the Conservative Party Conference in Blackpool, local MP Paul Goodman will be holding one of his regular constituency clinics at the Area Office in the High Street next Friday, October 14. He will be available from 2.30pm but requests that his office on 01494 521777 be contacted ahead of time with details of any queries.