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Crowthorne Eye
Spring 2014 Edition
Community Magazine
Crowthorne Eye
CrowthorneEye@aol.com
Community Magazine
Issue 75
Still More Distributors Required
Can you help the deliver the Crowthorne Eye 4 times a year?
Please contact: Alan Bagshaw 01344 776654
Bob Wade
01344 772575
Crowthorne one of the Best Places to bring up a Family!
In spite of all the potential changes to our village life, Crowthorne together with
Wokingham, were voted in the top 10 best places in England to bring up children
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/this-britain/wheres--the-best-place-to-bringup-a-family-its-bingham-8931594.html.
Clearly, the proposed developments of both Crowthorne and Wokingham will have a
significant impact on all our lives, particularly straining the infrastructure.
More families, more cars and greater pressure on public health, community services
and schools will all make for changes to the pace of life and create its own unique
challenges. The outline approval in January by BFC for up to 1,000 homes on the
“old TRL” site, coupled with several hundred homes in and around the Broadmoor
area, combined with the proposed 2,000+ homes in the SE of Wokingham does not
auger well. It is vital that if, as and when detailed plans are tabled by either BFC or
WBC; we must all ensure those plans are precisely in accordance with any
preconditions set by the local authorities; and provide the type, style and layout
conducive to best maintaining our village character. Further, the Broadmoor hospital
redevelopment project has now got the go-ahead, which means that their land release
for development is imminent. Bearing in mind the worst January weather since
records began, prompts very special attention to the mitigation flooding absolutely
Bob Wade, Chairman
essential.
COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Bob Wade
Chairman
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Colin Corio
Treasurer
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Alan
Jack
Bagshaw Distribution 776654
Shill
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St. John’s Lodge, Church Street,
Crowthorne, RG45 7PD
The Birches, Lower Wokingham Road,
Crowthorne, RG45 6BX
38 Cambridge Road, Crowthorne, RG45 7ER
41 Linkway, Edgcumbe Park, Crowthorne RG45 6ES
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are not the responsibility nor represent views of the committee unless otherwise stated.
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COATS make an important contribution to
Crowthorne and the surrounding area by
providing a centre for our Senior Citizens. A
friendly and committed team of qualified staff and
volunteers create a safe, welcoming and
stimulating environment for up to 40 visitors each
weekday.
Our Centre Manager Bernie centre
with her two care assistants Julie
(left) and Linda (right) with two of
our regular visitors Rose (left) and
Audrey (right)
Between 9am and 4pm our visitors
enjoy socialising over tea and biscuits,
a hot lunch, followed by stimulating
events and activities with afternoon tea
and cakes - all of this for only £4.80
per day.
Transport is available on our minibus for visitors unable to get to us under their own
steam with a fare of only £2 for the return journey.
Our visitors range from retirement age upwards. COATS currently have some
unused capacity on most days and we are keen to welcome new visitors please
contact our Manager: Bernie on 01344 773464.
Volunteers needed We are always happy to welcome new volunteers even if you
can only spare a couple of hours a week to support us. Currently we are looking for:
Minibus Passenger Assistants
Being a minibus Passenger Assistant is one of our most rewarding volunteer roles.
You will travel on the minibus for our pick-up and drop-off rounds collecting and
helping our less mobile visitors on and off the minibus. Escort duties run from 10:00
to 12:00 noon for pick-up and then 15:00 to 16:00 for return trips. If you like
working with people and can spare some time on any weekday we would love to
hear from you.
Kitchen Assistants
Supporting our professional chef in areas of food preparation and washing up as
well as having a chance to pick up new recipes and cookery tips.
If you would like to be a COATS volunteer contact Bernie on 01344 773464
Fundraising Events
We have two fundraising Quiz Nights on 21st March and 9th May For details and
tickets contact Sally on 01344 775446
www.coatscrowthorne.org.uk
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Registered Charity
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Join a Male Voice Choir
Conservative
Party Branches - Crowthorne
For camaraderie, meeting new friends, fun and musical
Chairman:
Ken Voice
Newland
01344 775096
achievement, joinCllr
a Male
Choir.
Deputy Chairman:
Cllr Bob Wade
01344 777294
The Hart Male Michael
Voice Choir,
about
70 choristers,
Secretary:
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is
always
looking
for
new
members.
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choirs in southeast England, we are in constant demand for concert
Wokingham Without performances.
Chairman:
Cllr David Sleight
01344 775673
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Deputy Chairman Political:
Cllr Angus Ross
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Alan Titchmarsh, will compère our Young Singers Concert.
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authorities are responsible. Residents feel that a lot of joined up thinking still needs to
Lion Mike
Hendy, Club Secretary
happen.
In particular:
Water Drainage: The biggest concern for most Hatch Ride resident’s gardens flood
from the woods each winter and the TRL Development plans to direct their ground water
into the woods
Ecology: The area is a natural habitat for many birds and wildlife such as bats, deer,
great crested newts and the stream hosts some rare mushrooms.
School Capacity: Hatch Ride and Edgbarrow are both full. There is a new school
planned for the TRL site, but will this be able to accommodate children from both of
these developments as well as the Broadmoor development?
Infrastructure: Traffic is already congested with a high volume of traffic on all of
Crowthorne’s main roads, how do any proposed road improvements plan to manage
increased traffic?
Healthcare: There are limited Healthcare provisions with only two Doctor’s surgeries in
Crowthorne. There are no plans for additional Healthcare facilities for the new
developments.
There is a combined impact of both developments to be considered as to how
Crowthorne’s community can sustain future housing.
SUPPORT CROWTHORNE VILLAGE and to follow developments, please join
POW3Rs, the Resident's Action Group that is working in association with CVAG by
sending an email to POW3Rs@yahoo.co.uk. We also intend posting regularly on the
Facebook "We love Crowthorne Village" and "Say No to 130 Houses on the Charities
Land" site.
Andy, Bex, Janet, Rachael
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In September 2014 we will be performing in Portugal.
Sandhurst & Crowthorne Branch Labour Party
The Gareth Malone series on TV has provoked huge interest in choral singing.
Chair: previous choral experience
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Chaucer
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voice-coaching and rehearsal CDs are provided.
Secretary:
Tim Jinkerson
07765 696134
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Treasurer:
Dick Turpin
01344 776065
42 Mickle Hill, Sandhurst, GU47 8QP
Youth/Young Labour
officer: Guy
07827 321403
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March 2014 at 7.30pm
54 St. Michaels Road, Sandhurst, GU47 8HE
Cross Barn, Palace
Gate,
Odiham RG29 0118
1JX 973 4632
Membership Secretary:
Penny
O’Neill
7 Corfield
Close,
Finchampstead,
RG40
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For
further
information and
to register
Taster Evening
Martin Rickards
– 01344 771302 – Email martinmrickards@yahoo.co.uk
http://bracknelllabour.org.uk/index.php
Crowthorne Liberal Democrats Team
Growing Ray
yourEarwicker
own fruit and vegetables is
Steve Pope
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popular form
51 Napier Road
18 Evesham
Way of enjoyment
and
exercise,
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Crowthorne, RG45 7EJ
Owlsmoor, Sandhurst
gardens, renting an allotment plot is the answer. Unfortunately, council plots are very
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Bracknell Forest
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Bracknell Lions (POW3Rs)
would like to encourage more members from
Heathlands Grow Your Own Association is centred at the Wyevale Garden Centre, in
Heathlands Road, off Nine Mile Ride in Crowthorne. Many of the plot holders here
Bracknell
Constituency
UKIP
are members of the Association,
and we welcome
non-plot holders
too.
Chairman - Marcus Ellis - 07545 915196
By joining our Association you’ll enjoy social events and educational talks from
ukipbracknell@yahoo.co.uk
guest speakers etc. And of course,
help and advice is always available from our
friendly and helpful
members.
Prospective Parliamentary Candidate
For more information, please
email
our Secretary,
at steve.k.smith@gmail.com
Richard
Thomas
- 01344 Steve
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Devastating Fire at Chidamoyo Hospital
Bracknell Forest Community Safety Partnership
At 3 am on 21 November a fire broke out in the kitchen of
the hospital. The cause may have been an electrical fault or a
lightning strike. A bucket brigade was quickly started with
people carrying water from the boreholes on the top of the
hill. Although Major Mereki was hit on the side of the face
by a falling rafter, someone quickly rescued him from the
smoke and he continued to fight the fire. People on ladders
were pulling sheets of iron off the roof to get to the timbers
and the whole community came out in droves to help.
Amazingly they managed to prevent the fire from spreading
to the main hospital building with only hand-held buckets.
Crime Reduction Performance 2013
Despite everybody's best efforts the whole back wing of the hospital was lost - the laundry,
the kitchen, the drug storeroom and the chaplain’s office; and all their contents including the
large industrial washing machine bought by the Chidamoyo Trust in 2009. The whole wing
will have to be torn down and replaced.
Criminal damage has also decreased by 22 per cent and drug offences by 20 per cent.
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When the fire was eventually under control, patients who had been evacuated on mattresses
outside the back gate were treated on the hospital veranda. Eventually an ambulance and a
lorry from the nearest town came to collect them. Although patients were sent away on the day
of the fire, the hospital never closed its doors and continued to provide services to both
in-patients and outpatients.
There was also good news. No-one was seriously hurt. A large order of TB and anti-malaria
drugs had arrived late the day before the fire. They were supposed to have been delivered a
day earlier but the delivery truck had mechanical trouble - so those medicines were not
unloaded and were kept safe in the truck. On the day after the fire, 3 coffee cups that had been
left in the doctors' office (and not taken to be washed up as they should have been) were
shared for drinking tea and tongue depressors were used as teaspoons!
The response to the fire was heart-warming. I sent out an email and by the time I went out
later in the morning, I found a cheque for £1,000 in the porch from a Crowthorne supporter
who wishes to remain anonymous. Since then there has been a steady stream of donations.
The hospital now has enough crockery from local donations including12 new cups and a big
dish from one of the hospital nurses. Three women from one of the outlying areas walked over
25 miles carrying 101 plates, 2 large serving spoons and 13 cups from their school.
The generosity shown by everyone has been overwhelming.
The end of 2013 is an opportunity to reflect on the successes of Bracknell Forest’s
Community Safety Partnership (CSP).
Reported crime has been falling over the last four years and continues to do so.
It was down by 6 per cent between April and November 2013, which means
Bracknell Forest currently has the lowest level of recorded crime in Berkshire.
There have been particular successes in bringing down the number of burglaries in
people’s homes by 34 per cent and in other sorts of buildings such as sheds, garages
and offices by 6 per cent.
Reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) to the police, housing associations and other
partners have also fallen, following rises last year. The overall level of ASB reports
is down by six per cent.
This means Bracknell Forest records less crime than any other police
area in the Thames Valley and Crowthorne has less recorded crime than
any other police neighbourhood in the Borough.
There are, however, still areas to focus on. Last year there has been a rise in cycle
thefts, stealing from vehicles and robberies, although the numbers remain low.
There has also been a small rise in the number of reports of violent crime and sexual
assaults, although overall numbers are low.
The Bracknell Forest CSP will continue to prioritise domestic abuse and sexual
offences involving under 18s, together with household burglaries and IT related
crimes. Reducing ASB is also a key priority of the CSP. The full Bracknell Forest
CSP plan can be found at:
http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/community-safety-partnership-plan-2011-to-2014.pdf
Ian Boswell, Community Safety Manager, Bracknell Forest Council
A temporary kitchen has been built and the laundry has been
moved to an old Operating Theatre using the scrub sinks to
wash all the laundry by hand. This is labour-intensive and not
as hygienic but a new washing machine will have to wait until
the buildings have been rebuilt.
It is estimated that over £1,250,000 worth of drugs, equipment
and building was lost in the fire, but the hospital is once again
functioning at full capacity. Thank you for your amazing
support.
Gilly & Mike Withers 01344 761980
chidamoyo@btinternet.com
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South Berks’ Scouts Corporate Golf Gala 2014 Plans are now well
advanced for our Scout
District’s 11th Annual
Golf Gala, being held on Friday, June 13th at East
Berkshire Golf Club in Crowthorne. We are very pleased to announce that Project
Support Services (PSS) has been appointed our Principal Sponsor for this event.
PSS’s director. Paul Stockham is an avid supporter of Scouting locally, and we’re
very pleased to have his support.
Four-ball teams and individual entries are invited to apply now for a chance to take
part in what is widely regarded as a very enjoyable and hugely supportive event for
Scouting locally. This is not a national event, and all proceeds go exclusively to
provide even better Scouting for even more young people in our Scouting District –
Crowthorne, Sandhurst, Owlsmoor and SW Bracknell.
We are limited to just 18 team entries, but there are many opportunities for local
businesses to make a contribution to the success of the event with an array of
sponsorship deals.
Scouting is recognised as being a core element of central and local governments’
‘Provision for Youth’, but it is staffed at the local level, entirely by volunteers. In
the face of troubled times and with rising focus on youth crime and violence, the
Scout Movement continues to be resolute (and highly successful) in offering
youngsters an enjoyable, safe, healthy and challenging opportunity to better
themselves and their community.
BRACKNELL
CLEANING
Scouting has been a significant part of the local
community inSERVICES
Crowthorne and
Sandhurst for over 100 years. Its appeal to youngsters and their parents alike
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continues to grow at a staggering rate. Its corner-stones
are respect,
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and action - and it needs all the help it can get to continue its work, and
we do hope
that you will consider helping us with this event.
Offices shops etc
Full information and team entry links may be found at www.scouts-golf.co.uk
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Hot Air
My pastor friend put sanitary hot air hand dryers in the rest rooms at his church and after
two weeks took them out. I asked him why and he confessed that they worked fine but
when he saw a sign that read: "For a sample of this week's sermon, push the button….."
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Brighten up your street for the front-garden competition
Calling all you green-fingered gardeners; this year we will again be running a front
garden competition, but it won’t happen if you don’t enter your gardens. If you only
have a hanging basket / window box, or if you have rolling acres out front, there will
be a category for you. NOW is the time to get planning and planting, and make our
village bloom for 2014.
Enter the Photography Competition
By the time you get this is it will be just a few short months and the Carnival will be
upon us. All that fun and energy will be unleashed on the good people of
Crowthorne. A vibrant colourful Carnival Procession, excited children in costumes
and paint, a fantastic stage with acts from around the district, dozens of stalls on the
field, a funfair and many other events during the ongoing week.
Your Carnival Committee has been working hard to ensure that all the various
details is in place; lots of things have to be coordinated. Not everything is fixed yet
though. See below for some exciting areas for you to become part of the ‘scene’.
Join the Carnival procession
So much of the fun of the Carnival is in watching the procession – almost as much as
being in the procession! So, why not get a group together and be part of the show.
