Remembrance Sunday - Flackwell Heath Community Centre

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Remembrance
Sunday
8 November 2009
Photo: Meg Scullion Carols last year
Crafts, Carols and Christmas Lights
Christmas begins in Flackwell Heath on
Saturday 5 December when there will be
a Craft Fayre in the Community Centre
immediately followed as day turns to
dusk by the Carol Concert and lighting
up the Christmas tree on the Green.
The FH Residents’ Association Craft
Fayre will have some twenty stalls
offering all you need for your Christmas
gift shopping. You will find something to
suit all ages from the youngest children
to the wisest grannies. It opens at 10.30
and runs through to 4 pm. The necessary
accompaniments to a burst of jolly retail
therapy will be on hand all day with
morning coffee, lunch and afternoon tea
readily available. As I write there are still
a couple of stalls available which may be
hired by contacting Maureen Sheppard
on 01628 523738.
The Christmas Carols will start at 4.45
by the Christmas tree on the village
green. The event will be led by Rev
Chris Bull, Vicar of Christ Church. There
will be sheets with the words so it would
be sensible to bring a torch. Afterwards
there will be mulled wine, mulled apple
juice and mince pies in the Community
Centre.
The West Wycombe Brass Band, the
tree and the lights are paid for by the FH
Residents’ Association from the profits of
the Cherry Fayre and other fund raising
events.
Fireworks Night
The Annual Flackwell Heath Family
Fireworks evening will be held at the
Carrington School Sports Field at the
end of Chapel Lane on 7 November.
Gates open 6pm
split between the three organisations
and are used to provide facilities
for Flackwell Heath children and
teenagers in the schools, scouts and
guides.
The Fireworks have been running
yearly for 16 years with the exception
of last year where torrential rain and
high winds meant the display had to
be cancelled at the very last minute.
Anyone who bought a ticket to last
year’s show (and still has it) can use it
to get in this year.
The bonfire will be lit just before 7pm.
The firework display will be in two
parts with a break in between for a
cup of tea, pint of beer, mulled wine,
hot dog or other snacks. Torches,
novelties and glow sticks, will also on
sale.
Teams of volunteers from Carrington
School Parents Association, Friends of
Juniper Hill and 1st Flackwell Scout
Group run the event. All profits get
Entrance is £6 each on the day or £5
each if you get the tickets from the
schools or Flackwell Heath shops
before the 7th.
Rory Maguire
We will assemble at the front of the
Legion HQ at around 10.00 The parade
to the memorial at 10.30 will be led
by four standard bearers followed by
Legion members with the Royal Artillery
Association, Scouts, Guides and the Girls
Brigade. All members of the public are
welcome to join the Legion in parading
to and from the memorial. Music will be
provided by our piper, Glen Lockhart,
and the West Wycombe Silver Band
under the direction of Marilyn Gray. The
service will be conducted by our hon.
Legion Chaplin, the Rev Christopher
Bull, Vicar of Christ Church.
At approximately 12.00 there will
be the presentation of the President’s
awards in memory of Max Chivers DFC
and Philip Lawrence. The shields and
plaques will be presented to units of the
Scouts, Guides and
Girls Brigade units
by Patrick Jessiman
President of the FH
Branch of the Royal
British Legion, and
by Club President,
Gordon Winterton.
Did you do National
Service?
Last year I had a letter
from Geoff Hughes
who was born in the
village and lived here
for 23 years until he got married and
moved to Wycombe. He still keeps
in close touch with Flackwell Heath.
Editor.
“ I was in the parade last year. I was too
young for the Second World War, I am
75 so I did my bit in the RAF National
Service. What I would like is to appeal
to all National Service lads in the village
to join the parade. Otherwise in the
future there will be no older members
in the parade. So come on, lads, make
an effort to join in. Come and swell the
ranks. See you all in 2009”.
Cherry Fayre 2010
Flackwell Retailers When
you hear a boom of Royal
to join together
It may surprise you to know that our
village shopkeepers hardly talk to each
other. When we talked to them we
found they all had similar concerns but
they felt too isolated to come together in
a joint approach.
The Flackwell Heath Residents’
Association invited all the shops, pubs
and restaurants in the village to a
meeting to discuss how they could help
each other, what support they would
like from the Residents’ Association and
how they in turn could contribute to the
Residents’ Association.
There are some 45 retail businesses in
the village and fifteen were represented
at the first meeting. It quickly became
clear that the main topic of concern was
security and relations with the police.
We like to think of Flackwell Heath as a
pleasant law abiding village but we have
had a bank ram-raided and incidents of
shop lifting and anti-social behaviour.
Businesses were also concerned about
the future of the row of shops opposite
Barclays in The Common. There are no
signs that the former HSBC bank will
be reinstated as a shop and the former
betting shop has not been tenanted for
several years.
More down to earth problems included
the provision and placing of litter bins
but even as I write the Associations’
Planning and Environment Group are
talking to the appropriate Council staff.
The next Business Group meeting
on Tuesday 3 November will start to
take action on the businesses’ other
concerns. We will be joined by our
Police Community Support Officer
(PCSO), Daton Beckford (it’s his day off
but he will be coming anyway) and Jetta
Peddie from BusinessWatch. Vic Grewal
will explain how he and the PCSO in
Chorleywood were able to reduce
shoplifting and anti-social behaviour in
and around his shop.
Pam Mannering
Chair FH Residents Association
www.rphtreeservices.co.uk
Rob Hawker
Office: 01628 533355
Mobile: 07748 314950
Email: info@rphtreeservices.co.uk
Artillery Association ordnance from
Straight Bit Recreation ground at 12
noon on Sunday 11 July 2010 you will
know the Cherry Fayre parade is under
way. Next year it will be 65 year since
the end of the Second World War. And
the theme of the Fayre will be will be
the 40s – the era of Vera (top of the pops
again) Lynn, Dad’s Army, Glenn Miller
and thousands of men returning home
to Civvy Street. And thousands not.
The parade will include members of the
Royal British Legion in WW2 uniforms;
the Cherry Fayre Committee and others
disguised as Home Guard accompanied
by Cpl Jones’s authentic van; ladies with
their mothers’ Land Army uniforms or
even better, their own uniforms; people
who just enjoy dressing up in 1940s
uniforms or the New Look.
They are looking for a Captain
Mannering lookalike. This is your
chance to recreate a British hero and
our finest comedy character.
If you would like to dress up in 1940s
character and join the parade please
contact Terry Darby 01628 523375.
Ashley Hopkins would also like to hear
from anyone who would like to get
involved in planning the Fayre, doing
the practical jobs like setting it up on
the day or staffing some of the stalls.
01628 648700
Last years Fayre was a great success both
financially and for the fun of the day.
David Onslow received a presentation
and a round of applause for leading the
organising group; Terry Darby and Meg
and Mike Scullion were also thanked
for the contribution to the Cherry Fayres
they have made over the years.
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Three Horse Shoes
The Three Horse Shoes has been taken over by James
Bunyan who owned and ran the The Old Swan Uppers in
Cookham for sixteen years. He sold it and settled down to
a quiet retirement - which he bore for 18 months. Then he
fell into the temptation of owning one last pub. There is no
shortage of pubs on the market and Jim thought the Three
Horse Shoes had the potential for success.
He was fortunate that he was able to bring with him his
chef from the days in Cookham. Keith Whittier-Howarth has
been a chef all his life and his experience includes a couple
of decades in Spain and Portugal. No staff team at the Three
Horse Shoes would be complete without Linda who works
behind the bar and Jeff who is there most evenings.
There is a sporty theme for the decorations. James likes all
sports but especially rugby. In his youth he played at County
level for Leicestershire.
Under James and Keith The Old Swan Uppers was a
successful bar and restaurant pub and they are confident
they can repeat their success in Flackwell Heath. They
began by completely redecorating the restaurant and bar
area, renovating the toilets and the kitchen.
Their aim is to be a family friendly pub with a wide range of
meals ranging from bar snacks at £2.95 through to T-Bone
steaks at £14.95 or a rack of English lamb at £13.95. They
also have a kiddies’ menu. OAPs will get our Sunday roast
for only £5.95. (£7.95 for those unfortunates burdened by
youth.) Keith the Chef told me that he does not buy in ready
made meals; the food he serves should be prepared in his
own kitchen – but he concedes it is difficult to make ice
cream as good as factory made. It seemed to me that the
menu prices were at the reasonable end for quality pub
food.
They are now taking bookings from families, firms and
organisations for Christmas meals and office parties up to
Christmas Eve. 01628 520541 to book a table. If you prefer
to leave the turkey to Christmas Day, the normal bar and
restaurant menus are still available.