Contact us for an Application Form or download one from the website
www.crowthornecarnival.co.uk
Put on an event during Carnival Week
It’s not too late for you to plan an event for Carnival Week. Please get in touch with
us so we can add your event to the Programme, delivered by hand to every
Crowthorne home (but be quick as our print deadline is fast approaching). Every
Carnival Year many organisations time their activities to coincide with the Carnival,
extending the fun and involvement throughout the week – why not add yours?
Enter the ‘Shop Window’ Competition
If you have a business in Crowthorne, you will want people to stop and linger
outside your premises and appreciate that you are a community minded company. So
join in the Carnival festivities by creating a display for the Shop Window
competition. It does not have to be elaborate; it just needs to say ‘I made an effort for
Carnival week’. People will be looking, so don’t disappoint them, have a go. An
application Form is available on the website.
Have a stall on the Carnival field
After the processions thousands of people descend on Morgan’s Field to watch the
entertainment and visit the various stalls, they play the games, buy the produce and
eat the food. Your charity, business, club or society can have an inexpensive stall
and be part of the action. Contact us for an Application Form or download one from
the website.
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Log onto our website for details of what we are looking for, the categories of
photographer, the deadlines, and the application form. All are welcome, young and
old. Show us your best.
Please help us build a library of Carnival photographs
Speaking of photographs, we collect photographs of past Carnivals to add to our
photo library on our web site (log on and see if there is a picture of you when you
were younger). If you have any good pictures you would be prepared to lend us so
we can digitise them (and return them to you) we would be most grateful.
Make it a date
With the next Crowthorne Eye we shall be sending out our Carnival Programme to
every home in Crowthorne. This will have details of all the activities taking place
during Carnival Week and where to get tickets for affiliated events. So as soon as it
arrives, open it up, read every page, and start planning your time. Don’t wait as some
activities are limited by the size of local venues.
We will see you there.
The committee’s dancing shoes are on for Crowthorne Carnival 2014!
Ken Newland CCA Chairman
013454 775096 info@crowthornecarnival.co.uk
CROWTHORNE VILLAGE SINGERS
Come and join us! New members,
particularly male voices, would be made
very welcome.
We do not hold
auditions and the ability to read music is
not essential. A concert will take place
in early June. Singing is good for health
and is great fun.
For more information please telephone
01344 780604 or 01189 734516
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A Women’s Perspective
One night President Obama
and his wife Michelle decided
to do something out of routine
and go for a casual dinner at a
restaurant that wasn't too
luxurious.
When they were seated, the
owner of the restaurant asked
the president's secret service if
he could please speak to the
First Lady in private. They
obliged and Michelle had a
conversation with the owner.
Following this conversation President Obama asked Michelle, why was he so
interested in talking to you.
She mentioned that in her teenage years, he had been madly in love with her.
President Obama then said, "So if you had married him, you would now be the
owner of this lovely restaurant", to which Michelle responded, "No, if I had married
him, he would now be the President".
Cricket One Liners
Q. What do you get if you cross the
English cricket team with an OXO cube?
A. A laughing stock.
Q. What is the height of optimism?
A. English batsman putting on sunscreen.
Q. What is the difference between an English batsman and a Formula 1 car?
A. Nothing! If you blink you will miss them both.
Q. What do English batsmen and drug addicts have in common?
A. Both spend most of their time wondering where their next score will come from.
Q. What is the difference between Cinderella and the Pommies?
A. Cinderella knew when to leave the ball.
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Crowthorne Village Action Group
Dr Phillip Lee MP
My primary role as an MP is to represent the views of my
constituents at both a local and national level. Through
regular walkabout sessions, school visits and community
events,
I am able to meet
with a huge variety
of people and
Redevelopment
of Broadmoor
hospital
discuss directly issues which they are concerned or involved
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officially
began on 30th January as
with.
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visiting and
gathered
to celebrate
the cutting
of the occasions
sod ceremony.
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with
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on numerous
in 2013.
received government approval for the project, its main contractor, Kier, is already on
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with young
people
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important,
and I million
made trips
to several
schools
site and preparing
to start
building
work
on the £242
project.
Creating
these
in Crowthorne last year. I felt privileged to be asked to open the new Girl Guiding
new structures will transform the 150 year old hospital into a fit for purpose facility,
Centre in the village, which was well-attended. A fantastic array of tea and cakes
allowing the trust to greatly improve high secure mental health services.
was on offer and it proved to be a very enjoyable community day.
Remaining within the existing estate, the new buildings will provide ten wards,
I was fortunate to visit Ravenswood Care Village during one of my regular trips to
which will be used in conjunction with the six modern wards located in the Paddock
Crowthorne.
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in 1953
to support vulnerable children,
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year. that will support the hospital staff to provide high standards of clinical
and therapeutic care. We are committed to providing a hospital that will enhance
quality, safetyabout
and security,
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Politicians
politicians
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CVAG protecting our village against urbanisation
Members of the CVAG committee will be attending
the Bracknell Forest Council planning meeting when
the TRL plans are discussed. There will no doubt be
more news in the next copy of this magazine, but for now we just have to hope that
the planners and Councillors take note of all the objections to the current plans.
We were delighted that the Crowthorne Parish Council put in a strong objection and
selected a Councillor to speak against the plans at the meeting. We were interviewed
before Christmas on radio Berkshire and spoke about our concerns. Obviously the
TRL site is going to be developed but with the Wokingham plans and the Bracknell
plans all impacting on our village, it is important to look at the overall effect this
will all have on our infrastructure. It is not possible to think about each plan in
isolation.
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telling the truth about them".a Soldier and a Sailor? Adlai Stevenson
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gets you oblivion. You can't dip a Sailor in an egg!
Richard Nixon
We have also been made aware of an exhibition to be held on January 11th about
proposals to build on the Charities land in WWPC adjacent to the Old Wokingham
Road. By the time you read this we will already have been to this so can tell you
more after the event. For now there is no actual plan. Since any building on that site
would be opposite the TRL development, we will make it clear that we are against
further homes there.
We have continued to attend meetings with the Broadmoor redevelopment team as
members of the stake holders group. CVAG have also been co-opted onto a working
party group with CPC and WWPC so that large developments planned for our
village can be discussed with as many cross Borough groups as possible.
This is valuable work and a good use of our time.
We wish everyone a happy and healthy new year and would like all our members to
keep in touch with us with any matters that they feel are important to the village.
If you wish to become a member of CVAG or to find out about our work, please
look on our web site www.cvag.org.uk
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Gentle Thoughts for Today
The older you get, the tougher it is to lose weight, because by then your body and
your fat have become really good friends!
The easiest way to find something lost around the house is to buy a replacement!
The sole purpose of a child's middle name is so he can tell when he's really in
trouble!
Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start
bragging about it!
Some people try to turn back their odometers. Not me, I want people to know 'why' I
look this way. I've traveled a long way and some of the roads weren't paved!
You know you are getting old when everything either dries up or leaks!
One of the many things no one tells you about aging is that it is such a nice change
from being young - being young is beautiful, but being old is comfortable!
Lord, keep your arm around my shoulder and your hand over my mouth. AMEN
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After another successful and enjoyable
term with our main concert in
November and our Family Christmas
Concert just 3 weeks later, we are looking forward to a very different programme
for our Spring Concert. This will be on the theme of ‘A Night at the Opera’ and is
in collaboration with Yateley Choral Society and their chorus master Richard
Bannan. The programme should appeal
to all opera lovers and will include
overtures, arias and choruses from
operas including music by Verdi,
Wagner, Bizet, Tchaikovsky and
Puccini. If you love pieces such as ‘The
Pearl Fishers’ Duet’ and ‘Nessun
Dorma’ this is an evening not to be
missed as these and other favourites will
be featured. The concert will take place
on Saturday 29th March at Yateley Manor School, 51 Reading Rd, Yateley
GU46 7UQ and will start at 7.45pm so please note the change of both venue and
start time for this event. We hope lots of you will join us for what should be a very
enjoyable evening. More details will be available on our website.
Tickets will be available from Traveltime in the High Street, and Bookends
Bookshop in Peach Street Wokingham or from members of the orchestra and online via the orchestra’s website (£10 in advance or £12 on the door).
We welcome anyone who would like to
join the orchestra, subject to vacancies.
If you are interested and are a competent
player, even if you have taken a break
from playing, please get in touch or come
along to a rehearsal, if only to listen.
Rehearsals are on Monday evenings
7.45-10pm in term time at Our Lady’s
Prep School in The Avenue,
Crowthorne. Our website has lots more
Chris Gadsby
information and contact details: www.crowthorneorchestra.com
I couldn't find my luggage at the airport baggage area and went to the lost luggage
office to report the loss.
The woman there told me not to worry because she was a trained professional and
said I was in good hands. 'Now,' she asked me, 'Has your plane arrived yet?
While working at a pizza parlor I observed a man ordering a small pizza to go.
The cook asked him if he would like it cut into 4 or 6 pieces.
He thought about it for some time then said
"Just cut it into 4 pieces; I don't think I'm hungry enough to eat 6 pieces."
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CROWTHORNE PARISH COUNCIL
www.crowthornepc.org.uk
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cord held
injured
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Cllr Richard Price
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support to individuals who become paralysed and their families, from the moment a
Clerk
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Adele
01344 771251
spinal to
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spinal cord injury.
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fun evening with your group.
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more Conference
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rocket was supplied by the lowest bidder.
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Crowthorne
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Cllr Bob Wade
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CROWTHO RNE PARISH COUNCIL (CPC)
QUARTERLY REPORT
The following highlights, essentially based on various Meeting
minutes (Oct – Dec 13), should give residents some insight into
the activities of CPC. If you require more details, please
contact the Clerk, Adele Swadling on 01344 771251.
MORGAN CENTRE CAR PARK BARRIER
The current car park rising arm barrier has provided a timed exit from the Morgan
Centre car park from 9.30pm to 6am since 2009. In July 2013, the engineer reported
that due to repeated vandalism, repair was no longer possible. The Morgan
Recreation Ground WG consulted 3 major barrier suppliers with a view to providing
an alternative robust solution. The following was agreed:
To proceed with an above-ground lifting barrier.
That the new barrier will be more robust and therefore less prone to vandalism.
To investigate additional issues as raised including improved lighting and
possible CCTV in the future.
The new barrier to be in place as soon as possible.
INSTALLATION OF A LOOP & PA SYSTEM
A brand new PA & Loop System was installed in the Parish Hall and Morgan Centre
funded by Bracknell Forest Council.
BROADMOOR HOPSITAL REDEVELOPMENT PROJECT LEAFLET
Following a request made by CPC, the Broadmoor Redevelopment Team has
produced a leaflet on the Redevelopment Project, giving information and timescales
on the redevelopment. The leaflet is available from the Parish Office and is also on
the Broadmoor website: http://www.wlmht.nhs.uk/about-the-trust/redevelopment/
redevelopment-plans A link has also been placed on CPC’s website.
THE POSTPONEMENT OF THE JOINT COMMUNITY AWARDS
EVENING UNTIL NOVEMBER 2014
Due to the low number of nominations received this year for the Community
Awards Evening, it was agreed that the Awards Evening be deferred to November
2014; and that all future Award Evenings take place every two years.
TREE MAINTENANCE ON THE MORGAN RECREATION GROUND
Following the annual tree survey conducted for the Morgan Recreation Ground and
satisfactory quotations received, it was RESOLVED to approve the completion of
tree maintenance as recommended and to extend the grounds contract awarded to N
Robbins Ltd to include the annual tree survey and associated tree maintenance
requirements.
APPOINTMENT OF INTERNAL AUDITOR FOR YEAR ENDING 2013/2014
Following the retirement of Mr Harland as internal auditor, it was RESOLVED to
appoint Mrs C Connell, Chartered Accountant as the Council’s Internal Auditor for
2013/2014.
REQUEST TO DEDICATE A TREE ON MORGAN RECREATION GROUND
It was requested that a bereaved family would like to donate a tree in memory of a
family member who was a local resident and passed away tragically in 2013. The
Council RESOLVED to approve the donation of a semi mature oak tree for the
Morgan Recreation Ground.
CIRCLE HILL
Cllr Price reported that over 420 trees had been successfully planted on Circle Hill
over the weekend of 30 November/1 December and on behalf of the Trustees of the
Walter Recreation Ground Charity. Cllr Price thanked fellow Trustees (Cllrs Finnie,
Newland, Thompson) and Mr Metcalf for their support in planting the trees, together
with the CPC Clerk and her son, Paul Chase, Cllr Ken Newland from WWPC and
Mr and Mrs Myers. Letters of thanks have been sent to the Scouting families from
1st Crowthorne Scout Group who also helped over the 2 days.
PROPOSAL FOR INSTALLATION OF DOG WASTE BINS AT THE
ENTRANCE TO CROWTHORNE WOODS/DEVILS HIGHWAY
This matter was discussed, however, following some debate it was agreed to defer
the matter until the impact of noticeboards being erected by the Forestry
Commission, in conjunction with BFC, together with responsible dog ownership
literature being displayed.
ANNUAL PARISH MEETING 2014
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on Thursday 27 March 2014, 7.30pm.
Guests of honour and speakers include: The Mayor and Consort of the Borough of
Bracknell Forest Councillors Jan and Bob Angell, Dr Phillip Lee MP and Arielle
Jennings from Wellington College.
WATERLOO RD – SPEED MANAGEMENT SCHEME
BFC was notified that CPC is in favour of the proposed BFC Speed Management
scheme proposed for Waterloo Road – similar to the scheme in Dukes Ride.
CPC MONTHLY SURGERIES
Monthly Surgeries are held on the first Saturday of each month, 11am -12pm, in
the Parish Hall, lower conference room to provide an opportunity for parishioners to
meet with their Parish Councillors in person to discuss local issues.
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Foot Dynamics Ltd
The Vision of our Children at Oaklands Infant School
In an earlier Crowthorne Eye
we told
you about
the work being developed at
David
& Susie
Pope
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I like Solo because he has shiny boots. I like Solo because he is funny. I like Solo
I went to buy some camouflage
because he is brave. Harrison Year 2
“Hey Ho” Jolly Holidays mark the end of Miss Charnley’s era at
Oaklands Junior School
In the world of teaching imagine how many children’s lives you can influence over
39 years , initially in the class room and then for over 20 years in school leadership
positions. At the end of the December 2013 term, Sue Charnley, Head teacher at
Oaklands Junior School since 2009, took her final assembly and an emotional bow
as she retired. Over a thousand formative little lives have been touched by her cheery
“Hey Ho” demeanour, musical talents and genuine passion to help children enjoy
school and enjoy learning. Crowthorne has a lot to thank Sue Charnley for as she
starts her well-earned retirement in 2014.