Tim Kendell
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Heath Singers’
Christmas Concert
Under the leadership of Peggy
Woolhouse, The Heath Singers are
celebrating their 40th Anniversary this
year. Continuing on from our very
successful Summer Concert (which
featured a rather large number of red
balloons) we now invite you to join us
in celebrating Christmas. All concerts
will be held in Christ Church and the
first one will be a candlelit concert
on Thursday 10 December. The
following two concerts, Wednesday
16 and Thursday 17 will feature
our very popular Gift Stall, where
you can purchase your last minute
stocking fillers. Each evening we
invite you to enjoy a complimentary
drink and mince pie and after the
interval we are pleased to welcome
back our favourite gentleman, Father
Christmas, who will be dropping in
with his bag of sweets and some more
of Rudolph’s jokes! Tickets are £8
obtainable from Joan McNamara on
01628 526111 or any choir member
and the concerts all start at 8pm.
In addition to the concerts in Flackwell
Heath the choir have been invited to
participate in the Mayors Christmas
Appeal Concert in the Swan Theatre
on Sunday afternoon 6 December.
Ticket details from the Swan Theatre
or Choir Members.
See you in
December.
Pam Gresswell
Christ Church has an
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Visit
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happens at your Parish
Church.
Methodist
Church
Lots of people attended our 11th
Coffee Morning in aid of Macmillan
Cancer Support on 26 September. We
were entertained by local pianist and
composer, Alex Routledge. Thanks to
all who helped or supported the event,
including local company Softcat who
made a donation in return for some
cookies, we raised an amazing £355!
Our Harvest services and tea were well
attended and we were able to pack a car
boot full of pasta, rice and other staples
for a charity in Romania, Street Children
Pro Deo. We heard the good news that,
although there are still street children,
the situation has improved considerably.
The charity will be seeking to also help
the elderly as some are very poor. There
were lots of envelopes on the money
tree for CLEM, a charity working in
Bolivia (our treasurer is away so I don’t
know the total). Local people were not
forgotten as tins, packets and flowers
were delivered.
Sunday 1 November is our Chapel
Anniversary. There have been services in
Flackwell Heath since 1822. The church
was built in 1832 and extended in 1863.
The hall was added in the 1920s. The
date we celebrate on is the reopening
in 1984 when the cinema seats were
replaced and we got inside toilets amongst many other improvements. We
will also celebrate our Sunday School
Anniversary, when the children will
receive books.
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Thinking of getting married
in 2010? Recent changes in
marriage law have opened up
new possibilities to marry at Christ
Church! See the relevant page on
our website or phone the Vicar for
more details.
On
Sunday
8
November,
Remembrance
Sunday,
our
service starts 30 minutes earlier
at 9.30am, finishing promptly at
10.30am allowing any who wish
to do so, to attend the village
Act of Remembrance at the War
Memorial at 10.45am.
Please contact the Church Office
in Chapel Road for further
information on any of the above:
01628 533004 (9.00am – 1.00pm
Monday to Friday).
Juniper Hill School Christmas Fair
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Plant Stall
Bouncy Castle
Presents for Parents
Children’s Art and Crafts
Children’s Pamper Room
Santa’s Grotto
Stalls
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which this year will be
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‘Iain Rennie Hospice at Home’.
In a service of hymns and music,
readings and prayers there is an
opportunity to remember “those
we love but see no longer”. The
service includes the lighting of
candles in memory of loved ones,
the reading of their names and
space for quiet reflection. This
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recent or not-so-recent past.
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FLACKWELL HEATH Residents’ Association
Planning and Environment Group
in the district
is
costing
the
Council
thousands
of
pounds a year,
which of course
is reflected in
our
council
tax payments.
This however is
avoidable if we
all take a little
more care and
dispose of our
litter properly.
Prevalent this
Caption From left. Denise and Jeff Herschel (Chair of CWPC), Chloe
time,
sweetie
Barrow (Sec. FHRA), Graham Carter and Carolyn Leonard.
papers, the type
Picking up litter
small children tend to have and cans
In our quest to make a difference in the and bottles stuffed in the hedges.
village we held our latest litter pick on It was very disconcerting to see the
3 October. It was great to welcome new amount of dog mess, particularly on the
folk and our thanks to all who came recreation ground. Can I make a plea
and collected 23 full bags of rubbish, to those dog owners to deal with this
including old carpeting, bits from cars matter responsibly, there are two dog
plus a large tyre. Our thanks go to waste bins situated on the recreation
Terry, Kerry and the guys at the Council ground so there is really no excuse for
depot without whose help our tidying it, and after all a dog poo bag takes
up of the village in this way would be up little room in your pocket or bag.
impossible.
Chepping Wycombe Parish Council
Chatting to Kerry I find the litter problem pay a considerable amount each year
Juniper
governors
Is there anyone in the village who is
interested in becoming a governor
of Juniper Hill School? There are
two community governor vacancies
at present. Governors come from all
sections of the community: parents,
retired people, the business world,
representatives of local councils and
churches. There is always a need for
enthusiastic and committed people
to serve as governors, who can make
important decisions about how
schools are run. If you are interested in
education, and want to find out more
please contact the school office to be
put in touch with a current governor
to have a chat. Juniper Hill school
office: 01628 523536
Debbie Kite Chair of Governors
to have these bins maintained so let’s
make it worthwhile and use them rather
than leaving the mess around to cause a
health hazard and messy shoes.
Another problem is the amount of
discarded cigarette ends, apart from
being difficult to pick up I gather that
these take around 15 years to degrade
completely and have been shown to
cause pockets of pollution due to the
nicotine and other waste products
concentrating as they decompose. On a
more positive note we didn’t find all the
used bus tickets we did the time before
so well done for that. Please consider
joining us for our next effort to tidy up
the village, we would really welcome
you.
There is now a big gap in Heath End
Road where ‘The Magpie’ once stood.
At the time of writing the appeal by
Michael Shanly Homes for building 9
homes on the site is still in progress. We
will update you when we hear more.
Lastly, thanks for contacting me on a
range of issues; it is good to hear your
comments and concerns, which we do
try to address.
Carolyn Leonard 01628 526512
Chair of the Planning & Environment Group
Age Concern
The Age Concern Day Centre celebrated
25 years of service to the community by
holding a supper dance which was very
successful – not a fund raising affair but
which managed to raise approximately
£500. The clients also enjoyed a party
atmosphere all week and also the
birthday cake made specially for the
occasion.
Now we look forward with interest
to the future and the amalgamation of
Age Concern with Help the Aged. At
the moment it is watch this space but
whatever the outcome the Day Centre
will continue.
Nancie E Ross MBE
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Day Centre clients, staff and helpers, with
Shirley Wallis, Chairman, on extreme right.
Photo: Sue Arnautov
uk4u Thanks!
Just a short note to thank all who
supported uk4u Thanks! fund raising
on 27 September. Your generosity
in buying tickets and making cash
donations helped to raise £1 700 for
this very worthy cause. Thank you all
once again.
Mary Harding
Flackwell Heath Women’s Institute
Joint Report
adventures while lecturing about
them, and a singer
with piano
accompanist who sang a song from
each decade of the 90 years WIs have
existed in Bucks.
Mapledurham Mill
Both Flackwell WIs held their AGMs
in October. The Presidents (Brenda
Aldridge for the Morning WI, Barbara
Dickinson for the Evening) were reelected, and the Committees continue
with minor changes in personnel.
During the summer, the Morning
Institute had a coach outing to
Bournemouth and Poole, and the
Evening Institute a coach and boat
trip to Mapledurham, near Reading.
We visited the house and the working
Beat Surgeries at Budgen’s
You may have noticed that the Police
and Neighbourhood Watch have held
the last two ‘Beat Surgeries’ outside
Budgen’s on a Saturday morning, rather
than at Christ Church. This change is
part of the local police commander’s
strategy to make his officers more
accessible to the public.
A Date for your Diary
On Friday 11 December, an significant
Meeting for the local NHWatch areas
will be held at the Wye Valley School
commencing at 7.00 pm. Speakers
will include Dominic Grieve MP.
Card Cloning
There has been a spate of card cloning
of late, and several residents report
their cards being used fraudulently in
the Far East. As in the past, garages
seem to feature prominently in the
‘cloning arena’. How they do it is
open to speculation, but it has been
suggested that the card machines have
been tampered with in some way to
send your card details to another
Photo: Sue Arnautov
watermill, which grinds flour.
There were several County events
during the summer and early autumn
which members had enjoyed: an
afternoon concert by 'mediaeval'
minstrels at Hall Barn , a craft
afternoon at Taplow and a 'cryptic
crossword workshop'. An evening
of "Quilts and Quavers" featured an
excellent speaker who described her
innovations in the use of folding,
tucks and texture in fabric, and her
computer, and that a ‘hidden’ camera
records your entry of the PIN number.
With your card and PIN numbers, the
rest is easy! The key thing is to protect
your PIN. Ensure that no-one or any
thing is ‘looking over your shoulder’
or ‘down from above’ when you enter
your PIN. Use your free hand to
conceal what you are entering!