Sue has much to look forward to, not least the lie-ins and ability to take holidays in
term time! Not forgetting some not insignificant special events in the diary to
prepare for.
Sue started at Oaklands in January 1991 as Deputy Head teacher and had a number
of “acting up” stints to cut her leadership teeth as she covered maternity and long
term sickness for incumbent head teachers, until she finally got the permanent Head
teacher post in February 2009. She leaves the school with impressive academic
results and a caring pastoral ethos. Sue has always had a balanced approach to her
leadership with a clear understanding of the children and very supportive of all her
staff.
The parents, staff and governors would like to thank her once again, she leaves the
school in a good place to continue her hard work with Deputy Head teacher Hazel
West stepping into the Acting Head teacher role supported by a fantastic team. Have
fun Sue and don’t forget the sun tan lotion!
trousers the other day but I
couldn’t find any
Goldie is a golden leaf. He is given out to the school children - Tommy Cooper
Goldie – Respect for All
if they do good and if they show respect. Once I was hurt
and someone took me to a teacher. I wish I was Goldie
Two aerials meet
because then I could get given to children. Emily Year 2
on a roof fall in love - get married.
Goldies is a very special character in school because the class
The ceremony was rubbish,
that gets the most Goldies gets 10 minutes extra play time.
butbecause
the reception
was brilliant
She is Goldie because she is the one that’s gold
she’s
–
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Cooper
special. In school she respects people. She shares at parties.
To be like Goldie you need to pick up people’s coats, be kind
to people and take them to first aid. William Just
Year 2because nobody
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nice. Goldie is brilliant because she helps people by taking them to first aid.
Emma Year 2
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Crowthorne Stroke & Disabled Club
Crowthorne Stroke & Disabled Club was formed in 2000 as a voluntary group to support
residents in the Crowthorne area affected by a stroke or physical disability. It is self-funded.
We provide an opportunity for members to meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at
the Morgan Centre, Wellington Road, Crowthorne, RG45 7LD between 10am and
12:30pm.
Our members have various disabilities including having suffered a stroke and many are
disabled requiring the use of wheelchairs and walking aids but we have a willing team of
helpers and volunteers to assist them
We have quizzes, raffles and guest speakers on interesting subjects. During the meeting light
refreshments are served. We also go on regular outings for pub lunches, garden centre visits
and river boat trips et al. Transport and wheelchair assistance can be provided if we have the
capacity
Meeting monthly, the Club's aim is to enhance and improve the lives of its members and their
carers through a varied programme of social activities. By way of an example, in the last year
the Club visited two garden centres, Bird World and South Hill Park, Bracknell which
included lunch. We also have an annual boat trip from Henley along the River Thames which
is always very popular with our members. We also arrange an annual Christmas lunch which
this year will be Cantley Lodge, Arts bar bistro in Wokingham
The Club is fortunate in being able to have access and use of Crowthorne Community Minibus
which can carry wheelchairs and has a disabled lift at the back. In selecting venues, the Clubs
Committee always takes great care to ensure that all the venues have disabled facilities - this
gives our members an opportunity to mix with others and enjoy a change of scenery
The Club is also affiliated to the Stroke Association which makes available to us, a vast array
or publicity and supporting material. New members are always very welcome.
Mobile Hairdresser
Like all clubs of this kind we cannot survive without the help of our volunteers some of whom
have been with the Club for many years and we always looking for additional helpers.
Membership of the Club is £1 per meeting and whenever possible trips are subsidised by the
Club by up to 50%
• Over 20 years’ experience
• Locally based
If anyone requires further information about the Clubs activities, then the following
people may be contacted:
• All types of cuts & treatments
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A tribute to Don Werner
From Borough Councillor Angus Ross
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On the 9 January our Sensei Don Werner passed away peacefully in his sleep, after
battling with cancer. It is an example of his character, that only 19 days earlier he gave a
40 minute speech littered with his usual dry humour and meaningful words, at our annual
Pinewood Awards Dinner at which 280 judoka and parents. At the end of the speech,
there were tears in many eyes, as the standing ovation.
Donald Franklin Werner was born on 20th May 1932. He came to judo late, in his midtwenties, when he took over the coaching at the Bracknell Judo Club in 1958. Before
that, Don had enjoyed a promising Cycle Speedway career at West Park, becoming a
National Speedway Champion in 1948, and was an excellent competitive swimmer for
the Beckenham Swimming Club. Aged 18, Don completed two years National Service
where he was stationed both in Egypt and Germany. He then went on to serve in the
Territorial Army as a Lance-Bombardier in the Royal Horse Artillery from 1953 to 1956.
Later, in 1963, the judo club moved premises to Bracknell Sports Centre, and then in
1979 to the current dojo at Pinewood in Wokingham, Berkshire.
The records, Don has achieved as a coach, are staggering. Every year since 1968, when
Micky Courtney won the first National title for Pinewood, Don has produced at least one
British National Champion. In fact, over the last six decades, Don Werner has produced
822 National medallists, and 296 of those are British Champions. I feel that is worth
repeating: One Man = Two Hundred and Ninety Six British Champions.
Don coached four of us to become world champions. Karen Roberts and Georgina
Singleton won junior world titles in 1992 and 1994. Karen was the youngest Junior
World Champion in history. Lynn Tilley won five World Masters, and I myself became
Senior World Champion in 1993.
Four Olympians: One Olympic Silver Medal: Nine European titles: Two Commonwealth
Titles: 28 World Medals: 132 Black Belts: 144 British National Squad Members; Just
some of the statistics and medals, that Don has produced, and that he would admit now
and then to being 'moderately satisfied' about.
One of his proudest records was Pinewood's 38 consecutive wins of the Devizes Top
Club Trophy - a record unlikely to ever be beaten.
By the wider judo community, Don Werner will be remembered as one of the greatest
coaches that has ever lived: a free thinker, who developed his own highly successful
coaching system in his own way, often flying in the face of authority, refusing to tick
appropriate boxes or ingratiate himself to anyone. Many coaches, officials and most
referees (!) speak warmly of Don, a mentor for younger coaches and friend of his peers.
We all have our tales about how Don has impacted on us. He brought out the best in all
of us, in all his pupils. He took our weaknesses and helped us conquer them. He took our
strengths and made them stronger. He made us better than our best. And that I believe, to
be his greatest legacy of all.
Don Werner is survived by his son Dean Werner, his daughter, Kerry Sowden and his
two granddaughters, Emma and Sophie Sowden.
Nicola Fairbrother
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Wokingham Without ward
Here we are in another year and we are in the midst of the rain and wind that seems relentless.
I fear that some parts may be flooded and with drains sometimes blocked from the debris and
late falling leaves; this can be anywhere, not just by rivers and streams. If you do find blocked
road drains, do please report them so that councils can concentrate their resources – though
they are inevitably stretched to the limit around this time.
We have to recognise that the current austerity measures are severely restricting councils who
increasingly are finding difficulties to meet, in the way we were used to, some of the nonstatutory duties. By that I mean the extent of provision is stretched. So, we can help by
calling the council where we notice, as I mentioned above, blocked drains, but also potholes,
fly-tipping, broken signs etc.
Each year setting the council’s budget gets more difficult. Even after savings by taking out
over 150 posts from Wokingham Borough Council, we have to contend with an ageing
population requiring more services, increasing numbers of boys and girls starting school and
another significant decrease in our grant from Government. Wokingham, as are other
councils, is continually reviewing and improving its ways of working and looking for
innovative opportunities to provide income other than from Council Tax and from Fees and
Charges for services, such as car parking, hire of halls, sports pitches etc. Another saving
comes from the increasing number of services that we can now access to book and pay for on
line; though councils also need to maintain a facility for those not able to access the internet.
The change to bring back Public Health from the NHS to local councils, which occurred in
April 2013, will bring many opportunities to work closely with various partners to target those
who can be helped by all manner of programmes, whether they are for smoking, exercise or to
combat a host of other conditions. One calculation I heard was that £1 invested in a person
with a condition can bring £24 of benefit, either by way of getting them fit for work, more
mobile, able to take a fuller part in the community, require less medication etc.
GP referrals for exercise need to be bespoke and monitored to help the person alter their
lifestyle. As an example, taking part in exercise classes or health walks not only provides the
beneficial physical exercise but also the opportunity for those referred to meet people, to
converse and get involved, often after being homebound and effectively cut-off, either for
physical or mental reasons. A Win/Win!
Lastly, returning to the current extreme weather, as I write I am hearing about roads closing
and re-opening during the floods affecting, locally, the Loddon River and its crossing at
Swallowfield, Arborfield/Shinfield, Sindlesham, Winnersh and Sandford. It was especially
distressing to hear again our Fire Brigade being called out to rescue people from cars trying to
cross through floodwater, much as we saw on TV of people putting themselves in danger
watching the storm waves on the coast. We all have a duty not to put ourselves in needless
danger. Equally we need to sincerely thank our emergency services who do, in turn, put
themselves at risk to save us.
Angus Ross
07944 877806
a.ross533@btinternet.com
They walk among us!
One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted.....
"Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said..."Where?"
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Earleywood Scout Campsite
Scouting’s local camping and activity centre has become a
Crowthorne Amateur Theatrical victim of its own success, and is in need of increasing the
number of volunteers serving the facility in a number of
ways.
TIPTOE THROUGH THE TOMBSTONES Earleywood Scout Campsite is a woodland site located opposite the Hurst Lodge
School on the Bagshot Road (B2030) between the Berystede Hotel and the Windmill
PH on the A30 in south east corner of Bracknell Forest. It is run entirely by
volunteers from the two local Scout Districts to provide outdoor activities for young
people from Berkshire, Surrey and also visitors from across the UK and overseas.
A comedy thriller by Norman Robbins The majority of our site users are local Scout groups and they greatly enjoy visits to
Earleywood as it allows children who mostly live in modern housing states, to
escape to a woodland wilderness where they can safely enjoy an outdoor adventure.
It is a site particularly
suited
to younger
age groups
Beavers,
Cubs,
presented by special arrangement with Samuel French, Ltd Rainbows and
Brownies (age 6 – 11) where short evening and weekend visits are most appropriate.
We are keen to encourage this age group to enjoy healthy outdoor activities and
believe that developing an enjoyment of outdoor activities will be of lasting benefit
for them.
Mortimer Crayle, lawyer, and his secretary have gathered the Our
site covers
nearlya 9 crusty acres providing
13 individual
camping
areas
and includes
embers of the amily aactivities.
t the house, ostensibly to are
inform this tworemaining buildingsm
for
meetings
andTomb other findoor
These
buildings
complete
off-‐beat bunch about inheritance. reality, built
Crayle has designs on block
the with
kitchen,
toilets
and their showers.
There In is newly
outdoor
ablution
estate the
that necessitate eliminating all that
Tombs. Fog can
descends serving
camping
ground.
This means
the site
be usedon to the meetgloomy a wide
mansion. In the cobwebby corridors, things and people are seldom what they range
of visitor requirements with smaller groups sharing access to the site and its
seem. is groups
in every decanter there are mysterious disappearances. facilities Poison or larger
booking
to and use the
whole
site. We also
offer use of a
Hosts awall,
nd guests all join the rand
ising apile of bodies in rig
the with
cellar. climbing
shooting
range
crate-stacking
qualified instructors
(given sufficient notice to get the equipment to site).
Thurs 26th to Sat 28th June at 7.45pm Crowthorne Parish Hall Ticket & Box Office details will be available at A continuing programme of improvements to the site has resulted in a large increase
in the number of users, www.catswebsite.co.uk and we are now in need to attract more volunteers to assist
with:
Meeting and greeting arriving visitors, providing camp site and information on
local attractions and
amenities etc.
Finchampstead
Support Group
Day to day maintenance, for example, ditch and gutter clearance, grass cutting,
leaf sweeping, minor refurbishments etc.
Managing the woodland
in aid of The Duchess of Kent Hospice
Assisting with the administration of site bookings/diary etc.
Marketing
the site using
media. at 12.00 for 12.30pm
Thursday,
29tha range
Mayof2014
Researching and writing grant aid applications
SPRING LUNCH
Finchampstead Memorial Hall
These roles are suited to all adults, but for those undertaking on-site roles,
Talk on
the History
Customs
particularly
to retired
people and
or shift
workers.of Swan Upping on the Thames
Wemore,
will look
to seeing you and your friends or by phone
Interested to know
then forward
email christoper.hills2@btinternet.com
on 07774 865 425 Tickets cost £12
Call 01189 735781
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CROWTHORNE
South Berkshire
District HORTICULTURAL
Scouts now has its SOCIETY
Gerald
Cooper,
Secretary,
36,
Greenwood Road, Crowthorne, 01344 773890
own caches!
Give geocaching a go with caches located within the South
Welcome to 2014. This year has started off being wet and warm with a few light frosts.
Berkshire
District! Geocaching can be described as a world-wide treasure hunt
What does this mean for the spring? We have hung the seaweed outside the greenhouse
where
the
prize
cache,
signing
book,being
perhaps
and our forecastisisfinding
for an the
early
spring
with the
the log
weather
wet swapping
and warm.some
The
token
goodies
and
then
logging
your
find
on
the
internet.
All
you
need
to do is have
summer, damp with sunny intervals
access to a GPS device or enabled phone and join www.geocaching.com for full
Now isofa the
good
time to
sow
Broad
Beans, Sweet
Peas, Beetroot
andIt’s
early
Lettuce.
details
caches
and
their
co-ordinates
(membership
is free).
a great
waySow
to
the Broad beans and Sweet Peas in individual containers such as Root Trainers or
get out and about within the local area, perhaps making a circular walk out of it, and
Polystyrene drinking cups-these are very good and economical especially if you buy
to find woodland and landscapes that you never knew existed!
them from Poundland- one or two seeds per container filled with a Multipurpose
The
adventure
starts
by deciding
which
to sill
try or
and
find. They
come
in all
compost,
place the
containers
in a tray
on acache
window
somewhere
warm,
when
the
different
shapes
and sizes
and are
straight
forward
set forget
of co-to
seeds have
germinated
move(literally)
the containers
to aeither
cooleraand
light place.
Don't
water the (‘traditional
containers, not
too much
water
just
makes finding
the compost
Beetroot
and
ordinates
cache’),
or they
may
involve
clues damp.
at different
stages
can final
be started
off in the of
small
trays that pet Others
food comes
tolettuce
workseeds
out the
co-ordinates
thealuminium
cache (‘multicache’).
can in.
involve
solving
a puzzle
the final
co-ordinates
or ask
consider
and
Daffodil,
Tulip, for
crocus
and Hyacinth
bulbs(‘puzzle
should cache’)
be showing
in you
the to
garden,
sprinkle
report
back
on
the
local
environment
(‘Earthcache’).
some general fertiliser such as Growmore around the plants to replace the nutrients
washed
out by
the wet
weather.
should
been
well back.
The
SBDS
caches
have
been Roses
designed
as have
an aid
topruned
the Scout
Navigator activity
badge
(GPS alternative) but are open for everyone to find. They are located in the
TALKS
following
Heath
caches),andSouth
Park
All talks areareas:
held in Wildmoor
the Parish Hall,
Heath(5Hilltraditional
Road, Crowthorne
start at Hill
7.30pm.
(multicache), Ambarrow Court (multicache), and Great Hollands (multicache).
The first talk of 2014 on Tuesday March 11th 2014 is given by Graham Talbot, a wellAll
relevant
permissions
have
gainedand
prior
to and
placing
these caches.
known
Exhibitor
and Judge
of been
Vegetables
Fruit
is entitled
"Soft Fruit". This talk
will
cover
all
aspects
of
soft
fruit
growing.
Beaver and Cub District campfire - December 2013
The next
TalkDistrict
is on South
America
Argentina
and Brazil)
"Let's
Samba
The
annual
campfire
saw(Chile,
Leaders
encouraging
andentitled
inspiring
about
180in
South America".
Speaker
is Gwendoline
Barton.
This should
beCrowthorne,
a very interesting
Beavers,
Cubs andThe
parents
to sing
songs around
the campfire
at 1st
next
as we haveSchool.
never had
a talk the
on South
America
before.
totalk
Edgbarrow
Luckily
rain held
off this
year but it was cold, however a
SHOWS
couple
of action songs and the well-built fire soon warmed everyone up. Everyone
had
great time
thebeevening
with2014
hot chocolate
and Wellington
biscuits served
by
TheaSpring
Showand
will
held onfinished
12th April
in Old Hall,
College,
our
District Scout
members.
Crowthorne.
ThereActive
will Support
be dazzling
displays of Daffodils, Tulips and other Spring
Flowers
as well
as Displays
Floral
Art, Handicraft and Photography. In the Domestic
Gang
Show
2014
- SouthofHill
Park
Classes there will be displays of cakes, sausage rolls, Brownies and Biscuits.
Tickets are on sale for the annual Gang Show at South Hill Park, on stage between
The Summer Show will be held on the 19th July 2014 in Old Hall, Wellington College,
17 - 22 February. Rehearsals started way back in September for the performers, and
Crowthorne with colourful displays of Sweet Peas, Roses, Pansies and Marigolds. At
the show will consist of a variety of songs, sketches and dances. Please come and
both Shows there will be a raffle, refreshments and a Plants for Sale table
support your local Scout and Guide groups and let them entertain you!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Georgina Tomkins - South Berkshire District Scouts
Tuesday March 11th "Soft Fruit"- Talk
7.30pm Parish Hall
Saturday, April 12th
Spring Show
2.15pm Old Hall, Wellington College
th"I heard you had an accident on your hike today."
1st
Scout:
"Let's Samba in S. America" Talk
7.30pm Parish Hall
Tuesday, May 13
th"No but I did get bitten by a rattlesnake."
2nd
Scout:
Summer Show
Saturday, July 19
1st Scout:
"You don't call that an accident."
2nd Scout:
"Heck no, he did that on purpose." Enjoy your garden
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Looking
It’s Sandhurst Donkey Derby time again!
Bull & Butcher field (opposite the Wellington Arms, Yorktown Road)
Enjoy the donkey races, sulky races, funfair, bands and various craft and
commercial stalls. There is something for everyone.
Entrance is £2.00 per person, but young people (under 15 years old), pensioners,
and those with disabilities are free and there is ample FREE parking.
Organising Committee: RC Parish of Crowthorne and Sandhurst
All enquiries to: crowsand@btinternet.com
(Charity number: 246871)
Last year’s Donkey Derby was a great success. The sun shone brightly so we didn’t
notice the wind (much!) Not only is this a great fun day out for our community, but also
many local businesses and local and national charities run stalls and they benefit from the
funds raised. Our own fund-raising has enabled us to make donations to various local
charities and to the HCPT (holidays for handicapped children).
The first Donkey Derby was run in the mid 1960s. It was started as a fund raising event
for our church and was attended by just a couple of hundred people. It has now
developed into the largest annual community event in Sandhurst and the surrounding
districts. This year, as in previous years, we will have the usual donkey and sulky races
supported by local pubs, clubs and businesses, as well as arena entertainment, along with
the funfair, charity and commercial stalls. Please give them your support.
The Donkey Derby Committee would like to thank Sandhurst Town Council for their
continuing support for this event. A further thank-you must go to the members of the
committee and all who give their time and support behind the scenes every year to ensure
a successful day. Without this help there would be no Donkey Derby.
Finally, we would like to extend a huge thank-you to you, the public, for supporting the
Donkey Derby. We hope to see you at this year’s event on 26th May.
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about their accommodation.
So they produce photos of their 15 metre long caravan, the back half of which is a
beautifully equipped nursery.
The social workers then are doubtful about the education that would be provided.
"We've employed an Oxford don who'll teach the child all the subjects along with
Mandarin and IT skills".
There are then doubts expressed about the child’s healthy upbringing.
"Our full time nanny is an expert in paediatric welfare and diet", they reply.
So the social workers are finally satisfied, and ask what age of child they were
looking for.
"It doesn't really matter", they say, "so long as it fits in the cannon".
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Crowthorne & Sandhurst Art Society
2014 Programme of Events and Demonstrations by visiting Artists
Members £3.00 and visitors £4.00 all welcome – demonstrations 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Date
Artist
Media
Subject
7 Mar
Roger Dellar
Oils
Figures
21 Mar Sonia Bacchus
Acrylics – Still Life in style of Old Masters
11 Apr Melanie Cambridge
Oils
Seascape
12 April One Day Spring Exhibition Crowthorne Parish Hall 10.00am 4.00pm
9 May
Denise Allen
Acrylics
Creating textures
6 June
Derek Daniells
Oils
Landscape
20 June Ronnie Ireland
Mixed media
Drip, scumble and slap
11 July Jenny Whalley
Watercolour
Anything goes
12 Sep Jonathan Newey
Acrylics
Wildlife
26 Sep Chris Forsey
Mixed media
Sea and harbour
10 Oct Danny Byrne
Pens
Cartoons and caricatures
25 & 26 October Annual Exhibition at St Sebastian’s Hall 11.00am to 4.00pm
28 Nov Dee Cowell
Pastels
African scenes
Thames Voyces Chamber Choir
An evening of choral classics
‘Something Old, Something New’
Featuring favourites from
Mozart, Bruckner, Parry, Porter and Rutter
Saturday 1st March 2014 at 7.30pm
Crowthorne Parish Church
Waterloo Road, Crowthorne RG45 7NT
Tickets £12/£10 concessions
Tel: 0118 9677319
www.thamesvoyces.org.uk
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Crowthorne Rugby Football Club
Crowthorne RFC is competing in the Berks Bucks and Oxon
Championship League this year after successfully
consolidating its position at RFU Level 9 last season. The club
offers senior rugby (17+) for all levels of experience, whether
you are new to the sport, returning after a break, have an interest in building your
personal fitness or just want a grass roots social game.
We have an experienced, qualified coaching team who are keen to build on the success of
last year for the team but can also offer one to one skills training in a structured but
friendly atmosphere.
We play Saturday afternoons during the season and train Thursday evenings from 6.45
pm (under floodlights) on the pitch at Cricket Field Grove, Crowthorne.
Sponsorship deals are available for the season 2013/2014 from low cost pitch side
advertising hoardings up to full Corporate benefit packages
For more details call Coach Karl Roberts on 07973 225926 or
The Crowthorne & Sandhurst
Email: kjrobertscd1@hotmail.com
Rotary Club would very much
like to thank the people www.broadmoorrugby.com
of
Crowthorne
RFC is proudly
Crowthorne
for supporting
them sponsored by P Howlett Building Contractor,
Premier
Home Construction and Extension Company
in their Crowthorne’s
two recent local
street
collections, Children in Need on
Friday 15th November and on
Royal British
Legion Poppy Appeal 2013
Saturday 21st December
for
Crowthorne
&
Sandhurst
District
Alexandra
Devine
Hospice.
£25,000+
A staggering £2105.42
was raisedhas been raised in the Poppy Appeal
for these two deserving
causes.
On behalf
of the Organisers of the Royal British Legion Annual
A great result that was
well
Appeal worth
2013, we thank all our collectors and everyone who so very
getting wet in for.
generously contributed again this year.
Due to the severe wetWe
andhave
windy
weather
Club’s
New Years
Walk
in the
region the
of 70
volunteers,
from Day
within
and around
outside
Wellington College grounds
had who
to cancelled.
of the
route
the Branch,
helped us Parts
raise this
total,
thiswere
year. waterlogged
However we
and
the danger
from
tree debris
made
it impossible
to runtheir
the time
event.
We
are always
looking
for falling
more people,
of all age
groups,
who can donate
to help
the Legion
work. Please
contact
one of thewalkers
Organising
below.
would
like in
toits
apologise
to any
disappointed
whoteam
turned
up on the day, but
we
that theever-growing
safety of bothwelfare
participants
and Rotarians
was paramount.
It is hoped
Thefelt
Legion’s
programmes
rely heavily
on this annual
appeal
to
re
run
the
walk
in
the
spring.
fortnight. Approximately £84 million was spent on health and welfare during 2012.
This isnext
£9 million
more thanevent
in 2007.
The
Rotary(+12%)
fundraising
is our Beetle Drive on 8th March at
Finchampstead
Hall.Sandhurst district, we raised in excess of £25,000 this year and this
In Crowthorne and
magnificent
total
once about
again our
shows
the or
generosity
and kindness
all, in
spite
the
For more information
events
membership
enquiries of
please
give
us of
a call
many
other
demands
on
their
time
and
finances.
on 07826 573509 or visit our website www.rc-cs.org
Once again our thanks go to all volunteers, contributors and local businesses in the
Crowthorne
and Sandhurst
it is very"Mummy,
much appreciated.
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child askedarea,
his mother,
how do lions make babies?"
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child,"
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shouldDistrict
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23-Apr-14
24-Apr-14
Crowthorne Parish Council - Surgery
Thames Voyces "Something Old,
Something New Concert"
WWPC Council Meeting
CPC Council Meeting
WBC Planning Meeting
Sandhurst & Crowthorne Flower Club
Crowthorne Musical Players
Witches of Eastwick (10-15th)
Crowthorne Musical Players
The Witches of Eastwick (11-15 Mar)
Crowthorne Horticultural Society - Talk
Spring Concert
WI - Annual General Meeting
Hart Male Voice Choir
Taster Evening
EBOS “Bouncers” (19-22 Mar)
COATS Quiz Night
Crowthorne Minibus Jazz Concert
Choral Society Concert
Royal British Legion - Women's section
BFC Planning
Tennessee Jam Concert
Crowthorne Symphony Orchestra
And Yateley Choir - Spring Concert
CPC Council Meeting
Crowthorne Horticultural Society –
Spring Show
Exhibition
WI - Magistrates & Probation officers
BFC Planning
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11am-12noon Parish Hall
St John’s Church, Crowthorne
7.30 pm
St Seb’s Mem Hall, 7.30 pm
Parish Hall, 7.30pm
7.30pm Shute End, Wokingham
7.30pm Parish Hall
7.30 St Sebs Mem Hall, Talk
Wilde Theatre
South Hill Park
SHP Wilde Theatre
7.30pm (Sat 2.30 pm mat)
Parish Hall
Wellington Old Gym, 7.30pm
Morgan Centre. 2.15pm
Cross Barn, Palace Place,
Odiham. 7.30pm
Pinewood Theatre, 7.45 pm
Woodmancote 7.00 pm
Wellington Newsome, 7.30pm
RBL Club 1 p.m.
RBL Club 1 p.m.
7.30pm Easthampstead House
7.30pm, Yateley Manor
School, Yateley
Parish Hall, 7.30pm
Old Hall, Wellington College
St Sebs Mem Hall,
10am – 4pm
Morgan Centre 2.15 pm
RBL Club 1 p.m.
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BFC Planning
Blackwater Valley - Walk the Path
CPC Council Meeting
COATS Quiz Night
Crowthorne Horticultural Society - Talk
EBOS “Ruddigore” (13-17 May)
9.15am onwards
Parish Hall, 7.30pm
Woodmancote 7.00 pm
Parish hall
SHP, 7.30pm (Sat Mat 2.30pm)
Crowthorne Carnival Princess - Forms
DEADLINE to Library
Great Fish & Chip Supper - SIA
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CPC Council Meeting
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Finch Mem Hall, 12 noon
Parish Hall, 7.30pm
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Crowthorne Rugby Football Club
Crowthorne RFC is competing in the Berks Bucks and Oxon
Championship League this year after successfully
consolidating its position at RFU Level 9 last season. The club
offers senior rugby (17+) for all levels of experience, whether
you are new to the sport, returning after a break, have an interest in building your
personal fitness or just want a grass roots social game.
We have an experienced, qualified coaching team who are keen to build on the success of
last year for the team but can also offer one to one skills training in a structured but
friendly atmosphere.
We play Saturday afternoons during the season and train Thursday evenings from 6.45
pm (under floodlights) on the pitch at Cricket Field Grove, Crowthorne.
Sponsorship deals are available for the season 2013/2014 from low cost pitch side
advertising hoardings up to full Corporate benefit packages
For more details call Coach Karl Roberts on 07973 225926 or
The Crowthorne & Sandhurst
Email: kjrobertscd1@hotmail.com
Rotary Club would very much
www.broadmoorrugby.com
like to thank the people of
Crowthorne
RFC is proudly
Crowthorne
for supporting
themsponsored by P Howlett Building Contractor,
Premier
Home Construction and Extension Company
in their Crowthorne’s
two recent local
street
collections, Children in Need on
Friday 15th November and on
Royal British
Legion Poppy Appeal 2013
Saturday 21st December
for
Crowthorne
&
Sandhurst
District
Alexandra
Devine
Hospice.
£25,000+
has been raised in the Poppy Appeal
A staggering £2105.42
was raised
for these two deserving
causes.
On behalf
of the Organisers of the Royal British Legion Annual
A great result that was
well
worthwe thank all our collectors and everyone who so very
Appeal 2013,
getting wet in for. generously contributed again this year.
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to help
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contact
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below.