Property Marking
The latest Parish Newsletter includes
an article on Community Safety with a
specific reference to property marking
using the product ‘SelectaDNA’ A
limited number of packs are being
made available to residents at a
discounted price of £22, each
sufficient to mark up to 50 items.
With the current incidence of burglary
that we have been experiencing, this
is a valuable tool in the armoury
of deterrence, and can be used to
securely mark and identify a wide
range of products. Remember, only
5% of stolen goods are ever reunited
with their rightful owners due to lack
of positive identification.
Winter is here
By the time you read this, the clocks
will have gone back an hour, and
the evenings will get dark that much
earlier. Make sure that you have reset
any timers that you use to operate
security devices such as lamps, radio,
One member went to an International
Day on Holland, with speakers
on bulbs, Dutch flower paintings
and brothels.
(Hampshire WIs
are campaigning to get legislation
on brothels reconsidered, and the
speaker had visited establishments
in Holland, New Zealand and the
USA).
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Next month, the Morning WI meets
on Nov 4th; the speaker is Barbara
Taylor on 'Up the Amazon without a
Paddle'. There is a shopping trip to
Westfield on 11 November which is
open to members and friends. The
Evening WI holds its Birthday Party
on 12 November with a meal and a
magician.
Jean Worth and Sue Arnautov
etc. so they come on and go off at
appropriate times.
Some modern
electronic timers now have a facility
for selecting ‘Summer/Winter’ or
‘Daylight Saving’ time, which makes
this change very simple.
FH Community Association
Wine Tasting Evening
From Nigel Gibbs of
Stratfords Wine Agencies
A selection of wines
for your pre-Christmas delight
Saturday 21 November at 7.30
Community Centre
Tickets £10 including supper
Barbara Thompson 01628 522751
John Sweetman 01628 528671
Osteopath
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Sports injuries and headaches
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Diary of events
Regular events
SaturdaysThe FH Royal British Legion runs dances every Saturday evening. 8.30 to 11.30
Open to non members
Wednesdays The Silver Circle over 60 Club 2nd and 4th Wednesdays from 2pm to 4 at the
Royal British Legion Club. £1 including tea, cake and a chat.
ThursdaysGood Companions meet every other Thursday 1.30 to 3.30 in the Community Centre.
Speakers, games and conversation
Thursdays
Flackwell Ladies Club 1st & 3rd Thurs 8pm Community Centre
November
Saturday 7
6 pm Bonfire and Fireworks Lawrence Way
Sunday 8
Remembrance Sunday War Memorial 10.00 for 11.00 am
Thursday 12
Aliya Whiteley at the Library 2.30
Thursday 19
Carrington Coach to Harrods £12.50
Sunday 22 Flackwell Amblers walk at Dorney Lake Meet 10.00 in Budgen’s car park
Wednesday 25Chilten Soc Walk. Bloom Wood and the new Sheepridge footpath. 4 miles 10.30
from the Scout Hut, Lawrence Way. Tim Kendell 01628 521147
Sunday 29 Juniper Hill Christmas Fair 11am to 2.30 Adult entry 50p See advert
December
Saturday 5 Thursday 10 Friday 11
Wednesday 16
Thursday 17
Saturday 19
Monday 28
FHRA Craft Fayre 10.30 to 4pm Community Centre
Carol singing and turning on the Christmas lights 4.45.
Heath Singers Concert 8 pm Christ Church £8
Crime prevention meeting at 7.00 Wye Valley School
Heath Singers Concert 8 pm Christ Church £8
Heath Singers Concert 8 pm Christ Church £8
Scouts Panto Dick Whittington 3pm and 7pm Community Centre Tickets £4
Flackwell Amblers Walk
2010 January
Saturday 16FHRA present An Evening with Glenn Miller. 7.30 Community Centre.
See advert
50/60
night
The evening was a great
success with 70 rockers
burning up the dance floor
to The Trends band . The music was a
mix of good old rock numbers, a few
ballads and, of course, a bit of Cliff and
the Shadows. Supper was provided
at half time with a ploughman's and
raspberry tart, ice cream and chocolate
for pudding. The raffle was held and
also a pound in the bucket; the lucky
winner (one of the band) took away
£50.
Thanks to everyone who came and for
the very positive feedback informing
us what a good night they had .
A special thanks to all who helped to
put the evening on but especially to
Your Community
Centre needs you
The Community Association would like
to find someone to join its Management
Committee. The Committee is an
efficient group of seven people who are
responsible for financing, maintaining
and running the Community Centre. It
also owns the Grapevine.