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to any
disappointed
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magnificent
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Crowthorne
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2014 Programme of Events and Demonstrations by visiting Artists
Members £3.00 and visitors £4.00 all welcome – demonstrations 7.30pm – 9.30pm
Date
Artist
Media
Subject
7 Mar
Roger Dellar
Oils
Figures
21 Mar Sonia Bacchus
Acrylics – Still Life in style of Old Masters
11 Apr Melanie Cambridge
Oils
Seascape
12 April One Day Spring Exhibition Crowthorne Parish Hall 10.00am 4.00pm
9 May
Denise Allen
Acrylics
Creating textures
6 June
Derek Daniells
Oils
Landscape
20 June Ronnie Ireland
Mixed media
Drip, scumble and slap
11 July Jenny Whalley
Watercolour
Anything goes
12 Sep Jonathan Newey
Acrylics
Wildlife
26 Sep Chris Forsey
Mixed media
Sea and harbour
10 Oct Danny Byrne
Pens
Cartoons and caricatures
25 & 26 October Annual Exhibition at St Sebastian’s Hall 11.00am to 4.00pm
28 Nov Dee Cowell
Pastels
African scenes
Thames Voyces Chamber Choir
An evening of choral classics
‘Something Old, Something New’
Featuring favourites from
Mozart, Bruckner, Parry, Porter and Rutter
Saturday 1st March 2014 at 7.30pm
Crowthorne Parish Church
Waterloo Road, Crowthorne RG45 7NT
Tickets £12/£10 concessions
Tel: 0118 9677319
www.thamesvoyces.org.uk
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CROWTHORNE CHIROPODY CLINIC It’s Sandhurst Donkey
Derby time again!
Bank Holiday Monday 26th May 201, 11.30am start
TOTAL FOOT CARE FOR ALL AGES 48th year of this great community event
HCPC REGISTERED Bull & Butcher field (opposite the Wellington Arms, Yorktown Road)
CHIROPODIST/PODIATRIST Enjoy the donkey races, sulky races, funfair, bands and various craft and
commercial stalls. There is something for everyone.
NAILS, ALLUS, Vbut
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£2.00
per person,
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are free and thereTisREATED. ample FREE parking.
INFECTIONS Organising Committee: RC Parish of Crowthorne and Sandhurst
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PENSIONERS CHRISTMAS DISCOUNT 15% Last year’s Donkey Derby was a great success. The sun shone brightly so we didn’t
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CONTACT 01344 777105 or 07973 898594 Email: healingvalues@yahoo.co.uk many local businesses and local and national charities run stalls and they benefit from the
funds raised. Our own fund-raising has enabled us to make donations to various local
charities and to the HCPT (holidays for handicapped children).
The first Donkey Derby was run in the mid 1960s. It was started as a fund raising event
for our church and was attended by just a couple of hundred people. It has now
developed into the largest annual community event in Sandhurst and the surrounding
districts. This year, as in previous years, we will have the usual donkey and sulky races
supported by local pubs, clubs and businesses, as well as arena entertainment, along with
the funfair, charity and commercial stalls. Please give them your support.
The Donkey Derby Committee would like to thank Sandhurst Town Council for their
continuing support for this event. A further thank-you must go to the members of the
committee and all who give their time and support behind the scenes every year to ensure
a successful day. Without this help there would be no Donkey Derby.
Finally, we would like to extend a huge thank-you to you, the public, for supporting the
Donkey Derby. We hope to see you at this year’s event on 26th May.
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Social Workers at their best
A couple from a circus goes to an adoption agency, but social workers are doubtful
about their accommodation.
So they produce photos of their 15 metre long caravan, the back half of which is a
beautifully equipped nursery.
The social workers then are doubtful about the education that would be provided.
"We've employed an Oxford don who'll teach the child all the subjects along with
Mandarin and IT skills".
There are then doubts expressed about the child’s healthy upbringing.
"Our full time nanny is an expert in paediatric welfare and diet", they reply.
So the social workers are finally satisfied, and ask what age of child they were
looking for.
"It doesn't really matter", they say, "so long as it fits in the cannon".
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Earleywood Scout Campsite
Scouting’s local camping and activity centre has become a
Crowthorne Amateur Theatrical victim of its own success, and is in need of increasing the
number of volunteers serving the facility in a number of
ways.
TIPTOE THROUGH THE TOMBSTONES Earleywood Scout Campsite is a woodland site located opposite the Hurst Lodge
School on the Bagshot Road (B2030) between the Berystede Hotel and the Windmill
PH on the A30 in south east corner of Bracknell Forest. It is run entirely by
volunteers from the two local Scout Districts to provide outdoor activities for young
people from Berkshire, Surrey and also visitors from across the UK and overseas.
A comedy thriller by Norman Robbins The majority of our site users are local Scout groups and they greatly enjoy visits to
Earleywood as it allows children who mostly live in modern housing states, to
escape to a woodland wilderness where they can safely enjoy an outdoor adventure.
It is a site particularly
to younger
age w
groups
Beavers,
Cubs,
presented suited
by special arrangement ith Samuel French, Ltd Rainbows and
Brownies (age 6 – 11) where short evening and weekend visits are most appropriate.
We are keen to encourage this age group to enjoy healthy outdoor activities and
believe that developing an enjoyment of outdoor activities will be of lasting benefit
for them.
Mortimer Crayle, lawyer, and his secretary have areas
gathered the Our
site covers
nearlya 9crusty acres providing
13 individual
camping
and includes
remaining mfor
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the house, ostensibly to inform this two
buildings
meetings
and
otherfamily indoor
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buildings
are complete
off-‐beat bunch about inheritance. has designs on the with
kitchen,
toilets
andtheir showers.
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ablution
block
estate the
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necessitate eliminating all Tombs. on tothe gloomy serving
ground.
This means
that the Fog site descends can be used
meet
a wide
mansion. In the cobwebby corridors, things and people are seldom what they range
of visitor requirements with smaller groups sharing access to the site and its
seem. Poison is in every booking
decanter toand are mysterious disappearances. facilities
or larger
groups
usethere the whole
site. We also
offer use of a
Hosts and guests all join range
the rising of bodies in the ellar. qualified instructors
climbing
wall,
shooting
and paile crate-stacking
rig cwith
(given sufficient notice to get the equipment to site).
Thurs 26th to Sat 28th June at 7.45pm Crowthorne Parish Hall Ticket & Box Office details will be available at A continuing programme of improvements to the site has resulted in a large increase
in the number of users,www.catswebsite.co.uk and we are now in need to attract more volunteers to assist
with:
South Berkshire
CROWTHORNE
District HORTICULTURAL
Scouts now has its SOCIETY
Gerald
Cooper,
Secretary,
36,
Greenwood
Road, Crowthorne, 01344 773890
own caches!
Give geocaching a go with caches located within the South
Welcome to 2014. This year has started off being wet and warm with a few light frosts.
Berkshire District! Geocaching can be described as a world-wide treasure hunt
What does this mean for the spring? We have hung the seaweed outside the greenhouse
where
prize is
the cache,
theweather
log book,
perhaps
swapping
and
ourthe
forecast
is finding
for an early
springsigning
with the
being
wet and
warm. some
The
token
goodies
and
then
logging
your
find
on
the
internet.
All
you
need
to
do is have
summer, damp with sunny intervals
access to a GPS device or enabled phone and join www.geocaching.com for full
Now
is of
a good
time toand
sowtheir
Broad
Beans, Sweet
Peas, Beetroot
and early
Sow
details
the caches
co-ordinates
(membership
is free).
It’s a Lettuce.
great way
to
the Broad beans and Sweet Peas in individual containers such as Root Trainers or
get out and about within the local area, perhaps making a circular walk out of it, and
Polystyrene drinking cups-these are very good and economical especially if you buy
to find woodland and landscapes that you never knew existed!
them from Poundland- one or two seeds per container filled with a Multipurpose
The adventure
starts
by deciding
which
cache tosill
tryorand
find. They
come
in the
all
compost,
place the
containers
in a tray
on a window
somewhere
warm,
when
different
and sizes
and toarea cooler
either and
a straight
forward
of coseeds
haveshapes
germinated
move (literally)
the containers
light place.
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forget
to
water
the containers,
too much
watermay
just involve
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compost
Beetroot
and
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(‘traditionalnotcache’),
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finding
cluesdamp.
at different
stages
lettuce
seeds
started
off in the small
aluminium
trays that pet food
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to work
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co-ordinates
of the
cache (‘multicache’).
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co-ordinates
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or ask
yougarden,
to consider
and
Daffodil,
Hyacinth
bulbs (‘puzzle
should be
showing
in the
sprinkle
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back
on
the
local
environment
(‘Earthcache’).
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washed
out bycaches
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pruned
well back.
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beenRoses
designed
an been
aid to
the Scout
Navigator activity
badge (GPS alternative) but are open for everyone to find. They are located in the
TALKS
following
areas:
Wildmoor
Heath
caches),
South
Hill Park
All
talks are held
in the
Parish Hall,
Heath (5
Hill traditional
Road, Crowthorne
and start
at 7.30pm.
(multicache), Ambarrow Court (multicache), and Great Hollands (multicache).
The first talk of 2014 on Tuesday March 11th 2014 is given by Graham Talbot, a wellAll relevant
permissions
been gained
placing
these"Soft
caches.
known
Exhibitor
and Judgehave
of Vegetables
andprior
Fruittoand
is entitled
Fruit". This talk
will
cover
all
aspects
of
soft
fruit
growing.
Beaver and Cub District campfire - December 2013
The
Talk District
is on South
Americasaw
(Chile,
Argentina
and Brazil)
entitled
"Let'sabout
Samba180
in
Thenext
annual
campfire
Leaders
encouraging
and
inspiring
South
America".
Theparents
Speaker
Gwendoline
Barton.
This should
be aCrowthorne,
very interesting
Beavers,
Cubs and
to is
sing
songs around
the campfire
at 1st
next
talk
as we have School.
never hadLuckily
a talk on
South
to Edgbarrow
the
rain America
held off before.
this year but it was cold, however a
SHOWS
couple of action songs and the well-built fire soon warmed everyone up. Everyone
had Spring
a great Show
time and
with
hot in
chocolate
andWellington
biscuits served
by
The
willthe
be evening
held on finished
12th April
2014
Old Hall,
College,
our District Scout
members.
Crowthorne.
There Active
will beSupport
dazzling
displays of Daffodils, Tulips and other Spring
Flowers
as well2014
as Displays
of Hill
FloralPark
Art, Handicraft and Photography. In the Domestic
Gang Show
- South
Classes there will be displays of cakes, sausage rolls, Brownies and Biscuits.
SPRING LUNCH
The Summer Show will be held on the 19th July 2014 in Old Hall, Wellington College,
17 - 22 February. Rehearsals started way back in September for the performers, and
Crowthorne with colourful displays of Sweet Peas, Roses, Pansies and Marigolds. At
the show will consist of a variety of songs, sketches and dances. Please come and
both Shows there will be a raffle, refreshments and a Plants for Sale table
Meeting and greeting arriving visitors, providing camp site and information on
local attractions and
amenities etc. Support Group
Finchampstead
Day to day maintenance, for example, ditch and gutter clearance, grass cutting,
leaf sweeping, minor refurbishments etc.
Managing the woodland
in aid of The Duchess of Kent Hospice
Assisting with the administration of site bookings/diary etc.
Marketing
the site using
range of2014
media.at 12.00 for 12.30pm
Thursday,
29thaMay
Researching and writing grant aid applications
Finchampstead Memorial Hall
These roles are suited to all adults, but for those undertaking on-site roles,
Talk ontothe
History
Customs
of Swan Upping on the Thames
particularly
retired
peopleand
or shift
workers.
We more,
will look
to seeing you and your friends
or by phone
Interested to know
thenforward
email christoper.hills2@btinternet.com
on 07774 865 425Tickets cost £12
Call 01189 735781
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Tickets are on sale for the annual Gang Show at South Hill Park, on stage between
support your local Scout and Guide groups and let them entertain you!
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Tuesday March 11th
Georgina Tomkins - South Berkshire District Scouts
7.30pm Parish Hall
"Soft Fruit"- Talk
Saturday, April 12th
1st Scout:
Tuesday,
May 13th
2nd Scout:
Saturday,
July 19th
1st Scout:
2nd Scout:
Spring Show
"I heard
you
had
an
accident
on your7.30pm
hike today."
"Let's Samba in S. America" Talk
Parish Hall
"NoSummer
but I did
get
bitten
by
a
rattlesnake."
Show
"You don't call that an accident."
"Heck no, he did that on purpose." Enjoy your garden
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A tribute to Don Werner
From Borough Councillor Angus Ross
th
On the 9 January our Sensei Don Werner passed away peacefully in his sleep, after
battling with cancer. It is an example of his character, that only 19 days earlier he gave a
40 minute speech littered with his usual dry humour and meaningful words, at our annual
Pinewood Awards Dinner at which 280 judoka and parents. At the end of the speech,
there were tears in many eyes, as the standing ovation.
Donald Franklin Werner was born on 20th May 1932. He came to judo late, in his midtwenties, when he took over the coaching at the Bracknell Judo Club in 1958. Before
that, Don had enjoyed a promising Cycle Speedway career at West Park, becoming a
National Speedway Champion in 1948, and was an excellent competitive swimmer for
the Beckenham Swimming Club. Aged 18, Don completed two years National Service
where he was stationed both in Egypt and Germany. He then went on to serve in the
Territorial Army as a Lance-Bombardier in the Royal Horse Artillery from 1953 to 1956.
Later, in 1963, the judo club moved premises to Bracknell Sports Centre, and then in
1979 to the current dojo at Pinewood in Wokingham, Berkshire.
The records, Don has achieved as a coach, are staggering. Every year since 1968, when
Micky Courtney won the first National title for Pinewood, Don has produced at least one
British National Champion. In fact, over the last six decades, Don Werner has produced
822 National medallists, and 296 of those are British Champions. I feel that is worth
repeating: One Man = Two Hundred and Ninety Six British Champions.
Don coached four of us to become world champions. Karen Roberts and Georgina
Singleton won junior world titles in 1992 and 1994. Karen was the youngest Junior
World Champion in history. Lynn Tilley won five World Masters, and I myself became
Senior World Champion in 1993.
Four Olympians: One Olympic Silver Medal: Nine European titles: Two Commonwealth
Titles: 28 World Medals: 132 Black Belts: 144 British National Squad Members; Just
some of the statistics and medals, that Don has produced, and that he would admit now
and then to being 'moderately satisfied' about.
One of his proudest records was Pinewood's 38 consecutive wins of the Devizes Top
Club Trophy - a record unlikely to ever be beaten.
By the wider judo community, Don Werner will be remembered as one of the greatest
coaches that has ever lived: a free thinker, who developed his own highly successful
coaching system in his own way, often flying in the face of authority, refusing to tick
appropriate boxes or ingratiate himself to anyone. Many coaches, officials and most
referees (!) speak warmly of Don, a mentor for younger coaches and friend of his peers.