With the assistance of professional
expertise, the Committee maintains
and improves the fabric of the building
and raises the quality of the facilities. It
manages the letting of the Centre and
the cleaning contract. To maintain the
current high standards, it raises money
from letting fees, events like the up
coming Wine Tasting, the Summer
Serenade classical concerts and dances.
It has also been very effective in raising
money from local sources to support
their work.
The Management Committee meets
about once a month and reports
quarterly to representatives of the users
of the Centre. In theory, all residents
of the village are entitled to come to
the AGM and elect members of the
Committee but in practice it is the users
of the Centre who come to the AGM.
If you feel you would like to join
an
effective
Committee
whose
members share jobs as diverse as
running dances, setting out the chairs
for concerts and making sure the
accounts are in order you might like
ring Chairman John Sweetman discuss
how you can help. 01628 528671.
Tim Kendell
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Photo: John Sweetman
my wife Joan who organised the food,
the decoration of the hall and prizes
for the raffle. There is a lot of hard work
and preparation for these social events
but it is well worth the effort when so
many people have such a good time.
John Sweetman
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FLACKWELL HEATH
LIBRARY
The Library Celebrates
10 Years of Progress
The village library is celebrating the
tenth anniversary of its move to the
present building. On 12 November
1999 it moved from a house in Heath
End Road (recently demolished) with
Angela Kennelly at the helm. There
have been very few members of staff
throughout the 10 years, and there
are presently 5 members of staff,
with Patricia Brannigan as Library
Manager.
The library’s present home was once
a dining room as part of Carrington
Junior School and prior to that it was
the Community Centre. There are
ladies in the village who become
quite misty eyed at the mention of
the wonderful dances they used to
have there and strolling home on a
summer’s evening.
Over the 10 years the library itself
has evolved, they now have a good
selection of DVDs, magazines, spoken
word CDs alongside their range of
fiction and non fiction books. They
also have internet access available
to all, which includes free reference
sites such as Enc. Brit., Oxford Art and
Music Online, Times Digital Archives
and Who's Who.
If you are interested in tracing your
family tree they also have access to
"Ancestry" site to get you on your way.
You can also find out all about your
local community, the various clubs and
committees and events that happen
on a regular basis in the village. They
are hoping to run more of the very
popular "Internet Taster" sessions in the
Aerobics and Yoga
with Caroline
Wednesdays at Carrington Junior
Aerobics 7 – 8 pm
Fitness Yoga 8 – 9 pm
01628 826544 or 07989 328573
Flackwell Heath
Residents’ Association
Presents
An Evening
With Glenn Miller
Dancing to
Sound Force Big Band
near future, which
are really useful
for learning how
to keep in touch
with friends and
relatives all over the
world. They also
co-ordinate some
village
reading
groups.
(The Glenn Miller Sound)
Saturday 16th January 2010
At The Flackwell Heath
Community Centre
7.30p.m. to 10.45p.m.
Tickets £18 each
Including supper and lucky number ticket
prize
From Terry Darby 01628 523375
The library aims
Fully Licensed Bar
to serve the whole
Grand Raffle
village but it is
useful that they
All proceeds to The Flackwell Heath Cherry
are located next to
Fayre Fund
Carrington Junior
Flackwell Heath Residents’ Association
School. A wonderful
Registered Charity 1111230
opportunity
for
mums and dads
to introduce their
children to all the delightful things in
a library.
Flackwell Heath Community
Association
The Anniversary day is 12th November
Chairman:
John Sweetman
2009. with events taking place
01628 528671
between 10.30 and 4.00. "Bounce &
Secretary
Chris Thomas
Rhyme" session between 10.30 - 11.00
01628 520361
and in the afternoon at 2.30 there will
be a visit from a local general fiction
Treasurer
Val Weston
author Aliya Whiteley
01628 523213
Few of us will have come across Ms
Whitely but a couple of quotes from
reviews on her website make her
sound interesting in a quirky kind of
way.
'If Victoria Wood were to write a
novel, it might well nearly be as good
as this...' Jo Rogers, Red Magazine
Centre bookings Pam Wilsher
01628 525484
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Grapevine
“Another winner is Aliya Whiteley's
bizarre tale of a little boy and his
imaginary friend, a malevolent
emerald-green penguin.”
Boston
Globe
Editor: Tim Kendell
55 Philip Drive Flackwell Heath HP10 9JD
01628 521149
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David H Lawrence and Alison Harvey
Subscriptions: Irene Walker
01628 529710
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