We all have our tales about how Don has impacted on us. He brought out the best in all
of us, in all his pupils. He took our weaknesses and helped us conquer them. He took our
strengths and made them stronger. He made us better than our best. And that I believe, to
be his greatest legacy of all.
Don Werner is survived by his son Dean Werner, his daughter, Kerry Sowden and his
two granddaughters, Emma and Sophie Sowden.
Nicola Fairbrother
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Wokingham Without ward
Here we are in another year and we are in the midst of the rain and wind that seems relentless.
I fear that some parts may be flooded and with drains sometimes blocked from the debris and
late falling leaves; this can be anywhere, not just by rivers and streams. If you do find blocked
road drains, do please report them so that councils can concentrate their resources – though
they are inevitably stretched to the limit around this time.
We have to recognise that the current austerity measures are severely restricting councils who
increasingly are finding difficulties to meet, in the way we were used to, some of the nonstatutory duties. By that I mean the extent of provision is stretched. So, we can help by
calling the council where we notice, as I mentioned above, blocked drains, but also potholes,
fly-tipping, broken signs etc.
Each year setting the council’s budget gets more difficult. Even after savings by taking out
over 150 posts from Wokingham Borough Council, we have to contend with an ageing
population requiring more services, increasing numbers of boys and girls starting school and
another significant decrease in our grant from Government. Wokingham, as are other
councils, is continually reviewing and improving its ways of working and looking for
innovative opportunities to provide income other than from Council Tax and from Fees and
Charges for services, such as car parking, hire of halls, sports pitches etc. Another saving
comes from the increasing number of services that we can now access to book and pay for on
line; though councils also need to maintain a facility for those not able to access the internet.
The change to bring back Public Health from the NHS to local councils, which occurred in
April 2013, will bring many opportunities to work closely with various partners to target those
who can be helped by all manner of programmes, whether they are for smoking, exercise or to
combat a host of other conditions. One calculation I heard was that £1 invested in a person
with a condition can bring £24 of benefit, either by way of getting them fit for work, more
mobile, able to take a fuller part in the community, require less medication etc.
GP referrals for exercise need to be bespoke and monitored to help the person alter their
lifestyle. As an example, taking part in exercise classes or health walks not only provides the
beneficial physical exercise but also the opportunity for those referred to meet people, to
converse and get involved, often after being homebound and effectively cut-off, either for
physical or mental reasons. A Win/Win!
Lastly, returning to the current extreme weather, as I write I am hearing about roads closing
and re-opening during the floods affecting, locally, the Loddon River and its crossing at
Swallowfield, Arborfield/Shinfield, Sindlesham, Winnersh and Sandford. It was especially
distressing to hear again our Fire Brigade being called out to rescue people from cars trying to
cross through floodwater, much as we saw on TV of people putting themselves in danger
watching the storm waves on the coast. We all have a duty not to put ourselves in needless
danger. Equally we need to sincerely thank our emergency services who do, in turn, put
themselves at risk to save us.
Angus Ross
07944 877806
a.ross533@btinternet.com
They walk among us!
One day I was walking down the beach with some friends when someone shouted.....
"Look at that dead bird!" Someone looked up at the sky and said..."Where?"
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Crowthorne Stroke & Disabled Club
Crowthorne Stroke & Disabled Club was formed in 2000 as a voluntary group to support
residents in the Crowthorne area affected by a stroke or physical disability. It is self-funded.
We provide an opportunity for members to meet on the fourth Thursday of each month at
the Morgan Centre, Wellington Road, Crowthorne, RG45 7LD between 10am and
12:30pm.
Our members have various disabilities including having suffered a stroke and many are
disabled requiring the use of wheelchairs and walking aids but we have a willing team of
helpers and volunteers to assist them
We have quizzes, raffles and guest speakers on interesting subjects. During the meeting light
refreshments are served. We also go on regular outings for pub lunches, garden centre visits
and river boat trips et al. Transport and wheelchair assistance can be provided if we have the
capacity
Meeting monthly, the Club's aim is to enhance and improve the lives of its members and their
carers through a varied programme of social activities. By way of an example, in the last year
the Club visited two garden centres, Bird World and South Hill Park, Bracknell which
included lunch. We also have an annual boat trip from Henley along the River Thames which
is always very popular with our members. We also arrange an annual Christmas lunch which
this year will be Cantley Lodge, Arts bar bistro in Wokingham
The Club is fortunate in being able to have access and use of Crowthorne Community Minibus
which can carry wheelchairs and has a disabled lift at the back. In selecting venues, the Clubs
Committee always takes great care to ensure that all the venues have disabled facilities - this
gives our members an opportunity to mix with others and enjoy a change of scenery
The Club is also affiliated to the Stroke Association which makes available to us, a vast array
or publicity and supporting material. New members are always very welcome.
Like all clubs of this kind we cannot survive without the help of our volunteers some of whom
have been with the Club for many years and we always looking for additional helpers.
Membership of the Club is £1 per meeting and whenever possible trips are subsidised by the
Club by up to 50%
If anyone requires further information about the Clubs activities, then the following
people may be contacted:
Claire Lewis, Chair: 01344 750748 : Ellison J Withe, Secretary: 0118 9780101
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The Vision of our Children at Oaklands Infant School
In an earlier Crowthorne Eye we told you about the work being developed at
Oaklands Infant School to shape the vision and strategic direction of the school. For
the children this has been embodied by the use of characters who portray core values
such as independence, respect and individuality. They are all represented by trees,
leaves or seeds to tie in with the school name and existing classes in school. We
asked some of the year 2 children (age 6-7) which character was their favourite and
why. Here are a few of their answers for two of our characters:
Solo – Encouraging Independence
Solo is all about doing something different and
doing it somewhere else. Jude Year 2
Solo sycamore is my favourite because he helps
me to be brave and his story is – he was on the
bottom of the branch so he was brave to fly away
from home. So he was brave and that helped me to be brave and that’s why Solo
sycamore is my very very favourite!!! George Year 2
Solo was on his tree and played with his friends. When it was time to fly away from
his tree he flew as far as he could so he could grow. Solo is about trying a new
challenge so you have a go. Thomas Year 2
This is Solo the sycamore seed. He likes to fly and goes to new places. I want to be
better at maths. Oscar Year 2
I like Solo because he has shiny boots. I like Solo because he is funny. I like Solo
because he is brave. Harrison Year 2
“Hey Ho” Jolly Holidays mark the end of Miss Charnley’s era at
Oaklands Junior School
In the world of teaching imagine how many children’s lives you can influence over
39 years , initially in the class room and then for over 20 years in school leadership
positions. At the end of the December 2013 term, Sue Charnley, Head teacher at
Oaklands Junior School since 2009, took her final assembly and an emotional bow
as she retired. Over a thousand formative little lives have been touched by her cheery
“Hey Ho” demeanour, musical talents and genuine passion to help children enjoy
school and enjoy learning. Crowthorne has a lot to thank Sue Charnley for as she
starts her well-earned retirement in 2014.
Sue has much to look forward to, not least the lie-ins and ability to take holidays in
term time! Not forgetting some not insignificant special events in the diary to
prepare for.
Sue started at Oaklands in January 1991 as Deputy Head teacher and had a number
of “acting up” stints to cut her leadership teeth as she covered maternity and long
term sickness for incumbent head teachers, until she finally got the permanent Head
teacher post in February 2009. She leaves the school with impressive academic
results and a caring pastoral ethos. Sue has always had a balanced approach to her
leadership with a clear understanding of the children and very supportive of all her
staff.
The parents, staff and governors would like to thank her once again, she leaves the
school in a good place to continue her hard work with Deputy Head teacher Hazel
West stepping into the Acting Head teacher role supported by a fantastic team. Have
fun Sue and don’t forget the sun tan lotion!
Goldie – Respect for All
French & Spanish
Lessons in Crowthorne
Goldie is a golden leaf. He is given out to the school children
if they do good and if they show respect. Once I was hurt
and someone took me to a teacher. I wish I was Goldie
because then I could get given to children. Emily Year 2
Small classes held locally
Basic to advanced conversation
All levels catered for!
Goldies is a very special character in school because the class
that gets the most Goldies gets 10 minutes extra play time.
She is Goldie because she is the one that’s gold because she’s
special. In school she respects people. She shares at parties.
To be like Goldie you need to pick up people’s coats, be kind
to people and take them to first aid. William Year 2
I am like Goldie because I let people go first. Eva Year 2
Goldie is very nice because she uses her respect. Goldie is special because she helps
other people. Goldie is fantastic because she always shares. Goldie learns how to be
nice. Goldie is brilliant because she helps people by taking them to first aid.
Emma Year 2
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English lessons also available
for foreign au pairs
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Contact
Alba Flanagan BA, MA
Tel: (01344) 466082
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Crowthorne Library – March to June 2014
The New Year will bring some changes to the library. Many will be noticed by staff
only but some events we hope will interest both regular customers and new visitors.
If your New Year resolution is to stop smoking we have a stop smoking clinic from
4-6pm based here, part of the programme running by smokefreelife Berkshire.
One of ours is to revamp our magazines, removing titles of little interest to
borrowers and replacing with new. Look out for our consultation in March for you to
have your say.
Probably by the time you receive your copy of the Crowthorne Eye our latest events,
the Historical Fiction Event involving three well known authors on February 6th and
our half term craft event for children will have passed.
Our reading groups are becoming so popular we have introduced a fourth group on a
Thursday evening and are keeping a list of people interested in a daytime group.
Please pop in and add your name to the list if interested.
How many of you received a tablet in your stocking this Christmas? To help we are
offering E book sessions to show customers how to download books and magazines
from our website for free. Call for details of the next session if interested. Whilst on
the subject of technology the library will be having a new computer system installed.
This is an upgrade which will give far better customer service overall.
Creative Writing- For all budding authors and poets, this session is held on the 2nd
Friday of the month between 1-2.30pm.
Baby Sensory taster sessions on a Wednesday once a month from 11-11.30 for
children 0-13 months is being held free or charge
STOP PRESS
February 17th 2014 Half term craft event for 4-8 year olds. £2 per ticket, book
in advance.
Interested in craft? Look out for our session on quilting. This talk with
experienced local quilter will be held in the spring months.
Easter crafts for 4-8 years 10.30-12noon on Monday 7/4/14. Ticketed and prebookable £2.00.
Top crime writer, Louise Welsh will giving a talk at Crowthorne Library
late March/April.
Look out for further talks and author visits in late spring, at present these are not
confirmed. We are also looking at a children’s reading group and a time in the week
set aside as a reader development surgery especially for those looking for new genres
or authors.
Bounce & Rhyme - A singing session for babies and toddlers on Mondays and
Tuesdays at 9.30 am in term time
Come and join in with the many activities, use the resources available or borrow
books, DVD’s, computer games, talking books and magazines. We have 11 PCs for
public use and Wi-Fi facilities. It is simple to join, just bring something with your
address on and a proof of signature and we will issue you with an e+ card .We look
forward to seeing you shortly.
Toddler Story time & Sticking- a story time with simple crafts for children aged 2
and above on Wednesdays at 9.30am
For more information visit the library in person (open Monday to Saturday), call on
01344 776431 or look on www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk
Homework help and advice - This is available for children whenever the library is
open. Staff have been trained in locating information both on and offline to cover all
homework topics. Children will be entitled to 5 free printouts or photocopies to assist
with their homework. This service is for children in the library not parents doing
homework for their children. If successful it will be rolled out to all Bracknell Forest
Libraries.
In Memoriam
EVENTS
Conversational French - Designed for adults, running on the first Friday of the
month from 12.45-1.45pm. Some knowledge of the language is required.
Conversational German - Again this adult session is designed for those with some
knowledge of the language. Running on the first Tuesday of the month between
10.30-11.30am
Crowthorne Clickers meet weekly on Tuesdays from 2.00-3.30pm to knit, crochet
and relax over a coffee.
The Reminiscence Group meets on the last Friday of the month at 10.30am. This
groups shares and discusses stories from the past, both local and general.
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It is with regret that we record
the passing in December 2013
“Paddy” Randall
(Ex Cllr)
She gave herself in the service of others
We offer our condolences to her family
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“Hold a Fish and Chip Supper to help spinal
cord injured people rebuild lives after
injury”
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supporting SIA’s vital services.
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to walk
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and tips,
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special
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and donation envelopes. By inviting 8 friends and asking them to donate
public.
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participants
in
Walk
the
Path
2014
will
be
able
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the
last
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kilometres
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matter and raise £25,000 from everyone holding suppers. Last year we raised
miles)
of
its
Path,
from
Sandhurst
to
Swallowfield
–
a
riverside
walk
through
£12,500 from the suppers.
beautiful rural countryside in all its spring glory.
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Supper
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a
wonderful
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friends
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family. We
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to finish
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www.siafishandchips.co.uk
transport arrangements.
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EBOS (East Berkshire Operatic Society)
EBOS (East Berkshire Operatic Society)
“BOUNCERS”
“RUDDIGORE”
One of English Theatre’s best known plays
Tuesday, 13th – Saturday, 17th May at 7.30.pm
(Saturday matinee at 2.30pm)
presents
Presents
By John Godber
th
By Gilbert & Sullivan
nd
Wednesday 19 – Saturday 22 March 2014
Pinewood Theatre at 7.45pm nightly
Wilde Theatre, South Hill Park, Bracknell
Tickets available from ebos@ticketsource.co.uk on or call 0845 540 5301
Box office - 01344 484123
After “Bouncers”, our spring season continues with the spookiest of all the Gilbert
and Sullivan works, “Ruddygore” (or “The Witch’s Curse”).Written when the pair
were at the height of their powers (it comes in the series between “The Mikado” and
“The Yeomen of the Guard”), because of its references to the supernatural, (and
indeed its offensive title!) it never acquired the popularity with Victorian audiences
that the other works did. Victorian sensibilities were upset and audiences were
shocked by its comic portrayal of ghosts walking abroad, its irreverent take on
contemporary manners and its comical send-up of Victorian melodrama, so popular
at the time. In a brand new interpretation, with more than a passing nod to Hammer
House of Horror films and a couple of well-known and slightly more up-to-date West
End musical classics, EBOS will once again be blowing the dust (and the cobwebs!)
off Gilbert’s sparkling lyrics and witty dialogue and Sullivan’s stylish, poignant and
dramatic music.
Directed by the same production team as EBOS’s award-winning Diamond
Jubilee/Olympic “Gondoliers” in 2012, lavish costumes, stunning dance routines and
amazing special effects will all combine to retell the story of the Bad Baronets of
Ruddygore, and the girls who fall in love with them. The Baronets have, for the last
300 years, been forced, by a witch’s curse, to commit a crime every single day of
their lives or die in horrible agonies! To escape the curse and to enable him to marry
the girl of his dreams the current Baronet runs away in disguise, with fateful
consequences for himself, his family and the theatre-going public!
John Godber is one of the most performed playwrights with plays such as
“Teechers”, “Up N Under” and “Screaming Blue Murder” regularly being performed
up and down the country.
“Bouncers” is a unique view of urban nightlife in which four actors are called to
play multiple characters including bouncers, young girls out for a 21st celebration and
a group of lads out on the pull! This fast-paced, energetic play is sure to leave you
roaring with laughter.
Book soon because “if your name’s not down, then you’re not coming in!”
.
You have been warned!
Crowthorne WI
The Crowthorne Women’s Institute meets every third
Wednesday in the month at 2.15 p.m. in the
Morgan Centre, Wellington Road, Crowthorne.
Our friendly meetings include interesting talks by selected
speakers; plus tea and home-made cakes.
Why not come along and join us - visitors are always welcome.
For further details, please contact our WI President Pamela Howlett 01344 776503
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Crowthorne Village Action Group
Dr Phillip Lee MP
My primary role as an MP is to represent the views of my
constituents at both a local and national level. Through
regular walkabout sessions, school visits and community
events,
I am able to of
meet
with a huge hospital
variety of people and
Redevelopment
Broadmoor
discuss directly issues which they are concerned or involved
The redevelopment
officially
began on 30th January as
with.
Crowthorne isofa Broadmoor
wonderful Hospital
village with
a vibrant
members of spirit,
the trust
board,
Kierenjoyed
representatives
community leaders
community
and
I have
visiting and
and Crowthorne
meeting
gathered
to celebrate
the cutting
of the sod
ceremony.
Just one month after the trust
with
Crowthorne
residents
on numerous
occasions
in 2013.
received government approval for the project, its main contractor, Kier, is already on
Engaging
with young
people
is really
important,
and Imillion
made trips
to several
schools
site and preparing
to start
building
work
on the £242
project.
Creating
these
in Crowthorne last year. I felt privileged to be asked to open the new Girl Guiding
new structures will transform the 150 year old hospital into a fit for purpose facility,
Centre in the village, which was well-attended. A fantastic array of tea and cakes
allowing the trust to greatly improve high secure mental health services.
was on offer and it proved to be a very enjoyable community day.
Remaining within the existing estate, the new buildings will provide ten wards,
I was fortunate to visit Ravenswood Care Village during one of my regular trips to
which will be used in conjunction with the six modern wards located in the Paddock
Crowthorne.
Village
was
in hospital.
1953 to support vulnerable children,
Centre whichRavenswood
will be retained
as part
ofset
theup
new
families and people with learning disabilities, and is currently home to around 130
Nigel McCorkell,
trust, said: “This
momentous
occasion
is a
people.
The charityChairman
is an assetof
to the
our community.
I was impressed
when
I met with
significant
stepwho
towards
modernisation
mental
services.
It
the
residents,
were the
extremely
happy of
andhigh
fullsecure
of praise
for health
the staff
and the
also marks
the they
coming
amazing
work
do. together of years of preparation, numerous design discussions
and the involvement of staff at all levels to make sure we get everything right for our
My activities in Crowthorne would not be complete without a pub visit, which I
patients, our services and our staff.”
make regularly to local inns across the constituency. Pubs are a focal point of small
The new hospital
willCrowthorne
also provide
doctors,
communities,
and the
Innanis environment
no exception.which
I had aallows
great trust
time meeting
nurses
and
other
hospital
employees
to
work
more
effectively
and
efficiently
to
with the landlord and customers, and thoroughly enjoyed the relaxed atmosphere and
deliver
high
standards
of
healthcare.”
real ale on offer!
The had
occasion
was notstand
only oncelebrated
the month
hospital,
also by
main
We
our Christmas
the High across
Street last
and but
I enjoyed
meeting
contractors Kier.
Lamb,
managing
“It like
is a to
privilege
to be
of
constituents,
whoColin
seemed
in good
festivedirector
spirits! Isaid:
would
wish you
all part
a very
the Broadmoor
redevelopment
will
work together
to build the
an
happy
2014, andHospital
I look forward
to makingteam.
moreWe
visits
to Crowthorne
throughout
environment
coming
year. that will support the hospital staff to provide high standards of clinical
and therapeutic care. We are committed to providing a hospital that will enhance
quality, safetyabout
and security,
and will produce greater efficiencies for the trust, and we
Politicians
politicians
look forward to working with them to deliver this landmark project.”
CVAG protecting our village against urbanisation
Members of the CVAG committee will be attending
the Bracknell Forest Council planning meeting when
the TRL plans are discussed. There will no doubt be
more news in the next copy of this magazine, but for now we just have to hope that
the planners and Councillors take note of all the objections to the current plans.
We were delighted that the Crowthorne Parish Council put in a strong objection and
selected a Councillor to speak against the plans at the meeting. We were interviewed
before Christmas on radio Berkshire and spoke about our concerns. Obviously the
TRL site is going to be developed but with the Wokingham plans and the Bracknell
plans all impacting on our village, it is important to look at the overall effect this
will all have on our infrastructure. It is not possible to think about each plan in
isolation.
works
for thieves
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hospital
begins
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this year
and patients
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its care,
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politicians.
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the rich, by promising What's
to protect each
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a Soldier and a Sailor? Adlai Stevenson
telling the truth about them".
Finishing second in the Olympics gets you silver; finishing second in politics
gets you oblivion. You can't dip a Sailor in an egg!
Richard Nixon
We have also been made aware of an exhibition to be held on January 11th about
proposals to build on the Charities land in WWPC adjacent to the Old Wokingham
Road. By the time you read this we will already have been to this so can tell you
more after the event. For now there is no actual plan. Since any building on that site
would be opposite the TRL development, we will make it clear that we are against
further homes there.
We have continued to attend meetings with the Broadmoor redevelopment team as
members of the stake holders group. CVAG have also been co-opted onto a working
party group with CPC and WWPC so that large developments planned for our
village can be discussed with as many cross Borough groups as possible.
This is valuable work and a good use of our time.
We wish everyone a happy and healthy new year and would like all our members to
keep in touch with us with any matters that they feel are important to the village.
If you wish to become a member of CVAG or to find out about our work, please
look on our web site www.cvag.org.uk
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Wellington College
Music Department Spring Concert, Friday 14th March, 7.30pm, Old Gym
The Music Department Orchestral Concert features the main senior ensembles and
soloists of the school and includes performances by the Symphony Orchestra,
Camerata and the 10 piece brass ensemble.
Symphony No.8 in G major – Dvorak
Wellington College Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Hilary Davan Wetton
The Holberg Suite – Grieg
Leader – Elisa Mitrofan
Camerata
Liebertango – Piazolla Conducted by Susanne Henwood
Leader – Elisa Mitrofan
Crowthorne Minibus Jazz Concert, Friday 21st March, 8pm, Old Gym
In support of the Crowthorne Community Minibus Charity, Wellington Jazz
Orchestra and Concert Band will be performing arrangements from a wide range of
genres, including Jazz, Funk, Pop, Latin & Rock. Tickets are £10 and are available
from the Music School on 01344 444 201 or by emailing
music@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
Tickets can also be purchased from the following:
L R Edwards - 3 High Street - 01344 772942 (cash or cheques only)
Choral Society Concert , Sunday 23rd March, 7.30pm, Newsome Sports Hall
Magnificat
F. Schubert
Missa in Angustiis (Nelson Mass)
J. Haydn
Soprano – Kristy Swift
Alto – Martha McLorinan
Tenor – Peter Davoren
Bass – Greg Hallam
And featuring four brass (trumpet, French horn, trombone and tuba) concerto
movements performed by Maxime Saxena, Grace Taylor, Todd Harris, Juan Lucas
del Azar.
The Tennessee Jam Concert, 8pm Thursday 27th March, Old Gym
Tickets £10. Available from Wellington College Reception
This exciting event will take place between hours 8-10 of the 24 hour jam session,
featuring all musicians involved in the tour - an audio cornucopia of Singer
Songwriters, Funk, Blues & Soul, plus expect VERY special guest performers! NOT
TO BE MISSED!
For more information please contact the Music School on 01344 444 201 or email
music@wellingtoncollege.org.uk
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Wokingham Without Parish Council www.wokinghamwithoutparishcouncil.gov.uk Email: admin@btconnect.com Council Meetings 1st & 3rd Monday of each month at 7.30pm All meetings at Howard Palmer Room, St Sebastian’s Memorial Hall, Nine Mile Ride Cllr James Brooking Cllr Gerry Brown Cllr Doreen Dye Cllr Marcus Ellis Cllr Richard Fenny Cllr Bob Gough Cllr Ian Harrison Cllr Olga Hughes Cllr Ken Newland Cllr Jack Shill Cllr Peter Sturgess Cllr Seona Turtle Cllr Lesley Whelan‐Young Vice Chairman Chairman 01344 774556 01344 779120 01344 776403 01344 774809 01344 780563 01344 774822 01344 779757 01344 771425 01344 775096 01344 774170 01344 773619 01344 762826 01344 774536 Clerk Deborah O’Brien, Parish Office, Pinewood Centre, Old Wokingham Rd Wokingham, Berkshire RG40 3AQ Tel & Fax: 01344 771425 Mrs Liz Penn ‐ Assistant Clerk Mrs Sarah Koudijs – Assistant Clerk Wokingham Borough Council Cllr Pauline Helliar‐Symons Cllr Angus Ross Cllr David Sleight 01344 774909 07944 877806 01344 775673 Borough Councillors hold a monthly surgery on the second Saturday of each month from 10am to noon ‐ Howard Palmer Room, St. Sebastian's Memorial Hall, Nine Mile Ride. 'The trouble with practical jokes is that very often they get elected.'
~Will Rogers
I believe that people would be alive today if there were a death
penalty.
~Nancy Reagan
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South Berks’ Scouts Corporate Golf Gala 2014 Plans are now well
advanced for our Scout
District’s 11th Annual
Golf Gala, being held on Friday, June 13th at East
Berkshire Golf Club in Crowthorne. We are very pleased to announce that Project
Support Services (PSS) has been appointed our Principal Sponsor for this event.
PSS’s director. Paul Stockham is an avid supporter of Scouting locally, and we’re
very pleased to have his support.
Four-ball teams and individual entries are invited to apply now for a chance to take
part in what is widely regarded as a very enjoyable and hugely supportive event for
Scouting locally. This is not a national event, and all proceeds go exclusively to
provide even better Scouting for even more young people in our Scouting District –
Crowthorne, Sandhurst, Owlsmoor and SW Bracknell.
We are limited to just 18 team entries, but there are many opportunities for local
businesses to make a contribution to the success of the event with an array of
sponsorship deals.
Scouting is recognised as being a core element of central and local governments’
‘Provision for Youth’, but it is staffed at the local level, entirely by volunteers. In
the face of troubled times and with rising focus on youth crime and violence, the
Scout Movement continues to be resolute (and highly successful) in offering
youngsters an enjoyable, safe, healthy and challenging opportunity to better
themselves and their community.
Scouting has been a significant part of the local community in Crowthorne and
Sandhurst for over 100 years. Its appeal to youngsters and their parents alike
continues to grow at a staggering rate. Its corner-stones are respect, responsibility
and action - and it needs all the help it can get to continue its work, and we do hope
that you will consider helping us with this event.
Full information and team entry links may be found at www.scouts-golf.co.uk
Howard de Silva
South Berks District Scout Council
GOLF……
What’s the difference between a bad golfer and a bad skydiver?
A bad golfer goes: WHACK "Damn!"
A bad Skydiver goes: "Damn!" WHACK.
The only difference between driving in golf and driving a car is that when you
drive a car you don't want to hit anything.
Why do golfers always carry two pairs of trousers with them?
Just in case they have a hole in one!
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Letter to the Editor
COMMENT
Have you noticed the area along Greenwood Road; in particular, how ‘slummy’ the
road is looking with its verges these days? There is very little grass left on one side
of the road.
It used to be a problem of parents parking on the verges, but they are obeying the
requests to keep off the verges; but now, parents who drop their children off, usually
find that their children are putting their feet into mud and slush before getting on to
the pavement proper!
As these verges are still, I believe, part of the pavement, isn’t it time something
positive was done to deal with these infringements and thus make our estate
something worth looking at?
Long-standing resident
(Name and address supplied)
Church Ladies with Typewriters
Year 8 will be presenting Shakespeare's Hamlet in the Church basement at 7 PM.
The congregation is invited to attend this tragedy.
The Minister unveiled the church's new campaign slogan last Sunday:
“I Upped My Pledge - Up Yours”.
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Devastating Fire at Chidamoyo Hospital
Bracknell Forest Community Safety Partnership
At 3 am on 21 November a fire broke out in the kitchen of
the hospital. The cause may have been an electrical fault or a
lightning strike. A bucket brigade was quickly started with
people carrying water from the boreholes on the top of the
hill. Although Major Mereki was hit on the side of the face
by a falling rafter, someone quickly rescued him from the
smoke and he continued to fight the fire. People on ladders
were pulling sheets of iron off the roof to get to the timbers
and the whole community came out in droves to help.
Amazingly they managed to prevent the fire from spreading
to the main hospital building with only hand-held buckets.
Crime Reduction Performance 2013
Despite everybody's best efforts the whole back wing of the hospital was lost - the laundry,
the kitchen, the drug storeroom and the chaplain’s office; and all their contents including the
large industrial washing machine bought by the Chidamoyo Trust in 2009. The whole wing
will have to be torn down and replaced.
Criminal damage has also decreased by 22 per cent and drug offences by 20 per cent.
st
When the fire was eventually under control, patients who had been evacuated on mattresses
outside the back gate were treated on the hospital veranda. Eventually an ambulance and a
lorry from the nearest town came to collect them. Although patients were sent away on the day
of the fire, the hospital never closed its doors and continued to provide services to both
in-patients and outpatients.
There was also good news. No-one was seriously hurt. A large order of TB and anti-malaria
drugs had arrived late the day before the fire. They were supposed to have been delivered a
day earlier but the delivery truck had mechanical trouble - so those medicines were not
unloaded and were kept safe in the truck. On the day after the fire, 3 coffee cups that had been
left in the doctors' office (and not taken to be washed up as they should have been) were
shared for drinking tea and tongue depressors were used as teaspoons!
The response to the fire was heart-warming. I sent out an email and by the time I went out
later in the morning, I found a cheque for £1,000 in the porch from a Crowthorne supporter
who wishes to remain anonymous. Since then there has been a steady stream of donations.
The hospital now has enough crockery from local donations including12 new cups and a big
dish from one of the hospital nurses. Three women from one of the outlying areas walked over
25 miles carrying 101 plates, 2 large serving spoons and 13 cups from their school.
The generosity shown by everyone has been overwhelming.
The end of 2013 is an opportunity to reflect on the successes of Bracknell Forest’s
Community Safety Partnership (CSP).
Reported crime has been falling over the last four years and continues to do so.
It was down by 6 per cent between April and November 2013, which means
Bracknell Forest currently has the lowest level of recorded crime in Berkshire.
There have been particular successes in bringing down the number of burglaries in
people’s homes by 34 per cent and in other sorts of buildings such as sheds, garages
and offices by 6 per cent.
Reports of anti-social behaviour (ASB) to the police, housing associations and other
partners have also fallen, following rises last year. The overall level of ASB reports
is down by six per cent.
This means Bracknell Forest records less crime than any other police
area in the Thames Valley and Crowthorne has less recorded crime than
any other police neighbourhood in the Borough.
There are, however, still areas to focus on. Last year there has been a rise in cycle
thefts, stealing from vehicles and robberies, although the numbers remain low.
There has also been a small rise in the number of reports of violent crime and sexual
assaults, although overall numbers are low.
The Bracknell Forest CSP will continue to prioritise domestic abuse and sexual
offences involving under 18s, together with household burglaries and IT related
crimes. Reducing ASB is also a key priority of the CSP. The full Bracknell Forest
CSP plan can be found at:
http://www.bracknell-forest.gov.uk/community-safety-partnership-plan-2011-to-2014.pdf
Ian Boswell, Community Safety Manager, Bracknell Forest Council
A temporary kitchen has been built and the laundry has been
moved to an old Operating Theatre using the scrub sinks to
wash all the laundry by hand. This is labour-intensive and not
as hygienic but a new washing machine will have to wait until
the buildings have been rebuilt.
It is estimated that over £1,250,000 worth of drugs, equipment
and building was lost in the fire, but the hospital is once again
functioning at full capacity. Thank you for your amazing
support.
Gilly & Mike Withers 01344 761980
chidamoyo@btinternet.com
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Join a Male Voice Choir
Conservative
Party Branches - Crowthorne
For camaraderie, meeting new friends, fun and musical
Chairman:
Cllr Ken Newland
01344 775096
achievement, join a Male Voice Choir.
Deputy Chairman:
Cllr Bob Wade
01344 777294
The Hart Male Voice
Choir,
about758834
70 choristers,
Secretary:
Michael
Pim currently with07918
is
always
looking
for
new
members.
As
one
of
the foremost
Cllr Bruce McKenzie-Boyle 01344 772255
Treasurer:
choirs in southeast England, we are in constant demand for concert
Wokingham Without performances.
Chairman:
Cllr David Sleight
01344 775673
In 2011
we Chairman
were invited
to sing with
Isle of773941
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Deputy
Membership:
Jill Lesley
Oakley Garrett at the 01344
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and Chairman
the following
year we were
with780487
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Deputy
Political:
Cllrinvited
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Rossagain to sing
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In 2013 we sang on MV Balmoral and in April 2014, our President,
www.bracknellconservatives.com
Alan Titchmarsh, will compère our Young Singers Concert.
Or visit our richardthomas@ukipbracknell.co.uk
website at http://www.heathlandsgyoa.co.uk/index.html
Shortly
before area
Christmas
2013,
Wokingham
the
Crowthorne
so that we
can better
understand the needs
Without
residents
were
informed
of
a proposed
of people in Crowthorne. Despite having
13 active members
development
of 130
thetheCharities
now
we currently
onlyhouses
have 1 on
from
Crowthorne area and
Woodlands
Road and
would
like tobetween
increaseOld
this Wokingham
number.
Hatch Ride. The original allocation is only for
Bracknell
Forest
has been
in existence
70 houses.
ThisLions
site Club
is directly
opposite
the for 45 years but last year looked
like
it
was
going
to
succumb
to
closure
as
it
was
down to just 5 members. Following
proposed TRL Development (1,000 houses).
aFollowing
successfulthe
recruiting
campaign
in
the
Bracknell
we recruited
new members
public consultation with the developerarea
Bewley
Homes in8 January
2014, a
who
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fully withwith
the the
longer
serving members
and would
like
few have
local now
residents
met informally
Crowthorne
Village Action
Groupnow
(CVAG)
totodowork
the same
in Crowthorne.
out how
best to challenge the proposed development. We are calling this
campaign now
the POW3Rs
Protect
Without
Woodland
Residents.
Members
are from -all
walksour
of Wokingham
life – male and
female
in roughly
equal numbers
Theyages
formed
a Residents
Action Grouptotolate
discuss
theWe
impact
thisonce
development
with
ranging
from mid-twenties
sixties.
meetofjust
a month and
at
alsoForest
the closely
related TRL,Centre,
Broadmoor
and Wokingham
on
the
Park Community
Horndean
Road, ForestSouth
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Crowthorne
to identify
raise
the planners
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the issues
monthtoand
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meetings
seldomand
lastdevelopers
longer thanto
ensure
the interests
of have
the Crowthorne
and Wokingham
Without
communities
are heard.
90
minutes
unless we
a guest speaker.
We also arrange
regular
social events
for
The
first
positive
action
is
the
TPO
(tree
preservation
order)
being
granted
for
6 months
our members - perhaps just meeting up socially for a drink or a meal. So if you
want
2014.
tofrom
findJanuary
out more
about Lions and, in particular, Bracknell Forest Lions Club please
The
main
areas
concern are around the cumulative
impact of ALL
current
or phone/email
club the
secretary
visit our website ofwww.bracknellforestlions.org.uk,
Crowthorne
/
Wokingham
developments
and
the
fact
that
two
different
planning
Mike on 0845 833 7837 or secretary@bracknellforestlions.org.uk.
authorities are responsible. Residents feel that a lot of joined up thinking still needs to
Lion
MikeInHendy,
Club Secretary
happen.
particular:
Water Drainage: The biggest concern for most Hatch Ride resident’s gardens flood
from the woods each winter and the TRL Development plans to direct their ground water
into the woods
Ecology: The area is a natural habitat for many birds and wildlife such as bats, deer,
great crested newts and the stream hosts some rare mushrooms.
School Capacity: Hatch Ride and Edgbarrow are both full. There is a new school
planned for the TRL site, but will this be able to accommodate children from both of
these developments as well as the Broadmoor development?
Infrastructure: Traffic is already congested with a high volume of traffic on all of
Crowthorne’s main roads, how do any proposed road improvements plan to manage
increased traffic?
Healthcare: There are limited Healthcare provisions with only two Doctor’s surgeries in
Crowthorne. There are no plans for additional Healthcare facilities for the new
developments.
There is a combined impact of both developments to be considered as to how
Crowthorne’s community can sustain future housing.
SUPPORT CROWTHORNE VILLAGE and to follow developments, please join
POW3Rs, the Resident's Action Group that is working in association with CVAG by
sending an email to POW3Rs@yahoo.co.uk. We also intend posting regularly on the
Facebook "We love Crowthorne Village" and "Say No to 130 Houses on the Charities
Land" site.
Andy, Bex, Janet, Rachael
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In September 2014 we will be performing in Portugal.
Sandhurst & Crowthorne Branch Labour Party
The Gareth Malone series on TV has provoked huge interest in choral singing.
Chair:previous choral experience
Cllr
Bailey
779771
Although
is Roy
an advantage,
it is not01344
necessary
as group
3
Chaucer
Road,
Crowthorne,
RG45
7QN
voice-coaching and rehearsal CDs are provided.
Secretary:
Tim Jinkerson
07765 696134
If you
areFoxcote,
thinkingFinchampstead,
of joining a choir,
come3PE
to our…..
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RG40
Treasurer:
Dick Turpin
01344 776065
42 Mickle Hill, Sandhurst, GU47 8QP
th Gillbe
Youth/YoungWednesday
Labour officer:19
Guy
07827 321403
March 2014 at 7.30pm
54 St. Michaels Road, Sandhurst, GU47 8HE
Cross Barn, Palace
Gate,
Odiham RG29 1JX
Membership Secretary:
Penny
O’Neill
0118 973 4632
7 Corfield
4PA interest, please contact:
For Close,
furtherFinchampstead,
information andRG40
to register
Taster Evening
Martin Rickardshttp://bracknelllabour.org.uk/index.php
– 01344 771302 – Email martinmrickards@yahoo.co.uk
Crowthorne Liberal Democrats Team
Growing your
fruit and vegetables is
Steve Pope
Rayown
Earwicker
still a very
form
51 Napier Road
18popular
Evesham
Wayof enjoyment
and
exercise,
and
for
those with small
Crowthorne, RG45 7EJ
Owlsmoor, Sandhurst
gardens, renting an allotment plot is the answer. Unfortunately, council plots are very
01344
778843 you live, and there’s usually a very
01344
hard to
get, wherever
long777675
waiting list for a piece
of ground without any basic
amenities.
www.bracknellibdems.org.uk
Bracknell
Forest
Club
PROTECT
ourLions
WOKINGHAM
WITHOUT WOODLANDS
RESIDENTS
(POW3Rs)
Bracknell
Lions would
like to encourage more members from
Heathlands Grow Your Own Association is centred at the Wyevale Garden Centre, in
Heathlands Road, off Nine Mile Ride in Crowthorne. Many of the plot holders here
Bracknell
Constituency
UKIP
are members of the Association,
and we welcome
non-plot holders
too.
Chairman - Marcus Ellis - 07545 915196
By joining our Association you’ll enjoy social events and educational talks from
ukipbracknell@yahoo.co.uk
guest speakers etc. And of course,
help and advice is always available from our
friendly and helpful
members.
Prospective Parliamentary Candidate
For more information, please
emailThomas
our Secretary,
at steve.k.smith@gmail.com
Richard
- 01344Steve
761788
PROPERTY
MAINTENANCE & DECOR
Crowthorne based contractor
• Fully insured
• Competitive pricing
• Specialist in communial
Areas (blocks of flats)
• Between let decor etc
Contact:
Steve Clark
07831 547362
01344 780593
email: stephenclark14@sky.com
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COATS make an important contribution to
Crowthorne and the surrounding area by
providing a centre for our Senior Citizens. A
friendly and committed team of qualified staff and
volunteers create a safe, welcoming and
Peter oare stimulating environment
forHup
to A
40SWW visitors each
weekday.
377-‐399 London Road, Camberley, Surrey GU15 3HL Our
Centre
01276 415 811 or 01276 415812 or Manager
0800 093 5Bernie
273 centre
with her
care assistants Julie
Email: admin@alderwills.co.uk Web: two
www.alderwills.co.uk (left) and Linda (right) with two of
Wills, Trusts, Probate, Care Fee visitors
Planning. (left)
and
our regular
Rose
Free Advice -‐ Over Ten Years Experience Audrey
(right)
Between 9am and 4pm our visitors
12 years’ experience in the Legal Services market, Alder Wills Ltd has a enjoy
socialising
overand teaProbate and biscuits,
team of highly qualified professionals to aprovide W
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cakes - oall
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for only c£4.80
per
day. organisations to provide high quality Alder Wills and Probate Ltd, works with national all delivered personally the convenience home. Transport services, is available
on our minibus
forin visitors
unable toof getthe to family us under
their We ownare the Society Writers and Student Members of Society of Trust and steam withregulated a fare ofby only
£2 for of theWill return
journey.
Estate Practitioners Our visitors range from retirement age upwards. COATS currently have some
to welcome new visitors please
unused capacity on most days and we are keen
contact our Manager: Bernie on 01344 773464.
Volunteers needed We are always happy to welcome new volunteers even if you
can only spare a couple of hours a week to support us. Currently we are looking for:
Minibus Passenger Assistants
Being a minibus Passenger Assistant is one of our most rewarding volunteer roles.
You will travel on the minibus for our pick-up and drop-off rounds collecting and
helping our less mobile visitors on and off the minibus. Escort duties run from 10:00
to 12:00 noon for pick-up and then 15:00 to 16:00 for return trips. If you like
working with people and can spare some time on any weekday we would love to
hear from you.
CROWTHORNE EDUCATIONAL CHARITY
Do you need financial assistance to further education?
Would a grant enable you, your child or education body
to provide opportunities which otherwise be too costly?
Kitchen Assistants
Supporting our professional chef in areas of food preparation and washing up as
well as having a chance to pick up new recipes and cookery tips.
Applications are welcome from individuals and groups.
Each application is judged on its merits.
If you would like to be a COATS volunteer contact Bernie on 01344 773464
Please contact the Clerk at Crowthorne Parish Council
Morgan Centre, Wellington Road, Crowthorne
9am – 1pm Monday to Friday
01344 771251 or clerk@crowthornepc.org.uk
Fundraising Events
We have two fundraising Quiz Nights on 21st March and 9th May For details and
tickets contact Sally on 01344 775446
www.coatscrowthorne.org.uk
Registered Charity
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Purpose of the Charity
“To promote education of persons of all ages in the Parish of Crowthorne”
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CROWTHORNE PARISH COUNCIL
www.crowthornepc.org.uk

Parish Council Meetings held monthly - *1st Tuesday at 7.30 pm



Members of the public may attend
15 minute public question time at each monthly meeting
Parish Hall, Heath Hill Road South, Crowthorne, RG45 7BN
nd
(January meeting - 2 Tuesday)*
Elected on May 5th 2011 for 4 years
Cllr Jack Bolton
Cllr James G Finnie
Cllr Bruce McKenzie-Boyle
Cllr Tina McKenzie-Boyle
Cllr Neil Kilvert
Cllr Joan Newland
Cllr Richard Price
Cllr Gail Robertson
Cllr Susan Thompson
Cllr Bob Wade
Vice Chairman
Chairman
01344 772486
01344 774729
01344 772255
01344 772255
01344 774714
01344 775096
01344 771112
01344 775432
01344 775349
01344 777294
Clerk to the Council, Adele Swadling
01344 771251
Deputy Clerk, Joanna Robertson
Email: clerk@crowthornepc.org.uk
For further details, please contact the Clerk to the Council at the Parish
Office, Morgan Centre, Wellington Road, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 7LD.
Crowthorne Councillors Surgery
CPC hold a monthly surgery to provide an opportunity for local residents
to meet with their Parish Councillors to answer questions and discuss
local issues.
The surgeries will be held in the Parish Hall, Heath Hill Road South Lower Conference Room, on the first Saturday of each month
from 11am-12pm.
BRACKNELL FOREST BOROUGH COUNCIL
Elected on May 3rd 2011 for 4 years
Cllr Paul Bettison
Cllr Dale Birch
Cllr James G Finnie
Cllr Bob Wade
Crowthorne
Crowthorne
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01344 778949
01344 778140
01344 774729
01344 777294

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